background the importance of cross-border healthcare, medical and health tourism plays a significant role in the european health policy and health management. after dentistry, orthopaedic treatments are the leading motivation for seeking care in hungary, as patients with rheumatic and motion diseases are drawn to the thermal spas and well-established orthopaedic centres. this paper aims to gain...

BACKGROUND Infection is a common cause of hospitalization in adults receiving hemodialysis. Limited data are available about downstream events resulting from or following these hospitalizations. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study using the US Renal Data System. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS Medicare beneficiaries initiating in-center hemodialysis therapy in 2005 to 2008. FACTORS Demographic...

INTRODUCTION In 2003, Barbados, a developing country with universal health care, launched the Barbados Strategic Plan for Health, a national intervention to promote public health. Teachers, health educators, and clinicians worked to improve children's health, with particular focus on asthma and diabetes. We studied this intervention by using data on preventable hospitalization, an indicator tha...

We thank Dr Ezekowitz and McAlister for their interest in our work on early outpatient follow-up after a hospitalization for heart failure. The investigators raise an interesting question: what proportion of early follow-up appointments was planned to be with a familiar provider? A prior analysis from their group identified an association between provider continuity and improved outcomes after ...

mcdonough’s perspective on healthcare reform in the us provides a clear, coherent analysis of the mix of access and delivery reforms in the affordable care act (aca) aka obamacare. as noted by mcdonough, this major reform bill is designed to expand access for health coverage that includes both prevention and treatment benefits among uninsured americans. additionally, this legislation includes s...

a bstra ct   background: vascular access complications are a major cause of excessive morbidity and mortality in the dialysis population. moreover, there is not sufficient research regarding the factors correlated with vascular access complications among hemodialysis patients. this study aimed to evaluate the vascular access complications and their related factors such as nursing techniques and...