RATIONALE Hospital malnutrition is a global health problem affecting 30-50% of hospitalized patients. There are no estimates of the size of this problem in Ecuadorian hospitals. Hospital malnutrition might influence the quality of medical assistance provided to hospitalized populations. OBJECTIVES To estimate the current frequency of malnutrition among patients admitted to Ecuadorian public h...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of capacity alert calls in reducing acute hospital overcrowding through addressing rising occupancy, high patient throughput and increased access block. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 24 months of in-patient, emergency department, and capacity alert call log data from a large metropolitan public hospital in Australia. The analysis explored statistical ...

BACKGROUND The ownership, location, and teaching status of hospitals affect their missions, policies, finances, and operations. OBJECTIVE This study assesses the relationship of hospital ownership, location, and teaching status with charges and length of stay for children with asthma, the most common reason for pediatric admission after birth. METHODS All 28 545 complete records of patients...

OBJECTIVE To determine antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities currently being undertaken at Victorian hospitals, identifying gaps when assessed against the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care criteria for effective AMS. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A survey open to all Victorian health services, conducted between January and March 2012. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A...

background very few studies have assessed performance of botswana public hospitals. we draw from a large research study assessing performance of the botswana ministry of health (moh) to evaluate the performance of public hospital system using the world health organization health systems performance assessment framework (who hspaf). we aimed to evaluate performance of botswana public hospital sy...