The cases tested.?The accompanying table gives the WR positive rate of a certain section, syphilitic suspects, of the civil population of Calcutta. It is by no means the positive rate for the mixed unselected population. The bloods for examination were received from general wards in hospitals and venereal clinics. The general wards predominated before the anti-venereal drive, towards the end of...

Mortality among emergency medical admissions to hospital is higher for admissions at the weekend than on weekdays; this also holds true for certain specific conditions. However, it is unknown whether that effect is limited to weekends. This study calculated mortality in emergency medical admissions for each day of the week, and compared mortality at weekends with weekdays, at nights with days, ...

In the Soviet Union, as in many other countries, the treatment of inpatients claims the lion's share of health service expenditure. However, analysis of the activity of Soviet hospitals remains at a rudimentary level in certain major respects, one explanation for which is likely to be the comparatively low figures for cost per case and cost per bed-day. Given that little attention is devoted to...

A retrospective analysis of data showed that patients in general stayed for shorter duration in general hospital psychiatric clinic than in mental hospital.

A paediatric day assessment unit was opened in May 1995. An audit of the first year's activity showed that, despite an increase in emergency admissions of 8.4%, the number of children admitted as an emergency overnight was reduced by 3% in paediatrics and 7.2% in surgery. In the first year, 1731 children were assessed as an emergency of whom 658 did not require admission to the inpatient ward. ...

BACKGROUND The employment of physician assistants (PAs) is a strategy to improve access to care. Since the new millennium, a handful of countries have turned to PAs as a means to bridge the growing gap between the supply and demand of medical services. However, little is known about this new workforce entity from the patient's perspective. The objective of this study was to assess the willingne...

rnany as possible of the large mental hospitals within the next fifteen years, basing the future service on psychiatric units and community care. If psychiatric units in general hospitals are to be the basis of the service, it is vital that there should be a great deal thought and discussion before it is finally decided how they are to be organised. None of us want to keep the present huge and ...