BACKGROUND Some emergency admissions can be avoided if acute exacerbations of health problems are managed by the range of health services providing emergency and urgent care. AIM To identify system-wide factors explaining variation in age sex adjusted admission rates for conditions rich in avoidable admissions. DESIGN National ecological study. SETTING 152 emergency and urgent care system...

CONTEXT Pre-hospital care plays a vital role in saving trauma patients. OBJECTIVES This study aims to review studies conducted on the pre-hospital emergency status in Iran. DATA SOURCES Data were sourced from Iranian electronic databases, including SID, IranMedex, IranDoc, Magiran, and non-Iranian electronic databases, such as Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Google Scholar. I...

background:satisfactionlevel is animportant indicator for measuringthe quality of services. enhancing the quality of services provided in the emergencydepartments need to have thecorrect understanding of the current situationand problems of thesedepartments. this study wasperformed to examine patients satisfaction andtheir problems in the emergencydepartment of alzahra hospital.methods: thisdes...

objectives this study aimed to assess the prevalence and outcome of undiagnosed hypertensive patients admitted to the emergency department. materials and methods this cross-sectional study was conducted from march 2009 to march 2010 at imam hossein medical and educational center, teheran, iran. a total of 2070 patients aged 18 years and older were admitted to the emergency department without pr...

abstract objective: according to the definition of world health organization (who), attempting suicide is an act that a person intentionally and without others’ interference shows an abnormal behavior (such as harming themselves or eating a drug higher than treatment dose) and his objective is realizing his expected changes. the purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic character...

introduction: accurate diagnosis and proper treatment of oncology patients presented to emergency department (ed) can dramatically enhance their quality of life and decrease their mortality rate. therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate these patients from an epidemiologic point of view as well as identifying death-related factors. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, all...

BACKGROUND Reducing use of hospital wards and improving their quality are central aims of mental health service policy. However, no comprehensive synthesis is available of evidence on residential alternatives to standard acute psychiatric wards. AIMS To assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of and satisfaction with residential alternatives to standard acute in-patient mental health ...