Background and Objectives: Constant monitoring of healthcare organizations’ performance is an integral part of informed health policy-making. Several hospital performance assessment methods have been proposed in the literature. Pabon Lasso Model offers a fast and convenient method for comparative evaluation of hospital performance. This study aimed to evaluate the relative performance of hospit...

An instrument was developed to study the use of hospital beds and discharge arrangements of a cohort of 847 admissions to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, for a three week period during February-March 1986. For only 38% of bed days were patients considered to have medical, nursing, or life support reasons for requiring a provincial teaching hospital bed. The requirements for a bed in the ho...

BACKGROUND The use of electronic surveillance systems (ESSs) is gradually increasing in infection prevention and control programs. Little is known about the characteristics of hospitals that have a ESS, user satisfaction with ESSs, and organizational support for implementation of ESSs. METHODS A total of 350 acute care hospitals in California were invited to participate in a Web-based survey;...

Association of methane with coal poses a serious explosion risk in underground coal mining. Besides, it is a potent green house gases significantly contributing to global warming. Therefore, its commercial exploitation is being widely recognised as (a) a fuel resource to bridge the energy gap (b) making coal mining safer (c) providing cleaner energy and (d) checking the building of green house ...

The number of acute medical admissions to hospital continues to rise although not all need a prolonged stay. At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, a short-stay unit (SSU) was developed specifically for such patients. Admissions to SSU over the first three weeks of 2006 were assessed. A total of 209 patients were admitted to SSU (10 patients a day). This accounted for 35% of all admissions...

S imulation modelling has suggested high bed occupancy in hospitals is associated with a greater risk of prolonged waits for admission in the accident and emergency (A&E) department. The NHS Plan has introduced two standards for waits in A&E. Firstly, the wait for admission from the time of a decision to admit (trolley wait); which is the wait that appears to be related to average bed occupancy...

OBJECTIVE To quantify hospital use in a general population over 10 years follow-up and to examine related factors in a general population-based cohort. DESIGN A prospective population-based study of men and women. SETTING Norfolk, UK. PARTICIPANTS 11,228 men and 13,786 women aged 40-79 years in 1993-1997 followed between 1999 and 2009. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES Number of hospital admission...

We performed a prospective, controlled study of kinetic therapy in acute, severe stroke. This therapy involved continuous mobilization of a bedridden patient by means of a specially designed rotating bed. All patients with acute stroke presenting to the Neurology Service over an 18-month period were screened, and those that qualified were assigned to confinement in either a routine hospital bed...

Background: Open heart surgery is a prevalent therapeutic intervention for cardiovascular diseases. Significant adverse effects occur after heart surgery, one of which is patient readmission to the hospital. Objective: The present study aimed to determine the relationship between performance indicators and the readmission of patients with open heart surge...