OBJECTIVE To identify where in England there are likely to be most constraints on choice of hospital for patients waiting longer than six months for elective care. DESIGN Cross sectional study using routinely collected data. SETTING Population of England and NHS trusts and private sector hospitals in England. PARTICIPANTS All residents in England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Availability of b...

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> An increasing shortage of donor blood is expected, considering the demographic change in Germany. Due to short shelf life and varying daily fluctuations consumption, storage platelet concentrates (PCs) becomes challenging. This emphasizes need for reliable prediction needed PCs bank inventories. Therefore, objective this study was evaluate mul...

BACKGROUND Fall-related injuries, hospitalizations, and mortality among older persons represent a major public health problem. Owing to aging societies worldwide, a major impact on fall-related health care demand can be expected. We determined time trends in numbers and incidence of fall-related hospital admissions and in admission duration in older adults. METHODS Secular trend analysis of f...

Patient choice is not new to the National Health Service (NHS). The nationalisation of hospitals at the founding of the NHS made it possible for a patient to go to any NHS hospital with a referral from a general practitioner (GP). In practice, however, GPs made these decisions on behalf of their patients and, for the majority of the 60-odd years since the inception of the NHS, patient flows to ...

BACKGROUND One consequence of the shifting economic health care landscape is the growing trend of physician employment and practice acquisition by hospitals. These acquired practices are often converted into hospital- or provider-based clinics. This designation brings the increased services of the hospital, the accreditation of the hospital, and a new billing structure verses the private clinic...

Explanations for increased cesarean section rates in Brazil have focused on the organization of obstetric care, training of health professionals, and women's demand for surgical deliveries. This study aimed to identify pregnant women's expectations towards childbirth. Three focus groups were conducted in a public hospital in the city of São Paulo. Analytical categories were: vaginal birth, forc...

introduction: hospitals as important sector of health care system has special location in health economic science. increasing of the operational costs in hospital and limitation in financing cause that hospital as an economic firm use cost analysis and prepare effective using of resource and boost productivity. therefore this study was conducted to calculate daily- patient hotel cost in hospita...