Critical Care Medicine, ISSN 0090-3493, 10/2010, Volume 38, Issue 10, pp. 1947 - 1953
OBJECTIVE:Few contemporary population-based data exist about the incidence, patient characteristics, and outcomes of mechanical ventilation in acute care...
critical care | epidemiology | intensive care unit | mechanical ventilation | United States | SURVIVAL | ADULT PATIENTS | ADMINISTRATIVE DATA | ACUTE LUNG INJURY | FAILURE | INTENSIVE-CARE | RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME | COST | CALIFORNIA | ICD-9-CM | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | United States - epidemiology | Age Factors | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Respiration, Artificial - economics | Incidence | Young Adult | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Child | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Mortality | Treatment Outcome | Costs and Cost Analysis - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Bed Capacity - statistics & numerical data | Adolescent | Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Aged
critical care | epidemiology | intensive care unit | mechanical ventilation | United States | SURVIVAL | ADULT PATIENTS | ADMINISTRATIVE DATA | ACUTE LUNG INJURY | FAILURE | INTENSIVE-CARE | RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME | COST | CALIFORNIA | ICD-9-CM | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | United States - epidemiology | Age Factors | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Infant | Male | Respiration, Artificial - economics | Incidence | Young Adult | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Retrospective Studies | Child | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Mortality | Treatment Outcome | Costs and Cost Analysis - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Bed Capacity - statistics & numerical data | Adolescent | Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Aged
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Systematic Review of Met and Unmet Need of Surgical Disease in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
World Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0364-2313, 1/2012, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp. 8 - 23
Little is known about the burden of surgical disease in rural sub-Saharan Africa, where district and rural hospitals are the main providers of care. The...
Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Surgery | Abdominal Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY | SURGERY | POPULATION | DISTRICT | INJURIES | SIERRA-LEONE | PREVALENCE | CAPE PENINSULA | NATIONWIDE SURVEY | EPIDEMIOLOGY | Intestinal Obstruction - epidemiology | Wounds and Injuries - surgery | Herniorrhaphy - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Peritonitis - epidemiology | Surgical Procedures, Operative - statistics & numerical data | Hernia - epidemiology | Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology | Peritonitis - surgery | Rural Health - statistics & numerical data | Health Services Accessibility | Hospitals, District - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Intestinal Obstruction - surgery | Africa South of the Sahara - epidemiology | Laparotomy - statistics & numerical data | Needs Assessment | Hernia | Health aspects | Analysis | Emergency medicine
Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Surgery | Abdominal Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | LOCOMOTOR DISABILITY | SURGERY | POPULATION | DISTRICT | INJURIES | SIERRA-LEONE | PREVALENCE | CAPE PENINSULA | NATIONWIDE SURVEY | EPIDEMIOLOGY | Intestinal Obstruction - epidemiology | Wounds and Injuries - surgery | Herniorrhaphy - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Rural Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Peritonitis - epidemiology | Surgical Procedures, Operative - statistics & numerical data | Hernia - epidemiology | Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology | Peritonitis - surgery | Rural Health - statistics & numerical data | Health Services Accessibility | Hospitals, District - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Intestinal Obstruction - surgery | Africa South of the Sahara - epidemiology | Laparotomy - statistics & numerical data | Needs Assessment | Hernia | Health aspects | Analysis | Emergency medicine
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Medical Care, ISSN 0025-7079, 01/2014, Volume 52, Issue 1, pp. 4 - 9
BACKGROUND:Approximately 15% of the 4 million annual US births occur in rural hospitals. OBJECTIVE:To (1) measure differences in obstetric care in rural and...
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Health Affairs, ISSN 0278-2715, 2013, Volume 32, Issue 8, pp. 1478 - 1485
The US health care system is in the midst of an enormous change in the way health care providers and hospitals document, monitor, and share information about...
RURAL HOSPITALS | INFORMATION EXCHANGE | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | ORGANIZATIONS | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | United States | Hospital Information Systems - trends | Humans | Hospital Records - statistics & numerical data | Forecasting | Meaningful Use - utilization | Electronic Health Records - utilization | Meaningful Use - trends | Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data | Motivation | Electronic Health Records - trends | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Information Systems - utilization | Studies | Technology adoption | Hospitals | Electronic health records
RURAL HOSPITALS | INFORMATION EXCHANGE | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | ORGANIZATIONS | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | United States | Hospital Information Systems - trends | Humans | Hospital Records - statistics & numerical data | Forecasting | Meaningful Use - utilization | Electronic Health Records - utilization | Meaningful Use - trends | Utilization Review - statistics & numerical data | Motivation | Electronic Health Records - trends | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Hospital Information Systems - utilization | Studies | Technology adoption | Hospitals | Electronic health records
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Health Affairs, ISSN 0278-2715, 09/2017, Volume 36, Issue 9, pp. 1663 - 1671
Recent closures of rural obstetric units and entire hospitals have exacerbated concerns about access to care for more than twenty-eight million women of...
UNITED-STATES | MATERNAL MORBIDITY | MORTALITY | MOTHERS | URBAN | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | RISK | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | TRENDS | CARE | HOSPITAL CLOSURES | BIRTHS | Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data | Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital - statistics & numerical data | United States | Humans | Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital - supply & distribution | Pregnancy | Maternal Health Services - supply & distribution | Adolescent | Adult | Female | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Health Services Accessibility - trends | Maternal Health Services - trends | Health care | Economic indicators | Physicians | Rural communities | Maternal child nursing | Rural health care | Medicaid | Age | Medical personnel | Medical research | Counties | Rural areas | Health care policy | Births | Infant mortality | Obstetrics | Childbirth & labor | Babies | Studies | Services | Hospitals | Womens health | Government programs | Black women | Health care access | Females | Closures
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JAMA, ISSN 0098-7484, 04/2013, Volume 309, Issue 13, pp. 1379 - 1387
IMPORTANCE Critical access hospitals (CAHs) provide inpatient care to Americans living in rural communities. These hospitals are at high risk of falling behind...
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World Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0364-2313, 12/2012, Volume 36, Issue 12, pp. 2811 - 2818
Despite growing recognition of the massive surgical burden of disease, unmet need, and disparities in access to care in many African countries, little is known...
Medicine & Public Health | Cardiac Surgery | Surgery | Abdominal Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | General Surgery | SURGERY | ANESTHESIA | EMERGENCY | Health Manpower - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Private - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Private - organization & administration | Humans | Health Resources - supply & distribution | Surgical Procedures, Operative - statistics & numerical data | General Surgery - organization & administration | Rural Health Services - organization & administration | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Developing Countries | Hospitals, Rural - organization & administration | Nigeria | Health Care Surveys | Infrastructure (Economics) | Anesthesia | Physicians (General practice) | Blood banks | Emergency medical services | Central nervous system agents
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Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, ISSN 1526-9523, 07/2016, Volume 61, Issue 4, pp. 411 - 418
Introduction Workforce shortages limit access to care for pregnant women in rural and remote areas. The goal of this analysis was to describe the role of...
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Lancet, The, ISSN 0140-6736, 2015, Volume 385, Issue 9966, pp. 441 - 451
Summary Background Despite the importance of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in China, no nationally representative studies have...
Internal Medicine | TRANSITION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | QUALITY-OF-CARE | STANDARDIZED MORTALITY-RATES | IMPROVEMENT | ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES | REPERFUSION THERAPY | PRACTICE PATTERNS | TRENDS | REFORM | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Treatment Outcome | China - epidemiology | Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives | Aspirin - administration & dosage | Hospital Mortality - trends | Myocardial Infarction - therapy | Myocardial Reperfusion | Healthcare Disparities | Ticlopidine - administration & dosage | Clopidogrel | Female | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - statistics & numerical data | Aged | Fibrinolytic Agents - administration & dosage | Retrospective Studies | Patient Admission - trends | Quality of Health Care | Analysis | Heart attack | Electrocardiography | Medical records | Medical research | Cardiovascular disease | Heart attacks
Internal Medicine | TRANSITION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | QUALITY-OF-CARE | STANDARDIZED MORTALITY-RATES | IMPROVEMENT | ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES | REPERFUSION THERAPY | PRACTICE PATTERNS | TRENDS | REFORM | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Treatment Outcome | China - epidemiology | Ticlopidine - analogs & derivatives | Aspirin - administration & dosage | Hospital Mortality - trends | Myocardial Infarction - therapy | Myocardial Reperfusion | Healthcare Disparities | Ticlopidine - administration & dosage | Clopidogrel | Female | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - statistics & numerical data | Aged | Fibrinolytic Agents - administration & dosage | Retrospective Studies | Patient Admission - trends | Quality of Health Care | Analysis | Heart attack | Electrocardiography | Medical records | Medical research | Cardiovascular disease | Heart attacks
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Journal of Surgical Research, ISSN 0022-4804, 2013, Volume 185, Issue 1, pp. 190 - 197
Abstract Objectives This investigation aimed to document surgical capacity at public medical centers in a middle-income Latin American country using the...
Surgery | Bolivia | Emergency surgery | Global surgery | Essential surgery | Latin America | SURGERY | ANESTHESIA | EMERGENCY | WORKFORCE | GLOBAL HEALTH | GUIDE | Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data | Surgery Department, Hospital - manpower | Intensive Care Units - manpower | Humans | Hospitals, Public - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Urban - manpower | Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data | Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Public - manpower | Anesthesiology - manpower | Surgery Department, Hospital - statistics & numerical data | Equipment and Supplies, Hospital - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - manpower | Emergency Service, Hospital - manpower | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Developing Countries | General Surgery - statistics & numerical data | General Surgery - manpower | Physicians - supply & distribution | Bolivia - epidemiology | Emergency medicine | Analysis
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Health Affairs, ISSN 0278-2715, 2016, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp. 365 - 370
While rural hospitals and physicians have adopted health information technology at the same, or greater, rates as their urban counterparts, meaningful-use...
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data | Medical Informatics - organization & administration | United States | Humans | Meaningful Use | Diffusion of Innovation | Hospitals, Rural - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals, Rural - organization & administration | Electronic Health Records - organization & administration | Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data | Rural Health Services
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