Safety-Net Hospital
Diversity of endoscopy center operations and practice variation across California’s safety net hospital system: a statewide survey
... There were several limitations to our study. First, we conducted a survey that has not been validated by previ- ous research. Second, our response rate of 44.4% while low is not outside of the response rate for surveys ...
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Predictors of H pylori infection in a safety net hospital in Arizona
... Objective: The purpose of this study was to deter- mine the risk factors associated with having H. pylori infection as proven by endoscopic biopsy at Maricopa Medical Center (MMC), a safety-net ...
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Viewpoints from families for improving transition from NICU-to-home for infants with medical complexity at a safety net hospital: a qualitative study
... a hospital [23, 24] and from the NICU with a more homogenous sample, [25] there has been little published on transitioning in- fants with medical complexity home from the NICU at a safety net ...a ...
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Medication Side Effect Profiles in PD Patients in a Safety Net Hospital
... Background: Compulsive behavior, dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, and hal- lucinations are common Parkinson’s disease (PD) medication side effects. These are yet to be examined in relation to race and level of education. ...
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Introducing standardized “readbacks” to improve patient safety in surgery: a prospective survey in 92 providers at a public safety-net hospital
... While an expanded sample size for the survey study would be beneficial in detecting greater response varia- tions in attitudes towards readbacks as a function of provider and institutional type, this preliminary study ...
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Patient navigation to improve diabetes outpatient care at a safety net hospital: a retrospective cohort study
... Our study has several limitations. First, it was a clinical program offered as part of the regular suite of services, not a randomized controlled trial. To mitigate this prob- lem, we used propensity score matching to ...
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Factors affecting willingness to receive a kidney transplant among minority patients at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey
... We found that the key factors that influence the willingness to receive a kidney transplant in our population after adjusting for confounding variables were the perception that kidney tr[r] ...
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High perceived social support and hospital readmissions in an older multi ethnic, limited English proficiency, safety net population
... General Hospital, an urban safety-net hospital ...outside hospital [2]; admitted as a planned hospitalization [3]; likely to be discharged to an institutional setting [4]; unable to ...
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Factors associated with high utilization in a safety net setting
... this safety net hospital is of generally low socioeconomic status, this may influence the magnitude of associations between in- come and high ...
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Free Tax Services in Pediatric Clinics
... largest safety net hospital and 3 community clinics to test our hypothesis, as follows: integrating free tax preparation into clinics serving children (1) ensures families file taxes and receive ...
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Oral Health Prevention and Toddler Well-Child Care: Routine Integration in a Safety Net System
... a safety-net hospital and clinic system in California, decided to launch a quality improvement (QI) initiative to address high ECC rates and inadequate access to dental care for young children from ...
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Experiences applying for and understanding health insurance under Massachusetts health care reform
... a safety net hospital system suggests that many low-income res- idents had difficulties in applying for and understand- ing health insurance plans after the creation of a single, streamlined process ...
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Psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for hospital management (HSOPS M)
... measure safety culture from the hospital manage- ment ’ s points of view in German hospitals, we adapted the Swiss-German version [18] of the HSOPS to assess medical directors ’ views of German ...the ...
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Five-year China Hospital Invasive Fungal Surveillance Net (CHIF-NET) study of invasive fungal infections caused by noncandidal yeasts: species distribution and azole susceptibility
... In this study, over 50% of the isolates (433/844) were cul- tured from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), followed by blood (31.4%), ascitic fluid (4.1%), pus (3.7%), tissue (3%), venous catheter (2.5%), and pleural fluid (1.9%) ...
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ESSAYS ON CHILD WELL-BEING AND THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET
... This dissertation consists of three essays examining the role of two particular so- cial safety net programs. The first is the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program created by the Personal ...
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Five Year National Surveillance of Invasive Candidiasis: Species Distribution and Azole Susceptibility from the China Hospital Invasive Fungal Surveillance Net (CHIF NET) Study
... China Hospital Invasive Fungal Surveillance Net (CHIF-NET) Study Group (CHIF-NET 2010 to 2014) are as follows: (1) Ying-Chun Xu and He Wang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, ...
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Impact of Social Safety Net Programs In Seasonal Deprivation
... social safety net measures in different ways, the basic elements remain the ...of safety nets (social assistance) and social insurance (pensions, unemployment insurance) (Weigandand and Grosh, ...
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Views on patient safety by operations managers in somatic hospital care: a qualitative analysis
... A qualitative study needs to be reflected from the per- spective of trustworthiness [17], which comprises the concepts of credibility, dependability, transferablity and confirmability. Credibility refers to how a ...
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Treatment of Otitis Media With Observation and a Safety-Net Antibiotic Prescription
... ABSTRACT. Objective. Several studies have demon- strated that acute otitis media (AOM) in children can be managed without antibiotics. Because children with AOM have traditionally been treated with antibiotics in the ...
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Promoting HPV Vaccination in Safety-Net Clinics: A Randomized Trial
... To develop theory-based, HPV- specific materials, we conducted focus groups and interviews with parents of Parkland patients. We asked what information beyond that provided in the CDC ’ s Vaccine Information Statement ...
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