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If I had to name a top three of Hertfordshire hospitals, Napsbury would probably be at number one, with Shenley at number two. At number three I would put Bennett’s End – and I was particularly saddened to see that this one has been demolished. It was the perfect small local authori...
The hospital load measure was defined as the number of COVID-19 admissions at an NHS trust within the 7 days around admission (3 before, same day, and 3 after), as a proportion of the busiest 7-day period at that trust. Hospital load was grouped into: 0–20%, 20–40%, 40–60%...
1-3 While existing evidence can be used to make a compelling case for avoiding low staffing and increasing the availability of registered nurses (RNs), safe and effective staffing is not solely determined by the number of staff, but involves many factors including the composition, skill, and ...
Hospital Use The odds of being readmitted to hospital after the birth admission were calculated for each period of interest (ie, after the birth admission to the end of the infant’s first year and during the second year to the fifth year) using the number of infants alive at the start ...
GMP is the number of general- ist medical practitioners per 100,000 population. HB is defined as the number of available beds in hospitals per 100,000 population and comprises Curative care beds, Rehabilitative care beds, Long-term care beds, and other hospital beds. HLE is defined as the ...
The groupwise number of admissions was divided by the respective estimated population size and multiplied by 100,000 to give an incidence rate of hospital admissions per 100,000 population33. Time series models were based on generalised least squares (GLS). Calendar months were tested to determine...
These include a history of previous hospital admission, poor performance status of the patient, COPD disease severity, number of comorbidities, lower reported health status and quality of life score and dyspnoea on admission.18,19,20,21 The influence of service level predictors on the risk of ...
While the advent of the American College of Surgeons’ Geriatric Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program in 2019 has brought greater national attention to geriatric surgery, only a small number of hospitals participate in the program.58 Third, because NHATS included participants from only the ...
3). As acutely unwell patients have been shown to have a higher number of transfers, and non-standard needs may be more prone to taking uncommon routes through the hospital33, patient acuity and complexity were considered confounders. We controlled for patient demographics and the following ...