Clinical outcomes are often reported through the standardised mortality ratio (SMR), displayed using funnel plots. Providers whose observed SMR falls outside the funnel plot control limits will be identified as potential outliers. However, while it is obviously desirable that a healthcare provider ...
shielding and care provided in care homes. However, triage methods require more care to ensure safe management of high-risk patient groups, with standardised approaches to risk assessment, and better support is needed for primary care to identify people with ...
Compared to developed countries, there is a disproportionate burden of breast cancer incidence and mortality among young women from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The age-standardised mortality for premenopausal breast cancer in low HDI countries (8.5 cases per 100,000) was more than dou...
In CKD patients, there is a direct relationship between dietary protein/fibre ratio and PCS and IS levels, so a diet with a low protein/fibre ratio should be beneficial. In healthy subjects, a vegetarian diet, compared with the omnivore diet, reduces the generation of IS or PCS; this ...
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust raised concerns about the validity of the Dr Foster indicators, with medical director Dr Dave Rosser saying: "The HSMR (Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio) is widely considered to be unsuitable for use as a comparative indicator between hospitals....
The Handoff Delay (HD) of the SMR is identical to the totality of the times required to accomplish the functions such as Link Switching (LS), Movement Detection (MD), Care of Address (CoA) configuration as well as registration to notify the present location of the SMR. Performance Evaluation...
The automated BPMD method employs a standardised approach that is largely unchanged over many decades, which includes using proprietary empirical algorithms for analysing arterial waveforms and estimating BP. Although there are well-known sources of error associated with automated BPMDs, including variable...
Abstract:Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant cause of morbidity. Treatment options beyond conventional medical therapies are limited to a minority of patients. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) although effective in selected subgroups of patients is not commonly under...
Standardised variables have been calculated from the original variable using min-max normalisation techniques. 3.2. ARIMA-X model Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Exogenous Variables (ARIMA-X) model is a rational extension of the ARIMA model which allows incorporation of other effects into ...