Sentences with phrase «healthcare system studied»

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He has specialized in the study of antitrust and of healthcare systems.

This study has some fabulous statistics on the cost of formula feeding to our healthcare system, social programs and company productivity.

This poses the question then if the Wax (2010) study is not specific to whether home birth is safe in comparison to hospital birth, but if outcomes correlate with the type of midwife (level of training) and acceptance of out - of - hospital birth in the larger healthcare system?

A randomised controlled trial would be the best way to tackle selection bias of mothers who plan a home birth, but a randomised controlled trial in North America is unfeasible given that even in Britain, where home birth has been an incorporated part of the healthcare system for some time, and where cooperation is more feasible, a pilot study failed.31 Prospective cohort studies remain the most comprehensive instruments available.

For a low - risk pregnancy, with a registered midwife who is part of the healthcare system, studies have shown that a planned homebirth is as safe as a planned hospital birth for both mothers and babies.

There is an irony that the report from the «Centre for policy studies» failed to mention that the NHS is the only public body, that we are aware of, that has it's own full time litigation authority costing some # 7 million per year set up to deal with the complaints from patients regarding treatment they have received from a healthcare system that is supposed to protect them.

Dr. Dotson and her collaborators on the study stress further primary research in understanding health system barriers and disparities, and standardization of care is needed to ultimately improve healthcare delivery and minimize healthcare disparities to improve the health and quality of life of children with Crohn's disease and other chronic conditions.

«Both diseases are strongly influenced by socioeconomic factors and poor healthcare systems,» says Jose Muñoz, ISGlobal researcher and coordinator of the study.

In this study, the participating healthcare systems had a combined 7.5 million patients age 18 or older, with about 1.2 million patients receiving a psychiatric diagnosis in 2011.

These are some of the findings of a recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services, which reported significant racial - ethnic differences in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions across 11 private, not - for - profit U.S. healthcare delivery systems.

Also detailed in the study are recent efforts to «green» the healthcare system, such as the Healthier Hospitals Initiative.

«In light of the Affordable Healthcare Act, we wanted to validate concerns that insurance reform would lead to dramatic increases in healthcare use and costs,» said Amresh D. Hanchate, Ph.D., the study's lead author, an economist at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine.

«Self - administered treatment for keloid scars can reduce the economic burden on the healthcare system and provide a treatment option for patients who have limited access to medical care,» comments Professor Jeffrey Karp from Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School, US, an expert on medical device design who was not involved in this study.

Daley and Glanz, who have studied both vaccines and parental attitudes about vaccines, argue that the healthcare system doesn't do a good job of communicating the counterarguments in a timely or effective manner.

«Because depression, anxiety and substance abuse appeared to be the most common diagnoses among the patients we studied, and because each was associated with increased readmission rates, these disorders may be the most appropriate for healthcare systems to focus their primary screening efforts.»

«Genomics is on the verge of transforming the healthcare system — this study highlights the potential clinical benefits that can be gained through genomic studies and offers potential strategies to improve patient care and disease management,» says Dr David Adams, co-senior author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

This new cancer panel has the potential to significantly enhance patient care while greatly reducing the cost to the healthcare system,» said study lead - author Howard B. Urnovitz, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Chronix Biomedical.

«Our study highlights the low level of financial protection that healthcare financing systems provides for their citizens.

To tease out the potential impact on patients and the wider healthcare system, the researchers reviewed the data on consultation length from 178 relevant studies covering 67 countries and more than 28.5 million consultations.

The results of the first study using a health economics model to project osteoporosis - related fractures and costs for the Chinese population, shows that the country's healthcare system will face a dramatic rise in costs over the next few decades.

«We will be conducting future studies of how the CCRC meets the complex needs of ICU survivors and the healthcare systems they navigate.»

The presentation, entitled «Ibudilast — Phosphodiesterase Type 4 Inhibitor — Bi-Modal Therapy with Riluzole in Early Cohort and Advanced Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Patients — Final Report and Future Directions «(Source) will be presented by principal investigator of the clinical study, Dr. Benjamin Rix Brooks, of the Carolinas HealthCare System's Neuromuscular / ALS - MDA Center at Carolinas HealthCare System Neurosciences Institute.

My hope is that the study will serve as a framework for collaborative family involvement for current acute and post-acute healthcare systems.»

3 - 4 pm: Stephen Miller (Poster presentation)- The I - PICC Study: Protocol for a point - of - care randomized controlled trial of statin pharmacogenetics in a learning healthcare system

The study included 36 years of follow - up, as well as access to a uniform healthcare system that tracks the number and severity of TBIs.

She has spent thousands of hours studying counseling, nutrition, the mind - body connection, and the U.S. healthcare system during her successful effort to heal from her own six - year long, debilitating autoimmune disorder.

The Lyme Patient Quality of Life Survey Study found that chronic Lyme disease may be long lasting, may significantly impair patient quality of life, and may be costly to patients, employers, healthcare systems and society.

Naturopathic doctors (NDs) are trained as general practice physicians and are experts in natural medicine, blending non-toxic natural therapies with current advancements in the studies of health and human systems while covering all aspects of family healthcare from prenatal to geriatrics.

Leading Ayurveda specialist Dr. John Douillard explains that the lymphatic system, the body's largest circulatory system, is always the first system evaluated in Ayurveda, the ancient healthcare practice of India, and yet in western medicine it is the most forgotten, under - studied, and least understood system in the human body.

A 2015 Human Animal Bond Research Initiative Foundation study by George Mason University found that pet owners saved the U.S. healthcare system more than $ 11 billion by going to the doctor less and, for those who walk their dog at least five times per week, fewer incidences of obesity.

For example, a 2015 Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) study conducted by George Mason University found that pet owners saved the U.S. healthcare system more than $ 11 billion by going to the doctor less.

Preliminary results from a HABRI - supported economic study show an $ 11.7 - billion savings to the U.S. healthcare system as a result of pet ownership.

Frequency and consequences of violence and aggression towards employees in the German healthcare and welfare system: a cross-sectional study

We may also combine health information about many patients to make improvements in our healthcare delivery system and we may remove information that identifies you from this set of health information so others may use it to study healthcare delivery without learning who our specific patients are.

Dr Sarah Dennis, the study author said that health coaching to develop self - management skills including behaviour change, goal setting and empowerment can assist in reducing the burden of chronic disease on the healthcare system.

While nursing homes may have to compete with home - based care delivery models and sometimes assisted living providers for market share in an environment where cost control is top priority, studies such as this demonstrate that nursing homes provide value to the healthcare system, too.