Sentences with phrase «lower patient volume»

At Catskill Regional, revenue has declined due to government cuts and lower patient volume.

Not exact matches

Second, Johnson himself found that there was no correlation between the volume of high paying vs. low paying patients and the C - section rate.

This study used the National Cancer Data Base to analyze 9,817 patients and found that patients treated at higher - volume facilities were more likely to have shorter radiation therapy duration than those at lower volume facilities.

The study showed that patients admitted to academic medical centers that care for more patients with severe sepsis have significantly lower mortality rates than patients cared for at academic medical centers with lower volumes of sepsis patients.

High - volume lung transplant centers have lower transplantation costs and their patients are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days of leaving the hospital following surgery, according to a new study of more than 3,000 Medicare patients who received lung transplants.

Patients of high - volume surgeons (75th percentile of yearly mesh - based procedures) had a significantly lower risk for experiencing the composite outcome (surgical procedures related to removal or revision of mesh slings).

Patients treated with processed autologous adipose - derived regenerative cells (ADRCs) injected into the heart muscle demonstrated symptomatic improvement and a trend towards lower rates of heart failure hospitalizations and angina, despite no improvement in left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) or ventricular volumes.

Studies show that patients who have lower levels of B12 have an increased risk for brain volume loss.

As delineated and explained in this video, a plant based, whole foods diet, low as it naturally is in saturated fat and in caloric density and as high as it is in fiber — which reduces apettite both through volume and through the butyrate - producing gutflora — is better at improving the condition of Type 2 Diabetes patients.

Low - volume high - intensity interval training reduces hyperglycemia and increases muscle mitochondrial capacity in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Research shows that hospitals that treat more than 20 ovarian cancer cases a year and surgeons who operate on more than 10 cases a year have significantly better patient outcomes than lower volume hospitals and surgeons, according to the Valley Health System.

The dog was a high risk patient, but was brought to a low - cost, high - volume clinic for the surgery.

However, it is also possible that, all else being equal, the higher reimbursement rates for higher acuity patients will mitigate some of the pressure on cash flow from lower occupancy, as long as the volume of patient admissions is strong and expenses (e.g., labor expenses) do not increase more than the incremental revenue.

Part of the solution is ensuring that patient care is delivered in the most appropriate setting by providing routine care and simple procedures in lower cost ambulatory facilities rather than directing large volumes of outpatient services through high - cost medical centers.