Sentences with phrase «quality of care declines»

Yes, health insurance costs too much and prices are going up while quality of care declines.

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Moreover, a number of features of the US sub-prime market which have contributed to its current problems are not present in Australia, including large teaser rates, a marked decline in lending standards, and an originate and distribute model where the originator has a reduced incentive to care about the quality of the loan written.

Speaking concretely, it would yield less relief of suffering, less patient autonomy, corruption of the practice of medicine, and a decline in the quality of palliative care.

• Recognizing declines in the pet (s) quality of life and making decisions in consultation with a veterinarian regarding appropriate end - of - life care (e.g., palliative care, hospice, euthanasia).

If your pet's quality of life begins to decline significantly due to a terminal illness or major injury, it may be time to discuss gentle euthanasia under our trained veterinarian's care.

Although advances in veterinary care, better nutrition and better educated owners have helped improve the quantity and quality of these years, studies reveal that senior cats continue to struggle with weight as the result of reduced activity levels and a steady decline in senses, nutrient absorption and fat digestion.

In the article Pipes claims that nearly two - thirds of doctors expect the quality of care in this country to decline.

In the U.S., starting with the 1970s, the air and water quality has been dramatically improving; the number of people who smoke has dropped like a stone; the pharmaceutical / medical / health care research complex has produced wondrous solutions for communicable diseases; and yet, despite all that good news, the overall health of Americans and their lifespans have in some respects actually declined.

As is the case in the health care system where there is a decline in general practitioners and an abundance of specialist creating a growing challenge to the system, «enhanced credentialing or limited licensing» may exacerbate existing challenges even if it may be a measure of quality.

A review of hospitals converting from non-profit to for - profit status, as well as from for - profit to non-profit, found that the hospitals becoming for - profit experienced a decline in quality of care and an increase in patient mortality.

There is a shortage of health care professionals across the state, which could jeopardize the quality of care that Arkansans receive as a result of this decline.

The number of patients reporting suicide attempts or deliberate self - harm declined from 14.2 % at baseline to 6.4 % at 6 months in the quality improvement group and from 11.6 % to 9.5 % in the usual care group.

To date, the immediate and lasting positive effects of quality care on language, cognitive development, and school achievement have been confirmed by converging findings from large, reasonably representative longitudinal studies and smaller, randomized trials with long - term follow - ups.1, 2,9 - 13 Contributors to this knowledge base include meta - analytic reviews of interventions and large longitudinal studies conducted in several countries.1, 2,14,15 Comprehensive meta - analyses now establish that effects of early care decline, but do not disappear, and when initial effects are large, long - term effects remain substantial.1, 2 Null findings in cognitive and social domains in a few studies may reasonably be attributed to the limitations inherent to their designs, samples, and measures.