Sentences with phrase «rates of emergency care»

These included higher rates of visits for nonemergency care and decreased rates of emergency care and hospitalizations.

Not exact matches

Our current maternity care system's disconnected and medical treatment of birth is what's causing the need for more medical and surgical intervention and emergency situations in the first place; it leads into a cascade of further interventions and more serious problems like the high rates of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality that plague the United States.

Of course we have made preparations (as much as anyone can prepare for the unknown at any rate) in case of an emergency need to transfer our care to a hospital and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make even the most medicalized situation a high - touch, high - compassion onOf course we have made preparations (as much as anyone can prepare for the unknown at any rate) in case of an emergency need to transfer our care to a hospital and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make even the most medicalized situation a high - touch, high - compassion onof an emergency need to transfer our care to a hospital and are prepared to do whatever it takes to make even the most medicalized situation a high - touch, high - compassion one.

There is a large number of residents on Medicaid with poorer - than - average health outcomes who use the emergency room for primary care at disproportionately high rates.

They also cover: Proportion of calls closed with telephone advice or managed without transport to A&E; Re-contact rate following discharge of care - to ensure that ambulance trusts provide safe and effective care the first time; Call abandonment rate - to ensure ambulance trusts can take 999 calls and that people don't abandon their 999 call before a control room operator has answered; Time to answer calls - measuring how quickly all 999 calls are answered; Time until treatment by an ambulance - dispatched health professional; Category A: eight minutes response time — measuring whether those patients most in need of an emergency ambulance get one quickly.

Patients who didn't seek follow - up care within a month received the lowest rate of care and had the worst health outcomes — demonstrating the need to improve follow - up with high risk chest pain patients after they're discharged from the emergency room, Ko said.

Finally, the authors found that the rate of growth in mental health conditions as a primary diagnosis was significant among the uninsured, Medicare beneficiaries, and the privately insured, showing the emergency department is also serving as a place of care for patients with mental illness.

«Emergency department crowding is clearly linked to worse patient care and worse outcomes, including higher mortality rates, higher rates of complications, and errors,» said Jesse M. Pines, M.B.A., M.D., director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the GW School of Medicine and Health Emergency department crowding is clearly linked to worse patient care and worse outcomes, including higher mortality rates, higher rates of complications, and errors,» said Jesse M. Pines, M.B.A., M.D., director of the Office for Clinical Practice Innovation, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the GW School of Medicine and Health emergency medicine and health policy at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

«Compared to Hamilton's general adult population, we found elevated emergency room use, multiple barriers to health care access and significant rates of chronic disease among urban Aboriginal adults,» said Dr. Michelle Firestone, an associate scientist with St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health.

In the first multi-state study of children's and non-children's hospitals, assessing pediatric readmission and revisit rates — being admitted into the hospital again or visiting the emergency room within 30 days of discharge — for common pediatric conditions, UCSF researchers found that diagnosis - specific readmission and revisit rates are limited in their usefulness as a quality indicator for pediatric hospital care.

The Emergency and Critical Care Service in the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine has earned a Level I rating by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, the highest rating that can be awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care Emergency and Critical Care Service in the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine has earned a Level I rating by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, the highest rating that can be awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care facilCare Service in the Wilford and Kate Bailey Small Animal Teaching Hospital at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine has earned a Level I rating by the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, the highest rating that can be awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care Emergency and Critical Care Society, the highest rating that can be awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care facilCare Society, the highest rating that can be awarded to a veterinary emergency and critical care emergency and critical care facilcare facility.

The emergency and specialty hospital has been rated as «outstanding» in the delivery of emergency and critical care as well as in - patient care by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

«We also want to remind the public that our rates for emergency care services are the same as regular care, with the exception of a modest $ 35 surcharge on your visit.»

According to the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS), «Less than 6 % of dogs and cats that experience cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) survive to hospital discharge, while the survival rate in people is over 20 %.»

In order to increase cardiac arrest victim survival rates and educate the public about the importance of emergency medical care, it's critical to separate CPR facts from myths.

To be eligible for the Responsible Care Company of the Year award, companies must demonstrate they have met and surpassed Responsible Care performance criteria, including: a safety performance rating in the top 10 percent of companies in their size category, with no significant process incidents in the previous year; positive performance measures in the areas of transportation safety, process safety and emissions reduction; and demonstrated improvements in EHS&S performance, product stewardship, distribution safety and emergency preparedness.

Because of the nature of emergency situations, ERs generally have a higher rate of physician error than other health care settings.

Your health insurance will cover emergency medical care (although at an out - of - network rate in some situations) and since you didn't pre-pay for a lot of trip costs, then you probably don't have a lot to lose.

The DC mothers reported fewer infant emergency care episodes as well as more community connections, more positive parenting behaviors, participation in higher quality child care, and lower rates of anxiety than control mothers.

The interrelation between disadvantage, poor health, low rates of primary care, and greater use of emergency facilities is found even within universal access health care systems, suggesting that factors in addition to financial affordability impact children's health care.

Results Greater parental support was associated with increased rates of nonemergency care and a higher ratio of outpatient to emergency room (ER) services, a pattern reflecting better health and service use.