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Healthy Markets? The New Competition in Medical Care

Book by Mark A. Peterson; Duke University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Insurance, Health--United States, Managed Care Plans (Medical Care)--United States, Medical Care--United States--Finance

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...want . It follows that greater medical spending to support more of...availability of such technologies in the past. Having said this...because in the case of health care, peoples utility would appear...inculcating an awareness of the errors and misconceptions that abound...
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Disputing Doctors: The Socio-Legal Dynamics of Complaints about Medical Care

Book by Linda Mulcahy; Open University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Complaints (Administrative Procedure)--Great Britain, Dispute Resolution (Law)--Great Britain, Medical Care--Great Britain, Physician And Patient--Great Britain

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...attack on the bio-medical model of care. Interest in alternatives may be...self-regulated market for medical care and an unregulated...Allsop 1998). Thus, in return for being given...complaints about medical care should, in the first instance...
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Assessment and Evaluation of Health and Medical Care: A Methods Text

Book by Crispin Jenkinson; Open University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Medical Care--Evaluation--Methodology

Collections: Entire Library

...the most common errors in RCTs, and in medical research in general...controlled clinical trials in health services research, Medical Care, 33: 687-99. Bradley...effectiveness studies in health care, Medical Care, 32: 150-63...
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Health Insurance with Medical Care: The British Experience

Book by Douglass W. Orr; The Macmillan Company, 1938

Subjects:

Insurance, Health--Great Britain, Labor--Great Britain, Medical Economics, Working Class--Great Britain, Working Class--Medical Care

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...settlement people aware of the gaps in necessary medical care for low income groups but have...basic and often tragic need for medical care in their homes by the medically...they freed from the costs of medical care in an unexpected illness, but they...
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Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being

Book by Robert J. Wicks; Oxford University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Burn Out (Psychology)--Prevention, Medical Personnel--Job Stress, Medical Personnel--Mental Health, Nurses--Job Stress, Nurses--Mental Health, Physicians--Job Stress, Physicians--Mental Health, Resilience (Personality Trait), Self-Care, Health, Stress Management

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...at least one suboptimal patient care practice during the month as opposed...included making treatment or medication errors that were not due to a lack of...cian from California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, also aptly notes...

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Silent Partners in Medical Care: a Cross-Cultural Study of Patient Participation

Journal article by Marti Young, Renee Storm Klingle; Health Communication, Vol. 8, 1996

Subjects:

Communication In Medicine, Health In Mass Media

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...satisfaction, recall, and impressions". Medical Care , 25 , 437-451. Samovar, L...Reading the vital signs: Research in health care communication". Communi...1972 ). "A review of medication errors and compliance in ambulant patients...
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Statistical Methods for Profiling Providers of Medical Care: Issues and Applications

Journal article by Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Mark E. Glickman, Constantine A. Gatsonis; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 92, 1997

Subjects:

Hospitals--Models, Medical care--Models, Regression analysis--Usage

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...implementing performance indices to evaluate medical care providers, such as physicians, hospitals, and care-providing networks. In this article we propose a class of...characteristics. Consequently, the errors associated with the effects of patient...
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Comparing Medical Care Expenditures of Two Diverse U.S. Data Sources

Journal article by E. Raphael Branch; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 110, 1987

Subjects:

Consumer Expenditure Survey--Statistics, Consumption (Economics)--Surveys, Medical care, Cost of--Surveys

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...rose almost 200 percent, but the rise in other living expenses was somewhat...proportion of total family expenditures, medical care expenditures declined from 6.1 percent...subject to sampling and estimation errors. Because of the differences in methodology...
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Task Complexity in Emergency Medical Care and Its Implications for Team Coordination

Journal article by Yan Xiao, William A. Hunter, Colin F. Mackenzie, Nicolas J. Jefferies, Richard L. Horst; Human Factors, Vol. 38, 1996

Subjects:

Emergency medical services--Evaluation, Medical errors--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...backgrounds. Unlike most other medical domains, team coordination in emergency situations occurs under...performance data and cataloging human errors are certainly important in efforts to improve the quality of care in emergency medicine. An orthogonal...
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Trust and the Ethics of Health Care Institutions: Though Trust Is Essential to Relationships between People, Including That between Patient and Clinician, Its Role in Organizational Ethics Is Largely Unexplored. Nonetheless, Trust Is Also Ideally a Part of the Relationship between Patient and Health Care Institution, Both Because It Is Desirable in and of Itself, and Because It Makes for Better Medical Care

Journal article by Susan Dorr Goold; The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 31, 2001

Subjects:

Medical ethics--Social aspects, Physician and patient--Communication, Physician-patient relations

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Limitations of Trust in the Provision of Medical Care," Journal of...the Ordinary in Health care: Concepts and...Hofmann, "Assessing Medical Efficacy: A Neglected...Responses of HMO Medical Directors to Trust Building in Managed Care," Milbank Quarterly...

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From Medical Malpractice to Quality Assurance: A Properly Designed Malpractice Insurance System Could Actually Decrease the Prevalence of Errors and Enhance the Overall Level of Care

Magazine article by Frank Sloan, Lindsey Chepke; Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 24, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Medical care quality--Management, Medical care--Management, Medical care--Quality management, Medical errors--Prevention, Medical malpractice insurance--Influence, Medical malpractice--Prevention, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Medical personnel--Prevention

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...quality of care is not what...first step in tackling...problems of medical errors and mediocre...Third, most medical errors do not result in malpractice...to health care providers...that many errors arise from defects in systems rather...Because many medical injuries...hospital care, it makes...
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Emerging Trends in Medical Device Technology

Magazine article by Carol Lewis; FDA Consumer, Vol. 35, May 2001

Subjects:

Home care--Equipment and supplies, Medical equipment and supplies industry--Product development, Medical equipment industry--Product development, Medical equipment--Innovations

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...in diabetes care. Similarly...difficulties in managing certain...skeptical of new medical technologies...possibility of user errors (unintentional...such as changes in diet or physical...with health-care professionals...able to use new medical technology without...unintentionally making errors that could compromise...
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MAKE NO MISTAKE!: Medical Errors Can Be Deadly Serious

Magazine article by Tamar Nordenberg; FDA Consumer, Vol. 34, September 2000

Subjects:

Hospitals--Safety and security measures, Medical errors--Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

...they checked in with, but from preventable medical errors. A medical...a health-care provider...secret weapon" in the war against medical errors. "Its unfortunate...research health-care decisions...VA health-care system is held up in the Institute...report on medical errors as a shining...
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Simple Steps to Prevent MEDICAL ERRORS

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, October 2001

Subjects:

Medical errors--Prevention, Physician and patient--Communication, Physician-patient relations

Collections: Entire Library

...caregivers to prevent medical errors--a widely reported...effective health care experience...active role in making sure care is as good as...following points in mind whenever...difficulty absorbing medical instructions...become dangerous in combination...
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So You Want to Build a Hospital? a Guide for Medical Entrepreneurs

Magazine article; African Business, May 2008

Subjects:

Africa--Buildings and facilities, Africa--Health aspects, Hospitals--Design and construction, Hospitals--Finance, Hospitals--Location, Medical care--Finance, Medical personnel--Forecasts and trends, Medical personnel--Location, Medical personnel--Services

Collections: Entire Library

...potential demand and make health care available to a greater number of Africans. Africas medical professionals have a key role to play in this respect and that is who this...on how best to avoid many of the errors that are often made; and how to...

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Medicare and Health-Care Errors; Feds Are Right to Stop Paying

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 31, 2007

Subjects:

Health care costs, Medical care, Cost of, Medicare, Negligence

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Medicare and Health-Care Errors; Feds Are Right...cost of fixing medical errors that...rules will help in the future...problem, when, in testimony before...providers for care caused by their...associated with medical errors suffered by...
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Childbirth Errors Cost [Pounds Sterling]665m in Three Years

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 8, 2007

Subjects:

Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth), Health care costs, Medical care, Cost of, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Negligence

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Childbirth Errors Cost Pounds Sterling665m in Three Years. MISTAKES in childbirth...years, figures show today. Claims for medical negligence have soared amid allegations...at St Georges HealthcareNHS Trust in Tooting, said: "Rather than have more...
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Childbirth Errors Cost [Pounds Sterling]m in Three Years

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 8, 2007

Subjects:

Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth), Health care costs, Medical care, Cost of, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Negligence

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Childbirth Errors Cost Pounds Sterlingm in Three Years. MISTAKES in childbirth have cost the health service...million in thepast three years, figures show today. Claims for medical negligence have soaredamid allegations that wards are under-staffed...
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WALES: Quicker Payout for Welsh NHS Errors; Assembly to Tackle Medical Damages System

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 3, 2007

Subjects:

Health care reform, Medical errors, Medical malpractice, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Negligence

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...completely satisfied with the care they received. "However there...about throwing money at people in the hope that they will take...the charity Action Against Medical Accidents, which supports the victims of medical errors, said: "AvMA is most concerned...
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COST OF BLUNDERS RUNS INTO MILLIONS; Figures Reveal Price of Medical Mishaps and Botched Operations

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 2, 2008

Subjects:

Health care costs--Statistics, Medical care, Cost of--Statistics, Medical errors--Statistics, Negligence--Statistics

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...solicitor specialising in medical negligence with Newcastle-based...be to cover nursing care. "If you have a child...levels of patient care, technology, treatment...has developed hugely in the last 10 years...PRESSURE: The number of medical negligence claims...

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Ophthalmology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Ophthalmologists specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of...prevention of blindness and care of the blind. Some of the major causes of blindness in adults are cataract, glaucoma...capacity, and refractive errors; and the laser, which can...

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