News tagged with hospital discharge data

More Women Choosing to Remove Healthy Breast after Cancer Diagnosis

(PhysOrg.com) -- An increasing number of women diagnosed with cancer in one breast are opting to have their healthy breast surgically removed, according to a recent study of New York State data. The study also finds that, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of in-hospital death

Hospitals that reported higher scores on measures of safe practices did not have a significantly lower rate of in-hospital deaths compared to hospitals that reported lower scores on these measures, according to a study in ...

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Death rates after hospitalization down for oldest heart failure patients

Death rates after hospitalization for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalizations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure.

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created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study: Infections after cardiac device implantation produce excess costs and mortality

Surgical infections associated with pacemakers and defibrillators led to 3-fold increases in hospital stay, 55-118% higher hospitalization costs, 8 to 11 fold increase in mortality rates, and double the mortality after 1 ...

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created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care often sicker, have poorer outcomes

Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one ...

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created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Risk of hospital patient mortality increases with nurse staffing shortfalls, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nurses are the front-line caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for any hospital is to ensure that each of its patient-care ...

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created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

3 in 4 domestic violence victims go unidentified in emergency rooms, study shows

More than three quarters of domestic violence victims who report the incidents to police seek health care in emergency rooms, but most of them are never identified as being victims of abuse during their hospital visit. These ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coffee drinking linked to reduced stroke risk in women

Drinking more than a cup of coffee a day was associated with a 22 percent to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with those who drank less, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Homeless patients cost $2,500 more than the average patient for each hospital stay

Homeless patients cost about $2,500 more per hospital stay than the average patient, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Trauma patients have higher rate of death for several years following injury

In a study that included more than 120,000 adults who were treated for trauma, 16 percent of these patients died within 3 years of their injury, compared to an expected population mortality rate of about 6 percent, according ...

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carotid artery stenting shown to be cost-effective alternative to endarterectomy

Researchers determined that carotid artery stenting (CAS) with embolic protection is an economically attractive alternative to endarterectomy (END) for patients at increased surgical risk. The study, based on data from the ...

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created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs

Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition ...

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created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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