Search for dissertations about: "Inpatient department"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Inpatient department.

  2. 1. In-hospital bed occupancy and the emergency department - effects on decisions about the level of care

    Author : Mathias Blom; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emergency department overcrowding; access block; inpatient admission; unplanned 72h revisits;

    Abstract : Background: Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding occurs when the need for ED services outstrips available resources. Causes have been divided into input, throughput, and output factors, of which the last appear to be the most influential. READ MORE

  4. 2. Person-centered shift handovers in oncological inpatient care

    Author : Anna Kullberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Surveys show that patients are not sufficiently involved in decisions and planning regarding their own care, and patients have reported unfulfilled information needs in inpatient settings. To develop inpatient cancer care towards more person-centeredness, practices and ethics need to change. READ MORE

  5. 3. Demand and capacity imbalance in the emergency department, and patient outcomes

    Author : Björn af Ugglas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: An emergency department (ED) is always open and continuously needs to balance the inflow and demand for emergency service with available capacity. When demand exceeds the available capacity of an ED, it is referred to as crowding. READ MORE

  6. 4. Injuries are not accidents! : an emergency-department population-based epidemiological study of injuries with special reference to trauma recidivism hip fractures and geriatric falls

    Author : Fredrik Röding; Ulrica Bergström; Marie Lindkvist; Jack Lysholm; Per Morberg; Olle Svensson; Sari Ponzer; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; injury; population; fractures; contusions; sprains; fall injuries; Orthopaedics; ortopedi;

    Abstract : Injury is a major public health problem. In rich countries fall injures now kill more people than all other injury mechanisms together, because of global ageing and large-scale sustainable injury prevention programs for all other injury mechanisms but falls. READ MORE

  7. 5. Managing variation in hospital patient flows

    Author : Olle Olsson; Erik Sandberg; Mattias Elg; Daniel Ekwall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Performing healthcare services is a complex practice. With the continuous developments in the medical field, healthcare organisations and professionals have become increasingly specialised, and healthcare services increasingly fragmented. READ MORE