Search for dissertations about: "risk management in healthcare"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words risk management in healthcare.

  2. 16. 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

  4. 17. Healthcare consumption, experiences of care and test of and intervention in frail old people. Implications for case management

    Author : Jimmie Kristensson; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Long Term Care; Primary Health Care; Outpatients; Registries; Pilot Studies; Content Analysis; Case Management; Hospital; Emergency Services; Frail Elderly; Hospitalizations; Intervention Studies; Health Care Costs;

    Abstract : The overall aim of thesis was to explore frail older people’s experiences of receiving healthcare and/or social services and to investigate healthcare consumption and costs in both men and women and in different age groups in the two years prior to the introduction of long-term municipal care. A second aim was to explore a preventive intervention in a pilot study using case managers to older people with functional dependency and repeated healthcare contacts. READ MORE

  5. 18. Where are the people in emergency service planning? : Assessing the geography and equity of access to emergency services in Sweden

    Author : Jacob Hassler; Vania Ceccato; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Jonathan Corcoran; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emergency services; spatial analysis; equity; accessibility; blåljustjänster; rumslig analys; jämlikhet; tillgänglighet; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

    Abstract : Providing high-quality health care to everyone who needs it is a central objective of the Swedish healthcare system. One way in which this goal is broadly pursued is by allocating resources that maximize the geographical coverage of ambulances, aimed at reducing ambulance respons times as much as possible, for as many as possible. READ MORE

  6. 19. Measures in forensic psychiatry : risk monitoring and structured outcome assessment

    Author : Knut Sturidsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Forensic psychiatry; violence risk; recidivism; risk management; risk monitoring; risk assessment; time use; and quality register;

    Abstract : Background: Violent offenders suffering from a major mental disorder (MMD) are sometimes publicly portrayed as particularly dangerous. In reality however, only a small fraction of those inflicted with a MMD do commit any violent offence. READ MORE

  7. 20. Bridging the gap between clinical trials and clinical practice : sacubitril-valsartan in heart failure as a model

    Author : Helena Norberg; Krister Lindmark; Ellinor Bergdahl; Eva-Lotta Glader; Björn Wettermark; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Systematic implementation; healthcare quality improvement; chronic disease management; heart failure; sacubitril-valsartan; real-world population; sex differences; kardiologi; Cardiology;

    Abstract : When novel treatments prove more effective than standard therapies, a swift and effective implementation is needed to reach cost-effectiveness and to benefit eligible patients. Meanwhile, women and elderly are often under-represented in clinical trials, which creates a knowledge gap on how to optimize treatment in clinical practice. READ MORE