Comput Inform Nurs 2009 Jan-Feb;27(1):50-6
School of Nursing and Community Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2021 Mar 16. Epub 2021 Mar 16.
Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Objectives: Trauma centers (TCs) are inconsistently distributed throughout the US. It is unclear if new TCs improve care and decrease mortality. We tested the hypothesis that increases in TCs are associated with decreases in injury-related mortality (IRM) at the state level. Read More
Sci Total Environ 2021 Mar 30;782:146749. Epub 2021 Mar 30.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States of America.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of ongoing challenges and presents an increased risk of illness in group environments, including jails, long-term care facilities, schools, and residential college campuses. Early reports that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was detectable in wastewater in advance of confirmed cases sparked widespread interest in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as a tool for mitigation of COVID-19 outbreaks. One hypothesis was that wastewater surveillance might provide a cost-effective alternative to other more expensive approaches such as pooled and random testing of groups. Read More
Ann Epidemiol 2021 Apr 6. Epub 2021 Apr 6.
South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Purpose: To assess veteran-specific prostate cancer (PrCA) mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIR) in South Carolina's (SC) veteran population.Methods: U.S. Read More
Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021 Apr 8. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rationale: Population-based analyses of hospitalization rates from countries with universal health care systems are lacking for patients with sarcoidosis.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the long-term trends in hospitalization rates and risk factors for hospitalization in patients with sarcoidosis in Ontario, Canada.Methods: We performed a cohort study using health administrative data from Ontario, Canada between 1996 and 2015. Read More
Laryngoscope 2021 Apr 8. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Objectives/hypothesis: Despite controversy regarding their impact and validity, there is a rising national focus on patient satisfaction scores (PSS). We describe the landscape of online PSS as posted by academic otolaryngology practices.Study Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Read More