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| Matos,Eliana Dias; Lemos,Antônio Carlos Moreira; Bittencourt,Carolina; Mesquita,Cristiane Leite. |
| Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance, particularly multiresistance, is a crucial issue in the control of tuberculosis (TB). This study estimated the prevalence of primary and acquired anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from hospitalized patients, to identify the risk factors for resistance, and to evaluate the its impact on hospital mortality for tuberculosis. Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 217 patients hospitalized for TB were analyzed. Subjects were recruited sequentially at a TB reference hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil from July 2001 to July 2003. Multiresistant (MR) strains were defined as strains resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid. Of a total of 217 strains isolated, 41 (19.0%, 95%CI:... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Resistance; Multiresistance; Hospitals; Bahia-Brazil. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000300007 |
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| Friesner, Daniel L.; McPherson, Matthew Q.; Rosenman, Robert. |
| Efficiency measurement has been one of the most extensively explored areas of health services research over the past two decades. Despite this attention, few studies have examined whether a providers efficiency varies on a monthly, quarterly or other, sub-annual basis. This paper presents an empirical study that looks for evidence of seasonal inefficiency. Using a quarterly panel of general, acute-care hospitals from Washington State, we find that hospital efficiency does vary over time; however, the nature of this dynamic inefficiency depends on the type of efficiency being measured. Our results suggest that technical and cost efficiency vary by quarter. Allocative and scale efficiency also vary on a quarterly basis, but only if the data are jointly... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Seasonality; Efficiency; Hospitals; Data envelopment analysis; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12957 |
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| Bangsund, Dean A.; Leistritz, F. Larry. |
| Community hospital administrators in North Dakota were surveyed to determine the amount and type of expenditures made to North Dakota entities in 1997. Estimates of net revenues retained within the state were also solicited. Forty-two of the 44 community hospitals in the state responded. Economic activity from hospitals in the state was divided into two groups--community hospitals and all hospitals. In-state expenditures for Federal and Native American facilities were generated from survey results. Expenditures and returns (direct impacts) from community hospitals in the state were about $832 million in 1997. When the six military, Veteran, state, and tribal hospitals were included, industry-wide direct impacts increased to $904 million. Input-output... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Hospitals; Economic impact; North Dakota; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23151 |
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| Cordeiro,Rossana A; Brilhante,Raimunda SN; Pantoja,Lydia DM; Moreira Filho,Renato E; Vieira,Patrícia RN; Rocha,Marcos FG; Monteiro,André J; Sidrim,José JC. |
| This paper reports the results of environmental surveillance of yeasts in specific areas of two tertiary local hospitals. From March 2007 to February 2008, samples from the air of two public hospitals were collected on a monthly basis. The samples were collected through passive sedimentation method (day and night exposure) of Petri dishes. A total of 240 air samples from 10 hospital environments were analyzed. These environments presented similar contamination levels, from which 80 fungi isolates were isolated: Candida parapsilosis (n = 34), Rhodotorula spp. (19), Trichosporon asahii (11), C. tropicalis (8), C. albicans (4), C. glabrata (1), C. guilliermondii (1), C. krusei (1) and Saccharomyces spp. (1). Regarding the presence of yeasts and climatic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Environmental monitoring; Air contamination; Yeasts; Hospitals. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100007 |
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