... surgical risk and lack of awareness about the risk of not operating are among the reasons only half of eligible patients were referred for mitral valve repair, according to a study by doctors at the ...
... that offer cardiac rehabilitation and higher reimbursement to physicians and hospitals who consistently refer eligible patients for cardiac rehabilitation,” Dr. Phillips concludes.
(Arch Intern Med. ...
... journal BMC Health Services Research shows that recommended treatments are given to only a small minority of eligible patients. Benjamin Craig from the Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA, led a team ...
... back, shoulder or plastic surgery.
Thirty-seven patients had thigh-length and 105 had knee-length stockings. To be eligible, patients had to be hospitalized surgical patients 18 years or older; ...
... provider was found for only 52.7 percent, 60.4 percent and 51.5 percent of eligible ... claims data were combined, approximately half of eligible patients had evidence of screening."
Despite Medicaid ...
... Physicians and Surgeons.
Prior to enrolling in the trial, eligible patients had received a median of three (range ... week of rest per cycle of treatment. Patients also received vitamin B12 and folic acid ...
... varies widely between ICUs, and up to 40 percent of eligible patients may remain unfed after 48 hours ... reduced hospital mortality in critically ill patients," the authors conclude.
(JAMA. 2008;300[ ...
... through exercise and education. However, according to Professor Freedman, it is also known that only one-third of eligible patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in Europe, the USA ...
... waiting list. It can take several months for patients to go from primary care provider referral ... renal disease are older than 60. In medically eligible patients, kidney transplantation gives a better ...
... important that patients actively participate in their treatment. Though a common misconception, eligible patients should not assume that anyone other than a board-certified plastic surgeon affiliated ...
... could be critical for control of the spread of the disease."
In the study, researchers recruited 89 eligible patients with active tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa, and performed a randomized, ...
... for which there is little debate regarding clinical appropriateness of treatment in eligible patients," according to background information in the article. "Racial differences in survival have not ...
... in either group. Only 9.4 percent of patients in the sigmoidoscopy group and 10.8 percent of ... were self-paid. In addition, only 14 percent of eligible patients agreed to undergo unsedated colonoscopy. ...
... for non-small cell lung cancer patients who undergo PCI," Benjamin Movsas, M.D ... longer due to more effective treatments.
In this study, 340 eligible patients from 127 RTOG institutions with Stage III ...
... quadrant of the abdomen at six, 10 and 13 weeks.
Bahar said that more than half of eligible patients, or their parents or guardians, refused to enroll in the study because they were uncomfortable ...
