Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on nursing staff, resulting in alarming turnover rates. As part of the Quebec (Canada) government’s response to the pandemic, nurses have been ...

Objective To investigate how smoking status is recorded in UK primary care; to evaluate whether appropriate multiple imputation (MI) of smoking status yields results consistent with health surveys.

Objective Better knowledge of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection prevalence at the national level can help to implement pertinent strategies to address HBV related burden. The aim was to estimate the ...

Objective While there is an emerging literature on the usefulness of assistance dogs for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is a dearth of quantitative data on the value of assistance ...

Objective To explore the correlation between prescribing rate of medications and hospital admissions related to medications administration errors in England and Wales during the time from 1999 to 2020 ...

Objective To investigate the relationship between temperature extremes and daily number of deaths in Jinan, a temperate city in northern China. Methods Data ondaily number of deaths and meteorological ...

Introduction Intentional rounding (IR) is a structured process whereby nurses in hospitals carry out regular checks, usually hourly, with individual patients using a standardised protocol to address ...

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria Objectives Owing to a lack of data, our aim was to evaluate and compare the impact of various common ...

Objectives The objective of this review was to scrutinise the impact of urban green spaces on heat-related morbidity and mortality. Design This systematic review was meticulously carried out following ...

Objectives Kaizen, or continuous improvement, lies at the core of lean. Kaizen is implemented through practices that enable employees to propose ideas for improvement and solve problems. The aim of ...

2 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 3 Department of Statistics, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå ...

Introduction Person-centred care based on systematic and comprehensive patient-engagement is gaining momentum across healthcare systems. Providing care that is responsive to the needs, values and ...