Background Countries with resource-poor health systems have struggled to improve access to and the quality of caesarean section (C-section; CS) for women seeking care in public health facilities.

Background Evaluation of neck trauma is a common reason for emergency department (ED) visits. There are several validated ...

Introduction The vital role of medical workforce well-being for improving patient experience and population health while assuring safety and reducing costs is recognised internationally. Yet the ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem, life-shortening genetic disease that requires complex care. To facilitate this expert, multidisciplinary care, the CF Foundation established a Care Center ...

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Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Tom Reader, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, ...

US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Dr Kerm Henriksen, US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency ...

Healthcare managers, clinical researchers and individual patients (and their physicians) manage variation differently to achieve different ends. First, managers are primarily concerned with the ...

This paper defines risk and its component elements and describes where clinical practice may be starting from in terms of what is reported in the literature about understanding risks and the ...

Background Patients and caregivers often face significant challenges when they are discharged home from hospital. We sought to understand what influenced patient and caregiver experience in the ...

Correspondence to Dr Joanna Abraham, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; joannaa{at}wustl.edu Background Computerised provider order entry ...