Though let's consider Gallup, which may have a less, uh, acute perspective than the Bishops and assume the 50-44 splis is fairly accurate.
Interview topics included meanings of palliative care, including referral issues; recognition and assessment of palliative care needs and generalist capacity within the stroke service; the role of specialist palliative care within acute stroke; perspectives on working with families; and workforce and organisational development issues.
Given the limitations outlined above, the question that must be asked is whether any conclusions can be drawn from such data about a) cost-effectiveness from the acute setting perspective, and b) the generalisability of this restricted analytic perspective to wider societal cost-effectiveness over a longer horizon.
In my 30 years in medicine, the focus has been geared more towards measuring outcomes from an acute care perspective rather than quality from the point of view of the individual.
Drummond's genuine enthusiasm for new music was balanced by an acute historical perspective, and a love of young people: he greatly increased the number of appearances by youth orchestras, upping it to five in the 1993 season.
His enthusiasm for new music was balanced by an acute historical perspective and a love of young people: he greatly increased the number of appearances by youth orchestras, upping it to five in the 1993 season.
Antihypertensive therapy when indicated immediately post stroke may be cost-effective compared with placebo from the acute hospital perspective.
Antihypertensive therapy in hypertensive patients immediately post stroke may be effective and cost-effective compared with placebo from the acute hospital perspective at three months post ictus.
The burden of burn injury is a significant issue, not only in terms of the acute care perspective but also the chronic health effects resulting from the injury event and the subsequent treatments.
Two main themes with belonging sub-themes derived from the analysis were: Barriers to effective discharge planning for PWD and their carers - the acute care perspective: managing PWD in the acute care setting, demand for post discharge services exceeds availability of services, pressure to discharge patients and incomplete discharge documentation.
