Internationally, studies have focused on whether shift length impacts on patient care.
Conducted in a range of settings internationally, studies have examined specific socioeconomic factors (including education, income, deprivation and health insurance status) in relation to access to treatment.
Among them: moving to New York from Michigan, moving to a foreign country, adopting children internationally, studying Kabbalah and deciding as a teen not to shave her legs or under her arms (she changed her mind on that last one, eventually).
Internationally, studies of maternal morbidity during the birth admission have reported incidence rates ranging from 3.8 to 430 per 1000 deliveries [ 4, 7, 8, 12, 16, 27].
Internationally, studies report lack of medication[ 30], lack of adequate clinical care [ 31- 34] as well as high workloads and poor doctor motivation [ 30].
Internationally, studies on complementary medicine have noted relatively low levels of adverse drug reactions as compared to conventional Western drugs [ 33- 35].
4 Internationally, studies have reported poor quality of care in nursing homes for diabetes, heart failure, and stroke but usually do not include a community comparison group.
Internationally, studies have demonstrated a direct association between distance to cancer treatment services and patients' use of that treatment, with patients less likely to access specialist treatment when longer distances are involved [ 23- 25].
Although figures vary internationally, studies on the incidence of aphasia suggest that approximately one quarter to one third of all individuals admitted to hospital with acute stroke will present with aphasia [ 1- 4].
Internationally, studies have shown that CAM practitioners rely on secondary sources of researched information, such as texts, traditional theory and practice, the internet, manufacturer's information and information from educators [ 12, 18, 36- 39].
