It found that the quality of patients' marriages predicted their recoveries as well as the pumping ability of their hearts.
"Doctors who do not realize how little time is left may miss the chance to devote more of it to improving the quality of patients' remaining life," the researchers wrote.
What is evident is that the state of discharge arrangements, and the quality of patients' experience of discharge, is a critical marker for the quality of partnership working between health and social care.
Purchasers of health care rarely say no to a hot new product or drug that can extend or improve the quality of patients' lives, but advances generally carry premium prices.
But drug companies might need to be more flexible in countries like Britain, where drugs are paid for only if they are deemed cost-effective — as measured by how much the health system must pay to achieve certain gains in the length and quality of patients' lives.
Clinicians and managers receive reports regarding the quality of patients' treatment.
The second part of the study comprised the completion of the Greek version of the EQ-5D [42] in order to evaluate the quality of patients' lives.
Further research is required to establish the effect of the findings presented here on the life quality of patients with pyrolytic carbon-covered C/C composite implants.
Electronic health records (EHRs) promise to improve communication between health care providers, thus leading to better quality of patients' treatment and reduced costs.
Understanding the mechanisms of early life epileptogenesis will enable the development of rationally designed age- and sex-appropriate therapies that would improve the overall quality of patients' lives.
Because implementation of a decision aid requires time and financial commitment, its efficacy in improving the quality of patients' decisions must be evaluated.
