Their analysis looked at how consumption patterns may shift in response to fish advisories and found a net benefit if advisories are properly followed but substantial health risks if advisories lead to unnecessary decreases in fish consumption.
Avoidance of unnecessary hospitalization may decrease in-hospital infections and death, reduce healthcare costs, and improve patient quality of life.
The implications of this line of research are wide ranging, as avoidance of unnecessary hospitalization may decrease in-hospital infections and death, reduce healthcare costs, and improve patient quality of life [35 37].
It is debateable whether the reduced LoS we observed following twice-daily ward rounds was due to a reduction in unnecessary tests which caused delayed discharges, or if reducing LoS by better senior clinician's decision-making led to a decrease in unnecessary testing because of the considerably shorter stay of patients in the hospital.
A decrease in unnecessary appendectomies should not cause an increase in perforation rates [5, 6].
A decrease in unnecessary care was associated with an increase in hospital productivity.
Outcomes commonly reflected changes in adopting healthy behaviors, stabilization of distress symptoms, a decrease in unnecessary primary medical care utilization, or improved general functioning.
The difference in costs was mainly due to the decrease in unnecessary tetanus prophylaxis achieved because of the higher sensitivity of TQS in identifying protected patients who do not need prophylaxis.
Nevertheless, judicious use of antimicrobial drugs and a decrease in unnecessary prescriptions, as promoted by the Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (www.cdc.gov/getsmart) campaign, are essential to limiting selection and spread of antimicrobial drug resistance.
The study may provide comprehensive information of Chinese children who require emergency care that may help the health care system make some changes in improving children's health care, such as education or changes in emergency care policy to improve true emergency care quality and decrease in unnecessary emergency visits.
