Patient Transfer (Patient Dumping)

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77 relevant articles (2 outcomes, 7 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: Interfacility or intrahospital transfer of patients. Intrahospital transfer is usually to obtain a specific kind of care and interfacility transfer is usually for economic reasons as well as type of care provided.

Also Known As:

Patient Dumping; Dumping, Patient; Patient Transfers; Transfer, Patient; Transfers, Patient

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services

Experts

1.	Svenson, James: 1 article (05/2008)
2.	Liao, Min-lei: 1 article (03/2008)
3.	Qiu, Jian-ping: 1 article (03/2008)
4.	Hu, Jian: 1 article (03/2008)
5.	Zhang, Jun-Feng: 1 article (03/2008)
6.	Shen, Wei-Feng: 1 article (03/2008)
7.	Yang, Zheng-kun: 1 article (03/2008)
8.	Zhang, Jian-Sheng: 1 article (03/2008)
9.	Zhang, Jun-feng: 1 article (03/2008)
10.	Zhang, Rui-Yan: 1 article (03/2008)

Related Diseases

1.	Pain (Aches) 09/01/2003 - "The most frequently reported positive effects on QOL were reported in the following areas: spasticity control without the sedative effect of oral medication; ease of care for caregivers; easier positioning; less pain/increased comfort; and improved patient transfers" 01/01/2007 - "Certain manual patient-transfer tasks and psychological demands seemed to play more important roles in severe LBP (such as care seeking, intense pain, and sick leave) than in minor LBP (pain lasting for at least one day)" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Ventricular Fibrillation 12/01/1997 - "Endpoints included: defibrillation efficacy for ventricular fibrillation (VF); restoration of an organized rhythm at the time of patient transfer to an advanced life support (ALS) team or to the emergency department (ED); and time from AED power-on to first defibrillation" Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Back Pain (Backache) 10/01/2001 - "AIM OF STUDY: The influence of several preventive therapies (coordination training in spacecurl, kinaesthetics/back protective patient transfer) has been investigated with regard to coordination, back pain and quality of life in a randomised controlled study" 12/01/1987 - "Importance of non-patient transfer activities in nursing-related back pain: II. Observational study and implications." 03/01/1995 - "Specific manual handling tasks were associated with an increased risk of back pain; however, no such association was found with mechanised patient transfers." 12/01/1987 - "Importance of non-patient transfer activities in nursing-related back pain: I. Questionnaire survey." 09/01/2000 - "The 240 cases and 614 referents completed questionnaires about occupation, type of clinic, working hours, shift work, patient transfers, perceived exertion, back pain, prior back injury, job strain, body mass index (BMI), smoking, immigrant status, physical training, and self-rated fitness" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Back Injuries (Back Injury) 01/01/2002 - "Multiple studies have concluded that manual patient transfer and repositioning techniques are a significant cause of low back injuries" 01/01/2004 - "More than 1/3 of back injuries among nurses result from patient transfers" 05/01/1996 - "Health care workers who have patient transfer duties are at risk for back injury" 09/01/2000 - "The 240 cases and 614 referents completed questionnaires about occupation, type of clinic, working hours, shift work, patient transfers, perceived exertion, back pain, prior back injury, job strain, body mass index (BMI), smoking, immigrant status, physical training, and self-rated fitness" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Myocardial Infarction 03/20/2008 - "Prospective multicenter randomized trial comparing physician versus patient transfer for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction." 12/01/2007 - "Already in its 1st year, the myocardial infarction network "Herzinfarktverbund Essen" demonstrates with 489 patients the feasibility of an exhaustive urban STEMI network with preference to patient transfer to high-volume PCI centers" 06/16/2004 - "Despite these promising findings, several obstacles have hindered the adoption of patient-transfer strategies in the U.S., including greater distances between community and tertiary hospitals, a lack of integrated emergency medical services, and the medical community's limited experience with centralized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care networks" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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