Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), including emerging multi-drug resistant organisms, threaten healthcare systems worldwide. Efficient containment measures of HAIs must...

Waiting times until first medical contact, before and after introducing patient-flow physician coordinator.

1 The worksheets are found in the supplemental digital content (S1 Costs Mobile and S1 Costs Fixed). Estimated cost per VMMC for 2012 program conditions (USD).

Characteristics of patients admitted before and after introducing a patient-flow physician coordinator.

Preliminary information for mobile program and fixed sites.

Networks characteristics of the French healthcare networks.

Community clustering distance.

Summary of A&E performance and arrivals per site.

BackgroundThe Ugandan Ministry of Health has endorsed voluntary medical male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy and has set ambitious goals (e.g., 4.2 million...

Secondary objectives: Length of stay in the emergency room and proportion of patients who left without being seen, before and after introducing a patient-flow physician...

Number and proportions of patients evaluated within SETS time limits before and after introducing the patient-flow physician coordinator.

The topology of the patient flow network in a hospital is complex, comprising hundreds of overlapping patient journeys, and is a determinant of operational efficiency. To...

Network characteristics of the random patient networks.