International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
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Int J Qual Health Care · Feb 2016
Associations between demographics and health-related quality of life for chronic non-malignant pain patients treated at a multidisciplinary pain centre: a cohort study.
To describe the associations between demographics and health-related quality of life for chronic non-malignant pain patients. ⋯ In order to improve treatment at a multidisciplinary pain centre, it may be of value to target treatments to different patient subgroups based on, amongst other things, age and employment status.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Feb 2016
ICU physicians are unable to accurately predict length of stay at admission: a prospective study.
To evaluate the accuracy of prediction of intensive care unit length of stay made by physicians at patient admission. ⋯ The intensive care unit length of stay prediction in these oncological intensive care units is inaccurate and, ideally, should not be made at admission.