Oscillometric measurement of the ankle-brachial index and the estimated carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity improves the sensitivity of an automated device in screening peripheral artery disease.

Background And Aims: To overcome the time and personnel constraints of the Doppler method, automated, four-limb blood pressure monitors were recently developed. Their additional functions, such as measuring the estimated carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (ecfPWV), have been, thus far, less studied. We aimed to compare the sensitivity and specificity of different ankle-brachial index (ABI), toe-brachial index (TBI), and ecfPWV measurement methodologies to evaluate their contribution to peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening.

Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease Using an Automated Four-Limb Blood Pressure Monitor Equipped with Toe-Brachial Index Measurement.

Toe-brachial index (TBI) measurement helps to detect peripheral artery disease (PAD) in patients with incompressible ankle arteries due to medial arterial calcification, which is most frequently associated with diabetes. We aimed to evaluate how an automated four-limb blood pressure monitor equipped with TBI measurement could contribute to PAD screening. In 117 patients (mean age 63.

Examination of Lower Limb Microcirculation in Diabetic Patients with and without Intermittent Claudication.

Intermittent claudication is a frequent complaint in lower extremity artery disease, but approximately two thirds of patients are asymptomatic, most of which are diabetic patients. Non-invasive angiological and microrheological tests on diabetic subjects with and without intermittent claudication were performed in the present study. In total, 98 diabetic patients were included and divided into two groups: 20 patients (63.

[Changes of payment of physicians between 1998 and 2021 in Hungary].

Introduction: The development of the medical career model is a priority issue from the point of view of safe patient care.

Objective: In our research, we aimed to examine the average monthly income of doctors employed in Hungary between 1998 and 2021, especially with regard to the significant increase in medical payment in 2021.

Data And Methods: Data were derived from the database of the National Directorate General for Hospitals.

Inequalities in premature mortality from ischaemic heart disease in the WHO European region.

Objectives: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading causes of premature mortality. Our aim was to analyse standardised premature mortality rates from IHD by geographical groups in the age group 45-59 years.

Methods: We performed a retrospective, quantitative analysis of age-standardized mortality rates from IHD between 1990-2014 per 100,000 population in Western European (WE: N = 17), Eastern European countries (EE: N = 10), and countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU: N = 15) within the European Region of the World Health Organisation (WHO) based on data retrieved from the WHO European Mortality Database.

Engaging physicians and nurses in balanced scorecard evaluation-An implication at Palestinian hospitals and recommendations for policy makers.

Introduction: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are seldom involved in balanced scorecard (BSC) deployments. This study aims to incorporate Palestinian HCWs in the BSC to create health policy recommendations and action plans using BSC-HCW1, a survey designed and validated based on BSC dimensions.

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, the BSC-HCW1 survey was delivered to HCWs in 14 hospitals from January to October 2021 to get them involved in PE.

Disease-Specific Quality of Life among Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease in Hungary.

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a progressive atherosclerotic disease significantly impacting functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to investigate HRQoL among PAD patients in Hungary using the validated Hungarian version of the PADQoL questionnaire. Patients with symptomatic PAD were consecutively recruited from the Department of Angiology, Clinical Center, University of Pécs, Hungary.

Your clinical pharmacist can save your life, the impact of pharmacist's intervention.

Objective: Patient safety and adverse event analysis are of paramount importance in the management of patient medication, given the significant economic burden they place on a country's healthcare system. Medication errors fall into the category of preventable adverse drug therapy events and are therefore of key importance from a patient safety perspective. Our study aims to identify the types of medication errors associated with the medication dispensing process and to determine whether automated individual medication dispensing with pharmacist intervention significantly reduces medication errors, thereby increasing patient safety, compared to traditional, ward base medication dispensing (by a nurse).

Experience and Attitude of Colorectal Screening Pilot Program Participants Regarding Screening and Screening Programs in Hungary.

Background: In 2015, in Csongrád County (Hungary), a general practitioner based colorectal screening model program was implemented by the financial support of the European Union. Our aim was to evaluate the indicators of screening program and to analyze the experiences and attitude of participants of colorectal screening pilot program.

Methods: The colon cancer screening pilot programme was carried out in 2015 involving an average-risk population aged 50-69 in Csongrád county, Hungary (invited 22 130 persons).

Engaging patients in balanced scorecard evaluation - An implication at Palestinian hospitals and recommendations for policy makers.

Introduction: A balanced scorecard (BSC) is a comprehensive performance evaluation (PE) tool. A recent review summarized that a balanced consideration of PE from six perspectives in hospitals must be considered: financial, customer, internal, external, knowledge and growth, and managerial. However, patients were rarely engaged in BSC implementations.

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[Changes in the number of healthcare professionals in European healthcare systems between 2000 and 2018].

Introduction: Ensuring the supply of healthcare professionals is an important health policy issue nowadays. Objective: The aim of our research is to provide a comprehensive picture of the health workforce situation in the European OECD countries. Data and methods: Indicators analyzed regarding the numbers of practising midwives, nurses, physiotherapists and total hospital beds were derived from the “OECD Health Statistics 2021” database for the period 2000–2018.

Changes in the Number of Physicians and Hospital Bed Capacity in Europe.

Objectives: Our aim was to examine the numbers of practicing physicians and total numbers of hospital beds in European Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.

Methods: Data analyzed were derived from the "Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Health Statistics 2020" database between 1980 and 2018. The selected countries were compared according to the type of healthcare system and geographical location by parametric and nonparametric tests.

How to Engage Health Care Workers in the Evaluation of Hospitals: Development and Validation of BSC-HCW1-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Organizations worldwide utilize the balanced scorecard (BSC) for their performance evaluation (PE). This research aims to provide a tool that engages health care workers (HCWs) in BSC implementation (BSC-HCW1). Additionally, it seeks to translate and validate it at Palestinian hospitals.

Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease: Narrative Review.

Past decades have witnessed a major epidemiologic transition with a considerable increase in the disease burden associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), with low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) experiencing substantial increase in CVDs. As the global population is aging and peripheral artery disease (PAD) is strongly age-related, it is estimated to become increasingly prevalent in the future. PAD shares risk factors with coronary and cerebrovascular risk factors, particularly diabetes mellitus and smoking, and is associated with significant CVD morbidity and mortality.

Assessing Patient Experience and Attitude: BSC-PATIENT Development, Translation, and Psychometric Evaluation-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Health care organizations (HCO) did not consider engaging patients in balanced scorecard (BSC) implementations to evaluate their performance. This paper aims to develop an instrument to engage patients in assessing BSC perspectives (BSC-PATIENT) and customize it for Palestinian hospitals. Two panels of experts participated in the item generation of BSC-PATIENT.

The development of one-day surgical care in Hungary between 2010 and 2019.

Background: The constant increase in the utilization of one-day surgical care could be identified since more than a decade in most of European countries. Initially, according to the international rankings, the exploitation of one-day surgery in Hungary was not really significant. In 2010, the Hungarian policy makers intended to increase one-day surgical care as a priority strategy.

A systematic review: the dimensions to evaluate health care performance and an implication during the pandemic.

Background: The balanced scorecard (BSC) has been implemented to evaluate the performance of health care organizations (HCOs). BSC proved to be effective in improving financial performance and patient satisfaction.

Aim: This systematic review aims to identify all the perspectives, dimensions, and KPIs that are vital and most frequently used by health care managers in BSC implementations.

The deployment of balanced scorecard in health care organizations: is it beneficial? A systematic review.

Background: Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been implemented for three decades to evaluate and improve the performance of organizations. To the best of the researchers' knowledge, no previous systematic review has performed a comprehensive and rigorous methodological approach to figure out the impact of BSC implementation in Health Care Organizations (HCO).

Aims: The current work was intended to assess the impact of implementing the BSC on Health Care Workers' (HCW) satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and financial performance.

[Epidemiological disease burden and annual health insurance treatment cost of acute myocardial infarction in Hungary].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A szív- és érrendszeri betegségek a vezető halálokok között szerepelnek világszerte, az összes halálozás egyharmadáért, míg az európai halálozások közel feléért felelősek. Célkitűzés: Vizsgálatunk célja volt a heveny szívinfarktus okozta epidemiológiai és egészségbiztosítási betegségteher elemzése.

[Annual epidemiological and health insurance disease burden of pertrochanteric fractures in Hungary].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A pertrochanter töréssel kapcsolatos szolgáltatások igénybevétele jelentős terhet jelent a társadalom és az egészségügyi rendszerek számára. Célkitűzés: Elemzésünk célja volt a pertrochanter törés okozta éves epidemiológiai és egészségbiztosítási betegségteher meghatározása Magyarországon.

[Nationwide epidemiological and health insurance disease burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Hungary].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A rheumatoid arthritisszel kapcsolatos szolgáltatások igénybevétele nagy teher az egészségügyi rendszerek számára. Célkitűzés: Elemzésünk célja volt a rheumatoid arthritis okozta éves epidemiológiai és egészségbiztosítási betegségteher meghatározása Magyarországon.

[Epidemiological disease burden and annual health insurance treatment cost of colorectal cancer in Hungary].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: Magyarországon a vastag- és a végbéldaganat mindkét nem esetében a harmadik leggyakoribb daganatos megbetegedés és a második leggyakoribb halálok. Célkitűzés: Elemzésünk célja volt a vastag- és végbéldaganat okozta éves epidemiológiai és egészségbiztosítási betegségteher meghatározása Magyarországon.

[Inequalities in premature mortality due to cerebrovascular disease in Europe between 1990 and 2014].

Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A cerebrovascularis betegségek népegészségügyi szempontból jelentősek, világszerte a vezető halálokok között szerepelnek, és a rokkantság egyik fő okát képezik. Célkitűzés: Vizsgálatunk célja a cerebrovascularis betegségekből eredő, idő előtti halálozás hazai és nemzetközi adatainak elemzése régiónkénti bontásban a 45-59 éves korcsoportban.