Increasing wait times predict increasing mortality for emergency medical admissions

PK Plunkett, DG Byrne, T Breslin… - European Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background The actual impact of emergency department (ED)'wait'time on hospital mortality
in patients admitted as a medical emergency has often been debated. We have evaluated …

Nursing home length of stay in 3 Canadian health regions: Temporal trends, jurisdictional differences, and associated factors

M Hoben, SA Chamberlain, A Gruneir… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess (1) temporal changes (2008–2015) in nursing home (NH) length of
stay (LoS) in 3 Canadian health jurisdictions (Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg),(2) resident …

The estimated disease burden of norovirus in The Netherlands

L Verhoef, M Koopmans, W van Pelt, E Duizer… - Epidemiology & …, 2013 - cambridge.org
Noroviruses are an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans. We incorporated
new insights gained over the past decade in an updated estimate of the disease burden of …

Age and outcome in acute emergency medical admissions

DG Byrne, SL Chung, K Bennett, B Silke - Age and ageing, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background: there is a lack of outcome information with respect to older health service
users. The purpose of this study was to examine 30-day in-hospital mortality and its …

Social deprivation, population dependency ratio and an extended hospital episode—Insights from acute medicine

S Cournane, A Dalton, D Byrne, R Conway… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Patients from deprived backgrounds have a higher in-patient mortality following
an emergency medical admission; this study aimed to investigate the extent to which …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of social deprivation on the admission rate and outcomes of adult respiratory emergency admissions

S Cournane, D Byrne, R Conway, D O'Riordan… - Respiratory …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Patients with respiratory disorders constitute a major source of activity for Acute
Medicine. We have examined the impact of Socio-Economic Status (SES) and weather …

Will-making in Irish nursing homes: Staff perspectives on testamentary capacity and undue influence

A Houston, M Donnelly, ST O'Keeffe - International Journal of Law and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Allegations of lack of testamentary capacity or of undue influence are grounds for many
disputed wills. Some people who make (or change an existing) will are resident in a nursing …