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Indicadors per avaluar el procés assistencial de les artroplàsties: apropant-nos als països nòrdics
(2017)
Since the Health and Quality Assessment Agency of Catalonia (AQuAS), several tools have been developed to facilitate decision making in the clinical and welfare field and the planning in relation to hip and knee ...
L’ús de la informació de salut com a motor de canvi del sistema sanitari
(2015)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the digitization of content are transforming our societies and the way of generating knowledge. In the sanitary field, the reuse of information available to the Health ...
Do hospitals have a higher mortality rate on weekend admissions? An observational study to analyse weekend effect on urgent admissions to hospitals in Catalonia
(2021-11-29)
Background: 'Weekend effect' is a term used to describe the increased mortality associated with weekend emergency admissions to hospital, in contrast with admission on weekdays. The objective of the present study is to ...
Avaluació de l’hospitalització a domicili: anàlisi de la situació a Catalunya en el període 2010-2014
(2016)
Home-based hospitalization is an advanced health care resource whose goal is to assist the patient in his or her own home by providing diagnostic and therapeutic processes of complexity and intensity comparable to those ...
Les decisions sobre la salut són cosa de dos
(2016)
Document that contemplates the decision making on health in a medical setting and details that there is always a need for at least two protagonists: the doctor and the patient; both parties share information. Professionals ...
Air pollution and surrounding greenness in relation to ischemic stroke: A population-based cohort study
(2022-03)
Evidence for the association between environmental exposures and ischemic stroke (IS) is limited and inconsistent. We aimed to assess the relationship between exposure to air pollutants, residential surrounding greenness, ...
Increased COVID-19 mortality in people with previous cerebrovascular disease: a population-based cohort study
(2022-04)
Background: The aim of the study was to determine the association between previous stroke and mortality after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) according to sex, age groups, and stroke subtypes.
Methods: Prospective ...
La participació de ciutadans i pacients: una qüestió de drets i de deures
(2015)
A model of participatory health care takes into account the rights and duties of patients and promotes informed decision-making on the part of patients and health professionals who serve them. The rights of patients include ...