Flow diagram of the epidemiological components of the model described in Results.We have modified the basic SEIR formulation by dividing the exposed (E) and infectious (I) classes into two sequential…
Tag: Medical economics
Research suggests no difference in health outcomes, care costs for patients treated by traditional MDs or osteopaths
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New UCLA-led research suggests that patient mortality rates, readmissions, length of stay, and health care spending were virtually identical for elderly hospitalized patients who were treated…
Research favors testing and voluntary isolation over closures in disease outbreaks
Net benefits (as a fraction of GDP, y-axis) of the random testing with self-isolation policy for τ = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 over the range of Tτ from…
In the UK, minority ethnic doctors less likely to get specialty NHS training posts; some specialties show gender bias
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Most minority ethnic groups are less successful than their white British counterparts when applying to specialty training programs in the National Health Service (NHS), Cambridge researchers…
About 100,000 US nurses left workforce during pandemic
During the pandemic, nearly 100,000 U.S. registered nurses called it quits, a new survey shows. Why? A combination of stress, burnout and retirements created a perfect storm for the exodus.…
