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2. Recurrent violent injury: magnitude, risk factors and opportunities for intervention from a statewide analysis

Author(s):
Kaufman, Elinore, author
Rising, Kristin, author
Wiebe, Douglas, J., author
Ebler, David, author
Crandall, Marie, author
Delgado, M. Kit, author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, September 2016
Subject(s):
Recurrence
Violence -- prevention & control
Wounds and Injuries -- etiology
Wounds and Injuries -- prevention & control
Hospitals
Preventive Health Services
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

4. Skin integrity, immobility, and pressure ulcers in class III obese patients

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Immobilization -- adverse effects
Obesity -- complications
Pressure Ulcer -- etiology
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Skin -- pathology
Skin Care -- methods
Bariatric Medicine -- instrumentation
Communication
Hygiene
Inservice Training
Obesity, Morbid -- complications
Patient Positioning
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5. Patient-to-patient aggression in the inpatient behavioral health setting

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Magee, Mary C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Aggression
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Inpatients
Risk Management
Violence -- statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Environment
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Patient safety
Patient-Centered Care
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

6. Contributors to post-injury mental health in urban black men with serious injuries

Author(s):
Richmond, Therese S., author
Wiebe, Douglas J., author
Reilly, Patrick M., author
Rich, John, author
Shults, Justine, author
Kassam-Adams, Nancy, author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2019
Subject(s):
African Americans
Depression -- epidemiology
Men's Health
Mental Health
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- epidemiology
Urban Health
Urban Population
Wounds and Injuries
Mental Disorders -- epidemiology
Risk Factors
Humans
Philadelphia
United States

8. Evaluation of Love Notes and Reducing the Risk in Louisville, KY: final impact report for University of Louisville Research Foundation : findings from an innovative teen pregnancy prevention program

Author(s):
Cunningham, Michael R., (Psychologist), author
Van Zyl, M. A., author
Borders, Kevin, author
Publication:
Louisville, KY : [University of Louisville Research Foundation] , January 2016
Subject(s):
Safe Sex
Adolescent
Pregnancy in Adolescence -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Program Evaluation
Kentucky
Love Notes (Program)
Reducing the Risk (Program)

9. Health Foundation for Western and Central New York's Maternal and Child Health Initiative

Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Grantmakers in Health, [2012]
Subject(s):
Catchment Area (Health)
Child Welfare
Maternal Health Services
Maternal Welfare
Patient Care Management
Social Support
Data Collection
Forecasting
Foundations
Midwifery -- trends
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Parenting
Pregnancy
Program Development
Risk Factors
Female
Humans
New York
United States

10. Radiology contrast concerns: reports of extravasation and allergic reactions

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Scott, Kelly, author
Magee, Mary C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2017
Subject(s):
Contrast Media -- adverse effects
Drug Hypersensitivity -- epidemiology
Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials -- epidemiology
Administration, Oral
Adult
Age Factors
Child
Contrast Media -- administration & dosage
Diagnostic Imaging -- adverse effects
Infant
Infusions, Intravenous
Injections, Intravenous
Iodine Compounds -- adverse effects
Patient safety
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

11. Ensuring equity: a post-reform framework to achieve high performance health care for vulnerable populations

Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, [2011]
Subject(s):
Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data
Healthcare Disparities -- trends
Quality of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Quality of Health Care -- trends
Vulnerable Populations
Community Networks
Cost Sharing -- statistics & numerical data
Cost Sharing -- trends
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
Forecasting
Health Care Reform
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility -- trends
Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data
Income -- statistics & numerical data
Income -- trends
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health
Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
Medicare -- statistics & numerical data
Minority Groups
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Poverty
Public Health Practice
Risk Factors
Humans
United States
United States.

14. Hospital readmission and social risk factors identified from physician notes

Author(s):
Navathe, Amol S., author
Feiran Zhong, author
Lei, Victor J., author
Chang, Frank Y., author
Sordo, Margarita, author
Topaz, Maxim, author
Navathe, Shamkant B., author
Rocha, Roberta A., author
Zhou, Li, author
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2017
Subject(s):
Electronic Health Records
Patient Readmission
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Automatic Data Processing
Physicians
Social Determinants of Health
Humans
United States

16. Clostridium difficile infections in nursing homes

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Clostridium Infections -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Nursing Homes
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Infections -- epidemiology
Clostridium Infections -- transmission
Evidence-Based Practice
Mandatory Reporting
Risk Factors
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

17. Beyond the count: preventing retention of foreign objects

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Foreign Bodies -- prevention & control
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Perioperative Care -- methods
Automatic Data Processing -- methods
Communication
Disclosure
Foreign Bodies -- diagnostic imaging
Radio Waves
Radiography
Risk Factors
Safety Management -- methods
Surgical Instruments
Surgical Sponges
Humans
United States

18. Colon perforations complicating colonoscopies: what is the best known evidence for prevention?

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Colon -- injuries
Colonoscopy -- adverse effects
Colonoscopy -- methods
Intestinal Perforation -- etiology
Intestinal Perforation -- prevention & control
Colonic Diseases -- diagnosis
Evidence-Based Medicine
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

19. Examining the drivers of readmissions and reducing unnecessary readmissions for better patient care

Publication:
Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, [2011]
Subject(s):
Patient Readmission -- statistics & numerical data
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Comorbidity
Follow-Up Studies
Insurance, Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Mortality
Patient Discharge
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
United States
United States.

22. Management of MRSA in ambulatory surgical facilities

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Ambulatory Care
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Surgicenters
Health Care Surveys
Methicillin Resistance
Patient Isolation
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

24. Management of unanticipated difficult intubation

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Intubation, Intratracheal -- methods
Patient Care Management -- methods
Airway Obstruction
Anesthesiology -- instrumentation
Anesthesiology -- methods
Emergency Medical Services -- methods
Hypoxia -- prevention & control
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Laryngeal Masks
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- instrumentation
Positive-Pressure Respiration -- methods
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Humans
United States

26. Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Communicable Disease Control -- methods
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- transmission
Equipment Contamination
Guideline Adherence
Needle Sharing -- adverse effects
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Syringes -- adverse effects
Humans
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

27. Neonatal complications: recognition and prompt treatment of shoulder dystocia

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Birth Injuries -- etiology
Dystocia -- therapy
Fetal Monitoring -- methods
Obstetric Labor Complications -- prevention & control
Delivery, Obstetric -- methods
Disclosure
Dystocia -- diagnosis
Dystocia -- etiology
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Welfare
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Safety Management
Shoulder
Female
Humans
United States

29. Malignant hyperthermia: is your facility prepared to treat this rare condition?

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Dantrolene -- therapeutic use
Malignant Hyperthermia -- therapy
Muscle Relaxants, Central -- therapeutic use
Anesthesia -- adverse effects
Anesthetics, Inhalation -- adverse effects
Malignant Hyperthermia -- diagnosis
Malignant Hyperthermia -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

33. Why has U.S. life expectancy fallen below other countries?

Author(s):
Chen, Anqi, author
Munnell, Alicia H., author
Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey T., author
Zulkarnain, Alice, author
Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, December 2017
Subject(s):
Developed Countries
Life Expectancy -- trends
Mortality -- trends
Forecasting
Health Expenditures
Insurance, Health
Men
Obesity -- epidemiology
Obesity -- mortality
Risk Factors
Smoking -- mortality
Socioeconomic Factors
Women
Humans
United States

34. Prevalence of risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease: implications for children and youth with special health care needs

Author(s):
Berry, Jay G., author
Rodean, Jonathan, author
Desmarais, Anna, author
Teves, Alyssa, author
Yang, Troy, author
Ferrari, Lynne, author
Publication:
[Palo Alto, California] : Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, April 2021
Subject(s):
COVID-19 -- epidemiology
Disabled Children
Risk Factors
Adolescent
Child
Prevalence
United States

38. Sexual violence: actions needed to improve DOD's efforts to address the continuum of unwanted sexual behaviors : report to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate

Publication:
Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, December 2017
Subject(s):
Military Personnel
Sexual Harassment -- prevention & control
Sex Offenses -- prevention & control
Domestic Violence -- prevention & control
Organizational Policy
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
Humans
United States
United States. Department of Defense.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

39. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease burden in California and Southern California, 2011

Author(s):
Meng, Ying-Ying, author
Pickett, Melissa C., author
Induni, Marta, author
Ryan-Ibarra, Suzanne, author
Publication:
Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 2012
Subject(s):
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Health Status
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive -- epidemiology
Adult
Aged
Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data
Health Care Costs
Health Care Surveys
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Minority Groups
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Poverty
Prevalence
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive -- diagnosis
Quality of Life
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Smoking -- adverse effects
Socioeconomic Factors
Spirometry
Humans
California
United States

40. Implementing a safe patient handling and movement program in a rehabilitation setting

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Accidents, Occupational -- prevention & control
Moving and Lifting Patients -- methods
Program Development
Rehabilitation Centers -- organization & administration
Safety Management -- methods
Communication
Equipment Design
Moving and Lifting Patients -- adverse effects
Moving and Lifting Patients -- instrumentation
Musculoskeletal System -- injuries
Organizational Policy
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Personnel, Hospital
Risk Factors
Task Performance and Analysis
Humans
United States

41. Central-line-associated bloodstream infection: comprehensive, data-driven prevention

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Bacteremia -- prevention & control
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Evidence-Based Practice
Infection Control -- methods
Acute Disease
Catheter-Related Infections -- epidemiology
Data Collection
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Health Facilities
Maintenance
Risk Factors
Safety Management
Time Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

43. Falls risk assessment: a foundational element of falls prevention programs

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Program Development
Risk Assessment -- methods
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Aged
Guideline Adherence
Health Status Indicators
Mobility Limitation
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Sensitivity and Specificity
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

44. The breadth of hospital-acquired pneumonia: nonventilated versus ventilated patients in Pennsylvania

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2012
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- prevention & control
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- epidemiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- etiology
Cross Infection -- microbiology
Cross Infection -- mortality
Dental Hygienists -- statistics & numerical data
Hospital Departments
Incidence
Intubation, Intratracheal -- adverse effects
Intubation, Intratracheal -- instrumentation
Life Support Care
Oral Hygiene
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- etiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- microbiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial -- mortality
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- etiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- microbiology
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated -- mortality
Respiration, Artificial -- adverse effects
Risk Factors
Tracheostomy
Ventilators, Mechanical -- adverse effects
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

45. Class III obese patients: the effect of gait and immobility on patient falls

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Pagano, Maryann, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2013]
Subject(s):
Accidental Falls -- prevention & control
Accidental Falls -- statistics & numerical data
Gait
Mobility Limitation
Obesity -- complications
Moving and Lifting Patients -- instrumentation
Moving and Lifting Patients -- methods
Patient Care Team
Patient safety
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Transportation of Patients -- methods
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

46. An analysis of reported adverse drug reactions

Author(s):
O'Connor, Michael, author
Grissinger, Matthew, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, [2014]
Subject(s):
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions -- epidemiology
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions -- prevention & control
Contrast Media -- adverse effects
Drug Therapy
Medication Therapy Management
Prescription Drugs -- adverse effects
Risk Factors
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

47. Assessment tools help diagnose obstructive sleep apnea

Author(s):
Wallace, Susan C., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Mass Screening
Postoperative Complications -- diagnosis
Preoperative Care
Risk Assessment
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- complications
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive -- diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Nurse's Role
Patient safety
Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

48. Delirium: patient safety event reporting and strategies to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment

Author(s):
Feil, Michelle, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2015
Subject(s):
Delirium -- diagnosis
Delirium -- etiology
Delirium -- prevention & control
Delirium -- therapy
Age Factors
Aged
Causality
Comorbidity
Hospitalization
Patient safety
Precipitating Factors
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

49. Landscape of area-level deprivation measures and other approaches to account for social risk and social determinants of health in health care payments

Author(s):
Breslau, Joshua, author
Martin, Laurie T. (Laurie Thayer), 1974- author
Timbie, Justin William, author
Qureshi, Nabeel Shariq, author
Zajdman, Deborah, author
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, September 2022
Subject(s):
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Medicaid
Risk Factors
Social Determinants of Health -- economics
United States

50. Data elements for research on the role of social determinants of health in Coronavirus disease 2019: infection and outcomes in the U.S

Author(s):
Kim, Katherine K., author
Qudsi, Hibah K., author
Halter, Heather M., author
Hogan, Katie, author
Hull, Susan C., author
Saltzman, Jaclyn A., author
Norton, Jenna, author
Lee, Euny, author
Haltermann, William, author
Grigorescu, Violanda, author
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, March 7, 2022
Subject(s):
COVID-19 -- epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social Determinants of Health
Comorbidity
United States