Smoking bans in US hospitals: results of a national survey
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An overwhelming majority of accredited U.S. hospitals appear to comply with smoking bans in a short period of time. Nearly 93% of 3,327 hospitals surveyed by the American Hospital Association complied with smoking bans in 1992, the first year after the ban went into effect. By 1993, 95.6% of these hospitals had complied with standards set by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Hospitals in tobacco-growing states had higher rates of compliance than hospitals in other states, a finding that was unexpected. About 88% of psychiatric and chemical dependency hospitals complied with the ban. The lower compliance with smoking bans among these hospitals may be attributed to the higher priority placed on treating alcohol and drug addiction, while allowing tobacco use.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1995
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Predictive value for the Chinese population of the Framingham CHD risk assessment tool compared with the Chinese multi-provincial cohort study
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A study is undertaken to compare the performance of the Framingham CHD risk factor in a large Chinese population with respect to the performance of the functions derived from the Chinese multi-provincial Cohort study (CMCS). The findings indicate that the original Framingham functions systematically overestimated the absolute CHD risk in the Chinese Multi-provincial Cohort Study (CMCS) cohort.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Predicting mortality in nursing home residents with lower respiratory tract infection: The Missouri LRI study. (ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION)
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Researchers have developed a health status indicator that can identify nursing home patients who have a high risk of death from a respiratory tract infection. The indicator includes blood urea nitrogen, white blood cell count, body mass index, pulse rate, activities of daily living status, absolute lymphocyte count, sex, and mood changes.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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