2019
Trends of admissions and case fatality rates among medical in-patients at a tertiary hospital in Uganda; A four-year retrospective study
Kalyesubula R, Mutyaba I, Rabin T, Andia-Biraro I, Alupo P, Kimuli I, Nabirye S, Kagimu M, Mayanja-Kizza H, Rastegar A, Kamya MR. Trends of admissions and case fatality rates among medical in-patients at a tertiary hospital in Uganda; A four-year retrospective study. PLOS ONE 2019, 14: e0216060. PMID: 31086371, PMCID: PMC6516645, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrend of admissionsCase fatality rateAnnual percentage changeHIV/AIDSFatality rateMedical wardsDual burdenFour-year retrospective studyHigh case fatality ratePercentage changeNon-TB pneumoniaChronic kidney diseaseDate of dischargeCause of hospitalizationMajority of patientsProportion of hospitalizationsDate of admissionProportion of admissionsRisk of deathCause of morbidityAdult medical wardsDate of deathNon-communicable diseasesNon-infectious diseasesHealth system improvementChallenges to hypertension and diabetes management in rural Uganda: a qualitative study with patients, village health team members, and health care professionals
Chang H, Hawley NL, Kalyesubula R, Siddharthan T, Checkley W, Knauf F, Rabin TL. Challenges to hypertension and diabetes management in rural Uganda: a qualitative study with patients, village health team members, and health care professionals. International Journal For Equity In Health 2019, 18: 38. PMID: 30819193, PMCID: PMC6394065, DOI: 10.1186/s12939-019-0934-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care professionalsVillage health team membersHealth team membersCare professionalsRural UgandaPrevalence of hypertensionCommunity health workersIndividual health care professionalsUgandan health care systemHealth care systemLifestyle factorsDiabetes careDM managementHealth workersHypertensionPatientsNakaseke districtHealth system reformPreventable aspectsMedication accessibilityCare systemLack of awarenessRural settingsPotential roleDiabetesCost-Related Insulin Underuse Among Patients With Diabetes.
Herkert D, Vijayakumar P, Luo J, Schwartz JI, Rabin TL, DeFilippo E, Lipska KJ. Cost-Related Insulin Underuse Among Patients With Diabetes. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 112-114. PMID: 30508012, PMCID: PMC6583414, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India
Mohanan M, Giardili S, Das V, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Miller G, Vera-Hernández M. Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2017, 95: 343-352e. PMID: 28479635, PMCID: PMC5418816, DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.179556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood diarrheaHealth care providers' knowledgeTelemedicine programHypothetical patient vignettesStandardized patient methodHealth care providersHigh-quality careDifferences linear regression modelPatients MethodsProvider knowledgeAppropriate carePatient vignettesPneumoniaDiarrheaCareSocial franchisingProvider performanceLinear regression modelsSocial franchising programsRegression modelsRepresentative sampleProgram implementationProvidersRural areas
2015
The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India
Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A. The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India. JAMA Pediatrics 2015, 169: 349-357. PMID: 25686357, PMCID: PMC5023324, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care practitionersChildhood diarrheaCare practitionersChildhood mortalityHealth careStandardized patientsHarmful treatmentCorrect treatmentMost health care practitionersKey diagnostic questionsLocal health care practitionersOral rehydration saltsUnannounced standardized patientsDiagnostic questionsCross-sectional studyPediatric health care practitionersQuality of careHigher knowledge scoresDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsActual careMAIN OUTCOMEMultivariable regressionAppropriate carePneumonia