Omid Ameli

TL;DR: Track this metric as a quality indicator will allow for targeted interventions to improve the transition of care to the outpatient setting after bariatric surgery and potentially preventable occurrence with several risk factors.

TL;DR: The structure and output of a formal quality improvement program implemented in a teaching hospital affiliated with the Tehran University of Medical Sciences is presented and it is concluded that a local structure for change should be organized to institutionalize the program and ensure sustainability.

TL;DR: In the absence of gender identity data, additional data elements beyond GID codes improves the identification of transgender people in large, administrative claims databases.

TL;DR: Evaluating the association of level of access to physical therapist services with LBP-related health care utilization and costs in patients with new-onset LBP between 2008 and 2013 found short-term L BP- related health care utilized and costs were lower for individuals in unrestricted-access states than in provisional- access states.

TL;DR: The NTP and REACH have demonstrated that expansion of TB services in Afghanistan is possible despite the challenges and at the current rate of expansion, case detection and successful treatment of TB cases in Afghanistan will continue to expand rapidly.