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Diagnostic scope in out-of-hours primary care services in eight European countries: an observational study

BMC Family Practice, 2011
Background In previous years, out- of-hours primary care has been organised in large-scale organisations in many countries. This may have lowered the threshold for many patients to present health problems at nights and during the weekend.
Casado Armando M, Leutgeb Rüdiger, Christensen Morten B, Huber Carola A, Kersnik Janko, Bondevik Gunnar T, Moth Grete, Huibers Linda AMJ, Remmen Roy, Wensing Michel   +9 more
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Pathways to the emergency department - a national, cross-sectional study in Sweden

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Swedish Emergency Departments (EDs) see 2.6 million visits annually. Sweden has a strong tradition of health care databases, but information on patients’ pathways to the ED is not documented in any registry.
Joakim Henricson, Ulf Ekelund, Jens Hartman, Bruno Ziegler, Lisa Kurland, Daniel Björk Wilhelms   +5 more
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The determinants and engagement patterns of chaperones and chauffeurs by Australian doctors in after-hours house-call services [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Objectives The use of escorts (chauffeurs and chaperones) while on duty in after-hours-house-call (AHHC) is one key protective option available to doctors in the service, and has been linked to low burnout and increased satisfaction in AHHC.
Chris Onyebuchi Ifediora
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Development and testing of the KERNset: an instrument to assess the quality of telephone triage in out-of-hours primary care services

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Telephone triage is a core but vulnerable part of the care process at out-of-hours general practitioner (GP) cooperatives. In the Netherlands, different instruments have been used for assessing the quality of telephone triage.
Marleen Smits, Ellen Keizer, Paul Ram, Paul Giesen   +3 more
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Use of hypnosis to treat chronic somniloquy (sleep talking): a Case Report

Frontiers in Sleep
IntroductionThis case study describes a hypnotherapeutic intervention for a 46-year-old man with chronic somniloquy that had persisted for decades, worsening during periods of stress.
Melvin S. Marsh, Melvin S. Marsh
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Beyond business hours: Patient arrival patterns at burn centers

Burns Open
Burn patients can present to a medical facility at any given time. By their nature, one cannot predict when a burn injury will occur. Anecdotal accounts suggest that most burn patients present after “business hours,” however, limited objective data ...
Rohit Mittal, Jeffrey E. Carter, Steven A. Kahn   +2 more
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Reasons for acute referrals to hospital from general practitioners and out-of-hours doctors in Norway: a registry-based observational study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background General practitioners (GPs) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctors are gatekeepers to acute hospital admissions in many healthcare systems. The aim of the present study was to investigate the whole range of reasons for acute referrals to somatic ...
Jesper Blinkenberg, Øystein Hetlevik, Hogne Sandvik, Valborg Baste, Steinar Hunskaar   +4 more
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Job changes, hours changes and labour market flexibility: panel data evidence for Britain [PDF]

, 2005
This study uses the first twelve waves of the British Household Panel Survey covering the period 1991-2002 to investigate the extent of constraints on desired hours of work within jobs and the degree of flexibility of the labour market for a sample of ...
Blundell, Richard, Richard Blundell, Marco Francesconi, Blundell, R., Francesconi, Marco, Francesconi, M., Brewer, M., Blundell, Richard W., Brewer, Mike, Mike Brewer   +9 more
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Referral rates for children with acute gastroenteritis: a retrospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Hospital admission rates are increasing for children with acute gastroenteritis. However, it is unknown whether this increase is accompanied by an increase in referral rates from GPs due to increased workloads in primary care out-of-hours ...
Pien Ingrid Wolters, Gea Holtman, Freek Fickweiler, Irma Bonvanie, Anouk Weghorst, Johan Post, Boudewijn Kollen, Marjolein Berger   +7 more
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Rotavirus and illness severity in children presenting with acute gastroenteritis at the primary care out-of-hours service

European Journal of General Practice, 2021
Background Rotavirus is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children in the Netherlands, where rotavirus vaccination has not yet been implemented.
Pien Wolters, G. A Holtman, A. A. H Weghorst, M. Knoester, M. Y. Berger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source