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Experiences of out-of-hours task-shifting from GPs: a systematic review of qualitative studies

BJGP Open, 2021
Background: The current GP workforce is insufficient to manage rising demand in patient care within out-of-hours (OOH) primary care services. To meet this challenge, non-medical practitioners (NMPs) are employed to fulfil tasks traditionally carried out ...
Emily Lyness, Jennifer Parker, Merlin L Willcox, Hajira Dambha-Miller   +3 more
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Protocol for a mixed methods exploratory investigation into the role and contribution of the healthcare assistant in out-of-hours palliative care

BMC Nursing, 2021
Background Most people spend their last year of life at home, with many wishing to die there, but patients may need access to care after hours. Out-of-hours palliative care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams including Health Care Assistants (HCA ...
Felicity Hasson, Sonja McIlfatrick, Sheila Payne, Paul Slater, Dori-Anne Finlay, Tracey McConnell, Anne Fee   +6 more
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Perceptions of a night float system for intern doctors in an internal medicine program: an Asian perspective [PDF]

Korean Journal of Medical Education, 2019
Long duty hours have been associated with significant medical errors, adverse events, and physician “burn-out”. An innovative night float (NF) system has been implemented in our internal medicine program to reduce the negative effects of long duty hours ...
Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Nicholas Jinghao Ngiam, Zi Yun Chang, Sandra Ming Yien Tan, Xiayan Shen, Shao Feng Mok, Srinivas Subramanian, Shirley Beng Suat Ooi, Adrian Chin-Leong Kee   +8 more
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Safety, efficiency and health-related quality of telephone triage conducted by general practitioners, nurses, or physicians in out-of-hours primary care: a quasi-experimental study using the Assessment of Quality in Telephone Triage (AQTT) to assess audio-recorded telephone calls

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background To explore and compare safety, efficiency, and health-related quality of telephone triage in out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC) services performed by general practitioners (GPs), nurses using a computerised decision support system (CDSS), or ...
D. S. Graversen, M. B. Christensen, A. F. Pedersen, A. H. Carlsen, F. Bro, H. C. Christensen, C. H. Vestergaard, L. Huibers   +7 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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Effects of time and day of admission on the outcome of critically ill patients admitted to ICU [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2016
Background: Studies have shown that patients admitted to hospitals on weekends and after-hours experience worse outcome than those admitted on weekdays and daytime hours. Although admissions of patients to intensive care units (ICUs) occur 24 hours a day,
Jose Orsini, Salil Rajayer, Noeen Ahmad, Nanda Din, Joaquin Morante, Ryan Malik, Ahmed Shim   +6 more
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Utilization characteristics of an advanced pediatric emergency center: a single center study over 2 years [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2020
Purpose Advanced pediatric emergency centers play an important role in professional treatment of children. We analyzed the characteristics of children who visited an advanced pediatric emergency center. Methods The study enrolled children younger than 15
Sukwon Shin, Heejoung Choi, Bogeum Choi
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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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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
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Development over time in point-of-care test use in Danish daytime and out-of-hours general practice: a register-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Objective To describe the development over time of the use of C-reactive protein (CRP) and rapid streptococcal detection test (RADT) point-of-care tests (POCT) in Danish general practice and to explore associations between patient characteristics and ...
Niels Kjær, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Henrik Schou Pedersen, Morten Bondo Christensen, Linda Huibers   +4 more
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