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A case for dialogic practice: A reconceptualisation of ‘inappropriate’ demand for and organisation of out of hours general practice services for children under five [PDF]

, 2000
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The recent expansion of general practitioner (GP) out of hours cooperatives indicates that many British GPs see this as the solution to managing out of ...
Ehrich, Kathryn
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Nurses’ shift length and overtime working in 12 European countries: the association with perceived quality of care and patient safety [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Despite concerns as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts, a pattern of two 12- to 13-hour shifts per day is becoming common in many hospitals to reduce shift to shift handovers, staffing overlap ...
Aiken, L.H., Simon, Michael, Aiken, LH, Griffiths, P., Griffiths, P,, Dall'Ora, C., Simon, M., Schoonhoven, L., Rafferty, A-M, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Ball, Jane, Rafferty, A.M., Tishelman, Carol, Rafferty, Anne-Marie, Schoonhoven, L, Dall'ora, Chiara, RN4CAST Consortium, Ball, J., Ball, J,, Griffiths, Peter, Lindqvist, Rikard, Tishelman, C., Lindqvist, R., Lindqvist, R,, Aiken, Linda H., Dall'Ora, C, Simon, M, Tishelman, C,, et al.   +28 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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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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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 accuracy and feasibility of respiratory rate measurements in acutely ill adult patients by GPs: a mixed-methods study

BJGP Open, 2022
Background: Tachypnoea in acutely ill patients can be an early sign of a life-threatening condition such as sepsis. Routine measurement of the respiratory rate by GPs might improve the recognition of sepsis. Aim: To assess the accuracy and feasibility of
Feike J Loots, Irma Dekker, Ruo Chen Wang, Arthur RH van Zanten, Rogier M Hopstaken, Theo JM Verheij, Paul Giesen, Marleen Smits   +7 more
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Migrants’ motives and expectations for contacting out-of-hours primary care: a survey study

BMC Family Practice, 2017
Background Migrants are more likely to use out-of-hours primary care, especially for nonurgent problems. Their motives and expectations for help-seeking are as yet unknown.
Ellen Keizer, Peter Bakker, Paul Giesen, Michel Wensing, Femke Atsma, Marleen Smits, Maria van den Muijsenbergh   +6 more
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Do the care process and survival chances differ in patients arriving to a level 1 Indian trauma center, during-hours and after-hours?

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2019
Introduction: Trauma systems vary in performance during different time periods and may affect the patient outcomes, especially in resource-limited settings. The present study was undertaken to study the pattern, epidemiological profile, processes of care
Kapil Dev Soni, Santosh Mahindrakar, Gaurav Kaushik, Subodh Kumar, Sushma Sagar, Amit Gupta   +5 more
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After-hours care models in leading countries [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017
After-hours care (AHC) provides medical care after the regular weekday work hours of clinics. In Korea, data from the National Emergency Department Information System showed that approximately 40% of the pediatric patients need AHC.
Mi Jin Kim, Young Ho Kwak
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Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in an urgent care out of hours setting [PDF]

, 2020
Long-term overuse of antibiotics and inappropriate prescribing has led to widespread development of antimicrobial resistance. The Department of Health and Social Care recently published a five-year national action plan to reduce antimicrobial resistance,
Holroyd, Justine, Mortimore, Gerri
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