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Trends, Patient and Prescriber Characteristics in Gabapentinoid Use in a Sample of United States Ambulatory Care Visits from 2003 to 2016

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019
Increasing gabapentinoid use has raised concerns of misuse and abuse in the United States (US). Little is known about the characteristics of gabapentinoid use in general clinical practice over time.
Lili Zhou, S. Bhattacharjee, C. Kwoh, P. Tighe, D. Malone, M. Slack, Debbie L. Wilson, Joshua D. Brown, W. Lo‐Ciganic   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient Characteristics and Trends in Nontraumatic Dental Condition Visits to Emergency Departments in the United States [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: We examined trends and patient characteristics for non-traumatic dental condition (NTDC) visits to emergency departments (EDs), and compared them to other ED visit types, specifically non-dental ambulatory care sensitive conditions (non-dental
Okunseri, Christopher, Okunseri, Elaye, Szabo, Aniko, Thorpe, Joshua M., Xiang, Qun   +4 more
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Development of a monitoring instrument to assess the performance of the Swiss primary care system

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The Swiss health system is customer-driven with fee-for-service paiement scheme and universal coverage. It is highly performing but expensive and health information systems are scarcely implemented.
Sonja T. Ebert, Valérie Pittet, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Senn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Antibiotic Prescribing in Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers, Emergency Departments, and Traditional Ambulatory Care Settings in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018
This cohort study compares antibiotic prescribing in 2014 among retail clinics, urgent care centers, emergency departments, and traditional medical offices in the United States.
Danielle L. Palms, L. Hicks, M. Bartoces, A. Hersh, Rachel M Zetts, David Y. Hyun, K. Fleming-Dutra   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health system support and health system strengthening: two key facilitators to the implementation of ambulatory tuberculosis treatment in Uzbekistan [PDF]

, 2016
Uzbekistan inherited a hospital-based health system from the Soviet Union. We explore the health system-related challenges faced during the scale-up of ambulatory (outpatient) treatment for drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in ...
Andreas Bründer, Atadjan Karimovich Khamraev, Damin Abdurakhimovich Asadov, Natalia Sergeeva, Peter Tinnemann, Sean Healy, Stefan Kohler   +6 more
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Implementing and monitoring high-quality community health worker care in adult primary care at New York City Health + Hospitals

BMC Primary Care
Background This study describes how New York City (NYC) Health + Hospitals implemented a large-scale Community Health Worker (CHW) program in adult primary care clinics between January 2022 and December 2023 and established metrics to monitor program ...
Jenifer Clapp, Alessandra Calvo-Friedman, Yuan Jin Tan, Samantha Lily Kumar, Jenna Lupi, David Conley, Evelyn Perdomo, Nichola J. Davis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Annotated Bibliography: Understanding Ambulatory Care Practices in the Context of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. [PDF]

, 2016
The ambulatory care setting is an increasingly important component of the patient safety conversation. Inpatient safety is the primary focus of the vast majority of safety research and interventions, but the ambulatory setting is actually where most ...
Mehdi, Harshal, Montano, Maria F., Nash, David B.   +2 more
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Topical timolol maleate in the treatment of mixed and deep infantile hemangiomas: a report of two cases

RUDN Journal of Medicine
Relevance.Infantile hemangiomas are the most prevalent vascular tumors in children. Since the natural progression of infantile hemangiomas is typically benign, over 90 % of cases do not require medical intervention.
Momcilo Pavlovic, Zeljko Rokvic, Tatjana Ilic   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communication, continuity and coordination of care are the most important patients' values for family medicine in a fee-for-services health system

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Representing 60% of medical consultations in Switzerland, primary care holds an important place in our medical system. Patients’ values in family medicine (FM) are nowadays recognized as important factors to take into account in order to ...
Marie Droz, Nicolas Senn, Christine Cohidon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex related inequalities in the management and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome in Switzerland: cross sectional study

BMJ Medicine, 2022
Objectives To assess the differences in the management and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome in men and women who were admitted to hospital for acute coronary syndrome.Design Cross sectional study.Setting Discharge data from Swiss hospitals linked at ...
Marie-Annick Le Pogam, Carole Clair, Elodie Huber   +2 more
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