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Continuity of care and clinical outcomes in the community for people with severe mental illness

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Background High continuity of care is prized by users of mental health services and lauded in health policy. It is especially important in long-term conditions like schizophrenia.
Alastair Macdonald   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring the workload balance effects of including continuity-based factors in nurse-patient assignments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Workload balance in nurse-patient assignments is important for ensuring quality in patient care. Unbalanced workloads can lead to high levels of nursing stress, medical errors, lower-quality outcomes, and higher costs.
Jiang, Haoqiang   +2 more
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Relationship between continuity of care and adverse outcomes varies by number of chronic conditions among older adults with diabetes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Continuity of care is a basic tenant of primary care practice. However, the evidence on the importance of continuity of care for older adults with complex conditions is mixed.
Anderson, Gerard F.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Continuity of primary care and avoidable hospitalization in a young population with asthma: a population-based cohort study

open access: yesScientific Reports
Existing evidence regarding the impact of continuity of care (COC) in asthma patients is limited, and its quality is low to moderate. This study aimed to investigate associations between relational COC within primary care and asthma-related ...
Iyn-Hyang Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Continuity of care: important, but only the first step

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, 2012
Continuity of care is critical to achieving the best outcomes, especially for patients with chronic conditions. Israel’s strong commitment to primary care as a central organizing concept of the health system, accompanied by investments in health ...
Corrigan Janet M
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting Age Equality in the Delivery of Health Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Research across Europe suggests that most health care systems are ill-equipped to address the needs of the ageing populations they are meant to serve. Modern health care systems were founded on the principles of acute care and are dominated by a focus on
Suzanne Wait
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