Continuity and care coordination of primary health care: a scoping review [PDF]
Background Healthcare coordination and continuity of care conceptualize all care providers and organizations involved in health care to ensure the right care at the right time. However, systematic evidence synthesis is lacking in the care coordination of
Resham Khatri +6 more
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Gaps in continuity of care at the interface between primary care and specialized care: general practitioners’ experiences and expectations [PDF]
Ryan Tandjung, Thomas Rosemann, Nina BadertscherInstitute of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, SwitzerlandIntroduction: Discontinuity of care at the interface between inpatient and outpatient management can lead to ...
Tandjung R, Rosemann T, Badertscher N
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Differential access to continuity of midwifery care in Queensland, Australia [PDF]
ObjectiveTo determine maternal access to continuity of midwifery care in public maternity hospitals across the state of Queensland, Australia.MethodsMaternal access to continuity of midwifery care in Queensland was modelled by considering the proportion ...
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Prognostic significance of diabetes and stress hyperglycemia in acute stroke patients
Background Hyperglycemic non-diabetic stroke patients have a worse prognosis than both normoglycemic and diabetic patients. Aim of this study was to assess whether hyperglycemia is an aggravating factor or just an epiphenomenon of most severe strokes ...
Antonio Muscari +8 more
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I read with interest the views of James Willis1 on the need for continuity of care: it is certainly an area where there should be increasing debate in what is otherwise an age of increasing fragmentation of medical care. I think it is important to remember that when a diagnosis is made and a care plan agreed on, it is exactly that, a plan that is ...
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Background Hip fracture is an important and prevalent medical condition associated with adverse outcomes. The aim of this article is to systematically review and summarise the predictors of poor functional outcomes and mortality for patients with hip ...
Bang Yu Xu +4 more
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Continuity of Care, Medication Adherence, and Health Care Outcomes Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes A Longitudinal Analysis [PDF]
Background: The effects of continuity of care (COC) on health care outcomes are well established. However, the mechanism of this association is not fully understood.
Chen, Chi-Chen;Tseng, Chin-Hsiao;Cheng, Shou-Hsia +1 more
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Development and pilot evaluation of a complex intervention to improve experienced continuity of care in patients with cancer [PDF]
High experienced continuity of care in patients with cancer is associated with lower needs for care, better quality of life and better psychological outcomes. We developed and evaluated an intervention to improve experienced continuity. The intervention,
McCarthy, O +23 more
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Continuity of care and clinical outcomes in the community care of patients with psychosis [PDF]
Continuity of care in mental health care is considered both an important objective of NHS policy and vital to clinical practice. However, it remains poorly defined and there is little research into its association with outcomes.
Puntis, Stephen Robert +1 more
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Integration and continuity of primary care: polyclinics and alternatives - a patient-centred analysis of how organisation constrains care co-ordination [PDF]
Background An ageing population, the increasing specialisation of clinical services and diverse health-care provider ownership make the co-ordination and continuity of complex care increasingly problematic.
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