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Continuity of care in community midwifery [PDF]
Continuity of care is often critical in delivering high quality health care. However, it is difficult to achieve in community health care where shift patterns and a need to minimise travelling time can reduce the scope for allocating staff to patients ...
Miranda Page +7 more
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Effects of postoperative rehabilitation on functional exercise capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life after pulmonary endarterectomy: a systematic review [PDF]
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) leads to increased vascular resistance and progressive right heart failure resulting from occlusion of proximal pulmonary arteries by fibrotic intravascular material.
Massimiliano Polastri
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Continuing care---a continuing dilemma [PDF]
Medical advances in paediatric care have resulted in an increase in the number of children needing long term medical and nursing care. These children are dependent on complex technological devices such as mechanical ventilation, tracheostomies, and artificial feeding. Most technologically dependent children live at home with parents as the main carers.
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Fall Risk Assessment Scales: A Systematic Literature Review
Background: Falls are recognized globally as a major public health problem. Although the elderly are the most affected population, it should be noted that the pediatric population is also very susceptible to the risk of falling. The fall risk approach is
Veronica Strini +2 more
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The importance of continuity of care [PDF]
Dr Benett is right that access and continuity are interlinked and we agree that general practice needs investment in capacity.1 However, it is disappointing to see a clinical director of a CCG writing that there is only ‘equivocal evidence on the relationship between continuity and patient outcomes’. It …
Denis Pereira, Gray +2 more
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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to test the feasibility of telepsychology support for patients with severe cardiorespiratory disease and their caregivers.
Lidia Gazzi +4 more
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![Figure][1] Dear Colleagues, Obstetric care, including intrapartum care, was a big part of my clinical practice. Besides the unique experience of welcoming new lives into the world, I really enjoyed getting to know expectant mothers and their partners at this special time of life and,
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Differential access to continuity of midwifery care in Queensland, Australia
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 ...
Donnellan-Fernandez, Roslyn E +4 more
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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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Comparing quality of public primary care between Hong Kong and Shanghai using validated patient assessment tools. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Primary care is the key element of health reform in China. The objective of this study was to compare patient assessed quality of public primary care between Hong Kong, a city with established primary care environment influenced by its ...
Xu, Jianguang +39 more
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