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Patients' experiences of seeking help for emotional concerns in primary care: doctor as drug, detective and collaborator [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background NICE guidelines for the management of emotional concerns in primary care emphasise the importance of communication and a trusting relationship, which is difficult to operationalise in practice.
Byng, R.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Provider connectedness and communication patterns: extending continuity of care in the context of the circle of care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Continuity is an important aspect of quality of care, especially for complex patients in the community. We explored provider perceptions of continuity through a system’s lens. The circle of care was used as the system.
Francis Y Lau, Morgan Price
core   +1 more source

Transition of care at discharge from the Intensive Care Unit: a scoping review

open access: yesRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: to map the available evidence on the components of the transition of care, practices, strategies, and tools used in the discharge from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the Inpatient Unit (IU) and its impact on the outcomes of adult patients ...
Michele Elisa Weschenfelder Hervé   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The integrated care pathway for melanoma: the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata experience in Rome

open access: yesAboutOpen, 2019
Introduction: The Integrated Care Pathway (ICP) represents a multidisciplinary outline of anticipated care, placed in an appropriate timeframe, to support patients with specific conditions or symptoms.
Francesco Ricci   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Planning Strategies for Home Health Care Delivery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In home health care, continuity of care, wherein a patient is always visited by the same nurse, can be just as important as cost, as it is closely correlated to quality of care.
Hewitt, Mike   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Quality of care during rural care transitions: a qualitative study on structural conditions

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2023
Background Registered nurses are critical for the delivery of high-quality healthcare during care transitions from hospital to home. Older co-morbid patients are most vulnerable during these transitions. A growing population of older adults with a higher
Idun Winqvist   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient experience in primary care: association with patient, physician and practice characteristics in a fee-for-service system. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Nowadays we typically use patient experience as a quality of care indicator, although this has some limitations. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent patient, physician and practice characteristics were associated with patient-reported
Cohidon, C., Senn, N., Wild, Pascal
core   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the navigation of cancer chemoradiotherapy patients: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Gaúcha de Enfermagem
Objective: To verify the effectiveness of a navigation program for cancer patients undergoing concomitant chemoradiotherapy treatment in a public hospital, regarding treatment completion, emergency service visits and unplanned hospitalizations. Method:
Marina Araujo da Cruz Moraes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are people’s health care needs better met when primary care is strong? : a synthesis of the results of the QUALICOPC study in 34 countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Aim: This article synthesises the results of a large international study on primary care (PC), the QUALICOPC study. Background: Since the Alma Ata Declaration, strengthening PC has been high on the policy agenda.
Boerma, Wienke WG   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Quality of transitional care of children with chronic diseases: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2022
Objective: To analyze which factors may be associated with the quality-of-care transition of children with chronic diseases from the hospital to their home.
Caroline Cechinel-Peiter   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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