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Referral and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients who crossed the border from Japan to the philippines

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2019
Background: The referral and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) patients referred from Japan to the Philippines have not yet been systematically reported.
Akihiro Ohkado   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Continuity of information and care : a pilot study in a health centre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction: Family medicine is the first level of contact of individuals, the family and the community with the national health.1 Quality of continuity is the degree of which a series of discrete encounters with health care professionals is coherent ...
Abela, Jurgen C., Bugeja, Michelle
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Length of patient-physician relationship and patients' satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: a cross-sectional telephone study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Background Physicians and patients highly value continuity in health care. Continuity can be measured in several ways but few studies have examined the specific association between the duration of the patient-doctor relationship and patient outcomes ...
Katrina E Donahue   +37 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Medical Students about Continuity of Patient Care

open access: yesAcademic Medicine, 2000
This article reports on medical schools' longitudinal primary care ambulatory programs and five themes identified by educators as to why it is important for students to experience continuity of patient care. It briefly describes methods used to expose students to this concept, which is so basic to primary care practice.
H B, Vogt, J C, Lindemann, V L, Hearns
openaire   +3 more sources

Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Instrument Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - Adult Form [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - (RHDS) Adult Form for use in Brazil. Method: a methodological study was conducted in 2015, in Brazil’s federal capital, following the eight stages ...
Carvalho Vila, Vanessa da Silva   +2 more
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Trust, openness and continuity of care influence acceptance of antibiotics for children with respiratory tract infections: a four country qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background. Clinician–parent interaction and health system influences on parental acceptance of prescribing decisions for children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may be important determinants of antibiotic use. Objective.
Brookes-Howell, L.   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluating the Utility of Paired Tumor and Germline Targeted DNA Sequencing for Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Single Institution Report

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the diagnostic yield and utility of universal paired tumor–normal multigene panel sequencing in newly diagnosed pediatric solid and central nervous system (CNS) tumor patients and to compare the detection of germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (PV/LPVs) against established clinical referral criteria for cancer ...
Natalie Waligorski   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior   +7 more
wiley   +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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