Report on Methodological Quality Assessment of Primary Care and General Practice Research in China in 2021: Quantitative Research, Systematic Review and Guidelines/Consensus Section [PDF]
Background At a time when healthcare reforms are being implemented in the new era, the scientific research output in the field of general practice and primary care in China has grown rapidly in recent years.
Quality Assessment Group for Quantitative Research, Systematic Review and Guidelines/Consensus of Chinese General Practice
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Celebrating 50 years of general practice training programs in Australia (Editorial) [PDF]
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of formal training in Australian general practice when The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) established the Family Medicine Program in 1973.1 The early 1970s was a time ...
Margolis, Stephen A
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The evolution of nursing in Australian general practice: a comparative analysis of workforce surveys ten years on [PDF]
This article describes the current demographic and employment characteristics of Australian nurses working in general practice, and explores trends in their role over time. Abstract: Background Nursing in Australian general practice has grown rapidly
Samantha A.M. Young +19 more
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Participatory design of a preliminary safety checklist for general practice [PDF]
Background: The use of checklists to minimise errors is well established in high reliability, safety-critical industries. In health care there is growing interest in checklists to standardise checking processes and ensure task completion, and so provide ...
MacLeod, Marion +8 more
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Incidence and prevalence of complaints of the neck and upper extremity in general practice [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To study the incidence and prevalence of neck and upper extremity musculoskeletal complaints in Dutch general practice. METHODS: Data were obtained from the second Dutch national survey of general practice.
Bot, Sandra D.M. +16 more
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Discontinuation of a randomised controlled trial in general practice due to unsuccessful patient recruitment [PDF]
Background: A randomised controlled trial (RCT) in general practice, recruiting incident patients with (sub)acute sciatica, was discontinued because of insufficient recruitment.
Hazen, Lonny M.G. +20 more
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Diagnostics in anaemia of chronic disease in general practice: a real-world retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background: Limited research has been performed that focused on the diagnosis of the underlying cause of anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) in general practice or on prevalence data of the underlying causes of ACD in general practice, although this is one ...
Stouten, K +22 more
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Reducing unnecessary vitamin testing in general practice: barriers and facilitators according to general practitioners and patients [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: There has been an increase in testing of vitamins in patients in general practice, often based on irrational indications or for non-specific symptoms, causing increasing healthcare expenditures and medicalisation of patients.
Bohnen, Arthur +40 more
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Defining frequent attendance in general practice [PDF]
Background: General practitioners (GPs) or researchers sometimes need to identify frequent attenders (FAs) in order to screen them for unidentified problems and to test specific interventions.
van Weert, Henk C. P. M. +9 more
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Shoulder Disorders in General-Practice - Incidence, Patient Characteristics, and Management [PDF]
Objectives-To study the incidence and management of intrinsic shoulder disorders in Dutch general practice, and to evaluate which patient characteristics are associated with specific diagnostic categories.
Windt, D.A.W.M. van der +8 more
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