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Healthcare use and clinical investigations before a diagnosis of ovarian cancer: a register-based study in Denmark

BMC Primary Care, 2023
Background Ovarian cancer (OC) is associated with a poor prognosis, which calls for earlier diagnosis. This study aimed to analyse the health care use in primary care and at hospitals among women with OC compared to non-cancerous women to identify a ...
Isabella Gringer Rousing, Peter Vedsted, Peter Hjertholm, Per Kallestrup, Marie-Louise Ladegaard Baun, Line Flytkjaer Virgilsen   +5 more
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Generating Social Practices [PDF]

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2014
Changing consumer behaviour is key to reducing the environmental effects of industrialised societies. Social practice theories provide an integrated approach to understanding consumer behaviour. The mechanisms underlying the emergence and diffusion of social practices are however until now poorly understood.
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Safety, efficiency and health-related quality of telephone triage conducted by general practitioners, nurses, or physicians in out-of-hours primary care: a quasi-experimental study using the Assessment of Quality in Telephone Triage (AQTT) to assess audio-recorded telephone calls

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background To explore and compare safety, efficiency, and health-related quality of telephone triage in out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC) services performed by general practitioners (GPs), nurses using a computerised decision support system (CDSS), or ...
D. S. Graversen, M. B. Christensen, A. F. Pedersen, A. H. Carlsen, F. Bro, H. C. Christensen, C. H. Vestergaard, L. Huibers   +7 more
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Development of a competency model for general practitioners after standardized residency training in China by a modified Delphi method

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background The “5 + 3” residency training is the main stream general practitioner training program in China. However, a competency model is absent for evaluating the clinical competence attained by general practitioners after training.
Yun Wei, Feiyue Wang, Zhaolu Pan, Meirong Wang, Guanghui Jin, Yanli Liu, Xiaoqin Lu   +6 more
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Primary care implementation study to scale up early identification and brief intervention and reduce alcohol-related negative outcomes at the community level (PINO): study protocol for a quasi-experimental 3-arm study

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Primary healthcare-based Early Identification and Brief Intervention (EIBI) for hazardous and harmful alcohol use is both a clinically relevant and cost-effective strategy to reduce heavy drinking.
Bram Pussig, Lodewijk Pas, Ann Li, Mieke Vermandere, Bert Aertgeerts, Catharina Matheï   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antibiotic prescribing for the future - exploring the attitudes of trainees in general practice [PDF]

, 2014
Background Antibiotic resistance is a public health concern worldwide. A high proportion of antibiotics are prescribed in primary care, often for conditions where there is no evidence of benefit. Without a change in these prescribing patterns, resistance
Magin, P, Van Driel, M, van Driel, Midke, van de Mortel, Thea, Dallas, Anthea, Van De Mortel, T, Dallas, A, Magin, Parker   +7 more
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Routes to cancer diagnosis for patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders: a nationwide register-based cohort study

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background Poor cancer prognosis has been observed in patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders. Therefore, we need better knowledge about the diagnosis of cancer in this patient group.
Line Flytkjær Virgilsen, Peter Vedsted, Alina Zalounina Falborg, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Anders Prior, Henry Jensen   +5 more
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Comparison of Country and Metropolitan General Practice, 1990-1991 [PDF]

, 2019
The comparison of country and metropolitan general practice was intended to provide a description of country general practice in Australia. It was also intended to determine the extent to which country and metropolitan general practice differ in terms of
Britt, Helena, Bridges-Webb, Charles
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Intensive Blood Pressure Control and Diabetes Mellitus Incidence for Patients with Impaired Fasting Glucose: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT

International Journal of Hypertension, 2023
Background. Previous studies indicated that intensive blood pressure (BP) control (systolic BP 
Beiru Lin, Xiaochuan Liu, Sichen Yao, Zhigang Pan   +3 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source