Breast, 2023 Background: A 2014 SSO-ASTRO guideline on surgical margins aimed to reduce unnecessary reoperation after breast conserving surgery (BCS). We investigate whether publication of the guideline was associated with a reduction in reoperation in Western ...
M. Luke Marinovich +3 more
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The role of boundary spanners in delivering collaborative care: a process evaluation [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: On average, people with schizophrenia and psychosis die 13–30 years sooner than the general population (World Psychiatry 10 (1):52–77, 2011).
Anne McBride +2 more
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Cost containment and managed care: Evidence from German macro data [PDF]
, 2013 The major German health care reforms undertaken since the late 1990s resulted in the adoption of selective contracting mechanisms in a formerly sectorally separated health care system.
Ehlert, Andree +2 more
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Sociopolitical categories evaluated in Nutrition Programs and Policies in Latin America
Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, 2017 The evaluation of nutrition programs and policies has traditionally focused on analysing the impact and biological outcomes of their actions. Objective: To examine whether evaluations of nutrition programs include the following sociopolitical ...
Luz Stella Álvarez-Castaño +3 more
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Evaluating the integration of chronic disease prevention and management services into primary health care [PDF]
, 2013 Background The increasing number of patients with chronic diseases represents a challenge for health care systems. The Chronic Care Model suggests a multi-component remodelling of chronic disease services to improve patient outcomes.
Bouhali, Tarek +5 more
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Impact of the Lightwave Health Information Management Software on the Dimensions of Quality of Healthcare Data [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics ResearchObjectives The use of technology in healthcare to manage patient records, guide diagnosis, and make referrals is termed electronic healthcare. An electronic health record system called Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS) was ...
Charles Nana Agyemang Amoateng +1 more
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An evaluation of staff engagement programmes in four National Health Service Acute Trusts [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from an evaluation project conducted to investigate the impact of two staff engagement programmes introduced to four National Health Service (NHS) hospital Trusts in England.
Gale, Nicola K +3 more
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Estimación de calidad del cuidado de enfermería en pacientes sometidos a hemodiálisis
Ciencia y Cuidado, 2018 Objective: To evaluate the quality of nursing care in a population of patients with hemodialysis treatment in the city of Bogotá. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, through the application of the Colombian ...
Víctor Alfonso López Soracipa +2 more
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Developing a good practice model to evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities [PDF]
, 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
Baum, Fran +4 more
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Mechanisms for achieving adolescent-friendly services in Ecuador: a realist evaluation approach [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2012 Background: Despite evidence showing that adolescent-friendly health services (AFSs) increase young people's access to these services, health systems across the world are failing to integrate this approach.
Isabel Goicolea +3 more
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