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Development and psychometric properties of surveys to assess patient and family caregiver experience with care transitions

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background The purpose of this study was to develop and administer surveys that assess patient and family caregiver experiences with care transitions and examine the psychometric properties of the surveys.
Joann Sorra, Katarzyna Zebrak, Deborah Carpenter, Theresa Famolaro, John Rauch, Jing Li, Terry Davis, Huong Q. Nguyen, Megan McIntosh, Suzanne Mitchell, Karen B. Hirschman, Carol Levine, Jessica Miller Clouser, Jane Brock, Mark V. Williams   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring frailty in Brazil: an analysis of the ELSI-Brazil survey [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: The Brazilian aging population will challenge publicly funded health services, on which most Brazilians rely. The country must prepare for aging-associated health challenges such as frailty.
Henrique Pott Junior, Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda, Melissa K. Andrew, Kenneth Rockwood   +3 more
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How do European patients feel about the listening skills of primary care physicians? Results from the EUprimecare Project

Farmeconomia: Health Economics and Therapeutic Pathways, 2014
OBJECTIVE: EUprimecare is a study funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union aimed at analyzing the quality of the different models of primary care (PC) in Europe.
Carlos Alberto Sánchez Piedra, Sonia García-Pérez, Francisco Javier Prado-Galbarro, Antonio Sarría-Santamera   +3 more
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Are Recent Medical Graduates More Skeptical of Vaccines?

Vaccines, 2013
Rates of delay and refusal of recommended childhood vaccines are increasing in many U.S. communities. Children’s health care providers have a strong influence on parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about vaccines.
Michelle M. Hughes, Saad B. Omer, William K.Y. Pan, Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, Walter Orenstein, Edgar K. Marcuse, James Taylor, M. Patricia DeHart, Terrell C. Carter, Anthony Damico, Neal Halsey, Daniel A. Salmon   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Worried to death’: the assessment and management of anxiety in patients with advanced life-limiting disease, a national survey of palliative medicine physicians

BMC Palliative Care, 2017
Background Anxiety adversely affects quality of life and is common in adults with advanced life-limiting disease. There are no UK-wide guidelines on the assessment and management of anxiety in this specific population and there is little evidence ...
N. Atkin, V. Vickerstaff, B. Candy
doaj   +1 more source

Administration and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of β-lactams and Vancomycin in Critical Care Units in Colombia: The ANTIBIOCOL Study

Pharmaceutics, 2021
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and continuous infusion strategies are effective interventions in clinical practice, but these practices are still largely unknown in Colombia, especially in the critical care setting.
Yuli V. Fuentes, Jhosep Blanco, Diana Marcela Díaz-Quijano, Sharon Lechtig-Wasserman, Hans Liebisch-Rey, Nicolas Díaz-Pinilla, Peter Vergara-Ramirez, Rosa-Helena Bustos   +7 more
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Frequency and trends of hospital discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large administrative database

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2014
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to characterize hospitalizations associated with discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large, population-based data system.
Mario Saia, Alessandra Buja, Domenico Mantoan, Chiara Bertoncello, Tatjana Baldovin, Giampietro Callegaro, Vincenzo Baldo   +6 more
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Assessing service use for mental health by Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America: a rapid review of population surveys

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2017
Background Indigenous people in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America experience disproportionately poor mental health compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts.
Cecily McIntyre, Meredith G. Harris, Amanda J. Baxter, Stuart Leske, Sandra Diminic, Joseph P. Gone, Ernest Hunter, Harvey Whiteford   +7 more
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Routine vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries: further arguments for accelerating support to child vaccination services [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2013
Background and objective: The Expanded Programme on Immunization was introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in all countries during the 1970s. Currently, this effective public health intervention is still not accessible to all.
Wenjing Tao, Max Petzold, Birger C. Forsberg   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immigrant assimilation in health care utilisation in Spain [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Abundant evidence has tracked the labour market and health assimilation of immigrants, including static analyses of differences in how foreign-born and native-born residents consume health care services. However, we know much less about how migrants' patterns of health care usage evolve with time of residence, especially in countries providing ...
arxiv