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Does a policy that requires adherence to a regular primary care physician improve the actual adherence of patients?

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021
Background Continuity of care by the same personal physician is a key factor in an effective and efficient health care system. Studies that support the association between high adherence and better outcomes were done in settings where allocation to the ...
A. Golan-Cohen, G. Blumberg, E. Merzon, E. Kitai, Y. Fogelman, A. Shipotovsky, S. Vinker   +6 more
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Correction to: COVID-19 pandemic preparation: using simulation for systems-based learning to prepare the largest healthcare workforce and system in Canada

Advances in Simulation, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Mirette Dubé, Alyshah Kaba, Theresa Cronin, Sue Barnes, Tara Fuselli, Vincent Grant   +5 more
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Health Service Gatekeepers [PDF]

The RAND Journal of Economics, 2003
Incentive contracts for gatekeepers who control patient access to specialist medical services provide too weak incentives to investigate cost further when expected cost of treatment is greater than benefit. Making gatekeepers residual claimants with a fixed fee from which treatment costs must be met (as with full insurers who are themselves gatekeepers)
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Health Services

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003
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P N Ghei
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Barriers to Utilisation of Sexual Health Services by Female Sex Workers in Nepal [PDF]

, 2009
Sexual health services are relatively rare in Nepal. Female sex workers (FSWs) do not use health services as much as would be desirable. A study was conducted to identify barriers to access of sexual health services by FSWs in Nepal.
Ghimire, Laxmi, van Teijlingen, Edwin
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COVID-19 pandemic preparation: using simulation for systems-based learning to prepare the largest healthcare workforce and system in Canada

Advances in Simulation, 2020
Healthcare resources have been strained to previously unforeseeable limits as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. This has prompted the emergence of critical just-in-time COVID-19 education, including rapid simulation preparedness, evaluation and ...
Mirette Dubé, Alyshah Kaba, Theresa Cronin, Sue Barnes, Tara Fuselli, Vincent Grant   +5 more
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The Alaska Native Tumour Registry: fifty years of cancer surveillance data for Alaska Native people

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
Like other Indigenous Circumpolar populations, Alaska Native (AN) people experience different patterns of cancer than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
Sarah H Nash, Garrett L Zimpelman, Keri N Miller, James H Clark, Carla L Britton   +4 more
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Associations between primary care continuity and acute care utilization among adult inpatients

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Introduction: Many jurisdictions in Canada are exploring the role of primary health care in mitigating the challenges of increasing and unsustainable reliance on acute care services.
Shelly Vik, Colin Weaver, Ceara Cunningham, Robin Walker, Rob Skrypnek, Richard Lewanczuk, Judy Seidel   +6 more
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Increasing the completion rate of the advance directives in primary care setting – a randomized controlled trial

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background The completion rate of Advance Directives (ADs) has been low. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of two interventions 1) active counseling sessions coupled with passive patient education pamphlets, and 2) patient education pamphlets ...
Cunzhi Xu, Shi Yan, Jade Chee, Emily Pui-Yan Lee, Han Wei Lim, Sarah Woon Ching Lim, Lian Leng Low   +6 more
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Transition of care from child to adult mental health services : the great divide [PDF]

, 2009
Purpose of review: Adolescents with mental health problems often require transition of care from child and adolescent to adult mental health services.
Singh, Swaran P.
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