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A qualitative study of employees’ opinions on establishing a generic call-centre

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2017
Background To investigate opinions among employees at an Out-of-Hours general practitioner (OOH-GP) service and a safety alarm service about the establishment of a generic call-centre.
Hilde Carin Storhaug   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the impact of distance on the use of primary care extended hours

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2021
Introduction Poor access to general practice services has been attributed to increasing pressure on the health system more widely and low satisfaction among patients.
Jen Murphy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: an observational study from Krakow

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2008
Background In 2000 a new GP contract was introduced in Poland. It allowed GPs to subcontract out of hours care to specialized deputizing services. One such service in Kraków provides care to 61 GP practices with a population of 420 000 inhabitants.
Tomasik Tomasz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK?

open access: yesBMC Neurology, 2020
Background Mechanical thrombectomy was approved by NICE as a treatment for stroke in 2016. However, most of the evidence is from studies conducted during working hours. Only few centres in the UK perform thrombectomies out-of-hours.
Jake Weddell   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of telehealth in the provision of after-hours palliative care services in rural and remote Australia: A scoping review

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Background Accessing quality palliative care, especially at the end of life is vital in reducing physical and emotional distress and optimising quality of life.
Pathmavathy Namasivayam   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Criterion assessment of the possibility to prolong the service life limit of the helicopter tail drive shaft

open access: yesВестник Самарского университета: Аэрокосмическая техника, технологии и машиностроение, 2017
Low life time of home-produced helicopter transmission elements in comparison with foreign analogues is one of the problems of Russian helicopter industry. For example, the service life limit of Mi-2 drive shaft is 4,500 hours, the time between overhauls
O. F. Mashoshin, R. L. Semenikhin
doaj   +1 more source

Use of the out-of-hours emergency dental service at two south-east London hospitals

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2009
Background Prior to the introduction of the 2006 NHS dental contract in England and Wales, general dental practitioners (GDPs) were responsible for the provision of out-of-hours (OOH) emergency dental services (EDS); however there was great national ...
Wright Desmond   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Childhood Cancer Survival: A Population‐Based Assessment of Survival Patterns Between 2015 and 2023 in Germany

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting the Length of Stay of Patients in Emergency Department Observation Units at Teaching and Research Hospitals in Turkey

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the reasons for long stays in monitoring units and to propose a solution. Methods: The patients who were followed in monitoring units of emergency service and the factors affecting the length of their hospital ...
Yasin MAHSANLAR   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
wiley   +1 more source

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