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Earlier hospital discharge: a challenge for Norwegian municipalities

Nordic Journal of Social Research, 2017
Aim: In order to improve patient outcomes and minimize health care costs, many Western countries are attempting to reduce the length of stay in hospitals by transferring responsibilities from specialist care to primary care.
Heidi Gautun, Astri Syse
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Nurses’ Perspectives on an Electronic Medication Administration Record in Home Health Care: Qualitative Interview Study

JMIR Nursing, 2022
BackgroundeHealth is considered by policy makers as a prerequisite for meeting the demands of health care from the growing proportion of older people worldwide.
Sara Karnehed, Lena-Karin Erlandsson, Margaretha Norell Pejner   +2 more
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Hyvinvoinnin muotoilu [PDF]

, 2013
Designing for Wellbeing consists of 12 projects which represent actual services or processes in the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Lahti.
Honkonen, Janos, Keinonen, Turkka, Vaajakallio, Kirsikka   +2 more
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Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: one-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Aggregate urban health statistics mask inequalities. We described maternity care in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai, and examined differences in care and outcomes between more and less deprived groups.
Bapat, U., Barnett, S., Costello, A., Das, S., Fernandez, A., More, N., Osrin, D.   +6 more
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Cancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016
Objective: To investigate how cancer patients in Norway use primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services and describe different contact types and procedures. Design: A retrospective cross-sectional registry study using a billing registry data source. Setting:
Camilla Kjellstadli Thoresen, Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskaar   +2 more
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Healthcare disparities and models for change. [PDF]

, 2004
With Healthy People 2010 making the goal of eliminating health disparities a national priority, policymakers, researchers, medical centers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and advocacy organizations have been called on to move beyond the historic ...
Baquet, Claudia R, Bengen-Seltzer, Barbara, Carter-Pokras, Olivia   +2 more
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Evaluation of content validity and feasibility of the World Falls Guidelines’ three key questions to identify falls among older adult users of home care services in Norway

BMC Health Services Research
Background Falls among older adults (65 + years) is an important issue in municipal home care. Screening using the World Falls Guidelines’ three key questions (3KQ) is recommended to identify older adults at increased fall risk, but the 3KQ has not been ...
Rune Solli, Linda Aimée Hartford Kvæl, Nina Rydland Olsen, Therese Brovold   +3 more
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Primary health care pharmacists and vision for community pharmacy and pharmacists in Chile

Pharmacy Practice, 2020
The Chilean healthcare system is composed of public and private sectors, with most of the higher-income population being covered privately. Primary healthcare in the public system is provided in more than 2,500 public primary care centers of different ...
Francisco Martinez-Mardones , Antonio Ahumada-Canale, Loreto Gonzalez-Machuca , Jose C. Plaza-Plaza   +3 more
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Post-implementation Review of the Himalaya Home Care Project for Home Isolated COVID-19 Patients in Nepal

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background:The emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in a pandemic that has significantly impacted healthcare systems at a global level.
Rakchya Amatya, Kritika Mishra, Kshitij Karki, Isha Puri, Archita Gautam, Sweta Thapa, Urmila Katwal, Siddhesh Veer, John Zervos, Linda Kaljee, Tyler Prentiss, Kate Zenlea, Gina Maki, Pawan Jung Rayamajhi, Narendra K. Khanal, Pomawati Thapa, Madan Kumar Upadhyaya, Deepak Bajracharya   +17 more
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A Prospective Intervention Study With 6 Months Follow-up of the Effect of Reablement in Home Dwelling Elderly: Patient-reported and Observed Outcomes

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation
Objectives: To investigate the effect of a reablement intervention (a person-centered, interdisciplinary rehabilitation approach) compared with usual care services in home-dwelling elderly experiencing functional declines in activities of daily living ...
Jeanette Kjernsholen, MD, Inger Schou-Bredal, PhD, RN, OUS, Rolf Kaaresen, MD, PhD, OUS, Helene Lundgaard Soberg, PhD, Aase Sagen, PhD   +4 more
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