Peer academic detailing on use of antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections. A controlled study in an urban Norwegian out-of-hours service [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016 Objective: To analyse if peer academic detailing by experienced general practitioners (GPs) could be a useful way to change Medical Doctors, (MDs) prescription of antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in out-of-hours service. Method:
Roar Dyrkorn +3 more
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Rotavirus and illness severity in children presenting with acute gastroenteritis at the primary care out-of-hours service [PDF]
European Journal of General Practice, 2021 Background Rotavirus is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children in the Netherlands, where rotavirus vaccination has not yet been implemented.
Pien Wolters +4 more
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The safety attitudes questionnaire for out-of-hours service in primary healthcare-Psychometric properties of the Croatian version. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 The aim of the study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of the Croatian translation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire-Ambulatory version (SAQ-AV) in the out-of-hours (OOH) primary care setting.
Jasna Mesarić +5 more
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Antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours service [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2017 Purpose: To examine factors correlating with antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours service.
Bent H. Lindberg +3 more
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Contact to the out-of-hours service among Danish parents of small children – a qualitative interview study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2018 Objective: In Denmark, parents with small children have the highest contact frequency to out-of-hours (OOH) service, but reasons for OOH care use are sparsely investigated.
Marie Lass +4 more
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Call Characteristics of Patients Suspected of Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or Stroke During Out-of-Hours Service: A Comparison Between Men and Women [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: In the Netherlands, a digital decision support system for telephone triage at out-of-hours services in primary care (OHS-PC) is used. Differences in help-seeking behavior between men and women when transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke is
Lieza G. Exalto +6 more
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Maintaining quality out-of-hours in an acute cardiology service in a UK primary PCI centre [PDF]
Open HeartBackground Many district general hospitals (DGHs) in the UK do not have resident on-call cardiology registrars overnight; in these situations, it is becoming more common for cardiac outreach practitioners (COPs) to provide specialist input for patients ...
David Williams +14 more
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Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: an observational study from Krakow [PDF]
BMC 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
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Barriers, enablers, benefits, and drawbacks to point-of-care testing: a survey of the general practice out-of-hours service in Scotland [PDF]
BJGP OpenBackground: The general practice out-of-hours (GPOOH) service is under pressure to treat more patients in less time, while reducing referrals and minimising diagnostic errors.
Sarah EE Mills +2 more
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Trends in acute specialist contacts following a primary care contact 2012–21—a registry-based study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health CareBackground Acute patients in Norway can access specialist services through various pathways, with primary care services having a gatekeeping role.
Målfrid A. Nummedal +5 more
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