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A case for dialogic practice: A reconceptualisation of ‘inappropriate’ demand for and organisation of out of hours general practice services for children under five [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The recent expansion of general practitioner (GP) out of hours cooperatives indicates that many British GPs see this as the solution to managing out of ...
Ehrich, Kathryn
core   +7 more sources

The 30-day prognosis of chronic-disease patients after contact with the out-of-hours service in primary healthcare [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2014
Grete Moth   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Crowding out public service motivation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Employing workers with Public Service Motivation (PSM) has been proposed as a means of improving performance in the public sector. There is, however, no conclusive evidence showing PSM among individuals.
Tabvuma, V, Iossa, E, Georgellis, Y
core   +6 more sources

Machine learning models predicting undertriage in telephone triage

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2022
Background Undertriaged patients have worse outcomes than appropriately triaged patients. Machine learning provides better triage prediction than conventional triage in emergency departments, but no machine learning-based undertriage prediction models ...
Ryota Inokuchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in the proportion and severity of patients with fever or common cold symptoms utilizing an after-hours house call medical service during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Trends in the characteristics and disease severity of patients using an after-hours house call (AHHC) medical service changed during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, there have been no reports on this issue since the start
Ryota Inokuchi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The association between municipal pandemic response and COVID-19 contacts to emergency primary health care services: an observational study

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Norwegian municipalities had diverse strategies for handling tasks related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency primary health care services were involved to different extents.
Vivian Midtbø   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patients’ impressions of after-hours house-call services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: a questionnaire-based observational study

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Access to healthcare has been strongly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has raised concerns about the increased risk of delays in receiving medical care.
Kojiro Morita   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Travel distance and the utilisation of out-of-hours services [PDF]

open access: yesTidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 2014
It has been documented from a number of out-of-hours primary health care services that the utilisation of the services declines with increasing travel distances. In this study we have investigated the correlation between travel distances and the use of out-of-hours medical services for all Norwegian municipalities that provide such services at a single
Steinar Hunskår   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing in Swedish primary care - a comparison between in-hours and out-of-hours

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The rise in antibiotic resistance is a global public health concern, and antibiotic overuse needs to be reduced. Earlier studies of out-of-hours care have indicated that antibiotic prescribing is less appropriate than that of in-hours care ...
Olof Cronberg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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