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Integrating patients' views into health technology assessment: Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) as a method to elicit patient preferences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Patient involvement is widely acknowledged to be a valuable component in health technology assessment (HTA) and healthcare decision making.
Bastian, Hilda   +8 more
core   +4 more sources

Public-private settlement and hospital mortality per sources of payment

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2016
OBJECTIVE To analyze if the adjusted hospital mortality varies according to source of payment of hospital admissions, legal nature, and financing settlement of hospitals.
Juliana Pires Machado   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Health‐Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Among Patients With PIK3CA‐Related Overgrowth Spectrum: A Mixed‐Methods Study to Understand Real‐World Experience With Alpelisib Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of a French Experiment of Team Work between General Practitioners and Nurses on Efficacy and Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Care [PDF]

open access: yes
This study aims to assess the efficacy and the cost of a French team work experiment between nurses and GPs for the managing of type 2 diabetes patients.
Engin Yilmaz   +3 more
core  

Enhancing Discharge Transitions at Gifford Health Care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Enhancing Discharge Transitions at Gifford Health Care Megan L. O’Brien, MS, FNP-BC, APRN Purpose. During transitions of hospital discharge, errors and lack of education pose risks to patients resulting in dissatisfaction with hospital care, poorly ...
O\u27Brien, Megan L
core   +1 more source

Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avaliação da qualidade de assistência primária à saúde em localidade urbana da região sul do Brasil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
Foi estudada transversalmente uma amostra de 10% dos pacientes que consultaram em dois Postos de Assistência Primária à Saúde da Cidade de Pelotas (RS), Brasil, com o objetivo de avaliar, qualitativamente, o cuidado à saúde que estava sendo oferecido ...
Iná S. Halal   +8 more
doaj  

A scoping review on implementation processes and outcomes of models of care for low back pain in primary healthcare

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research
Background To address the societal burden of low back pain (LBP), several health systems have adopted Models of Care (MoCs). These evidence-informed models aim for consistent care and outcomes.
Susana Tinoco Duarte   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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