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Today’s referral is tomorrow’s repeat patient: referrals to and between medical outpatient clinics in a hospital [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Unnecessary referrals in Danish hospitals may be contributing to inefficient use of health services already stretched and under pressure and may lead to delayed treatment for patients.
Mariam Safi, Robyn Clay-Williams, Bettina Ravnborg Thude, Julija Vaisman, Frans Brandt   +4 more
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Implementation of Specialized Pharmaceutical Care Hospital Outpatient Clinics in a Hospital Pharmacy Department [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2017
Objective: To describe the organization of patient care into Specialized Pharmaceutical Care Hospital Outpatient Clinics in a Hospital Pharmacy Department, to evaluate their healthcare quality, and the quality perceived by outpatients.
Luis Margusino-Framiñán, Purificación Cid-Silva, Cristina Martínez-Roca, Marta García-Queiruga, Elena Fernández-Gabriel, María Mateos-Salvador, María Teresa Rabuñal-Álvarez, María Isaura Pedreira-Vázquez, Isabel Martín-Herranz   +8 more
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Age-stratified comparison of psychopathological characteristics between psychiatric and psychological outpatients [PDF]

BMC Psychiatry
Background Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from mental disorders, and stigma often poses a barrier to treatment. This study compared the demographic and psychopathological characteristics of patients from psychiatric and psychological ...
Pan Ran, Min Yang, JiJia Gou, Can Jiang, Jing Zhou, Sha Liu, Ling Li, Li Kuang   +7 more
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Time trends in patients managed simultaneously in multiple hospital outpatient specialty clinics for chronic diseases: A register-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

Journal of Comorbidity, 2019
Background: The increasing prevalence of patients with multimorbidity in the general population affects the health-care system. There is a lack of knowledge of the proportion of patients attending multiple hospital outpatient specialty clinics ...
Donna Lykke Wolff, Christian Von Plessen, Frans Boch Waldorff, Thomas Lund Sørensen, Søren Bie Bogh, Katrine Hass Rubin, Christian Backer Mogensen   +6 more
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Antibiotic stewardship in hospital outpatient departments: a qualitative study of alignment with existing guidance [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Objective: This study examined antibiotic stewardship in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and alignment with CDC Core Elements for outpatient settings.
Salome O. Chitavi, Whitney R. Buckel, Michael Kohut, Barbara Braun, Rachel Zetts, David Hyun   +5 more
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Patients' Views on how to Run Hospital Outpatient Clinics [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1991
To investigate patients' views and expectations when attending outpatient clinics a questionnaire-based study was performed. The questionnaires asked about appointment systems, continuity of care, staff appearance, chaperons and medical students. Patients wanted fixed appointment times, to see the same doctor on successive visits, for the staff to be ...
F, Bishop, F J, Matthews, C S, Probert, J, Billett, T, Battcock, S D, Frisby, J F, Mayberry   +6 more
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Waiting time in the outpatient clinic at a national hospital in Vietnam. [PDF]

Nagoya journal of medical science, 2018
Vietnam is facing a problem of over-crowding in public hospitals. Long waiting time is a major dissatisfaction for patients. Reducing waiting time benefits not only patients but also hospitals in decreasing overall workload. To identify factors contributing to long waiting time in outpatient clinics, a cross-sectional study was conducted at a national ...
Nguyen, Suong Thi Thao, Yamamoto, Eiko, Nguyen, Mai Thi Ngoc, Le, Huy Bao, Kariya, Tetsuyoshi, Saw, Yu Mon, Nguyen, Cong Duc, Hamajima, Nobuyuki   +7 more
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Barriers and Development Strategies for Nursing Practice in Nurse‐Led Clinics: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

Nursing Open
Aims This study aims to investigate the barriers encountered by specialised nurses working in nurse‐led clinics at a tertiary hospital and to identify strategies for enhancing service delivery and operational management.
Li‐ping Kang, Bi‐yu Wu, Cai‐rong Yan, Jing‐ping Yang, Shao‐ying Zhang, Rong‐jin Lin   +5 more
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Assessment of Health Literacy Among Adults Visiting Outpatient Clinics at a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in Urban Bangalore: A Cross-Sectional Study

RGUHS National Journal of Public Health
Background WHO defines health literacy HL as cognitive and social skills that determine the motivation and ability of people to understand gain access to and use information to obtain good health.
Vishnu Jayarajan, Jyothi Jadhav, Mahima Singh, Prashant Sajjan, Anupriya Mathew C, Rose Treesa Mathew, Selvi Thangaraj   +6 more
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Correlation of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents with perianal fistula healing in Crohn’s disease: a narrative review [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2021
With the overspread use of measurement of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (therapeutic drug monitoring, TDM), new therapeutic strategies have been used in the management of Crohn’s disease (CD).
Eron Fabio Miranda, Rodrigo Bremer Nones, Paulo Gustavo Kotze   +2 more
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