Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright +13 more
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Co-production in HIV research: a case study from the COVID-19 pandemic
Background Co-produced research is an approach where people with lived experience voluntarily engage as collaborators throughout the entire research process.
Vasiliki Papageorgiou +7 more
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Catarrh - the patient experience
Background: No study to date has looked at the symptoms of chronic catarrh as defined by the patients themselves. We looked to explore the catarrh experience through the eyes of patients using a qualitative approach. Methodology/principal: Forty-eight patients referred to Secondary Care with chronic catarrh, postnasal drip or persistent throat ...
Cathcart RA, Wilson JA
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Patient viewing sessions: the patient experience [PDF]
Background Dermatology grand rounds and clinical conferences often include patient viewing sessions, during which groups of dermatologists and trainees see and discuss patient cases.Objective To understand experiences and attitudes of patients participating in patient viewing sessions.Methods Questionnaires were given to patients immediately before and
Cohen, Jeffrey M +3 more
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An integrated care pathway for menorrhagia across the primary–secondary interface : patients' experience, clinical outcomes, and service utilisation [PDF]
Background: ‘‘Referral’’ characterises a significant area of interaction between primary and secondary care. Despite advantages, it can be inflexible, and may lead to duplication.
Julian, Sophia +7 more
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Developing An Analytic Approach to Understanding the Patient Care Experience
The amount of data available to health-care institutions regarding the patient care experience has grown tremendously. Purposeful approaches to condensing, interpreting, and disseminating these data are becoming necessary to further understand how ...
Mary Kate Springman MHA +3 more
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Patient Satisfaction as a Determinant of Patient Loyalty to the Dentist in Dental Clinics
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of patient satisfaction with a dentist on their loyalty to that dentist in Saudi Ministry of Health dental clinics.
Mervat M. El Dalatony PhD +7 more
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ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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\u27Death is difficult in any language\u27: A qualitative study of palliative care professionals\u27 experiences when providing end-of-life care to patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds [PDF]
Background: Ethnic minority patients have unique challenges in accessing health services. These include language difficulties, unfamiliarity with the health system, lower rates of cancer screening and survival, higher rates of reported side effects from ...
Green, Anna +3 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles +4 more
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