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Health System Factors in Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis: A HEADSpAcE Consortium Qualitative Study in Glasgow and Montevideo

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Head and neck cancer (HNC) is a devastating diagnosis, with advanced‐stage disease leading to poorer outcomes. This qualitative study aimed to identify health system factors associated with stage of HNC diagnosis. Methods Qualitative semistructured interviews with HNC patients and clinicians were undertaken in two purposively ...
Grant Creaney   +196 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Discharge Summary Prompt Reduces Postoperative Radiotherapy Delay in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

open access: yesHead &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Delays in postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) beyond 6 weeks are associated with worse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC). This study evaluated whether a discharge summary prompt could reduce PORT delay. Methods A retrospective review of patients from 2018 to 2023 was used as a pre‐intervention baseline.
Andreja Radevic   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Highlighting the increasing need for anaesthetic support in interventional radiology. [PDF]

open access: yesCVIR Endovasc
Hanly J   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Internationally Educated Nurse (IEN) Integration in Nova Scotia: A Provincial Realist Evaluation

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Canada is committed to supporting internationally educated nurse (IEN) integration into the healthcare system, as a strategy to address post‐pandemic nursing shortages. The province of Nova Scotia has emerged as a Canadian exemplar with the development of NICHE (Nova Scotia's International Community of Healthcare Workers Engagement)
Alyssa Indar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Socio‐Economic Toll of Non‐Communicable Diseases in Low‐Resource Settings: Novel Evidence From Mozambique

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The socio‐economic burden of increasingly prevalent non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) in low‐income countries is substantial and widely recognised. This study aimed to fill the remaining evidence gap for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and hypertension (HTN) patients in selected health facilities across two provinces in Mozambique.
Maria Verykiou   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons learned from a sustained mobile prenatal care delivery program: results from a mixed-methods evaluation to understand appointment attendance and patient satisfaction. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Cunnington S   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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