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Primary care trusts and primary care research [PDF]
BMJ, 2005 Research networks and academic departments can help to do much needed research P rimary care is central to the NHS and primary care research provides “the missing link in the development of high quality, evidence based health care for populations.”1 2 The recent development of primary care trusts, which are responsible for commissioning local health ...
Frederick Chen, Azeem Majeed
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Primary Health Care Research & Development, 2022 AbstractStrong primary care does not develop spontaneously but requires a well-developed organizational planning between levels of care. Primary care-oriented health systems are required to effectively tackle unmet health needs of the population, and efficient primary care organization (PCO) is crucial for this aim.
Mehmet Akman +6 more
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Primary care spirometry* [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2007 Primary care spirometry is a uniquely valuable tool in the evaluation of patients with respiratory symptoms, allowing the general practitioner to diagnose or exclude chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sometimes to confirm asthma, to determine the efficacy of asthma treatment and to correctly stage patients with COPD.
Derom, E. +7 more
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Linking research and development in primary care: primary care trusts, primary care research networks and primary care academics [PDF]
Primary Health Care Research and Development, 2004 In the UK, primary care groups and trusts (PCG/Ts), also known as primary care organizations (PCOs), are the organizations that will drive forward the primary care development agenda outlined by the government. We undertook a study to investigate the views of PCOs on the place of research in primary care development and their role as participants in ...
Tessa Crilly +5 more
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The market in primary care [PDF]
BMJ, 2007 Changes to primary care have shifted clinical control away from general practitioners and financial control away from government, argue Allyson Pollock and ...
Pollock, A. +4 more
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Spirometry in Primary Care [PDF]
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2013 Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) clinical guidelines for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) specify that spirometry should be used to diagnose these diseases. Given the burden of asthma and COPD, most people with these diseases will be diagnosed in the primary care setting. The present CTS position statement was developed to provide
Allan L. Coates +6 more
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Epigenetics and primary care [PDF]
British Journal of General Practice, 2017 Epigenetics is the study of how changes to chromosome structure record and/ or transmit changes in the expression of genes. Epigenetic mechanisms act during development to control mechanisms such as cell proliferation and differentiation, tissue formation, organogenesis, and the emergence of physiological function.
Lehane, D. +3 more
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The Permanente Journal, 2006 The report from the American College of Physicians (ACP) didn't pull any punches.1 Primary care is on the verge of collapse. Senior physicians are retiring or leaving the field; medical students are avoiding the discipline like the plague; health care capital is in full retreat; new technology investments are lagging.
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Primary care: opportunities and threats Deregulating primary care [PDF]
BMJ, 1997 The 1996 primary care white paper, Choice and Opportunity , offers scope for a wide range of new organisations to enter the market for NHS primary care. If the new law is implemented it will sweep away many of the existing legislative, budgetary, and procedural barriers to innovation, initially through a range of pilot schemes.
Nicholas Mays, Angela Coulter
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