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Depression in the Primary Care Setting
&NA; A 45‐year‐old woman with hypothyroidism that has been treated with a stable dose of levothyroxine presents to her primary care provider with depressed mood, negative feelings about herself, poor sleep, low appetite, poor concentration, and lack of ...
Lawrence T Park, Carlos A. Zarate
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Effect of spoken language on primary care choice refugee health assessment program patients seen at Boston Medical Center [PDF]
PURPOSE: There are approximately 21.3 million refugees worldwide. Connection to primary care is essential for these patients because of the potential for long-term and complex care that they require.
Tunstall, Hannah
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![Figure][1] From the time that I was an intern (which was some years ago), it was said that there was a shortage of primary care physicians. Over succeeding years this condition has worsened.
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Background Canadians are known to be frequent users of emergency department (ED) care. However, the exchange of information from ED visits to family physicians (FPs) is not well known.
Liisa Jaakkimainen+4 more
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The role of primary care in adult weight management: qualitative interviews with key stakeholders in weight management services [PDF]
Background: Primary care has a key role to play in the prevention and management of obesity, but there remain barriers to engagement in weight management by primary care practitioners.
Blane, David N.+3 more
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Quick Assessment of Literacy in Primary Care: The Newest Vital Sign
PURPOSE Current health literacy screening instruments for health care settings are either too long for routine use or available only in English. Our objective was to develop a quick and accurate screening test for limited literacy available in English ...
B. Weiss+7 more
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Palliative care in primary care: European Forum for Primary Care position paper [PDF]
AbstractAim:The aim of this position paper is to assist primary health care (PHC) providers, policymakers, and researchers by discussing the current context in which palliative health care functions within PHC in Europe. The position paper gives examples for improvements to palliative care models from studies and international discussions at European ...
Rotar Pavlic, Danica+5 more
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Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent [PDF]
Background: Existing studies concerning the health care use of homeless people describe higher utilisation rates for hospital-based care and emergency care, and lower rates for primary care by homeless people compared to the general population.
Art, Bruno+5 more
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An analytics approach to designing patient centered medical homes [PDF]
Recently the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model has become a popular team-based approach focused on delivering more streamlined care to patients. In current practices of medical homes, a clinical-based prediction frame is recommended because it can help match the portfolio capacity of PCMH teams with the actual load generated by a set of ...
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Psychological Treatment of Depression in Primary Care: Recent Developments
We give an overview of recent developments on psychological treatments of depression in primary care. In recent years, it has become clear that psychotherapies can effectively be delivered through e-health applications.
P. Cuijpers+3 more
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