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The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: Even though there is general agreement that primary care is the linchpin of effective health care delivery, to date no efforts have been made to systematically review the scientific evidence supporting this supposition.
A Aakvik   +102 more
core   +8 more sources

Potentially severe drug–drug interactions among older people and associations in assisted living facilities in Finland: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016
Objective: This study aims to assess potentially severe class D drug–drug interactions (DDDIs) in residents 65 years or older in assisted living facilities with the use of a Swedish and Finnish drug–drug interaction database (SFINX).
Mariko Teramura-Grönblad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fidelity evaluation of the compared procedures for conducting the PVS-PREDIAPS implementation strategy to optimize diabetes prevention in primary care

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Assessing the fidelity of an implementation strategy is important to understand why and how the strategy influences the uptake of evidence-based interventions.
Alvaro Sánchez   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beta-agonist overuse and delay in obtaining medical review in high risk asthma: a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Asthma mortality surveys report delays in seeking medical review and overuse of beta-agonist therapy as factors contributing to a fatal outcome. However, the strength of these associations is limited because many asthma deaths are unwitnessed.
Beasley, Richard   +9 more
core   +1 more source

The Role of Primary Care in a Pandemic: Reflections During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

open access: yesJournal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2020
As COVID-19 cases began to rise in Ontario, Canada, in March 2020, increasing surge capacity in hospitals and intensive care units became a large focus of preparations. As part of these preparations, primary care physicians were ready to be redeployed to
Joanne Kearon, C. Risdon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Primary care research

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2014
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Chris van Weel   +6 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Spirometry in Primary Care [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian 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
openaire   +4 more sources

The extra-articular impacts of rheumatoid arthritis: moving towards holistic care

open access: yesBMC Rheumatology, 2018
Although treat-to-target has revolutionised the outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) there is emerging evidence that attaining the target of remission is insufficient to normalise patients’ quality of life, and ameliorate the extra ...
I. C. Scott   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frequency and phenotype of headache in covid-19: a study of 2194 patients

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
To estimate the frequency of headache in patients with confirmed COVID-19 and characterize the phenotype of headache attributed to COVID-19, comparing patients depending on the need of hospitalization and sex, an observational study was done.
David García-Azorín   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetes care provision in UK primary care practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Although most people with Type 2 diabetes receive their diabetes care in primary care, only a limited amount is known about the quality of diabetes care in this setting.
Elaine Stamp   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

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