Federating distributed clinical data for the prediction of adverse hypotensive events [PDF]
The ability to predict adverse hypotensive events, where a patient's arterial blood pressure drops to abnormally low (and dangerous) levels, would be of major benefit to the fields of primary and secondary health care, and especially to the traumatic ...
Chambers, I. +13 more
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Background: The primary care sector is uniquely positioned to lead the coordination of providers and organizations across health and social care sectors.
Anum Irfan Khan +3 more
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Introduction: Care integration in primary elderly care is suboptimal. Validated instruments are needed to enable the implementation of integrated primary care. We aimed to assess construct validity of the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care measurement tool
Dorien L. Oostra +5 more
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Sensitive hospitalizations to primary care and care in the health care network [PDF]
Objective: to check the profile of sensitive causes hospitalizations for primary care. Methods: this is an ecological, epidemiological study. Data was collected in the Hospital Information System at the Department of Health System Information, grouped according to the admissions list for Sensitive to Primary Causes of Health System. Results: there were
Borges, Pollyanna Kassia de Oliveira +5 more
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Provision of foot health services for people with rheumatoid arthritis in New South Wales: a web-based survey of local podiatrists [PDF]
Background: It is unclear if podiatric foot care for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in New South Wales (NSW) meets current clinical recommendations. The objective of this study was to survey podiatrists' perceptions of the nature of podiatric foot
A Blake +43 more
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Describing Primary Care Encounters: The Primary Care Network Survey and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to describe clinical encounters in primary care research networks and compare them with those of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS).Twenty US primary care research networks collected data on clinicians and patient encounters using the Primary Care Network Survey (PRINS) Clinician Interview (PRINS-1) and ...
Helen J, Binns +7 more
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Unravelling referral paths relating to the dental care of children: a study in Liverpool. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo describe primary care referral networks relating to children's dental care and the main influences on referral decisions taken by dentists working in a primary care setting.DesignA postal questionnaire to all 130 general dental practitioners (
Harris, Rebecca V +3 more
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European primary care surveillance networks: their structure and operation [PDF]
In many European countries, primary care surveillance networks play a role in public health surveillance.To update an inventory of surveillance networks, to describe them and to report on their organization and function in a standardized way. To investigate whether and under what conditions their information can contribute to surveillance at a European
Deckers, Joan G.M. +3 more
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Quality indicators in living kidney donation for transplantation: a scoping review
IntroductionLiving kidney donation has increased worldwide due to the growing demand for transplants. This demand has created a need to measure the quality of this service using quality indicators.
Rafael Rodrigo Da Silva Pimentel +8 more
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Activities of the oral health teams in primary health care: a time-motion study
Background Efficient planning of the oral health workforce in Primary Health Care (PHC) is paramount to ensure equitable community access to services. This requires a meticulous examination of the population’s needs, strategic distribution of oral health
Lorrayne Belotti +7 more
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