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Epidemiology Characteristics of COVID-19 Infection Amongst Primary Health Care Workers in Qatar: March-October 2020

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: COVID-19 transmission was significant among Healthcare workers worldwide. In March 2020, Qatar started reporting numbers of COVID-19 positive cases among workers in Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC). The study estimates the burden of the
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Proctosigmoidoscopy in Primary Health Care [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 1990
Of 282 patients who underwent rigid proctosigmoidoscopy (PSS) in primary care in the city of Västerås during 1985, 5.7% had polyps or tumours in the rectum. Barium examination of the large bowel was performed on 194 of these 282 patients and showed polyps or tumours in 6.2%.
J S, Jonsson, A, Jonasson, J, Leppert
openaire   +2 more sources

The receipt of information by family physicians about their patient’s emergency department visits: a record linkage study of electronic medical records to health administrative data

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing the Capacity of Primary Care Through Enabling Technology. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Primary care is the foundation of effective and high-quality health care. The role of primary care clinicians has expanded to encompass coordination of care across multiple providers and management of more patients with complex conditions.
Nesbitt, Thomas S, Young, Heather M
core   +1 more source

Primary care groups - Modernising primary and community health services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Developing primary and community health services is a key component of the government's plans for modernising the NHS. Primary care groups and trusts have a vital part to play in overcoming the variability, fragmentation, and isolation that have ...
Dowswell, T., Leese, B., Wilkin, D.
core   +1 more source

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

The Demand for Primary Health Care

open access: yesMedical Care, 1978
Data about the demand for primary health care, collected in a group practice of more than 10,000 individuals, were analyzed by Probit and Tobit techniques. With respect to the number of GP-contacts the results indicate, besides the well-known impact of age, sex, social class and morbidity, serious Interdoctor Variation, important influence of Problem ...
Van Der Gaag, Jacques   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The organisation and delivery of health improvement in general practice and primary care: a scoping study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background This project examines the organisation and delivery of health improvement activities by and within general practice and the primary health-care team. The project was designed to examine who delivers these interventions, where they are located,
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core   +3 more sources

Matching treatment options for risk sub-groups in musculoskeletal pain: a consensus groups study

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain represents a considerable worldwide healthcare burden. This study aimed to gain consensus from practitioners who work with MSK pain patients, on the most appropriate primary care treatment options for subgroups of ...
Joanne Protheroe   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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