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Healthcare reform in Russia: problems and prospects [PDF]

, 2007
This paper examines the prospects for reform of Russia’s healthcare system. It begins by exploring a number of fundamental imbalances that characterise the current half-reformed system of healthcare provision before going on to assess the government’s ...
Tompson, William
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai, Sen Zhang, Haipei Zhang, Yating Zhang, Junhong Guo, Xiaoyan Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Innovation in Primary Healthcare

Policy Quarterly, 2019
Health systems everywhere are facing significant challenges – demand pressures from an ageing population, a rise in chronic health conditions, and greater community expectations as more new health treatments are developed. There are three possible responses to this: increasing health funding (increasing inputs), rationing health services (restricting ...
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Adapting the one minute preceptor model to a Swedish context – clinical tutors’ experiences of its usage in primary health care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background The One Minute Preceptor model is one of few models proven to be effective in clinical training and validated for teaching clinical reasoning and medical knowledge.
Erica Rothlind, Helena Salminen, Katarina Rolfhamre, Klas Karlgren, Eva Toth-Pal   +4 more
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Location‐Specific Hematoma Volume Predicts Early Neurological Deterioration in Supratentorial ICH

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Early neurological deterioration (END) adversely affects outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study aimed to determine the location‐specific hematoma volumes for END in supratentorial ICH patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed supratentorial ICH patients presenting from two prospective cohorts.
Zuoqiao Li, Guilin Meng, Zijie Wang, Xiao Hu, Jing Cheng, Chu Chen, Tiannan Yang, Jiaxin Luo, Zizhen Meng, Xueyun Liu, Qi Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minimally Clinically Important Difference of the Clinical Assessment Scale in Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Clinical Assessment Scale in Autoimmune Encephalitis (CASE) tracks disease severity in autoimmune encephalitis (AE), but no threshold for significant change exists. We aimed to determine the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) for CASE.
Yihui Goh, Yoon Hee Shin, Soo Hyun Ahn, Su Yee Mon, Soo Jean Shin, Woo‐Jin Lee, Yoonhyuk Jang, Myoung‐Jin Jang, Soon‐Tae Lee   +8 more
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Embedding quality in primary healthcare

BMJ, 2023
Federica, Secci, Shams, Syed
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CSF Monoamine Metabolites and Cognitive Trajectory in Early Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Imaging and postmortem studies indicate that abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmission contribute to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it remains uncertain if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites can serve as biomarkers of cognitive decline in early PD.
Jing‐Yu Shao, Rong Li, Yu‐Xiang Jiao, Kai Ma, Hong‐Qi Yang, Zheng‐Yu Sun, Jie‐Wen Zhang, Shuai Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Communication in Primary Care Centres in Qatar—A Focus Group Study

Health Expectations
Introduction The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar manages 31 health centres serving a diverse population of over 1.7 million people. PHCC is fully committed to providing people‐centred care.
Nancy Dixon, Liz Cox, Bayan Fraihat, Tareq Khalil Alzeq, Mohammed Abdalla, Nawal Khattabi   +5 more
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Identifying high-impact-opportunity hospitals for improving healthcare quality based on a national population analysis of inter-hospital variation in mortality, readmissions and prolonged length of stay

BMJ Open
Objectives To study between-hospital variation in mortality, readmissions and prolonged length of stay across Belgian hospitals.Design A retrospective nationwide observational study.Setting Secondary and tertiary acute-care hospitals in Belgium ...
Kris Vanhaecht, Luk Bruyneel, Dirk De Ridder, Fien Claessens, Bianca Cox, Astrid Van Wilder   +5 more
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