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Triage in primary healthcare [PDF]

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, 2020
The majority of healthcare visits in Sweden are within the primary healthcare centres with a wide variety of patients, ranging from children to the elderly, varying from trivial to the most acute. The aim was to describe nurses’ experiences of triaging patients at walk-in clinics at primary healthcare centres. Semi-structured interviews with 12 nurses,
Anna Abelsson
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Prevalence of Stunting According to WHO Growth Standards and Indonesian Growth Reference Charts: A Descriptive Study from Blega Sub-District

Journal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2021
Stunting is one of the remaining health issues in Indonesia and its prevalence was still high in the last decades. There are two types of growth charts that can be used in recording the child's growth: growth standards and growth references.
Nafiys Hilmy, Maitsa' Fatharani
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Multimorbidity and the Primary Healthcare Perspective [PDF]

Journal of Comorbidity, 2016
The ageing population is marked by an increase in chronic health problems, raising concerns over the feasibility of healthcare systems and their financial capabilities [1,2]. A central point here is the growing rate of multimorbidity, i.e. the coexistence of multiple chronic conditions in a given individual [3]. The concept of multimorbidity conflicts
Luijks, H.D., Luijks, H.D., Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M., Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M., Lagro-Janssen, A.L.M., van Weel, C.   +5 more
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Fidelity evaluation of the compared procedures for conducting the PVS-PREDIAPS implementation strategy to optimize diabetes prevention in primary care

BMC 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, Heather L. Rogers, Susana Pablo, Esther García, Inmaculada Rodríguez, Mª. Antonia Flores, Olga Galarza, Ana B. Gaztañaga, Pedro A. Martínez, Eider Alberdi, Elena Resines, Ana I. Llarena, Gonzalo Grandes, on behalf of the PREDIAPS Group   +13 more
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At the junctures of healthcare: a qualitative study of primary and specialist service use by Polish migrants in England [PDF]

, 2022
Polish people are the biggest migrant group in the UK and the scholarship shows that they are attentive to their healthcare needs and seek to fulfil them by using various services both within and outside the British public healthcare system. This article
Moreh, Chris, Troccoli, Giuseppe, Mcghee, Derek P, Vlachantoni, Athina, Troccoli, Guiseppe, McGhee, Derek   +5 more
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What do the general public believe about the causes, prognosis and best management strategies for low back pain? A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for seeking health care and is costly to the health care system. Recent evidence has shown that LBP care provided by many providers is divergent from guidelines and one reason may be ...
Amanda Hall, Danielle Coombs, Helen Richmond, Krystal Bursey, Brad Furlong, Rebecca Lawrence, Steven J. Kamper   +6 more
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Primary Healthcare

The International Journal of Frontier Sciences, 2018
One of the most effective and valuable principles to promote health in all countries has been adoption of Primary Health Care (PHC) as a fundamental strategy. In September 1978, an international conference was held in Alma-Ata, whose great achievement was declaring PHC as a roadmap for “Health for All” by the year 2000 (HFA 2000).
Anders Forssell, Lars Norén
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Aetiology and frequency of coma in Emergency department of the primary healthcare centre [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2022
Background/Aim: Coma is the most severe disturbance of consciousness from which the patient cannot wake up and in which there is no verbal and motor response or opening of the eyes.
Banjac Nada, Aleksić Nevena, Maksimović Žana M., Hadžić Renata, Mihajlović Dalibor   +4 more
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Chronic diseases in the geriatric population: morbidity and use of primary care services according to risk level

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Geriatric patients have significant morbidity and greater needs for care and assistance. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics, morbidity, and use of services in primary care (PC) of patients with chronic diseases ...
Jaime Barrio-Cortes, Almudena Castaño-Reguillo, María Teresa Beca-Martínez, Mariana Bandeira-de Oliveira, Carmen López-Rodríguez, María Ángeles Jaime-Sisó   +5 more
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C-reactive protein influences the doctor’s degree of suspicion of pneumonia in primary care: a prospective observational study

European Journal of General Practice, 2020
Background In primary care, the diagnosis of pneumonia is often based on history and clinical examination alone. However, a previous study showed that the general practitioner’s degree of suspicion correlates well with findings on chest X-ray, when the C-
Anna B. Moberg, Anna Ravell Jensen, Jakob Paues, Falk Magnus   +3 more
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