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Common Foreign Quality Evaluation Tools of Primary Health Care and Their Implications for China [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue
Primary health care (PHC) is the bottom of the health care system, and its quality not only relates to the construction of hierarchical medical system, but also affects the health level of residents. Scientific and reasonable evaluation of PHC quality is
LIU Lidi, LIAO Xiaoyang, ZHAO Qian, GUO Yiming, WEN Yuqi, LIU Changming, FANG Xiang
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Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz, Laura de la Torre‐Perez, David R Baldwin, Carlijn van der Aalst, Mangesh Thorat, David Ritchie, Andre L Carvalho, Carolina Espina, Ivan Solà, Carlos Canelo‐Aybar, Moira Magdalena Pissinis, Pablo Alonso‐Coello, Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto   +12 more
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Situational Strategic Planning in primary care: troubleshooting and reinventing actions [PDF]

Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, 2009
Objective: To apply the Strategic Situational Planning (SSP) in a problem selected by the Family Health team, aiming at proposing intervention strategies to correct this deficiency.
Ariane Graças de Campos
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Commentary: Public Health and Health Care Quality Assurance—Strange Bedfellows? [PDF]

The Milbank Quarterly, 2009
What is the role of governmental public health in ensuring the quality of medical care? With some notable exceptions, state and local public health departments have taken a passive role in medical care system quality assurance. Yet medical care can contribute much to improving the health of populations and at least some to reducing health disparities ...
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Liquid biopsy epigenetics: establishing a molecular profile based on cell‐free DNA

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) fragments in plasma from cancer patients carry epigenetic signatures reflecting their cells of origin. These epigenetic features include DNA methylation, nucleosome modifications, and variations in fragmentation. This review describes the biological properties of each feature and explores optimal strategies for harnessing cfDNA ...
Christoffer Trier Maansson, Anders Lade Nielsen, Boe Sandahl Sorensen   +2 more
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Begriffe und Konzepte des Qualitätsmanagements – 4. Auflage

GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, 2018
Quality and safety of healthcare have become key concepts during the last two decades on both national and international levels. In Germany this target of healthcare policy is currently regulated by a cascade of legal requirements and directives: all ...
Sens, Brigitte, Pietsch, Barbara, Fischer, Burkhard, Hart, Dieter, Kahla-Witzsch, Heike Anette, von Friedrichs, Verena, Nothacker, Monika, Paschen, Ulrich, Rath, Sabine, Rode, Susanne, Schneider, Kyra, Schrappe, Matthias   +11 more
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Can NGOs Regulate Medicines Markets? Social Enterprise in Wholesaling, and Access to Essential Medicines. [PDF]

, 2011
Citizens of high income countries rely on highly regulated medicines markets. However low income countries' impoverished populations generally struggle for access to essential medicines through out-of-pocket purchase on poorly regulated markets; results ...
Chaudhuri, Sudip, Mackintosh, Maureen, Mujinja, Phares Gm   +2 more
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Dual targeting of RET and SRC synergizes in RET fusion‐positive cancer cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Despite the strong activity of selective RET tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), resistance of RET fusion‐positive (RET+) lung cancer and thyroid cancer frequently occurs and is mainly driven by RET‐independent bypass mechanisms. Son et al. show that SRC TKIs significantly inhibit PAK and AKT survival signaling and enhance the efficacy of RET TKIs in ...
Juhyeon Son, Lily L. Remsing Rix, Bin Fang, Eric A. Welsh, Nicole V. Bremer, Valentina Foglizzo, Paola Roa, Nickole Sigcha‐Coello, Yi Liao, Eric B. Haura, Alexander Drilon, John M. Koomen, Emiliano Cocco, Uwe Rix   +13 more
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To share or not to share: Publication and quality assurance of research data outputs. A report commissioned by the Research Information Network

, 2008
A study on current practices with respect to data creation, use, sharing and publication in eight research disciplines (systems biology, genomics, astronomy, chemical crystallography, rural economy and land use, classics, climate science and social and ...
Brown, Sheridan, Swan, Alma
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Quality Of Life and Nursing: a Position Paper [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: This paper presents a historical review of quality assurance in nursing with terminologicaldefinitions. General issues involving the evaluation of quality of care are discussed and key questions tackled.Aims: The aims of this paper were to ...
Antigoni Fountouki, Dimitrios Theofanidis   +1 more
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