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There is a strong need in long-term care for scientific research, so older people and their families, health care professionals, policy makers, and educators can benefit from new advancements and best available evidence in every day care practice.
H. Verbeek +4 more
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Community Care of North Carolina: Putting Health Reform Ideas Into Practice in Medicaid [PDF]
Summarizes assessments of how an enhanced medical home model of care that involves local nonprofit community networks and emphasizes care coordination, disease and care management, and quality improvement has affected cost savings and quality of ...
Samantha Artiga
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Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people [PDF]
Older people living in residential and nursing care homes spend a large proportion of their time within the boundaries of the home, and may depend on the environment to compensate for their physical or cognitive frailties.
Barnes, S. +5 more
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Quality of care assessment for people with multimorbidity
Multimorbidity, the simultaneous presence of multiple health conditions in an individual, is an increasingly common phenomenon globally. The systematic assessment of the quality of care delivered to people with multimorbidity will be key to informing the
J. Valderas +7 more
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Background Outcomes-based policy and administration of public services present a compelling argument for the value of outcomes data. However, there are a number of challenges inherent in collecting these data from people who are unable to complete a ...
James Caiels +4 more
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Care Management of Patients With Complex Health Care Needs [PDF]
Explores how patients' complexity of healthcare needs, vulnerability, and age affect the cost and quality of their health care. Examines the potential for care management to improve quality of care and reduce costs, elements of success, and ...
Rachel Berry-Millett, Thomas Bodenheimer
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Understanding and measuring quality of care: dealing with complexity
Existing definitions and measurement approaches of quality of health care often fail to address the complexities involved in understanding quality of care.
J. Hanefeld +2 more
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Background Some composite measures for determining the treatment effects of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on remission and low disease activity (LDA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may produce misleading results if they include an acute phase ...
Kirsten Janke +5 more
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Improving support for older people looking after someone with advanced cancer [PDF]
The briefing paper is about the findings and recommendations from a research project conducted at the University of Nottingham, with funding awarded by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Bird, Lydia +2 more
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Diabetes care provision in UK primary care practices [PDF]
Background: Although most people with Type 2 diabetes receive their diabetes care in primary care, only a limited amount is known about the quality of diabetes care in this setting.
Elaine Stamp +11 more
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