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EoL: Towards Quality Care at the End of Life [PDF]

, 2009
Palliative and end-of-life care must be available to all who require it, regardless of location, age, income, diagnosis or prognosis, and social and cultural background.

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The Group Employed Model as a Foundation for Health Care Delivery Reform [PDF]

, 2010
Outlines group employed models, with salaried primary and specialty care physicians and quality of care- and satisfaction-based incentives as high-quality, low-cost alternatives to fee-for-service; elements of success; and implications beyond ...
David Helms, Harold Luft, Henry Weil, Jenny Minott, Stuart Guterman   +4 more
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Healthcare Hot Spotting: Variation in Quality and Resource Use In California [PDF]

, 2015
This Issue Brief presents analyses of data available through the HEDIS by Geography tool, accessible at https://hbg.iha.org. The tool allows users to display and compare measures of both quality of care and use of health care resources throughout ...
Dolores Yanagihara, Jill Yegian, Kelly Miller   +2 more
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Improving primary health care for children and adolescents in Europe

Global Pediatrics
Primary health care for children in Europe is often not optimal. Primary care providers might not have been trained adequately in dealing with common conditions affecting children and adolescents, and outdated practices often persist.
Martin W. Weber, Sophie Jullien, Cassie Redlich, Jennifer Hall, Susanne Carai   +4 more
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The Arizona Kith and Kin Project Evaluation, Brief #4 [PDF]

, 2016
Despite the prevalence of family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) child care (NSECE, 2015), relatively little is known about the characteristics of this type of care, quality of care, and the features of effective quality improvement initiatives for FFN care ...
Farago, Flora, Shivers, Eva Marie, Yang, Charles   +2 more
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Is it possible to incorporate quality into hospital pricing systems? [PDF]

, 2013
Australia has recently implemented an activity - based funding system for public hospitals. Policymakers and providers are keen to ensure that the price paid for health care services stimulates improvements in quality and safety , but some remain scept ...
Anne-Marie Boxall, Carol Loggie, Janet Sansoni, Kathy Eagar   +3 more
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Quality of Long-Term Care for Older People in Residential Settings – Perceptions of Quality of Life and Care Satisfaction From Residents and Their Family Members

Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2015
Older people living in long-term care homes are exposed to diverse circumstances, which may be associated with loss of independence, social networks and life satisfaction.
Polly Yeung, Vivien Rodgers
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Patient satisfaction and willingness as indicators for patient perspectives toward trainee involvement: a systematic review

BMC Medical Education
Purpose Medical trainees learn from treating patients. Patients’ refusal of trainees as caregivers influences the types of patients who trainees see and thereby their learning.
Sarah de Bever, Mana Nasori, Helianne Wisse, Mechteld Visser, Nynke van Dijk   +4 more
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The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer [PDF]

, 2018
[Excerpt] Congress has held hearings and some Members have introduced legislation addressing the interrelated topics of the quality of mental health care, access to mental health care, and the cost of mental health care.
Heisler, Elayne J
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UK Biobank data demonstrate long-term exposure to floods is a risk factor for incident dementia

Communications Medicine
Background Flooding has emerged as the most prevalent natural disaster, impacting billions of individuals worldwide. However, the long-term effects of flooding exposure on dementia remain unclear.
Yao Wu, Rongbin Xu, Danijela Gasevic, Zhengyu Yang, Pei Yu, Bo Wen, Yanming Liu, Guowei Zhou, Yan Zhang, Jiangning Song, Hong Liu, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo   +12 more
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