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An integrated care pathway for menorrhagia across the primary–secondary interface : patients' experience, clinical outcomes, and service utilisation [PDF]

, 2007
Background: ‘‘Referral’’ characterises a significant area of interaction between primary and secondary care. Despite advantages, it can be inflexible, and may lead to duplication.
Rashid, Aly, Baker, Richard, Taub, Nicholas, Szczepura, Ala, Julian, Sophia, Clark, M. D. (Michael D.), Habiba, Marwan, Naftalin, Nicholas J.   +7 more
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Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - an international series: United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: The UK National Health Service (NHS) is essentially publicly funded through general taxation. Challenges facing the NHS include the rise in prevalence of long-term conditions and financial pressures.
Allison Worth, Mark Levy, Worth, Allison, Levy, Mark L., Fletcher, Monica, Pinnock, Hilary, Aziz Sheikh, Monica Fletcher, Hilary Pinnock, Pinnock, Hilary; id_orcid, Hoskins, Gaylor, Levy, Mark, Gaylor Hoskins, Sheikh, Aziz, Levy, Mark L   +14 more
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A UK consensus on optimising CVD secondary prevention care: perspectives from multidisciplinary team members [PDF]

, 2019
Although overall cardiovascular (CV) mortality has declined in recent years, patients with clinically manifest cardiovascular disease (CVD) remain at increased risk of recurrent CV events. To minimise the likelihood of future CV events following an acute
The ICON (Integrating Care Opportunities across the NHS) CVD Secondary Prevention Working Group
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Variation in hospital cost trajectories at the end of life by age, multimorbidity and cancer type

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2023
Background Approximately thirty thousand people in Scotland are diagnosed with cancer annually, of whom a third live less than one year. The timing, nature and value of hospital-based healthcare for patients with advanced cancer are not well understood.
Katharina Diernberger, Xhyljeta Luta, Joanna Bowden, Joanne Droney, Elizabeth Lemmon, Giovanni Tramonti, Bethany Shinkins, Ewan Gray, Joachim Marti, Peter S. Hall   +9 more
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Forearm fractures – are we counting them all? An attempt to identify and include the missing fractures treated in primary care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Objective Norway has a high incidence of forearm fractures, however, the incidence rates based on secondary care registers can be underestimated, as some fractures are treated exclusively in primary care.
Cecilie Dahl, Eyvind Ohm, Siri Marie Solbakken, Nudrat Anwar, Kristin Holvik, Christian Madsen, Frede Frihagen, Åshild Bjørnerem, Frida Igland Nissen, Lene B. Solberg, Tone Kristin Omsland   +10 more
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Anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a secondary health care facility in district Faridabad, Haryana

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2019
Background: India confronts a high burden of anemia among pregnant women, that contributes to significant morbidity and mortality for mother and child. Anemia Mukt Bharat strategy launched by Government of India envisages provision of variety of facility-
Shashi Kant, Sumit Malhotra, Partha Haldar, Ravneet Kaur, Rakesh Kumar   +4 more
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ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY CARE PROVIDED TO TRAUMA VICTIMS WITH THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE INJURIES IN A SETTING OF AN URBAN CENTRE FOR ACUTE SPINAL SURGERY

Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2019
Background. Foundation of specialised centres or units of acute spinal surgery in general acute hospitals is to be considered a tendency of much importance in development of metropolitan systems for management of trauma victims with spinal injuries ...
A. K. Dulaev, V. A. Manukovski, D. I. Kutyanov, M. S. Parshin, D. V. Dulaev, S. L. Brizhan, S. V. Iskrovskiy, P. V. Zhelnov   +7 more
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Pain Medicine in Crisis—A Possible Model toward a Solution: Empowering Community Medicine to Treat Chronic Pain

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2013
Pain medicine in Israel and in the world has reached a crisis. The lack of available pain medicine services is resulting in the unsatisfactory treatment for chronic pain sufferers.
Amir Minerbi, Simon Vulfsons
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Physiotherapist-Led Triage Within Orthopaedic Spine Consultation: Evaluation of a Novel Secondary Care Model of Care [PDF]

Aim: Timely access for orthopaedic spine consultation remains a challenge due to increasing demand and workforce constraints. Integrating advanced physiotherapy consultation models within orthopaedic services is an emerging strategy to streamline care ...
Segar, Anand, Chauhan, Rohil, Kheterpal, Aanirudh   +2 more
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Embedding the delivery of antenatal vaccination within routine antenatal care: a key opportunity to improve uptake

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020
Improving the uptake of vaccination in pregnancy has been highlighted as a priority by the World Health Organisation, yet establishing the optimal location for delivery of the antenatal vaccination program remains a topic of debate internationally.
Christopher R Wilcox, Charlotte Woodward, Rebecca Rowe, Christine E Jones   +3 more
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