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Is individual educational level related to end-of-life care use? : results from a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Belgium [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Educational level has repeatedly been identified as an important determinant of access to health care, but little is known about its influence on end-of-life care use.
Bilsen, Johan, Bossuyt, Nathalie, Cohen, Joachim, Deliens, Luc, Echteld, Michael, Meeussen, Koen, Van Casteren, Viviane, Van den Block, Lieve   +7 more
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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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Access to HIV care in the context of universal test and treat: challenges within the ANRS 12249 TasP cluster-randomized trial in rural South Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: We aimed to quantify and identify associated factors of linkage to HIV care following home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) in the ongoing ANRS 12249 treatment-as-prevention (TasP) cluster-randomized trial in rural KwaZulu-Natal ...
Attia, Barnabas, Bassett, Cohen, Collins Iwuji, Danel, Doherty, Donnell, Fox, France Lert, François Dabis, Granich, Hatcher, Houlihan, Iwuji, Joanna Orne-Gliemann, Joseph Larmarange, Kamal El Farouki, Lundgren, MacPherson, Maheswaran, Marie-Louise Newell, Medley, Morris, Mugglin, Muloongo, Mélanie Plazy, Naik, Naik, Nakigozi, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Nsigaye, Orne-Gliemann, Rooyen, Rosemary Dray-Spira, Rosen, Tabana, Tanser, Wringe, Zaidi   +39 more
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Treating epistaxis – who cares for a bleeding nose? A secondary data analysis of primary and secondary care [PDF]

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Abstract Background The primary objective was to describe outpatient treatment of epistaxis among different physicians based on a large patient population over a period of 10 years. The secondary objective was to evaluate the value of the practice fee as an instrument of allocation in patients with epistaxis.
Annina E. Althaus, Jonas Lüske, Ulrike Arendt, Michael Dörks, Michael H. Freitag, Falk Hoffmann, Kathrin Jobski   +6 more
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In adults with multimorbidity, does the provision of social care services have an effect on the use of primary care and secondary care health services? [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: Health and social care is an area of high policy importance in the UK. Integration of health boards with local authority provided social care in Scotland in 2016 is a major structural change in delivery of care.
Henderson, David
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Improving access to the KIS in secondary care [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality, 2017
BackgroundEffective communication of anticipatory care planning (ACP) discussions between patients and general practitioners across different healthcare settings is vital. In Scotland, the Key Information Summary (KIS) is a new piece of software that allows clinical data for selected patients to be shared electronically across the ...
Hall, Charlie Christopher, Lunan, Carey, Finucane, Anne, Spiller, Juliet Anne   +3 more
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Promoting effective practice in secondary care [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2000
This qualitative study aimed to explore the views of key stakeholders regarding the role that public health professionals have or should have in the provision of effective health care within the National Health Service.A national (England) questionnaire survey generated a sample for qualitative telephone interviews and two site case studies.
K, Melvin, J, Wright, J, Connelly, S R, Harrison, M, Robinson, D R, Williams   +5 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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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.
Julian, Sophia, Naftalin, Nicholas J., Clark, M. D. (Michael D.), Szczepura, Ala, Rashid, Aly, Baker, Richard, Taub, Nicholas, Habiba, Marwan   +7 more
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