Health care resource utilization and characteristics of patients with eosinophilic asthma in secondary health care in Finland. [PDF]
Background: Eosinophilic airway inflammation is common in asthma patients and appears to be associated with severe exacerbations and loss of asthma control. Objective: To describe the resource utilization and clinical characteristics of patients with eosinophilic asthma. Design: Asthma patients ≥18 years with ≥1 blood eosinophil count in secondary care
Mäkelä MJ +4 more
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COPD health care in Sweden – A study in primary and secondary care [PDF]
To map out-patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with special reference to patients suffering from acute exacerbations, and to describe COPD health care structure and process in Swedish clinical practice in a real life setting.Retrospective, non-interventional, epidemiological survey.141 hospital based out patient clinics (OPC, n ...
Löfdahl, Claes-Göran +5 more
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Secondary Health Care: best practices in the health services network [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: to understand the organization of health practices, based on the interactions at the secondary care level, and to analyze how the actions and services at this level of care contribute to the development of best practice in health. METHOD: a qualitative approach, based in Grounded Theory.
Erdmann, Alacoque Lorenzini +3 more
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Content of antenatal care services in secondary health care facilities in Nigeria: implication for quality of maternal health care [PDF]
To assess the contents of antenatal care and to relate the findings to the adequacy of maternal health care.Cross-sectional study.Public secondary health-care facilities.Pregnant women.Three hundred and ninety consecutive pregnant women attending 12 selected secondary health facilities were recruited proportionate to the client load recorded for each ...
Kayode, Osungbade +2 more
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Prescription pattern at a secondary health care facility in Ilorin, Nigeria [PDF]
Expenditures due to irrational use of drugs have been a strain on the meagre health budgets of several developing countries and inappropriate prescribing has been identified in many health facilities in developing countries. This study examines the prescription pattern in a secondary health facility.A descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this
Akande, T. M., Ologe, M. O.
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristics and performance of the teams of the Expanded Family Health and Basic Healthcare Centers (Nasf-AB) of Santa Catarina state. METHOD A multicenter study implementing mixed methods, a sample of 149 municipalities (50.
Carine Vendruscolo +4 more
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Is maternity care in Scotland equitable? Results of a national maternity care survey [PDF]
Objective High-quality maternity care is key to long-term improvements in population health. However, even within developed welfare systems, some mothers and babies experience poorer care and outcomes.
Cheyne, Helen +3 more
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Correlation between workplace stressogenic factors and sociodemographic characteristics of employees in primary and secondary health care in Doboj region [PDF]
Introduction. This paper is concerned with a comparative analysis of sociodemographic characteristics of the employees and workplace stressogenic factors in both primary and secondary health care.
Dragana Božić
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Research on patients with multiple health conditions: different constructs, different views, one voice [PDF]
Technological advances, improvements in medical care and public health policies have resulted in a growing proportion of patients with multiple health conditions.
Fortin, M., Mercer, S.W., Valderas, J.M.
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Background Myopia and obesity in children and adolescents have become serious public health problems that endanger public health, especially in China. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are environmental drivers of both myopia and obesity.
Xinxin Wang +26 more
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