Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]
20.05. 15 KB. paper re-submitted to include updated metadataObjective To investigate equity of patient outcomes in a psychological therapy service, following increased access achieved by a quality improvement (QI) initiative.
Barnes, R +12 more
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Systematic review of mental health interventions for patients with common somatic symptoms: can research evidence from secondary care be extrapolated to primary care? [PDF]
Objectives: To determine the strength of evidence for the effectiveness of mental health interventions for patients with three common somatic conditions (chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic back pain).
Larkin, Kirsten +11 more
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The primary and secondary care interface: the educational needs of nursing staff for the provision of seamless care. [PDF]
AIM: To identify nurses' perceived deficits in the knowledge and skills required to provide effective seamless care, so that appropriate training could be provided.
Carnwell, Ros +2 more
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An integrated care pathway for menorrhagia across the primary–secondary interface : patients' experience, clinical outcomes, and service utilisation [PDF]
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 +7 more
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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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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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Informing the development of services supporting self-care for long term mental health conditions: A mixed method study of community based mental health initiatives in England [PDF]
Background Supporting self-care is being explored across health care systems internationally as an approach to improving care for long term conditions in the context of ageing populations and economic constraint.
Simons, L. +47 more
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Background Previous research has generally found lower rates of injury incidence in immigrant populations than in native-born populations. Most of this literature relies on mortality statistics or hospital data, and we know less about injuries treated in
Eyvind Ohm +3 more
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Introduction: Several epidemiological studies in Neurotology have been previously carried out in the general population. This approach is useful for learning about the most common disorders in clinical population, but it may fail when one is trying to ...
Emilio Domínguez-Durán +4 more
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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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