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- Communication between Dutch community nurses and general practitioners lacks structure: An explorative mixed methods study .Community nurses and general practitioners evaluate their patient-related communication to be poor. […]
- Renal function and attributable risk of death and cardiovascular hospitalization in participants with diabetes from a registry-based cohort.To estimate the attributable risk of renal function on all-cause mortality and […]
- A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries.Injuries from falls are major contributors to complications and death in older […]
- Patient and caregiver perspectives on early identification for advance care planning in primary healthcare settings.As part of a broader study to improve the capacity for advance […]
- Can the Safety Net be Age-Friendly? How to Address Its Important Role in Caring for Older Adults with Geriatric Conditions.The safety net, a collection of public hospitals, federally qualified health centers […]
- Antimicrobial stewardship in the primary care setting: from dream to reality?Clinicians who work in primary care are potentially the most influential healthcare […]
- Building Telemedicine Capacity for Trainees During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: a Case Study and Lessons Learned.Hospital and ambulatory care systems are rapidly building their virtual care capacity […]
- Resilience in family caregivers of patients diagnosed with advanced cancer – unravelling the process of bouncing back from difficult experiences, a hermeneutic review.Despite the risk for developing mental disorders, most of advanced cancer patients’ […]
- Impact of Unannounced Standardized Patient Audit and Feedback on Care, Documentation, and Costs: an Experiment and Claims Analysis.Meaningful variations in physician performance are not always discernible from the medical […]
- Effects of a work stress intervention on healthcare use and treatment compared to treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial in Swedish primary healthcare.Work stress is an increasing burden in society. Identifying early symptoms of […]
- The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a usable way to address mental health at well-child visits in general practice – a qualitative study of feasibility.Mental health problems is frequent among children and psychopathology in early childhood […]
- Patient-reported and doctor-reported symptoms when faecal immunochemical tests are requested in primary care in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective study.Rectal bleeding and a change in bowel habits are considered to be […]
- The use of ultrasound in primary care: longitudinal billing and cross-sectional survey study in Switzerland.Ultrasound imaging is utilized in Swiss primary care; however, little is known […]
- Treatment of urinary tract infections in Swiss primary care: quality and determinants of antibiotic prescribing.Urinary tract infections are one of the most common reasons for prescribing […]
- Interrelationships between symptom burden and health functioning and health care utilization among veterans with persistent physical symptoms.Between 10 and 50% of primary care patients present with persistent physical […]
- Management and treatment of HIV: are primary care clinicians prepared for their new role?Current literature suggests the number of HIV clinicians in the United States […]
- Diabetes care knowledge and practice among primary care physicians in Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.Due to the perennial shortage of diabetes specialists, primary care physicians (PCPs) […]
- General practitioner strategies for managing patients with multimorbidity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research.General practitioners (GPs) increasingly manage patients with multimorbidity but report challenges in […]
- Management of work-related common mental disorders in general practice: a cross-sectional study.General practitioners (GPs) often manage individuals with work-related common mental disorders (CMD: […]
- The influence of hemoglobin A1c levels on cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in people with diabetes over 70 years of age. A prospective study.Glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a reliable risk factor of cardiovascular diseases […]