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Does team-based primary health care improve patients’ perception of outcomes? Evidence from the 2007–08 Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health
10 February 2012
Shammima Jesmin, Amardeep Thind, Sisira Sarma
Abstract: Background: Team-based practice in primary care has been advocated for improved access, quality, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency of primary health care services, but there is limited empi...
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Responding to diversity: An exploratory study of migrant health policies in Europe
06 February 2012
Philipa Mladovsky, Bernd Rechel, David Ingleby, Martin McKee
Abstract: There has been growing international attention to migrant health, reflecting recognition of the need for health systems to adapt to increasingly diverse populations. However, reports from he...
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Financial burden of drug expenditures in Poland
06 February 2012
Julita Łuczak, Pilar García-Gómez
Abstract: Objectives: This paper investigates the level of catastrophic out-of-pocket pharmaceutical (OOP) expenditures and their impoverishment effect in Poland. Methods: We use data from a represent...
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Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: An inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital
03 February 2012
Ine Borghans, Rudolf B. Kool, Ronald J. Lagoe, Gert P. Westert
Abstract: Purpose and setting: In this study we present a bottom up approach to developing interventions to shorten lengths of stay. Between 1999 and 2009 we applied the approach in 21 Dutch clinical ...
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Pediatric primary care services in Manitoba: Is the health of the next generation of children at risk?
03 February 2012
Alan Katz, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Okechukwu Ekuma, Ruth-Ann Soodeen, Jennifer Enns
Abstract: Objectives: Physician resource planning is an important part of health policy, but to date there are no studies measuring the primary care service needs of a particular population. The aim o...
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