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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Access to primary care"”.
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Reducing Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Improving Patient Care Access to Primary Care
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Inadequate access to primary care creates a concern to receive comprehensive medical care. Improving access to a consistent source of care can help to obtain high quality of care, continuity of care, and reduce preventable emergency department (ED) visits. The aim of this project …
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Characterizing and Improving Access to Primary Care for Unattached Patients: Insights from the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program
Background: The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program (PCDSP) at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario, is an innovative program that focuses on managing diabetes in high-risk groups (e.g., socially and medically complex). The program also works to attach patients without a primary care …
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Increasing Access to Primary Care Using NP’s: The Framework for an Academic Based Nurse-managed Center in California
<p>The dynamics of health care delivery and the role of health care providers is a changing canvas in the United States. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sets a goal to increase access to health care. The systems that support the ACA are constantly under scrutiny as failing to …
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Travel Distance, Rurality and Area Socioeconomic Position As Predictors of Screening Colonoscopy Use Among Patients Who Get Access to Primary Care Practitioners
… cause of death in United States. Medical care is a tremendous burden for cancer patients. It is well established that colorectal cancer screening is cost effective and life saving. Recent guidelines by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that adults aged over 50 years receive …
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Primary Mental Health and Substance Use Service Provision by Family Physicians in British Columbia: Exploring Age, Period, and Cohort Trends from 1996-2017
… and a perceived shortage in the supply of primary care services which in part has been related to the ageing of the family physician (FP) labour force in the province. For this thesis, we use administrative data containing billing and demographic information for FPs in BC between 1996 and …
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Policy Brief On Diversity And Underutilization Of Nurse Practitioners: An Illinois Example
… (Kaiser Foundation, 2012). A component of healthcare disparities deals with lack of access to primary care providers and lack of diversity within the provider workforce. Nurse practitioners as a group of primary care providers have been extensively researched and deemed vital in addressing the …
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Recognizing Elder Abuse in Mongolia: Experiences of Family Physicians
… alcoholism, unemployment, and poverty related to economic transitions, many of which apply in Mongolia, are associated with elder abuse. International studies have found that health care providers play critical roles in detecting cases of elder abuse. Due to universal access to primary care in …
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Geospatial analysis of preventable emergency department visits in Chicago, IL
… (EDs) for conditions considered treatable in a primary care setting (PCED conditions) has become an increasingly prevalent health care inefficiency in the United States, leading to suboptimal primary care, significant ED overcrowding, and substantially increased costs to both payer and provider. …
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Evaluation of a Virtual Care Program for Unattached Patients in Southeastern Ontario
Access to primary care is critical for delivering preventive and coordinated healthcare services. Individuals lacking a primary care provider often have increased healthcare needs and associated costs, utilizing the emergency department for routine medical needs. The implementation of virtual and …
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Alcohol addiction treatment in Cape Town: Exploratory investigation of the public-private mix
… the criminal justice system, emergency medical care centers, foster home placement centers, employee assistance programs and family violence centers. The clinical and economic benefits of addiction treatment are therefore clear. The aim of this study was to investigate Cape Town's alcohol …
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How Does Ontario Primary Care Perform? Effectiveness, Costs and Efficiency
In 2001, Ontario began introducing new primary care models characterized by physician remuneration mechanisms, interdisciplinary teams, access requirements, and patient enrolment. The objectives of the primary care reform were to improve the quality of and access to primary care and to make primary …
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Demonstrating Long-Term Primary Care Need For Medically Vulnerable Populations Post-Disaster
… Disasters (EPHD) generate increased demand for primary care services after initial surge (i.e., "secondary surges") that overwhelm the local health system. There is a current gap in the literature examining a disaster's impact on long-term health care access for medically vulnerable populations. …
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A quality improvement project evaluating the perioperative implementation of a hypertension management protocol by anaesthesiologists at seven government hospitals in the Western Cape. “a multi-center, cross-sectional quality improvement project: the peri-operative implementation of a hypertension protocol by anesthesiologists”
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with a high prevalence in patients presenting for elective surgery. In limited resource environments, patients have poor access to primary care physicians, limiting the efficacy of life-style modification …
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Mobile Health Apps in Underserved Patients with Diabetes
… spending over $9500 annually on medical care. The successful management of diabetes is a lifelong endeavor. This involves balancing a variety of factors including diet, medications, and glucose monitoring. It has been well established that successful control of diabetes depends largely …