Out-of-hours primary care in 26 European countries: an overview of organizational models

L Steeman, M Uijen, E Plat, L Huibers, M Smits… - Family …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Various models exist to organize out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC). We
aimed to provide an up-to-date overview of prevailing organizational models in the …

Temporal trends and predictors of thirty-day readmissions and emergency department visits following total knee arthroplasty in Ontario between 2003 and 2016

TD Ross, E Dvorani, R Saskin, A Khoshbin… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the second most common surgery performed in
Canada. Understanding and improving quality metrics associated with such high-volume …

A cohort study of influences, health outcomes and costs of patients' health-seeking behaviour for minor ailments from primary and emergency care settings

MC Watson, J Ferguson, GR Barton, V Maskrey… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To compare health-related and cost-related outcomes of consultations for
symptoms suggestive of minor ailments in emergency departments (EDs), general practices …

Reflections on the doctor–patient relationship: from evidence and experience

M Stewart - British Journal of General Practice, 2005 - bjgp.org
As an epidemiologist/researcher in a Department of Family Medicine, I have been privileged
to work beside GPs for 25 years. In the research that I do on doctor–patient relationships …

[HTML][HTML] Management of minor ailments in a community pharmacy setting: Findings from simulated visits and qualitative study in Gondar town, Ethiopia

AA Ayele, AB Mekuria, HG Tegegn, BM Gebresillassie… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Community pharmacy professionals are being widely accepted as sources of treatment and
advice for managing minor ailments, largely owing to their location at the heart of the …

Pharmacist-led minor ailment programs: a Canadian perspective

JG Taylor, R Joubert - International journal of general medicine, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Pharmacists have a long history of helping Canadians with minor ailments. This often has
involved management with over-the-counter medications. If pharmacists felt that the best …

Patient satisfaction with care for urgent health problems: a survey of family practice patients

M Howard, J Goertzen, B Hutchison… - The Annals of Family …, 2007 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Patient satisfaction is an important health care outcome. This study compared
patients' satisfaction with care received for an urgent health problem from their family …

From understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities

B Hisam, CK Zogg, MA Chaudhary, A Ahmed… - journal of surgical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Health care disparities are a well-documented phenomenon. Despite the
development and implementation of multiple interventions, disparities in surgery have …

Emergency department interventions that could be conducted in subacute care settings for patients with nonemergent conditions transported by paramedics: a …

RP Strum, W Tavares, A Worster, LE Griffith… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: As the number of patients with nonemergent conditions who are transported by
paramedics continues to increase in Ontario, redirecting specific patients to subacute …

[HTML][HTML] A value-based comparison of the management of ambulatory respiratory diseases in walk-in clinics, primary care practices, and emergency departments …

S Berthelot, M Breton, JR Guertin… - JMIR Research …, 2021 - researchprotocols.org
Background In Canada, 30%-60% of patients presenting to emergency departments are
ambulatory. This category has been labeled as a source of emergency department overuse …