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Improving access to diabetes care in a primary care trust
profile In the UK, people of African or Indian descent are at particular risk of developing diabetes – reported rates in these populations are at least four times higher than in Caucasians (Chaturvedi et al, 1994). Bradford City is one of three PCTs in Bradford and it serves a population of approximately 147 000 people of mixed ethnic backgrounds. The majority of these (55 %) are of South Asian...
متن کاملNo time to spare: improving access to trauma care.
Since the September 11 attacks, policymakers are paying increasing attention to the adequacy of the U.S. trauma care system to handle potential mass casualty incidents. This attention has led to questions about how well the trauma system covers the population for day-to-day trauma, such as motor vehicle accidents and gunshot wounds. Although the number of trauma centers has increased in the las...
متن کاملImproving access to opioid analgesics for palliative care in India.
Approximately one million people in India experience cancer pain every year. As in many developing countries, it is typical that cancer is diagnosed in the late stages, when pain is prevalent and often severe. Severe pain destroys a person’s quality of life and dignity. Severe pain also affects families, neighbors and the community: a painful death leaves an indelible mark, especially in India,...
متن کاملThe impact of improving access to primary care
OBJECTIVES To measure the size and timing of changes in utilization and costs for employees and dependents who had major access barriers to primary care removed, across an 8-year period (2007 to 2014). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Retrospective observational study examining patterns of utilization and costs before and after the implementation of a worksite medical office in 2010. The worksite off...
متن کاملImproving access to the KIS in secondary care
BackgroundEffective communication of anticipatory care planning (ACP) discussions between patients and general practitioners across different healthcare settings is vital. In Scotland, the Key Information Summary (KIS) is a new piece of software that allows clinical data for selected patients to be shared electronically across the wider National Health Service from the primary care record. This...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Dental Association
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0002-8177
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0048