background: who suggest that family physician is the core in the world efforts for quality improvement, cost ef­fectiveness, and equity in the health care systems. this study evaluates the impact of the program on accessibility of the services, case finding, patient referral, feedback process and insurance coverage in the rural health units. methods: this study was quasi experimental. it compar...

BACKGROUND Referral management centres (RMC) for elective referrals are designed to facilitate the primary to secondary care referral path, by improving quality of referrals and easing pressures on finite secondary care services, without inadvertently compromising patient care.This study aimed to evaluate whether the introduction of a RMC which includes triage and feedback improved the quality ...

BACKGROUND Fax referral services that connect smokers to state quitlines have been implemented in 49 U.S. states and territories and promoted as a simple solution to improving smoker assistance in medical practice. This study is an in-depth examination of the systems-level changes needed to implement and sustain a fax referral program in primary care. METHODS The study involved implementation...

introduction: hospital portals, as the first virtual entry, play an important role in connecting people with hospital and also presenting hospital virtual services. the main purpose of this article was to suggest a conceptual model to improve tehran private hospital portals. the suggested model can be used by all the health portals that are in the same circumstances and all the health portals w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the capacity implications and health economic impact of new guidelines recommending referral to colposcopy after one mild result during cervical screening rather than after two consecutive mild results. DESIGN A mathematical model of the country's colposcopy services and the clinical pathways from smear result through to treatment is constructed. The model incorporates n...

OBJECTIVE To map out the current provision of interventional oncology (IO) services in the UK. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicentre study. SETTING All National Health Service (NHS) trusts in England and Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland health boards. PARTICIPANTS Interventional radiology (IR) departments in all NHS trusts/health boards in the UK. RESULTS A total of 179 NHS trusts/heal...

Background An effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. This study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh (UP).   Methods A descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...