BACKGROUND Population-based data on hospital admissions for children aged 0-17 years concerning all respiratory diseases are scarce. This study examined hospital admissions in relation to the preceding consultations in general practice in this age group. METHODS Data on children aged 0-17 years with respiratory diseases included in the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice (DNSGP-2...

In the search of predictors of inadequate physical activity, an investigation was conducted into the association between multimorbidity and physical activity (PA). So far the sum of diseases used as a measure of multimorbidity reveals an inverse association. How specific combinations of chronic diseases are associated with PA remains unclear. The objective of this study is to identify clusters ...

Durch die Nutzung von IT-Systemen lassen sich komplexe Prozesse innerhalb der Verwaltung effizienter und bürgerfreundlicher gestalten. Die Bearbeitung der Prozesse setzen dabei meist die Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen Ämtern, Organisationen sowie die Einbeziehung von Fachwissen voraus. Workflow-, Web-Servicesund Semantic-Web-Technologien bilden eine mögliche Grundlage zur Konzeptionierun...

BACKGROUND The term 'lower value services' concerns healthcare that is of little or no value to the patient and consequently should not be provided routinely, or not be provided at all. De-adoption of lower value care may occur through explicit recommendations in clinical guidelines. The present study aimed to generate a comprehensive list of lower value services for the Netherlands that assess...