OBJECTIVE To determine the cost-effectiveness of specialist nurse-led clinics provided to improve lipid and blood pressure control in diabetic patients receiving hospital-based care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A policy of targeting improved care through specialist nurse-led clinics is evaluated using a novel method, linking the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatm...

AIMS To determine the costs and effectiveness of an anticoagulant nurse specialist service compared with a conventional consultant service based on two hospital sites in northwest Hertfordshire. METHODS Sequential design comparing retrospectively the conduct and outcomes of a consultant service with a nurse specialist service over two six month periods. In each of the six month study periods,...

To date there are no services in hospitals of the German speaking parts of Switzerland that offer continuous and specialist nursing care in oncology. This systematic literature review aims at providing an overview of the effectiveness of such interventions by specialist nurses for women with breast cancer. It should also inform the conceptualisation of new specialist nurse interventions in prac...

CONTEXT Current thinking about patient safety emphasises the causal relationship between working conditions, referred to as latent risk factors (LRFs), and the quality of clinical care. OBJECTIVE To investigate the extent to which LRFs are related to job satisfaction, job stress and intention to leave for specialist anaesthetists, trainee anaesthetists and nurse anaesthetists. We expected the...