Access to health care based on need rather than ability to pay was the founding principle of
the Canadian health-care system. Medicare was born in one province in 1947. It spread …

Background Workload and workforce issues in primary care are key drivers for the growing
international trend to expand nursing roles. Advanced nurse practitioners are increasingly …

Background Current and expected problems such as ageing, increased prevalence of
chronic conditions and multi‐morbidity, increased emphasis on healthy lifestyle and …

Background Having nurses take on tasks that are typically conducted by doctors (doctor‐
nurse substitution, a form of'task‐shifting') may help to address doctor shortages and reduce …

Objectives To identify and summarize the common clinical settings, interventions, and
outcomes of nurse practitioner care specific to older people. Design Scoping review of the …

In this article we defend the idea that theory-based evaluations—contribution analysis, logic
analysis, and realist evaluation—are complementary components of a new theory in …

Background To meet the growing needs of a diverse population, it is critical that healthcare
service provision is underpinned by innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable services and …

Background Reducing avoidable hospitialisation of aged care facility (ACF) residents can
improve the resident experience and their health outcomes. Consequently many variations …

Background Due to the increasing demand on primary care, it is not only debated whether
there are enough general practitioners (GPs) to comply with these demands but also …

Background The rapid evolution of the epidemiological picture and the recent SARS-COV-2
pandemic has expressed the vulnerabilities of health systems and focuses attention on the …