The relationship between avoidable hospitalization and accessibility to primary care: a systematic review

A Rosano, CA Loha, R Falvo… - … European Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background: Avoidable hospitalization (AH) has been widely studied as a possible measure
of the performance of primary health care (PHC). However, studies examining the …

Organizational aspects of primary care related to avoidable hospitalization: a systematic review

T Van Loenen, MJ van den Berg, GP Westert… - Family …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Often used indicators for the quality of primary care are hospital admissions
rates for conditions which are potentially avoidable by well-functioning primary care. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Improved strategies to counter the COVID-19 pandemic: Lockdowns vs. primary and community healthcare

K Farsalinos, K Poulas, D Kouretas, A Vantarakis… - Toxicology Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic mitigation strategies are mainly based on social distancing measures
and healthcare system reinforcement. However, many countries in Europe and elsewhere …

[HTML][HTML] Association between expansion of primary healthcare and racial inequalities in mortality amenable to primary care in Brazil: a national longitudinal analysis

T Hone, D Rasella, ML Barreto, A Majeed… - PLoS medicine, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Universal health coverage (UHC) can play an important role in achieving
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, which addresses reducing inequalities, but little …

Which hospitalisations are ambulatory care-sensitive, to what degree, and how could the rates be reduced? Results of a group consensus study in Germany

L Sundmacher, D Fischbach, W Schuettig, C Naumann… - Health policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Much has been written lately regarding hospitalisations for ambulatory care-
sensitive conditions (ACSH) and their strengths and weaknesses as a quality management …

Safer prescribing—a trial of education, informatics, and financial incentives

T Dreischulte, P Donnan, A Grant… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background High-risk prescribing and preventable drug-related complications are common
in primary care. We evaluated whether the rates of high-risk prescribing by primary care …

Strategies for reducing potentially avoidable hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions

T Freund, SM Campbell, S Geissler… - The Annals of Family …, 2013 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are seen as
potentially avoidable with optimal primary care. Little is known, however, about how primary …

Dementia in older people admitted to hospital: a regional multi-hospital observational study of prevalence, associations and case recognition

S Timmons, E Manning, A Barrett, NM Brady… - Age and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: previous studies have indicated a prevalence of dementia in older admissions
of∼ 42% in a single London teaching hospital, and 21% in four Queensland hospitals …

Effect of a national primary care pay for performance scheme on emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: controlled longitudinal study

MJ Harrison, M Dusheiko, M Sutton, H Gravelle… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the impact of a national primary care pay for performance scheme, the
Quality and Outcomes Framework in England, on emergency hospital admissions for …

Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999–2010: national database analysis

PJ Gill, MJ Goldacre, D Mant, C Heneghan… - Archives of disease in …, 2013 - adc.bmj.com
Objective To investigate a reported rise in the emergency hospital admission of children in
England for conditions usually managed in the community. Setting and design Population …