Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are now steering the global health and development agendas. Notably, the SDGs contain no mention of primary health care …
H Sandvik, Ø Hetlevik, J Blinkenberg… - British Journal of General …, 2022 - bjgp.org
Background Continuity, usually considered a quality aspect of primary care, is under pressure in Norway, and elsewhere. Aim To analyse the association between longitudinal …
Objective Continuity of care is a long-standing feature of healthcare, especially of general practice. It is associated with increased patient satisfaction, increased take-up of health …
Background Midwives are primary providers of care for childbearing women globally and there is a need to establish whether there are differences in effectiveness between midwife …
Universal health coverage is not a dream for the future. It is already a reality in many countries; however, without quality health services, it can remain an empty promise. This …
Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) increasingly manage patients with multimorbidity but report challenges in doing so. Patients describe poor experiences with …
A Prior, CH Vestergaard, P Vedsted, SM Smith… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Patients with multimorbidity are frequent users of healthcare, but fragmented care may lead to suboptimal treatment. Yet, this has never been examined across …
BF Bradford, AN Wilson, A Portela… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Systems of care that provide midwifery care and services through a continuity of care model have positive health outcomes for women and newborns. We conducted a scoping review to …
J Delgado, PH Evans, DP Gray, K Sidaway-Lee… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjgp.org
Background Higher continuity of GP care (CGPC), that is, consulting the same doctor consistently, can improve doctor–patient relationships and increase quality of care; however …