The global ubiquity of overuse and underuse of health-care resources and the gravity of
resulting harms necessitate an investigation of drivers to inform potential solutions. We …

Background As clinical practice guidelines represent the most important evidence-based
decision support tool, several strategies have been applied to improve their implementation …

Background Much has been written lately regarding hospitalisations for ambulatory care-
sensitive conditions (ACSH) and their strengths and weaknesses as a quality management …

Frequent emergency department use is associated with many adverse events, such as
increased risk for hospitalization and mortality. Frequent users have complex needs and …

Objective: Diabetes is a so-called ambulatory care sensitive condition. It is assumed that by
appropriate and timely primary care, hospital admissions for complications of such …

Starfield and colleagues have suggested four overarching attributes of good primary
care:“first-contact access for each need; long-term person-(not disease) focused care; …

Background Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are acute or chronic health
issues that lead to potentially preventable hospitalizations when not treated in the outpatient …

The reduction of diabetes‐related avoidable hospitalisations (AHs) can be achieved via the
provision of timely and effective primary healthcare (PHC), which has made diabetes AHs …

Existing Irish hospital bed capacity is low by international standards while Ireland also
reports the highest inpatient bed occupancy rate across OECD countries. Moreover, strong …

Shortages of GP services have a big impact. When people can't see a GP, they get sick with
conditions that could be prevented. This is costly for the health system and for individuals …