Background The prevalence of chronic illness and multimorbidity rises with population
aging, thereby increasing the acuity of care. Consequently, the demand for emergency and …

Objectives Management of critically ill patients is changing due a rise in population age,
comorbidity and complexity. To accommodate these changes, the demand is increasing for …

Approximately 13% of the total UK workforce is employed in the health and care sector.
Despite substantial workforce planning efforts, the effectiveness of this planning has been …

Background: Primary care is in short supply in many countries. Task shifting from physicians
to nurses is one strategy to improve access, but international research is scarce. We …

Background Nurse prescribing of medicines is increasing worldwide, but there is limited
research in Europe. The objective of this study was to analyse which countries in Europe …

The UK has recorded one of the highest death rates associated with COVID-19 globally,
whether measured as deaths that are directly attributable to COVID-19 or by excess …

Background Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has evolved as an alternative
health financing mechanism to out of pocket payments in low-and middle-income countries …

This article investigates business models innovation for delivering health care at the base of
the pyramid (BoP). The examination of six health care organizational cases suggests that co …

Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) called for the expansion of all nursing
roles, including advanced practice nurses (APNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and clinical …

Background General practices have had difficulty recruiting and retaining enough general
practitioners to keep up with increasing demand for primary health care in recent years …