Aim The aim of the study is to compare the assessment, treatment, referral, and follow up contact with the dispatch centre of emergency patients treated by the physician assistant (PA) and ambulance nurse (RN) in emergency medical services (EMS) in the Netherlands.Methods In a cross-sectional...
The present study aims to assess the relationship between volunteering and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults with hearing impairment, as well as the gender difference in this association. We use data from the sixth Health Service
high blood pressure, a low level of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, a high triglyceride level, and a high plasma glucose concentration [1–3]. The etiology of this syndrome is largely unknown but presumably represents a complex interaction between genetic, metabolic...
Family practice is now called family medicine, which is a medical specialty that is completely devoted to the healthcare of all age groups. The specialist, in this case, is called a family doctor or a family physician. It is a division of primary care that provides a compre...
One reason might be the gap between income as a research fellow and as a clinical doctor. Denmark and Finland have the highest medical scholarships in Scandinavia, but even in these countries they agree on the fact that income for research fellows is too low. A GP will earn 35% of his/...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between the length of a medical consultation in a general practice setting and the biopsychosocial information obtained by the physician, and to explore the characteristics of young physicians obtaining comprehensive, especially psychosocial information. DESIGN: A ...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between the length of a medical consultation in a general practice setting and the biopsychosocial information obtained by the physician, and to explore the characteristics of young physicians obtaining comprehensive, especially psychosocial information. DESIGN: A ...
To determine whether there is a difference between patients with low back pain and healthy controls in a test battery score for movement control of the lumbar spine. This was a case control study, carried out in five outpatient physiotherapy practices in
ailments that a GP cannot manage at his or her level of practice. This is the major difference between internal medicine and general practice. In addition to that, the practitioners of internal medicine have to undergo more rigorous training spanning for several years than the general practitioners...
Primary care health professionals play a leading role in the community. They are the first contact medical professionals. They are usuallyfamily practitioners,general practitioners, non-physician care providers or nurse practitioners. According to patient preference, health system, and availability of facil...