Purpose The objectives of this study were to determine whether pediatricians are more likely than other primary care physicians (PCPs) to refer newly diagnosed adolescent and young adult patients with cancer to pediatric oncological specialists, and to assess the physician and patient characteristics ...
Adults (n=2,467) aged 18–50 years receiving treatment for physician-diagnosed asthma were randomly sampled from established (self-reported asthma) patient panels. They were asked (via an online survey) about their asthma symptoms, exacerbations and treatment type, views and perceptions of asthma ...
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are a growing population. This paper aims to review the perspectives of TGD adolescents, their caregivers, and their providers regarding the care of TGD youth in the primary care setting and discuss how to create affirming clinical environments and provide...
Experts interviewed for this story offered some basic guidance for primary care physicians: Believe the patient.“Say it out loud. They need to hear it,” Palacio said of patients with long COVID symptoms, who are often not believed. If their physician says, “‘I believe you, and I will...
The Impact of Primary Care Clinic and Family Physician Continuity on Patient Health Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis From Alberta, Canada PRIMARY carePHYSICIANSEMERGENCY room visitsCONTINUUM of careMEDICAL carePURPOSE Continuity of care is broadly associated with better patient health outcomes. The... ...
Based on the county of his or her primary practice location, each physician was assigned to an HRR and in turn to a quintile of health care spending. Results are displayed using 3 categories for the exposure variable: low spending (the lowest quintile of EOL-EI), moderate spending (the ...
10 The percentage decrease expected from one more one primary care physician per 10,000 population ranges from 2% percent to 6%, depending on the attributed cause of death. There is greater variability in African American deaths across states than is the case for white deaths, making the ...
Skill mix change between general practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses in primary healthcare for older people: a qualitative ... More and more older adults desire to and are enabled to grow old in their own home, regardless of their physical and mental capabilities. ...
for all healthcare professionals working in primary care; (3) Ongoing engagement is enhanced by motivational work with young people, setting achievable treatment goals, supporting transition between child and adult mental health services and recognising primary care’s longitudinal nature as a key asset...
(a medical physician) to create a coding frame. The frame was then iteratively reviewed and refined through application to the data and discussion with the team (with mixed backgrounds, including both professional and lived ADHD experience) (JW, AP, TND, KB). Themes were then generated from ...