Background There is a plethora of interventions and policies aimed at changing practice
habits of primary healthcare professionals, but it is unclear which are the most appropriate …

Objective. To assess the inequalities in adherence to breast and cervical cancer screening
according to educational level. Methods. A systematic review was carried out between 2000 …

The expansion of primary care and community-based service delivery systems is intended to
meet emerging needs, reduce the costs of hospital-based ambulatory care and prevent …

Improvement of chronic disease management demands effective collaborative relationships
between health and social-care which is achieved through teamwork. Interprofessional …

Background There is general consensus that appropriate development and use of
information and communication technologies (ICT) are crucial in the delivery of effective …

Objective To identify the advantages and disadvantages that group practices have on
patients, physicians and healthcare systems. Study design A scoping review was performed …

Objectives As general practice increasingly moves towards large group practices, there is
debate about the relative benefits, safety and sustainability of different care delivery models …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruption of routine gastroenterology
practice, which has resulted in the suspension of elective endoscopic procedures and …

Background Despite mergers have increasingly affected hospitals in the recent decades,
literature on the impact of hospitals mergers on healthcare quality measures (HQM) is still …

The decline in the working hours of general practitioners (GPs) is a key factor influencing
access to health care in many countries. We investigate the effect of changes in hours …