Epidemiologic characteristics of multimorbidity and sociodemographic factors associated with multimorbidity in a rapidly aging Asian country

LL Low, YH Kwan, MSM Ko, CT Yeam… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multimorbidity is a growing health care problem in aging societies and is
strongly associated with epidemiologic characteristics and sociodemographic factors …

[HTML][HTML] Stigma of addiction and mental illness in healthcare: The case of patients' experiences in dental settings

MA Brondani, R Alan, L Donnelly - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To explore the ways in which stigma is experienced in healthcare and dental
settings by patients with a history of addiction and mental illness. Methods Audio-recorded …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic inequalities in the prevalence of multi-morbidity among the rural elderly in Bargarh District of Odisha (India)

P Banjare, J Pradhan - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Multi-morbidity among elderly is increasingly recognized as a major public
health challenge in most of the developing countries. However, information on the size of …

[HTML][HTML] GRADE equity guidelines 1: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: introduction and rationale

VA Welch, EA Akl, G Guyatt, K Pottie… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives This article introduces the rationale and methods for explicitly considering health
equity in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation …

The inverse care law and the potential of primary care in deprived areas

SW Mercer, J Patterson, JP Robson, SM Smith… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Tudor Hart was a pioneer of such an approach, anticipating problems so they could be
prevented, ambitious for what could be achieved in general practice, and working steadily …

Effectiveness of community-links practitioners in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation

SW Mercer, B Fitzpatrick, L Grant… - The Annals of Family …, 2019 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE To assess the effect of a primary care–based community-links practitioner (CLP)
intervention on patients' quality of life and well-being. METHODS Quasi-experimental cluster …

Verbal and non-verbal behavior of doctors and patients in primary care consultations–How this relates to patient enablement

T Pawlikowska, W Zhang, F Griffiths… - Patient education and …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between observable patient and doctor verbal and
non-verbal behaviors and the degree of enablement in consultations according to the …

General practice funding underpins the persistence of the inverse care law: cross-sectional study in Scotland

G McLean, B Guthrie, SW Mercer, GCM Watt - British Journal of General …, 2015 - bjgp.org
Background Universal access to health care, as provided in the NHS, does not ensure that
patients' needs are met. Aim To explore the relationships between multimorbidity, general …

Delivering a primary care-based social prescribing initiative: a qualitative study of the benefits and challenges

K Skivington, M Smith, NR Chng, M Mackenzie… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjgp.org
Background Social prescribing is a collaborative approach to improve inter-sectoral working
between primary health care and community organisations. The Links Worker Programme …

[HTML][HTML] Income inequalities in multimorbidity prevalence in Ontario, Canada: a decomposition analysis of linked survey and health administrative data

L Mondor, D Cohen, AI Khan, WP Wodchis - International journal for equity …, 2018 - Springer
Background The burden of multimorbidity is a growing clinical and health system problem
that is known to be associated with socioeconomic status, yet our understanding of the …