Effects of continuity of care on health outcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension: a systematic review

KS Chan, EYF Wan, WY Chin, WHG Cheng, MK Ho… - BMC family …, 2021 - Springer
Background The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes
mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT) has placed a tremendous burden on healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] The '6W'multidimensional model of care trajectories for patients with chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions and hospital readmissions

A Vanasse, M Courteau, JF Ethier - Public Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To synthesize concepts and approaches related to the analysis of patterns or
processes of care and patient's outcomes into a comprehensive model of care trajectories …

Are people's health care needs better met when primary care is strong? A synthesis of the results of the QUALICOPC study in 34 countries

WLA Schäfer, WGW Boerma… - Primary Health Care …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Aim: This article synthesises the results of a large international study on primary care (PC),
the QUALICOPC study. Background: Since the Alma Ata Declaration, strengthening PC has …

Diabetes‐related avoidable hospitalisations and its relationship with primary healthcare resourcing in China: A cross‐sectional study from Sichuan Province

X Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Yang, J Pan - Health & Social Care in the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The reduction of diabetes‐related avoidable hospitalisations (AHs) can be achieved via the
provision of timely and effective primary healthcare (PHC), which has made diabetes AHs …

Illness perceptions among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross‐sectional study

J Tang, L Gao - International journal of nursing practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study aimed to investigate illness perceptions and their predictors among Chinese
patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods A descriptive, correlational, and exploratory design …

GP practices as a one‐stop shop: How do patients perceive the quality of care? A cross‐sectional study in thirty‐four countries

WLA Schäfer, WGW Boerma… - Health services …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To contribute to the current knowledge on how a broad range of services offered
by general practitioners (GP s) may contribute to the patient perceived quality and, hence …

Effects of decreasing the out-of-pocket expenses for outpatient care on health-seeking behaviors, health outcomes and medical expenses of people with diabetes …

W Du, P Liu, W Xu - International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 - Springer
Background: To improve access to outpatient services and provide financial support in
outpatient expenses for the insured, China has been establishing its scheme of decreasing …

The ecology of medical care: access points to the health care system in Austria and other developed countries

K Hoffmann, R Ristl, A George, M Maier… - … Journal of Primary …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study aimed to analyze the Austrian health care system using the ecology of
care model. Our secondary aim was to compare data from Austria with those available from …

Improving the performance of social health insurance system through increasing outpatient expenditure reimbursement ratio: a quasi-experimental evaluation study …

Y Miao, J Gu, L Zhang, R He, S Sandeep… - International journal for …, 2018 - Springer
Background China has set up a universal coverage social health insurance system since the
2009 healthcare reform. Due to the inadequate funds, the social health insurance system …

[HTML][HTML] Hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: What conditions make inter-country comparisons possible?

JVM Rocha, R Santana, JE Tello - Health Policy Open, 2021 - Elsevier
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions have been extensively used in
health services research to assess access, quality and performance of primary health care …