Quality indicators have been developed throughout Europe primarily for use in hospitals, but
also increasingly for primary care. Both development and application are important but there …

OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the development of patient education from the 1960s until
now and identifies future challenges to improve patient education. RESULTS: Patient …

Objective Changing workforce skill-mix is one strategy for improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of health care. Our aim was to summarise available research into the success or …

Background. Non-participation of general practitioners (GPs) is a serious source of bias for
practice-based studies. Objective. To elucidate doctors' motives for non-participation in, and …

Background Neck disorders are common, disabling, and costly. The effectiveness of patient
education strategies is unclear. Objectives To assess the short‐to long‐term effects of …

Abstract Background The EUprimecare project-team assessed the perception of primary
health care (PHC) professionals and patients on quality of organization of PHC systems in …

Background Internationally, there is increasing use of telephone consultations, particularly
for triaging requests for acute care. However, little is known about how this mode of …

Objectives. To develop a framework for general practice management made up of quality
indicators shared by six European countries. Methods. Two-round postal Delphi …

Background In rural areas of China, hypertension is on the rise and it is drawing the Chinese
government's attention. The health outcomes of hypertension management can be positively …

Background Responsiveness is an indicator by WHO to evaluate the performance of health
systems on nonmedical expectations of consumers. This study measures the health system …