Background Internationally, health care services are under increasing pressure to provide
high quality, accessible, timely interventions to an ever increasing aging population, with …

Abstract Models of Care (MoCs), and their local Models of Service Delivery, for people with
musculoskeletal conditions are becoming an acceptable way of supporting effective …

Background Musculoskeletal condition assessment and management is increasingly
delivered at the primary to secondary care interface, by inter-disciplinary triage and treat …

Background: Esophagectomy or gastrectomy for malignant tumors can have a profound
effect on nutritional status of patients undergoing the procedure. Hence, postoperative …

Introduction In many countries, there are waits for elective (planned) surgery. In these
settings, processes for triaging patients are applied to determine how long patients wait for …

Objective To investigate the impact on patient waiting times of a role substitution model
introducing an advanced allied health practitioner as the first point of contact within a …

Wait times for elective health services have been a policy challenge in health systems of
most developed nations. Many countries have attempted to reduce wait times for surgery …

Rationale, aims and objectives Complex and chronic disease is placing significant pressure
on hospital outpatient departments. Novel ways of delivering care have been developed …

Health care legislation and policies in several countries have extended physical therapists'
scope of practice to include the right to order and interpret imaging (radiography, magnetic …

Objectives: The primary aim of this UK-based study was to identify core clinical
competencies (skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours) for primary-care-based …