Patients' perception of communication at the interface between primary and secondary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries

G Scaioli, WLA Schäfer, WGW Boerma… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
… Our study aims to assess patients’ perceptions of … In this study, patients in 31 European
countries (Austria, Belgium, … between primary care physicians and medical specialists improve

Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit: a quantitative and qualitative analysis

D Schwarzkopf, S Behrend, H Skupin… - Intensive care …, 2013 - Springer
… of care, and communication need to be improved [7] and that communication with doctors,
waiting room, and patient rooms drew … quality improvement effort, we planned to assess family …

[PDF][PDF] Austria: Health system review

…, W Quentin, J Winkelmann, World Health Organization - 2018 - apps.who.int
… focus on the strengthening of primary health care. A promising but … primary health care
units as part of the primary health care … In assessing performance, the Austrian health system …

Diagnostic accuracy of stroke referrals from primary care, emergency room physicians, and ambulance staff using the face arm speech test

J Harbison, O Hossain, D Jenkinson, J Davis, SJ Louw… - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
primary care doctors, ie, the medical staff who first assess … instruments could help in improving
initial diagnostic accuracy. If … be a better indicator of the performance of an assessment in …

The patients' perspective: living with lupus in Austria

G Stummvoll, T Stamm - Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2017 - Springer
… the patients’ perspective and to design better tools for assessing SLE. Despite all successful
efforts in recent years, there is still room for improvement with respect to early diagnosis, …

Impact of bronchiolitis guidelines publication on primary care prescriptions in the Italian pediatric population

E Barbieri, A Cantarutti, S Cavagnis… - NPJ Primary Care …, 2021 - nature.com
… This study is particularly relevant because it is the first study assessing prescriptions for …
In Italy, it is mandatory to be enrolled in primary care and children are assigned to their …

… during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic: a northern Italian observational study—cross-sectional analysis and comparison of a two-time survey in primary care

A Mahlknecht, V Barbieri, A Engl, G Piccoliori… - … Practice, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… -being and to describe needs for improvement in primary care highlighted by the pandemic.
… Efforts should be undertaken to efficiently strengthen primary care which plays an important …

Clinical practices and attitudes regarding the diagnosis and management of heart failure: findings from the CORE Needs Assessment Survey

J Howlett, J Comin‐Colet, K Dickstein, A Fuat… - ESC Heart …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… In total, <70% of primary care nurses assessed the following signs and symptoms of HF:
third heart sound, excess sputum, nocturia, heart murmur, forgetfulness, elevated jugular …

Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit: what makes the difference?

KH Stricker, O Kimberger, K Schmidlin, M Zwahlen… - Intensive care …, 2009 - Springer
… Thus, the primary aims of this study were to assess the level of satisfaction of next of kin in
the ICU and to identify parameters associated with higher satisfaction. The secondary aim was …

[HTML][HTML] Control of asthma in children: still unacceptable? A French cross-sectional study

J de Blic, I Boucot, C Pribil, J Robert, D Huas… - Respiratory …, 2009 - Elsevier
… To address these issues, we conducted an observational study, ELIOS, in primary care in
France. The primary objective of this study was to assess the level of asthma control in children …