Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Guideline Implementation: Lessons Learned on Recruitment of Primary Care Physicians to a Knowledge Translation Study by Louis-Philippe Boulet, Paul Hernandez, Hollie Devlin, Marni A Freeman, Samir Gupta

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Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. by Allison Gilchrist, Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, Faraz Ahmed

“…Despite ACA provisions, lack of insurance and other factors continue to affect working-age women's access to primary care services.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a mixed-method systematic review to identify factors that affect women's access to primary care services since the ACA. …”
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Trends in initial pharmacological COPD treatment in primary care (2010–2021): a population-based study using the PHARMO Data Network by Guilherme Rodrigues, Joana Antão, Qichen Deng, Brenda N. Baak, Alda Marques, Frits M. E. Franssen, Martijn A. Spruit

“…However, the lack of data on prescribing trends in initial pharmacotherapy in primary care hinders the understanding of how scientific and technical developments impact patient care and may also perpetuate suboptimal practices. …”
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Interventions promoting recovery from depression for patients transitioning from outpatient mental health services to primary care: A scoping review. by Anne Sofie Aggestrup, Frederik Martiny, Line Lund Henriksen, Annette Sofie Davidsen, Klaus Martiny

“…No studies addressed the transitioning phase from outpatient mental health services to primary care. Most studies included patients during their outpatient mental health care treatment of MDD.…”
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Development of the Whole Day Matters Toolkit for Primary Care: a consensus-building study to mobilize national public health guidelines in practice by Tamara L. Morgan, Michelle S. Fortier, Rahul Jain, Kirstin N. Lane, Kaleigh Maclaren, Taylor McFadden, Jeanette Prorok, Jill Robison, Zachary J. Weston, Jennifer R. Tomasone

“…The Whole Day Matters Toolkit for Primary Care is an evidence-informed resource to help primary care providers (PCPs) disseminate the 24HMGs. …”
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Can integrated care interventions strengthen primary care and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuqi Zhang, Jonathan Stokes, Laura Anselmi, Peter Bower, Jin Xu

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FLI and FIB-4 in diagnosing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in primary care: High prevalence and risk of significant disease by Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva, Márcia da Silva Vargas, Soheyla Mohd Souza Rabie, Gabriella Jonko, Patricia Gabriela Riedel, Larisse Longo, Marcelo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Vivian Cristine Luft, Dvora Joveleviths

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Establishing primary care physician commitment in Canadian long-term care homes: a protocol for a modified e-Delphi study by Andrew P Costa, Aaron Jones, Darly Dash, Paula Rochon, Patrick Quail, Rachel D Savage, Henry Yu-Hin Siu, Lisa M McCarthy, Nathan Stall, Dee Tripp, Maya Potter, Paul Katz, Samantha Peck

“…Introduction The delivery of medical services by primary care physicians (PCPs) in long-term care (LTC) homes lacks consistency. …”
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Assessment of Cognitive Functions in Multimorbid Patients in Lithuanian Primary Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study Using MMSE and LT-GPCOG by Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė, Ingrida Grabauskytė, Ida Liseckienė, Jūratė Macijauskienė

“…Early diagnosis of cognitive decline is crucial, especially in primary care, where time constraints and the limitations of diagnostic tools may hinder accurate detection. …”
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Cultural &amp; region-specific adaptation of KAP (Knowledge, attitude, and practice) tool to capture healthy lifestyle within primary care settings. by Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi, Muslim Abbas Syed, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Hafiz Ahmed Mohamed, Mohamed Iheb Bougmiza, Mohamed Ahmed Syed

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The KAP survey was tailored to capture the construct of healthy lifestyles (within the context of Qatar primary care settings) by reviewing existing surveys, adaptation to local context, expert consultation and feedback, pilot testing, feedback analysis, cognitive interviews and translation and validation.…”
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Evaluating the Development, Reliability, and Validation of the Tele-Primary Care Oral Health Clinical Information System Questionnaire: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Rosnah Sutan, Shahida Ismail, Roszita Ibrahim

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop, test the reliability of, and validate the Tele-Primary Care Oral Health Clinical Information System (TPC-OHCIS) questionnaire for evaluating the implementation of maternal and child digital health information systems. …”
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Australian children’s foot, ankle and leg problems in primary care: a secondary analysis of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data by Hylton B Menz, Christopher Harrison, Peter A Lazzarini, Cylie M Williams, Julie Gordon

“…This data highlights the importance of initiatives supporting contemporary primary care knowledge of diagnoses and management of paediatric lower limb problems to minimise childhood burden of disease.…”
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Using nasal sprays to prevent respiratory tract infections: a qualitative study of online consumer reviews and primary care patient interviews by Paul Little, Katherine Bradbury, Lucy Yardley, Adam W A Geraghty, Ben Ainsworth, Kate Greenwell, Deb Smith, Laura Dennison, Sian Williamson, James Denison-Day, Fiona Mowbray, Samantha Richards-Hall

“…Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis.Setting Primary care, UK.Participants 407 online customer reviews. 13 purposively recruited primary care patients who had experienced recurrent infections and/or had risk factors for severe infections.Results Both studies identified various factors that might influence nasal spray use including: high motivation to avoid RTIs, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic; fatalistic views about RTIs; beliefs about alternative prevention methods; the importance of personal recommendation; perceived complexity and familiarity of nasal sprays; personal experiences of spray success or failure; tolerable and off-putting side effects; concerns about medicines; and the nose as unpleasant and unhygienic.Conclusions People who suffer disruptive, frequent or severe RTIs or who are vulnerable to RTIs are interested in using a nasal spray for prevention. …”
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Determinants of inappropriate antibiotic prescription in primary care in developed countries with general practitioners as gatekeepers: a systematic review and construction of a framework by Mattijs E Numans, Frederike L Büchner, Martijn Sijbom, Nicholas H Saadah, Mark G J de Boer

“…Important determinants for inappropriate antibiotic prescription were comorbidity, primary care not considered to be responsible for development of AMR and GP perception of patient desire for antibiotics. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia follow-up and long COVID in primary care: A retrospective observational study in Madrid city. by Sara Ares-Blanco, Marta Pérez Álvarez, Ileana Gefaell Larrondo, Cristina Muñoz, Vanesa Aguilar Ruiz, Marta Castelo Jurado, Marina Guisado-Clavero

“…<h4>Background</h4>Patients with COVID-19 are follow-up in primary care and long COVID is scarcely defined. The study aim was to describe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and cut-offs for defining long COVID in primary care follow-up patients.…”
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Socioeconomic disparity in stage at cancer diagnosis among patients with type 2 diabetes in Dutch primary care: a cross-sectional study by Geertruida H De Bock, Gijs W D Landman, Nanne Kleefstra, Bert van der Vegt, Sabine Siesling, Klaas H Groenier, Jing de Haan-Du

“…We evaluated the association of SES and cancer stage among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) treated in primary care.Research design and methods This cross-sectional study linked data from the primary care Zwolle Outpatient Diabetes Project Integrating Available Care database for T2DM (n=71 648, 1998–2019) to a cancer registry and personal records database in the Netherlands. …”
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Enhancing access to primary care is critical to the future of an equitable health service: using process visualisation to understand the impact of national policy in the UK by Ian Litchfield, Nicola Kay Gale, Sheila Greenfield, David Shukla, Micheal Burrows

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Cost of primary care approaches for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease prevention in Bangladesh: a HEARTS costing tool application by Andrew E Moran, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Deliana Kostova, Muhammad Jami Husain, Mohammad Sabbir Haider, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Renesa Tarannum, Shamim Jubayer

“…A task-sharing model involving shifting of select tasks from doctors to nurses and local community health workers would be essential for the eventual scale-up of primary care services to prevent CVD in Bangladesh.…”
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Integrated Care for People Living With Rare Disease: A Scoping Review on Primary Care Models in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries by Nada Vidic, Anna McGlynn, Fatemeh Abdi, Chun Wah Michael Tam, Reginald Michael Crampton, Kean-Seng Lim, Elizabeth Emma Palmer, Natalie Taylor, Ben Harris-Roxas

“…Journal of Primary Care & Community Health…”
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Healthcare resource utilisation and costs of hospitalisation and primary care among adults with COVID-19 in England: a population-based cohort study by Carmen Tsang, Robert Wood, Tendai Mugwagwa, Kiran K Rai, Jingyan Yang, Theo Tritton, Jennifer L Nguyen, Kathleen Michelle Andersen, Maya Reimbaeva, Leah J McGrath, Poppy Payne, Bethany Emma Backhouse, Diana Mendes, Rebecca Butfield, Kevin Naicker, Mary Araghi

“…Objectives To quantify direct costs and healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU) associated with acute COVID-19 in adults in England.Design Population-based retrospective cohort study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum primary care electronic medical records linked to Hospital Episode Statistics secondary care administrative data.Setting Patients registered to primary care practices in England.Population 1 706 368 adults with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR or antigen test from August 2020 to January 2022 were included; 13 105 within the hospitalised cohort indexed between August 2020 and March 2021, and 1 693 263 within the primary care cohort indexed between August 2020 and January 2022. …”
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