News tagged with primary care services

Guided care reduces the use of health services by chronically ill older adults

A new report shows that older people who receive Guided Care, a new form of primary care, use fewer expensive health services compared to older people who receive regular primary care. Research published in the March 2011 ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventive care poses dilemma for emergency departments, study finds

People go to emergency departments when they've broken a leg, been stabbed or otherwise need urgent care. But a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine finds that 90 percent of EDs nationwide also offer ...

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created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research reveals 41 percent increase in children's short stay hospital admissions

The number of children being admitted to hospitals in England for short stays increased by 41 per cent between 1996 and 2006, according to research published in PLoS One today. The authors of the study, from Imperial Colleg ...

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0