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Varenicline – A New Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation in Primary Care Practice

Robson, Noorzurani - 2012

Background: Cigarette smoking causes significant morbidity and mortality and is a major public health concern worldwide …. Primary care doctors are in a unique position that enables them to promote smoking cessation, as smokers are more aware of … smoking. Methods: A search of PubMed was done up to 16 December 2009, using the keywords “varenicline” alone, “varenicline …

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A field research on the management of sustainable in-service training of physicians serving primary health care

Silaci, Osman Yasar; Demir Uslu, Yeter - 2020

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Primary health care for noncommunicable diseases in the Philippines

UIep, Valerie Gilbert T.; Uy, Jhanna; Casas, Lyle - 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have become the major cause of disease burden in the Philippines. In 2019, NCDs accounted for about 70 percent of the 600,000 deaths nationwide; this is projected to increase in the medium to long term. The premature deaths due to NCDs are increasing in a much...

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Is primary health care worth it in the long run? : evidence from Brazil

Ferreira-Batista, Natalia Nunes; Teixeira, Adriano Dutra; … - In: Health economics 32 (2023) 7, pp. 1504-1524

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The perception of quality and the performance in primary health Care of central Alentejo - Portugal

Saraiva, Margarida; Alfaiate, Carmen; Gomes, Luís Pedro; … - In: Cogent business & management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16

Quality and performance are current issues and a strategic priority for the Portuguese National Health Service. Currently, there is a lack of studies in primary health care (PHC) that assess the relationship between the quality and the level of performance of the Primary Health Care Teams. In...

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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and...

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