6 May
In daily practice is not easy to measure health status. COOP charts allows it. In this study COOP chart are used in Canada, Japon, Nepal and Spain. A multinational study of the factorial structure and other characteristics or the Dartmouth COOP Functional Health Assessment Charts/WONCA. Westbury R.C., et al. Fam Pract. 1997; 14: 478-85. Download [...]
29 Apr
Gatekeeping is a common role in Europe for general practitioners. Usually, gatekeeping is associate to patient list. Being a filter allow GP to avoid for their patients unnecessary contact with specialists. In this way it saves money and could no decrease patient satisfaction. Primary Care, Financing and Gatekeeping in Western Europe. Gérvas, J., Pérez Fernández, [...]
2 Mar
Over time, the definition of prevention has expanded so that its meaning in the context of health services is now unclear. As risk factors are increasingly considered to be the equivalent of ‘‘diseases’’ for purposes of intervention, the concept of pr evention has lost all practical meaning. This paper reviews the inconsistencies in its utility, [...]
