Abstract The traditional healthcare model is focused on diseases (medicine and natural science) and does not acknowledge patients' resources and abilities to be experts in their own lives based on their lived experiences. Improving healthcare safety, quality, and coordination, as well as quality of life, is an important aim in the care of patients with chronic conditions. Person-centered care needs to ensure th...
COPD IN THE POPULATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY THE PORTUGUESE SENTINEL PRACTICE NETWORK FROM 2007 TO 2009 Objectives: To determine the number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related consultations among patients registered in the Portuguese Sentinel Practice Network (PSPN) between 2007 and 2009, to calculate the reasons for visits re- lated to COPD, to estimate the incidence of COPD, and to charact...
Performance indicators have been in use in Portugal for some time now for performance assessment and contractualisation in Family Health Units (USFs). It is important to consider both the quality of the performance indicator and its impact on the delivery of health care in general practice in order to improve performance assessment. When performance indicators assess only a limited area of clinical practice or ...
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Introduction: The aim of this review is to assess whether there is a relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer. Method: We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the NHS Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness; MEDLINE; EMBASE, Biological Abstracts and Science Citation Index-Expanded. We used the search ...
Medicina Geral e Familiar - Especialidade ou apenas especial
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