Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Source: bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12875-025-02901-2 The post Role of General Practitioners in Acute Case Handling first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Secondary outcomes included the use of primary and secondary healthcare, nursing home (NH) admission, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), satisfaction, and mortality. The results showed that 303 individuals were recruited with a mean age of 83.2 Functional decline occurred 26.4% at 30 days and 33.7% at 180 days.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Eligible participants were individuals with dementia (diagnosed or suspected), aged ≥ 72 years, receiving 1 or more antidepressants, and residing in a nursing home associated with the participating physician. Most individuals were women, with a median age of 85 years. On average, participants were prescribed 9 different medications.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Carla: I think what’s also interesting, Thomas, if I can just say about that, is that there was a study a couple years ago looking at general practitioners and their availability, or their ability not availability, ability to recognize their patients who are disconnected. I would say that. Alex: You did get big press.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. All of that is especially important for disadvantaged individuals with more risk factors, more chronic diseases, more medications, and lower health literacy.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

In our article entitled “Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model”, we attempt to quantify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care medication prescribing and dispensing, addressing a gap in the literature.

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