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Evaluation of Primary Care Provider Utilization by Asthma Patients after the Implementation of Coach McLungsSM [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Primary care provider utilization was assessed among several patient center health outcomes. Setting: An urban pediatric emergency department in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, that serves a low-income, high-minority community. to 0.22, p=0.37), respectively, and PCP utilization increased from 25% to 33% ([95%]CI - 0.07

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician. of census tracts had adequate PCP access. RESULTS In Virginia, 56.0%

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Using eConsult to access specialist advice for persons living with dementia - A cross-sectional analysis [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: eConsult cases closed in 2021 from the Champlain region in Eastern Ontario for PLWD living in the community and in long-term care (LTC). Population Studied: Our sample included 97 cases from PLWD in the community and 53 cases from LTC. Specialists responded to all cases in a median of less than 1.2

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. What can we do as a community?

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