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Factors associated with patients' experience of access to their primary health care clinic: a multilevel analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Analyses were stratified by the number of consultations in the last 12 months: between 1 and 5 or over 5 consultations. A patient-reported experience survey on primary care. Patients from medium size clinics compared to small clinics had better experience of care for both outcomes. Population studied. Instrument.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Caroline: We have an intervention called Improving Palliative Care Access through Technology. Market factors that may influence hospital transfers and feeding tube use.