In 6% of 854 patients in a city general practice anemia was found. Anemia was defined by WHO criteria. An algorithm for the evaluation of the cause includes patient’s history and laboratory investigations inclusive of reticulocyte count, serum ferritin ...
Trends in Family Medicine – How to Sort the Wheat from the ChaffAbstract. Considering the trends in medicine, time just seems to move at a slower pace in general practice/family medicine than in the medical specialties. Novel medical drugs and ...
The Patient Enrolled in a Managed Care Insurance Plan or the Physician Being Part of a Network: What Drives the Efficiency Gain?Abstract. Aim: To evaluate the role of physician-related as compared to patient-related factors, we compared the efficiency ...
Swiss General Practitioners’ View of New Models of Collaboration Involving Advanced Practice Nurses – a Qualitative Explorative StudyAbstract. Multimorbid and chronically ill patients require models of care for which the collaboration of all involved ...
Patient- vs Physician-Reported Implementation of and Compliance to Anti-Osteoporotic Medication One Year after Sustained Fragility FractureAbstract. We were interested why therapy recommendations made by specialists are ...