- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
University of Dundee
2008-2009
Effective hand hygiene practice within health care is widely recognised as being one of the single most important interventions to control and prevent spread healthcare associated infection (HCAI). This study aimed explore nurses' patients' perceptions towards patient determine whether patients who required assistance with their were encouraged offered appropriate facilities at times. In January 2007, an acute teaching hospital in Scotland, six observational sessions, each lasting 4 hours...
Background: Obtaining appointments at a general practice was critical for reducing avoidable hospital admissions, and ultimately saving healthcare costs. In the United Kingdom (UK), problematic access of individual practices persisted resulting from increasing health complexities in primary care, which were exacerbated by shortages medical doctors as practitioners (GP). The UK government pursued employing care-coordinators care networks to allocate non-GP professionals solution, but patient...