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Publikováno v:
JMIR Mental Health, Vol 11, p e53894 (2024)
BackgroundThe National Health Service (NHS) Talking Therapies program treats people with common mental health problems in England according to “stepped care,” in which lower-intensity interventions are offered in the first instance, where clinica
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https://doaj.org/article/7b4d4e95ecd843ad9f7f87ce324db7f4
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Abstract Background Optimising capacity along clinical pathways is essential to avoid severe hospital pressure and help ensure best patient outcomes and financial sustainability. Yet, typical approaches, using only average arrival rate and average le
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https://doaj.org/article/d9bf512b57f64b30963049bd28cde207
Autor:
Christos Vasilakis, Paul Forte
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Abstract Background The study sought to evaluate the impact of a Rapid Diagnostic Clinic (RDC) service designed to improve general practitioner (GP) referral processes for patients who do not meet existing referral criteria yet present with vague - b
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https://doaj.org/article/cd86acf5676d4dc9a2573cb2927f81cc
Autor:
Zehra Onen-Dumlu, Alison L. Harper, Paul G. Forte, Anna L. Powell, Martin Pitt, Christos Vasilakis, Richard M. Wood
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 6 (2022)
Objectives While there has been significant research on the pressures facing acute hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been less interest in downstream community services which have also been challenged in meeting demand. This study aim
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https://doaj.org/article/1b2b8160c3c243e38355d7c4eeaf4efa
Publikováno v:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 11, p e0009523 (2021)
BackgroundBillions of doses of medicines are donated for mass drug administrations in support of the World Health Organization's "Roadmap to Implementation," which aims to control, eliminate, and eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The supp
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https://doaj.org/article/3ae6c127827d46dfbe970dbd9675114f
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 2, p e0211758 (2019)
BackgroundStandardised tobacco packaging has been, and remains, a contentious policy globally, attracting corporate, public health, political, media and popular attention. In January 2015, the UK Government announced it would vote on draft regulation
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https://doaj.org/article/595a49d2312b4e139e0d913a61f8032c
Autor:
Richard M. Wood, Alison L. Harper, Zehra Onen-Dumlu, Paul G. Forte, Martin Pitt, Christos Vasilakis
Publikováno v:
Wood, R, Harper, A, Onen Dumlu, Z, Forte, P, Pitt, M & Vasilakis, C 2023, ' The False Economy of Seeking to Eliminate Delayed Transfers of Care : Some Lessons from Queueing Theory ', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 243–251 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-022-00777-2
BackgroundIt is a stated ambition of many healthcare systems to eliminate delayed transfers of care (DTOCs) between acute and step-down community services.ObjectiveThis study aims to demonstrate how, counter to intuition, pursual of such a policy is
Publikováno v:
Moss, S, Vasilakis, C & Wood, R 2022, ' Exploring financially sustainable initiatives to address out-of-area placements in psychiatric ICUs : a computer simulation study ', Journal of Mental Health . https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2091769
BackgroundTransferring individuals for treatment outside their geographic area occurs when healthcare demand exceeds local supply. This can result in significant financial cost while impacting patient outcomes and experience.AimsThe aim of this study
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Dural Selcuk, G & Vasilakis, C 2021, ' Evaluating the sustainability of complex health system transformation in the context of population ageing: An empirical system dynamics study ', Journal of the Operational Research Society . https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1992307
Demographic changes, particularly population ageing, and rising morbidity from chronic conditions contribute to ever-increasing pressures on health and care systems in developed countries. Partly as a response, new models of care and service innovati