Promoting hospital and primary care collaboration for timely and effective care for chronic hepatitis B in western Melbourne
| Autor: | Annie Tan, Rachel Liddle, Nicole Allard, Niranjan Arachchi, Zina Valaydon, Katherine Sievert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Referral Collaborative Care Population health Tertiary referral hospital 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Hepatitis B Chronic Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Referral and Consultation Primary Health Care business.industry Hospitals Public 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public health Australia Emergency medicine Public hospital 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association. 44(4) |
| ISSN: | 1449-8944 |
| Popis: | Objective The aims of this study were to: (1) identify the characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) who do not attend their hospital liver clinic appointments; and (2) raise awareness among general practitioners (GP) of alternative pathways to care for CHB in order to prevent long-term complications of CHB (liver cancer and cirrhosis). Methods This prospective study was conducted between May 2018 and January 2019 at one site of a tertiary referral hospital in western Melbourne. Patients with minimal liver complications who did not attend their first two initial appointments were included in the study, in addition to referring GPs of new CHB patients to the liver clinic who had minimal liver complications (characterised by minimal fibrosis ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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