Background Rising demand for healthcare continues to impact all sectors of the health
service. As a result of the growing ageing population and the burden of chronic disease …

Do health systems become more efficient, less subject to cost escalation, and more
responsive to patient needs when there is competition among insurers and providers and …

Aims Poor communication of clinical information between healthcare settings is associated
with patient harm. In 2008, the UK National Prescribing Centre (NPC) issued guidance …

Objectives. Joint drug formularies and treatment guidelines have been developed to reduce
problems arising at the interface between primary and secondary care. The aim is to …

BACKGROUND: Shared care schemes have mainly centred on chronic diseases, such as
asthma and diabetes. However, with increasing government emphasis on primary and …

Abstract Background. As Governments worldwide strive to integrate efficient health care
delivery across the primary–secondary care divide, particular significance has been placed …

Objective: To identify how some general practices have low growth in prescribing costs
relative to other practices. Design: Observational study. Setting: Trent region of England …

The current divisions in managing prescribing between primary and secondary care in the
UK arise from separate budgetary arrangements. These divisions are neither sensible …

Conflict over who isresponsible for prescribing for hospital outpatients has recently caused
sparks to fly at the general practice-hospital interface. The concern is that cash limited …

Objetivo Evaluar la información disponible en materia de coordinación terapéutica entre la
atención primaria y la atención hospitalaria para identificar actividades con resultados …