Evaluating outreach clinics

Evaluating outreach clinics.

A notable feature of marginalised groups in society is their poor contact with healthcare systems. Disease control strategy among these groups requires a diVerent approach to measures developed for the general population. Sex workers and those falling within the broad definition of prostitution suggested by Day and Ward are one such group. The social prejudice they suVer causes many of them and...

Evaluating a Voter Outreach Initiative

Consultant paediatric outreach clinics--a practical step in integration.

Ten years' experience of paediatric outreach clinics is reviewed and evaluated. The advantages and disadvantages of paediatric outreach and its possible place in the new era of contracting and more developed community paediatric services are discussed. It is concluded that paediatric outreach increases parental and professional choice and access to paediatric consultant services, increases serv...

Economic analysis of outreach assessment clinics in breast screening programmes.

A model is developed for the economic evaluation of outreach assessment clinics following screening and used to identify the cost-minimizing strategy for assessing women from three island communities in the Scottish Breast Screening Programme (SBSP). There are four options of interest depending on: whether the women are assessed on the mainland or at outreach assessment clinics; and whether all...

An evaluation of rheumatology practitioner outreach clinics: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Services for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) have evolved with the development of independently led outreach Rheumatology Practitioner (RP) clinics in Primary Care (PC). Their clinical and cost effectiveness, compared with Secondary Care (SC) services, has not been assessed. The RECIPROCATE study aims to evaluate their clinical and cost effectiveness. This part of the study aimed to explor...