General-practitioner obstetric beds in a consultant unit.

The obstetric content of training for the general practitioner.

Does a general practitioner support unit reduce admissions following medical referrals from general practitioners?

BACKGROUND Emergency medical admissions to UK hospitals have been increasing steadily over the past few decades and there are likely to be a proportion of these admissions that are avoidable. This evaluation aims to demonstrate whether a general practitioner support unit (GPSU) reduces general practitioner (GP) referred emergency medical admissions to an acute hospital. METHODS The GPSU compr...

Elderly patients in a general surgical unit: do they block beds?

In a prospective study of patients aged 65 years and over admitted to a general surgical unit only one patient in 10 remained in hospital for more than a month and fewer than one patient in a hundred became a "bed-blocker." While the over-65s had mean and median durations of stay which were longer than those of younger patients, in almost all cases a prolonged stay in hospital resulted from pos...

Do general practitioner hospitals reduce the utilisation of general hospital beds? Evidence from Finnmark county in north Norway.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess whether populations with access to general practitioner hospitals (GP hospitals) utilise general hospitals less than populations without such access. DESIGN Observational study comparing the total rates of admissions and of occupied bed days in general hospitals between populations with and without access to GP hospitals. Comparisons were also made separately for dia...

General Practitioner Issues: Myocardial Infarction (1)

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