OBJECTIVE To determine whether nurse practitioners can provide care at first point of contact equivalent to doctors in a primary care setting. DESIGN Systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective observational studies. DATA SOURCES Cochrane controlled trials register, specialist register of trials maintained by Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group, ...

evaluation of parental satisfaction of nursing care in thalassemic children tavasoli sh1, alhani f2 received: 16 july, 2010 accepted: 25 oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: hospitalization for parents and children causes anxiety. therefore, evaluation of parents' satisfaction concerning their child's nursing care is necessary. observing parental satisfaction is important in determin...

Objective To determine whether nurse practitioners can provide care at first point of contact equivalent to doctors in a primary care setting. Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective observational studies. Data sources Cochrane controlled trials register, specialist register of trials maintained by Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group, Medl...

1Nicotine Dependence Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; 2Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; 3Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; 4Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Correspondence: Dr Peter Selby, Nicotine Dependence Service, Addictions Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 100 Stokes...

background: primary health care is the major infrastructure of health care systems. it is clear that making and improving primary health care information systems would not be possible without awareness of their condition. therefore, this comparative study was conducted in order to determine the situation of primary health care information systems in health centers of tehran, iran. methods: this...