STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis. OBJECTIVES To describe the early health care utilization for occupational back pain. To identify factors associated with health care seeking and provider choice among persons with occupational back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Back pain is the most prevalent work-related injury, yet little is known about patterns of care for occupational back pain....

BACKGROUND Primary care mental health workers are a new role recently introduced into primary care in England to help manage patients with common mental health problems. AIM To explore the views of GPs, primary care teams and patients on the value and development of the new role of primary care mental health workers in practice. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative study. SETTING The Heart of Birm...

OBJECTIVE To examine the development and implementation of a novel income security intervention in primary care. DESIGN A retrospective, descriptive chart review of all patients referred to the Income Security Heath Promotion service during the first year of the service (December 2013-December 2014). SETTING A multisite interdisciplinary primary care organisation in inner city Toronto, Cana...

The national health care reform debate raises important issues about the effect of federal legislation restructuring health care delivery on state workers' compensation systems. Workers' compensation is the oldest and most successful no-fault insurance system in the country, providing comprehensive medical benefits as well as cash income support, rehabilitation, and burial benefits for work-rel...

INTRODUCTION Close interaction between clients and health care workers as regards disclosure, refusal of treatment and right to know status has been a subject of debate in legal and medical quarters. The objective of this study was to assess perceived rights of health care workers towards disclosure of HIV status in Lagos State in Southwestern Nigeria. METHODS This was a descriptive cross sec...