WHAT DID WE DO?: This study uses an existing data source to (a) describe the population and geographic distribution of registered nurses (RNs) working in primary healthcare (PHC) in British Columbia, (b) compare this workforce to PHC physicians and (c) assess the distribution of PHC-RNs relative to population health status. WHAT DID WE LEARN?: Of the 27,570 practising RNs in British Columbia in...

During 1982–85 many outbreaks of malaria were reported in Shahjahanpur and its adjoining districts. District authorities recorded 349 deaths due to malaria in Nigohi and Tilhar PHCs. Several focal outbreaks were also reported in Dadraul PHC. The situation was alarming and there was an urgent need to combat malaria in the district. Therefore, a field unit under IDVC project was established in Ja...

OBJECTIVES To study and evaluate the first phase of the Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Health Institutions (CBAHI) in primary health care (PHC) accreditation cycle. Methods: A descriptive analytical study of to evaluate 93 PHC survey visits in 20 regions, over the period October 2016 to May 2017. Results: In the period October 2016 to January 2017, only 28 out of 93 PHC center (30%) t...

BACKGROUND In Spain, primary healthcare (PHC) referrals for diagnostic procedures are subject to long waiting-times, and physicians and patients often use the emergency department (ED) as a shortcut. We aimed to determine whether patients evaluated at a hospital outpatient quick diagnosis unit (QDU) who were referred to ED from 12 PHC centers could have been directly referred to QDU, thus avoid...