Physicians and nurse’s perceptions of leadership in military pre-hospital emergency care
Physicians and nurse’s perceptions of leadership in military pre-hospital emergency care
Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health-Care Workers : A Comparison between Groups Involved and Not In...
Health consequences have been reported among health-care workers (HCWs) exposed to COVID-19. Sweden chose to manage the pandemic with a lower and more equal long-lasting work strain and shorter periods of recovery than in other countries. Few studies have examined the health consequences among HCWs working in such conditions. This study compared th...
Cost-Effectiveness of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Adapted to Primary Care.
Published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
To estimate the cost-effectiveness of a pragmatic trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment adapted to primary care, compared with care as usual. Within-trial cost-effectiveness study of a prospective controlled multicenter trial. Nineteen primary care practices in Sweden. The original trial included 1304 individuals aged ≥75 years at high risk o...
A sense of being rejected: Patients' lived experiences of cancelled knee or hip replacement surgery.
Published in Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Growing care queues, reduced access to care and cancelled surgery are realities for some patients being treated with total hip or knee replacement surgery in Sweden. Most of the patients on the waiting lists have experienced pain and limited motion for a varying period of time, with a negative effect on their everyday lives. Overbooked surgical sch...
Preference Variation: Where Does Health Risk Attitude Come Into the Equation?
Published in Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Decisions about health often involve risk, and different decision makers interpret and value risk information differently. Furthermore, an individual's attitude toward health-specific risks can contribute to variation in health preferences and behavior. This study aimed to determine whether and how health-risk attitude and heterogeneity of health p...
A New Technique for Determining Micronutrient Nutritional Quality in Fruits and Vegetables Based on the Entropy Weight M...
Published in Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
The human body needs nutrients to maintain its regular physiological activity. It requires 40 essential nutrients, including macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, and fat) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). Although macronutrient intake has been improved in China due to people's increased social awareness, the population's micronutrient ...
Ameliorating Child poverty through Connecting Economic Services with child health Services (ACCESS): study protocol for ...
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Published in BMC public health
Sweden is often held up as an example of a country with low child deprivation; yet, rates of relative deprivation are rising. Every municipality in Sweden is required to provide free, timely and accessible budget and debt counselling under the Social Services Act. The services have been encouraged to perform preventative practice with families; how...
The impact of the war on maintenance of long-term therapies in Ukraine
Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology
Due to the Russian invasion, which started on 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian healthcare system is facing multiple challenges. A great number of healthcare facilities have been destroyed, while availability of other ones is often limited due to a lack of qualified medical staff. Certain services, e.g. cancer therapies, have been seriously disrupted...
Developing a core outcome set for patient-reported symptom monitoring to reduce hospital admissions for patients with he...
...Published in European journal of cardiovascular nursing
In patients with heart failure (HF), hospitalization rates are increasing, particularly for non-HF causes and over half may be avoidable. Self-monitoring of symptoms plays a key part in the early identification of deterioration. Our objective was to develop expert consensus for a core outcome set (COS) of symptoms to be monitored by patients, using...
Fifteen years with patient choice and free establishment in Swedish primary healthcare: what do we know?
Published in Scandinavian journal of public health
In 2007, a reform of Swedish primary healthcare began when some regions implemented enhanced patient choice in combination with free establishment for private providers. Although heavily debated, in 2010 it became mandatory for all regions to implement this choice system. The aim of this article was to review all published research articles related...
