Volunteer doctors start a clinic for the marginalized of New York city
The charity Doctors of the World was there to help injured and homeless people after hurricane Sandy hit, but after seeing a long standing need for health services in the area it has established a...
View ArticleWithdrawing performance indicators: retrospective analysis of general...
The removal of financial incentives for certain aspects of care seems to have had a very small effect on quality of care, even over the long term, say the authors of this retrospective longitudinal...
View ArticleManaging wheeze in preschool children
Lower respiratory tract illnesses with wheeze are common, occurring in around a third of all preschool children. This review by Andrew Bush and colleagues focuses on two areas of managing wheeze in...
View ArticleSetting performance targets in pay for performance programmes: what can we...
The UK’s Quality and Outcomes Framework, which was introduced in 2004 to reward general practitioners for meeting performance targets, has been controversial. Tim Doran and colleagues reflect on the...
View ArticleComparative effectiveness of long term drug treatment strategies to prevent...
Strategies with combined inhaled corticosteroids and long acting β agonists are most effective and safe in preventing severe exacerbations of asthma, although some heterogeneity was observed in this...
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