Search Results - "Boerma, Wienke G.W"

GP Practices as a One‐Stop Shop: How Do Patients Perceive the Quality of Care? A Cross‐Sectional Study in Thirty‐Four Countries by Schäfer, Willemijn L. A., Boerma, Wienke G. W., Schellevis, François G., Groenewegen, Peter P.

“…Objective To contribute to the current knowledge on how a broad range of services offered by general practitioners (GPs) may contribute to the patient…”
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How patients would like to improve medical consultations: Insights from a multicentre European study by Mazzi, Maria Angela, Rimondini, Michela, Boerma, Wienke G.W, Zimmermann, Christa, Bensing, Jozien M

“…Highlights • The sequential mixed-methods ensure validity and trustworthiness of findings. • Patients desire to be listened to, taken seriously and treated as…”
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Explaining governmental involvement in home care across Europe: An international comparative study by Genet, Nadine, Kroneman, Madelon, Boerma, Wienke G.W

“…Abstract The involvement of governments in the home care sector strongly varies across Europe. This study aims to explain the differences through the…”
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Changes in primary care provision in Turkey: A comparison of 1993 and 2012 by Akman, Mehmet, Sakarya, Sibel, Sargın, Mehmet, Ünlüoğlu, İlhami, Eğici, Memet Taşkın, Boerma, Wienke G.W, Schäfer, Willemijn L.A

“…Highlights • This study compared service profiles of Turkish primary care doctors using data from 1993 European GP Task Profile and 2012 QUALICOPC studies. •…”
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Comparison of patient evaluations of health care quality in relation to WHO measures of achievement in 12 European countries by KERSSENS, Jan J, GROENEWEGEN, Peter P, SIXMA, Herman J, BOERMA, Wienke G. W, VAN DER EIJK, Ingrid

“…To gain insight into similarities and differences in patient evaluations of quality of primary care across 12 European countries and to correlate patient…”
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Primary care in a post-communist country 10 years later Comparison of service profiles of Lithuanian primary care physicians in 1994 and GPs in 2004 by Liseckiene, Ida, Boerma, Wienke G W, Milasauskiene, Zemyna, Valius, Leonas, Miseviciene, Irena, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…The study aimed, firstly, to assess changes in the service profile of primary care physicians between 1994, when features of the Soviet health system…”
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Primary care in a post-communist country 10 years later by Liseckiene, Ida, Boerma, Wienke G.W, Milasauskiene, Zemyna, Valius, Leonas, Miseviciene, Irena, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…Abstract Objectives The study aimed, firstly, to assess changes in the service profile of primary care physicians between 1994, when features of the Soviet…”
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Living In A Country With A Strong Primary Care System Is Beneficial To People With Chronic Conditions by Hansen, Johan, Groenewegen, Peter P, Boerma, Wienke G W, Kringos, Dionne S

“…In light of the growing pressure that multiple chronic diseases place on health care systems, we investigated whether strong primary care was associated with…”
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The primary care workforce in Europe: a cross-sectional international comparison of rural and urban areas and changes between 1993 and 2011 by Groenewegen, Peter P, Bosmans, Mark W G, Boerma, Wienke G W, Spreeuwenberg, Peter

“…Abstract Rural areas have problems in attracting and retaining primary care workforce. This might have consequences for the existing workforce. We studied…”
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Science in practice: can health care reform projects in central and eastern Europe be evaluated systematically? by Grielen, Saskia J, Boerma, Wienke G.W, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…Since the beginning of the 1990s, health care reform projects have taken place in many of the former Communist countries, but these projects are rarely…”
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Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries by Groenewegen, Peter, Boerma, Wienke G.W., Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Seifert, Bohumil, Schäfer, Willemijn, Batenburg, Ronald, van Tuyl, Lilian

“…Abstract Aim: To describe variation in task shifting from GPs to practice assistants/nurses in 34 countries and to explain differences by analysing…”
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Political, cultural and economic foundations of primary care in Europe by Kringos, Dionne S., Boerma, Wienke G.W., van der Zee, Jouke, Groenewegen, Peter P.

“…This article explores various contributing factors to explain differences in the strength of the primary care (PC) structure and services delivery across…”
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Assessing the potential for improvement of primary care in 34 countries: a cross-sectional survey by Schäfer, Willemijn L A, Boerma, Wienke G W, Murante, Anna M, Sixma, Herman J M, Schellevis, François G, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…To investigate patients' perceptions of improvement potential in primary care in 34 countries. We did a cross-sectional survey of 69 201 patients who had just…”
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Two decades of change in European general practice service profiles: conditions associated with the developments in 28 countries between 1993 and 2012 by Schäfer, Willemijn L. A., Boerma, Wienke G. W., Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Schellevis, François G., Groenewegen, Peter P.

“…Objective: Evidence regarding the benefits of strong primary care has influenced health policy and practice. This study focuses on changes in the breadth of…”
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Primary health care in transition: Variations in service profiles of general practitioners in Estonia and in Finland between 1993 and 2012 by Põlluste, Kaja, Kosunen, Elise, Koskela, Tuomas, Mattila, Kari J., Schäfer, Willemijn L.A., Boerma, Wienke G.W., Lember, Margus

“…•In 1993–2012 services profiles of GPs changed in Estonia and in Finland.•Partly opposite changes decreased the variation of service profiles between the…”
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Measures of quality, costs and equity in primary health care instruments developed to analyse and compare primary care in 35 countries by Schäfer, Willemijn L A, Boerma, Wienke G W, Kringos, Dionne S, De Ryck, Evelyne, Greß, Stefan, Heinemann, Stephanie, Murante, Anna Maria, Rotar-Pavlic, Danica, Schellevis, François G, Seghieri, Chiara, Van den Berg, Michael J, Westert, Gert P, Willems, Sara, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…The Quality and Costs of Primary Care in Europe (QUALICOPC) study aims to analyse and compare how primary health care systems in 35 countries perform in terms…”
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Task shifting from general practitioners to practice assistants and nurses in primary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries by Groenewegen, Peter P, Boerma, Wienke G W, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, Seifert, Bohumil, Schäfer, Willemijn, Batenburg, Ronald, van Tuyl, Lilian

“…To describe variation in task shifting from general practitioners (GPs) to practice assistants/nurses in 34 countries, and to explain differences by analysing…”
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Patients' perception of communication at the interface between primary and secondary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries by Scaioli, Giacomo, Schäfer, Willemijn L A, Boerma, Wienke G W, Spreeuwenberg, Peter, van den Berg, Michael, Schellevis, François G, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…Poor communication between general practitioners (GPs) and medical specialists can lead to poorer quality, and continuity, of care. Our study aims to assess…”
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Assessing the potential for improvement of primary care in 34 countries: a cross-sectional survey/Evaluer le potentiel d'amelioration des soins de sante primaires dans 34 pays: une enquete transversale/Evaluacion del potencial de mejora de la atencion primaria en 34 paises: un estudio transversal by Schafer, Willemijn L.A, Boerma, Wienke G.W, Murante, Anna M, Sixma, Herman J.M, Schellevis, Francois G, Groenewegen, Peter P

“…Objective To investigate patients' perceptions of improvement potential in primary care in 34 countries. Methods We did a cross-sectional survey of 69201…”
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Are people’s health care needs better met when primary care is strong? A synthesis of the results of the QUALICOPC study in 34 countries by Schäfer, Willemijn L.A., Boerma, Wienke G.W., van den Berg, Michael J., De Maeseneer, Jan, De Rosis, Sabina, Detollenaere, Jens, Greß, Stefan, Heinemann, Stephanie, van Loenen, Tessa, Murante, Anna Maria, Pavlič, Danica R., Seghieri, Chiara, Vainieri, Milena, Willems, Sara, Groenewegen, Peter P.

“…Abstract Aim: This article synthesises the results of a large international study on primary care (PC), the QUALICOPC study. Background: Since the Alma Ata…”
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