Challenges in primary care delivery and the opportunities for point-of-care testing: A UK perspective
Health care systems around the world are changing to improve access and quality, as well as seeking to contain costs. These changes are being sought against a backcloth of improvements in both diagnosis and treatment, and increased patient life expectancy. Health care delivery for the past few decad...
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| description | Health care systems around the world are changing to improve access and quality, as well as seeking to contain costs. These changes are being sought against a backcloth of improvements in both diagnosis and treatment, and increased patient life expectancy. Health care delivery for the past few decades has become very hospital centric and with consolidation of facilities to manage increasing specialization of care, as well as promoting efficiency - including in the field of diagnostics. However, these latter developments have had an adverse impact on patient access to care, with increasing pressure on primary care. Point-of-care testing technologies offer a means of improving access to diagnostic and monitoring decision-making - for clinician, carer, and patient. The opportunities for the use of point-of-care testing in primary care are discussed in the context of changes in health care delivery, from a UK perspective. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:95fc6689-f65f-4a3f-aeff-664a65bb2ef72022-03-26T23:50:02ZChallenges in primary care delivery and the opportunities for point-of-care testing: A UK perspectiveJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:95fc6689-f65f-4a3f-aeff-664a65bb2ef7Symplectic Elements at OxfordLippincott Williams and Wilkins2017Price, CVan Den Bruel, AHealth care systems around the world are changing to improve access and quality, as well as seeking to contain costs. These changes are being sought against a backcloth of improvements in both diagnosis and treatment, and increased patient life expectancy. Health care delivery for the past few decades has become very hospital centric and with consolidation of facilities to manage increasing specialization of care, as well as promoting efficiency - including in the field of diagnostics. However, these latter developments have had an adverse impact on patient access to care, with increasing pressure on primary care. Point-of-care testing technologies offer a means of improving access to diagnostic and monitoring decision-making - for clinician, carer, and patient. The opportunities for the use of point-of-care testing in primary care are discussed in the context of changes in health care delivery, from a UK perspective. |
| spellingShingle | Price, C Van Den Bruel, A Challenges in primary care delivery and the opportunities for point-of-care testing: A UK perspective |
| title | Challenges in primary care delivery and the opportunities for point-of-care testing: A UK perspective |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in primary care delivery and the opportunities for point-of-care testing: A UK perspective |
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