Search for dissertations about: "health care industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words health care industry.

2. 1. Dynamics and growth : the health care industry

   Author : Ann-Charlotte Fridh; KTH; []
   Keywords : experimentally organised economy; compotence blocs; industrial dynamics; health care industry; industrial transformation;

   Abstract : This dissertation uses the theory of the experimentallyorganised economy (EOE) and competence blocs to analyseeconomic development in the health care industry. The healthcare industry is both important and interesting to study fromseveral points of view. READ MORE

4. 2. Prescribing drugs in primary health care - Thoughts, information strategy and outcome

   Author : Ingmarie Skoglund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Utilitarianism; prescribing medication; evidence-based medicine; general practitioner; pharmaceutical therapy; guide lines; drug information services; primary health care; multilevel models; pharmaceutical industry; attitudes; behaviour; public authority drug information; prompt and pragmatic benefit; drug and therapeutic committee; implementation;

   Abstract : Aims: General aim; to investigate whether tailored evidence-based drug information provided to general practitioners can be implemented more effectively than evidence-based drug information provided as usual. Specific aims; to describe general practitioners’ (GPs) thoughts on prescribing medication and evidence-based drug information: to explore GPs’ attitudes on drug information: to investigate whether tailored evidence-based drug information can influence these attitudes differently or the prescribing behaviour more effectively than drug information provided as usual. READ MORE

5. 3. Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care

   Author : Veronica Milos; Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Drug therapy; elderly; guidelines; primary care; potentially inappropriate medications; fall risk increasing drugs; antibiotics; upper respiratory tract infections; attitudes; adherence; general practitioners; Sweden;

   Abstract : Introduction: Drug therapy in primary care is a broad field, with two areas previously identified as particularly challenging: treatment of the elderly and prescription of antibiotics against uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). General practitioners’ (GPs’) attitudes and adherence to evidence-based treatment guidelines might be influenced by different interventions and need to be studied. READ MORE

6. 4. Hearing-related symptoms among women - Occurrence and risk in relation to occupational noise and stressful working conditions

   Author : Sofie Fredriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hearing Disorders; Noise; Occupational; Occupational Stress; Women; Working;

   Abstract : A considerable amount of research has been devoted to the risk of noise-induced hearing loss among industry workers – the majority of whom are men. Much less research has been done in female-dominated human service occupations, including obstetrical care and preschools. READ MORE

7. 5. Patient involvement in quality improvement

   Author : Susanne Gustavsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; patient roles; quality improvement; quality management; action research; healthcare; improvement knowledge; patient involvement; experienced-based co-design;

   Abstract : Quality improvements (QI,) based on principles, practices, and tools developed in the manufacturing industry, is becoming a common approach in healthcare, as well as an increasing focus on patient involvement. Healthcare QI is driven by challenges such as future patients’ demand for higher quality of care and their desire to have an amplified impact on their health situation and care. READ MORE