Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Mar 2010
[Care coordination for patients suffering from a chronic disease or cancer].
Care coordination is a superordinate term for terms related to the optimization of care for people suffering from chronic diseases and cancer. In this article, we present Danish terms for "disease management programme" and "case management" among others, and effects are summarized. The central Danish terms explored are "forløbskoordinering", "forløbsprogram", "forløbskoordinator", and "tovholder".
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Equity in access is seen when needs determine access irrespective of population characteristics such as socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Equity in access is often investigated using indirect measures like utilisation as an equity proxy; however, disease stage and survival constitute alternative measures. Despite that equity in access to health care is a local and global political objective, inequities in access are still widespread even e.g. in Danish health care where equal and easy access are express political goals.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Mar 2010
Comparative Study[Iatrogenic dural lesions in lumbar neural decompressive surgery].
Iatrogenic dural tear with cerebrospinal fluid leakage is a known complication of lumbar surgery of the columna. In the literature, the incidence is 3-16%. ⋯ The incidence of iatrogenic dural tear was 3.9%. The incidence of dural tear was doubled in secondary surgery. The duration of surgery increased by 16 minutes and the patients with dural tear were also hospitalized one day longer.