Family practice
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Health inequalities are an emerging issue in ageing societies, but inequalities in pre-frailty, which is suffered by almost half of older people, are mostly unknown. ⋯ Older individuals with a lower SES were less likely to recover from a pre-frailty status.
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General practitioners report difficulty in knowing how to improve patient safety. ⋯ Critical incident technique interviews support the identification of contributory factors to patient safety incidents. There is a need to explore the use of the resulting data for quality and safety improvement in general practice.
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Polypharmacy carries the risk of adverse events, especially in people with multimorbidity. ⋯ There was a high prevalence of polypharmacy in community-dwelling adults in Quebec and a strong association with multimorbidity. The use of medications for primary prevention may contribute to polypharmacy and raise questions about safety.
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The majority of men who report urological symptoms of extreme concern or influence on daily activities do not contact their general practitioner (GP). No previous study on barriers to health care seeking with lower urinary tract symptoms in men has been carried out in a population-based setting. ⋯ Younger men more often report barriers to health care seeking, but the barriers differ between the different urological symptoms.