Gert P. Westert

TL;DR: Persistent abdominal pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with additional healthcare in 56% of patients and yearly, medical costs and costs of sick leave are 20% of the initial costs of laparoscope choleCystectomy.

TL;DR: The survey was undertaken and analysed along six themes: the health of the population; the utilization of care; inequalities in health; quality of Care; communication in general practice; and organization and workload.

TL;DR: This study on clinician perspectives highlighted goal setting as component of a SDM approach and could be considered supportive of recent theoretical insights that SDM models that lack an explicit goal-setting component appear to be deficient and overlook an important aspect of engaging patients in decision-making, particularly for patients with complex multimorbidities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied trends and variation in adherence to the main national formulary for the 20 most prevalent health problems in Dutch general practice over a 5-year period (2003-07).

TL;DR: The literature is dominated by outcomes for physicians in North American programmes, with positive outcomes for SUD and varying outcomes for dyscompetence, and it is called for other programmes to report on outcomes for different professions and concerns.