Why Do Community-Dwelling Persons with Spinal Cord Injury Visit General Practitioners: A Cross-Sectional Study of Reasons for Encounter in Swiss General Practice.

Dima Touhami Stefan Essig Anke Scheel-Sailer Armin Gemperli

Published in: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare (2022)

Irrespective of first contact of care, persons with SCI visit GPs for medication, urgent issues, and follow-up care, and more often for general problems than for secondary health conditions. Strengthening collaboration between GPs in rural communities and specialized centers is recommended; promoting such a connection potentially aids GPs in meeting their information needs for managing secondary health conditions and improving the quality of SCI care for this population.

Keyphrases

healthcare
palliative care
general practice
quality improvement
mental health
public health
spinal cord injury
community dwelling
pain management
affordable care act
primary care
south africa
physical activity
emergency department
risk factors
human health
drug induced