Improving Family Medicine in Kosovo with Microsystems

References

1. ↵
   Gunn JM, Palmer VJ, Naccarella L, et al. The promise and pitfalls of generalism in achieving the Alma-Ata vision of health for all. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 110–2.

   OpenUrlPubMed
2. Christianson CE, Bistrovsky VF, Kogut BM. Family medicine in the Russian Far East. Fam Med 2007; 39: 742–5.

   OpenUrlPubMed
3. Abyad A, Al-Baho AK, Unluoglu I, et al. Development of family medicine in the Middle East. Fam Med 2007; 39: 736–41.

   OpenUrlPubMed
4. ↵
   van Weel C, Rosser WW. Improving health care globally: a critical review of the necessity of family medicine research and recommendations to build research capacity. Ann Fam Med 2004; 2(Suppl2): S5–16.

   OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
5. ↵
   Abraham S. Country-centered family medicine. Fam Med 2008; 40: 234–5.

   OpenUrlPubMed
6. ↵
   American Academy of Family Medicine. International family medicine. Available at: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/aboutus/specialty/international.html. Accessed September 24, 2010.
7. ↵
   Murray SA. Out of Africa: some lessons for general practice/family medicine in developed countries? Fam Prac 2000; 17: 361–3.

   OpenUrlFREE Full Text
8. ↵
   Boelen C, Haq C, Hunt V, Rivo M, Shahady E. Improving health systems: the contribution of family medicine. A guidebook. Singapore: World Organization of Family Doctors; 2002.
9. ↵
   Little GA, Hammond CS. International perspectives: the Kosovo-Dartmouth Alliance for Healthy Newborns. NeoReviews 2008; 9: e233–41.

   OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text
10. ↵
    Jones SG, Hilborne LH, Anthony CR, et al. Securing health: lessons from nation-building missions. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation; 2006.
11. ↵
    Sejdiu P, Vuori H. Health policy for Kosovo. Prishtina, Kosovo : Department of Health and Social Welfare, Joint Interim Administration Structure, United Nations Mission in Kosovo; 2001.
12. ↵
    Figueras J, McKee M, Cain J, Lessof S, eds. Health systems in transition (2004). World Health Organization, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. 2004. Available at: http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-publish/abstracts/health-systems-in-transition-learning-from-experience. Accessed September 24, 2010.
13. ↵
    Hedley R, Maxhuni B. Development of family medicine in Kosovo. BMJ 2005; 331: 201–3.

    OpenUrlFREE Full Text
14. ↵
    Morikawa MJ. Primary care training in Kosovo. Fam Med 2003; 35: 440–4.

    OpenUrlPubMed
15. ↵
    Bobak M, Pikhart H, Rose R, Hertzman C, Marmot M. Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health: cross-sectional data from seven post-communist countries. Soc Sci Med 2000; 51: 1343–50.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
16. ↵
    Nelson EC, Batalden PH, Huber TP, et al. Microsystems in health care: Part 1. Learning from high-performing front-line clinical units. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2002; 28: 472–93.

    OpenUrlPubMed
17. ↵
    Clinical Microsystems [Homepage]. Available at:http://www.clinicalmicrosystems.org.Accessed September 24, 2010.
18. ↵
    Nelson E, Batalden P, Godfrey M. Quality by design: a clinical microsystems approach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2007.
19. ↵
    Quinn JB. Microsystem management as a promising new methodology for improving the cost and quality of health care. Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2002; 28: 495–6.

    OpenUrlPubMed
20. ↵
    Yach O, Hakes C, Gould CL, Hofman KJ. The global burden of chronic diseases: overcoming impediments to prevention and control. JAMA 2006; 291: 2616–22.

    OpenUrl
21. ↵
    Lulaj S, Gashi A, Çela L, et al. Perinatal situation in Kosovo for years 2000–2004. Available at: http://www.unicef.org/kosovo/kosovo_media_pub_survival.003.04.pdf. Accessed September 24, 2010.
22. ↵
    Caroli G, Villar J, Piaggio G, et al. WHO systematic review of randomised controlled trials of routine antenatal care. Lancet 2001; 357: 1565–70.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
23. ↵
    Villar J, Ba’aqeel H, Piaggio G, et al. WHO antenatal care randomised trial for the evaluation of a new model of routine antenatal care. Lancet 2001; 357: 1551–64.

    OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
24. ↵
    Kinzie B, Gomez P, Chase R. Basic maternal and newborn care: a guide for skilled providers. Available at: http://www.jhpiego.org/resources/pubs/mnh/BMNCrevmanEN.pdf. Accessed September 24, 2010.
25. World Health Organization. Making pregnancy safer. Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care: a guide for essential practice. Available at: http://www.who.int/making_pregnancy_safer/documents/924159084x/en/index.html. Accessed September 24, 2010.
26. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood/India. Saving mothers’ lives: what works. Field guide for implementing best practices in safe motherhood. Available at: http://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/Resources/Documents/Complete%20PDF%20Saving%20Mothers%20Lives%20-%20What%20Works.pdf.Accessed September 24, 2010.
27. March of Dimes Foundation Web site. Pregnancy and Newborn Health Education Center also Resources for Professionals. Available at: http://www.marchofdimes.com. Accessed September 24, 2010.
28. ↵
    Thompson E, Harding AL, Pond F, Hammond C, Taylor M. A partnership to improve health care in Kosovo: Dartmouth Medical School and Kosovar nurses worked together on a two-year project to rebuild primary health care in the post conflict city of Gjilan. Am J Nurs. 2006; 106: 72CC-DD,72FF,72HH.

    OpenUrl
29. ↵
    Ramadani J, Carkaxhiu L, Kastrati A, et al. [Standard guidelines for the treatment of hypertension]. Prishtina, Kosovo: Center for the Development of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health; 2004.
30. ↵
    Homan FF, Hammond CS, Thompson EF, Kollisch DO, Strickler JC. Post-conflict transition and sustainability in Kosovo: establishing primary health-care based antenatal care. Prehosp Disaster Med 2009; 25: 18–23.

    OpenUrl
31. ↵
    Physicians for Human Rights. Perilous medicine: the legacy of conflict and oppression on health in Kosovo. June 2009. Available at:http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/documents/reports/perilous-medicine.pdf.Accessed September 24, 2010.
32. ↵
    Starfield B. Global health, equity, and primary care. J Am Board Fam Med 2007; 20: 511–3.

    OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text