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| Malin AndreSummaryAffiliation: Falun Hospital Country: Sweden Publications
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Priority setting in primary health care - dilemmas and opportunities: a focus group studyEva Arvidsson
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Centre for Medical Technology Assessment, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden
BMC Fam Pract 11:71. 2010..The objective of the study was to qualitatively assess how general practitioners (GPs) and nurses perceive the application of the three key priority-setting criteria...
Cohort differences in personality in middle-aged women during a 36-year period. Results from the Population Study of Women in GothenburgMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 38:457-64. 2010..To investigate secular trends in personality traits in adult female populations...
A survey of public knowledge and awareness related to antibiotic use and resistance in SwedenMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
J Antimicrob Chemother 65:1292-6. 2010..To examine the level of knowledge about antibiotic treatment and awareness of antibiotic resistance among the general public in Sweden...
Diagnosis-prescribing surveys in 2000, 2002 and 2005 in Swedish general practice: consultations, diagnosis, diagnostics and treatment choicesMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 40:648-54. 2008..The results indicate a quite close adherence to current guidelines, with changes in the pattern of consultations as well as in the management of infectious diseases in general practice in Sweden...
More physician consultations and antibiotic prescriptions in families with high concern about infectious illness--adequate response to infection-prone child or self-fulfilling prophecy?Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun
Fam Pract 24:302-7. 2007..Respiratory tract infections (RTI) in children is the most common cause of prescription of antibiotics. It is important to describe and analyse non-medical factors in order to develop more rational use of antibiotics...
The management of infections in children in general practice in Sweden: a repeated 1-week diagnosis-prescribing study in 5 counties in 2000 and 2002Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 37:863-9. 2005..Further studies are needed in general practice to determine the optimal use of near-patient tests in children with RTI...
The use of CRP tests in patients with respiratory tract infections in primary care in Sweden can be questionedMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 36:192-7. 2004..001). However, 59% of the patients assigned viral diagnoses with CRP > or = 25 received antibiotics, which seems to indicate a misinterpretation of CRP and a non-optimal use of antibiotics...
Management of urinary tract infections in primary care: a repeated 1-week diagnosis-prescribing study in five counties in Sweden in 2000 and 2002Malin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna and Primary Care, Division of Medicine and Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linkoping, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 36:134-8. 2004..In contrast to the guidelines, few urine cultures were performed. The study highlights the necessity of updating the guidelines for the management of lower UTIs in general practice...
Use of rules of thumb in the consultation in general practice--an act of balance between the individual and the general perspectiveM Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, 791 82 Falun, Sweden
Fam Pract 20:514-9. 2003..Rules of thumb used by GPs could be considered as empirical evidence of intuition and a link between science and practice in general practice...
Asking for 'rules of thumb': a way to discover tacit knowledge in general practiceMalin Andre
Centre for Clinical Research, Nissers väg 3, 791 82 Falun, Sweden
Fam Pract 19:617-22. 2002..Research in decision-making has identified heuristics (rules of thumb) as shortcuts to simplify search and choice...
Infections in families with small children: use of social insurance and healthcareKatarina Hedin
Unit of R and D, Landstinget Kronoberg, Dalarna, Falun
Scand J Prim Health Care 24:98-103. 2006..To examine infectious symptoms on a daily basis in families with small children and how often these infections cause people to stay at home or seek healthcare...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: high prevalence and high turnover of strainsNils Rodhe
Centre for Clinical Research, Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Scand J Infect Dis 40:804-10. 2008..019). ASB is common and often persistent, but we found a high turnover of strains, indicating a high rate of recolonization...
