National surveys were conducted in Norway in 2006 (n = 2,415) and 2008 (n = 2,209) to measure general practitioners' evaluation of community mental health centres.
Based on previous studies, unexplained falls were defined as falls without a principal cause attributed after a general practitioner evaluation [ 2, 10].
Analysis has the potential to aid urban planners and policy practitioners in evaluations of urban consolidation or compact city policies.
After ER practitioner's evaluations, the neurologist in charge was also asked to examine the patients to indicate diagnostic tests and to make the headache diagnosis according to the ICHD-2 criteria.
Ultrasound exams were performed by local practitioners for evaluation of various complaints, including pain, fever and organomegaly, and results of these ultrasounds were compared to age and sex-matched HIV-negative patients.
During the last two decades, interest in the application of causal models has grown among academics, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and practitioners of evaluation, primarily in industrialized countries [ 17].
Additional file 1 summarises specific practical considerations arising from our research (too detailed to be provided here) that practitioners and evaluation researchers may use in the development of future workplace interventions.
In large-scale, multi-site contexts, developing and disseminating practitioner-oriented evaluation toolkits are an increasingly common strategy for building evaluation capacity.
In all three sites, caretakers underestimated the prevalence of back disorders compared to the practitioner's evaluation.
The subjects were enrolled consecutively at our Lipid Clinic (Research Center on Dyslipidemia, Clinical Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy) coming from the Diabetic Unit or General Practitioner for evaluation of dyslipidemia.
