Publications by authors named "S Hueber"
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- The study aimed to assess German general practitioners' awareness and use of a guideline focused on preventing overuse and underuse in healthcare, while also exploring their perceptions of medical overuse.
- An online survey involving 626 GPs revealed that 81% were familiar with the guideline, 67% found it helpful, and most preferred more specific "do-not-do" recommendations to reduce unnecessary services.
- While many GPs acknowledged medical overuse as a significant issue, particularly in specialist and inpatient care, they suggested system changes and better guidelines as potential solutions, indicating a need for improved implementation of the current guideline.
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- Climate change is increasing the frequency of high temperatures, which poses serious health risks for patients with chronic diseases; empowering these patients is critical for their safety.
- This study investigates how light to moderate heat affects health complaints and explores links between self-reported protective behaviors and psychosocial factors.
- Conducted with 61 patients, the study collected data on their health complaints, protective behaviors, and chronic conditions, applying various statistical models to analyze the relationship between heat exposure and health outcomes.
Background: Patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) in German outpatient care are usually treated by general practitioners (GPs), as well as by other specialties. To prevent antibiotic resistances and side effects, German guidelines recommend fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin, pivmecillinam and nitroxoline as first-line treatments, and advice against broad-spectrum antibiotics such as fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins. However, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control indicates a significant proportion of second-line antibiotics in German outpatient care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Medical overuse exposes patients to unnecessary risks of harm. It is an open question whether and how patients perceive the concept of medical overuse, its causes and negative consequences.
Design: A qualitative study design, using elements of the Grounded Theory Approach by Strauss and Corbin.
Background: Medical overuse is defined as health care services that exceed the individual needs of patients and when the potential harms of medical interventions exceed their benefits. It has impacts on patients as well as on health care resources. To address medical overuse, it is important to understand the knowledge and experiences of overuse on the side of patients.
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