Healthc Policy. 2008 May;3(4):78-82.
People living in rural and remote communities often have among the greatest health needs but the most limited access to healthcare services, including specialist care. One solution for increasing access to specialist services is visiting-specialist services or specialist outreach clinics - that is, planned, regular visits by specialist physicians from their usual practice location to see patients in primary care or rural hospital settings. The evidence behind visiting-specialist services was recently summarized in Evidence Boost for Quality, a special subseries of Evidence Boost, produced by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation to showcase healthcare issues where research indicates a preferred course of action in health services management and policy. To access archived issues of Evidence Boost, visit http://www.chsrf.ca/mythbusters/eb_e.php.
生活在农村和偏远社区的人们往往有着最为迫切的健康需求，但获得医疗保健服务，包括专科护理的机会却最为有限。增加专科服务可及性的一种解决方案是上门专科服务或专科外展诊所，即专科医生从其日常执业地点进行有计划的定期出诊，以便在基层医疗或农村医院环境中为患者看病。上门专科服务背后的证据最近在《质量证据提升》中进行了总结，《质量证据提升》是由加拿大卫生服务研究基金会制作的《证据提升》特别子系列，旨在展示那些研究表明在卫生服务管理和政策方面有首选行动方案的医疗保健问题。要获取《证据提升》的存档期号，请访问http://www.chsrf.ca/mythbusters/eb_e.php。
