Asia Pacific Family Medicine
Overview
Asia Pacific Family Medicine is a scientific journal, published by Biomed Central since 2002 in English. The journal's country of origin is United Kingdom and its primary focus area is public health.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Asia Pac Fam Med
Publisher
Biomed Central
Start
2002
End
2018
Frequency
Four issues a year
p-ISSN
1444-1683
e-ISSN
1447-056X
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Public Health
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 12586
19
SJR / Ranks: 15110
120
Recent Articles
1.
Atukorala K, Wickramasinghe S, Sumanasekera R, Wickramasinghe K
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Dec;
17:12.
PMID: 30555274
Background: Patients with diabetes on insulin therapy use sharps (e.g., needles) on a regular basis and a considerable proportion of them, within their home environments. These sharps and other bloodstained...
2.
Kaneko M, Aoki T, Ohta R, Inoue M, Modi R
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Nov;
17:11.
PMID: 30479559
Background: As research in family medicine covers varied topics, multiple methodologies such as qualitative research (QR) and mixed methods research (MMR) are crucial. However, we do not know about the...
3.
Ekawati F, Claramita M, Istiono W, Kusnanto H, Sutomo A
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Nov;
17:10.
PMID: 30473625
Background: To be recognized as a primary care physician (PCP), an Indonesian general practitioner (GP) has to follow a formal postgraduate training in primary care. However, 4 years since the...
4.
Wattanapisit A, Saengow U
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Sep;
17:9.
PMID: 30186036
Background: A universal health coverage policy was implemented in Thailand in 2002 and led to an increase in accessibility to, and equity of, healthcare services. The Thai government and academics...
5.
Ichsan I, Wahyuniati N, McKee R, Lobo L, Lancaster K, Redwood-Campbell L
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Aug;
17:8.
PMID: 30065616
Background: Conducting university-based research is important for informing primary care, especially in lower- and middle- income countries (LMICs) such as Indonesia. Syiah Kuala University (SKU), the largest educational institution in...
6.
Tsuchida T, Onishi H, Ono Y, Machino A, Inoue F, Kamegai M
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Jul;
17:7.
PMID: 30008582
Background: In 2015 in Japan 12.7% of people die at home. Since the government has no policy to increase the number of hospital beds, at-home deaths should inevitably increase in...
7.
Kinuhata S, Takemoto Y, Senda M, Nakai S, Tsumura E, Otoshi T, et al.
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Jun;
17:6.
PMID: 29930481
Background: Detecting and treating dementia at an early stage are important. Although the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale (HDS-R) is commonly used to detect dementia, it takes about 10 min to...
8.
Mohammad Baynouna Al Ketbi L, Zein Al Deen S
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Jun;
17:5.
PMID: 29853782
Background: The efficacy of implementing practices based on the best evidence is determined by the limitations and preparedness of the structure and processes of the healthcare system as well as...
9.
Claramita M, Ekawati F, Gayatri A, Istiono W, Sutomo A, Kusnanto H, et al.
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Jun;
17:4.
PMID: 29853781
Background: General practitioners (GPs) in Indonesia are medical doctors without formal graduate professional training. Only recently, graduate general practice (GP) is being introduced to Indonesia. Therefore, it is important to...
10.
Lo D, Wu F, Chan M, Chu R, Li D
Asia Pac Fam Med
. 2018 Feb;
17:3.
PMID: 29449785
Background: Numerous studies around the world has already suggested that burnout among doctors is a global phenomenon. However, studies for burnout in doctors are relatively limited in Chinese communities when...