Endometritis puerperalis

The feasibility of a smoking cessation computer tailored expert system in Dutch general practice and community pharmacy setting

“…When comparing 2 Dutch national studies conducted in 1987 and 2001, it is shown that more Dutch GPs tend to work part-time but that the numbers of patients per GP have increased, which can be partly responsible for the perceived increased workload (Van den Berg 2003). Mentioning other priorities as barriers for adoption might refer to either focusing on cure rather than care (in this case engaging in prevention activities), or performing other preventive actions than smoking cessation advice.…”

“…It can be argued that familiar surroundings based on health care (such as general practices and community pharmacies), where smokers would accept questions and comments concerning their smoking habit as reasonable, would increase both reach and effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention. In addition, previous calculations have shown that the average Dutch GP sees around 670 adult smokers on an annual basis (Van den Berg 2003).…”

“…Advice from health professionals, such as general practitioners (GPs), is an effective way to help individual smokers to quit (Lancaster et al 2000;Slama et al 1999); health related advice from a GP is considered very valuable by the patient (Wensing et al 2002). Also, GPs have the potential to reach large numbers of smokers: the average Dutch GP sees around 670 adult smoking patients at least once per year (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek 2003;Van den Berg 2003).…”