Issue 1/2008
Content (279 Articles)
Dental service patterns among private and public adult patients in Australia
David S Brennan, Liana Luzzi, Kaye F Roberts-Thomson
Advancing theories, models and measurement for an interprofessional approach to shared decision making in primary care: a study protocol
France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Ian D Graham, Glyn Elwyn, Pierre Pluye, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Dominick Frosch, Margaret B Harrison, Jennifer Kryworuchko, Sophie Pouliot, Sophie Desroches
Screening for inter-hospital differences in cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries using administrative data: An initiative to improve the quality of care
Willem Aelvoet, Francis Windey, Geert Molenberghs, Hans Verstraelen, Patrick Van Reempts, Jean-Michel Foidart
Cost-effectiveness of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of pressure ulcers in somatic nursing home patients: study protocol for a prospective multi-centre randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN17553857)
Patriek Mistiaen, Wilco Achterberg, Andre Ament, Ruud Halfens, Janneke Huizinga, Ken Montgomery, Henri Post, Anneke L Francke
Professional centred shared decision making: Patient decision aids in practicein primary care
Duika Burges Watson, Richard G Thomson, Madeleine J Murtagh
The potential to improve ascertainment and intervention to reduce smoking in Primary Care: a cross sectional survey
Rachael L Murray, Tim Coleman, Marilyn Antoniak, Alexia Fergus, John Britton, Sarah A Lewis
The road to tuberculosis treatment in rural Nepal: A qualitative assessment of 26 journeys
Augustinus HA ten Asbroek, Merijn W Bijlsma, Puspha Malla, Binjwala Shrestha, Diana MJ Delnoij
Primary care physician supply and other key determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Switzerland
André Busato, Beat Künzi
Improving patient adherence to lifestyle advice (IMPALA): a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the implementation of a nurse-led intervention for cardiovascular risk management in primary care (protocol)
Marije S Koelewijn-van Loon, Ben van Steenkiste, Gaby Ronda, Michel Wensing, Henri E Stoffers, Glyn Elwyn, Richard Grol, Trudy van der Weijden
An intervention modelling experiment to change GPs' intentions to implement evidence-based practice: using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #2
Susan Hrisos, Martin Eccles, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Eileen FS Kaner, Nick Steen, Jeremy Grimshaw
Developing the content of two behavioural interventions: Using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #1
Susan Hrisos, Martin Eccles, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Eileen FS Kaner, Nick Steen, Jeremy Grimshaw
Risk adjustment performance of Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in ICD-9 and ICD-10 administrative databases
Bing Li, Dewey Evans, Peter Faris, Stafford Dean, Hude Quan
Profiling quality of care for patients with chronic headache in three different German hospitals – a case study
Dieter Melchart, Anne Wessel, Ronald Brand, Stefan Hager, Wolfgang Weidenhammer
Co- and multimorbidity patterns in primary care based on episodes of care: results from the German CONTENT project
Gunter Laux, Thomas Kuehlein, Thomas Rosemann, Joachim Szecsenyi
An inter-country comparison of unofficial payments: results of a health sector social audit in the Baltic States
Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Sergio Paredes-Solís, Dawn Caldwell, Steve Mitchell, Deborah Milne, Serge Merhi, Melissa Roche, Elena Konceviciute, Robert J Ledogar
Prescription of respiratory medication without an asthma diagnosis in children: a population based study
Mira GP Zuidgeest, Liset van Dijk, Henriette A Smit, Johannes C van der Wouden, Bert Brunekreef, Hubert GM Leufkens, Madelon Bracke
Availability of supplies and motivations for accessing voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Blantyre, Malawi
Bwanali H Jereni, Adamson S Muula
Opinions on registering trial details: a survey of academic researchers
Martin Scherer, Sven Trelle
Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention
Uta Lehmann, Marjolein Dieleman, Tim Martineau
Unmeasured improvement work: the lack of routinely collected, service-related data in NHS endoscopy units in England involved in "modernisation"
Kymberley Thorne, Hayley A Hutchings, Glyn Elwyn
Educational outreach and collaborative care enhances physician's perceived knowledge about Developmental Coordination Disorder
Robin Gaines, Cheryl Missiuna, Mary Egan, Jennifer McLean
Suboptimal asthma care for immigrant children: results of an audit study
JJ Nathalie Urbanus-van Laar, Johan S de Koning, Niek S Klazinga, Karien Stronks
Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services
Gillian M Swan, Sivasubramaniam Selvaraj, David J Godden
Intra-articular hyaluronic acid for treatment of osteoarthritis: a nationwide study among the older population of Taiwan
Hsiu-Yun Lai, Yu-Chun Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Liang-Kung Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang
Diabetes and lipid screening among patients in primary care: A cohort study
Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, John P Forman, Kimberly Lane, Herve Caspard, Matthew W Gillman
Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India
Lalit Dandona, SG Prem Kumar, YK Ramesh, M Chalapathi Rao, Elliot Marseille, James G Kahn, Rakhi Dandona
Desired Chinese medicine practitioner capabilities and professional development needs: a survey of registered practitioners in Victoria, Australia
Charlie C Xue, Wenyu Zhou, Anthony L Zhang, Kenneth Greenwood, Cliff Da Costa, Alex Radloff, Vivian Lin, David F Story
Is theatre utilization a valid performance indicator for NHS operating theatres?
Omar Faiz, Paris Tekkis, Alistair Mcguire, Savvas Papagrigoriadis, John Rennie, Andrew Leather
Insights about the process and impact of implementing nursing guidelines on delivery of care in hospitals and community settings
Barbara Davies, Nancy Edwards, Jenny Ploeg, Tazim Virani
A cost minimisation analysis of a telepaediatric otolaryngology service
Cathy Q Xu, Anthony C Smith, Paul A Scuffham, Richard Wootton
Study Protocol – Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): A detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease
Jeannie Devitt, Alan Cass, Joan Cunningham, Cilla Preece, Kate Anderson, Paul Snelling
Geographical variations in the benefit of applying a prioritization system for cataract surgery in different regions of Spain
Rubén Román, Mercè Comas, Javier Mar, Enrique Bernal, Alberto Jiménez-Puente, Santiago Gutiérrez-Moreno, Xavier Castells
Factors contributing to attrition behavior in diabetes self-management programs: A mixed method approach
Enza Gucciardi, Margaret DeMelo, Ana Offenheim, Donna E Stewart
Multiple factors influence compliance with colorectal cancer staging recommendations: an exploratory study
Anna R Gagliardi, Frances C Wright, Mahmoud A Khalifa, Andrew J Smith
Differences in pharmaceutical consumption and expenses between immigrant and Spanish-born populations in Lleida, (Spain): A 6-months prospective observational study
Montserrat Rue, Maria-Catalina Serna, Jorge Soler-Gonzalez, Anna Bosch, Maria-Cristina Ruiz-Magaz, Leonardo Galvan
An intervention program to reduce the number of hospitalizations of elderly patients in a primary care clinic
Roni Peleg, Yan Press, Maya Asher, Tatyana Pugachev, Hadas Glicensztain, Mila Lederman, Aya Biderman
Informing patients of familial diabetes mellitus risk: How do they respond? A cross-sectional survey
Nadeem Qureshi, Joe Kai
Suspected retinopathies in Norwegian optometric practice with emphasis on patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Vibeke Sundling, Pål Gulbrandsen, Ragnheiður Bragadottir, Leiv S Bakketeig, Jak Jervell, Jørund Straand
Prevalence and associated factors in burnout and psychological morbidity among substance misuse professionals
Adenekan Oyefeso, Carmel Clancy, Roger Farmer
Best strategies for patient education about anticoagulation with warfarin: a systematic review
James L Wofford, Megan D Wells, Sonal Singh
Smoke-free hospitals – the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits
Elena Ratschen, John Britton, Ann McNeill
Geographic variations in avoidable hospitalizations in the elderly, in a health system with universal coverage
Purificacion Magan, Angel Otero, Angel Alberquilla, Jose Manuel Ribera
Cure or control: complying with biomedical regime of diabetes in Cameroon
Paschal Kum Awah, Nigel Unwin, Peter Phillimore
"Should I and Can I?": A mixed methods study of clinician beliefs and attitudes in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care
Rachel A Laws, Sue E Kirby, Gawaine P Powell Davies, Anna M Williams, Upali W Jayasinghe, Cheryl L Amoroso, Mark F Harris
Comparative indicators for cancer network management in England: Availability, characteristics and presentation
Mark McCarthy, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Artak Khachatryan, Michel P Coleman, Bernard Rachet
Peer-mentoring for first-time mothers from areas of socio-economic disadvantage: A qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial
Christine A Murphy, Margaret E Cupples, Andrew Percy, Henry L Halliday, Moira C Stewart
Furthering patient adherence: A position paper of the international expert forum on patient adherence based on an internet forum discussion
Sandra van Dulmen, Emmy Sluijs, Liset van Dijk, Denise de Ridder, Rob Heerdink, Jozien Bensing
Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or their relative's organs? Evidence from European Union survey data
Elias Mossialos, Joan Costa-Font, Caroline Rudisill
Socioeconomic patient characteristics predict delay in cancer diagnosis: a Danish cohort study
Rikke Pilegaard Hansen, Frede Olesen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Ineta Sokolowski, Jens Søndergaard
Influence of mandatory generic substitution on pharmaceutical sales patterns: a national study over five years
Karolina A Andersson, Max G Petzold, Peter Allebeck, Anders Carlsten
Hospital emergency department utilisation rates among the immigrant population in Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Buron, Francesc Cots, Oscar Garcia, Oriol Vall, Xavier Castells
Mortality in Dutch hospitals: Trends in time, place and cause of death after admission for myocardial infarction and stroke. An observational study
Laurentius CJ Slobbe, Onyebuchi A Arah, Agnes de Bruin, Gert P Westert
Variability in prescription drug expenditures explained by adjusted clinical groups (ACG) case-mix: A cross-sectional study of patient electronic records in primary care
Alba Aguado, Elisabet Guinó, Bhramar Mukherjee, Antoni Sicras, Josep Serrat, Mateo Acedo, Juan Jose Ferro, Victor Moreno
Self-reported competence, attitude and approach of physicians towards patients with dementia in ambulatory care: Results of a postal survey
Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Birgitt Wiese, Hendrik van den Bussche
Maternal care in rural China: a case study from Anhui province
Zhuochun Wu, Kirsi Viisainen, Xiaohong Li, Elina Hemminki
"It's sort of like being a detective": Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help
James A Smith, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Gary Wittert, Megan Warin
Can mothers rely on the Brazilian health system for their deliveries? An assessment of use of the public system and out-of-pocket expenditure in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil
Aluísio JD Barros, Iná S Santos, Andréa D Bertoldi
The Dutch health insurance reform: switching between insurers, a comparison between the general population and the chronically ill and disabled
Judith D de Jong, Atie van den Brink-Muinen, Peter P Groenewegen
"Against the silence": Development and first results of a patient survey to assess experiences of safety-related events in hospital
David LB Schwappach
Does the routine use of global coronary heart disease risk scores translate into clinical benefits or harms? A systematic review of the literature
Stacey L Sheridan, Eric Crespo
Psychometric properties of the Iranian interview-administered version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF): A population-based study
Saharnaz Nedjat, Ali Montazeri, Kourosh Holakouie, Kazem Mohammad, Reza Majdzadeh
Development, implementation, and pilot study of a sentinel network ("The Watchtowers") for monitoring emergency primary health care activity in Norway
Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Steinar Hunskaar
Beyond the limits of clinical governance? The case of mental health in English primary care
Linda Gask, Anne Rogers, Stephen Campbell, Rod Sheaff
A recruiting failure turned success
Alexis J Hure, Roger Smith, Clare E Collins
Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care
Carolyn Tarrant, Paul Sinfield, Shona Agarwal, Richard Baker
Selecting effective incentive structures in health care: A decision framework to support health care purchasers in finding the right incentives to drive performance
Thomas Custers, Jeremiah Hurley, Niek S Klazinga, Adalsteinn D Brown
The influences of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on women's choice of prenatal care facility: Investigation of differences between rural and non-rural areas
Likwang Chen, Chi-Liang Chen, Wei-Chih Yang
Securing recruitment and obtaining informed consent in minority ethnic groups in the UK
Cathy E Lloyd, Mark RD Johnson, Shanaz Mughal, Jackie A Sturt, Gary S Collins, Tapash Roy, Rukhsana Bibi, Anthony H Barnett
The HIM (Health for Izhevsk Men) trial protocol
Susannah Tomkins, Elizabeth Allen, Olga Savenko, Jim McCambridge, Lyudmila Saburova, Nikolay Kiryanov, Alexey Oralov, Artyom Gil, David A Leon, Martin McKee, Diana Elbourne
Drug waste minimisation and cost-containment in Medical Oncology: Two-year results of a feasibility study
Gianpiero Fasola, Marianna Aita, Luisa Marini, Alessandro Follador, Marina Tosolini, Laura Mattioni, Mauro Mansutti, Andrea Piga, Silvio Brusaferro, Giuseppe Aprile
Can an EASYcare based dementia training programme improve diagnostic assessment and management of dementia by general practitioners and primary care nurses? The design of a randomised controlled trial
M Perry, I Drašković, T van Achterberg, GF Borm, MIJ van Eijken, PL Lucassen, MJFJ Vernooij-Dassen, MGM Olde Rikkert
Design of price incentives for adjunct policy goals in formula funding for hospitals and health services
Stephen J Duckett
Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; The Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate between 2003 and 2005
Richard Heijink, Xander Koolman, Daniel Pieter, André van der Veen, Brian Jarman, Gert Westert
Effects of intensive home visiting programs for older people with poor health status: A systematic review
Ans Bouman, Erik van Rossum, Patricia Nelemans, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Paul Knipschild
Interventions designed to improve the quality and efficiency of medication use in managed care: A critical review of the literature – 2001–2007
Christine Y Lu, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Stephen B Soumerai, Sallie-Anne Pearson
Prioritisation of patients on waiting lists for hip and knee arthroplasties and cataract surgery: Instruments validation
Alejandro Allepuz, Mireia Espallargues, Montse Moharra, Mercè Comas, Joan MV Pons
The impact of the treaty basis on health policy legislation in the European Union: A case study on the tobacco advertising directive
Sandra Boessen, Hans Maarse
Case-mix & patients' reports of outcome in Independent Sector Treatment Centres: Comparison with NHS providers
John Browne, Liz Jamieson, Jim Lewsey, Jan van der Meulen, Lynn Copley, Nick Black
On the validity of area-based income measures to proxy household income
Gillian E Hanley, Steve Morgan
A proposed approach in defining population-based rates of major injury from a trauma registry dataset: Delineation of hospital catchment areas (I)
Roxana Alexandrescu, Sarah J O'Brien, Ronan A Lyons, Fiona E Lecky
Emergency hospital services utilization in Lleida (Spain): A cross-sectional study of immigrant and Spanish-born populations
Montserrat Rué, Xavier Cabré, Jorge Soler-González, Anna Bosch, Mercè Almirall, Maria Catalina Serna
Doctor's perception of doctor-patient relationships in emergency departments: What roles do gender and ethnicity play?
Birgit Babitsch, Tanja Braun, Theda Borde, Matthias David
Survey of patient satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Education and Support Services of The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
Li Yen Chin, Lisa H Amir
The effects of involving a nurse practitioner in primary care for adult patients with urinary incontinence: The PromoCon study (Promoting Continence)
Pytha Albers-Heitner, Bary Berghmans, Manuela Joore, Toine Lagro-Janssen, Johan Severens, Fred Nieman, Ron Winkens
"Concordance between comorbidity data from patient self-report interviews and medical record documentation"
William Corser, Alla Sikorskii, Ade Olomu, Manfred Stommel, Camille Proden, Margaret Holmes-Rovner
In patient stroke rehabilitation efficiency: Influence of organization of service delivery and staff numbers
Jean Woo, Shiu Yu Chan, Mi Wan Cecilia Sum, Eric Wong, Yeuk Ping Maria Chui
An assessment of technology-based service encounters & network security on the e-health care systems of medical centers in Taiwan
Hsin Hsin Chang, Ching Sheng Chang
Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland
Akke Vellinga, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Davida De La Harpe
Incorporating health care quality into health antitrust law
Helen Schneider
Equity and health policy in Africa: Using concept mapping in Moore (Burkina Faso)
Valéry Ridde
Association between Radiologists' Experience and Accuracy in Interpreting Screening Mammograms
Eduard Molins, Francesc Macià, Francesc Ferrer, Maria-Teresa Maristany, Xavier Castells
The importance of relationships in mental health care: A qualitative study of service users' experiences of psychiatric hospital admission in the UK
Helen Gilburt, Diana Rose, Mike Slade
Factors influencing the use of public dental services: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Liana Luzzi, A John Spencer
Methods of data collection and analysis for the economic evaluation alongside a national, multi-centre trial in the UK: Conventional ventilation or ECMO for Severe Adult Respiratory Failure (CESAR)
Mariamma M Thalanany, Miranda Mugford, Clare Hibbert, Nicola J Cooper, Ann Truesdale, Steven Robinson, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Diana R Elbourne, Giles J Peek, Felicity Clemens, Polly Hardy, Andrew Wilson
Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice'
Jan Lecouturier, Claire Bamford, Julian C Hughes, Jillian J Francis, Robbie Foy, Marie Johnston, Martin P Eccles
Development and validation of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT)
Mary Margaret Huizinga, Tom A Elasy, Kenneth A Wallston, Kerri Cavanaugh, Dianne Davis, Rebecca P Gregory, Lynn S Fuchs, Robert Malone, Andrea Cherrington, Darren A DeWalt, John Buse, Michael Pignone, Russell L Rothman
Characteristics of patients returning to emergency departments in Naples, Italy
Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Rossella Abbate, Luciana Albano, Paolo Marinelli, Italo F Angelillo
Adolescents perception of reproductive health care services in Sri Lanka
Suneth B Agampodi, Thilini C Agampodi, Piyaseeli UKD
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Care for Depressive Disorder in the Occupational Health Setting: design of a randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study
Moniek C Vlasveld, Johannes R Anema, Aartjan TF Beekman, Willem van Mechelen, Rob Hoedeman, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Frans F Rutten, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis
Does delayed measurement affect patient reports of provider performance? Implications for performance measurement of medical assistance with tobacco cessation: A Dental PBRN study
Thomas K Houston, Joshua S Richman, Heather L Coley, Midge N Ray, Jeroan J Allison, Gregg H Gilbert, Judith S Gordon, Catarina I Kiefe
Body Mass Index and Employment-Based Health Insurance
Ronald L Fong, Peter Franks
Maintaining quality of health services after abolition of user fees: A Uganda case study
Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Humphrey Karamagi, Lynn Atuyambe, Fred Bagenda, Sam A Okuonzi, Oladapo Walker
Treatment needs and acknowledgement of illness – importance for satisfaction with psychiatric inpatient treatment
Knut W Soergaard, Mary Nivison, Vidje Hansen, Terje Oeiesvold
What impact did the creation of Local Health Care Co-operatives have on indicators of practice resources and activity?
Gary McLean, Matt Sutton
Nurses' perceived barriers to the implementation of a Fall Prevention Clinical Practice Guideline in Singapore hospitals
Serena SL Koh, Elizabeth Manias, Alison M Hutchinson, Susan Donath, Linda Johnston
Relationship between risk information on total colonoscopy and patient preferences for colorectal cancer screening options: Analysis using the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Yuichi Katsumura, Hideo Yasunaga, Tomoaki Imamura, Kazuhiko Ohe, Hiroshi Oyama
An economic analysis of email-based telemedicine: A cost minimisation study of two service models
Liam Caffery, Anthony C Smith, Paul A Scuffham
Healthcare costs and utilization for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's
Yang Zhao, Tzu-Chun Kuo, Sharada Weir, Marilyn S Kramer, Arlene S Ash
Access to medicines and out of pocket payments for primary care: Evidence from family medicine users in rural Tajikistan
Fabrizio Tediosi, Raffael Aye, Shukufa Ibodova, Robin Thompson, Kaspar Wyss
It's all about relationships: A qualitative study of health researchers' perspectives of conducting interdisciplinary health research
Kalpana M Nair, Lisa Dolovich, Kevin Brazil, Parminder Raina
The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada
Chiranjeev Sanyal, Stephen D Graham, Charmaine Cooke, Ingrid Sketris, Dawn M Frail, Gordon Flowerdew
Describing and analysing primary health care system support for chronic illness care in Indigenous communities in Australia's Northern Territory – use of the Chronic Care Model
Damin Si, Ross Bailie, Joan Cunningham, Gary Robinson, Michelle Dowden, Allison Stewart, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri
Do postage stamps versus pre-paid envelopes increase responses to patient mail surveys? A randomised controlled trial
Katrina Lavelle, Chris Todd, Malcolm Campbell
Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: A qualitative focus group study
Cate Nagle, Sharon Lewis, Bettina Meiser, Jane Gunn, Jane Halliday, Robin Bell
Impact of case management by advanced practice nurses in primary care on unplanned hospital admissions: a controlled intervention study
Dyfed W Huws, Deborah Cashmore, Robert G Newcombe, Catherine Roberts, Judith Vincent, Glyn Elwyn
Protocol for stage 2 of the GaP study (genetic testing acceptability for Paget's disease of bone): A questionnaire study to investigate whether relatives of people with Paget's disease would accept genetic testing and preventive treatment if they were available
Anne L Langston, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Clare Robertson, Marion K Campbell, Vikki A Entwistle, Theresa Marteau, Graeme MacLennan, John Weinman, Marilyn McCallum, Zosia Miedzybrodska, Keith Charnock, Stuart H Ralston
Sleep disturbances in an arctic population: The Tromsø Study
Arne Fetveit, Jørund Straand, Bjørn Bjorvatn
Improving the accuracy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal disease notification rates using data linkage
Donna B Mak, Rochelle E Watkins
A qualitative study of the feasibility and community perception on the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine use in the context of home management of malaria in south-west Nigeria
Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Catherine O Falade, Benjamin O Olley, Bidemi Yusuf, Sola Gbotosho, Toyin Iyiola, Omobola Olaniyan, Christian Happi, Kaendi Munguti, Franco Pagnoni
Career-Success Scale – A new instrument to assess young physicians' academic career steps
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg, Richard Klaghofer
Health impact assessment and short-term medical missions: A methods study to evaluate quality of care
Jesse Maki, Munirih Qualls, Benjamin White, Sharon Kleefield, Robert Crone
Cancer surviving patients' rehabilitation – understanding failure through application of theoretical perspectives from Habermas
Thorbjørn H Mikkelsen, Jens Soendergaard, Anders B Jensen, Frede Olesen
Are cultural dimensions relevant for explaining cross-national differences in antibiotic use in Europe?
Reginald Deschepper, Larissa Grigoryan, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Geert Hofstede, Joachim Cohen, Greta Van Der Kelen, Luc Deliens, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp
Comparison of primary health care services between urban and rural settings after the introduction of the first urban health centre in Vyronas, Greece
Anargiros Mariolis, Constantinos Mihas, Alevizos Alevizos, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Konstantinos Marayiannis, Marek Papathanasiou, Vassilios Gizlis, Dimitris Karanasios, Bodossakis Merkouris
Part-time hospitalisation and stigma experiences: a study in contemporary psychiatric hospitals
Mieke Verhaeghe, Piet Bracke, Wendy Christiaens
Special features of health services and register based trials – experiences from a randomized trial of childbirth classes
Elina Hemminki, Kaija Heikkilä, Tiina Sevón, Päivikki Koponen
The role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Germany – A focus group study of GPs
Stefanie Joos, Berthold Musselmann, Antje Miksch, Thomas Rosemann, Joachim Szecsenyi
Cost-utility of a visiting service for older widowed individuals: Randomised trial
Simone Onrust, Filip Smit, Godelief Willemse, Jan van den Bout, Pim Cuijpers
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care (AESOPS) – A randomised control trial protocol
Simon Coulton, Jude Watson, Martin Bland, Colin Drummond, Eileen Kaner, Christine Godfrey, Alan Hassey, Veronica Morton, Steve Parrott, Tom Phillips, Duncan Raistrick, Daphne Rumball, Gillian Tober
A Danish population-based cohort study of newly diagnosed asthmatic children's care pathway – adherence to guidelines
Grete Moth, Peter O Schiotz, Peter Vedsted
"Mind the gap!" Evaluation of the performance gap attributable to exception reporting and target thresholds in the new GMS contract: National database analysis
Robert Fleetcroft, Nicholas Steel, Richard Cookson, Amanda Howe
Study protocol: The Intensive Care Outcome Network ('ICON') study
John A Griffiths, Kayleigh Morgan, Vicki S Barber, J Duncan Young
Antihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan
Pang-Hsiang Liu, Jung-Der Wang
Too little but not too late: Results of a literature review to improve routine immunization programs in developing countries
Tove K Ryman, Vance Dietz, K Lisa Cairns
Transitions of Care from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services (TRACK Study): A study of protocols in Greater London
Swaran P Singh, Moli Paul, Tamsin Ford, Tami Kramer, Tim Weaver
Should the surgeon or the general practitioner (GP) follow up patients after surgery for colon cancer? A randomized controlled trial protocol focusing on quality of life, cost-effectiveness and serious clinical events
Knut M Augestad, Barthold Vonen, Ranveig Aspevik, Torunn Nestvold, Unni Ringberg, Roar Johnsen, Jan Norum, Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo
Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: An analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004–2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data
Martin CS Wong, Johnny Y Jiang, Jin-ling Tang, Augustine Lam, Hong Fung, Stewart W Mercer
Exercise on Prescription. Effect of attendance on participants' psychological factors in a Danish version of Exercise on Prescription: A Study Protocol
Thomas VG Bredahl, Lis Puggaard, Kirsten K Roessler
A method to determine spatial access to specialized palliative care services using GIS
Jonathan Cinnamon, Nadine Schuurman, Valorie A Crooks
What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men
Lynn M Robertson, Flora Douglas, Anne Ludbrook, Garth Reid, Edwin van Teijlingen
Self-reported diabetes is associated with self-management behaviour: a cohort study
Baiju R Shah, Douglas G Manuel
The cost-effectiveness of a new disease management model for frail elderly living in homes for the elderly, design of a cluster randomized controlled clinical trial
Marijke Boorsma, Hein PJ van Hout, Dinnus H Frijters, Miel W Ribbe, Giel Nijpels
Quality of care for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma based on comparisons to practice guidelines and smoking status
Benjamin M Craig, Connie K Kraus, Betty A Chewning, James E Davis
Measuring physiotherapy performance in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A prospective study
Gro Jamtvedt, Kristin Thuve Dahm, Inger Holm, Signe Flottorp
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist use in men without a cancer registry diagnosis of prostate cancer
Yong-fang Kuo, James S Goodwin, Vahakn B Shahinian
Characteristics of evolving models of care for arthritis: A key informant study
Crystal MacKay, Paula Veinot, Elizabeth M Badley
Implementing the European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in the primary care setting in Cyprus: Lessons learned from a health care services study
Theodora Zachariadou, Henri EJH Stoffers, Costas A Christophi, Anastasios Philalithis, Christos Lionis
Linkage of health and aged care service events: comparing linkage and event selection methods
Rosemary Karmel, Diana Rosman
Experiences of abortion: A narrative review of qualitative studies
Mabel LS Lie, Stephen C Robson, Carl R May
The impact of generic-only drug benefits on patients' use of inhaled corticosteroids in a Medicare population with asthma
Vicki Fung, Ira B Tager, Richard Brand, Joseph P Newhouse, John Hsu
Needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring for high utilisers of psychiatric services (NODPAM): Design and methods
Bernd Puschner, Sabine Steffen, Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Freyberger, Helmfried E Klein, Tilman Steinert, Rainer Muche, Thomas Becker
Quantifying morbidities by Adjusted Clinical Group system for a Taiwan population: A nationwide analysis
Wui-Chiang Lee
A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facility
Martine Louis Simonet, Michel P Kossovsky, Pierre Chopard, Philippe Sigaud, Thomas V Perneger, Jean-Michel Gaspoz
Physicians' perception of childhood asthma in Turkey: more appropriate practice among female physicians
Ozge Uysal Soyer, Ersoy Civelek, Bulent E Sekerel
Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk, Craig Duncan, Don Rose, Patricia H Bailey, Ramamohan Veluri
Predicting ICU survival: A meta-level approach
Lefteris G Gortzis, Filippos Sakellaropoulos, Ioannis Ilias, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Ioanna Dimopoulou
The magnitude and factors associated with delays in management of smear positive tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sayoki G Mfinanga, Beatrice K Mutayoba, Amos Kahwa, Godfather Kimaro, Rugola Mtandu, Esther Ngadaya, Said Egwaga, Andrew Y Kitua
Care of vision and ocular health in diabetic members of a national diabetes organization: A cross-sectional study
Vibeke Sundling, Pål Gulbrandsen, Jak Jervell, Jørund Straand
Seasonality of primary care utilization for respiratory diseases in Ontario: A time-series analysis
Rahim Moineddin, Jason X Nie, Gabrielle Domb, Alan M Leong, Ross EG Upshur
Costs of hospital care for hypertension in an insured population without an outpatient medicines benefit: an observational study in the Philippines
Anita K Wagner, Madeleine Valera, Amy J Graves, Sheila Laviña, Dennis Ross-Degnan
Choice of healthcare provider following reform in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Bich Thuan, Curt Lofgren, Lars Lindholm, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
Comparing patient characteristics and treatment processes in patients receiving physical therapy in the United States, Israel and the Netherlands: Cross sectional analyses of data from three clinical databases
Ilse CS Swinkels, Dennis L Hart, Daniel Deutscher, Wil JH van den Bosch, Joost Dekker, Dinny H de Bakker, Cornelia HM van den Ende
Quality of life associated with treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Yolanda V Martínez, Carlos A Prado-Aguilar, Ramón A Rascón-Pacheco, José J Valdivia-Martínez
From strategy development to routine implementation: the cost of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants for malaria control
Fatuma Manzi, Guy Hutton, Joanna Schellenberg, Marcel Tanner, Pedro Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, David Schellenberg
Can modeling of HIV treatment processes improve outcomes? Capitalizing on an operations research approach to the global pandemic
Wei Xiong, Nathaniel Hupert, Eric B Hollingsworth, Megan E O'Brien, Jessica Fast, William R Rodriguez
Patient's dissatisfaction with the public and private laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing in Tanzania
SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, K Mashoto
Effect of changed organisation of nutritional care of Danish medical inpatients
Karin O Lassen, Edvin Grinderslev, Ruth Nyholm
The feasibility of using pedometers and brief advice to increase activity in sedentary older women – a pilot study
Jacqui A Sugden, Falko F Sniehotta, Peter T Donnan, Paul Boyle, Derek W Johnston, Marion ET McMurdo
Utilization patterns of Chinese medicine and Western medicine under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan, a population-based study from 1997 to 2003
Lee-Chin Chang, Nicole Huang, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Chen-Hua Lee, Feng-Yu Kao, Yi-Tsau Huang
Dissatisfaction with the laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing among public and private medical personnel in Tanzania
SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, K Mashoto
Developing and testing an instrument to measure the presence of conditions for successful implementation of quality improvement collaboratives
Michel LA Dückers, Cordula Wagner, Peter P Groenewegen
Designing a 'NHS friendly' complementary therapy service: A qualitative case study
Lesley Wye, Alison Shaw, Debbie Sharp
Cost effectiveness of chest pain unit care in the NHS
Yemi Oluboyede, Steve Goodacre, Allan Wailoo
Implementing cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome in mental health care: a costs and outcomes analysis
Korine Scheeres, Michel Wensing, Gijs Bleijenberg, Johan L Severens
Impact of date stamping on patient safety measurement in patients undergoing CABG: Experience with the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators
Laurent G Glance, Yue Li, Turner M Osler, Dana B Mukamel, Andrew W Dick
Empowerment interventions, knowledge translation and exchange: perspectives of home care professionals, clients and caregivers
Denise St-Cyr Tribble, Frances Gallagher, Linda Bell, Chantal Caron, Pierre Godbout, Jeannette Leblanc, Pascale Morin, Marianne Xhignesse, Louis Voyer, Mélanie Couture
Patient characteristics associated with differences in patients' evaluation of their general practitioner
Hanne Nørgaard Heje, Peter Vedsted, Ineta Sokolowski, Frede Olesen
Can the feedback of patient assessments, brief training, or their combination, improve the interpersonal skills of primary care physicians? A systematic review
Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi, Peter Bower
Organizational culture, team climate and diabetes care in small office-based practices
Marije Bosch, Rob Dijkstra, Michel Wensing, Trudy van der Weijden, Richard Grol
Designing a multifaceted quality improvement intervention in primary care in a country where general practice is seeking recognition: the case of Cyprus
George A Samoutis, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Henri E Stoffers, Theodora Zachariadou, Anastasios Philalithis, Christos Lionis
The Patients Assessment Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire in The Netherlands: a validation study in rural general practice
Michel Wensing, Jan van Lieshout, Hans Peter Jung, Jan Hermsen, Thomas Rosemann
Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health services and equity in health care
Enrique Regidor, David Martínez, María E Calle, Paloma Astasio, Paloma Ortega, Vicente Domínguez
Study protocol: Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease Extension (ABCDE) Project
Ross Bailie, Damin Si, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri, Louise Clark, Michelle Dowden, Lynette O'Donohue, John Condon, Sandra Thompson, Nikki Clelland, Tricia Nagel, Karen Gardner, Alex Brown
Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality
Boris G Sobolev, Guy Fradet, Robert Hayden, Lisa Kuramoto, Adrian R Levy, Mark J FitzGerald
Health-related quality of life in infertile couples receiving IVF or ICSI treatment
Batool Rashidi, Ali Montazeri, Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh, Mamak Shariat, Nasrin Abedinia, Mahnaz Ashrafi
Development and first assessment of a questionnaire for health care utilization and costs for cardiac patients
Bernd Schweikert, Harry Hahmann, Reiner Leidl
A model and typology of collaboration between professionals in healthcare organizations
Danielle D'Amour, Lise Goulet, Jean-François Labadie, Leticia San Martín-Rodriguez, Raynald Pineault
Initial impact and cost of a nationwide population screening campaign for diabetes in Brazil: A follow up study
Cristiana M Toscano, Bruce B Duncan, Sotero S Mengue, Carísi Anne Polanczyk, Luciana B Nucci, Adriana Costa e Forti, Cláudio D Fonseca, Maria Inês Schmidt
Criteria-based audit to improve a district referral system in Malawi: A pilot study
Eugene J Kongnyuy, Grace Mlava, Nynke van den Broek
Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Generic version (Short Form 2006)
Ellen T Deilkås, Dag Hofoss
Bedside rationing by general practitioners: A postal survey in the Danish public healthcare system
Sigurd MR Lauridsen, Michael Norup, Peter Rossel
Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study
JM Morales-Asencio, E Gonzalo-Jiménez, FJ Martin-Santos, JC Morilla-Herrera, M Celdráan-Mañas, A Millán Carrasco, JJ García-Arrabal, I Toral-López
Clearing up the hazy road from bench to bedside: A framework for integrating the fourth hurdle into translational medicine
Wolf H Rogowski, Susanne C Hartz, Jürgen H John
Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study
Elie A Akl, Khalil El-Asmar, Nancy Maroun, Salim M Adib, Beatrice Khater-Menassa
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and paracetamol use in Queensland and in the whole of Australia
Nadia Barozzi, Susan E Tett
The greatest happiness of the greatest number? Policy actors' perspectives on the limits of economic evaluation as a tool for informing health care coverage decisions in Thailand
Yot Teerawattananon, Steve Russell
Country differences in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease – a comparison between the US, the UK and Germany
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Markus Bönte, Johannes Siegrist, Lisa Marceau, Carol Link, Sara Arber, Ann Adams, John McKinlay
Complaints handling in hospitals: an empirical study of discrepancies between patients' expectations and their experiences
Roland D Friele, Emmy M Sluijs, Johan Legemaate
The relationship between depressive symptoms, health service consumption, and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study
Paul A Kurdyak, William H Gnam, Paula Goering, Alice Chong, David A Alter
Physical activity referrals in Swedish primary health care – prescriber and patient characteristics, reasons for prescriptions, and prescribed activities
ME Leijon, P Bendtsen, P Nilsen, K Ekberg, A Ståhle
Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: A mixed methods study
Qian Long, Ying Li, Yang Wang, Yong Yue, Cheng Tang, Shenglan Tang, S Bertel Squire, Rachel Tolhurst
Urban women's socioeconomic status, health service needs and utilization in the four weeks after postpartum hospital discharge: findings of a Canadian cross-sectional survey
Christine Kurtz Landy, Wendy Sword, Donna Ciliska
Is networking different with doctors working part-time? Differences in social networks of part-time and full-time doctors
Phil JM Heiligers, Judith D de Jong, Peter P Groenewegen, Lammert Hingstman, Beate Völker, Peter Spreeuwenberg
A cost effectiveness study of integrated care in health services delivery: a diabetes program in Australia
Ian S McRae, James RG Butler, Beverly M Sibthorpe, Warwick Ruscoe, Jill Snow, Dhigna Rubiano, Karen L Gardner
Family caregiver quality of life in multiple sclerosis among Kuwaitis: a controlled study
Asmahan F Alshubaili, Jude U Ohaeri, Abdel W Awadalla, Asser A Mabrouk
Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal
Sónia F Dias, Milton Severo, Henrique Barros
Factors influencing the participation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists in clinical research
Anouk T Dev, Teresa L Kauf, Amany Zekry, Keyur Patel, Karen Heller, Kevin A Schulman, John G McHutchison
Costs and quality of life for prehabilitation and early rehabilitation after surgery of the lumbar spine
Per Rotbøll Nielsen, Jakob Andreasen, Mikael Asmussen, Hanne Tønnesen
Patient satisfaction with antiretroviral services at primary health-care facilities in the Free State, South Africa – a two-year study using four waves of cross-sectional data
Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg, Herman Meulemans
Are migraineur women really more vulnerable to stress and less able to cope?
Mintaze Kerem Gunel, Fatma Yildirim Akkaya
Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: an observational study from Krakow
Grzegorz Margas, Adam Windak, Tomasz Tomasik
Is integration of healthy lifestyle promotion into primary care feasible? Discussion and consensus sessions between clinicians and researchers
Gonzalo Grandes, Alvaro Sanchez, Josep M Cortada, Laura Balague, Carlos Calderon, Arantza Arrazola, Itziar Vergara, Eduardo Millan
The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes
John Furler, Christine Walker, Irene Blackberry, Trisha Dunning, Nabil Sulaiman, James Dunbar, James Best, Doris Young
How to limit the burden of data collection for Quality Indicators based on medical records? The COMPAQH experience
Clément Corriol, Valentin Daucourt, Catherine Grenier, Etienne Minvielle
Hypertensive patients' use of blood pressure monitors stationed in pharmacies and other locations: a cross-sectional mail survey
Anthony J Viera, Lauren W Cohen, C Madeline Mitchell, Philip D Sloane
"It's hard to tell": The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of neurorehabilitation
J Greenhalgh, AF Long, R Flynn, S Tyson
"What lies beneath it all?" – an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines
Benedicte Carlsen, Ole F Norheim
Literacy and blood pressure – do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional study
Benjamin J Powers, Maren K Olsen, Eugene Z Oddone, Carolyn T Thorpe, Hayden B Bosworth
Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals
Ine Borghans, Richard Heijink, Tijn Kool, Ronald J Lagoe, Gert P Westert
Values and preferences in oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation, physicians' and patients' perspectives: protocol for a two-phase study
Pablo Alonso-Coello, Victor M Montori, Ivan Solà, Holger J Schünemann, Philip J Devereaux, Cathy Charles, Mercè Roura, M Gloria Díaz, Juan Carlos Souto, Rafael Alonso, Sven Oliver, Rafael Ruiz, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Ana Isabel Diez, Ignasi Gich, Gordon Guyatt
A descriptive review of the methodologies used in household surveys on medicine utilization
Andréa D Bertoldi, Aluísio JD Barros, Anita Wagner, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Pedro C Hallal
A cluster randomized trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways for patients with stroke: rationale and design of the Clinical Pathways for Effective and Appropriate Care Study [NCT00673491]
Massimiliano Panella, Sara Marchisio, Antonella Barbieri, Francesco Di Stanislao
Empowering employees with chronic diseases; development of an intervention aimed at job retention and design of a randomised controlled trial
Inge Varekamp, Gabe de Vries, Annelies Heutink, Frank JH van Dijk
Towards integration of general practitioner posts and accident and emergency departments: a case study of two integrated emergency posts in the Netherlands
Rudolf B Kool, Daniel J Homberg, Helen CM Kamphuis
Albuminuria, cardiovascular risk factors and disease management in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a cross sectional study
Christa Meisinger, Margit Heier, Rüdiger Landgraf, Michael Happich, H-Erich Wichmann, Wolfgang Piehlmeier
Case management used to optimize cancer care pathways: A systematic review
Christian N Wulff, Marianne Thygesen, Jens Søndergaard, Peter Vedsted
The impact of SARS on hospital performance
Dachen Chu, Ran-Chou Chen, Chia-Yu Ku, Pesus Chou
Performance of in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization: Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Japan
Hiroaki Miyata, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Shinya Matsuda, Noboru Motomura, Shinichi Takamoto
The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals
Marleen Smits, Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff, Cordula Wagner, Gerrit van der Wal, Peter P Groenewegen
Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance – the perspective of social insurance officers. A qualitative study
Carina A Thorstensson, Jenny Mathiasson, Barbro Arvidsson, Anders Heide, Ingemar F Petersson
Are German patients burdened by the practice charge for physician visits ('Praxisgebuehr')? A cross sectional analysis of socio-economic and health related factors
Ina-Maria Rückert, Jan Böcken, Andreas Mielck
A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK
Sarah E Lamb, Joanne D Fisher, Simon Gates, Rachel Potter, Matthew W Cooke, Yvonne H Carter
Impact of picture archiving communication systems on rates of duplicate imaging: a before-after study
John J You, Lingsong Yun, Jack V Tu
The impact of donor policies in Europe: a steady increase, but not everywhere
Remco Coppen, Roland D Friele, Sjef KM Gevers, Geke A Blok, Jouke van der Zee
Disease knowledge after an educational program in patients with GERD – a randomized controlled trial
Jorgen Urnes, Hermod Petersen, Per G Farup
Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly
Sarah Maaten, George Kephart, Susan Kirkland, Pantelis Andreou
Child health insurance coverage: a survey among temporary and permanent residents in Shanghai
Mingshan Lu, Jing Zhang, Jin Ma, Bing Li, Hude Quan
Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study
Jeremy M Kahn, Rebecca J Asch, Theodore J Iwashyna, Gordon D Rubenfeld, Derek C Angus, David A Asch
Building capacity for antiretroviral delivery in South Africa: A qualitative evaluation of the PALSA PLUS nurse training programme
J Stein, S Lewin, L Fairall, P Mayers, R English, A Bheekie, E Bateman, M Zwarenstein
Good adherence to HAART and improved survival in a community HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme: the experience of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala, Uganda
Andrew M Abaasa, Jim Todd, Kenneth Ekoru, Joan N Kalyango, Jonathan Levin, Emmanuel Odeke, Charles AS Karamagi
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning
Marya D Zilberberg, Andrew F Shorr
Nurse clinic versus home delivery of evidence-based community leg ulcer care: A randomized health services trial
Margaret B Harrison, Ian D Graham, Karen Lorimer, Elizabeth VandenKerkhof, Maureen Buchanan, Phil S Wells, Tim Brandys, Tadeusz Pierscianowski
How patients perceive the therapeutic communications skills of their general practitioners, and how that perception affects adherence: use of the TCom-skill GP scale in a specific geographical area
Michèle Baumann, Cédric Baumann, Etienne Le Bihan, Nearkasen Chau
Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Kathryn I Pollak, Katrina M Krause, Kimberly SH Yarnall, Margaret Gradison, J Lloyd Michener, Truls Østbye
Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region
Linda Gask, Gillian Lever-Green, Rebecca Hays
Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review
Mischa Willis-Shattuck, Posy Bidwell, Steve Thomas, Laura Wyness, Duane Blaauw, Prudence Ditlopo
Mind the gap between policy imperatives and service provision: a qualitative study of the process of respiratory service development in England and Wales
Sonya Hamilton, Guro Huby, Alison Tierney, Alison Powell, Tara Kielmann, Aziz Sheikh, Hilary Pinnock
Identification of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals in Ontario, Canada: results from expert panels
Diem Tran, Linda McGillis Hall, Aileen Davis, Michel D Landry, Dawn Burnett, Katherine Berg, Susan Jaglal
Targeted individual exercise programmes for older medical patients are feasible, and may change hospital and patient outcomes: a service improvement project
Jo Nolan, Susie Thomas
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) high blood pressure strategy's hypertension management initiative study protocol
Sheldon W Tobe, Margaret Moy Lum-Kwong, Nancy Perkins, Shirley Von Sychowski, Rolf J Sebaldt, Alex Kiss
A retrospective analysis of health systems in Denmark and Kaiser Permanente
Anne Frølich, Michaela L Schiøtz, Martin Strandberg-Larsen, John Hsu, Allan Krasnik, Finn Diderichsen, Jim Bellows, Jes Søgaard, Karen White
The accuracy of the Jamaican national physician register: a study of the status of physicians registered and their countries of training
Jennifer Knight-Madden, Robert Gray
Documentation of in-hospital falls on incident reports: Qualitative investigation of an imperfect process
Terry P Haines, Petrea Cornwell, Jennifer Fleming, Paul Varghese, Len Gray
Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in Australia
Agnes I Vitry, Susan M Phillips, Susan J Semple
Conceptualizing handover strategies at change of shift in the emergency department: a grounded theory study
Renée H Lawrence, Anne M Tomolo, Andy P Garlisi, David C Aron
Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California
Zhongmin Li, Richard L Kravitz, James P Marcin, Patrick S Romano, David M Rocke, Timothy A Denton, Ralph G Brindis, Jian Dai, Ezra A Amsterdam
Cost-effectiveness of gargling for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections
Michi Sakai, Takuro Shimbo, Kazumi Omata, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Kazunari Satomura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takashi Kawamura, Hisamitsu Baba, Masaharu Yoshihara, Hiroshi Itoh
The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay
Alan J Forster, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Jon Hooper, Kaveh G Shojania, Carl van Walraven
Decision making preferences in the medical encounter – a factorial survey design
Meike Müller-Engelmann, Tanja Krones, Heidi Keller, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan
Hui-Chu Lang, Mei-Shu Lai
Shortage in general practice despite the feminisation of the medical workforce: a seeming paradox? A cohort study
Tanja Maiorova, Fred Stevens, Jouke van der Zee, Beppie Boode, Albert Scherpbier
Effectiveness of a grant program's efforts to promote synergy within its funded initiatives: perceptions of participants of the Southern Rural Access Program
Donald E Pathman, Emmeline Chuang, Bryan J Weiner
Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: the physician vs. medication factors
Jerzy P Szaflarski, Angela Y Rackley, Christopher J Lindsell, Magdalena Szaflarski, Stephen L Yates
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomes
Thomas Rotter, Joachim Kugler, Rainer Koch, Holger Gothe, Sabine Twork, Jeroen M van Oostrum, Ewout W Steyerberg
Provincial prenatal record revision: a multiple case study of evidence-based decision-making at the population-policy level
Nancy Edwards, Sonia Semenic, Shahirose Premji, Phyllis Montgomery, Beverly Williams, Joanne Olson, Omaima Mansi
Hospital use of young children in Switzerland: A nation-wide study based on a complete survey over 4 years
Franziska V Schoeni-Affolter, Marcel Widmer, André Busato
The primary care amplification model: taking the best of primary care forward
Claire L Jackson, Deborah A Askew, Caroline Nicholson, Peter M Brooks
In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness
Ala Szczepura, Sara Nelson, Deidre Wild
Evidence and Value: Impact on DEcisionMaking – the EVIDEM framework and potential applications
Mireille M Goetghebeur, Monika Wagner, Hanane Khoury, Randy J Levitt, Lonny J Erickson, Donna Rindress
The symptom experience of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence
Kevin G Volpp, George Loewenstein, Andrea B Troxel, Jalpa Doshi, Maureen Price, Mitchell Laskin, Stephen E Kimmel
Isolated specialist or system integrated physician – different views on sickness certification among orthopaedic surgeons: an interview study
Malin Swartling, Rolf Wahlström
Exposing the key functions of a complex intervention for shared care in mental health: case study of a process evaluation
Richard Byng, Ian Norman, Sally Redfern, Roger Jones
Standardisation of rates using logistic regression: a comparison with the direct method
Andrea K Roalfe, Roger L Holder, Sue Wilson
Primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia – a systematic review
John Wakerman, John S Humphreys, Robert Wells, Pim Kuipers, Philip Entwistle, Judith Jones
Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system
John P Hirdes, Gunnar Ljunggren, John N Morris, Dinnus HM Frijters, Harriet Finne Soveri, Len Gray, Magnus Björkgren, Reudi Gilgen
Interventions to prevent disability in frail community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review
Ramon Daniels, Erik van Rossum, Luc de Witte, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Wim van den Heuvel
Quality of medical training and emigration of physicians from India
Manas Kaushik, Ananya Roy, Anand A Bang, Ajay Mahal