Issue 1/2011
Content (354 Articles)
The effectiveness of the Liverpool care pathway in improving end of life care for dying cancer patients in hospital. A cluster randomised trial
Massimo Costantini, Simona Ottonelli, Laura Canavacci, Fabio Pellegrini, Monica Beccaro
A complex regional intervention to implement advance care planning in one town's nursing homes: Protocol of a controlled inter-regional study
Jürgen in der Schmitten, Sonja Rothärmel, Christine Mellert, Stephan Rixen, Bernard J Hammes, Linda Briggs, Karl Wegscheider, Georg Marckmann
A role for pharmacists in community-based post-discharge warfarin management: protocol for the 'the role of community pharmacy in post hospital management of patients initiated on warfarin' study
Leanne Stafford, Gregory M Peterson, Luke RE Bereznicki, Shane L Jackson
Differences in patient outcomes and chronic care management of oral anticoagulant therapy: an explorative study
Hanneke W Drewes, Mattijs S Lambooij, Caroline A Baan, Bert R Meijboom, Wilco C Graafmans, Gert P Westert
Diffusion patterns of new anti-diabetic drugs into hospitals in Taiwan: the case of Thiazolidinediones for diabetes
Yu-Wen Wen, Weng-Foung Huang, Yue-Chune Lee, Ken N Kuo, Chia-Rung Tsai, Yi-Wen Tsai
Development and applicability of Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) in Japan
Shinya Ito, Kanako Seto, Mika Kigawa, Shigeru Fujita, Toshihiko Hasegawa, Tomonori Hasegawa
Economic burden of illness of acute coronary syndromes: medical and productivity costs
Zhenxiang Zhao, Melissa Winget
An evaluation of access to health care services along the rural-urban continuum in Canada
Lyn M Sibley, Jonathan P Weiner
Assessment of surfactant use in preterm infants as a marker of neonatal intensive care unit quality
Heather C Kaplan, Scott A Lorch, Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Mary Putt, Jeffrey H Silber
A conceptual framework for interprofessional shared decision making in home care: Protocol for a feasibility study
France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Nathalie Brière, Sophie Desroches, Serge Dumont, Kimberley Fraser, Mary-Anne Murray, Anne Sales, Denise Aubé
Early identification and preventive care for elevated cardiovascular disease risk within a remote Australian Aboriginal primary health care service
Christopher P Burgess, Ross S Bailie, Christine M Connors, Richard D Chenhall, Robyn A McDermott, Kerin O'Dea, Charlie Gunabarra, Hellen L Matthews, Adrian J Esterman
Patients' perspectives on self-testing of oral anticoagulation therapy: Content analysis of patients' internet blogs
Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Ian Robinson
An ontology-based nurse call management system (oNCS) with probabilistic priority assessment
Femke Ongenae, Dries Myny, Tom Dhaene, Tom Defloor, Dirk Van Goubergen, Piet Verhoeve, Johan Decruyenaere, Filip De Turck
Rationale and development of a survey tool for describing and auditing the composition of, and flows between, specialist and community clinical services for sexually transmitted infections
Catherine RH Aicken, Jackie A Cassell, Claudia S Estcourt, Frances Keane, Gary Brook, Greta Rait, Peter J White, Catherine H Mercer
Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy versus talking and usual care for depressed older people in primary care
Amanda J Holman, Marc A Serfaty, Baptiste E Leurent, Michael B King
Perceived unfairness in working conditions: The case of public health services in Tanzania
Nils Gunnar Songstad, Ole Bjørn Rekdal, Deodatus Amadeus Massay, Astrid Blystad
Early uptake of HIV counseling and testing among pregnant women at different levels of health facilities - experiences from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam
Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh, Tine Gammeltoft, Vibeke Rasch
The stigma of mental health problems and other barriers to care in the UK Armed Forces
Amy C Iversen, Lauren van Staden, Jamie Hacker Hughes, Neil Greenberg, Matthew Hotopf, Roberto J Rona, Graham Thornicroft, Simon Wessely, Nicola T Fear
Under-utilization of health care services for infectious diseases syndromes in rural Azerbaijan: A cross-sectional study
Danielle V Clark, Afrail Ismayilov, Sevinj Bakhishova, Huseyn Hajiyev, Tahir Nuriyev, Saleh Piraliyev, Sadigulla Bagirov, Afag Aslanova, Maqsud Qasimov, Matthew J Hepburn
The ties that bind: an integrative framework of physician-hospital alignment
Jeroen Trybou, Paul Gemmel, Lieven Annemans
The validity of using ICD-9 codes and pharmacy records to identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Colin R Cooke, Min J Joo, Stephen M Anderson, Todd A Lee, Edmunds M Udris, Eric Johnson, David H Au
Following the funding trail: Financing, nurses and teamwork in Australian general practice
Christopher Pearce, Christine Phillips, Sally Hall, Bonnie Sibbald, Julie Porritt, Rachael Yates, Kathryn Dwan, Marjan Kljakovic
Grip on challenging behaviour: a multidisciplinary care programme for managing behavioural problems in nursing home residents with dementia. Study protocol
Sandra A Zwijsen, Martin Smalbrugge, Sytse U Zuidema, Raymond TCM Koopmans, Judith E Bosmans, Maurits W van Tulder, Jan A Eefsting, Debby L Gerritsen, Anne-Margriet Pot
Identifying and characterizing COPD patients in US managed care. A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of administrative claims data
Douglas W Mapel, Michael P Dutro, Jenő P Marton, Kimberly Woodruff, Barry Make
Reciprocal learning and chronic care model implementation in primary care: results from a new scale of learning in primary care
Luci K Leykum, Ray Palmer, Holly Lanham, Michelle Jordan, Reuben R McDaniel, Polly H Noël, Michael Parchman
Operationalizing multimorbidity and autonomy for health services research in aging populations - the OMAHA study
Martin Holzhausen, Judith Fuchs, Markus Busch, Andrea Ernert, Julia Six-Merker, Hildtraud Knopf, Ulfert Hapke, Beate Gaertner, Ina Kurzawe-Seitz, Roswitha Dietzel, Nadine Schödel, Justus Welke, Juliane Wiskott, Matthias Wetzstein, Peter Martus, Christa Scheidt-Nave
Evaluation of stroke services in Anglia stroke clinical network to examine the variation in acute services and stroke outcomes
Phyo K Myint, John F Potter, Gill M Price, Garry R Barton, Anthony K Metcalf, Rachel Hale, Genevieve Dalton, Stanley D Musgrave, Abraham George, Raj Shekhar, Peter Owusu-Agyei, Kevin Walsh, Joseph Ngeh, Anne Nicholson, Diana J Day, Elizabeth A Warburton, Max O Bachmann
Gender and the professional career of primary care physicians in Andalusia (Spain)
Ana Delgado, Lorena Saletti-Cuesta, Luis Andrés López-Fernández, Juan de Dios Luna, Inmaculada Mateo-Rodriguez
Study protocol: Evaluating the impact of a rural Australian primary health care service on rural health
Rachel Tham, John S Humphreys, Leigh Kinsman, Penny Buykx, Adel Asaid, Kathy Tuohey
Predicting hospital mortality among frequently readmitted patients: HSMR biased by readmission
Wim F van den Bosch, Johannes C Kelder, Cordula Wagner
Long term follow-up of a randomised controlled trial of services for urinary symptoms
Kate S Williams, Dawn Coleby, Keith R Abrams, David A Turner, Christine Shaw, R Philip Assassa, Nicola J Cooper, Madeleine MK Donaldson, Catherine W McGrother
Building effective service linkages in primary mental health care: a narrative review part 2
Jeffrey D Fuller, David Perkins, Sharon Parker, Louise Holdsworth, Brian Kelly, Russell Roberts, Lee Martinez, Lyn Fragar
Work Hours and Self rated Health of Hospital Doctors in Norway and Germany. A comparative study on national samples
Judith Rosta, Olaf G Aasland
Credible knowledge: A pilot evaluation of a modified GRADE method using parent-implemented interventions for children with autism
J Michael Van Adel, Jennifer Dunn Geier, Adrienne Perry, Jo-Ann M Reitzel
Sustainable practice change: Professionals' experiences with a multisectoral child health promotion programme in Sweden
Kristina Edvardsson, Rickard Garvare, Anneli Ivarsson, Eva Eurenius, Ingrid Mogren, Monica E Nyström
Nature of association between rural background and practice location: A comparison of general practitioners and specialists
Matthew R McGrail, John S Humphreys, Catherine M Joyce
Canada's Patented Medicine Notice of Compliance regulations: balancing the scales or tipping them?
Joel Lexchin
Emergency department documentation templates: variability in template selection and association with physical examination and test ordering in dizziness presentations
Kevin A Kerber, Timothy P Hofer, William J Meurer, A Mark Fendrick, Lewis B Morgenstern
The effect of health insurance reform on the number of cataract surgeries in Chongqing, China
Xiaofan Chen, Chunlin Chen, Yao Zhang, Rongdi Yuan, Jian YE
Changes in mental health services and suicide mortality in Norway: an ecological study
Håkon A Johannessen, Gudrun Dieserud, Bjørgulf Claussen, Per-Henrik Zahl
Agreement between aggregate and individual-level measures of income and education: a comparison across three patient groups
Carlo A Marra, Larry D Lynd, Stephanie S Harvard, Maja Grubisic
Development and pilot of an internationally standardized measure of cardiovascular risk management in European primary care
Sabine Ludt, Stephen M Campbell, Jan van Lieshout, Richard Grol, Joachim Szecsenyi, Michel Wensing
Effectiveness of service linkages in primary mental health care: a narrative review part 1
Jeffrey D Fuller, David Perkins, Sharon Parker, Louise Holdsworth, Brian Kelly, Russell Roberts, Lee Martinez, Lyn Fragar
A qualitative study of DRG coding practice in hospitals under the Thai Universal Coverage Scheme
Krit Pongpirul, Damian G Walker, Peter J Winch, Courtland Robinson
Validation of the treatment identification strategy of the HEDIS addiction quality measures: concordance with medical record review
Alex HS Harris, Rachelle N Reeder, Laura S Ellerbe, Thomas R Bowe
"CAN Stop" - Implementation and evaluation of a secondary group prevention for adolescent and young adult cannabis users in various contexts - study protocol
Christiane Baldus, Alejandra Miranda, Nina Weymann, Olaf Reis, Kerstin Moré, Rainer Thomasius
Development and pilot test of a peer-support based Cardiac-Diabetes Self-Management Program: A study protocol
Chiung-Jung Jo Wu, Anne M Chang, Mary Courtney, Lillie M Shortridge-Baggett, Karam Kostner
Day care for dementia patients from a family caregiver's point of view: A questionnaire study on expected quality and predictors of utilisation - Part II
Carolin Donath, Angelika Winkler, Elmar Graessel, Katharina Luttenberger
Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment program in Ethiopia: Retention of patients in care is a major challenge and varies across health facilities
Yibeltal Assefa, Abiyou Kiflie, Dessalegn Tesfaye, Damen Haile Mariam, Helmut Kloos, Wouters Edwin, Marie Laga, Wim Van Damme
A snapshot of the organization and provision of primary care in Turkey
Dionne S Kringos, Wienke GW Boerma, Ernst Spaan, Martina Pellny
Evaluation of a community-based randomized controlled prenatal care trial in rural China
Zhuochun Wu, Kirsi Viisainen, Ying Wang, Elina Hemminki
Burden of disease and economic evaluation of healthcare interventions: are we investigating what really matters?
Ferrán Catalá-López, Anna García-Altés, Elena Álvarez-Martín, Ricard Gènova-Maleras, Consuelo Morant-Ginestar, Antoni Parada
Temporal and Geographic variation in the validity and internal consistency of the Nursing Home Resident Assessment Minimum Data Set 2.0
Vincent Mor, Orna Intrator, Mark Aaron Unruh, Shubing Cai
Descriptive analysis of childbirth healthcare costs in an area with high levels of immigration in Spain
Mercè Comas, Laura Català, Maria Sala, Antoni Payà, Assumpció Sala, Elisabeth Del Amo, Xavier Castells, Francesc Cots
Institutional public private partnerships for core health services: evidence from Italy
Giulia Cappellaro, Francesco Longo
Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities
Mercy K Njeru, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Isaac K Nyamongo, Knut Fylkesnes
Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal
Laxmi Ghimire, W Cairns S Smith, Edwin R van Teijlingen
Analyzing generic and branded substitution patterns in the Netherlands using prescription data
Petros Pechlivanoglou, Willem Jan van der Veen, Jens H Bos, Maarten J Postma
Psychiatric and medical admissions observed among elderly patients with new-onset epilepsy
Laurel A Copeland, Alan B Ettinger, John E Zeber, Jodi M Gonzalez, Mary Jo Pugh
Balancing influence between actors in healthcare decision making
Robert M Kaplan, Yair M Babad
Total hip arthroplasty: what information do we offer patients on websites of hospitals?
Jaap JJ Brunnekreef, Berend W Schreurs
The Generic Short Patient Experiences Questionnaire (GS-PEQ): identification of core items from a survey in Norway
Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne, Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Rolf Vegar Olsen, Hilde Hestad Iversen, Geir Bukholm
Predicting mortality of residents at admission to nursing home: A longitudinal cohort study
Ingibjörg Hjaltadóttir, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Anna Kristensson Ekwall, Per Nyberg
Regulated competition in health care: Switching and barriers to switching in the Dutch health insurance system
Margreet Reitsma-van Rooijen, Judith D de Jong, Mieke Rijken
Delay in diagnosis of muscle disorders depends on the subspecialty of the initially consulted physician
Simone Spuler, Andrea Stroux, Franziska Kuschel, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Friederike Kendel
A systematic review of different models of home and community care services for older persons
Lee-Fay Low, Melvyn Yap, Henry Brodaty
Risk factors for non-cure among new sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients treated in tuberculosis dispensaries in Yunnan, China
Hua Jianzhao, Susan van den Hof, Xu Lin, Qiu Yubang, Hou Jinglong, Marieke J van der Werf
What do primary care physicians and researchers consider the most important patient safety improvement strategies?
Sander Gaal, Wim Verstappen, Michel Wensing
A comparison of comorbidities obtained from hospital administrative data and medical charts in older patients with pneumonia
Wai Fung Chong, Yew Yoong Ding, Bee Hoon Heng
Tuberculosis patients' reasons for, and suggestions to address non-uptake of HIV testing: a cross-sectional study in the Free State Province, South Africa
N Gladys Kigozi, J Christo Heunis, Edwin Wouters, Henriëtte S van den Berg
NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan
Iram Ejaz, Babar T Shaikh, Narjis Rizvi
Acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents: a population-based observational study
Birgitte Graverholt, Trond Riise, Gro Jamtvedt, Anette H Ranhoff, Kjell Krüger, Monica W Nortvedt
Concordance and robustness of quality indicator sets for hospitals: an analysis of routine data
Jürgen Stausberg, Axel Halim, Robert Färber
An implementation study of the crisis resolution team model in Norway: Are the crisis resolution teams fulfilling their role?
Nina Hasselberg, Rolf W Gråwe, Sonia Johnson, Torleif Ruud
Access to specialty care in autism spectrum disorders-a pilot study of referral source
Xue Ming, Anjum Hashim, Sharon Fleishman, Therese West, Ning Kang, Xiang Chen, Barbie Zimmerman-Bier
Validation of the conceptual research utilization scale: an application of the standards for educational and psychological testing in healthcare
Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks, Christine V Newburn-Cook, Mark Gierl
Structured diabetes care leads to differences in organization of care in general practices: the healthcare professional and patient perspective
Andrea S Fokkens, P Auke Wiegersma, Klaas van der Meer, Sijmen A Reijneveld
The evolution of health status and chronic conditions in Catalonia, 1994-2006: the paradox of health revisited using the Blinder - Oaxaca decomposition
Anna García-Altés, Jaime Pinilla, Vicente Ortún
Integrating telecare for chronic disease management in the community: What needs to be done?
Carl R May, Tracy L Finch, James Cornford, Catherine Exley, Claire Gately, Sue Kirk, K Neil Jenkings, Janice Osbourne, A Louise Robinson, Anne Rogers, Robert Wilson, Frances S Mair
Reliability of a patient survey assessing cost-related changes in health care use among high deductible health plan enrollees
Robert B Penfold, Jeffrey T Kullgren, Irina Miroshnik, Alison A Galbraith, Virginia L Hinrichsen, Tracy A Lieu
Drug-related admissions and hospital-acquired adverse drug events in Germany: a longitudinal analysis from 2003 to 2007 of ICD-10-coded routine data
Jürgen Stausberg, Joerg Hasford
Facilitating job retention for chronically ill employees: perspectives of line managers and human resource managers
Joke A Haafkens, Helen Kopnina, Martha GM Meerman, Frank JH van Dijk
Missing Clinical Information in NHS hospital outpatient clinics: prevalence, causes and effects on patient care
Susan J Burnett, Vashist Deelchand, Bryony Dean Franklin, Krishna Moorthy, Charles Vincent
Integrating intensified case finding of tuberculosis into HIV care: an evaluation from rural Swaziland
Susan Elden, Timothy Lawes, Søren Kudsk-Iversen, Joris Vandelanotte, Sabelo Nkawanyana, William Welfare, John Walley, John Wright
Urban - rural disparities in antenatal care utilization: a study of two cohorts of pregnant women in Vietnam
Toan K Tran, Chuc TK Nguyen, Hinh D Nguyen, Bo Eriksson, Goran Bondjers, Karin Gottvall, Henry Ascher, Max Petzold
Health service utilization in IBD: comparison of self-report and administrative data
Teresa Longobardi, John R Walker, Lesley A Graff, Charles N Bernstein
Predictors of the highest long-term care expenditures in Japan
Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Nanako Tamiya, Masayo Kashiwagi, Kimikazu Kashiwagi
Psychosocial stress at work and perceived quality of care among clinicians in surgery
Jens Klein, Kirstin Grosse Frie, Karl Blum, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
Cost-minimization analysis of the direct costs of TPE and IVIg in the treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome
Jeffrey L Winters, David Brown, Elisabeth Hazard, Ashok Chainani, Chester Andrzejewski Jr
Home mechanical ventilation and specialised health care in the community: Between a rock and a hard place
Knut Dybwik, Erik W Nielsen, Berit S Brinchmann
Variation in quality of preventive care for well adults in Indigenous community health centres in Australia
Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Christine M Connors, Ru Kwedza, Lynette O'Donoghue, Catherine Kennedy, Rhonda Cox, Helen Liddle, Jenny Hains, Michelle C Dowden, Hugh P Burke, Alex Brown, Tarun Weeramanthri, Sandra Thompson
Non medical prescribing leads views on their role and the implementation of non medical prescribing from a multi-organisational perspective
Molly Courtenay, Nicola Carey, Karen Stenner
Walk-ins seeking treatment at an emergency department or general practitioner out-of-hours service: a cross-sectional comparison
Corinne Chmiel, Carola A Huber, Thomas Rosemann, Marco Zoller, Klaus Eichler, Patrick Sidler, Oliver Senn
Managing resources in NHS dentistry: using health economics to inform commissioning decisions
Richard D Holmes, Jimmy Steele, Catherine E Exley, Cam Donaldson
Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction
Yafang Tsai
Professional conceptualisation and accomplishment of patient safety in mental healthcare: an ethnographic approach
Jennifer Plumb, Joanne Travaglia, Peter Nugus, Jeffrey Braithwaite
What causes treatment failure - the patient, primary care, secondary care or inadequate interaction in the health services?
Per G Farup, Ivar Blix, Sigurd Førre, Gjermund Johnsen, Ove Lange, Rune Johannessen, Hermod Petersen
The Effect of Using Assessment Instruments on Substance-abuse Outpatients' Adherence to Treatment: a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial
Veerle Raes, Cor AJ De Jong, Dirk De Bacquer, Eric Broekaert, Jan De Maeseneer
The effect of an active on-ward participation of hospital pharmacists in Internal Medicine teams on preventable Adverse Drug Events in elderly inpatients: protocol of the WINGS study (Ward-oriented pharmacy in newly admitted geriatric seniors)
Joanna E Klopotowska, Peter C Wierenga, Sophia E de Rooij, Clementine C Stuijt, Lambertus Arisz, Paul F Kuks, Marcel G Dijkgraaf, Loraine Lie-A-Huen, Susanne M Smorenburg
Patient involvement in patient safety: Protocol for developing an intervention using patient reports of organisational safety and patient incident reporting
Jane K Ward, Rosemary RC McEachan, Rebecca Lawton, Gerry Armitage, Ian Watt, John Wright
Impact of bleeding-related complications and/or blood product transfusions on hospital costs in inpatient surgical patients
Michael E Stokes, Xin Ye, Manan Shah, Katie Mercaldi, Matthew W Reynolds, Marcia FT Rupnow, Jeffrey Hammond
Distance matters: a population based study examining access to maternity services for rural women
Stefan Grzybowski, Kathrin Stoll, Jude Kornelsen
Health information management and perceptions of the quality of care for children with tracheotomy: A qualitative study
Jay G Berry, Donald A Goldmann, Kenneth D Mandl, Heather Putney, David Helm, Jane O'Brien, Richard Antonelli, Robin M Weinick
Formative evaluation of the telecare fall prevention project for older veterans
Isomi M Miake-Lye, Angel Amulis, Debra Saliba, Paul G Shekelle, Linda K Volkman, David A Ganz
Patient self-management and pharmacist-led patient self-management in Hong Kong: A focus group study from different healthcare professionals' perspectives
Fiona YY Wong, Frank WK Chan, Joyce HS You, Eliza LY Wong, EK Yeoh
Medicaid expenditures for children living with smokers
Douglas E Levy, Nancy A Rigotti, Jonathan P Winickoff
Patients as healthcare consumers in the public and private sectors: a qualitative study of acupuncture in the UK
Felicity L Bishop, Fiona Barlow, Beverly Coghlan, Philippa Lee, George T Lewith
Psychiatry out-of-hours: a focus group study of GPs' experiences in Norwegian casualty clinics
Ingrid H Johansen, Benedicte Carlsen, Steinar Hunskaar
Two-tier charging in Maputo Central Hospital: Costs, revenues and effects on equity of access to hospital services
Barbara McPake, Charles Hongoro, Giuliano Russo
Comparing comorbidity measures for predicting mortality and hospitalization in three population-based cohorts
Jacqueline M Quail, Lisa M Lix, Beliz Acan Osman, Gary F Teare
Academic detailing to increase colorectal cancer screening by primary care practices in Appalachian Pennsylvania
William J Curry, Eugene J Lengerich, Brenda C Kluhsman, Marie A Graybill, Jason Z Liao, Eric W Schaefer, Angela M Spleen, Mark B Dignan
Basing care reforms on evidence: The Kenya health sector costing model
Steffen Flessa, Michael Moeller, Tim Ensor, Klaus Hornetz
Evaluation of the impact of interdisciplinarity in cancer care
Dominique Tremblay, Danièle Roberge, Linda Cazale, Nassera Touati, Elizabeth Maunsell, Jean Latreille, Jacques Lemaire
Development of modelling method selection tool for health services management: From problem structuring methods to modelling and simulation methods
Gyuchan T Jun, Zoe Morris, Tillal Eldabi, Paul Harper, Aisha Naseer, Brijesh Patel, John P Clarkson
Hospital and outpatient clinic utilization among older people in the 3-5 years following the initiation of continuing care: a longitudinal cohort study
Anna Condelius, Ingalill R Hallberg, Ulf Jakobsson
Communication, advice exchange and job satisfaction of nursing staff: a social network analyses of 35 long-term care units
Adriana PA van Beek, Cordula Wagner, Peter PM Spreeuwenberg, Dinnus HM Frijters, Miel W Ribbe, Peter P Groenewegen
Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial comparing three outreach efforts to improve screening mammography adherence
Mary E Costanza, Roger Luckmann, Mary Jo White, Milagros C Rosal, Caroline Cranos, George Reed, Robin Clark, Susan Sama, Robert Yood
Specialist involvement and referral patterns in ambulatory medical care for patients with dementia in Germany: results of a claims data based case-control study
Hendrik van den Bussche, Birgitt Wiese, Daniela Koller, Marion Eisele, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Wolfgang Maier, Gerd Glaeske, Susanne Steinmann, Karl Wegscheider, Gerhard Schön
Nurse prescribing of medicines in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries: a systematic review of the literature
Marieke Kroezen, Liset van Dijk, Peter P Groenewegen, Anneke L Francke
British Columbia Hospitals: examination and assessment of payment reform (B-CHeaPR)
Jason M Sutherland, Kimberlyn M McGrail, Michael R Law, Morris L Barer, R Trafford Crump
Cost of non-persistence with oral bisphosphonates in post-menopausal osteoporosis treatment in France
François-Emery Cotté, Gérard De Pouvourville
Reliability of INTERMED Spanish version and applicability in liver transplant patients: a cross-sectional study
Elena Lobo, MªJosé Rabanaque, MªLuisa Bellido, Antonio Lobo
Optimizing the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring spatial accessibility to medical clinics in Montreal
André Ngamini Ngui, Philippe Apparicio
Tinnitus referral pathways within the National Health Service in England: a survey of their perceived effectiveness among audiology staff
Phillip E Gander, Derek J Hoare, Luke Collins, Sandra Smith, Deborah A Hall
Applicability of the assessment of chronic illness care (ACIC) instrument in Germany resulting in a new questionnaire: questionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care
Jost Steinhaeuser, Katja Goetz, Dominik Ose, Katharina Glassen, Iris Natanzon, Stephen Campbell, Joachim Szecsenyi, Antje Miksch
Appraisal of literature reviews on end-of-life care for minority ethnic groups in the UK and a critical comparison with policy recommendations from the UK end-of-life care strategy
Natalie Evans, Arantza Meñaca, Erin VW Andrew, Jonathan Koffman, Richard Harding, Irene J Higginson, Robert Pool, Marjolein Gysels
Unplanned readmission rates, length of hospital stay, mortality, and medical costs of ten common medical conditions: a retrospective analysis of Hong Kong hospital data
Eliza LY Wong, Annie WL Cheung, Michael CM Leung, Carrie HK Yam, Frank WK Chan, Fiona YY Wong, Eng-Kiong Yeoh
Equity in the delivery of community healthcare to older people: findings from 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional surveys in Latin America, China, India and Nigeria
Emiliano Albanese, Zhaorui Liu, Daisy Acosta, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, KS Jacob, Ivonne Z Jimenez-Velazquez, Juan J Llibre Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Ana L Sosa, Richard Uwakwe, Joseph D Williams, Guilherme Borges, AT Jotheeswaran, Milagros G Klibanski, Paul McCrone, Cleusa P Ferri, Martin J Prince
"Fighting the system": Families caring for ventilator-dependent children and adults with complex health care needs at home
Knut Dybwik, Terje Tollåli, Erik W Nielsen, Berit S Brinchmann
Cost effectiveness of ulcerative colitis treatment in Germany: a comparison of two oral formulations of mesalazine
Anne Prenzler, Linnette Yen, Thomas Mittendorf, J-Matthias von der Schulenburg
An easy intervention to improve short-term adherence to medications in community-dwelling older outpatients. A pilot non-randomised controlled trial
Claudio Bilotta, Anna Lucini, Paola Nicolini, Carlo Vergani
Cesarean section rate in Iran, multidimensional approaches for behavioral change of providers: a qualitative study
Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Saharnaz Nedjat, Kazem Mohammad, Arash Rashidian, Nasrin Changizi, Reza Majdzadeh
Quantitative measurements of inequality in geographic accessibility to pediatric care in Oita Prefecture, Japan: Standardization with complete spatial randomness
Susumu Tanimura, Masayuki Shima
The value of INnovative ICT guided disease management combined with Telemonitoring in OUtpatient clinics for Chronic Heart failure patients. Design and methodology of the IN TOUCH study: a multicenter randomised trial
Arjen E de Vries, Richard M de Jong, Martje HL van der Wal, Tiny Jaarsma, Rene B van Dijk, Hans L Hillege
Psychometric properties of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture for hospital management (HSOPS_M)
Antje Hammer, Nicole Ernstmann, Oliver Ommen, Markus Wirtz, Tanja Manser, Yvonne Pfeiffer, Holger Pfaff
Providing medical care for undocumented migrants in Denmark: what are the challenges for health professionals?
Natasja K Jensen, Marie Norredam, Tania Draebel, Marija Bogic, Stefan Priebe, Allan Krasnik
Patients' age as a determinant of care received following acute stroke: A systematic review
Julie A Luker, Kylie Wall, Julie Bernhardt, Ian Edwards, Karen A Grimmer-Somers
The characteristics and prognosis of patients fulfilling the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol in a medical admission unit; a prospective observational study
Mikkel Brabrand, Torben Knudsen, Jesper Hallas
Measuring and modelling occupancy time in NHS continuing healthcare
Salma Chahed, Eren Demir, Thierry J Chaussalet, Peter H Millard, Samuel Toffa
Difficult decisions in times of constraint: Criteria based Resource Allocation in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Craig Mitton, Francois Dionne, Rizwan Damji, Duncan Campbell, Stirling Bryan
Physicians' propensity to collaborate and their attitude towards EBM: A cross-sectional study
Daniele Mascia, Americo Cicchetti, Maria Pia Fantini, Gianfranco Damiani, Walter Ricciardi
Performance measures of the specialty referral process: a systematic review of the literature
James P Guevara, Diane Hsu, Christopher B Forrest
Core indicators evaluation of effectiveness of HIV-AIDS preventive-control programmes carried out by nongovernmental organizations. A mixed method study
Anna Berenguera, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Concepció Violan, Amparo Romaguera, Rosa Mansilla, Albert Giménez, Carlos Ascaso, Jesús Almeda
Lessons from the business sector for successful knowledge management in health care: A systematic review
Anita Kothari, Nina Hovanec, Robyn Hastie, Shannon Sibbald
Are waiting times for hospital admissions affected by patients' choices and mobility?
Ånen Ringard, Terje P Hagen
Does adding risk-trends to survival models improve in-hospital mortality predictions? A cohort study
Jenna Wong, Monica Taljaard, Alan J Forster, Carl van Walraven
Client satisfaction among participants in a randomized trial comparing oral methadone and injectable diacetylmorphine for long-term opioid-dependency
Kirsten I Marchand, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Daphne Guh, Suzanne Brissette, David C Marsh, Martin T Schechter
Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study
Bjoerg O Simonsen, Inger Johansson, Gro K Daehlin, Lene Merete Osvik, Per G Farup
The implementation of integrated care: the empirical validation of the Development Model for Integrated Care
Mirella MN Minkman, Robbert P Vermeulen, Kees TB Ahaus, Robbert Huijsman
Health related quality of life and comorbidity. A descriptive analysis comparing EQ-5D dimensions of patients in the German disease management program for type 2 diabetes and patients in routine care
Dominik Ose, Antje Miksch, Elisabeth Urban, Iris Natanzon, Joachim Szecsenyi, Cornelia Ursula Kunz, Tobias Freund
Pathways leading to coronary revascularisation among patients with diabetes in Finland: a longitudinal register-based study
Tuulikki Vehko, Reijo Sund, Kristiina Manderbacka, Unto Häkkinen, Ilmo Keskimäki
Patterns of perceived barriers to medical care in older adults: a latent class analysis
Joshua M Thorpe, Carolyn T Thorpe, Korey A Kennelty, Nancy Pandhi
Determining utility values in patients with anterior cruciate ligament tears using clinical scoring systems
Mazda Farshad, Christian Gerber, Thomas Szucs, Dominik C Meyer
Childhood tuberculosis deskguide and monitoring: An intervention to improve case management in Pakistan
Nauman Safdar, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Noor Ahmed Baloch, Donald A Enarson, Muhammad Amir Khan, Odd Morkve
Risk factors of hospitalization and readmission of patients with COPD in Hong Kong population: Analysis of hospital admission records
Frank WK Chan, Fiona YY Wong, Carrie HK Yam, Wai-ling Cheung, Eliza LY Wong, Michael CM Leung, William B Goggins, Eng-kiong Yeoh
Factors affecting the implementation of complex and evolving technologies: multiple case study of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in Ontario, Canada
Kate Bak, Mark J Dobrow, David Hodgson, Anthony Whitton
Is race medically relevant? A qualitative study of physicians' attitudes about the role of race in treatment decision-making
Shedra Amy Snipes, Sherrill L Sellers, Adebola Odunlami Tafawa, Lisa A Cooper, Julie C Fields, Vence L Bonham
A comprehensive evaluation of the impact of telemonitoring in patients with long-term conditions and social care needs: protocol for the whole systems demonstrator cluster randomised trial
Peter Bower, Martin Cartwright, Shashivadan P Hirani, James Barlow, Jane Hendy, Martin Knapp, Catherine Henderson, Anne Rogers, Caroline Sanders, Martin Bardsley, Adam Steventon, Raymond Fitzpatrick, Helen Doll, Stanton Newman
The prevalence of mental health problems among users of NHS stop smoking services: effects of implementing a routine screening procedure
Lisa McNally, Chloe Todd, Elena Ratschen
The effects of nationality differences and work stressors on work adjustment for foreign nurse aides
Fen Fen Huang, Hsieh Hua Yang
Regional and temporal variations in coding of hospital diagnoses referring to upper gastrointestinal and oesophageal bleeding in Germany
Ingo Langner, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Edeltraut Garbe
Improved accuracy of co-morbidity coding over time after the introduction of ICD-10 administrative data
Jean-Marie Januel, Jean-Christophe Luthi, Hude Quan, François Borst, Patrick Taffé, William A Ghali, Bernard Burnand
Experiences of the implementation of a tool for lifestyle intervention in primary health care: a qualitative study among managers and professional groups
Siw Carlfjord, Agneta Andersson, Malou Lindberg
Applying the theory of planned behaviour to explain HIV testing in antenatal settings in Addis Ababa - a cohort study
Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Mitike M Sisay, Karen Marie Moland, Anne N Åstrøm
Sustaining innovation in the health care workforce: A case study of community nurse consultant posts in England
Vari M Drennan, Claire Goodman
A study of patient attitudes towards decentralisation of HIV care in an urban clinic in South Africa
Rachel Mukora, Salome Charalambous, Maysoon Dahab, Robin Hamilton, Alan Karstaedt
Home care in Europe: a systematic literature review
Nadine Genet, Wienke GW Boerma, Dionne S Kringos, Ans Bouman, Anneke L Francke, Cecilia Fagerström, Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Cosetta Greco, Walter Devillé
Early identification of young children at risk for poor academic achievement: preliminary development of a parent-report prediction tool
Susmita Pati, Kyleen Hashim, Brett Brown, Alexander G Fiks, Christopher B Forrest
Uncovering Tacit Knowledge: A Pilot Study to Broaden the Concept of Knowledge in Knowledge Translation
Anita R Kothari, Julia J Bickford, Nancy Edwards, Maureen J Dobbins, Mechthild Meyer
Comparative effectiveness of asthma interventions within a practice based research network
Hazel Tapp, Lisa Hebert, Michael Dulin
The time burden of overweight and obesity in primary care
Adam G Tsai, Elmer D Abbo, Lorraine G Ogden
Measuring the equity of inpatient utilization in Chinese rural areas
Zhongliang Zhou, Jianmin Gao, Ashley Fox, Keqin Rao, Ke Xu, Ling Xu, Yaoguang Zhang
A randomised controlled trial to prevent hospital readmissions and loss of functional ability in high risk older adults: a study protocol
Mary D Courtney, Helen E Edwards, Anne M Chang, Anthony W Parker, Kathleen Finlayson, Kyra Hamilton
Measuring client satisfaction and the quality of family planning services: A comparative analysis of public and private health facilities in Tanzania, Kenya and Ghana
Paul L Hutchinson, Mai Do, Sohail Agha
GPs' opinions of public and industrial information regarding drugs: a cross-sectional study
Ingmarie Skoglund, Cecilia Björkelund, Kirsten Mehlig, Ronny Gunnarsson, Margareta Möller
Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings - limited evidence of effectiveness
Henry CH Ko, Tari J Turner, Monica A Finnigan
The development and application of a new tool to assess the adequacy of the content and timing of antenatal care
Katrien Beeckman, Fred Louckx, Godelieve Masuy-Stroobant, Soo Downe, Koen Putman
Estimating travel reduction associated with the use of telemedicine by patients and healthcare professionals: proposal for quantitative synthesis in a systematic review
Richard Wootton, Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy, David Hailey
Trends of increase in western medical services in traditional medicine hospitals in china
Jay J Shen, Ying Wang, Fang Lin, Jun Lu, Charles B Moseley, Mei Sun, Mo Hao
A cost comparison of electronic and hybrid data collection systems in Ontario during pandemic and seasonal influenza vaccination campaigns
Jennifer A Pereira, Julie Foisy, Jeffrey C Kwong, Christine L Heidebrecht, Susan Quach, Sherman D Quan, Maryse Guay, Beate Sander
Do differences in profiling criteria bias performance measurements? Economic profiling of medical clinics under the Korea National Health Insurance program: An observational study using claims data
Hee-Chung Kang, Jae-Seok Hong
High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process
Maximilian J Hartel, Lukas P Staub, Christoph Röder, Stefan Eggli
Does pre-ordering tests enhance the value of the periodic examination? Study Design - Process implementation with retrospective chart review
Vicki L Hunt, Rajeev Chaudhry, Robert J Stroebel, Frederick North
Ten steps or climbing a mountain: A study of Australian health professionals' perceptions of implementing the baby friendly health initiative to protect, promote and support breastfeeding
Virginia Schmied, Karleen Gribble, Athena Sheehan, Christine Taylor, Fiona C Dykes
Legal rights of client councils and their role in policy of long-term care organisations in the Netherlands
Marloes Zuidgeest, Katrien G Luijkx, Gert P Westert, Diana MJ Delnoij
Constraints and prospects for contraceptive service provision to young people in Uganda: providers' perspectives
Gorrette Nalwadda, Florence Mirembe, Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Josaphat Byamugisha, Elisabeth Faxelid
Implementation and evaluation of a multisite drug usage evaluation program across Australian hospitals - a quality improvement initiative
Lisa K Pulver, Angela Wai, David J Maxwell, Marion B Robertson, Steven Riddell
The equity dimension in evaluations of the quality and outcomes framework: A systematic review
Pauline Boeckxstaens, Delphine De Smedt, Jan De Maeseneer, Lieven Annemans, Sara Willems
Patient attributes warranting consideration in clinical practice guidelines, health workforce planning and policy
Matthew J Leach, Leonie Segal
Making a success of providing NHS Health Checks in community pharmacies across the Tees Valley: a qualitative study
Rebekah J McNaughton, Nigel TA Oswald, Janet S Shucksmith, Peter J Heywood, Pat S Watson
A case study of organisational cultural competence in mental healthcare
Jean Adamson, Nasir Warfa, Kamaldeep Bhui
Hospital deaths and adverse events in Brazil
Mônica Martins, Claudia Travassos, Walter Mendes, Ana Luiza B Pavão
The MacGyver effect: alive and well in health services research?
Roshan Perera, Helen J Moriarty
The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database
Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley, Margaret T May, Jonathan AC Sterne, William Hollingworth
Regulatory barriers to equity in a health system in transition: a qualitative study in Bulgaria
Boika Rechel, Clare M Blackburn, Nick J Spencer, Bernd Rechel
Is the impact of hospital performance data greater in patients who have compared hospitals?
Ingrid B de Groot, Wilma Otten, Harm J Smeets, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen
Conceptualising the technical relationship of animal disease surveillance to intervention and mitigation as a basis for economic analysis
Barbara Häsler, Keith S Howe, Katharina DC Stärk
Evaluating an in-home multicomponent cognitive behavioural programme to manage concerns about falls and associated activity avoidance in frail community-dwelling older people: Design of a randomised control trial [NCT01358032]
Tanja AC Dorresteijn, GA Rixt Zijlstra, Kim Delbaere, Erik van Rossum, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Gertrudis IJM Kempen
Primary care provider perceptions of intake transition records and shared care with outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs
Jonathan Yee, Karen Unsworth, Neville Suskin, Robert D Reid, Veronica Jamnik, Sherry L Grace
The cost associated with administering risperidone long-acting injections in the Australian community
Andrew Dalton, Tim Lambert, Rudolf Schrover, Judy Hertel, Dell Kingsford Smith
The use of reproductive healthcare at commune health stations in a changing health system in Vietnam
Anh D Ngo, Peter S Hill
A theory-based educational intervention targeting nurses' attitudes and knowledge concerning cancer-related pain management: A study protocol of a quasi-experimental design
Gunilla Borglin, Markus Gustafsson, Hans Krona
Self-reported responsiveness to direct-to-consumer drug advertising and medication use: results of a national survey
Nicholas J Dieringer, Lisa Kukkamma, Grant W Somes, Ronald I Shorr
Health services performance for TB treatment in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Tereza CS Villa, Antônio Ruffino-Netto, Lucia M Scatena, Rubia LP Andrade, Maria EF Brunello, Jordana A Nogueira, Pedro F Palha, Lenilde D Sá, Marluce MA Assis, Silvia HF Vendramini, Aline A Monroe, Ricardo A Arcêncio, Tiemi Arakawa
Barriers to effective discharge planning: a qualitative study investigating the perspectives of frontline healthcare professionals
Eliza LY Wong, Carrie HK Yam, Annie WL Cheung, Michael CM Leung, Frank WK Chan, Fiona YY Wong, Eng-Kiong Yeoh
Implementing knowledge into practice for improved neonatal survival; a cluster-randomised, community-based trial in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam
Lars Wallin, Mats Målqvist, Nguyen T Nga, Leif Eriksson, Lars-Åke Persson, Dinh P Hoa, Tran Q Huy, Duong M Duc, Uwe Ewald
Stages of change: A qualitative study on the implementation of a perinatal audit programme in South Africa
María Belizán, Anne-Marie Bergh, Carolé Cilliers, Robert C Pattinson, Anna Voce
Surgical and medical second trimester abortion in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
Daniel Grossman, Deborah Constant, Naomi Lince, Marijke Alblas, Kelly Blanchard, Jane Harries
Identifying important breast cancer control strategies in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East/North Africa
John FP Bridges, Benjamin O Anderson, Antonio C Buzaid, Abdul R Jazieh, Louis W Niessen, Barri M Blauvelt, David R Buchanan
Safety Culture in the Maternity Units: a census survey using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire
Vasilios Raftopoulos, Nicos Savva, Maria Papadopoulou
Systematic review of cost and cost-effectiveness of different TB-screening strategies
Albert Nienhaus, Anja Schablon, José Torres Costa, Roland Diel
Treatment incidence of and medical utilization for hospitalized subjects with pathologic fractures in Taiwan-Survey of the 2008 National Health Insurance data
Yi-Hui Lee, Yuan-Nian Hsu, I-Liang Yu, Dinh-Van Phan, Pesus Chou, Chien-Lung Chan, Nan-Ping Yang
Health facility committees and facility management - exploring the nature and depth of their roles in Coast Province, Kenya
Catherine Goodman, Antony Opwora, Margaret Kabare, Sassy Molyneux
The relationship between job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover intention among physicians from urban state-owned medical institutions in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study
Yimin Zhang, Xueshan Feng
Video calls from lay bystanders to dispatch centers - risk assessment of information security
Stein R Bolle, Per Hasvold, Eva Henriksen
Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece
Elias Kondilis, Magda Gavana, Stathis Giannakopoulos, Emmanouil Smyrnakis, Nikolaos Dombros, Alexis Benos
Clinicians adopting evidence based guidelines: a case study with thromboprophylaxis
Nicola H Chapman, Steven P Lazar, Margaret Fry, Marissa N Lassere, Beng H Chong
Implementation and first-year screening results of an ocular telehealth system for diabetic retinopathy in China
Jinjuan Peng, Haidong Zou, Weiwei Wang, Jiong Fu, Bingjie Shen, Xuelin Bai, Xun Xu, Xi Zhang
Assessment of variation in the alberta context tool: the contribution of unit level contextual factors and specialty in Canadian pediatric acute care settings
Carole A Estabrooks, Janet E Squires, Alison M Hutchinson, Shannon Scott, Greta G Cummings, Sung Hyun Kang, William K Midodzi, Bonnie Stevens
Can vouchers make a difference to the use of private primary care services by older people? Experience from the healthcare reform programme in Hong Kong
Carrie HK Yam, Su Liu, Olivia HY Huang, EK Yeoh, Sian M Griffiths
Benefits and problems of electronic information exchange as perceived by health care professionals: an interview study
Marieke Zwaanswijk, Robert A Verheij, Floris J Wiesman, Roland D Friele
The Procedural Index for Mortality Risk (PIMR): an index calculated using administrative data to quantify the independent influence of procedures on risk of hospital death
Carl van Walraven, Jenna Wong, Carol Bennett, Alan J Forster
The effect of internal marketing on job satisfaction in health services: a pilot study in public hospitals in Northern Greece
Efthymios Iliopoulos, Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas
Protocol for implementation of family health history collection and decision support into primary care using a computerized family health history system
Lori A Orlando, Elizabeth R Hauser, Carol Christianson, Karen P Powell, Adam H Buchanan, Blair Chesnut, Astrid B Agbaje, Vincent C Henrich, Geoffrey Ginsburg
Should breast cancer survivors be excluded from, or invited to, organised mammography screening programmes?
Lauro Bucchi
Market access agreements for pharmaceuticals in Europe: diversity of approaches and underlying concepts
Szymon Jarosławski, Mondher Toumi
Community based service providers' perspectives on frequent and/or avoidable admission of older people with chronic disease in rural NSW: a qualitative study
Jo M Longman, Judy B Singer, Yu Gao, Lesley M Barclay, Megan E Passey, Julie P Pirotta, Kathy E Heathcote, Dan P Ewald, Vahid Saberi, Paul Corben, Geoffrey G Morgan
Urbanization and physician maldistribution: a longitudinal study in Japan
Shinichi Tanihara, Yasuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Une, Ichiro Kawachi
The estimation of patients' views on organizational aspects of a general dental practice by general dental practitioners: a survey study
Rutger E Sonneveld, Michel Wensing, Ewald M Bronkhorst, Gert-Jan Truin, Wolter G Brands
High rates of adherence and treatment success in a public and public-private HIV clinic in India: potential benefits of standardized national care delivery systems
Anita Shet, Ayesha DeCosta, Elsa Heylen, Suresh Shastri, Sara Chandy, Maria Ekstrand
Evaluating complex interventions and health technologies using normalization process theory: development of a simplified approach and web-enabled toolkit
Carl R May, Tracy Finch, Luciana Ballini, Anne MacFarlane, Frances Mair, Elizabeth Murray, Shaun Treweek, Tim Rapley
Filmless versus film-based systems in radiographic examination costs: an activity-based costing method
Hiroshi Muto, Yuji Tani, Shigemasa Suzuki, Yuki Yokooka, Tamotsu Abe, Yuji Sase, Takayoshi Terashita, Katsuhiko Ogasawara
Statistical software applications used in health services research: analysis of published studies in the U.S
Allard E Dembe, Jamie S Partridge, Laurel C Geist
Patients' experience of choosing an outpatient clinic in one county in Denmark: results of a patient survey
Hans O Birk, Rikke Gut, Lars O Henriksen
A systematic exploration of differences in contextual factors related to implementing the MOVE! weight management program in VA: A mixed methods study
Laura J Damschroder, David E Goodrich, Claire H Robinson, Carol E Fletcher, Julie C Lowery
Using linked routinely collected health data to describe prostate cancer treatment in New South Wales, Australia: a validation study
David E Goldsbury, David P Smith, Bruce K Armstrong, Dianne L O'Connell
Evaluating the value of a web-based natural medicine clinical decision tool at an academic medical center
Sue Boehmer, Kelly Karpa
Health-related rehabilitation services: assessing the global supply of and need for human resources
Neeru Gupta, Carla Castillo-Laborde, Michel D Landry
Factors associated with use of community mental health services by schizophrenia patients using multilevel analysis
Berta Moreno-Küstner, Fermín Mayoral, Fabio Rivas, Pedro Angona, Javier Requena, José M García-Herrera, Desiree Navas, Patricia Moreno, Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Juan A Bellón
The impact of hospital revenue on the increase in Caesarean sections in Norway. A panel data analysis of hospitals 1976-2005
Jostein Grytten, Lars Monkerud, Terje P Hagen, Rune Sørensen, Anne Eskild, Irene Skau
Narcotic analgesic utilization amongst injured workers: using concept mapping to understand current issues from the perspectives of physicians and pharmacists
Janet A Parsons, Muhammad Mamdani, Onil Bhattacharyya, Claire Marie Fortin, Magda Melo, Christina Salmon, Stavroula R Raptis, Donna Bain, Patricia O'Campo
Development of quality indicators for monitoring outcomes of frail elderly hospitalised in acute care health settings: Study Protocol
Caroline A Brand, Melinda Martin-Khan, Olivia Wright, Richard N Jones, John N Morris, Catherine M Travers, Joannne Tropea, Leonard C Gray
Challenges to the provision of diabetes care in first nations communities: results from a national survey of healthcare providers in Canada
Onil K Bhattacharyya, Irit R Rasooly, Mariam Naqshbandi, Elizabeth A Estey, James Esler, Ellen Toth, Ann C Macaulay, Stewart B Harris
A longitudinal, multi-level comparative study of quality and safety in European hospitals: the QUASER study protocol
Glenn B Robert, Janet E Anderson, Susan J Burnett, Karina Aase, Boel Andersson-Gare, Roland Bal, Johan Calltorp, Francisco Nunes, Anne-Marie Weggelaar, Charles A Vincent, Naomi J Fulop
DRG coding practice: a nationwide hospital survey in Thailand
Krit Pongpirul, Damian G Walker, Hafizur Rahman, Courtland Robinson
Determining level of care appropriateness in the patient journey from acute care to rehabilitation
Christopher J Poulos, Christopher Magee, Guy Bashford, Kathy Eagar
An intervention to improve care and reduce costs for high-risk patients with frequent hospital admissions: a pilot study
Maria C Raven, Kelly M Doran, Shannon Kostrowski, Colleen C Gillespie, Brian D Elbel
Health worker motivation in the context of HIV care and treatment challenges in Mbeya Region, Tanzania: A qualitative study
Deogratius Mbilinyi, Marguerite L Daniel, Gro Th Lie
Paucity of qualitative research in general medical and health services and policy research journals: analysis of publication rates
Anna R Gagliardi, Mark J Dobrow
Using discrete event simulation to compare the performance of family health unit and primary health care centre organizational models in Portugal
André S Fialho, Mónica D Oliveira, Armando B Sá
Provider experiences of the implementation of a new tuberculosis treatment programme: A qualitative study using the normalisation process model
Salla Atkins, Simon Lewin, Karin C Ringsberg, Anna Thorson
Economic evaluation of three populational screening strategies for cervical cancer in the county of Valles Occidental: CRICERVA clinical trial
Amelia Acera, Ana Rodriguez, Marta Trapero-Bertran, Pilar Soteras, Norman Sanchez, Josep M Bonet, Josep M Manresa, Pablo Hidalgo, Pere Toran, Gemma Prieto
Inputs to quality: supervision, management, and community involvement in health facilities in Egypt in 2004
Emily J Cherlin, Adel A Allam, Erika L Linnander, Rex Wong, Essam El-Toukhy, Heather Sipsma, Harlan M Krumholz, Leslie A Curry, Elizabeth H Bradley
A pharmacist-led intervention for increasing the uptake of Home Medicines Review (HMR) among residents of retirement villages (PHARMER): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Cik Yin Lee, Johnson George, Rohan A Elliott, Kay Stewart
Improving inpatient postnatal services: midwives views and perspectives of engagement in a quality improvement initiative
Debra E Bick, Val Rose, Annette Weavers, Julie Wray, Sarah Beake
The economic disease burden of measles in Japan and a benefit cost analysis of vaccination, a retrospective study
Kenzo Takahashi, Yasushi Ohkusa, Jong-Young Kim
Pay-for-performance in disease management: a systematic review of the literature
Simone R de Bruin, Caroline A Baan, Jeroen N Struijs
Time intervals from first symptom to treatment of cancer: a cohort study of 2,212 newly diagnosed cancer patients
Rikke P Hansen, Peter Vedsted, Ineta Sokolowski, Jens Søndergaard, Frede Olesen
Inequalities in utilisation of general practitioner and specialist services in 9 European countries
Irina Stirbu, Anton E Kunst, Andreas Mielck, Johan P Mackenbach
Long-term medical utilization following ventilator-associated pneumonia in acute stroke and traumatic brain injury patients: a case-control study
Chih-Chieh Yang, Nai-Ching Shih, Wen-Chiung Chang, San-Kuei Huang, Ching-Wen Chien
Predicting recovery at home after Ambulatory Surgery
Juan Viñoles, Maía V Ibáñez, Guillermo Ayala
How and why are communities of practice established in the healthcare sector? A systematic review of the literature
Geetha Ranmuthugala, Jennifer J Plumb, Frances C Cunningham, Andrew Georgiou, Johanna I Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Health care help seeking behaviour among prisoners in Norway
Merete Berg Nesset, Åse-Bente Rustad, Ellen Kjelsberg, Roger Almvik, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard
For money or service? a cross-sectional survey of preference for financial versus non-financial rural practice characteristics among ghanaian medical students
Jennifer C Johnson, Emmanuel Nakua, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Mawuli Gyakobo, Kwesi Asabir, Janet Kwansah, S Rani Kotha, Rachel C Snow, Margaret E Kruk
Does long-term care use within primary health care reduce hospital use among older people in Norway? A national five-year population-based observational study
Trygve S Deraas, Gro R Berntsen, Toralf Hasvold, Olav H Førde
Systemic factors of errors in the case identification process of the national routine health information system: A case study of Modified Field Health Services Information System in the Philippines
Shinsuke Murai, Leizel P Lagrada, Julita T Gaite, Naruo Uehara
Perceptions and practices of pharmaceutical wholesalers surrounding counterfeit medicines in a developing country: a baseline survey
Mohiuddin H Khan, Manabu Akazawa, Eav Dararath, Heng B Kiet, Tey Sovannarith, Nam Nivanna, Naoko Yoshida, Kazuko Kimura
Identifying and prioritizing strategies for comprehensive liver cancer control in Asia
John FP Bridges, Gisselle Gallego, Masatoshi Kudo, Kiwamu Okita, Kwang-Hyub Han, Sheng-Long Ye, Barri M Blauvelt
Treatment options for subjective tinnitus: Self reports from a sample of general practitioners and ENT physicians within Europe and the USA
Deborah A Hall, Miguel JA Láinez, Craig W Newman, Tanit Ganz Sanchez, Martin Egler, Frank Tennigkeit, Marco Koch, Berthold Langguth
What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: a mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)
Carly M Webb, Simon M Collin, Toity Deave, Andrew Haig-Ferguson, Amy Spatz, Esther Crawley
Expert Delphi survey on research and development into drugs for neglected diseases
Angela Fehr, Petra Thürmann, Oliver Razum
Patterns of Long Term Care in 29 European countries: evidence from an exploratory study
Gianfranco Damiani, Valentina Farelli, Angela Anselmi, Lorella Sicuro, Alessandro Solipaca, Alessandra Burgio, Domenica Fioredistella Iezzi, Walter Ricciardi
Practical considerations to guide development of access controls and decision support for genetic information in electronic medical records
Diana C Darcy, Eleanor T Lewis, Kelly E Ormond, David J Clark, Jodie A Trafton
Questionnaire of chronic illness care in primary care-psychometric properties and test-retest reliability
Jost Steinhaeuser, Antje Miksch, Dominik Ose, Katharina Glassen, Iris Natanzon, Joachim Szecsenyi, Katja Goetz
A framework and a measurement instrument for sustainability of work practices in long-term care
Sarah S Slaghuis, Mathilde MH Strating, Roland A Bal, Anna P Nieboer
Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania
Catherine Kahabuka, Gunnar Kvåle, Karen Marie Moland, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker
Quality of hospital care for sick newborns and severely malnourished children in Kenya: A two-year descriptive study in 8 hospitals
David Gathara, Newton Opiyo, John Wagai, Stephen Ntoburi, Philip Ayieko, Charles Opondo, Annah Wamae, Santau Migiro, Wycliffe Mogoa, Aggrey Wasunna, Fred Were, Grace Irimu, Mike English
Diagnosis of chronic conditions with modifiable lifestyle risk factors in selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh and sociodemographic variability therein
John D Parr, Wietze Lindeboom, Masuma A Khanam, Tracey L Pérez Koehlmoos
A web-based appointment system to reduce waiting for outpatients: A retrospective study
Wenjun Cao, Yi Wan, Haibo Tu, Fujun Shang, Danhong Liu, Zhijun Tan, Caihong Sun, Qing Ye, Yongyong Xu
Effect of an institutional development plan for user participation on professionals' knowledge, practice, and attitudes. A controlled study
Marit By Rise, Hilde Grimstad, Marit Solbjør, Aslak Steinsbekk
Does quality of care for hypertension in primary care vary with postcode area deprivation? An observational study
Salah Hammouche, Richard Holland, Nicholas Steel
Sociodemographic and geographic characteristics associated with patient visits to osteopathic physicians for primary care
John C Licciardone, Karan P Singh
Healthcare costs in patients with metastatic lung cancer receiving chemotherapy
Montserrat Vera-Llonch, Derek Weycker, Andrew Glass, Sue Gao, Rohit Borker, Beth Barber, Gerry Oster
Reconstruction versus conservative treatment after rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament: cost effectiveness analysis
Mazda Farshad, Christian Gerber, Dominik C Meyer, Alexander Schwab, Patricia R Blank, Thomas Szucs
How much time do nurses have for patients? a longitudinal study quantifying hospital nurses' patterns of task time distribution and interactions with health professionals
Johanna I Westbrook, Christine Duffield, Ling Li, Nerida J Creswick
Effectiveness of classroom based crew resource management training in the intensive care unit: study design of a controlled trial
Peter F Kemper, Martine de Bruijne, Cathy van Dyck, Cordula Wagner
Non-adherence to drug therapy and drug acquisition costs in a national population - a patient-based register study
Bo Hovstadius, Göran Petersson
Voices from the frontline: counsellors' perspectives on TB/HIV collaborative activities in the Northwest Region, Cameroon
Barnabas N Njozing, Kerstin E Edin, Miguel San Sebastián, Anna-Karin Hurtig
Bridging health technology assessment (HTA) with multicriteria decision analyses (MCDA): field testing of the EVIDEM framework for coverage decisions by a public payer in Canada
Michèle Tony, Monika Wagner, Hanane Khoury, Donna Rindress, Tina Papastavros, Paul Oh, Mireille M Goetghebeur
Assessing the contribution of prescribing in primary care by nurses and professionals allied to medicine: a systematic review of literature
Sadiq Bhanbhro, Vari M Drennan, Robert Grant, Ruth Harris
Consumer evaluation of complaint handling in the Dutch health insurance market
Sonja Wendel, Judith D de Jong, Emile C Curfs
Economic evaluation of increasing population rates of cardiac catheterization
Fiona M Clement, William A Ghali, Stephane Rinfret, Braden J Manns
The IRYSS-COPD appropriateness study: objectives, methodology, and description of the prospective cohort
José M Quintana, Cristóbal Esteban, Irantzu Barrio, Susana Garcia-Gutierrez, Nerea Gonzalez, Inmaculada Arostegui, Iratxe Lafuente, Marisa Bare, Juan Antonio Blasco, Silvia Vidal
A multi-region assessment of population rates of cardiac catheterization and yield of high-risk coronary artery disease
Fiona M Clement, Braden J Manns, Brenda Brownell, Peter D Faris, Michelle M Graham, Karin Humphries, Michael Love, Merril L Knudtson, William A Ghali
The world health organization multicountry survey on maternal and newborn health: study protocol
João Paulo Souza, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Guillermo Carroli, Pisake Lumbiganon, Zahida Qureshi
Implementation of patient education at first and second dispensing of statins in Dutch community pharmacies: the sequel of a cluster randomized trial
Caroline HPA Van de Steeg-van Gompel, Michel Wensing, Peter AGM De Smet
Something is amiss in Denmark: A comparison of preventable hospitalisations and readmissions for chronic medical conditions in the Danish Healthcare system and Kaiser Permanente
Michaela Schiøtz, Mary Price, Anne Frølich, Jes Søgaard, Jette K Kristensen, Allan Krasnik, Murray N Ross, Finn Diderichsen, John Hsu
Do we have the right models for scaling up health services to achieve the Millennium Development Goals?
Savitha Subramanian, Joseph Naimoli, Toru Matsubayashi, David H Peters
Treatment adherence among sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in mountainous areas in China
Song Yao, Wen-Hui Huang, Susan van den Hof, Shu-Min Yang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Wei Chen, Xue-Hui Fang, Hai-Feng Pan
Are prescribing doctors sensitive to the price that their patients have to pay in the Spanish National Health System?
Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Julián Librero, Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Salvador Peiró
Understanding innovators' experiences of barriers and facilitators in implementation and diffusion of healthcare service innovations: a qualitative study
Julie Barnett, Konstantina Vasileiou, Fayika Djemil, Laurence Brooks, Terry Young
Factors affecting the use of patient survey data for quality improvement in the Veterans Health Administration
Elizabeth A Davies, Mark M Meterko, Martin P Charns, Marjorie E Nealon Seibert, Paul D Cleary
Juvenile obesity and its association with utilisation and costs of pharmaceuticals - results from the KiGGS study
Christina M Wenig, Hildtraud Knopf, Petra Menn
What is the 'problem' that outreach work seeks to address and how might it be tackled? Seeking theory in a primary health prevention programme
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A randomized trial of an intervention to improve use and adherence to effective coronary heart disease prevention strategies
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Effects on incident reporting after educating residents in patient safety: a controlled study
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A systematic review of integrated working between care homes and health care services
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Testing the WHO responsiveness concept in the Iranian mental healthcare system: a qualitative study of service users
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Using network analysis to map the formal clinical reporting process in pediatric palliative care: a pilot study
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Lifetime economic burden of prostate cancer
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Earlier surgical intervention in congenital heart disease results in better outcome and resource utilization
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Association between mental health conditions and rehospitalization, mortality, and functional outcomes in patients with stroke following inpatient rehabilitation
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The courage to change: Patient perceptions of 12-Step fellowships
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The discriminative power of patient experience surveys
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Cost of Community Integrated Prevention Campaign for Malaria, HIV, and Diarrhea in Rural Kenya
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Leadership, staffing and quality of care in nursing homes
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Models of inter professional working for older people living at home: a survey and review of the local strategies of english health and social care statutory organisations
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Cost effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty from a health care providers' perspective before and after introduction of an interdisciplinary clinical pathway - is investment always improvement?
Frank Krummenauer, Klaus-Peter Guenther, Stephan Kirschner
A survey of engagement and competence levels in interventions and activities in a community mental health workforce in England
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Counting on commitment; the quality of primary care-led diabetes management in a system with minimal incentives
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The quality of care for adults with epilepsy: an initial glimpse using the QUIET measure
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Minor surgery in general practice and effects on referrals to hospital care: Observational study
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Provider performance in treating poor patients - factors influencing prescribing practices in lao PDR: a cross-sectional study
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Preventing hospital admissions by reviewing medication (PHARM) in primary care: design of the cluster randomised, controlled, multi-centre PHARM-study
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Conceptual models for Mental Distress among HIV-infected and uninfected individuals: A contribution to clinical practice and research in primary-health-care centers in Zambia
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The social value of a QALY: raising the bar or barring the raise?
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Health care use and costs of adverse drug events emerging from outpatient treatment in Germany: A modelling approach
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Negative health care experiences of immigrant patients: a qualitative study
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A multidisciplinary primary care team consultation in a socio-economically deprived community: An exploratory randomised controlled trial
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Determinants of generic drug substitution in Switzerland
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Supporting work practices through telehealth: impact on nurses in peripheral regions
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Predictors and outcomes of patient safety culture in hospitals
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The relationship between perceived service quality and patient willingness to recommend at a national oncology hospital network
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Increased number of Judo therapy facilities in Japan and changes in their geographical distribution
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Beyond 50. challenges at work for older nurses and allied health workers in rural Australia: a thematic analysis of focus group discussions
Lyn J Fragar, Julie C Depczynski
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Multilevel latent class casemix modelling: a novel approach to accommodate patient casemix
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Facility and home based HIV Counseling and Testing: a comparative analysis of uptake of services by rural communities in southwestern Uganda
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Cost-effectiveness of ward-based pharmacy care in surgical patients: protocol of the SUREPILL (Surgery & Pharmacy In Liaison) study
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Assessment of a primary care-based telemonitoring intervention for home care patients with heart failure and chronic lung disease. The TELBIL study
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Patient safety in elderly hip fracture patients: design of a randomised controlled trial
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Health promotion in primary care: How should we intervene? A qualitative study involving both physicians and patients
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