Issue 1/2019
Content (1018 Articles)
Implementation and evaluation of a rural community-based pediatric hearing screening program integrating in-person and tele-diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR)
Vidya Ramkumar, Roopa Nagarajan, Vanaja C. Shankarnarayan, Selvakumar Kumaravelu, James W. Hall
Systems modelling as an approach for understanding and building consensus on non-communicable diseases (NCD) management in Cambodia
John P. Ansah, Amina Mahmood Islam, Victoria Koh, Vanthy Ly, Hero Kol, David B. Matchar, Chhun Loun, Mondol Loun
To what extent is the variation in cardiac rehabilitation quality associated with patient characteristics?
Ahmad Salman, Patrick Doherty
Supporting respiratory patients in primary care: a qualitative insight from independent community pharmacists in London
Iman Hesso, Reem Kayyali, Shereen Nabhani-Gebara
Identifying evidence to define community-based rehabilitation practice in China using a case study approach with multiple embedded case study design
Eva Yin-han Chung
Community-based interventions to enhance healthy aging in disadvantaged areas: perceptions of older adults and health care professionals
Abirami Srivarathan, Andrea Nedergaard Jensen, Maria Kristiansen
Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015
Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky
Measuring patient and family perceptions of team processes and outcomes in healthcare teams: questionnaire development and psychometric evaluation
Kelley Kilpatrick, Éric Tchouaket, Lysane Paquette, Claudel Guillemette, Mira Jabbour, François Desmeules, Véronique Landry, Nicolas Fernandez
Manpower capacity and reasons for staff shortage in primary health care maternity centres in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study
Joel O. Aluko, Rhoda Anthea, R. R. Marie Modeste
Extending alcohol brief advice into non-clinical community settings: a qualitative study of experiences and perceptions of delivery staff
Nicola Hall, John D Mooney, Zeibeda Sattar, Jonathan Ling
How is patient involvement measured in patient centeredness scales for health professionals? A systematic review of their measurement properties and content
Eline Ree, Siri Wiig, Tanja Manser, Marianne Storm
The importance of patient-centered care and co-creation of care for satisfaction with care and physical and social well-being of patients with multi-morbidity in the primary care setting
Sanne Jannick Kuipers, Jane Murray Cramm, Anna Petra Nieboer
User characteristics of national smoking cessation services in Korea: who chooses each type of tobacco cessation program?
Bo Yoon Jeong, Min Kyung Lim, E. Hwa Yun, Jin-Kyoung Oh
Implementation of an interprofessional medication adherence program for chronic patients in community pharmacies: how much does it cost for the provider?
Clemence Perraudin, Jean-François Locca, Christophe Rossier, Olivier Bugnon, Marie-Paule Schneider
The Harvard medical practice study trigger system performance in deceased patients
Dorthe O. Klein, Roger J. M. W. Rennenberg, Richard P. Koopmans, Martin H. Prins
Clinical communication and caregivers’ satisfaction with child healthcare in Nepal; results from Nepal Health Facility Survey 2015
Charlotte Trimmer, Mats Målqvist
Care providers’ perceptions towards challenges and opportunities for service improvement at diabetes management clinics in public primary health care in Muscat, Oman: a qualitative study
Kamila Al-Alawi, Ahmed Al Mandhari, Helene Johansson
Health care providers’ knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma regarding tuberculosis in a pastoralist community in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Bezawit Temesgen Sima, Tefera Belachew, Fekadu Abebe
Brief telephone counselling is effective for caregivers who do not experience any major life events – caregiver-related outcomes of the German day-care study
Elisa-Marie Behrndt, Melanie Straubmeier, Hildegard Seidl, Chiara Vetter, Katharina Luttenberger, Elmar Graessel
The medical home functions of primary care practices that care for adults with psychological distress: a cross-sectional study
Shawn Linman, Ivy Benjenk, Jie Chen
Cost-effectiveness of fluocinolone acetonide implant (ILUVIEN®) in UK patients with chronic diabetic macular oedema considered insufficiently responsive to available therapies
Michal Pochopien, Annette Beiderbeck, Phil McEwan, Richard Zur, Mondher Toumi, Samuel Aballéa
Diagnostic value and reliability of the present-on-admission indicator in different diagnosis groups: pilot study at a Swiss tertiary care center
Karen Triep, Thomas Beck, Jacques Donzé, Olga Endrich
Research ethics oversight in Norway: structure, function, and challenges
R. Froud, T. J. Meza, K. O. Ernes, A. M. Slowther
The role of insurance providers in supporting treatment and management of hepatitis C patients
Masoud Behzadifar, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Aziz Rezapour, Meysam Behzadifar, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
Matching gerontechnologies to independent-living seniors’ individual needs: development of the GTM tool
Marc Haufe, Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek, Katrien Ger Luijkx
Reuse of patients’ own drugs in hospitals in Ghana; the evidence to support policy
Pauline Boachie-Ansah, Berko Panyin Anto, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo
Implementing a case management intervention for frequent users of the emergency department (I-CaM): an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial study protocol
Véronique S. Grazioli, Joanna C. Moullin, Miriam Kasztura, Marina Canepa-Allen, Olivier Hugli, Judy Griffin, Francis Vu, Catherine Hudon, Yves Jackson, Hans Wolff, Bernard Burnand, Jean-Bernard Daeppen, Patrick Bodenmann
Barriers and enablers to implementing a virtual tertiary-regional Telemedicine Rounding and Consultation (TRAC) model of inpatient pediatric care using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) approach: a study protocol
Sumedh Bele, Christine Cassidy, Janet Curran, David W. Johnson, Chad Saunders, J.A. Michelle Bailey
Burden of community-acquired pneumonia, predisposing factors and health-care related costs in patients with cancer
Niklas Schmedt, Olivia Denise Heuer, Dennis Häckl, Reiko Sato, Christian Theilacker
Urban health extension program model housing and household visits improved the utilization of health Services in Urban Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Nebiyou Tafesse, Aregawi Gesessew, Ergataw Kidane
Are injured workers with higher rehabilitation service utilization less likely to be persistent opioid users? A cross-sectional study
Alyson K. Kwok, Nathan N. O’Hara, Andrew N. Pollak, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Alexandra Herman, Christopher J. Welsh, Gerard P. Slobogean
Pathways to diabetic care at hospitals in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study
Elizeus Rutebemberwa, James Bagonza, Raymond Tweheyo
How do pharmacists in English general practices identify their impact? An exploratory qualitative study of measurement problems
Georgios Dimitrios Karampatakis, Kath Ryan, Nilesh Patel, Wing Man Lau, Graham Stretch
Who knows best? A Q methodology study to explore perspectives of professional stakeholders and community participants on health in low-income communities
Neil McHugh, Rachel Baker, Olga Biosca, Fatma Ibrahim, Cam Donaldson
Overuse of plain abdominal radiography in emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study
Christophe L. Bertin, Simon Ponthus, Hari Vivekanantham, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Omar Kherad, Olivier T. Rutschmann
Parental satisfaction with neonatal intensive care units: a quantitative cross-sectional study
Inger Hilde Hagen, Valentina Cabral Iversen, Erik Nesset, Roderick Orner, Marit Følsvik Svindseth
What do patients really want? An in-depth examination of patient experience in four Australian hospitals
F. Rapport, P. Hibbert, M. Baysari, J. C. Long, R. Seah, W. Y. Zheng, C. Jones, K. Preece, J. Braithwaite
The association between voluntary work and health care use among older adults in Germany
Maike Flennert, Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek
Good governance, public health expenditures, urbanization and child undernutrition Nexus in Ethiopia: an ecological analysis
Sibhatu Biadgilign, Habtamu Yesigat Ayenew, Arega Shumetie, Stanley Chitekwe, Assaye Tolla, Demewoz Haile, Seifu Hagos Gebreyesus, Amare Deribew, Betemariam Gebre
Changes in acute hospital costs after employing clinical facilitators to improve stroke care in Victoria, Australia
Dominique A. Cadilhac, Helen M. Dewey, Sonia Denisenko, Christopher F. Bladin, Atte Meretoja
Tending to innovate in Swedish primary health care: a qualitative study
Gunilla Avby, Sofia Kjellström, Monica Andersson Bäck
Level and variation on quality of care in China: a cross-sectional study for the acute myocardial infarction patients in tertiary hospitals in Beijing
Yuqi Zhou, Xi Yao, Guofeng Liu, Weiyan Jian, Winnie Yip
Challenges in primary care for diabetes and hypertension: an observational study of the Kolar district in rural India
Dorothy Lall, Nora Engel, Narayanan Devadasan, Klasien Horstman, Bart Criel
A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in Kenya: the case of micro health insurance
Kenneth Munge, Stephen Mulupi, Edwine Barasa, Jane Chuma
Role of public-private partnerships in achieving UNAIDS HIV treatment targets
Ritu Shrivastava, Peter N. Fonjungo, Yenew Kebede, Rajendra Bhimaraj, Shabnam Zavahir, Christina Mwangi, Renuka Gadde, Heather Alexander, Patricia L. Riley, Andrea Kim, John N. Nkengasong
High admission rates and heavy inpatient service costs of urban tuberculosis patients in eastern China
Yang Zhou, Cheng Chen, Hui Jiang, Hong-Qiu Pan, Li-Mei Zhu, Wei Lu
A low-birth-weight risk assessment scale: development and validation through a questionnaire-based survey
Kazuko Sonoda, Yuko Matsunari, Syuji Takei
Can mentorship improve laboratory quality? A case study from influenza diagnostic laboratories in Southeast Europe
Lauren Polansky, Stephanie Chester, Melissa Warren, Tricia Aden, Pamela Kennedy, Stacey Spivey-Blackford, Ann Moen
Underutilized and undertheorized: the use of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions for assessing the extent to which primary healthcare services are meeting needs in British Columbia First Nation communities
Josée G. Lavoie, Sabrina T. Wong, Naser Ibrahim, John D. O’Neil, Michael Green, Amanda Ward
Hypertension self-care practice and associated factors among patients in public health facilities of Dessie town, Ethiopia
Sewunet Ademe, Fekadu Aga, Debela Gela
Predictors of adult patient satisfaction with nursing care in public hospitals of Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia
Ayele Semachew Kasa, Hayleyesus Gedamu
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on working conditions, leadership, and safety climate: a cross-sectional study
Anke Wagner, Monika A. Rieger, Tanja Manser, Heidrun Sturm, Juliane Hardt, Peter Martus, Constanze Lessing, Antje Hammer, E. Luntz, M. A. Rieger, H. Sturm, A. Wagner, A. Hammer, T. Manser, P. Martus, M. Holderried
Does a transition to accountable care in Medicaid shift the modality of colorectal cancer testing?
Melinda M. Davis, Paul Shafer, Stephanie Renfro, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Jackilen Shannon, Gloria D. Coronado, K. John McConnell, Stephanie B. Wheeler
Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: appropriateness of an electronic tool to assess quality of primary healthcare
Sabine Renggli, Iddy Mayumana, Dominick Mboya, Christopher Charles, Christopher Mshana, Flora Kessy, Tracy R. Glass, Constanze Pfeiffer, Alexander Schulze, Ann Aerts, Christian Lengeler
Language assistance for limited English proficiency patients in a public ED: determining the unmet need
Breena R. Taira, Aristides Orue
The retention of physicians to primary health care in Brazil: motivation and limitations from a qualitative perspective
Lyane Ramalho Cortez, Eliana Costa Guerra, Natércia Janine Dantas da Silveira, Luiz Roberto Augusto Noro
Re-negotiating agency – patients using comics to reflect upon acting in situations of abuse in health care
A. Jelmer Brüggemann, Camilla Forsberg, Robert Thornberg
Mothers’ health care seeking behavior and associated factors for common childhood illnesses, Northwest Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study
Muluye Molla Simieneh, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu, Abebaw Addis Gelagay, Mulugeta Tesfa Gebeyehu
The effect of a preconception care outreach strategy: the Healthy Pregnancy 4 All study
Meertien K. Sijpkens, Sabine F. van Voorst, Lieke C. de Jong-Potjer, Semiha Denktaş, Arnoud P. Verhoeff, Loes C. M. Bertens, Ageeth N. Rosman, Eric A. P. Steegers
Psychometric properties of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care measure (PACIC-5A) among patients with obesity
Maria Schwenke, Franziska D. Welzel, Claudia Luck-Sikorski, Alexander Pabst, Anette Kersting, Matthias Blüher, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Janine Stein
Do health and social support and personal autonomy have an influence on the health-related quality of life of individuals with intellectual disability?
Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Helena Iglesias-de-Sena, Luz Celia Fernández-Martín, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo
An exploration of workarounds and their perceived impact on antibiotic stewardship in the adult medical wards of a referral hospital in Malawi: a qualitative study
Chimwemwe Tusekile Mula, Nicola Human, Lyn Middleton
Management of sexual partners of pregnant women with syphilis in northeastern Brazil – a qualitative study
Ana Fátima Braga Rocha, Maria Alix Leite Araújo, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de Leon, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior, Lea Dias Pimentel Gomes Vasconcelos
Organizational issues for the lean success in China: exploring a change strategy for lean success
Tian Gao, Bruce Gurd
Pace and determinants of implementation of the self-management of well-being group intervention: a multilevel observational study
Daphne Kuiper, Nardi Steverink, Roy E. Stewart, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Robbert Sanderman, Martine M. Goedendorp
Postoperative pain after cesarean section: assessment and management in a tertiary hospital in a low-income country
Andrew Kintu, Sadiq Abdulla, Aggrey Lubikire, Mary T. Nabukenya, Elizabeth Igaga, Fred Bulamba, Daniel Semakula, Adeyemi J. Olufolabi
Inpatient and outpatient treatment for acute malnutrition in infants under 6 months; a qualitative study from Senegal
Tabitha D. van Immerzeel, Maty D. Camara, Indou Deme Ly, Rosemarijn J. de Jong
Frailty and health services use among Quebec seniors with non-hip fractures: a population-based study using adminsitrative databases
Vanessa Fillion, Marie-Josée Sirois, Philippe Gamache, Jason Robert Guertin, Suzanne N. Morin, Sonia Jean
Using behaviour change theory to train health workers on tobacco cessation support for tuberculosis patients: a mixed-methods study in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan
Sahil Warsi, Helen Elsey, Melanie Boeckmann, Maryam Noor, Amina Khan, Deepa Barua, Shammi Nasreen, Samina Huque, Rumana Huque, Sudeepa Khanal, Prabin Shrestha, James Newell, Omara Dogar, Kamran Siddiqi
Interventions to develop collectivistic leadership in healthcare settings: a systematic review
Aoife De Brún, Roisin O’Donovan, Eilish McAuliffe
How physicians make sense of their experience of being involved in hospital users’ complaints and the associated mediation
Béatrice Schaad, Céline Bourquin, Francesco Panese, Friedrich Stiefel
Integrated point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia at antenatal facilities in western Kenya: a qualitative study exploring end-users’ perspectives of appropriateness, acceptability and feasibility
Nicole Young, Florence Achieng, Meghna Desai, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Jenny Hill, George Aol, Godfrey Bigogo, Kayla Laserson, Feiko Ter Kuile, Miriam Taegtmeyer
Job satisfaction of certified primary care physicians in rural Shandong Province, China: a cross-sectional study
Jingliang Gu, Tianmin Zhen, Yan Song, Lingzhong Xu
Determinants of adherence to wrap-around care in child and family services
Noortje M. Pannebakker, Margot A. H. Fleuren, Eline Vlasblom, Mattijs E. Numans, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Paul L. Kocken
Nurse-identified patient care and health services research priorities in the United Arab Emirates: a Delphi study
Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-Tamimi, Maria Brenner, Hanan Al Tawil, Alaa Ahmad, Sharon Brownie, Shameran Slewa-Younan
Retention of health care workers at health facility, trends in the retention of knowledge and correlates at 3rd year following training of health care workers on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV–National Assessment
Nyuyki Clement Kufe, Carole Metekoua, Monkam Nelly, Florence Tumasang, Enow Robinson Mbu
Adaption and validation of Nijmegen continuity questionnaire to recognize the influencing factors of continuity of care for hypertensive patients in China
Chen Qiu, Shixiang Chen, Ying Yao, Yue Zhao, Yi Xin, Xiaoying Zang
Pharmaceutical marketing strategies’ influence on physicians' prescribing pattern in Lebanon: ethics, gifts, and samples
Micheline Khazzaka
Characteristics and behavioral health needs of patients with patterns of high hospital use: implications for primary care providers
Karen G. Rentas, Laura Buckley, Dawn Wiest, Cortney A. Bruno
Perceptions and experiences of emergency department staff during the implementation of the four-hour rule/national emergency access target policy in Australia: a qualitative social dynamic perspective
Roberto Forero, Shizar Nahidi, Josephine de Costa, Daniel Fatovich, Gerry FitzGerald, Sam Toloo, Sally McCarthy, David Mountain, Nick Gibson, Mohammed Mohsin, Wing Nicola Man
Mixed-methods evaluation of mental healthcare integration into tuberculosis and maternal-child healthcare services of four South African districts
Kathryn L. Lovero, Samantha L. Lammie, André van Zyl, Sharon N. Paul, Phuti Ngwepe, Jennifer J. Mootz, Catherine Carlson, Annika C. Sweetland, Rachel C. Shelton, Milton L. Wainberg, Andrew Medina-Marino
China’s new policy for healthcare cost-control based on global budget: a survey of 110 clinicians in hospitals
Jianzhou Yan, Hui-Heng Lin, Dan Zhao, Yuanjia Hu, Rong Shao
The contribution of legal medicine in clinical risk management
Matteo Bolcato, Giacomo Fassina, Daniele Rodriguez, Marianna Russo, Anna Aprile
WhatsApp: a supplementary tool for improving bed nets universal coverage campaign in Mozambique
Jorge A. H. Arroz, Baltazar Neves Candrinho, Figueiredo Mussambala, Marta Chande, Chandana Mendis, Sónia Dias, Maria do Rosário O. Martins
Impact of gaps in care for malnourished patients on length of stay and hospital readmission
Joanna Bryan Ringel, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Rachel Chambers, Emily Russo, Louise Merriman, Renuka Gupta
Influences on the access to and use of formal community care by people with dementia and their informal caregivers: a scoping review
Anja Bieber, Natalie Nguyen, Gabriele Meyer, Astrid Stephan
Medical nutrition therapy in Canadian federal correctional facilities
Karen M. Davison, Carla D’Andreamatteo, Victoria L. Smye
Are they there yet? Linkage of patients with tuberculosis to services for tobacco cessation and alcohol abuse – a mixed methods study from Karnataka, India
Nagendra Navya, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Akshaya Kibballi Madhukeshwar, Tanu Anand, Abhay Subashrao Nirgude, Badarudeen Mohammad Nayarmoole, Petros Isaakidis
Experiences with interferon-free hepatitis C therapies: addressing barriers to adherence and optimizing treatment outcomes
Avy A. Skolnik, Amanda Noska, Vera Yakovchenko, Jack Tsai, Natalie Jones, Allen L. Gifford, D. Keith McInnes
Sustainable care coordination: a qualitative study of primary care provider, administrator, and insurer perspectives
Mark D. Williams, Gladys B. Asiedu, Dawn Finnie, Claire Neely, Jason Egginton, Lila J. Finney Rutten, Robert M. Jacobson
Point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV/STI targeting MSM in regional Australia at community ‘beat’ locations
Amy B. Mullens, Josh Duyker, Charlotte Brownlow, Jime Lemoire, Kirstie Daken, Jeff Gow
Factors affecting general practitioners’ decisions to adopt new prescription drugs – cohort analyses using Australian longitudinal physician survey data
Yuting Zhang, Susan J. Méndez, Anthony Scott
Differentiated service delivery: a qualitative study of people living with HIV and accessing care in a tertiary facility in Ghana
Vincent Adjetey, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Bernard Dornoo
Factors associated with patient information sharing among home-visiting nurses in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Akiyo Nonogaki, Tomoko Nishida, Kazunari Kobayashi, Kayoko Nozaki, Haruka Tamura, Hisataka Sakakibara
An organisational participatory research study of the feasibility of the behaviour change wheel to support clinical teams implementing new models of care
Eleanor R Bull, Joanne K Hart, Juliette Swift, Kirstie Baxter, Neil McLauchlan, Sophia Joseph, Lucie M T Byrne-Davis
Lean Enterprise Transformation in VA: a national evaluation framework and study protocol
Anita A. Vashi, Barbara Lerner, Tracy H. Urech, Steven M. Asch, Martin P. Charns
Renouncing care in French Guiana: the national health barometer survey
Astrid Van Melle, Claire Cropet, Marie-Claire Parriault, Leila Adriouch, Hélène Lamaison, Francine Sasson, Hélène Duplan, Jean-Baptiste Richard, Mathieu Nacher
Experiences and responses of second victims of patient safety incidents in Korea: a qualitative study
Won Lee, Jeehee Pyo, Seung Gyeong Jang, Ji Eun Choi, Minsu Ock
An evaluation of oncofertility decision support resources among breast cancer patients and health care providers
Brittany Speller, Amanda Sissons, Corinne Daly, Marcia Facey, Erin Kennedy, Kelly Metcalfe, Nancy N. Baxter
“Struggling with practices” – a qualitative study of factors influencing the implementation of clinical quality registries for cardiac rehabilitation in England and Denmark
Cecilie Lindström Egholm, Charlotte Helmark, Patrick Doherty, Per Nilsen, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Gitte Bunkenborg
Implementing a digital communication assistance tool to collect the medical history of refugee patients: DICTUM Friedland - an action-oriented mixed methods study protocol
Ghefar Furaijat, Evelyn Kleinert, Anne Simmenroth, Frank Müller
Operative volume and surgical case distribution in Uganda’s public sector: a stratified randomized evaluation of nationwide surgical capacity
Katherine Albutt, Maria Punchak, Peter Kayima, Didacus B. Namanya, Mark G. Shrime
Sharing Frailty-related information in perioperative care: an analysis from a temporal perspective
Daniel Fürstenau, Claudia Spies, Martin Gersch, Amyn Vogel, Rudolf Mörgeli, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Ursula Müller-Werdan, Felix Balzer
Better cardiac care: health professional’s perspectives of the barriers and enablers of health communication and education with patients of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent
Jordan Stanford, Karen Charlton, Anne-Therese McMahon, Scott Winch
Level of Partograph completion and healthcare workers’ perspectives on its use in Mulago National Referral and teaching hospital, Kampala, Uganda
John Mukisa, Isha Grant, Jonathan Magala, Andrew S. Ssemata, Patrick Z. Lumala, Josaphat Byamugisha
Statistical complexity of reasons for encounter in high users of out of hours primary care: analysis of a national service
Sarah Stegink, Alison M. Elliott, Christopher Burton
What is the financial incentive to immigrate? An analysis of salary disparities between health workers working in the Caribbean and popular destination countries
Gavin George, Bruce Rhodes, Christine Laptiste
Attitudes of mental health providers towards adoption of evidence-based interventions: relationship to workplace, staff roles and social and psychological factors at work
Marte Rye, Oddgeir Friborg, Ingunn Skre
Concordance between self-report and medical records of preventive healthcare delivery among a sample of disadvantaged patients from four aboriginal community controlled health services
Natasha Noble, Christine Paul, Justin Walsh, Kylie Wyndham, Sue Wilson, Jessica Stewart
Evidence for the effectiveness of anti-hypertensive medicines included on the Chinese National Reimbursement Drug List
Wenbin Liu, Lizheng Shi, Monika Sawhney, Xiaoli Gu, Yingyao Chen
An empirical tool for estimating the share of unmet need due to healthcare inefficiencies, suboptimal access, and lack of effective technologies
Devin Incerti, John Browne, Caroline Huber, Christine L. Baker, Geoff Makinson, Amir Goren, Richard Willke, Warren Stevens
“My gut feeling is we could do more...” a qualitative study exploring staff and patient perspectives before and after the implementation of an online prostate cancer-specific holistic needs assessment
Amy L. Clarke, Julia Roscoe, Rebecca Appleton, Jeremy Dale, Veronica Nanton
Managing creativity and compliance in the pursuit of patient safety
Sharon H. Kim, Sallie J. Weaver, Ting Yang, Michael A. Rosen
Healthcare workers’ experiences regarding scaling up of training on integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) in Uganda, 2016: cross sectional qualitative study
Lydia Nakiire, Ben Masiira, Christine Kihembo, Edson Katushabe, Nasan Natseri, Immaculate Nabukenya, Innocent Komakech, Issa Makumbi, Okot Charles, Francis Adatu, Miriam Nanyunja, Peter Nsubuga, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Patrick Tusiime, Ali Ahmed Yahaya, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Alemu Wondimagegnehu
Adherence to standard nursing protocols on nasogastric tube feeding in a secondary referral hospital in Ghana: comparing self-ratings by professional and auxiliary nurses
Robert Kaba Alhassan, Richard Tsikata, Richard Naatu Tizaawaw, Prince Asante Tannor, Perpetual Praba Quaw, Cecilia Aba Ata Awortwi, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Agani Afaya, Solomon Mohammed Salia, Japiong Milipaak, Prudence Portia Mwini-Nyaledzigbor
Is care really shared? A systematic review of collaborative care (shared care) interventions for adult cancer patients with depression
Joanne Shaw, Suvena Sethi, Lisa Vaccaro, Lisa Beatty, Laura Kirsten, David Kissane, Brian Kelly, Geoff Mitchell, Kerry Sherman, Jane Turner
Gaming the system to care for patients: a focused ethnography in Norwegian public home care
Maria Strandås, Steen Wackerhausen, Terese Bondas
Implementing a best-practice model of gestational diabetes mellitus care in dietetics: a qualitative study
Shelley A. Wilkinson, Maxine O’Brien, Sally McCray, Desley Harvey
Qualitative assessment of South African healthcare worker perspectives on an instrument-free rapid CD4 test
Fiona Scorgie, Yasmin Mohamed, David Anderson, Suzanne M. Crowe, Stanley Luchters, Matthew F. Chersich
The prospectively-reported implementation update and score (PRIUS): a new method for capturing implementation-related developments over time
Edward J. Miech, Nicholas A. Rattray, Dawn M. Bravata, Barbara J. Homoya, Jennifer Myers, Teresa M. Damush
Design and methods of the ‘monitoring outcomes of psychiatric pharmacotherapy’ (MOPHAR) monitoring program – a study protocol
Mirjam Simoons, Henricus G. Ruhé, Eric N. van Roon, Robert A. Schoevers, Richard Bruggeman, Daniëlle C. Cath, Diny Muis, Johan Arends, Bennard Doornbos, Hans Mulder
Determinants of inappropriate admissions of children to county hospitals: a cross-sectional study from rural China
Shi-han Lei, Yan Zhang, Hao-miao Li, Dai Su, Jing-jing Chang, Xiao-mei Hu, Qing Ye, Di Jiang, Ying-chun Chen
Improved performance of district health systems through implementing health center clinical and administrative standards in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
Mesele Damte Argaw, Binyam Fekadu Desta, Temesgen Ayehu Bele, Abebe Dagnew Ayne
Using information and communication technologies to involve patients and the public in health education in rural and remote areas: a scoping review
Maman Joyce Dogba, Anara Richi Dossa, Erik Breton, Ruth Gandonou-Migan
Free and universal access to primary healthcare in Mongolia: the service availability and readiness assessment
Altantuya Jigjidsuren, Tumurbat Byambaa, Enkhjargal Altangerel, Suvd Batbaatar, Yu Mon Saw, Tetsuyoshi Kariya, Eiko Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Hamajima
Non-participation in initial and repeated health risk appraisals – a drop-out analysis based on a health project
Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Grooten, Amanda Hansson, Mikael Forsman, Katarina Kjellberg, Allan Toomingas, Mira Müller, Magnus Svartengren, Björn Olov Äng
Planning, implementation and operation of a personalized patient management system for subjects with first suspect of cancer (OnkoNetwork): system description based on a qualitative study
János G. Pitter, Marcell Csanádi, Annamária Szigeti, Gábor Lukács, Árpád Kovács, Mariann Moizs, Imre Repa, Antal Zemplényi, Thomas Czypionka, Markus Kraus, Maureen P. M. H. Rutten-van Mölken, Zoltán Kaló
Advancing towards contemporary practice: a systematic review of organisational performance measures for non-acute health charities
Richard Colbran, Robyn Ramsden, Karen Stagnitti, John W. Toumbourou
Can the primary health care model affect the determinants of neonatal, post-neonatal and maternal mortality? A study from Brazil
Alexandre Bergo Guerra, Luciane Miranda Guerra, Livia Fernandes Probst, Brunna Verna Castro Gondinho, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Estêvão Azevedo Melo, Valéria Silva Cândido Brizon, Jaqueline Vilela Bulgareli, Karine Laura Cortellazzi, Antonio Carlos Pereira
Socio-demographic patterns in hospital admissions and accident and emergency attendances among young people using linkage to NHS Hospital Episode Statistics: results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
Leigh Johnson, Rosie Cornish, Andy Boyd, John Macleod
The challenge of cultural competence in the workplace: perspectives of healthcare providers
Stephane M. Shepherd, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Danielle Newton, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Yin Paradies
Investigating healthcare contacts of Dialysis patients by age and gender
James Todd, Adrian Gepp, Bruce Vanstone, Brent Richards
Identifying the key features and outcomes of family navigation services for mental health and/or addictions concerns: a Delphi study
Roula Markoulakis, Samantha Chan, Anthony Levitt
The salt between the beans: a qualitative study of the role of auxiliary midwives in a hard-to-reach area of Myanmar
Kyu Kyu Than, Stanley Luchters, Khaing Nwe Tin, Thazin La, James Beeson, Alison Morgan
Need analysis for a new high acuity medical psychiatry unit: which patients are considered for admission?
P. J. Caarls, M. A. van Schijndel, M. Kromkamp, A. I. Wierdsma, R. J. Osse, G. van der Hoeven, W. J. G. Hoogendijk, J. J. van Busschbach
Short-term budget affordability of hepatitis C treatments for state Medicaid programs
Jacquelyn W. Chou, Alison R. Silverstein, Dana P. Goldman
Discussing patients’ insurance and out-of-pocket expenses during GPs’ consultations
A. Victoor, J. Noordman, A. Potappel, M. Meijers, C. J. J. Kloek, J. D. de Jong
Public hospital reforms in China: the perspective of hospital directors
Ju Huang, Tao Dai
The health service capacity of primary health care in West China: different perspectives of physicians and their patients
Wenjuan Tao, Wenqi Zeng, Ling Yan, Huazhen Yang, Jin Wen, Weimin Li
Using floating catchment area (FCA) metrics to predict health care utilization patterns
Paul L. Delamater, Ashton M. Shortridge, Rachel C. Kilcoyne
Striving toward team-based continuity: provision of same-day access and continuity in academic primary care clinics
Jane H. Forman, Claire H. Robinson, Sarah L. Krein
Dealing with health literacy at the organisational level, French translation and adaptation of the Vienna health literate organisation self-assessment tool
Gilles Henrard, Marc Vanmeerbeek, Laetitia Buret, Jany Rademakers
Operationalization of bi-directional screening for tuberculosis and diabetes in private sector healthcare clinics in Karachi, Pakistan
Mashal S. Basir, Shifa S. Habib, Syed M.A. Zaidi, Saira Khowaja, Hamidah Hussain, Rashida A. Ferrand, Aamir J. Khan
Assessing the cost of providing a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS service in Ethiopia: urban-rural health facilities setting
Elias Asfaw Zegeye, Josue Mbonigaba, Sylvia Kaye, Benjamin Johns
“Implications of cost-sharing for observation care among Medicare beneficiaries: a pilot survey”
Jennifer N. Goldstein, J. Sanford Schwartz, Patricia McGraw, LeRoi S. Hicks
Challenges faced by caregivers of virally non-suppressed children on the intensive adherence counselling program in Uganda: a qualitative study
Esther Nasuuna, Joanita Kigozi, Patience A. Muwanguzi, Joyce Babirye, Laura Kiwala, Alex Muganzi, Nelson Sewankambo, Damalie Nakanjako
Collecting core data in physician-staffed pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services using a consensus-based template: international multicentre feasibility study in Finland and Norway
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Understanding how, why, for whom, and under what circumstances opt-out blood-borne virus testing programmes work to increase test engagement and uptake within prison: a rapid-realist review
Seth Francis-Graham, Nnenna Adaniya Ekeke, Corey Andrew Nelson, Tin Yan Lee, Sulaima El Haj, Tim Rhodes, Cecilia Vindrola, Tim Colbourn, William Rosenberg
Delivery of integrated infectious disease control services under the new antenatal care guidelines: a service availability and readiness assessment of health facilities in Tanzania
Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Ghislaine Gatasi, Predrag Duric
Longitudinal evaluation of a knowledge translation role in occupational therapy
Danielle Hitch, Kate Lhuede, Lindsay Vernon, Genevieve Pepin, Karen Stagnitti
One-year costs of medical admissions with and without a 30-day readmission and enhanced risk adjustment
Sarah Zheng, Amresh Hanchate, Michael Shwartz
The impact of implementing a hospital electronic prescribing and administration system on clinical pharmacists’ activities - a mixed methods study
Monsey McLeod, Georgios Dimitrios Karampatakis, Lore Heyligen, Ann McGinley, Bryony Dean Franklin
Understanding complexity – the palliative care situation as a complex adaptive system
Farina Hodiamont, Saskia Jünger, Reiner Leidl, Bernd Oliver Maier, Eva Schildmann, Claudia Bausewein
A systematic literature review and narrative synthesis on the risks of medical discharge letters for patients’ safety
Christine Maria Schwarz, Magdalena Hoffmann, Petra Schwarz, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Gernot Brunner, Gerald Sendlhofer
The impact of a combinatorial digital and organisational intervention on the management of long-term conditions in UK primary care: a non-randomised evaluation
David G. Lugo-Palacios, Jonathan Hammond, Thomas Allen, Sarah Darley, Ruth McDonald, Thomas Blakeman, Peter Bower
Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks in high-burden tuberculosis communities: the case of the Western Cape, South Africa
Carmen Christian, Cobus Burger, Mareli Claassens, Virginia Bond, Ronelle Burger
Wait lists and adult general surgery: is there a socioeconomic dimension in Canada?
Jason M. Sutherland, Zuzanna Kurzawa, Ahmer Karimuddin, Katrina Duncan, Guiping Liu, Trafford Crump
Where there is no evidence: implementing family interventions from recommendations in the NICE guideline 11 on challenging behaviour in a South African health service for adults with intellectual disability
Ockert Coetzee, Leslie Swartz, Charlotte Capri, Colleen Adnams
Correction to: Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015
Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky
Correction to: The struggle against perceived negligence. A qualitative study of patients’ experiences of adverse events in Norwegian hospitals
Gunn Hågensen, Gudrun Nilsen, Grete Mehus, Nils Henriksen
A patient-centered deprescribing intervention for hospitalized older patients with polypharmacy: rationale and design of the Shed-MEDS randomized controlled trial
Eduard E. Vasilevskis, Avantika S. Shah, Emily K. Hollingsworth, Matthew S. Shotwell, Amanda S. Mixon, Susan P. Bell, Sunil Kripalani, John F. Schnelle, Sandra F. Simmons, Carole Bartoo, Jennifer Kim, Kanah Lewallen, Whitney Narramore, Robin Parker, Susan Lincoln, Joanna Gupta
A critical account of the policy context shaping perinatal survival in Nepal: policy tension of socio-cultural versus a medical approach
Mohan Paudel, Sara Javanparast, Gouranga Dasvarma, Lareen Newman
Social determinants of health priorities of state Medicaid programs
Deena J. Chisolm, Daniel L. Brook, Mary S. Applegate, Kelly J. Kelleher
Characteristics and determinants of community physiotherapy utilization and supply
Chidozie Mbada, Abraham Olawuyi, Olufemi O. Oyewole, Adesola C. Odole, Abiola O. Ogundele, Francis Fatoye
Consideration of sex and gender in Cochrane reviews of interventions for preventing healthcare-associated infections: a methodology study
Jesús López-Alcalde, Elena Stallings, Sheila Cabir Nunes, Abelardo Fernández Chávez, Mathilde Daheron, Xavier Bonfill Cosp, Javier Zamora
Evaluation of service quality from patients’ viewpoint
Mohammad Ali Abbasi-Moghaddam, Ehsan Zarei, Rafat Bagherzadeh, Hossein Dargahi, Pouria Farrokhi
Communicating prognosis to women with early breast cancer – overview of prediction tools and the development and pilot testing of a decision aid
Viktoria Mühlbauer, Birte Berger-Höger, Martina Albrecht, Ingrid Mühlhauser, Anke Steckelberg
The impact of travel time on colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis in a privately insured population
Mesnad Alyabsi, Mary Charlton, Jane Meza, K. M. Monirul Islam, Amr Soliman, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway
Healthcare ecosystems research in mental health: a scoping review of methods to describe the context of local care delivery
Mary Anne Furst, Coralie Gandré, Cristina Romero López-Alberca, Luis Salvador-Carulla
Could shared decision making affect staying in hospital? A cross-sectional pilot study
M. R. Gualano, F. Bert, S. Passi, M. Stillo, V. Brescia, G. Scaioli, R. Thomas, G. Voglino, D. Minniti, F. Boraso, R. Siliquini
Understanding performance data: health management information system data accuracy in Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Region, Ethiopia
Misganu Endriyas, Abraham Alano, Emebet Mekonnen, Sinafikish Ayele, Temesgen Kelaye, Mekonnen Shiferaw, Tebeje Misganaw, Teka Samuel, Tesfahun Hailemariam, Samuel Hailu
Errors in packaging surgical instruments based on a surgical instrument tracking system: an observational study
Xiaolian Zhu, Lan Yuan, Tianyi Li, Ping Cheng
Implementation fidelity of a strategy to integrate service delivery: learnings from a transitional care program for individuals with complex needs in Singapore
Milawaty Nurjono, Pami Shrestha, Ian Yi Han Ang, Farah Shiraz, Joanne Su-Yin Yoong, Sue-Anne Ee Shiow Toh, Hubertus Johannes Maria Vrijhoef
A qualitative exploration of factors influencing medical staffs’ decision-making around nutrition prescription after colorectal surgery
Megan Rattray, Shelley Roberts, Ben Desbrow, Martin Wullschleger, Tayla Robertson, Ingrid Hickman, Andrea P. Marshall
Use of maternal health services among women in the ethnic rural areas of western China
Yuju Wu, Huan Zhou, Qingzhi Wang, Min Cao, Alexis Medina, Scott Rozelle
Process evaluation of a behaviour change approach to improving clinical practice for detecting hereditary cancer
Janet C. Long, Teresa Winata, Deborah Debono, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien, Christine Zhu, Natalie Taylor
Barriers to and facilitators of the development and utilization of context appropriate evidence based clinical algorithms to optimize clinical care and patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa emergency department: a multi-component qualitative study
Lisa M. Puchalski Ritchie, Finot Debebe, Aklilu Azazh
Understanding determinants of acute stroke thrombolysis using the tailored implementation for chronic diseases framework: a qualitative study
Lesli E. Skolarus, Gina M. Neshewat, Lacey Evans, Molly Green, Narmeen Rehman, Zach Landis-Lewis, Jillian Welsh Schrader, Anne E. Sales
Telephone-based aftercare groups for family carers of people with dementia: study protocol of the Talking Time – REHAB project
Martin Berwig, Susanne Lessing, Ruth Deck
Globalisation and transitions in abortion care in Ghana
Patience Aniteye, Susannah H. Mayhew
A new model for pharmacies? Insights from a quantitative study regarding the public’s perceptions
Verónica Policarpo, Sónia Romano, João H. C. António, Tânia Sofia Correia, Suzete Costa
The impact of contract service policy and doctor communication skills on rural patient-doctor trust relationship in the village clinics of three counties
Linni Gu, Jianjun Deng, Huiwen Xu, Shengfa Zhang, Min Gao, Zhiyong Qu, Weijun Zhang, Donghua Tian
Availability of benzathine penicillin G for syphilis treatment in Shandong Province, Eastern China
Xinlong Chen, Guigang Li, Yanling Gan, Tongsheng Chu, Dianchang Liu
Context matters in implementation science: a scoping review of determinant frameworks that describe contextual determinants for implementation outcomes
Per Nilsen, Susanne Bernhardsson
Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study
Sudhakar V. Nuti, Shu-Xia Li, Xiao Xu, Lesli S. Ott, Tara Lagu, Nihar R. Desai, Karthik Murugiah, Michael Duan, John Martin, Nancy Kim, Harlan M. Krumholz
Staff experiences with implementing a case conferencing care model in nursing homes: a focus group study
Sigrid Nakrem, Geir-Tore Stensvik, Rickard Johan Skjong, Joan Ostaszkiewicz
Healthcare utilization after stroke in Canada- a population based study
Adebimpe O. Obembe, Lisa A. Simpson, Brodie M. Sakakibara, Janice J. Eng
Healthy working time arrangements for healthcare personnel and patients: a systematic literature review
Vilde H. Bernstrøm, Daniele Evelin Alves, Dag Ellingsen, Mari Holm Ingelsrud
Challenges to the implementation of malaria policies in Malawi
Chikondi A. Mwendera, Christiaan de Jager, Herbert Longwe, Save Kumwenda, Charles Hongoro, Kamija Phiri, Clifford M. Mutero
Exploring adolescents and young people’s candidacy for utilising health services in a rural district, South Africa
Busisiwe Nkosi, Janet Seeley, Nothando Ngwenya, S. Lerato Mchunu, Dumile Gumede, Jane Ferguson, Aoife M. Doyle
Subscribers’ perception of quality of services provided by Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme - what are the correlates?
Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Samuel Ampaw, Aaron Abuosi
Correction to: Will the reformed Cancer Drugs Fund address the most common types of uncertainty? An analysis of NICE cancer drug appraisals
Liz Morrell, Sarah Wordsworth, Anna Schuh, Mark R. Middleton, Sian Rees, Richard W. Barker
“I just have to take it” – patient safety in acute care: perspectives and experiences of patients with chronic kidney disease
Lucia New, Donna Goodridge, Joanne Kappel, Gary Groot, Roy Dobson
Are family planning vouchers effective in increasing use, improving equity and reaching the underserved? An evaluation of a voucher program in Pakistan
Moazzam Ali, Syed Khurram Azmat, Hasan Bin Hamza, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Waqas Hameed
Exploring the views of being a proxy from the perspective of unpaid carers and paid carers: developing a proxy version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)
James Caiels, Stacey Rand, Tanya Crowther, Grace Collins, Julien Forder
Socio-demographic differences in the frequent use of emergency department care by older persons: a population-based study in Stockholm County
Megan Doheny, Janne Agerholm, Nicola Orsini, Pär Schön, Bo Burström
Uptake and correlates of HIV testing among men in Malawi: evidence from a national population–based household survey
Chrispin Mandiwa, Bernadetta Namondwe
Barriers and facilitators with medication use during the transition from hospital to home: a qualitative study among patients
Sara Daliri, Charlotte L. Bekker, Bianca M. Buurman, Wilma J. M. Scholte op Reimer, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Fatma Karapinar – Çarkit
Validity and reliability of measures to assess constructs from the inner setting domain of the consolidated framework for implementation research in a pediatric clinic network implementing HPV programs
Timothy J. Walker, Serena A. Rodriguez, Sally W. Vernon, Lara S. Savas, Erica L. Frost, Maria E. Fernandez
Improving continuity of patient care across sectors: study protocol of a quasi-experimental multi-centre study regarding an admission and discharge model in Germany (VESPEERA)
Johanna Forstner, Cornelia Straßner, Aline Kunz, Lorenz Uhlmann, Tobias Freund, Frank Peters-Klimm, Michel Wensing, Stephanie Kümmel, Nadja El-Kurd, Ronja Rück, Bärbel Handlos, Joachim Szecsenyi
Pharmacists expand access to reproductive heaLthcare: PEARL study protocol
Maria I. Rodriguez, Blair G. Darney, Alison B. Edelman, Kimberly Yee, Lorinda B. Anderson, K. John McConnell
Evaluation of a Tennessee statewide initiative to reduce early elective deliveries using quasi-experimental methods
Michael P. Thompson, Ilana Graetz, Caitlin N. McKillop, Peter H. Grubb, Teresa M. Waters
Understanding healthcare self-referral in Nigeria from the service users’ perspective: a qualitative study of Niger state
Francis Koce, Gurch Randhawa, Bertha Ochieng
Healthcare worker experiences with Option B+ for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in eSwatini: findings from a two-year follow-up study
Abby L. DiCarlo, Averie Baird Gachuhi, Simangele Mthethwa-Hleta, Siphesihle Shongwe, Thabo Hlophe, Zachary J. Peters, Allison Zerbe, Landon Myer, Nontokozo Langwenya, Velephi Okello, Ruben Sahabo, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Elaine J. Abrams
The Philani MOVIE study: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a mobile video entertainment-education intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding in South Africa
Maya Adam, Mark Tomlinson, Ingrid Le Roux, Amnesty E LeFevre, Shannon A McMahon, Jamie Johnston, Angela Kirton, Nokwanele Mbewu, Stacy-Leigh Strydom, Charles Prober, Till Bärnighausen
The politics and ethics of hospital infection prevention and control: a qualitative case study of senior clinicians’ perceptions of professional and cultural factors that influence doctors’ attitudes and practices in a large Australian hospital
Gwendolyn L. Gilbert, Ian Kerridge
Effects and determinants of tuberculosis drug stockouts in South Africa
L. E. M. Koomen, R. Burger, E. K. A. van Doorslaer
Identifying barriers to the use of ultrasound in the perioperative period: a survey of southwestern Ontario anesthesiologists
J. Chui, R. Lavi, A. F. Hegazy, P. M. Jones, R. Arellano, H. Yang, D. Bainbridge
Use of prescription medication prior to suicide in Norway
Anne Reneflot, Silje L. Kaspersen, Lars Johan Hauge, Jorid Kalseth
Psychometric evaluation of an interview-administered version of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire for use in a cross-sectional study of a rural district in Bangladesh: an application of Rasch analysis
Mohammed Nazim Uddin, Fakir M Amirul Islam
Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study
Grace Mhalu, Mitchell G. Weiss, Jerry Hella, Francis Mhimbira, Enos Mahongo, Christian Schindler, Klaus Reither, Lukas Fenner, Elisabeth Zemp, Sonja Merten
Clinical predictors of protracted length of stay in Ontario Complex Continuing Care hospitals
Luke A. Turcotte, Chris M. Perlman, Brant E. Fries, John P. Hirdes
Patient consultation rate and clinical and NHS outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis of English primary care data from 2.7 million patients in 238 practices
Sarah Lay-Flurrie, Edouard Mathieu, Clare Bankhead, Brian D. Nicholson, Rafael Perera-Salazar, Tim Holt, F. D. Richard Hobbs, Chris Salisbury
Caregivers’ experiences of a home support program after the hospital discharge of an older family member: a qualitative analysis
Susan Slatyer, Samar M. Aoun, Keith D. Hill, Debbie Walsh, Dee Whitty, Christine Toye
An administrative model for benchmarking hospitals on their 30-day sepsis mortality
Jennifer L. Darby, Billie S. Davis, Ian J. Barbash, Jeremy M. Kahn
Can a continuous quality improvement program create culturally safe emergency departments for Aboriginal people in Australia? A multiple baseline study
Thomas Gadsden, Gai Wilson, James Totterdell, John Willis, Ashima Gupta, Alwin Chong, Angela Clarke, Michelle Winters, Kym Donahue, Sonia Posenelli, Louise Maher, Jessica Stewart, Helen Gardiner, Erin Passmore, Aaron Cashmore, Andrew Milat
Access to cardiac rehabilitation and the role of language barriers in the provision of cardiac rehabilitation to migrants
Fatima Al-Sharifi, Hanne Winther Frederiksen, Henriette Knold Rossau, Marie Norredam, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler
Older persons’ experiences of adapting to daily life at home after hospital discharge: a qualitative metasummary
Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Marianne Molin, Jonas Debesay, Astrid Bergland, Asta Bye
Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania
Donat Shamba, Tara Tancred, Claudia Hanson, Juddy Wachira, Fatuma Manzi
Engaging multiple stakeholders to improve speech and language therapy services in schools: an appreciative inquiry-based study
A. L. Gallagher, CA. Murphy, P. F. Conway, A. Perry
Evaluating the design and implementation of the whole systems integrated care programme in North West London: why commissioning proved (again) to be the weakest link
Judith Smith, Gerald Wistow, Holly Holder, Matthew Gaskins
Outpatient primary and tertiary healthcare utilisation among public rental housing residents in Singapore
Jun Jie Benjamin Seng, Vanessa Zi Kun Lim, Yu Heng Kwan, Julian Thumboo, Lian Leng LOW
Healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitude and acceptance of influenza vaccination in Saudi Arabia: a multicenter cross-sectional study
Thamir M. Alshammari, Kazeem B. Yusuff, Muhammad Majid Aziz, Gehad M. Subaie
A mixed-methods approach to understanding partnership experiences and outcomes of projects from an integrated knowledge translation funding model in rehabilitation
Jacqueline Roberge-Dao, Brooks Yardley, Anita Menon, Marie-Christine Halle, Julia Maman, Sara Ahmed, Aliki Thomas
Effect of a typical systemic hospital reform on inpatient expenditure for rural population: the Sanming model in China
Zhaolin Meng, Min Zhu, Yuanyi Cai, Xiaohong Cao, Huazhang Wu
Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Amhara state, Ethiopia
Melashu Balew Shiferaw, Amtatachew Moges Zegeye
Tuberculosis care for migrant patients in Portugal: a mixed methods study with primary healthcare providers
Ana Maria Tavares, Ana Cristina Garcia, Ana Gama, Ana B. Abecasis, Miguel Viveiros, Sónia Dias
Evaluation of facility and community-based active household tuberculosis contact investigation in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Fana Tefera, Gena Barnabee, Anjali Sharma, Beniam Feleke, Daniel Atnafu, Negasi Haymanot, Gabrielle O’Malley, Getachew Feleke
Post-incident review after restraint in mental health care -a potential for knowledge development, recovery promotion and restraint prevention. A scoping review
Unn Elisabeth Hammervold, Reidun Norvoll, Randi W. Aas, Hildegunn Sagvaag
Primary care provider perceptions and experiences of implementing hepatitis C virus birth cohort testing: a qualitative formative evaluation
Vera Yakovchenko, Rendelle E. Bolton, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Allen L. Gifford
Integrative hospital treatment in older patients to benchmark and improve outcome and length of stay – the In-HospiTOOL study
Alexander Kutz, Daniel Koch, Antoinette Conca, Ciril Baechli, Sebastian Haubitz, Katharina Regez, Ursula Schild, Zeljka Caldara, Fahim Ebrahimi, Stefano Bassetti, Jens Eckstein, Juerg Beer, Michael Egloff, Vladimir Kaplan, Tobias Ehmann, Claus Hoess, Heinz Schaad, Ulrich Wagner, Sabina de Geest, Philipp Schuetz, Beat Mueller
Reasons, perceived outcomes and characteristics of second-opinion seekers: are there differences in private vs. public settings?
Liora Shmueli, Nadav Davidovitch, Joseph S. Pliskin, Igal Hekselman, Ran D. Balicer, Geva Greenfield
Priorities and challenges for health leadership and workforce management globally: a rapid review
Carah Alyssa Figueroa, Reema Harrison, Ashfaq Chauhan, Lois Meyer
Magnitude of delayed turnaround time of laboratory results in Amhara Public Health Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Melashu Balew Shiferaw, Gizachew Yismaw
Conceptual model of managing health care volunteers in disasters: a mixed method study
Ibrahim Salmani, Hesam Seyedin, Ali Ardalan, Tahmineh Farajkhoda
A new understanding of health related empowerment in the context of an active and healthy ageing
Lars Kayser, Astrid Karnoe, Emily Duminski, David Somekh, Cecilia Vera-Muñoz
What does it cost to redispense unused medications in the pharmacy? A micro-costing study
Charlotte L. Bekker, Helga Gardarsdottir, Antoine C. G. Egberts, Hendrik A. Molenaar, Marcel L. Bouvy, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Anke M. Hövels
Operational characteristics of antiretroviral therapy clinics in Zambia: a time and motion analysis
Radhika P. Tampi, Taniya Tembo, Mpande Mukumba-Mwenechanya, Anjali Sharma, David W. Dowdy, Charles B. Holmes, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Izukanji Sikazwe, Austin Tucker, Hojoon Sohn
Economic efficiency versus accessibility: Planning of the hospital landscape in rural regions using a linear model on the example of paediatric and obstetric wards in the northeast of Germany
Neeltje van den Berg, Franziska Radicke, Ulrike Stentzel, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Steffen Flessa
Critical steps in the path to using cessation pharmacotherapy following hospital-initiated tobacco treatment
Edward P. Liebmann, Taneisha S. Scheuermann, Babalola Faseru, Kimber P. Richter
The effect of racial and gender concordance between physicians and patients on the assessment of hospitalist performance: a pilot study
Damian Crawford, Suchitra Paranji, Shalini Chandra, Scott Wright, Flora Kisuule
Research funding impact and priority setting – advancing universal access and quality healthcare research in Malaysia
Weng Hong Fun, Sondi Sararaks, Ee Hong Tan, Kar Foong Tang, Diane Woei Quan Chong, Lee Lan Low, Roslinda Abu Sapian, S. Asmaliza Ismail, Suresh Kumar Govind, Siti Haniza Mahmud, Shahnaz Murad
Developing a toolkit to implement the Statin Choice Conversation Aid at scale: application of a work reduction model
Aaron L. Leppin, Kasey R. Boehmer, Megan E. Branda, Nilay D. Shah, Ian Hargraves, Sara Dick, Glyn Elwyn, Henry H. Ting, Siqin Ye, Ryan Gilles, Marghoob Abbas, Alex Alexander, Victor M. Montori
Establishment of radiation therapy services in North West Tasmania: a community need or election strategy?
Sancia West, Elizabeth Shannon, Elaine Crisp, Tony Barnett
Satisfaction with service coverage and drug list may influence patients’ acceptance of general practitioner contract service: a cross-sectional study in Guangdong, China
Aiyun Chen, Shanshan Feng, Wenxi Tang, Liang Zhang
Treatment-seeking behaviour for febrile illnesses and its implications for malaria control and elimination in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR (Laos): a mixed method study
Bipin Adhikari, Koukeo Phommasone, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Palingnaphone Koummarasy, Xayaphone Soundala, Gisela Henriques, Pasathorn Sirithiranont, Daniel M. Parker, Lorenz von Seidlein, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Arjen M. Dondorp, Paul N. Newton, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Christopher Pell, Mayfong Mayxay
An implementation science study to enhance cardiovascular disease prevention in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda: a stepped-wedge design
Geofrey Musinguzi, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Rawlance Ndejjo, Isaac Ssinabulya, Harm van Marwijk, Isaac Ddumba, Hilde Bastiaens, Fred Nuwaha
Availability of essential medicines and pharmaceutical inventory management practice at health centers of Adama town, Ethiopia
Adane Teshome Kefale, Hafiza Hayredin Shebo
Long-term corticosteroid use and dietary advice: a qualitative analysis of the difficulties encountered by patient
Muriel Nogué, Jacques Rambaud, Sylvie Fabre, Nathalie Filippi, Christian Jorgensen, Yves-Marie Pers
Value based competition in health care’s ethical drawbacks and the need for a values-driven approach
A. Stef Groenewoud, Gert P. Westert, Jan A. M. Kremer
What makes mental health and substance use services youth friendly? A scoping review of literature
Lisa D. Hawke, Kamna Mehra, Cara Settipani, Jaqueline Relihan, Karleigh Darnay, Gloria Chaim, Joanna Henderson
Patterns of health care use and out-of-pocket payments among general population and social security beneficiaries in Myanmar
Chaw-Yin Myint, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot
Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions as an indicator of access to primary care and excess of bed supply
Agnus M. Kim, Jong Heon Park, Tae Ho Yoon, Yoon Kim
Social media ratings of nursing homes associated with experience of care and “Nursing Home Compare” quality measures
Yue Li, Xueya Cai, Matthew Wang
HIV sexual risk behavior and preferred HIV prevention service outlet by men who have sex with men in Nigeria
Godwin Emmanuel, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Bartholomew Ochonye, Paul Umoh, Bashiru Wasiu, Mercy Nkom, Apera Iorwa, James Anenih
Measuring implementation in global mental health: validation of a pragmatic implementation science measure in eastern Ukraine using an experimental vignette design
E. E. Haroz, P. Bolton, A. J. Nguyen, C. Lee, S. Bogdanov, J. Bass, N. S. Singh, Benjamin Doty, L. Murray
Strengthening referral systems in community health programs: a qualitative study in two rural districts of Maputo Province, Mozambique
Celso Give, Sozinho Ndima, Rosalind Steege, Hermen Ormel, Rosalind McCollum, Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Maryse Kok, Mohsin Sidat
The effect of adapting Hospital at Home to facilitate implementation and sustainment on program drift or voltage drop
Albert L. Siu, Robert M. Zimbroff, Alex D. Federman, Linda V. DeCherrie, Melissa Garrido, Barbara Morano, Sara Lubetsky, Elisse Catalan, Bruce Leff
A quality indicator set for use in rehabilitation team care of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases; development and pilot testing
Inger Johansen, Mari Klokkerud, Audny Anke, Janne-Birgitte Børke, Thomas Glott, Uno Hauglie, Audhild Høyem, Atle Klovning, Karin Anna Lande, Mona Larsen, Jan Egil Nordvik, Sigrid H. Wigers, Irene Øyeflaten, Kaare Birger Hagen, Ingvild Kjeken
Assessing core, e-learning, clinical and technology readiness to integrate telemedicine at public health facilities in Uganda: a health facility – based survey
Vincent Micheal Kiberu, Richard E. Scott, Maurice Mars
Growth monitoring and promotion practices among health workers may be suboptimal despite high knowledge scores
Issahaku Sulley, Abdul-Razak Abizari, Zakari Ali, Wisdom Peprah, Hamshawu Gombilla Yakubu, Wilfred W. Forfoe, Mahama Saaka
Human resource technology disruptions and their implications for human resources management in healthcare organizations
Aizhan Tursunbayeva
Health service brokerage to improve primary care access for populations experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage: a systematic review and realist synthesis
Louise Thomas, Sharon Parker, Hyun Song, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Grant Russell, Mark Harris, Grant Russell, Jeannie Haggerty, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Mark Harris, Simone Dahrouge, Virginia Lewis, Cathie Scott, Nigel Stocks
Involving end-users in the design of an audit and feedback intervention in the emergency department setting – a mixed methods study
Welmoed K. van Deen, Edward S. Cho, Kathryn Pustolski, Dennis Wixon, Shona Lamb, Thomas W. Valente, Michael Menchine
The introduction of a Parkinson’s disease email alert system to allow for early specialist team review of inpatients
Peter Hobson, Sally Roberts, Glesni Davies
Appropriateness of psychotropic drug prescriptions in the elderly: structuring tools based on data extracted from the hospital information system to understand physician practices
Aurélie Petit-Monéger, Vianney Jouhet, Frantz Thiessard, Driss Berdaï, Pernelle Noize, Véronique Gilleron, Guillaume Caridade, Louis-Rachid Salmi, Florence Saillour-Glénisson
Harmonizing scientific rigor with political urgency: policy learnings for identifying accelerators for scale-up from the safe childbirth checklist programme in Rajasthan, India
Somesh Kumar, Priti Dave, Ashish Srivastava, Jelle Stekelenburg, Dinesh Baswal, Deepti Singh, Bulbul Sood, Vikas Yadav
Improving the science and evidence base of disaster response: a policy research study
Irene Anne Jillson, Michael Clarke, Claire Allen, Stephen Waller, Tracey Koehlmoos, William Mumford, Jeroen Jansen, Keith McKay, Alexandra Trant
Patient experiences of primary care quality amongst different types of health care facilities in central Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Minh Tam, Anselme Derese, Jeffrey F. Markuns, Wim Peersman
A time-duration measure of continuity of care to optimise utilisation of primary health care: a threshold effects approach among people with diabetes
Ninh Thi Ha, Mark Harris, David Preen, Suzanne Robinson, Rachael Moorin
The nature of rehabilitation services provided to children with cerebral palsy: a population-based nationwide study
Seong Woo Kim, Ha Ra Jeon, Taemi Youk, Jiyong Kim
Enhancing knowledge and coordination in obesity treatment: a case study of an innovative educational program
Tonje C. Osmundsen, Unni Dahl, Bård Kulseng
“We come as friends”: approaches to social accountability by health committees in Northern Malawi
Elsbet Lodenstein, Joyce M. Molenaar, Christine Ingemann, Kondwani Botha, Jenipher Jere Mkandawire, Loan Liem, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Marjolein Dieleman
Systemic overuse of health care in a commercially insured US population, 2010–2015
Allison H. Oakes, Hsien-Yen Chang, Jodi B. Segal
Effectiveness of a tailored implementation strategy to improve adherence to a guideline on mental health problems in occupational health care
Margot C. W. Joosen, Karlijn M. van Beurden, David S. Rebergen, Monique A. J. M. Loo, Berend Terluin, Jaap van Weeghel, Jac J. L. van der Klink, Evelien P. M. Brouwers
Qualitative and quantitative research of medication review and drug-related problems in Hungarian community pharmacies: a pilot study
András Szilvay, Orsolya Somogyi, Attiláné Meskó, Romána Zelkó, Balázs Hankó
Staff perspectives of a model of access and triage for reducing waiting time in ambulatory services: a qualitative study
Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon, Annie K. Lewis, Sandra G. Leggat, Bridie Kent, Jennifer J. Watts, Nicholas F. Taylor
Intensification to injectable therapy in type 2 diabetes: mixed methods study (protocol)
Simon de Lusignan, William Hinton, Emmanouela Konstantara, Neil Munro, Martin Whyte, Julie Mount, Michael Feher
Evaluation of a new patient consultation initiative in community pharmacy for ear, nose and throat and eye conditions
Gillian Hall, Tania Cork, Simon White, Hayley Berry, Louise Smith
Study protocol to investigate the efficacy of normalisation of Advance Care Planning (ACP) for people with chronic diseases in acute and community settings: a quasi-experimental design
Sarah Jeong, Tomiko Barrett, Se Ok Ohr, Peter Cleasby, Michael David, Sally Chan, Helen Fairlamb, Ryan Davey, Peter Saul
Building implementation capacity (BIC): a longitudinal mixed methods evaluation of a team intervention
Rebecca Mosson, Hanna Augustsson, Annika Bäck, Mårten Åhström, Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Anne Richter, Malin Gunnarsson, Henna Hasson
Peer support interventions for individuals with acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida: a systematic review
Ben B. Levy, Dorothy Luong, Laure Perrier, Mark T. Bayley, Sarah E. P. Munce
Factors associated with post-acute discharge location after hospital stay: a cross-sectional study from a Swiss hospital
Bettina M. Zimmermann, Insa Koné, Michael Rost, Agnes Leu, Tenzin Wangmo, Bernice S. Elger
Primary care physicians’ satisfaction after health care reform: a cross-sectional study from two cities in Central Java, Indonesia
Chatila Maharani, Desie Frihandini Afief, Dorothea Weber, Michael Marx, Svetla Loukanova
Access to care among Medicaid and uninsured patients in community health centers after the Affordable Care Act
Veri Seo, Travis P. Baggett, Anne N. Thorndike, Peter Hull, John Hsu, Joseph P. Newhouse, Vicki Fung
The 2010 expansion of activity-based hospital payment in Israel: an evaluation of effects at the ward level
Ruth Waitzberg, Wilm Quentin, Elad Daniels, Vadim Perman, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Reinhard Busse, Dan Greenberg
Redesigning systems to improve teamwork and quality for hospitalized patients (RESET): study protocol evaluating the effect of mentored implementation to redesign clinical microsystems
Kevin J. O’Leary, Julie K. Johnson, Milisa Manojlovich, Jenna D. Goldstein, Jungwha Lee, Mark V. Williams
Testing the psychometric properties of the Finnish version of the cross-cultural competence instrument of healthcare professionals (CCCHP)
Laura Hietapakka, Marko Elovainio, Karolina Wesolowska, Anna-Mari Aalto, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Timo Sinervo, Tarja Heponiemi
Examining the impact of WHO’s Focused Antenatal Care policy on early access, underutilisation and quality of antenatal care services in Malawi: a retrospective study
Martina Mchenga, Ronelle Burger, Dieter von Fintel
Infection prevention control and organisational patient safety culture within the context of isolation: study protocol
John Gammon, Julian Hunt, Sharon Williams, Sharon Daniel, Sue Rees, Sian Matthewson
What helped and hindered implementation of an intervention package to reduce smoking in pregnancy: process evaluation guided by normalization process theory
Susan Jones, Sharon Hamilton, Ruth Bell, Vera Araújo-Soares, Svetlana V. Glinianaia, Eugene M. G. Milne, Martin White, Martyn Willmore, Janet Shucksmith
Colorectal cancer screening in newly insured Medicaid members: a review of concurrent federal and state policies
Meghan C. O’Leary, Kristen Hassmiller Lich, Yifan Gu, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Gloria D. Coronado, Sarah E. Bartelmann, Bonnie K. Lind, Maria E. Mayorga, Melinda M. Davis
Relationships between dental hygienists’ work environment and patient safety culture
Eun-Mi Choi, So-Jung Mun, Won-Gyun Chung, Hie-Jin Noh
Factors associated with health literacy in rural areas of Central China: structural equation model
Yaofei Xie, Mengdi Ma, Ya’nan Zhang, Xiaodong Tan
Why do patients follow physicians’ advice? The influence of patients’ regulatory focus on adherence: an empirical study in China
Runtong Zhang, Xinyi Lu, Wen Wu, Xiaopu Shang
Entering an emotional minefield: professionals’ experiences with facilitators to address abuse in child interviews
Ane Ugland Albaek, Per-Einar Binder, Anne Marita Milde
HIV/AIDS length of stay in Portugal under financial constraints: a longitudinal study for public hospitals, 2009–2014
Gonçalo F. Augusto, Sara S. Dias, Alexandre V. Abrantes, Maria R. O. Martins
Attitudes and practices of community pharmacists and barriers to their participation in public health activities in Yemen: mind the gap
Seena A. Yousuf, Mohammed Alshakka, Wafa F. S. Badulla, Heyam Saad Ali, P. Ravi Shankar, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
Social network analysis of rural medical networks after medical school immersion in a rural clinical school
Denese E. Playford, Tessa Burkitt, David Atkinson
Utilizing the focused conversation method in qualitative public health research: a team-based approach
Charissa Fritzen-Pedicini, Susan C. Bleasdale, Lisa M. Brosseau, Donna Moritz, Monica Sikka, Emily Stiehl, Rachael M. Jones
The role of organizational attractiveness in an internal market-oriented culture (IMOC): a study of hospital frontline employees
Terje Slåtten, Gudbrand Lien, Peer Jacob Svenkerud
Household relationships and healthcare seeking behaviour for common childhood illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-national mixed effects analysis
Joshua O. Akinyemi, Pamela Banda, Nicole De Wet, Adenike E. Akosile, Clifford O. Odimegwu
Adherence of doctors to hypertension clinical guidelines in academy charity teaching hospital, Khartoum, Sudan
Hiba Salah Abdelgadir, Maisa Mustafa Elfadul, Nisreen Haider Hamid, Mounkaila Noma
Development of a novel benchmark method to identify and characterize best practices in home care across six European countries: design, baseline, and rationale of the IBenC project
Henriëtte G. van der Roest, Liza van Eenoo, Lisanne I. van Lier, Graziano Onder, Vjenka Garms-Homolová, Johannes H. Smit, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Pálmi V. Jónsson, Stasja Draisma, Anja Declercq, Judith E. Bosmans, Hein P. J. van Hout, Dinnus H. Frijters, Karlijn J. Joling, Roberto Bernabei, Davide L. Vetrano, Angelo Carfí, Jacqueline Schoen, Ho Ming Lau, Ho-Young Wisselink, Jenny Bremner, Michele Calabro, Olivia Dix, Usman Khan, Matteo Vezzosi, Sari Jokinen, Berglind Magnúsdóttir, Inga Valgerður Kristinsdóttir, Joonas Sakki, Anja Noro
Contrasting effects of comorbidities on emergency colon cancer diagnosis: a longitudinal data-linkage study in England
Cristina Renzi, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Willie Hamilton, Camille Maringe, Bernard Rachet
“The number of clients is increasing but the supplies are reducing”: provider strategies for responding to chronic antiretroviral (ARV) medicines stock-outs in resource-limited settings: a qualitative study from Uganda
Henry Zakumumpa, Flavia Matovu Kiweewa, Felix Khuluza, Freddy Eric Kitutu
Insights on multimorbidity and associated health service use and costs from three population-based studies of older adults in Ontario with diabetes, dementia and stroke
Lauren E. Griffith, Andrea Gruneir, Kathryn Fisher, Dilzayn Panjwani, Amiram Gafni, Christopher Patterson, Maureen Markle-Reid, Jenny Ploeg
Intention to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV in China under the scaling-up of ART: the role of healthcare workers’ recommendations
Qiangsheng He, Xuan Du, Huifang Xu, Lirui Fan, Remina Maimaitijiang, Yanan Wu, Chun Hao, Jinghua Li, Yuantao Hao, Jing Gu
Cost-effectiveness of a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention intervention in medically underserved rural areas
Hua Wang, Donald Kenkel, Meredith L. Graham, Lynn C. Paul, Sara C. Folta, Miriam E. Nelson, David Strogatz, Rebecca A. Seguin
Healthcare providers’ attitudes towards care for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malawi
Lester Kapanda, Vincent Jumbe, Chimaraoke Izugbara, Adamson S. Muula
Developing national strategies for reaching men with HIV testing services in Tanzania: results from the male catch-up plan
Donaldson F. Conserve, Jumanne Issango, Andrew M. Kilale, Bernard Njau, Patrick Nhigula, Peter Memiah, Gaspar Mbita, Augustine T. Choko, Akeen Hamilton, Gary King
Use of high-level health facilities and catastrophic expenditure in Vietnam: can health insurance moderate this relationship?
Hwa-Young Lee, Juhwan Oh, Hoang Van Minh, J. Robin Moon, S. V. Subramanian
LearnOvation: an intervention to foster exploration and exploitation behaviour in health care management in daily practice
Gunilla Avby, Sofia Kjellström
Social psychological mechanisms and processes in a novel, health professional-led, self-management intervention for older stroke individuals: a synthesis and phenomenological study
Susanne Lillelund Sørensen, Sedsel Kristine Stage Pedersen, Hanne Pallesen
Referral of patients to diabetes prevention programmes from community campaigns and general practices: mixed-method evaluation using the RE-AIM framework and Normalisation Process Theory
Sarah Knowles, Sarah Cotterill, Nia Coupe, Michael Spence
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Active Life with Asthma (Gr-ALMA) review: a descriptive methodological study
Chris Livadiotis, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Nicos Middleton
Analyses of the effectiveness of a Brazilian pediatric home care service: a preliminary study
Antônio José Lana de Carvalho, Hyster Martins Ferreira, Eliza Fernanda Borges, Laerte Honorato Borges Junior, Ana Laura Teodoro de Paula, Wallisen Tadashi Hattori, e Vivian Mara Gonçalves de Oliveira Azevedo
Evaluating the implementation and impact of a pharmacy technician-supported medicines administration service designed to reduce omitted doses in hospitals: a qualitative study
Elizabeth M. Seston, Darren M. Ashcroft, Elizabeth Lamerton, Lindsay Harper, Richard N. Keers
Incorporating ex-vivo lung perfusion into the UK adult lung transplant service: an economic evaluation and decision analytic model
N. McMeekin, A. E. Chrysos, L. Vale, A. J. Fisher
Facilitators, best practices and barriers to integrating family planning data in Uganda’s health management information system
Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Betty Kwagala, Olivia Nankinga, Patricia Ndugga, Allen Kabagenyi, Bridgit Adamou, Benjamin Kachero
Cross verification of prescribing trends through loop evaluation of physicians, patients and medical store personnel
Syed Zia Husnain, Nadeem Irfan Bukhari, Khalid Hussain, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Furqan Khurshid Hashmi, Zikria Saleem, Muhammad Salman, Louise Curley
Factors associated with the inter-facility transfer of inpatients in Sichuan province, China
Linxin Liu, Chaojie Liu, Zhanqi Duan, Jingping Pan, Min Yang
Correction to: Conceptual model of managing health care volunteers in disasters: a mixed method study
Ibrahim Salmani, Hesam Seyedin, Ali Ardalan, Tahmineh Farajkhoda
Shortage and inequalities in the distribution of specialists across community health centres in Uttar Pradesh, 2002–2012
Aditya Singh
A complex health services intervention to improve medical care in long-term care homes: study protocol of the controlled coordinated medical care (CoCare) study
Boris A. Brühmann, Christina Reese, Klaus Kaier, Margrit Ott, Christoph Maurer, Simone Kunert, Bruno R. Saurer, Erik Farin
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices in the Netherlands: results from a nationwide survey
Marc Schluep, Geertje Johanna Catharina van Limpt, Robert Jan Stolker, Sanne Elisabeth Hoeks, Henrik Endeman
High perceived social support and hospital readmissions in an older multi-ethnic, limited English proficiency, safety-net population
Brian Chan, L. Elizabeth Goldman, Urmimala Sarkar, David Guzman, Jeff Critchfield, Somnath Saha, Margot Kushel
Healthcare-provider perceptions of barriers to oxygen therapy for paediatric patients in three government-funded eastern Ugandan hospitals; a qualitative study
Jonathan W. Dauncey, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Kathryn Maitland
Using electronic tablets for data collection for healthcare service and maternal health assessments in low resource settings: lessons learnt
Fiona M. Dickinson, Mary McCauley, Barbara Madaj, Nynke van den Broek
Understanding evidence-informed decision-making: a rural interorganizational breastfeeding network
Sionnach Lukeman, Barbara Davies, Charmaine McPherson, Josephine Etowa
Building general practice training capacity in rural and remote Australia with underserved primary care services: a qualitative investigation
Louise Young, Raquel Peel, Belinda O’Sullivan, Carole Reeve
The feasibility and acceptability of collaborative learning in improving health worker performance on adolescent health: findings from implementation research in Moldova
Galina Lesco, Frances Squires, Viorel Babii, Nadejda Bordian, Olga Cernetchi, Adriane Martin Hilber, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
Nursing and midwifery research activity in Arab countries from 1950 to 2017
Waleed M. Sweileh, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Ansam F. Sawalha
Knowledge, attitudes, perception and practices regarding antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in Antananarivo, Madagascar: a cross-sectional survey
Mihaja Raberahona, Zinara Lidamahasolo, Johary Andriamamonjisoa, Volatiana Andriananja, Radonirina Lazasoa Andrianasolo, Rivonirina Andry Rakotoarivelo, Mamy Jean de Dieu Randria
Immigrant health access in Texas: policy, rhetoric, and fear in the Trump era
Timothy Callaghan, David J. Washburn, Katharine Nimmons, Delia Duchicela, Anoop Gurram, James Burdine
Geographical variations in patient-reported outcomes after total hip arthroplasty between 2008 - 2012
Linnea Oldsberg, Göran Garellick, Ingrid Osika Friberg, Anke Samulowitz, Ola Rolfson, Szilárd Nemes
HIV/AIDS health services in Manaus, Brazil: patient perception of quality and its influence on adherence to antiretroviral treatment
Carlued Leon, Tamar Koosed, Bryn Philibert, Cristina Raposo, Adele Schwartz Benzaken
Exploring variation in low-value care: a multilevel modelling study
Tim Badgery-Parker, Yingyu Feng, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Susan Dunn, Adam G. Elshaug
Converting acute inpatient take to outpatient take with fast-track assessment in internal medicine wards – a before-after study
Cathrine Bell, Ulrich Fredberg, Anders Damgaard Moeller Schlünsen, Peter Vedsted
The integrated health service model: the approach to restrain the vicious cycle to chronic diseases
Netsanet Fetene Wendimagegn, Marthie Bezuidenhout
Development of a patient reported outcome measures for measuring the impact of visual impairment following stroke
Lauren R. Hepworth, Fiona J. Rowe, Girvan Burnside
TIME to reduce agitation in persons with dementia in nursing homes. A process evaluation of a complex intervention
Bjørn Lichtwarck, Janne Myhre, Geir Selbaek, Øyvind Kirkevold, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Sverre Bergh
Effect of counselling on health-promoting lifestyle and the quality of life in Iranian middle-aged women: a randomised controlled clinical trial
Vahideh Karimlou, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Jamileh Malakouti, Mojgan Mirghafourvand
Strengthening provider-initiated testing and counselling in Zimbabwe by deploying supplemental providers: a time series analysis
Aaron F. Bochner, Beth A. Tippett Barr, Batsirai Makunike, Gloria Gonese, Blessing Wazara, Richard Mashapa, Elizabeth Meacham, Ponesai Nyika, Gertrude Ncube, Shirish Balachandra, Ruth Levine, Frances Petracca, Tsitsi Apollo, Ann Downer, Stefan Z. Wiktor
Impact of the free healthcare initiative on wealth-related inequity in the utilization of maternal & child health services in Sierra Leone
Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Peter Bai James, Steven Sevalie, Katrina Hann, Amir Shmueli
Quality of care for non-communicable diseases in the Republic of Moldova: a survey across primary health care facilities and pharmacies
Carolyn Blake, Leah F. Bohle, Cristina Rotaru, Natalia Zarbailov, Valeriu Sava, Florence Sécula, Helen Prytherch, Ala Curteanu
Utilization and medical costs of outpatient rehabilitation among children with autism spectrum conditions in Taiwan
Hsing-Jung Li, Chi-Yuan Chen, Ching-Hong Tsai, Chao-Chan Kuo, Kung-Heng Chen, Kuan-Hsu Chen, Ying-Chun Li
Co-design of a patient experience survey for arthritis central intake: an example of meaningful patient engagement in healthcare design
Eloise C. J. Carr, Jatin N. Patel, Mia M. Ortiz, Jean L. Miller, Sylvia R. Teare, Claire E. H. Barber, Deborah A. Marshall
The German version of the high-performance work systems questionnaire (HPWS-G) in the context of patient safety: a validation study in a Swiss university hospital
Juliane Mielke, Sabina De Geest, Sonja Beckmann, Lynn Leppla, Xhyljeta Luta, Raphaelle-Ashley Guerbaai, Sabina Hunziker, René Schwendimann
Perspectives of health educators and interviewers in a randomized controlled trial of a postpartum diabetes prevention program for Latinas: a qualitative assessment
Aline Gubrium, Denise Leckenby, Megan Ward Harvey, Bess H. Marcus, Milagros C. Rosal, Lisa Chasan-Taber
Surgeons and preventive health: a mixed methods study of current practice, beliefs and attitudes influencing health promotion activities amongst public hospital surgeons
Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg, Andrea Sloane, Michael Kingsley
Experiences of homeless women on maternity health service utilization and associated challenge in Aksum town, Northern Ethiopia
Hailay Gebreyesus, Abebe Mamo, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin, Berihu Gidey, Znabu Hdush, Zewdie Birhanu
Medical expenditure for middle-aged and elderly in Beijing
Chenjin Ma, Yan Jiang, Yang Li, Yuming Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Shuangge Ma, Yu Wang
A systematic review of the effects of advance care planning facilitators training programs
Carmen Wing Han Chan, Nancy Hiu Yim Ng, Helen Y. L. Chan, Martin M. H. Wong, K. M. Chow
Attitudes and perceptions of medical doctors towards the local health system: a questionnaire survey in Ecuador
Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Marta Fors, Aquiles R. Henriquez-Trujillo, Gabriel H. Cevallos-Sierra, Alejandra Barreto-Grimaldos, Katherine Simbaña-Rivera, Lenin Gomez-Barreno, Eduardo Vasconez, Alex Lister
Modes of e-Health delivery in secondary prevention programmes for patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review
Gunhild Brørs, Trond Røed Pettersen, Tina B. Hansen, Bengt Fridlund, Linn Benjaminsen Hølvold, Hans Lund, Tone M. Norekvål
Why not see a doctor when ill? Evidence from the Chinese elderly
Shangren Qin, Ye Ding
Towards successful digital transformation through co-creation: a longitudinal study of a four-year implementation of digital monitoring technology in residential care for persons with dementia
Janne Dugstad, Tom Eide, Etty R. Nilsen, Hilde Eide
Is antibacterial treatment intensity lower in elderly patients? A retrospective cohort study in a German surgical intensive care unit
Dominik Beier, Christel Weiß, Michael Hagmann, Ümniye Balaban, Manfred Thiel, Verena Schneider-Lindner
Group-based, person-centered diabetes self-management education: healthcare professionals’ implementation of new approaches
Vibeke Stenov, Gitte Wind, Michael Vallis, Susanne Reventlow, Nana Folmann Hempler
Decision making tools for managing waiting times and treatment rates in elective surgery
Daniel Adrian Lungu, Tommaso Grillo Ruggieri, Sabina Nuti
Evaluation of integrated care services in Catalonia: population-based and service-based real-life deployment protocols
Erik Baltaxe, Isaac Cano, Carmen Herranz, Anael Barberan-Garcia, Carme Hernandez, Albert Alonso, María José Arguis, Cristina Bescos, Felip Burgos, Montserrat Cleries, Joan Carles Contel, Jordi de Batlle, Kamrul Islam, Rachelle Kaye, Maarten Lahr, Graciela Martinez-Palli, Felip Miralles, Montserrat Moharra, David Monterde, Jordi Piera, José Ríos, Nuria Rodriguez, Reut Ron, Maureen Rutten-van Mölken, Tomas Salas, Sebastià Santaeugenia, Helen Schonenberg, Oscar Solans, Gerard Torres, Eloisa Vargiu, Emili Vela, Josep Roca
Accuracy and quality of immunization data in Iran: findings from data quality self-assessment survey in 2017
Manoochehr Karami, Salman Khazaei, Abbas Babaei, Fatemeh Abdoli Yaghini, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei
Hospitals accreditation status in Indonesia: associated with hospital characteristics, market competition intensity, and hospital performance?
Viera Wardhani, Jitse Pieter van Dijk, Adi Utarini
Antihypertensive prescription among black patients without compelling indications: prescription, effectiveness, quality and cost of medication
Onyinye Onyeka Akunne, Aduragbenro Deborah A. Adedapo
Practicality of Acute and Transitional Care and its consequences in the era of SwissDRG: a focus group study
Tenzin Wangmo, Yvonne Padrutt, Insa Koné, Thomas Gächter, Bernice S. Elger, Agnes Leu
Knowledge, attitude and practice among non-ophthalmic health care providers regarding eye management of diabetics in private sector of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Talal Bassam Abu-Amara, Waleed Abdulaziz Al Rashed, Rajiv Khandekar, Hamad Mohammed Qabha, Faris Mohammad Alosaimi, Abdulrahman Abdullah Alshuwayrikh, Mansour Khalid Almadi, Alanoud Alfaris
Comparison of the Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI) with two single-item measures among Finnish Health care centre patients
Elina Tolvanen, Tuomas H. Koskela, Elise Kosunen
Lack of patient education is risk factor of disease flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in China
Le Zhang, Wei Luan, Shikai Geng, Shuang Ye, Xiaodong Wang, Liping Qian, Yang Ding, Ting Li, Anli Jiang
International survey of De-implementation of initiating parenteral nutrition early in Paediatric intensive care units
Esther van Puffelen, An Jacobs, Charlotte J. M. Verdoorn, Koen F. M. Joosten, Greet van den Berghe, Erwin Ista, Sascha C. A. T. Verbruggen
Identification of practitioners at high risk of complaints to health profession regulators
Matthew J. Spittal, Marie M. Bismark, David M. Studdert
Compliance with standard precaution practices and associated factors among health care workers in Dawuro Zone, South West Ethiopia, cross sectional study
Abera Beyamo, Terefe Dodicho, Wolde Facha
Patient empowerment in risk management: a mixed-method study to explore mental health professionals’ perspective
M. Rimondini, I. M. Busch, M. A. Mazzi, V. Donisi, A. Poli, E. Bovolenta, F. Moretti
Evaluating medicine prices, availability and affordability in Bangladesh using World Health Organisation and Health Action International methodology
Lombe Kasonde, David Tordrup, Aliya Naheed, Wu Zeng, Shyfuddin Ahmed, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar
Serious illness care Programme UK: assessing the ‘face validity’, applicability and relevance of the serious illness conversation guide for use within the UK health care setting
Tamsin McGlinchey, Stephen Mason, Alison Coackley, Anita Roberts, Maria Maguire, Justin Sanders, Francine Maloney, Susan Block, John Ellershaw, Peter Kirkbride
The role of psychological safety and learning behavior in the development of effective quality improvement teams in Ghana: an observational study
Jordan A. Albritton, Bruce Fried, Kavita Singh, Bryan J. Weiner, Bryce Reeve, Jeffrey R. Edwards
Rate and predictors for non-attendance of patients undergoing hospital outpatient treatment for chronic diseases: a register-based cohort study
Donna Lykke Wolff, Frans Boch Waldorff, Christian von Plessen, Christian Backer Mogensen, Thomas Lund Sørensen, Kim Christian Houlind, Søren Bie Bogh, Katrine Hass Rubin
Disparities in breast screening, stage at diagnosis, cancer treatment and the subsequent risk of cancer death: a retrospective, matched cohort of aboriginal and non-aboriginal women with breast cancer
David Banham, David Roder, Dorothy Keefe, Gelareh Farshid, Marion Eckert, Natasha Howard, Karla Canuto, Alex Brown
Pediatric urgent care education: a survey-based needs assessment
Xian Zhao, Ioannis Koutroulis, Joanna Cohen, Deena Berkowitz
Determinants of the quality of care relationships in long-term care - a participatory study
Aukelien Scheffelaar, Michelle Hendriks, Nanne Bos, Katrien Luijkx, Sandra van Dulmen
Health care stakeholder perspectives regarding the role of a patient navigator during transition to adult care
Gina Dimitropoulos, Elizabeth Morgan-Maver, Brooke Allemang, Kyleigh Schraeder, Shannon D. Scott, Jorge Pinzon, Gail Andrew, Gregory Guilcher, Lorraine Hamiwka, Eddy Lang, Kerry McBrien, Alberto Nettel-Aguirre, Daniele Pacaud, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Andrew Mackie, Susan Samuel
Factors influencing fall prevention for patients with spinal cord injury from the perspectives of administrators in Canadian rehabilitation hospitals
H. Singh, B. C. Craven, H. M. Flett, C. Kerry, S. B. Jaglal, M. P. Silver, K. E. Musselman
Effectiveness of Medicare cost-sharing elimination for Cancer screening on utilization
Wendy Yi Xu, Thomas M. Wickizer, Jeah Kyoungrae Jung
Human health benefit and burden of the schizophrenia health care pathway in Belgium: paliperidone palmitate long-acting injections
Sam Debaveye, Delphine De Smedt, Bert Heirman, Shane Kavanagh, Jo Dewulf
Key factors supporting implementation of a training program for neonatal family- centered care – a qualitative study
Mirka Toivonen, Liisa Lehtonen, Sari Ahlqvist-Björkroth, Anna Axelin
Exploring the solutions to the inherent perils of (the multitude of) guidelines – a focus group study of stakeholders’ perceptions
Louise H. K. Blume, Jamiu O. Busari, Nico J. H. W. van Weert, Diana M. J. Delnoij
The OPTIMISE project: protocol for a mixed methods, pragmatic, quasi-experimental trial to improve primary care delivery to refugees in Australia
Grant Russell, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, Virginia Lewis, I-Hao Cheng, Joanne Enticott, Geraldine Marsh, Shiva Vasi, Jenny Advocat, Hyun Song, Shoko Saito, Sue Casey, Mitchell Smith, Mark Harris
The MOWER (middle of the week everyone gets a re-chart) pilot study: reducing in-hospital charting error with a multi-intervention
Tony Floyd, Siri Mårtensson, Jannine Bailey, Derek Kay, Bruce McGarity, Bronwyn K. Brew
Training opportunities and the increase in the number of nurses in home-visit nursing agencies in Japan: a panel data analysis
Noriko Morioka, Suguru Okubo, Yoshie Yumoto, Yasuko Ogata
Referral patterns of stroke rehabilitation inpatients to a model system of outpatient services in Ontario, Canada: a 7-year retrospective analysis
Shannon Janzen, Magdalena Mirkowski, Amanda McIntyre, Swati Mehta, Jerome Iruthayarajah, Robert Teasell
Digital technology and nursing care: a scoping review on acceptance, effectiveness and efficiency studies of informal and formal care technologies
Tobias Krick, Kai Huter, Dominik Domhoff, Annika Schmidt, Heinz Rothgang, Karin Wolf-Ostermann
Predictive ability of an expert-defined population segmentation framework for healthcare utilization and mortality - a retrospective cohort study
Lian Leng Low, Yu Heng Kwan, Cheryl Ann Ma, Shi Yan, Elian Hui San Chia, Julian Thumboo
A health system framework for perinatal care in South African district hospitals: a Delphi technique
Ntombifikile Maureen Nkwanyana, Anna Silvia Voce, Sthandwa Octavia Mnqayi, Benn Sartorius, Helen Schneider
Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual community of practice to primary care professionals regarding patient empowerment: a qualitative pilot study
Carlos Jesús Bermejo-Caja, Débora Koatz, Carola Orrego, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Ana Isabel González-González, Marta Ballester, Valeria Pacheco-Huergo, Yolanda del Rey-Granado, Marcos Muñoz-Balsa, Ana Belén Ramírez-Puerta, Yolanda Canellas-Criado, Francisco Javier Pérez-Rivas, Ana Toledo-Chávarri, Mercedes Martínez-Marcos, Concepción Alejo-Díaz-Zorita, Cynthia A. Barbero-Macías, Fernando Borrell-Punzón, Beatriz Bueno-Rodriguez, Begoña Colmena-Martin, Isabel del Valle-de Joz, Juan Carlos Gamboa-Puñal, Concepción García-Valverde, Luis Miguel Gómez-Garzón, Arturo Gómez-López, Alejandro Hernaz-Guijo, Walter Nery Herrera-León, Irene Iniesta-González, Margarita Leza-Leza, María Aranzazu Melchor-Canelo, Sagrario Muñoz-Quirós-Aliaga, Ángela Oria-Fernández , Nuria Pertierra-Galindo, Mª. Dolores Prieto-Barbosa, Milagros Robledo-Vázquez, Marta Ruiz-López, M. Carmen Sánchez-Cruz, Mª. Ángeles Sánchez-de-Eusebio, Mª. Jose Seijas-Martínez-Echevarría, Carmen Paola Tovar-García, Jose Ignacio Vicente-Diez, Cristina Villanueva-Sanz
Analysing the landscape for prescription to non-prescription reclassification (switch) in Germany: an interview study of committee members and stakeholders
Natalie J. Gauld
Understanding the clinical management of obstructive sleep apnoea in tetraplegia: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework
Marnie Graco, David J. Berlowitz, Sally E. Green
Factors associated with costs and health outcomes in patients with Back and leg pain in primary care: a prospective cohort analysis
Jesse Kigozi, Kika Konstantinou, Reuben Ogollah, Kate Dunn, Lewis Martyn, Susan Jowett
Cost effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination programs for elementary and secondary school children
Byung-Kwang Yoo, Stanley J. Schaffer, Sharon G. Humiston, Cynthia M. Rand, Nicolas P. N. Goldstein, Christina S. Albertin, Cathleen Concannon, Peter G. Szilagyi
National practice patterns and direct medical costs for prostate cancer in Korea across a 10 year period: a nationwide population-based study using a national health insurance database
Ho Won Kang, Seok-Joong Yun, Jae Il Chung, Hoon Choi, Jae Heon Kim, Ho Song Yu, Yun-Sok Ha, In-Chang Cho, Hyung Joon Kim, Hyun Chul Chung, Jun Sung Koh, Wun-Jae Kim, Jong-Hyock Park, Ji Youl Lee, So-Young Kim
A randomized control trial of primary care-based management of type 2 diabetes by a pharmacist in Pakistan
Zaida Javaid, Unaiza Imtiaz, Imtiaz Khalid, Hamid Saeed, Rehana Qadir Khan, Muhammad Islam, Zikria Saleem, Muhammad Farhan Sohail, Zeeshan Danish, Farah Batool, Naveed Anwer
Utilization willingness of institutional care between disabled and non-disabled seniors: evidence from Jiangsu, China
Na Chen, Xin Li, Ni Yuan, Cheng-chao Zhou, Chang-qing Wang
Detecting and managing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of the quality of antenatal care in Nigeria
Angela Salomon, Salisu Ishaku, Karen R. Kirk, Charlotte E. Warren
Deployment of Critical Incident Reporting System (CIRS) in public Styrian hospitals: a five year perspective
Gerald Sendlhofer, Peter Schweppe, Ursula Sprincnik, Veronika Gombotz, Karina Leitgeb, Peter Tiefenbacher, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Gernot Brunner
Effective factors in non-compliance with therapeutic orders of specialists in outpatient clinics in Iran: a qualitative study
Soheila Naghavi, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Nouzar Nakhaee, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi
Process evaluation of specialist nurse implementation of a soft opt-out organ donation system in Wales
Jane Noyes, Leah Mclaughlin, Karen Morgan, Abigail Roberts, Bethan Moss, Michael Stephens, Phillip Walton
Assessing frontline HIV service provider efficiency using data envelopment analysis: a case study of Philippine social hygiene clinics (SHCs)
Xerxes T. Seposo, Ichiro Okubo, Masahide Kondo
Evaluation of bottom-up interventions targeting community-dwelling frail older people in Belgium: methodological challenges and lessons for future comparative effectiveness studies
Anne-Sophie Lambert, Sophie Ces, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Thérèse Van Durme, Anja Declercq, Jean Macq
Ethical problems in nursing management – a cross-sectional survey about solving problems
Elina Aitamaa, Riitta Suhonen, Pauli Puukka, Helena Leino-Kilpi
Advancing the status of nursing: reconstructing professional nursing identity through patient safety work
Frode Heldal, Trond Kongsvik, Erna Håland
Measurement without management: qualitative evaluation of a voluntary audit & feedback intervention for primary care teams
Daniel J. Wagner, Janet Durbin, Jan Barnsley, Noah M. Ivers
Understanding patient activation and adherence to nebuliser treatment in adults with cystic fibrosis: responses to the UK version of PAM-13 and a think aloud study
Jie Gao, Madelynne Arden, Zhe Hui Hoo, Martin Wildman
Choice of contraceptive methods in public and private facilities in rural India
Arupendra Mozumdar, Vandana Gautam, Abhishek Gautam, Arnab Dey, Uttamacharya, Ruhi Saith, Pranita Achyut, Abhishek Kumar, Kumudha Aruldas, Amit Chakraverty, Dinesh Agarwal, Ravi Verma, Priya Nanda, Suneeta Krishnan, Niranjan Saggurti
Opportunities to encourage mail order pharmacy delivery service use for diabetes prescriptions: a qualitative study
Julie A. Schmittdiel, Cassondra J. Marshall, Deanne Wiley, Christopher V. Chau, Connie M. Trinacty, J. Frank Wharam, O. Kenrik Duru, Andrew J. Karter, Susan D. Brown
The safety attitudes questionnaire – ambulatory version: psychometric properties of the Norwegian version for nursing homes
Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Dag Hofoss, Bettina Sandgathe Husebø, Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås
Perceptions of appropriate treatment among the informal allopathic providers: insights from a qualitative study in two peri-urban areas in Bangladesh
M. Monaemul Islam Sizear, Herfina Y. Nababan, Md. Kaoser Bin Siddique, Shariful Islam, Sukanta Paul, Anup Kumar Paul, Syed Masud Ahmed
The quality of maternal-fetal and newborn care services in Jordan: a qualitative focus group study
Mohammad S. Alyahya, Yousef S. Khader, Anwar Batieha, Majed Asad
Inadequate management of pneumonia among children in South Ethiopia: findings from descriptive study
Solomon Hailemariam, Yabibal Gebeyehu, Eskindir Loha, Kjell Arne Johansson, Bernt Lindtjørn
Effectiveness of a psychoeducation group intervention conducted by primary healthcare nurses in patients with depression and physical comorbidity: study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial
Rocío Casañas, Jaume Martín Royo, Maria Isabel Fernandez-San-Martín, Antonia Raya Tena, Jacobo Mendioroz, Glòria Sauch Valmaña, Roser Masa-Font, Marc Casajuana-Closas, Eva María Fernandez Linares, Cèlia Cols-Sagarra, Susana Gonzalez Tejón, Quintí Foguet-Boreu, Luis Miguel Martín Lopez
Impact of mobile radiography services in nursing homes on the utilisation of diagnostic imaging procedures
Elin Kjelle, Kristin Bakke Lysdahl, Hilde Merete Olerud
The migration-related language barrier and professional interpreter use in primary health care in Switzerland
Fabienne N. Jaeger, Nicole Pellaud, Bénédicte Laville, Pierre Klauser
The burden of cancer on primary and secondary health care services before and after cancer diagnosis in New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Morrell, Jane Young, David Roder
General practitioners’ perceptions about their role in current and future heart failure care: an exploratory qualitative study
Miek Smeets, Sofia Zervas, Hanne Leben, Mieke Vermandere, Stefan Janssens, Wilfried Mullens, Bert Aertgeerts, Bert Vaes
Developing a framework of quality indicators for healthcare business cases: a qualitative document analysis consolidating insight from expert guidance and current practice
Myles-Jay Linton, Joanna Coast, Iestyn Williams, Joanna Copping, Amanda Owen-Smith
Workload in Norwegian general practice 2018 – an observational study
Tone Morken, Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord, Kjell Maartmann-Moe, Steinar Hunskaar
Exploring the system capacity to meet occupational health and safety needs: the case of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh
Sadika Akhter, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu
Cost-effectiveness analysis of escalating to natalizumab or switching among immunomodulators in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in Italy
Gianluca Furneri, Laura Santoni, Chiara Ricella, Luca Prosperini
Prevalence and income-related equity in hypertension in rural China from 1991 to 2011: differences between self-reported and tested measures
Dan Cao, Zhongliang Zhou, Yafei Si, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Wang, Chi Shen, Yangling Ren, Min Su, Shuyi He, Jianmin Gao
Cost-utility analysis of palonosetron in the antiemetic regimen for cisplatin-containing highly emetogenic chemotherapy in Japan
Munenobu Kashiwa, Ryo Matsushita
Association of waiting and consultation time with patient satisfaction: secondary-data analysis of a national survey in Peruvian ambulatory care facilities
Christoper A. Alarcon-Ruiz, Paula Heredia, Alvaro Taype-Rondan
Mortality and causes of death among patients with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: a national register study
Anne Berit Bech, Thomas Clausen, Helge Waal, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Ivar Skeie
Correction to: Contraception and abortion knowledge, attitudes and practices among adolescents from low and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Margarate Nzala Munakampe, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Charles Michelo
Drivers of hospital expenditure and length of stay in an academic medical centre: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Nabilah Rahman, Sheryl Hui-Xian Ng, Sravan Ramachandran, Debby D. Wang, Srinath Sridharan, Chuen Seng Tan, Astrid Khoo, Xin Quan Tan
Africa’s challenged ENT services: highlighting challenges in Zambia
Lufunda Lukama, Chester Kalinda, Colleen Aldous
Self-efficacy and self-management strategies in acute intermittent porphyria
Marte H. Hammersland, Aasne K. Aarsand, Sverre Sandberg, Janice Andersen
Workplace bullying and its preventive measures and productivity among emergency department nurses
Suhair Hussni Al-Ghabeesh, Haya Qattom
Measuring the frequency and variation of unnecessary care across Canada
Zachary Bouck, Ciara Pendrith, Xi-Kuan Chen, Jennifer Frood, Ben Reason, Tanya Khan, Alicia Costante, Kyle Kirkham, Karen Born, Wendy Levinson, R. Sacha Bhatia
The relationship between psychosocial risk factors, burnout and quality of life among primary healthcare workers in rural Guangdong province: a cross-sectional study
Joseph Obiri Asante, Meng Jie Li, Jing Liao, Yi Xiang Huang, Yuan Tao Hao
Do health care providers give sufficient information and good counseling during ante-natal care in Lao PDR?: an observational study
Sysavanh Phommachanh, Dirk R. Essink, E. Pamela Wright, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Mayfong Mayxay
Evaluating the demographic and clinical minimum data sets of Iranian National Electronic Health Record
Reza Abbasi, Reza Khajouei, Moghadameh Mirzaee
Common step-wise interventions improved primary care clinic visits and reduced emergency department discharge failures: a large-scale retrospective observational study
Chet D. Schrader, Richard D. Robinson, Somer Blair, Sajid Shaikh, Amy F. Ho, James P. D’Etienne, Jessica J. Kirby, Radhika Cheeti, Nestor R. Zenarosa, Hao Wang
Characterization of high healthcare utilizer groups using administrative data from an electronic medical record database
Sheryl Hui-Xian Ng, Nabilah Rahman, Ian Yi Han Ang, Srinath Sridharan, Sravan Ramachandran, Debby D. Wang, Chuen Seng Tan, Sue-Anne Toh, Xin Quan Tan
Obesity prevention and the role of hospital and community-based health services: a scoping review
Claire Pearce, Lucie Rychetnik, Sonia Wutzke, Andrew Wilson
Utilization and outcomes of cervical cancer screening services in Harare City, 2012–2016: a secondary data analysis
Christine Gabaza, Prosper Chonzi, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Tsitsi Patience Juru, Notion Tafara Gombe, Peter Nsubuga, Mufuta Tshimanga
Cross-cultural adaptation, internal consistency, test-retest reliability and feasibility of the German version of the evidence-based practice inventory
Tobias Braun, Katja Ehrenbrusthoff, Carolin Bahns, Lisa Happe, Christian Kopkow
Correction to: Determinants of the quality of care relationships in long-term care – a systematic review
Aukelien Scheffelaar, Nanne Bos, Michelle Hendriks, Sandra van Dulmen, Katrien Luijkx
The origins and implementation of an intervention to support healthcare staff to deliver compassionate care: exploring fidelity and adaptation in the transfer of Schwartz Center Rounds® from the United States to the United Kingdom
Mary Leamy, Ellie Reynolds, Glenn Robert, Cath Taylor, Jill Maben
Health facility preparedness for cholera outbreak response in four cholera-prone districts in Cameroon: a cross sectional study
Jerome Ateudjieu, Martin Ndinakie Yakum, Andre Pascal Goura, Sonia Sonkeng Nafack, Anthony Njimbia Chebe, Joliette Nguefack Azakoh, Benjamin Azike Chukuwchindun, Eugene Joel Bayiha, Corine Kangmo, Gnodjom Victorin Boris Tachegno, Anne-Cécile Zoung Kanyi Bissek
The psychology of the wait time experience – what clinics can do to manage the waiting experience for patients: a longitudinal, qualitative study
Holly Chu, Robert A. Westbrook, Sarah Njue-Marendes, Thomas P. Giordano, Bich N. Dang
A mixed-methods evaluation of the MOREOB program in Ontario hospitals: participant knowledge, organizational culture, and experiences
Jessica Reszel, Deborah Weiss, Ann E. Sprague, Deshayne B. Fell, Sandra Dunn, Mark C. Walker, Dana Sidney, Monica Taljaard, Wendy E. Peterson
Designing strategies to implement a blunt chest injury care bundle using the behaviour change wheel: a multi-site mixed methods study
Sarah Kourouche, Tom Buckley, Connie Van, Belinda Munroe, Kate Curtis
What makes women with food hypersensitivity do self-management work?
Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen, Aud Obstfelder, Tonje Braaten, Birgit Abelsen
Men’s perspectives on male participation in antenatal care with their pregnant wives: a case of a military hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
Hamalambo Muloongo, Doreen Sitali, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Alice Ngoma Hazemba, Oliver Mweemba
Associations between degrees of task delegation and adherence to COPD guidelines on spirometry testing in general practice - a national cross-sectional study
Helle Riisgaard, Jette V. Le, Jens Søndergaard, Maria Munch, Loni Ledderer, Line B. Pedersen
Priority setting for maternal, newborn and child health in Uganda: a qualitative study evaluating actual practice
Lauren J. Wallace, Lydia Kapiriri
User-centered design of contingency management for implementation in opioid treatment programs: a qualitative study
Sara J. Becker, Kelli Scott, Cara M. Murphy, Melissa Pielech, Samantha A. Moul, Kimberly R. Yap, Bryan R. Garner
The influence of hospital accreditation: a longitudinal assessment of organisational culture
Ellie Bostwick Andres, Wei Song, Catherine Mary Schooling, Janice Mary Johnston
Seven steps to mapping health service provision: lessons learned from mapping services for adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the UK
Anna Price, Astrid Janssens, Susan Dunn-Morua, Helen Eke, Philip Asherson, Tony Lloyd, Tamsin Ford
Validation of the nurse leadership and organizational culture (N-LOC) questionnaire
Juliana Nga Man Lui, Janice Mary Johnston
The experience of patients and family caregivers during hospital-at-home in France
Hélène Rossinot, Odile Marquestaut, Matthieu de Stampa
Healthcare spending in the State of Louisiana
Blake P. Kruger, Jeremiah R. Brown
Analysis of the quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention provided by community health Workers in Boulsa health district, Burkina Faso
Gountante Kombate, Georges Guiella, Banza Baya, Luc Serme, Alice Bila, Slim Haddad, Abel Bicaba
The view and policy of management of occupational health services on the performance of workers’ health surveillance: a qualitative exploration
Felicia S. Los, Carel T. J. Hulshof, Judith K. Sluiter
Impact of a guideline-based best practice alert on pneumococcal vaccination rates in adults in a primary care setting
Carrie McAdam-Marx, Casey Tak, Tanaz Petigara, Nathan W. Jones, Minkyoung Yoo, Melissa Struwe Briley, Karen Gunning, Lisa Gren
Clinician dashboard views and improvement in preventative health outcome measures: a retrospective analysis
Patrick A. Twohig, Jaclyn R. Rivington, Douglas Gunzler, Joseph Daprano, David Margolius
Knowledge, provision of information and barriers to high quality medication abortion provision by pharmacists in Uttar Pradesh, India
Nadia Diamond-Smith, Joanna Percher, Malvika Saxena, Pravesh Dwivedi, Aradhana Srivastava
Exploring Aboriginal aged care residents’ cultural and spiritual needs in South Australia
Nina Sivertsen, Ann Harrington, Mohammad Hamiduzzaman
The role of health animators in malaria control: a qualitative study of the health animator (HA) approach within the Majete malaria project (MMP) in Chikwawa District, Malawi
Blessings N. Kaunda-Khangamwa, Henk van den Berg, Robert S. McCann, Alinune Kabaghe, Willem Takken, Kamija Phiri, Michele van Vugt, Lucinda Manda-Taylor
Linking partner violence survivors to supportive services: impact of the M Health Community Network project on healthcare utilization
Cari Jo Clark, Martha Wetzel, Lynette M. Renner, Mary E. Logeais
How unmet are unmet needs post-stroke? A policy analysis of the six-month review
Vanessa Abrahamson, Patricia M. Wilson
A conceptual model of urgent care sense-making and help-seeking: a qualitative interview study of urgent care users in England
Joanne Turnbull, Catherine Pope, Jane Prichard, Gemma McKenna, Anne Rogers
Convergent validity of the EQ-5D-3L in a randomized-controlled trial of the Housing First model
Nicole Kozloff, Andrew D. Pinto, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Stephen W. Hwang, Patricia O’Campo, Ahmed M. Bayoumi
EPOCK study protocol: a mixed-methods research program evaluating cancer care coordination nursing occupations in France as a complex intervention
F. Colombani, M. Sibé, M. Kret, B. Quintard, A. Ravaud, F. Saillour-Glénisson
Improving mental health literacy among young people aged 11–15 years in Java, Indonesia: co-development and feasibility testing of a culturally-appropriate, user-centred resource (IMPeTUs) – a study protocol
Helen Brooks, Irmansyah Irmansyah, Karina Lovell, Ira Savitri, Bagus Utomo, Benny Prawira, Livia Iskandar, Laoise Renwick, Rebecca Pedley, Agustin Kusumayati, Penny Bee
PRIMEtime CE: a multistate life table model for estimating the cost-effectiveness of interventions affecting diet and physical activity
Adam D. M. Briggs, Linda J. Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme, Peter Scarborough
Optimal care at the end of life (OPAL): study protocol of a prospective interventional mixed-methods study with pretest-posttest-design in a primary health care setting considering the view of general practitioners, relatives of deceased patients and health care stakeholders
Kambiz Afshar, Gabriele Müller-Mundt, Katharina van Baal, Sophie Schrader, Birgitt Wiese, Jutta Bleidorn, Stephanie Stiel, Nils Schneider
Mindset modification of community pharmacists in a collaborative relationship between a major hospital and neighboring community pharmacies: a qualitative study
Miwa Hinata, Kikuko Miyazaki, Hiroshi Okada, Takeo Nakayama
Structural modelling of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians: importance of mental health
Rosalie Schultz, Stephen Quinn, Byron Wilson, Tammy Abbott, Sheree Cairney
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of salt reformulation and increasing access to leisure centres in England, with PRIMEtime CE model validation using the AdViSHE tool
Adam D. M. Briggs, Jane Wolstenholme, Peter Scarborough
Transcultural adaptation and psychometric study of the French version of the nursing home survey on patient safety culture questionnaire
Delphine Teigné, Guillaume Mabileau, Emmanuelle Anthoine, Marion Lucas, Brice Leclère, Leila Moret, Noémie Terrien
Determinants of health workers intention to use malaria rapid diagnostic test in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana - a cross-sectional study
Michael Kurubire Anaba, Latifat Ibisomi, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Tobias Chirwa, Rohit Ramaswamy
The impact of paid community health worker deployment on child survival: the connect randomized cluster trial in rural Tanzania
Almamy M. Kanté, Amon Exavery, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Tani Kassimu, Colin D. Baynes, Ahmed Hingora, James F. Phillips
Impact of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation on admission to internal medicine service: experience in two tertiary care teaching hospitals
Lamis R. Karaoui, Nibal Chamoun, Jessica Fakhir, Wael Abi Ghanem, Sarah Droubi, Abdul Rahman Diab Marzouk, Nabila Droubi, Hiba Masri, Elsy Ramia
Canonical correlations between individual self-efficacy/organizational bottom-up approach and perceived barriers to reporting medication errors: a multicenter study
Myoung Soo Kim, Chul-Hoon Kim
Quality of primary care delivery and productive interactions among community-living frail older persons and their general practitioners and practice nurses
Lotte Vestjens, Jane M. Cramm, Anna P. Nieboer
Assessing receptiveness to change among primary healthcare providers by adopting the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR)
Low Lee Lan, Fathullah Iqbal Ab Rahim, Mohammad Zabri Johari, Zalilah Abdullah, Siti Hajar Abdul Aziz, Nur Ajeerah Suhaimi, Norrafizah Jaafar, Ainul Nadziha Mohd Hanafiah, Kong Yuke Lin, Siti Haniza Mahmud, Mohamad Zaidan Zulkepli, Komathi Perialathan, Norazlin Muharam, Nur Hani Zainudin, Zaikiah Mohd Zin, Norazilah Mohd Roslan, Tahir Aris, Shahnaz Murad
An investigation of Australian osteopaths’ attitudes, skills and utilisation of evidence-based practice: a national cross-sectional survey
Matthew J. Leach, Tobias Sundberg, Gary Fryer, Philip Austin, Oliver P. Thomson, Jon Adams
Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of the management of uncomplicated urinary tract infection by community pharmacists
Chiranjeev Sanyal, Donald R. Husereau, Nathan P. Beahm, Daniel Smyth, Ross T. Tsuyuki
How are medical groups identified as high-performing? The effect of different approaches to classification of performance
Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Cheryl L. Damberg, Ann Haas, Paul G. Shekelle
Medical care of acute myocardial infarction patients in a resource limiting country, Trinidad: a cross-sectional retrospective study
Mandreker Bahall, Terrence Seemungal, Katija Khan, George Legall
Psychometric properties of primary health care trust questionnaire
Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa farahbakhsh, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Zahra Zare, Mohammad Saadati
Clarity, conviction and coherence supports buy-in to positive youth sexual health services: focused results from a realist evaluation
Katie Shearn, Hilary Piercy, Peter Allmark, Julia Hirst
Effectiveness of health literacy intervention on cardiovascular diseases among university students of Pakistan
Maria Nazar, Shahzad Ali Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Assad Hafeez
Developing a measure to assess the quality of care transitions for older people
Eirini Oikonomou, Eleanor Chatburn, Helen Higham, Jenni Murray, Rebecca Lawton, Charles Vincent
Emergency department crowding and length of stay before and after an increased catchment area
Ida Mentzoni, Stig Tore Bogstrand, Kashif Waqar Faiz
Explaining the intention of dental health personnel to report suspected child maltreatment using a reasoned action approach
Ingfrid Vaksdal Brattabø, Ragnhild Bjørknes, Kyrre Breivik, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm
Use of primary healthcare services prior to suicide in Norway: a descriptive comparison of immigrants and the majority population
Carine Øien-Ødegaard, Anne Reneflot, Lars Johan Hauge
Strengthening primary health care at district-level in Malawi - determining the coverage, costs and benefits of community-directed interventions
Peter Makaula, Mathias Funsanani, Kondwani Chidzammbuyo Mamba, Janelisa Musaya, Paul Bloch
Blood donors deferral prevalence and causes in a tertiary health care hospital, southern Nigeria
Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu, Enosakhare Aiyudubie Asemota
Protocol for a process evaluation of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Learning Club intervention for women's health, and infant's health and development in rural Vietnam
Jane Fisher, Trang Nguyen, Thach Duc Tran, Ha Tran, Tuan Tran, Stanley Luchters, David Hipgrave, Sarah Hanieh, Beverley-Ann Biggs
Impact of public hospital pricing reform on medical expenditure structure in Jiangsu, China: a synthetic control analysis
Xiao Zang, Mengran Zhang, Shihao Wei, Wenxi Tang, Shan Jiang
Supporting access to healthcare for refugees and migrants in European countries under particular migratory pressure
Antonio Chiarenza, Marie Dauvrin, Valentina Chiesa, Sonia Baatout, Hans Verrept
Defining the clinician’s role in early health technology assessment during medical device innovation – a systematic review
Vinayak Smith, Ritesh Warty, Amrish Nair, Sathya Krishnan, Joel Arun Sursas, Fabricio da Silva Costa, Beverley Vollenhoven, Euan Morrison Wallace
‘Participation is integral’: understanding the levers and barriers to the implementation of community participation in primary healthcare: a qualitative study using normalisation process theory
Rachel McEvoy, Edel Tierney, Anne MacFarlane
Does health worker performance affect clients’ health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh
Adrienne Epstein, Corrina Moucheraud, Haribondhu Sarma, Mahfuzur Rahman, Md. Tariqujjaman, Tahmeed Ahmed, Jeffrey Glenn, Thomas Bossert, Margaret E. Kruk
Ready for the Triple Aim? Perspectives on organizational readiness for implementing change from a Danish obstetrics and gynecology department
Marie Höjriis Storkholm, Carl Savage, Mesfin Kassaye Tessma, Jannie Dalby Salvig, Pamela Mazzocato
Supply chain management and accessibility to point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings: a systematic scoping review
Desmond Kuupiel, Vitalis Bawontuo, Paul K. Drain, Nonjabulo Gwala, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson
eHealth initiatives; the relationship between project work and institutional practice
Line Lundvoll Warth, Kari Dyb
Adoption of direct-acting antiviral medications for hepatitis C: a retrospective observational study
Leah L. Zullig, Haresh L. Bhatia, Ziad F. Gellad, Mark Eatherly, Rochelle Henderson, Hayden B. Bosworth
Integrated liaison psychiatry services in England: a qualitative study of the views of liaison practitioners and acute hospital staffs from four distinctly different kinds of liaison service
Keeble Jasmin, Andrew Walker, Elspeth Guthrie, Peter Trigwell, Alan Quirk, Jenny Hewison, Carolyn Czoski Murray, Allan House
Health literacy in Indigenous people with chronic disease living in remote Australia
Haunnah Rheault, Fiona Coyer, Lee Jones, Ann Bonner
Partners in Recovery: an early phase evaluation of an Australian mental health initiative using program logic and thematic analysis
Steven A. Trankle, Jennifer Reath
Factors associated with the public’s trust in physicians in the context of the Lebanese healthcare system: a qualitative study
Bashir Shaya, Nadine Al Homsi, Kevin Eid, Zeinab Haidar, Ali Khalil, Kelly Merheb, Gladys Honein-Abou Haidar, Elie A. Akl
Linking observational data from general practice, hospital admissions and diabetes clinic databases: can it be used to predict hospital admission?
Sarah Dennis, Jane Taggart, Hairong Yu, Bin Jalaludin, Mark F. Harris, Siaw-Teng Liaw
Barriers and facilitators to implementing a pragmatic trial to improve advance care planning in the nursing home setting
Jennifer A. Palmer, Victoria A. Parker, Vincent Mor, Angelo E. Volandes, Lacey R. Barre, Emmanuelle Belanger, Phoebe Carter, Lacey Loomer, Ellen McCreedy, Susan L. Mitchell
Communication and relationship dynamics in surgical teams in the operating room: an ethnographic study
Birgitte Tørring, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Mogens Laursen, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Erik Elgaard Sørensen
Effectiveness of quality incentive payments in general practice (EQuIP-GP): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of an outcomes-based funding model in Australian general practice to improve patient care
Gregory M. Peterson, Grant Russell, Jan C. Radford, Nick Zwar, Danielle Mazza, Simon Eckermann, Judy Mullan, Marijka J. Batterham, Athena Hammond, Andrew Bonney
Evaluation of a community of practice for speech-language pathologists in aphasia rehabilitation: a logic analysis
Christine Alary Gauvreau, Guylaine Le Dorze, Dahlia Kairy, Claire Croteau
Factors affecting medical file documentation during telephone triage at an emergency call centre: a cross-sectional study of out-of-hours home visits by general practitioners in France
Matthieu Heidet, Florence Canoui-Poitrine, François Revaux, Thomas Perennou, Maeva Bertin, Charles Binetruy, Julien Palazzi, Eric Tapiero, Michel Nguyen, Paul-Georges Reuter, Eric Lecarpentier, Julien Vaux, Jean Marty
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on tuberculosis transmission and prevention among auxiliary healthcare professionals in three Brazilian high-burden cities: a cross-sectional survey
Anete Trajman, Maria F. Wakoff-Pereira, Jonas Ramos-Silva, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Maria de Fátima Militão de Albuquerque, Philip C. Hill, Dick Menzies
Bubble CPAP and oxygen for child pneumonia care in Malawi: a CPAP IMPACT time motion study
Kristen L. Sessions, Tisungane Mvalo, Davie Kondowe, Donnie Makonokaya, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Alfred Chalira, Norman Lufesi, Michelle Eckerle, Andrew G. Smith, Eric D. McCollum
Barriers and facilitators to implementing cancer prevention clinical decision support in primary care: a qualitative study
Melissa L. Harry, Anjali R. Truitt, Daniel M. Saman, Hillary A. Henzler-Buckingham, Clayton I. Allen, Kayla M. Walton, Heidi L. Ekstrom, Patrick J. O’Connor, JoAnn M. Sperl-Hillen, Joseph A. Bianco, Thomas E. Elliott
French cross-cultural adaptation of the Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change (ORIC)
M. Ruest, G. Léonard, A. Thomas, J. Desrosiers, M. Guay
Assessing the impact of law enforcement to reduce over-the-counter (OTC) sales of antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries; a systematic literature review
Tom G. Jacobs, Jane Robertson, Hendrika A. van den Ham, Kotoji Iwamoto, Hanne Bak Pedersen, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse
Preparedness of health facilities in managing hypertension & diabetes mellitus in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross sectional study
Juma Adinan, Rachel Manongi, Gloria August Temu, Ntuli Kapologwe, Annette Marandu, Bahati Wajanga, Haruna Dika, Sarah Maongezi, Sweetness Laizer, Ridhiwani Manyuti, Rehema Abdillahi Nassir, Jenny Renju, Jim Todd
Client experiences with antenatal care waiting times in southern Mozambique
Estelle Gong, Janeth Dula, Carla Alberto, Amanda de Albuquerque, Maria Steenland, Quinhas Fernandes, Rosa Marlene Cuco, Sandra Sequeira, Sérgio Chicumbe, Eduardo Samo Gudo, Margaret McConnell
Differences in the quality of oral anticoagulation therapy with vitamin K antagonists in German GP practices – results of the cluster-randomized PICANT trial (Primary Care Management for Optimized Antithrombotic Treatment)
Cornelia Mertens, Andrea Siebenhofer, Andrea Berghold, Gudrun Pregartner, Lisa-Rebekka Ulrich, Karola Mergenthal, Birgit Kemperdick, Sylvia Schulz-Rothe, Sandra Rauck, Sebastian Harder, Ferdinand Michael Gerlach, Juliana Johanna Petersen
Access to reproductive health services among the female floating population of childbearing age: a cross-sectional study in Changsha, China
Yanhui Zhou, Ting Wang, Jingxia Fu, Mingzhu Chen, Yanting Meng, Yang Luo
An Italian pilot study of a psycho-social intervention to support family caregivers’ engagement in taking care of patients with complex care needs: the Engage-in-Caring project
E. Guida, S. Barello, A. Corsaro, M. C. Galizi, F. Giuffrida, G. Graffigna, G. Damiani
Working while sick: validation of the multidimensional presenteeism exposures and productivity survey for nurses (MPEPS-N)
Juliana Nga Man Lui, Janice Mary Johnston
Implementation fidelity of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling of tuberculosis patients under the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Kathmandu District of Nepal: an implementation research
Randeep Kumar, Ari Probandari, Biwesh Ojha, Ashmin Hari Bhattarai, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto
Determinants of community-based health insurance implementation in west Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study design
Tsega Hagos Mirach, Getu Debalkie Demissie, Gashaw Andargie Biks
Exploring individual and work organizational peculiarities of working in emergency medical communication centers in Norway- a qualitative study
Ann-Chatrin Leonardsen, Helge Ramsdal, Theresa M. Olasveengen, Jon E. Steen-Hansen, Fredrik Westmark, Andreas E. Hansen, Camilla Hardeland
Healthcare middle managers’ experiences of developing capacity and capability: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
Trude Anita Hartviksen, Jessica Aspfors, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt
Nurses’ knowledge, behaviour and compliance concerning hand hygiene in nursing homes: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study
Judith Hammerschmidt, Tanja Manser
Trends in tobacco use and tobacco cessation counselling codes among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001–2014
Shawn P. E. Nishi, Jie Zhou, Young-Fang Kuo, Gulshan Sharma, James Goodwin
Awareness of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy among a group of diabetic patients in main public hospitals in Damascus, Syria during the Syrian crisis
Ammar Hamzeh, Ghaith Almhanni, Yazen Aljaber, Rana Alhasan, Raneem Alhasan, MHD Imadaldin Alsamman, Nawras Alhalabi, Yousra Haddeh
Patient safety culture among nurses working in Palestinian governmental hospital: a pathway to a new policy
Nasser Ibrahim Abu-El-Noor, Mysoon Khalil Abu-El-Noor, Yousef Zuheir Abuowda, Maha Alfaqawi, Bettina Böttcher
Health professionals’ views on maternity care for women with physical disabilities: a qualitative study
Martina König-Bachmann, Christoph Zenzmaier, Barbara Schildberger
Readiness to treat and factors associated with survival of newborns with breathing difficulties in Ethiopia
Wasihun Andualem Gobezie, Patricia Bailey, Emily Keyes, Ana Lorena Ruano, Habtamu Teklie
From restrictive to more liberal: variations in mortality among patients in opioid maintenance treatment over a 12-year period
Anne Bukten, Marianne Riksheim Stavseth, Thomas Clasuen
Revision of hospital work organization using nurse and healthcare assistant workload indicators as decision aid tools
Isabelle Briatte, Caroline Allix-Béguec, Gérard Garnier, Mercédès Michel
Improving drug safety in hospitals: a retrospective study on the potential of adverse drug events coded in routine data
Nils Kuklik, Jürgen Stausberg, Marjan Amiri, Karl-Heinz Jöckel
An instrument for quality assurance in work capacity evaluation: development, evaluation, and inter-rater reliability
André Strahl, Christian Gerlich, Georg W. Alpers, Jörg Gehrke, Annette Müller-Garnn, Heiner Vogel
Towards a definition of male partner involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda: a pragmatic grounded theory approach
Patience A. Muwanguzi, Louise K. Nassuna, Joachim G. Voss, Joanita Kigozi, Alex Muganzi, Tom Denis Ngabirano, Nelson Sewankambo, Damalie Nakanjako
The way from pen and paper to electronic documentation in a German emergency department
Benjamin Lucas, Peter Schladitz, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Gerald Pliske, Felix Walcher, Martin Kulla, Dominik Brammen
Assessing the sustainability of the Nigerian urban reproductive health initiative facility-level programming: longitudinal analysis of service quality
Ilene S. Speizer, Lisa M. Calhoun, Courtney McGuire, Peter M. Lance, Caroline Heller, David K. Guilkey
Assessing value in health care: using an interpretive classification system to understand existing practices based on a systematic review
Brayan V. Seixas, François Dionne, Tania Conte, Craig Mitton
Health-resource use and quality of life in children with bronchiectasis: a multi-center pilot cohort study
Yolanda G. Lovie-Toon, Keith Grimwood, Catherine A. Byrnes, Vikas Goyal, Greta Busch, I. Brent Masters, Julie M. Marchant, Helen Buntain, Kerry-Ann F. O’Grady, Anne B. Chang
An assessment of awareness of mental health conditions and its association with socio-demographic characteristics: a cross-sectional study in a rural district in Bangladesh
Mohammed Nazim Uddin, Sunil Bhar, Fakir M Amirul Islam
Outsiders, insiders, and intermediaries: village health teams’ negotiation of roles to provide high quality sexual, reproductive and HIV care in Nakaseke, Uganda
Samantha Perry, Cynthia D. Fair, Sahai Burrowes, Sarah Jane Holcombe, Robert Kalyesubula
Towards a universal model of family centered care: a scoping review
Kristina M. Kokorelias, Monique A. M. Gignac, Gary Naglie, Jill I. Cameron
Improving outpatient satisfaction by extending expected waiting time
Wei-Min Ma, Hui Zhang, Neng-Li Wang
Correction to: Health literacy in indigenous people with chronic disease living in remote Australia
Haunnah Rheault, Fiona Coyer, Lee Jones, Ann Bonner
Incomplete recording of Indigenous identification status under-estimates the prevalence of Indigenous population attending Australian general practices: a cross sectional study
Belinda K. Ford, Marlene Kong, James S. Ward, Jane S. Hocking, Christopher K. Fairley, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Lorch, Simone Spark, Matthew Law, John Kaldor, Rebecca Guy
General practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study
Jesper Blinkenberg, Sahar Pahlavanyali, Øystein Hetlevik, Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskaar
Increase of catastrophic health expenditure while it does not have socio-economic anymore; finding from a district on Tehran after recent extensive health sector reform
Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-galougahi, Elham Dadgar, Zahra Kavosi, Reza Majdzadeh
Perceptions on the feasibility of decentralizing phlebotomy services in community anti-retroviral therapy group model in Lusaka, Zambia
Mpanji Siwingwa, Selestine H. Nzala, Bornwell Sikateyo, Wilbroad Mutale
Unlawful dispensing practice of diazepam: a simulated client approach in community pharmacies in the north-west of Dar-es-Salaam region, Tanzania
Wigilya Padili Mikomangwa, Nassoro A. Madende, Manase Kilonzi, Hamu Joseph Mlyuka, Pacifique Ndayishimiye, Alphonce Ignace Marealle, Ritah Mutagonda
Testing population-based performance measures identifies gaps in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) care
Claire E.H. Barber, Lisa M. Lix, Diane Lacaille, Deborah A. Marshall, Kristine Kroeker, Susanne Benseler, Marinka Twilt, Heinrike Schmeling, Cheryl Barnabe, Glen S. Hazlewood, Vivian Bykerk, Joanne Homik, J. Carter Thorne, Jennifer Burt, Dianne Mosher, Steven Katz, Natalie J. Shiff
Economic evaluation of sildenafil for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Indonesia
Oktavia Lilyasari, Yusuf Subekti, Nur Atika, Lucia Kris Dinarti, Septiara Putri, Cicih Opitasari, Anggita Bunga Anggraini, Thanaporn Bussabawalai, Yot Teerawattananon
Taking note: A qualitative study of implementing a scribing practice in team-based primary care clinics
Jennifer M. Van Tiem, Kenda R. Stewart Steffensmeier, Bonnie J. Wakefield, Greg L. Stewart, Nancy A. Zemblidge, Melissa J. A. Steffen, Jane Moeckli
Relevant patient characteristics for estimating healthcare needs according to healthcare providers and people with type 2 diabetes: a Delphi survey
Dorijn F. L. Hertroijs, Martijn C. G. J. Brouwers, Arianne M. J. Elissen, Nicolaas C. Schaper, Dirk Ruwaard
Evaluating the impact of the single exit price policy on a basket of originator medicines in South Africa from 1999 to 2014 using a time series analysis
R. Moodley, F. Suleman
Implementing standardized cancer patient pathways (CPPs) – a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of health care professionals
Sara Delilovic, Henna Hasson, Mårten Åhström, Mia von Knorring
Prevalence of celiac disease in primary care: the need for its own code
Ricardo Fueyo-Díaz, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Barbara Masluk, Guillermo Palacios-Navarro, Angela Asensio-Martínez, Santiago Gascón-Santos, Bárbara Olivan-Blázquez, Juan José Sebastián-Domingo
Qualitative outcomes of Clean Cut: implementation lessons from reducing surgical infections in Ethiopia
Aviva S. Mattingly, Nichole Starr, Senait Bitew, Jared A. Forrester, Tihitena Negussie, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Thomas G. Weiser
Variation in the 11-year trajectories of medical care seeking behaviors in diabetes patients under a single payer system: persisting gaps to be filled
Tzu-Ho Tsai, Nicole Huang, I-Feng Lin, Yiing-Jenq Chou
Correction to: Effectiveness of quality incentive payments in general practice (EQuIP-GP): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of an outcomes-based funding model in Australian general practice to improve patient care
Gregory M. Peterson, Grant Russell, Jan C. Radford, Nick Zwar, Danielle Mazza, Simon Eckermann, Judy Mullan, Marijka J. Batterham, Athena Hammond, Andrew Bonney
Does delay in planned diabetes care influence outcomes for aboriginal Australians? A study of quality in health care
Shu Qin Li, Steven Guthridge, Paul Lawton, Paul Burgess
A cross-sectional study: medication safety among cancer in-patients in tertiary care hospitals in KPK, Pakistan
Marium Azim, Ahmad Khan, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Mohammad Kamran
Mobile sexual health services for adolescents: investigating the acceptability of youth-directed mobile clinic services in Cape Town, South Africa
Philip Smith, Tsidiso Tolla, Rebecca Marcus, Linda-Gail Bekker
Hospital and economic burden of influenza-like illness and lower respiratory tract infection in adults ≥50 years-old
Cecilia Trucchi, Chiara Paganino, Andrea Orsi, Daniela Amicizia, Valentino Tisa, Maria Francesca Piazza, Domenico Gallo, Simona Simonetti, Bruno Buonopane, Giancarlo Icardi, Filippo Ansaldi
Health care professional’s communication through an interpreter where language barriers exist in neonatal care: a national study
Katarina Patriksson, Helena Wigert, Marie Berg, Stefan Nilsson
Development of the Patient’s Experience and Attitude Colposcopy Eindhoven Questionnaire (PEACE-q)
Victor J. M. Pop, Tirza Wouters, Ruud L. M. Bekkers, Viola R. M. Spek, Jurgen M. J. Piek
Prevalence and determinants of dental visits among older adults: findings of a nationally representative longitudinal study
K. Spinler, G. Aarabi, R. Valdez, C. Kofahl, G. Heydecke, H.-H. König, A. Hajek
Self-reported healthcare waste segregation practice and its correlate among healthcare workers in hospitals of Southeast Ethiopia
Biniyam Sahiledengle
Parental and health professional evaluations of a support service for parents of excessively crying infants
Deborah Bamber, Charlotte Powell, Jaqui Long, Rosie Garratt, Jayne Brown, Sally Rudge, Tom Morris, Nishal Bhupendra Jaicim, Rachel Plachcinski, Sue Dyson, Elaine M. Boyle, Nicole Turney, Joanne Chessman, Ian St. James-Roberts
Effects of non-medical health coaching on multimorbid patients in primary care: a difference-in-differences analysis
Vishalie Shah, Jonathan Stokes, Matt Sutton
Improving outcomes for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Peruvian Amazon – a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of patients and healthcare professionals
Thomas W. McNally, Gilles de Wildt, Graciela Meza, Connie M. D. Wiskin
Why are fewer women rising to the top? A life history gender analysis of Cambodia’s health workforce
Sreytouch Vong, Bandeth Ros, Rosemary Morgan, Sally Theobald
Competency building for lay health workers is an intangible force driving basic public health services in Southwest China
Shengxiang Liang, Haoyue Deng, Shili Liu, Geng Wang, Li Li, Mei Wang, Jie Pu, Wei Xing, Xingneng Luo, John Ehiri, Yueying Xiang, Ying Li
Informed consent at stake? Language barriers in medical interactions with immigrant anaesthetists: a conversation analytical study
Damaris Borowski, Uwe Koreik, Udo Ohm, Claudia Riemer, Niels Rahe-Meyer
Predictors of loss to follow up among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a private not for profit urban diabetes clinic in Uganda – a descriptive retrospective study
Salome Tino, Clara Wekesa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Anthony Makhoba, Raymond Mwebaze, Samuel Bengo, Rose Nabwato, Aisha Kigongo, Edward Ddumba, Billy N. Mayanja, Pontiano Kaleebu, Rob Newton, Moffat Nyerinda
Participation in the state led ‘Janani Sahayogi Yojana’ public private partnership program to promote facility births in Madhya Pradesh, India: views from private obstetrician partners
Vishal Diwan, Sudhir Chandra Joshi, Kate Jehan, Ayesha De Costa
Injection practices in 2011–2015: a review using data from the demographic and health surveys (DHS)
Tomoyuki Hayashi, Yvan J.-F. Hutin, Marc Bulterys, Arshad Altaf, Benedetta Allegranzi
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh: a prevalence based cost-of-illness study
Afsana Afroz, Khurshid Alam, Liaquat Ali, Afsana Karim, Mohammed J. Alramadan, Samira Humaira Habib, Dianna J. Magliano, Baki Billah
The knowledge, ability, and skills of primary health care providers in SEANERN countries: a multi-national cross-sectional study
Shizheng Du, Yuling Cao, Tong Zhou, Agus Setiawan, Myat Thandar, Virya Koy, Mohd Said Bin Nurumal, Hong Anh, Wipada Kunaviktikul, Yan Hu
Understanding patients’ satisfaction with physician assistant/associate encounters through communication experiences: a qualitative study in acute hospitals in England
Francesca Taylor, Mary Halter, Vari M Drennan
Implementing eScreening technology in four VA clinics: a mixed-method study
James O. E. Pittman, Niloofar Afari, Elizabeth Floto, Erin Almklov, Susan Conner, Borsika Rabin, Laurie Lindamer
Patients’ perspective on self-management: type 2 diabetes in daily life
Astrid N. van Smoorenburg, Dorijn F. L. Hertroijs, Tessa Dekkers, Arianne M. J. Elissen, Marijke Melles
Does gynaecological cancer care meet the needs of Indigenous Australian women? Qualitative interviews with patients and care providers
Beverley Marcusson-Rababi, Kate Anderson, Lisa J. Whop, Tamara Butler, Nicole Whitson, Gail Garvey
The use of modelling studies to inform planning of health services: case study of rapidly increasing endoscopy services in Australia
Hannah E. Carter, Dylan Knowles, Timothy Moroney, Gerald Holtmann, Tony Rahman, Mark Appleyard, Nick Steele, Michael Zanco, Nicholas Graves
A needs assessment for a minor eye condition service within Leeds, Bradford and Airedale, UK
Alexander G. Swystun, Christopher J. Davey
What has driven the spatial spillover of China’s out-of-pocket payments?
Ruijie Zhang, Jinghua Li, Xiaochun Du, Tianjiao Ma, Li Zhang, Qian Zhang, Fang Xia
Strengthening the “P” in Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response in Bungoma county, Kenya: implications for scale-up
Sarah Bandali, Camille Thomas, Phidelis Wamalwa, Shanti Mahendra, Peter Kaimenyi, Osman Warfa, Nicole Fulton
Evaluation of a shared decision-making communication skills training for physicians treating patients with asthma: a mixed methods study using simulated patients
Evamaria Müller, Alice Diesing, Anke Rosahl, Isabelle Scholl, Martin Härter, Angela Buchholz
Implementing a survey for patients to provide safety experience feedback following a care transition: a feasibility study
Jason Scott, Emily Heavey, Justin Waring, Aoife De Brún, Pamela Dawson
Inequality in geographical distribution of hospitals and hospital beds in densely populated metropolitan cities of Iran
Yousef Chavehpour, Arash Rashidian, Abraha Woldemichael, Amirhossein Takian
Barriers to cardiac rehabilitation delivery in a low-resource setting from the perspective of healthcare administrators, rehabilitation providers, and cardiac patients
Thaianne Cavalcante Sérvio, Raquel Rodrigues Britto, Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Lilian Pinto da Silva, Luciana Duarte Novais Silva, Márcia Maria Oliveira Lima, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira, Sherry L. Grace
Influenza and pertussis vaccination during pregnancy – attitudes, practices and barriers in gynaecological practices in Germany
Stefanie Böhm, Marianne Röbl-Mathieu, Burkhard Scheele, Michael Wojcinski, Ole Wichmann, Wiebke Hellenbrand
The experience of long-stay patients in a forensic psychiatric hospital in China: a qualitative study
Shaoling Zhong, Huijuan Guo, Yuanyuan Wang, Stephanie Cook, Yanan Chen, Chenyuli Luo, Ke Peng, Fanglan Wang, Xiaoxi Liang, Hui Chen, Qiguang Li, Jiansong Zhou, Xiaoping Wang, Runsen Chen
Weekend admissions and mortality for major acute disorders across England and Wales: record linkage cohort studies
Stephen E. Roberts, Ann John, Keir E. Lewis, Jonathan Brown, Ronan A. Lyons, John G. Williams
Income inequality among general practitioners in Iran: a decomposition approach
Mohsen Bayati, Arash Rashidian, Yaser Sarikhani, Saeed Lohivash
Inequality in outpatient resource utilization among older adults during the 2007–2008 financial crisis: findings from Taiwan
Chiao-Lee Chu, Yu-Hua Chu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yen-Ping Hsieh, Ching-Sung Ho, Yung-Yu Su, Chia-Nien Liu
Prevalence of medical errors in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Siavash Vaziri, Farya Fakouri, Maryam Mirzaei, Mandana Afsharian, Mohsen Azizi, Morteza Arab-Zozani
Can hospital accreditation enhance patient experience? Longitudinal evidence from a Hong Kong hospital patient experience survey
Ellie Bostwick Andres, Wen Song, Wei Song, Janice Mary Johnston
The turnover intentions and intentions to leave the country of foreign-born physicians in Finland: a cross-sectional questionnaire study
Tarja Heponiemi, Laura Hietapakka, Anu Kaihlanen, Anna-Mari Aalto
Public service motivation as a mediator of the relationship between job stress and presenteeism: a cross-sectional study from Chinese public hospitals
Jianwei Deng, Yaxin Li, Yangyang Sun, Run Lei, Tianan Yang
Geographic variation in the costs of medical care for people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada
Benjamin Enns, Jeong Eun Min, Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Julio S. G. Montaner, Bohdan Nosyk, Rolando Barrios, Patty Daly, Reka Gustafson, Perry R. W. Kendall, Gina McGowan, Irene Day, Kate Heath, Robert S. Hogg, Julio S. G. Montaner, Bohdan Nosyk
Prevention and care of hepatitis B in the rural region of Fatick in Senegal: a healthcare workers’ perspective using a mixed methods approach
Tchadine Djaogol, Marion Coste, Fabienne Marcellin, Antoine Jaquet, Fanny Chabrol, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Aldiouma Diallo, Maria Patrizia Carrieri, Sylvie Boyer, Cyril Bérenger, Marwan al Qays Bousmah, Sylvie Boyer, Patrizia Carrieri, Marion Coste, Maëlle de Sèze, Tchadine Djaogol, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Fabienne Marcellin, Carole Treibich, Elhadji Ba, Aldiouma Diallo, Fambaye Dièye, Assane Diouf, Elhadji Bilal Faye, Assane Ndiaye, Lauren Perieres, Cheikh Sokhna, Coumba Touré Kane, Gora Lo, Anna Julienne Selbé Ndiaye, Philippe Halfon, Sofiane Mohamed, Nicolas Rouveau, Maria-Camila Calvo Cortès, Gabrièle Laborde-Balen
Loss to follow-up and associated factors among adult people living with HIV at public health facilities in Wakiso district, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study
Denis Opio, Fred C. Semitala, Alex Kakeeto, Emmanuel Sendaula, Paul Okimat, Brenda Nakafeero, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Charles Karamagi, Joan N. Kalyango
Trajectory modelling of ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Finland in 1996–2013: assessing the development of equity in primary health care through clustering of geographic areas – an observational retrospective study
Markku Satokangas, Sonja Lumme, Martti Arffman, Ilmo Keskimäki
Detecting hospital behaviors of up-coding on DRGs using Rasch model of continuous variables and online cloud computing in Taiwan
Tsair-Wei Chien, Yi-Lien Lee, Hsien-Yi Wang
Remote follow-up using patient-reported outcome measures in patients with chronic kidney disease: the PROKID study – study protocol for a non-inferiority pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Birgith Engelst Grove, Per Ivarsen, Annette de Thurah, Liv Marit Schougaard, Derek Kyte, Niels Henrik Hjøllund
Patient characteristics associated with being offered take home naloxone in a busy, urban emergency department: a retrospective chart review
Daniel C. O’Brien, Daniel Dabbs, Kathryn Dong, Paul J. Veugelers, Elaine Hyshka
Collective constructions of ‘waste’: epistemic practices for disinvestment in the context of Dutch social health insurance
Floortje Moes, Eddy Houwaart, Diana Delnoij, Klasien Horstman
Beyond hybrid professionals: evidence from the hospital sector
Marco Sartirana
Dementia and patient safety in the community: a qualitative study of family carers’ protective practices and implications for services
Kristin Häikiö, Mette Sagbakken, Jorun Rugkåsa
Monitoring quality of care for peripheral intravenous catheters; feasibility and reliability of the peripheral intravenous catheters mini questionnaire (PIVC-miniQ)
Lise Husby Høvik, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, Stian Lydersen, Claire M. Rickard, Benedikte Røtvold, Jan Kristian Damås, Erik Solligård, Lise Tuset Gustad
Impact of shortened length of stay for delivery on the required bed capacity in maternity services: results from forecast analysis on administrative data
Mélanie Lefèvre, Koen Van den Heede, Cécile Camberlin, Nicolas Bouckaert, Claire Beguin, Carl Devos, Carine Van de Voorde
Highlighting the need for de-implementation – Choosing Wisely recommendations based on clinical practice guidelines
Raija Sipilä, Marjukka Mäkelä, Jorma Komulainen
Recognising and responding to deteriorating patients: what difference do national standards make?
Matthew H. Anstey, Alice Bhasale, Nicola J. Dunbar, Heather Buchan
Medication errors and drug knowledge gaps among critical-care nurses: a mixed multi-method study
Juan Escrivá Gracia, Ricardo Brage Serrano, Julio Fernández Garrido
Users’ acceptability of a mobile application for persons with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study
Astrid Torbjørnsen, Lis Ribu, Marit Rønnevig, Astrid Grøttland, Sølvi Helseth
Lack of focus on nutrition and documentation in nursing homes, home care- and home nursing: the self-perceived views of the primary care workforce
S. J. Håkonsen, P. U. Pedersen, A. Bygholm, C. N. Thisted, M. Bjerrum
The implementation of change model adds value to value-based healthcare: a qualitative study
Nina Zipfel, Paul B. van der Nat, Benno J. W. M. Rensing, Edgar J. Daeter, Gert P. Westert, A. Stef Groenewoud
Medication transcription errors in hospitalized patient settings: a consensual study in the Palestinian nursing practice
Ramzi Shawahna, Abbas Abbas, Ameed Ghanem
Effects of implementing free maternity service policy in Kenya: an interrupted time series analysis
Evaline Lang’at, Lillian Mwanri, Marleen Temmerman
Systematic review of the appropriateness of eye care delivery in eye care practice
Kam Chun Ho, Fiona Stapleton, Louise Wiles, Peter Hibbert, Sally Alkhawajah, Andrew White, Isabelle Jalbert
Socio-demographic and disease related characteristics associated with unplanned emergency department visits by cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
Polly H. Dufton, Allison Drosdowsky, Marie F. Gerdtz, Mei Krishnasamy
Negotiating commissioning pathways for the successful implementation of innovative health technology in primary care
Gregory Maniatopoulos, Shona Haining, John Allen, Scott Wilkes
Protocol for the Yapatjarrathati project: a mixed-method implementation trial of a tiered assessment process for identifying fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in a remote Australian community
Dianne C. Shanley, Erinn Hawkins, Marjad Page, Doug Shelton, Wei Liu, Heidi Webster, Karen M. Moritz, Linda Barry, Jenny Ziviani, Shirley Morrissey, Frances O’Callaghan, Andrew Wood, Mary Katsikitis, Natasha Reid
The impact of post-fall huddles on repeat fall rates and perceptions of safety culture: a quasi-experimental evaluation of a patient safety demonstration project
Katherine J. Jones, John Crowe, Joseph A. Allen, Anne M. Skinner, Robin High, Victoria Kennel, Roni Reiter-Palmon
Bottom-up development of national obstetric guidelines in middle-income country Suriname
Kim J. C. Verschueren, Lachmi R. Kodan, Tom K. Brinkman, Raez R. Paidin, Sheran S. Henar, Humphrey H. H. Kanhai, Joyce L. Browne, Marcus J. Rijken, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp
Staff perception of Lean, care-giving, thriving and exhaustion: a longitudinal study in primary care
Monica Kaltenbrunner, Lars Bengtsson, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Hans Högberg, Maria Engström
Forecasting maldistribution of human resources for healthcare and patients in Japan: a utilization-based approach
Tomoki Ishikawa, Yuji Nakao, Kensuke Fujiwara, Teppei Suzuki, Shintaro Tsuji, Katsuhiko Ogasawara
Can integration reduce inequity in healthcare utilization? Evidence and hurdles in China
Miaomiao Zhao, Baohua Liu, Linghan Shan, Cui Li, Qunhong Wu, Yanhua Hao, Zhuo Chen, Lan Lan, Zheng Kang, Libo Liang, Ning Ning, Mingli Jiao
Implementing the skilled birth attendance strategy in Uganda: a policy analysis
Susan Munabi-Babigumira, Harriet Nabudere, Delius Asiimwe, Atle Fretheim, Kristin Sandberg
The effectiveness of military hospital-based drug treatment program (PMK) when compared with the traditional community-based drug treatment program (FAST)
Niramon Kaewkham, Thawatchai Leelahanaj, Jatsada Yingwiwattanapong, Wanida Rattanasumawong
Variation in resource allocation in urgent and emergency Care Systems in Ireland
Steve Thomas, Conor Foley, Bridget Kane, Bridget M. Johnston, Brenda Lynch, Susan Smith, Orla Healy, Elsa Droog, John Browne
“Five-year changes in population newborn health associated with new preventive services in targeted risk-group pregnancies”
Tormod Rimehaug, Karianne Framstad Holden, Stian Lydersen, Marit Sæbø Indredavik
Design of MARQUIS2: study protocol for a mentored implementation study of an evidence-based toolkit to improve patient safety through medication reconciliation
Amanda S. Mixon, G. Randy Smith Jr, Meghan Mallouk, Harry Reyes Nieva, Sunil Kripalani, Stephanie Rennke, Eugene Chu, Anirudh Sridharan, Anuj Dalal, Stephanie Mueller, Mark Williams, Tosha Wetterneck, Jason M. Stein, Deonni Stolldorf, Eric Howell, John Orav, Stephanie Labonville, Brian Levin, Catherine Yoon, Marcus Gresham, Jenna Goldstein, Sara Platt, Christopher Nyenpan, Jeffrey L. Schnipper, Sanchita Sen, Samer Badr, Michelle Murphy, Corrie Vasilopoulos, Tara Vlasimsky, Christine Roussel, Olugbenga Arole, Loredana Diana Berescu, Arif Arifuddowla, Hattie Main, Susan Pickle, Cristy Singleton, Brenda Asplund, Andrea Delrue, Andrea Forgione, Colleen Shipman, Luigi Brunetti, Hina Ahmed, Adrian Gonzales, Mithu Molla, Sarah Bojerek, Andrea Nguyen, Robert El-Kareh, Kyle Koenig, Loutfi Succari, Scott Kincaid, Pamela Proctor, Robert Pendleton, Amy Baughman, Kimberly Boothe, Katarzyna Szablowski, Olukemi Akande, Eric Tichy, Chi Zheng, Ryan Centafont, Regina Jahrstorfer, Lisa Jaser, Isha John, Margaret Curtin, Jenna Swindler, Joe Marcus, Robert Osten, Tian Yaw, Zainulabdeen Al-Jammali, Nancy Doherty, Brandi Hamilton, Magdee Hugais, Samson Lee, Paul Sabatini, Eddie Eabisa, Jennifer Mello, Julianna Burton, Edward Fink, Anthony Biondo, Trina Huynh, Ken Kormorny, Adonice Khoury, Kathryn Ruf, Dwayne Pierce, Chadrick Lowther, Karli Edholm, Shantel Mullin, Nicole Murphy, Jeni Norstrom, Laura Driscoll, Maribeth Cabie, Andrew Cadorette, Sara John, Amy D’Silva, Lionel Picot-Vierra
Understanding healthcare provider absenteeism in Kenya: a qualitative analysis
Katherine Tumlinson, Margaret W. Gichane, Siân L. Curtis, Katherine LeMasters
Exploring effectiveness of different health financing mechanisms in Nigeria; what needs to change and how can it happen?
Obinna Onwujekwe, Nkoli Ezumah, Chinyere Mbachu, Felix Obi, Hyacinth Ichoku, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Hong Wang
Service evaluation of diabetes management during pregnancy in a regional maternity hospital: potential scope for increased self-management and remote patient monitoring through mHealth solutions
Abdelrahim Alqudah, Paul McMullan, Anna Todd, Conor O’Doherty, Anne McVey, Mae McConnell, John O’Donoghue, Joe Gallagher, Chris J. Watson, Lana McClements
Implementation of a regional quality improvement collaborative to improve care of people living with opioid use disorder in a Canadian setting
Laura Beamish, Zach Sagorin, Cole Stanley, Krista English, Rana Garelnabi, Danielle Cousineau, Rolando Barrios, Jan Klimas
Lessons from a training needs assessment to strengthen the capacity of routine immunization service providers in Nigeria
Linda Arogundade, Titilola Akinwumi, Shola Molemodile, Ebubechi Nwaononiwu, Joshua Ezika, Inuwa Yau, Chizoba Wonodi
Performance of family planning clinics in conducting recommended HIV counseling and testing in Mombasa County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
McKenna C. Eastment, George Wanje, Barbra A. Richardson, Faiza Nassir, Emily Mwaringa, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Kenneth Sherr, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, Walter Jaoko, R. Scott McClelland
Re-energising the way we manage change in healthcare: the case for soft systems methodology and its application to evidence-based practice
Hanna Augustsson, Kate Churruca, Jeffrey Braithwaite
The implementation of the coaching on lifestyle (CooL) intervention: lessons learnt
Celeste van Rinsum, Sanne Gerards, Geert Rutten, Madelon Johannesma, Ien van de Goor, Stef Kremers
Pathways to, and use of, sexual healthcare among Black Caribbean sexual health clinic attendees in England: evidence from cross-sectional bio-behavioural surveys
Catherine R. H. Aicken, Sonali Wayal, Paula B. Blomquist, Stella M. Fabiane, Makeda Gerressu, Gwenda Hughes, Catherine H. Mercer
Patient satisfaction with peri-operative anesthesia care and associated factors at two National Referral Hospitals: a cross sectional study in Eritrea
Yonatan Mehari Andemeskel, Traudl Elsholz, Ghidey Gebreyohannes, Eyasu H. Tesfamariam
Policy analysis of the Iranian Health Transformation Plan in primary healthcare
Leila Doshmangir, Esmaeil Moshiri, Hakimeh Mostafavi, Minoo Alipouri Sakha, Abraham Assan
Costs of hospitalization for stroke from two urban health insurance claims data in Guangzhou City, southern China
Hui Zhang, Yujie Yin, Chao Zhang, Donglan Zhang
Effectiveness and efficiency of teleimaging in the transplantation process: a mixed method protocol
Kevin Zarca, Jean-Claude K. Dupont, Lorène Jacoud, Julie Bulsei, Olivier Huot, Hélène Logerot, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski
Waiting times for diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents referred to Italian ADHD centers must be reduced
Maurizio Bonati, Massimo Cartabia, Michele Zanetti, Stefano Conte, Valeria Renzetti, Laura Salvoni, Massimo Molteni, Sara Trabattoni, Paola Effedri, Elisa Fazzi, Elena Filippini, Elisabetta Pedercini, Edda Zanetti, Nadia Fteita, Daniele Arisi, Roberta Mapelli, Simona Frassica, Simonetta Oriani, Christian Trevisan, Susanna Acquistapace, Ottaviano Martinelli, Davide Villani, Emanuela Binaghi, Andrea Deriu, Gabriella Vasile, Arianna Borchia, Paola Morosini, Maddalena Breviglieri, Giuseppe Capovilla, Roberto Segala, Chiara Battaini, Claudio Bissoli, Maria Paola Canevini, Isabella Cropanese, Emiddio Fornaro, Giorgio Leonardi, Silvia Merati, Laura Reale, Monica Saccani, Roberto Vaccari, Vera Valenti, Umberto Balottin, Matteo Chiappedi, Elena Vlacos, Corrado Meraviglia, Maria Grazia Palmieri, Gianpaolo Ruffoni, Francesco Rinaldi, Federica Soardi, Chiara Luoni, Giorgio Rossi
Assessing safety climate in prehospital settings: testing psychometric properties of a common structural model in a cross-sectional and prospective study
Leif Inge K. Sørskår, Espen Olsen, Eirik B. Abrahamsen, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Håkon B. Abrahamsen
A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders’ perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana
Mawuli K. Kushitor, Adriana A. Biney, Kalifa Wright, James F Phillips, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Ayaga A. Bawah
Perspectives on health examination for asylum seekers in relation to health literacy – focus group discussions with Arabic and Somali speaking participants
Josefin Wångdahl, Ragnar Westerling, Per Lytsy, Lena Mårtensson
Responding to adverse patient safety events in Viet Nam
Reema Harrison, Anurag Sharma, Merrilyn Walton, Esmond Esguerra, Seinyenede Onobrakpor, Bui Trung Nghia, Nguyen Duc Chinh
A crossectional investigation of the relationship between complementary health insurance and frequency of dental visits in 15 to 64 years old of Tehran population, Iran, a secondary data analysis (urban HEART-2)
Morteza Rostam Beigi, Ahmad Reza Shamshiri, Mohsen Asadi- Lari, Hossein Hessari, Ahmad Jafari
Reasons for prolonged time for diagnostic workup for stage I-II lung cancer and estimated effect of applying an optimized pathway for diagnostic procedures
Trine Stokstad, Sveinung Sørhaug, Tore Amundsen, Bjørn H. Grønberg
Impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on acute hospital staff satisfaction
Margaret E. Murray, Anna Wong Shee, Emma West, Michelle Morvell, Meredith Theobald, Vincent Versace, Mark Yates
How to develop a sustainable telemedicine service? A Pediatric Telecardiology Service 20 years on - an exploratory study
Mélanie Raimundo Maia, Eduardo Castela, António Pires, Luís Velez Lapão
Person-centred, integrated and pro-active care for multi-morbid elderly with advanced care needs: a propensity score-matched controlled trial
G. K. R. Berntsen, M. Dalbakk, J. S. Hurley, T. Bergmo, B. Solbakken, L. Spansvoll, J. G. Bellika, S. O. Skrøvseth, T. Brattland, M. Rumpsfeld
Can quality improvement improve the quality of care? A systematic review of reported effects and methodological rigor in plan-do-study-act projects
Søren Valgreen Knudsen, Henrik Vitus Bering Laursen, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Paul Daniel Bartels, Lars Holger Ehlers, Jan Mainz
Quality of antenatal care and associated factors in a rural county in Kenya: an assessment of service provision and experience dimensions
Patience A. Afulani, Laura Buback, Francisca Essandoh, Joyceline Kinyua, Leah Kirumbi, Craig R. Cohen
“Unrigging the support wheels” - A qualitative study on patients’ experiences with and perspectives on low-intensity CBT
Elisa Haller, Nicole Besson, Birgit Watzke
EQUIP Emergency: study protocol for an organizational intervention to promote equity in health care
Colleen Varcoe, Vicky Bungay, Annette J. Browne, Erin Wilson, C. Nadine Wathen, Kat Kolar, Nancy Perrin, Scott Comber, Amélie Blanchet Garneau, David Byres, Agnes Black, Elder Roberta Price
Factors associated with access to health services and quality of life in knee osteoarthritis patients: a multilevel cross-sectional study
Siriwan Choojaturo, Siriorn Sindhu, Ketsarin Utriyaprasit, Chukiat Viwatwongkasem
Implementing a toolkit for the prevention, management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in English acute hospitals trusts: a qualitative evaluation
Annegret Schneider, Caroline Coope, Susan Michie, Richard Puleston, Susan Hopkins, Isabel Oliver
The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
Hamidah Hussain, Amani Thomas Mori, Aamir J. Khan, Saira Khowaja, Jacob Creswell, Thorkild Tylleskar, Bjarne Robberstad
A mixed methods evaluation of an integrated adult mental health service model
Diana Beere, Imogen S. Page, Sandra Diminic, Meredith Harris
Prioritization approaches in the development of health practice guidelines: a systematic review
Amena El-Harakeh, Rami Z. Morsi, Racha Fadlallah, Lama Bou-Karroum, Tamara Lotfi, Elie A. Akl
Health system challenges to hypertension and related non-communicable diseases prevention and treatment: perspectives from Ghanaian stakeholders
Amos K. Laar, Alma J. Adler, Agnes M. Kotoh, Helena Legido-Quigley, Isabelle L. Lange, Pablo Perel, Peter Lamptey
Implementation of a group-based diabetes prevention program within a healthcare delivery system
Kristen M. J. Azar, Catherine Nasrallah, Nina K. Szwerinski, John J. Petersen, Meghan C. Halley, Deborah Greenwood, Robert J. Romanelli
Prediction of the service life of surgical instruments from the surgical instrument management system log using radio frequency identification
Takeki Yoshikawa, Eizen Kimura, Emi Akama, Hiromi Nakao, Toshihiro Yorozuya, Ken Ishihara
Body mass index and lifetime healthcare utilization
Christina Hansen Edwards, Eline Aas, Jonas Minet Kinge
Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study
Camilla Kjellstadli, Ling Han, Heather Allore, Elisabeth Flo, Bettina S. Husebo, Steinar Hunskaar
The addition of mobile SMS effectively improves dengue prevention practices in community: an implementation study in Nepal
Ashmin Hari Bhattarai, Guardian Yoki Sanjaya, Anil Khadka, Randeep Kumar, Riris Andono Ahmad
Trajectories of Rehabilitation across Complex Environments (TRaCE): design and baseline characteristics for a prospective cohort study on spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury
Melissa Legg, Michele Foster, Sanjoti Parekh, Mandy Nielsen, Rachel Jones, Elizabeth Kendall, Jennifer Fleming, Timothy Geraghty
Comorbidity and thirty-day hospital readmission odds in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a comparison of the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices
Russell G. Buhr, Nicholas J. Jackson, Gerald F. Kominski, Steven M. Dubinett, Michael K. Ong, Carol M. Mangione
Correction to: Increase of catastrophic health expenditure while it does not have socio-economic anymore; finding from a district on Tehran after recent extensive health sector reform
Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-galougahi, Elham Dadgar, Zahra Kavosi, Reza Majdzadeh
Association between physician adoption of a new oral anti-diabetic medication and Medicare and Medicaid drug spending
Ilinca D. Metes, Lingshu Xue, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Haiden A. Huskamp, Walid F. Gellad, Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Seth Richards-Shubik, Hasan Guclu, Julie M. Donohue
A technical appraisal of guidelines for the management of skin rash in patients on chemotherapy and targeted therapy
Fangyuan Zhang, Sumei Lv, Yating Feng, Xuan Yang, Wanmin Qiang
Fewer ischemic strokes, despite an ageing population: stroke models from observed incidence in Norway 2010–2015
Kim Rand, Fredrik Andreas Dahl, Joe Viana, Ole Morten Rønning, Kashif Waqar Faiz, Mathias Barra
Quality and barriers of outpatient diabetes care in rural health facilities in Uganda – a mixed methods study
Catherine Birabwa, Mulekya F. Bwambale, Peter Waiswa, Roy W. Mayega
Do choosing wisely recommendations about low-value care target income-generating treatments provided by members? A content analysis of 1293 recommendations
Joshua R. Zadro, John Farey, Ian A. Harris, Christopher G. Maher
Multimorbidity and healthcare resource utilization in Switzerland: a multicentre cohort study
Carole E. Aubert, Niklaus Fankhauser, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Jérôme Stirnemann, Drahomir Aujesky, Andreas Limacher, Jacques Donzé
Barriers and facilitators to development and implementation of a rural primary health care intervention for dementia: a process evaluation
Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan E. O’Connell, Andrew Kirk, Norma J. Stewart, Dallas Seitz, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Valerie Elliot, Jean Daku, Tracy Hack, Faye Hoium, Deb Kennett-Russill, Kristen Sauter
“As we have gathered with a common problem, so we seek a solution”: exploring the dynamics of a community dialogue process to encourage community participation in family planning/contraceptive programmes
Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, Yolandie Kriel, Cecilia Milford, Joanna Paula Cordero, Nzwakie Mosery, Petrus S. Steyn, Jennifer Smit
An audit of dementia education and training in UK health and social care: a comparison with national benchmark standards
S. J. Smith, S. Parveen, C. Sass, M. Drury, J. R. Oyebode, C. A. Surr
Who are CHWs? An ethnographic study of the multiple identities of community health workers in three rural Districts in Tanzania
Mohamed Yunus Rafiq, Hannah Wheatley, Hildegalda P. Mushi, Colin Baynes
Knowledge, attitude and practices of medical and health science students on the antiretroviral based HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in an Ethiopian hospital: an institutional based cross-sectional study
Betelhem Anteneh, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Alem Endeshaw, Zewdu Birhanu Wubneh, Barun Ranjan Sarkar
Feasibility and long-term efficacy of a proactive health program in the treatment of chronic back pain: a randomized controlled trial
A. Hüppe, C. Zeuner, S. Karstens, M. Hochheim, M. Wunderlich, H. Raspe
Health seeking behaviour, delayed presentation and its impact among oral cancer patients in Pakistan: a retrospective qualitative study
Sarah Basharat, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Haroon Ur Rashid, Mamoon Rashid
Development and evaluation of a patient passport to promote self-management in patients with heart diseases
Sabine Stamm-Balderjahn, Rebecca Faliniski, Susanne Rossek, Karla Spyra
The effect of a pharmaceutical transitional care program on rehospitalisations in internal medicine patients: an interrupted-time-series study
Fatma Karapinar-Çarkıt, Sander D. Borgsteede, Marjo J. A. Janssen, Marlies Mak, Nimet Yildirim, Carl E. H. Siegert, Peter G. M. Mol, Toine C. G. Egberts, Patricia M. L. A. van den Bemt
Cry for health: a quantitative evaluation of a hospital-based advocacy intervention for domestic violence and abuse
Gemma Halliwell, Sandi Dheensa, Elisabetta Fenu, Sue K. Jones, Jessica Asato, Suzanne Jacob, Gene Feder
Promoting and delivering antenatal care in rural Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a qualitative analysis of midwives’ perceptions
Nicole Bergen, Alzahra Hudani, Shifera Asfaw, Abebe Mamo, Getachew Kiros, Jaameeta Kurji, Sudhakar Morankar, Lakew Abebe, Manisha A. Kulkarni, Ronald Labonté
Modular service provision for heterogeneous patient groups: a single case study in chronic Down syndrome care
L. Fransen, V. J. T. Peters, B. R. Meijboom, E. de Vries
Measuring implementation: development of the implementation process assessment tool (IPAT)
M. Hartveit, E. Hovlid, M. H. A. Nordin, J. Øvretveit, G. R. Bond, E. Biringer, J. Assmus, G. H. Mariniusson, T. Ruud
Accessing public healthcare in Oslo, Norway: the experiences of Thai immigrant masseuses
Naomi Tschirhart, Esperanza Diaz, Trygve Ottersen
Stroke survivors’ experiences of team support along their recovery continuum
W. Hartford, S. Lear, L. Nimmon
How do community health actors explain their roles? Exploring the roles of community health actors in promoting maternal health services in rural Ethiopia
Abebe Mamo, Sudhakar Morankar, Shifera Asfaw, Nicole Bergen, Manisha A. Kulkarni, Lakew Abebe, Ronald Labonté, Zewdie Birhanu, Muluemebet Abera
Understanding corporate governance of healthcare quality: a comparative case study of eight Australian public hospitals
Alison Brown
Correction to: Glycemic control and healthcare utilization following pregnancy among women with pre-existing diabetes in Navajo Nation
Julius Ho, Karen Bachman-Carter, Shelley Thorkelson, Kristi Anderson, Jennifer Jaggi, Chris Brown, Adrianne Katrina Nelson, Cameron Curley, Caroline King, Sid Atwood, Sonya Shin
Register-based study concerning the problematic situation of using interpreting service in a region in Sweden
Emina Hadziabdic, Katarina Hjelm
Learning, understanding and the use of information technology: a survey study among primary care physician trainees
Michel Wensing, Barbara Paech, Catharina Roth, Simon Schwill
Life satisfaction in Norwegian medical doctors: a 15-year longitudinal study of work-related predictors
Javed Iqbal Mahmood, Kjersti Støen Grotmol, Martin Tesli, Torbjørn Moum, Ole Andreassen, Reidar Tyssen
Implementation of a national policy for improving health and social care: a comparative case study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research
Helena Strehlenert, Johan Hansson, Monica Elisabeth Nyström, Henna Hasson
Are there decision support tools that might strengthen the health system for perinatal care in South African district hospitals? A review of the literature
Ntombifikile Maureen Nkwanyana, Anna Silvia Voce
Does capitation affect patient satisfaction and prevalence of out-of-pocket payments in the insured? A propensity score analysis of Ghana’s demographic and health survey data
Shafiq Siita, Sharon E. Cox, Kara Hanson
Responding to policy makers’ evaluation needs: combining experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to estimate the impact of performance based financing in Burkina Faso
Manuela De Allegri, Julia Lohmann, Aurélia Souares, Michael Hillebrecht, Saidou Hamadou, Hervé Hien, Ousmane Haidara, Paul Jacob Robyn
The advanced care coordination program: a protocol for improving transitions of care for dual-use veterans from community emergency departments back to the Veterans Health Administration (VA) primary care
Lindsay B. Miller, Heidi Sjoberg, Ashlea Mayberry, Marina S. McCreight, Roman A. Ayele, Catherine Battaglia
Challenges affecting prompt access to adequate uncomplicated malaria case management in children in rural primary health facilities in Chikhwawa Malawi
Larissa Klootwijk, Anthony Emeritus Chirwa, Alinune Nathanael Kabaghe, Michele van Vugt
Stigma among healthcare workers towards hepatitis B infection in Bangalore, India: a qualitative study
F. C. van der Scheun, M. C. M. Nagelkerke, A. Kilaru, V. Shridhar, R. Prasad, T. S. van der Werf
Algorithms to identify COPD in health systems with and without access to ICD coding: a systematic review
Holger Gothe, Sasa Rajsic, Djurdja Vukicevic, Tonio Schoenfelder, Beate Jahn, Sabine Geiger-Gritsch, Diana Brixner, Niki Popper, Gottfried Endel, Uwe Siebert
Safety climate, safety climate strength, and length of stay in the NICU
Daniel S. Tawfik, Eric J. Thomas, Timothy J. Vogus, Jessica B. Liu, Paul J. Sharek, Courtney C. Nisbet, Henry C. Lee, J. Bryan Sexton, Jochen Profit
Implementation barriers and facilitators of an integrated multidisciplinary lifestyle enhancing treatment for inpatients with severe mental illness: the MULTI study IV
Jeroen Deenik, Diederik E. Tenback, Erwin C. P. M. Tak, Olivier A. Blanson Henkemans, Simon Rosenbaum, Ingrid J. M. Hendriksen, Peter N. van Harten
Systematic review of the costs and effectiveness of interventions to increase infant vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries
Cristina Munk, Allison Portnoy, Christian Suharlim, Emma Clarke-Deelder, Logan Brenzel, Stephen C. Resch, Nicolas A. Menzies
The impact of electronic prescribing systems on healthcare professionals’ working practices in the hospital setting: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Soomal Mohsin-Shaikh, Dominic Furniss, Ann Blandford, Monsey McLeod, Tiantian Ma, Maedeh Y. Beykloo, Bryony Dean Franklin
Comparing methods to estimate incremental inpatient costs and length of stay due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Alberta, Canada
Erin Kirwin, Marie Varughese, David Waldner, Kimberley Simmonds, A. Mark Joffe, Stephanie Smith
A framework for cross-cultural development and implementation of complex interventions to improve palliative care in nursing homes: the PACE steps to success programme
Jo Hockley, Katherine Froggatt, Lieve Van den Block, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Marika Kylänen, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Giovanni Gambassi, Sophie Pautex, Sheila Alison Payne, Lieve Van den Block, Borja Arrue, Ilona Baranska, Luc Deliens, Yvonne Engels, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Katherine Froggatt, Giovanni Gambassi, Viola Kijowska, Maud ten Koppel, Marika Kylanen, Federica Mammarella, Tinne Smets, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug, Roeline Pasman, Sheila Payne, Ruth Piers, Lara Pivodic, Jenny van der Steen, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Hein van Hout, Anne Wichmann, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen
The role of health and advocacy organisations in assisting female sex workers to gain access to health care in South Africa
Nosipho Faith Makhakhe, Anna Meyer-Weitz, Helen Struthers, James McIntyre
Patient and provider perspectives on how trust influences maternal vaccine acceptance among pregnant women in Kenya
Stacy W. Nganga, Nancy A. Otieno, Maxwell Adero, Dominic Ouma, Sandra S. Chaves, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Andrew Wilson, Irina Bergenfeld, Courtni Andrews, Vincent L. Fenimore, Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Paula M. Frew, Saad B. Omer, Fauzia A. Malik
A predictive model for non-completion of an intensive specialist obesity service in a public hospital: a case-control study
Evan Atlantis, Fang Lin, Sulak Anandabaskaran, Paul Fahey, Nic Kormas
Implementing integrated services in routine behavioral health care: primary outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial
Mehret T. Assefa, James H. Ford II, Eric Osborne, Amy McIlvaine, Ahney King, Kevin Campbell, Booil Jo, Mark P. McGovern
Facilitating smoking cessation in patients who smoke: a large-scale cross-sectional comparison of fourteen groups of healthcare providers
E. Meijer, R. M. J. J. Van der Kleij, N. H. Chavannes
Effect of single follow-up home visit on readmission in a group of frail elderly patients – a Danish randomized clinical trial
Maurice A. Lembeck, Lau C. Thygesen, Birgitte Dreyer Sørensen, Lisbeth Lumby Rasmussen, Ellen A. Holm
Collaborative governance in the Quebec Cancer Network: a realist evaluation of emerging mechanisms of institutionalization, multi-level governance, and value creation using a longitudinal multiple case study design
Dominique Tremblay, Nassera Touati, Thomas Poder, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis, Karine Bilodeau, Djamal Berbiche, Jean-Louis Denis, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Johanne Hébert, Geneviève Roch, Catherine Prady, Lise Lévesque
Barriers to and solutions for addressing insufficient professional interpreter use in primary healthcare
Fabienne N. Jaeger, Nicole Pellaud, Bénédicte Laville, Pierre Klauser
Improving quality of life in cancer patients through higher participation and health literacy: study protocol for evaluating the oncological social care project (OSCAR)
Johann Frick, Daniel Schindel, Pimrapat Gebert, Ulrike Grittner, Liane Schenk
Post-donation satisfaction in kidney transplantation: a survey of living donors in Japan
Sayaka Kobayashi, Rie Akaho, Kazuya Omoto, Hiroki Shirakawa, Tomokazu Shimizu, Hideki Ishida, Kazunari Tanabe, Katsuji Nishimura
Implementation fidelity of village health and nutrition days in Hardoi District, Uttar Pradesh, India: a cross-sectional survey
Mira Johri, Louis Rodgers, Dinesh Chandra, Cybil Abou-Rizk, Eleanor Nash, Alok K. Mathur
How executives’ expectations and experiences shape population health management strategies
Betty M. Steenkamer, Hanneke W. Drewes, Natascha van Vooren, Caroline A. Baan, Hans van Oers, Kim Putters
Review of Aboriginal child health services in remote Western Australia identifies challenges and informs solutions
Philippa J Dossetor, Kathryn Thorburn, June Oscar, Maureen Carter, James Fitzpatrick, Carol Bower, John Boulton, Emily Fitzpatrick, Jane Latimer, Elizabeth J Elliott, Alexandra LC Martiniuk
Horizontal return to work coordination was more common in RTW programs than the recommended vertical coordination. The Rapid-RTW cohort study
Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas, Lise Aasen Haveraaen, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, William S. Shaw, Randi Wågø Aas
Hepatitis B virus perceptions and health seeking behaviors among pregnant women in Uganda: implications for prevention and policy
Joan Nankya-Mutyoba, Jim Aizire, Fredrick Makumbi, Ponsiano Ocama, Gregory D. Kirk
Using concept mapping to inform the development of a transitional reintegration intervention program for formerly incarcerated people with HIV
Tony Antoniou, Sharmistha Mishra, Flora Matheson, Diane Smith-Merrill, Laurel Challacombe, Janet Rowe, Anne Marie DiCenso, Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian, Wendy Wobeser, Claire Kendall, Mona Loutfy, Jenkin Tsang, Lauren Kanee, Carol Strike
Public engagement in health technology assessment in Brazil: the case of the Trastuzumab public consultation
Viviane Karoline da Silva Carvalho, Maria Sharmila Alina de Sousa, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, Everton Nunes da Silva
Economic valuation of informal care provided to people after a myocardial infarction in France
Hugo Rabier, Hassan Serrier, Anne-Marie Schott, Nathan Mewton, Michel Ovize, Norbert Nighoghossian, Antoine Duclos, Cyrille Colin
Understanding competing discourses as a basis for promoting equity in primary health care
Amélie Blanchet Garneau, Annette J. Browne, Colleen Varcoe
A systematic review and meta-analysis of community and primary-care-based hepatitis C testing and treatment services that employ direct acting antiviral drug treatments
Andrew Radley, Emma Robinson, Esther J. Aspinall, Kathryn Angus, Lex Tan, John F. Dillon
A multistage mixed methods study protocol to evaluate the implementation and impact of a reconfiguration of acute medicine in Ireland’s hospitals
E. Hurley, S. McHugh, J. Browne, L. Vaughan, C. Normand
Working well: a systematic scoping review of the Indigenous primary healthcare workforce development literature
Janya McCalman, Sandra Campbell, Crystal Jongen, Erika Langham, Kingsley Pearson, Ruth Fagan, Ann Martin-Sardesai, Roxanne Bainbridge
Clinical determinants associated with quality of life for people who live with HIV/AIDS: a Meta-analysis
Hesam Ghiasvand, Katherine M. Waye, Mehdi Noroozi, Gholamreza Ghaedamini Harouni, Bahram Armoon, Azadeh Bayani
The effects of reimbursement reform of antidiabetic medicines from the patients’ perspective – a survey among patients with type 2 diabetes in Finland
Taika Suviranta, Johanna Timonen, Janne Martikainen, Emma Aarnio
Post-stroke pathway analysis and link with one year sequelae in a French cohort of stroke patients: the PAPASePA protocol study
S. Broussy, F. Rouanet, E. Lesaine, S. Domecq, M. Kret, M. Maugeais, F. Aly, P. Dehail, A. Bénard, J. Wittwer, R. Salamon, I. Sibon, F. Saillour-Glenisson
Cancer treatment and the risk of cancer death among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal South Australians: analysis of a matched cohort study
David Banham, David Roder, Marion Eckert, Natasha J. Howard, Karla Canuto, Alex Brown
Initiation is recognized as a fundamental early phase of integrated knowledge translation (IKT): qualitative interviews with researchers and research users in IKT partnerships
Maria Maddalena Zych, Whitney B. Berta, Anna R. Gagliardi
Diabetes distress in Indonesian patients with type 2 diabetes: a comparison between primary and tertiary care
Bustanul Arifin, Antoinette D. I. van Asselt, Didik Setiawan, Jarir Atthobari, Maarten J. Postma, Qi Cao
Parents’ experiences of a health dialogue in the child health services: a qualitative study
Linda Håkansson, Mariette Derwig, Ewy Olander
A path analysis on the direct and indirect effects of the unit environment on eating dependence among cognitively impaired nursing home residents
Alvisa Palese, Luca Grassetti, Valentina Bressan, Alessandro Decaro, Tea Kasa, Melania Longobardi, Mark Hayter, Roger Watson
Effects of a mandatory DRG payment system in South Korea: Analysis of multi-year nationwide hospital claims data
Jae Woo Choi, Seung-Ju Kim, Hye-Ki Park, Sung-In Jang, Tae Hyun Kim, Eun-Cheol Park
Representative sample survey on factors determining the Czech physicians’ awareness of generic drugs and substitution
J. Maly, E. Zimcikova, J. Babica, A. A. Kubena, J. Kostriba, K. Mala-Ladova
Research productivity across different ophthalmic subspecialties in the United States
Assaf Gershoni, Igor Vainer, Olga Reitblat, Francis B. Mimouni, Eitan Livny, Eytan Z. Blumenthal, Rita Ehrlich, Michael Mimouni
The effects of compulsory health insurance on birth outcomes: evidence from China’s UEBMI scheme
Di Tang, Xiangdong Gao, Peter C. Coyte
Can income-based co-payment rates improve disparity? The case of the choice between brand-name and generic drugs
Yuki Ito, Konan Hara, Byung-Kwang Yoo, Jun Tomio, Yasuki Kobayashi
E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review
Blanka Klimova, Martin Valis, Kamil Kuca, Jiri Masopust
Effects of a comprehensive reservation service for non-emergency registration on appointment registration rate, patient waiting time, patient satisfaction and outpatient volume in a tertiary hospital in China
Wanhua Xie, Xiufeng Yang, Xiaojun Cao, Peiying Liu
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to implement a clinical practice guideline for systemic lupus erythematosus: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial
María M. Trujillo-Martín, Yolanda Ramallo-Fariña, Tasmania del Pino-Sedeño, Íñigo Rúa-Figueroa, Elisa Trujillo-Martín, Laura Vallejo-Torres, Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia, Ricardo Sánchez-de-Madariaga, Ana M. de Pascual-Medina, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar, Pilar García Sagredo, Arantxa Arteaga González, Laura Casas Hernández, Monica Delgado Sanchez, Laura Magdalena Armas, Cristina Rodríguez Regalado, Jose A. Hernández Beriain, Francisco J. Novoa Medina, Beatriz Tejera Segura, Monica Troche Duarte, Celia Erausquin, Cristina Almeida, Esmeralda Delgado Frias, Vanesa Hernández Hernández, Ivan Feraz Amaro, Beatriz Rodriguez Lozano
The effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs at reducing opioid-related harms and consequences: a systematic review
Emily Rhodes, Maria Wilson, Alysia Robinson, Jill A. Hayden, Mark Asbridge
What happened and why? A programme theory-based qualitative evaluation of a healthcare-academia partnership reform in primary care
Håkan Uvhagen, Henna Hasson, Johan Hansson, Mia von Knorring
The acceptance and applicability of a patient-reported experience measurement tool in oncological care: a descriptive feasibility study in northern Germany
Christiane Rudolph, Gitte Stentebjerg Petersen, Ron Pritzkuleit, Hans Storm, Alexander Katalinic
Knowledge on leprosy and its management among primary healthcare providers in two districts of Bangladesh
Humayun Kabir, Shahed Hossain
The structure of the quality of clinical practice guidelines with the items and overall assessment in AGREE II: a regression analysis
Yosuke Hatakeyama, Kanako Seto, Rebeka Amin, Takefumi Kitazawa, Shigeru Fujita, Kunichika Matsumoto, Tomonori Hasegawa
Scoping review of acute stroke care management and rehabilitation in low and middle-income countries
George Lameck Chimatiro, Anthea J. Rhoda
Exploring the role of external experts in supporting staff to implement psychosocial interventions in care home settings: results from the process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial
Claire A. Surr, Emily Shoesmith, Alys W. Griffiths, Rachael Kelley, Joanne McDermid, Jane Fossey
Identifying risks areas related to medication administrations - text mining analysis using free-text descriptions of incident reports
Marja Härkänen, Jussi Paananen, Trevor Murrells, Anne Marie Rafferty, Bryony Dean Franklin
Intracranial haemorrhage detected by cerebral computed tomography after falls in hospital acute medical wards
Shiny Stephen, Elena W. W. Wong, Adam M. Idris, Andy K. H. Lim
Predictors of family focused practice: organisation, profession, or the role as child responsible personnel?
Bjørg Eva Skogøy, Terje Ogden, Bente Weimand, Torleif Ruud, Knut Sørgaard, Darryl Maybery
Correction to: The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
Hamidah Hussain, Amani Thomas Mori, Aamir J. Khan, Saira Khowaja, Jacob Creswell, Thorkild Tylleskar, Bjarne Robberstad
Older multimorbid patients’ experiences on integration of services: a systematic review
Lilian Keene Boye, Christian Backer Mogensen, Tine Mechlenborg, Frans Boch Waldorff, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen
Health professionals’ acceptance and willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccination in Gondar City Administration governmental health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
Siwule Abiye, Mezgebu Yitayal, Giziew Abere, Asefa Adimasu
Enabling public, patient and practitioner involvement in co-designing frailty pathways in the acute care setting
Deirdre O’Donnell, Éidín Ní Shé, Mary McCarthy, Shirley Thornton, Thelma Doran, Freda Smith, Barry O’Brien, Jim Milton, Bibiana Savin, Anne Donnellan, Eugene Callan, Eilish McAuliffe, Simone Gray, Therese Carey, Nicola Boyle, Michelle O’Brien, Andrew Patton, Jade Bailey, Diarmuid O’Shea, Therese Cooney Marie
A childhood immunization education program for parents delivered during late pregnancy and one-month postpartum: a randomized controlled trial
Hiroko Otsuka-Ono, Narumi Hori, Hiroshi Ohta, Yukari Uemura, Kiyoko Kamibeppu
Preference and uptake of different community-based HIV testing service delivery models among female sex workers along Malaba-Kampala highway, Uganda, 2017
Gerald Pande, Lilian Bulage, Steven Kabwama, Fred Nsubuga, Peter Kyambadde, Shaban Mugerwa, Joshua Musinguzi, Alex Riolexus Ario
Parents’ experiences of an e-health intervention implemented in pediatric healthcare: a qualitative study
Ingrid Larsson, Petra Svedberg, Susann Arvidsson, Jens M. Nygren, Ing-Marie Carlsson
Effectiveness of health care workers and peer engagement in promoting access to health services among population at higher risk for HIV in Tanzania (KPHEALTH): study protocol for a quasi experimental trial
Elia John Mmbaga, Germana Henry Leyna, Melkizedeck Thomas Leshabari, Britt Tersbøl, Theis Lange, Neema Makyao, Kåre Moen, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch
Cost of incorrect application of antithrombotic prophylaxis prior to invasive procedures
Ma Victoria Cuevas, Ignacio Martínez-Sancho, Jana Arribas, Covadonga García-Díaz, Beatriz Cuevas
Assessing the implementation of a patient navigation intervention for colonoscopy screening
Amy DeGroff, Lindsay Gressard, Rebecca Glover-Kudon, Ketra Rice, Felicia Solomon Tharpe, Cam Escoffery, Joanne Gersten, Lynn Butterly
Efficiency of blood utilization in elective surgical patients
Kibruyisfaw Zewdie, Abraham Genetu, Yeabsera Mekonnen, Tewodros Worku, Abat Sahlu, Dereje Gulilalt
Physician and pharmacist satisfaction and clinical needs for the real-time medication surveillance program in South Korea
Sun Mi Shin, Hong-Ah Kim, Inmyung Song, Ha-Lim Jeon, Ju-Young Shin
Evidence-based care in high- and low-risk groups following whiplash injury: a multi-centre inception cohort study
Alexandra Griffin, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Mohit Arora, Ian D. Cameron, Annette Kifley, Michele Sterling, Justin Kenardy, Trudy Rebbeck
Prescribing patterns of encounters in fourteen general practice clinics in rural Beijing: a cross-sectional study
Guanghui Jin, Chao Chen, Yanli Liu, Yali Zhao, Lifen Chen, Juan Du, Xiaoqin Lu, Jianjun Chen
Airway clearance services (ACSs) in Australia for adults with chronic lung conditions: scoping review of publicly available web-based information
Laura Cooper, Kylie Johnston, Marie Williams
A guideline for the prevention and management of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in South Africa
Babatope O. Adebiyi, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Anna-Marie Beytell
Factors associated with the preference of institutional delivery after antenatal care attendance in Northwest Ethiopia
Araya Mesfin Nigatu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye
Do general practice management and/or team care arrangements reduce avoidable hospitalisations in Central and Eastern Sydney, Australia?
Heidi Welberry, Margo Linn Barr, Elizabeth J. Comino, Ben F. Harris-Roxas, Elizabeth Harris, Shona Dutton, Tony Jackson, Debra Donnelly, Mark Fort Harris
Workload and influencing factors in non-emergency medical transfers: a multiple linear regression analysis of a cross-sectional questionnaire study
Johann Georg Keunecke, Christine Gall, Torsten Birkholz, Andreas Moritz, Christian Eiche, Johannes Prottengeier
Contacting out-of-hours primary care or emergency medical services for time-critical conditions - impact on patient outcomes
Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Morten Bondo Christensen, Bodil Hammer Bech, Helle Collatz Christensen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Linda Huibers
Active participation of patients with type 2 diabetes in consultations with their primary care practice nurses – what helps and what hinders: a qualitative study
E. du Pon, A. T. Wildeboer, A. A. van Dooren, H. J. G. Bilo, N. Kleefstra, S. van Dulmen
Partnering with patients in quality improvement: towards renewed practices for healthcare organization managers?
Nathalie Clavel, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Djahanchah Philip (Sacha) Ghadiri
Prevalence, determinants, and characteristics of extemporaneous compounding in Jordanian pharmacies
Hatim S. AlKhatib, Sara Jalouqa, Nour Maraqa, Anna Ratka, Eman Elayeh, Suha Al Muhaissen
Nutritional counselling interactions between health workers and caregivers of children under two years: observations at selected child welfare clinics in Ghana
Christiana Nsiah-Asamoah, Kingsley Kwadwo Asare Pereko, Freda Dzifa Intiful
Hurricanes and healthcare: a case report on the influences of Hurricane Maria and managed Medicare in treating a Puerto Rican resident
George Mellgard, David Abramson, Charles Okamura, Himali Weerahandi
The Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM) for the rehabilitation of trauma patients is effective in improving patient related outcome measures: a non-randomized controlled trial
Suzanne H. Wiertsema, Johanna M. van Dongen, Edwin Geleijn, Heleen Beckerman, Frank W. Bloemers, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Vincent de Groot
Self-reported test ordering practices among Canadian internal medicine physicians and trainees: a multicenter cross-sectional survey
Thomas Bodley, Janice L. Kwan, John Matelski, Patrick J. Darragh, Peter Cram
Estimating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of establishing additional endovascular Thrombectomy stroke Centres in England: a discrete event simulation
Peter McMeekin, Darren Flynn, Mike Allen, Diarmuid Coughlan, Gary A. Ford, Hannah Lumley, Joyce S. Balami, Martin A. James, Ken Stein, David Burgess, Phil White
Making the business case for an addiction medicine consult service: a qualitative analysis
Kelsey C. Priest, Dennis McCarty
Value-based genomic screening: exploring genomic screening for chronic diseases using triple value principles
Viktor Dombrádi, Erica Pitini, Carla G. van El, Anant Jani, Martina Cornel, Paolo Villari, Muir Gray, Klára Bíró
Cost-effectiveness of the SLIMMER diabetes prevention intervention in Dutch primary health care: economic evaluation from a randomised controlled trial
Geerke Duijzer, Andrea J. Bukman, Aafke Meints-Groenveld, Annemien Haveman-Nies, Sophia C. Jansen, Judith Heinrich, Gerrit J. Hiddink, Edith J. M. Feskens, G. Ardine de Wit
The Discharge Communication Study: research protocol for a mixed methods study to investigate and triangulate discharge communication experiences of patients, GPs, and hospital professionals, alongside a corresponding discharge letter sample
Katharine Weetman, Jeremy Dale, Emma Scott, Stephanie Schnurr
Use of smartphone and perception towards the usefulness and practicality of its medical applications among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia
Mostafa A. Abolfotouh, Ala’a BaniMustafa, Mahmoud Salam, Mohammed Al-Assiri, Bader Aldebasi, Ibraheem Bushnak
Potential cost-savings from the use of the biosimilars filgrastim, infliximab and insulin glargine in Canada: a retrospective analysis
Kerry Mansell, Hishaam Bhimji, Dean Eurich, Holly Mansell
Incremental economic burden associated with exudative age-related macular degeneration: a population-based study
Siin Kim, Sang Jun Park, Seong Jun Byun, Kyu Hyung Park, Hae Sun Suh
Health system constraints affecting treatment and care among women with cervical cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe
O. Tapera, G. Dreyer, W. Kadzatsa, A. M. Nyakabau, B. Stray-Pedersen, Hendricks SJH
A systematic review on hospital inefficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: sources and solutions
Hamid Ravaghi, Mahnaz Afshari, Parvaneh Isfahani, Victoria D. Bélorgeot
Specific timely appointments for triage to reduce wait times in a medical outpatient clinic: protocol of a pre-post study with process evaluation
Annie K. Lewis, Nicholas F. Taylor, Patrick W. Carney, Katherine E. Harding
Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands
Doug Cronie, Hilde Perdok, Corine Verhoeven, Suze Jans, Marieke Hermus, Raymond de Vries, Marlies Rijnders
Processes for engaging and retaining women who are experiencing adversity in longitudinal health services research
Anna Price, Hannah Bryson, Ashlee Smith, Fiona Mensah, Sharon Goldfeld
Economic evaluation studies in the field of HIV/AIDS: bibliometric analysis on research development and scopes (GAPRESEARCH)
Bach Xuan Tran, Long Hoang Nguyen, Hugo C. Turner, Son Nghiem, Giang Thu Vu, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S. H. Ho, Roger C. M. Ho
Correction to: Health seeking behaviour, delayed presentation and its impact among oral cancer patients in Pakistan: a retrospective qualitative study
Sarah Basharat, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Haroon Ur Rashid, Mamoon Rashid
Evaluation of safety attitudes of hospitals and the effects of demographic factors on safety attitudes: a psychometric validation of the safety attitudes and safety climate questionnaire
Chuang Zhao, Qing Chang, Xi Zhang, Qijun Wu, Nan Wu, Jiao He, Yuhong Zhao
Impact of the Medicare hospital readmissions reduction program on vulnerable populations
Yunwei Gai, Dessislava Pachamanova
A self-reported measurement scale on a potential component of competency in the healthcare staff engaged in the prevention and control of non-communicable disease in Fiji
M. Ishikawa, M. Nomura, M. Miyoshi, N. Nishi, T. Yokoyama, H. Miura
Health professionals’ experiences of providing care for women survivors of sexual violence in psychiatric inpatient units
Carol O’Dwyer, Laura Tarzia, Sabin Fernbacher, Kelsey Hegarty
Organisational change in hospitals: a qualitative case-study of staff perspectives
Chiara Pomare, Kate Churruca, Janet C. Long, Louise A. Ellis, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Evaluation of the impact of a brief educational message on clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure in imaging investigations: a pilot pre-post intervention study
Ben Young, Jo Cranwell, Andrew W. Fogarty, Rob Skelly, Nigel Sturrock, Mark Norwood, Dominick Shaw, Sarah Lewis, Tessa Langley, Peter Thurley
Make it complicated: a qualitative study utilizing a complexity framework to explain improvement in health care
Marie Höjriis Storkholm, Pamela Mazzocato, Carl Savage
Identifying and addressing gaps in the implementation of a community care team for care of Patients with multiple chronic conditions
Kasey R. Boehmer, Diane E. Holland, Catherine E. Vanderboom
Are providers prepared for genomic medicine: interpretation of Direct-to-Consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) results and genetic self-efficacy by medical professionals
Scott P. McGrath, Nephi Walton, Marc S. Williams, Katherine K. Kim, Kiran Bastola
Mathematical modelling for health systems research: a systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based models
Rachel Cassidy, Neha S. Singh, Pierre-Raphaël Schiratti, Agnes Semwanga, Peter Binyaruka, Nkenda Sachingongu, Chitalu Miriam Chama-Chiliba, Zaid Chalabi, Josephine Borghi, Karl Blanchet
Patient and health care system characteristics are associated with delayed treatment of tuberculosis cases in Taiwan
Chien-Chou Chen, Po-Huang Chiang, Yen-Hsu Chen, I-Chun Fan, Ta-Chien Chan
Cervical cancer screening service utilization and associated factors among HIV positive women attending adult ART clinic in public health facilities, Hawassa town, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Abiyu Ayalew Assefa, Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Bethlehem Eshetu
Towards improved health service quality in Tanzania: contribution of a supportive supervision approach to increased quality of primary healthcare
Sabine Renggli, Iddy Mayumana, Dominick Mboya, Christopher Charles, Christopher Mshana, Flora Kessy, Tracy R. Glass, Christian Lengeler, Alexander Schulze, Ann Aerts, Constanze Pfeiffer
Examining the impact of medical legal partnerships in improving outcomes on the HIV care continuum: rationale, design and methods
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Omar Martinez, Robin Davison, Isa Fernandez
Standardizing the categorizations of models of aftercare for survivors of childhood cancer
Devonne Ryan, Paul C Moorehead, Roger Chafe
Access to public health services and integral care for women during the puerperal gravid period period in Ceará, Brazil
Maria de Fátima Vasques Monteiro, Caio Parente Barbosa, Maria Auxiliadora Figueredo Vertamatti, Maria Nizete Alves Tavares, Amanda Cordeiro de Oliveira Carvalho, Ana Paula Agostinho Alencar
Primary health institutions preference by hypertensive patients: effect of distance, trust and quality of management in the rural Heilongjiang province of China
Jingjing Liu, Hui Yin, Tong Zheng, Bykov Ilia, Xing Wang, Ruohui Chen, Yanhua Hao, Hong Sun, Mingli Jiao, Zheng Kang, Lijun Gao, Qunhong Wu
Is there a volume-quality relationship within the independent treatment centre sector? A longitudinal analysis
Florien Margareth Kruse, M. C. van Nieuw Amerongen, I. Borghans, A. S. Groenewoud, E. Adang, P. P. T. Jeurissen
Impact evaluation of contracting primary health care services in urban Bangladesh
Manuel Leonard F. Albis, Subrata K. Bhadra, Brian Chin
Need for improved detection of voluntary medical male circumcision adverse events in Mozambique: a mixed-methods assessment
Atanásio Brito, Abigail Korn, Leonel Monteiro, Florindo Mudender, Adelina Maiela, Jotamo Come, Scott Barnhart, Caryl Feldacker
Satisfaction with use of public health and peer-led facilities for HIV prevention services by key populations in Nigeria
Bartholomew Ochonye, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Adesegun O. Fatusi, Godwin Emmanuel, Oluwatomi Adepoju, Babatunde Ajidagba, Toluwanimi Jaiyebo, Paul Umoh, Ayo Yusuf
Secondary care usage and characteristics of hospital inpatients referred to a UK homeless health team: a retrospective service evaluation
Hannah Field, Briony Hudson, Nigel Hewett, Zana Khan
Determinants of efficiency growth of county-level public hospitals-evidence from Chongqing, China
Jing Liu, Beibei He, Xiaolan Xu, Leming Zhou, Jiang Li, Gongru Wang, Yingyao Chen
Development and validation of a predictive model for American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status
Seshadri C. Mudumbai, Suzann Pershing, Thomas Bowe, Robin N. Kamal, Erika D. Sears, Andrea K. Finlay, Dan Eisenberg, Mary T. Hawn, Yingjie Weng, Amber W. Trickey, Edward R. Mariano, Alex H. S. Harris
Health system readiness to support facilities for care of preterm, low birth weight, and sick newborns in Ethiopia: a qualitative assessment
Abubeker Kedir Usman, Eskinder Wolka, Yared Tadesse, Abraham Tariku, Abate Yeshidinber, Alula M. Teklu, Kirsten Senturia, Wendemaghen Gezahegn, James A. Litch, Hagos Gidey, Tedros Hailu, Solomie Jebessa, Amaha Kahsay, Kemal A. Kuti, Gillian A. Levine, Judith Robb-McCord, Alemu Tesfahun, Berhe Dessalegn Tuamay
Antenatal care in rural Bangladesh: current state of costs, content and recommendations for effective service delivery
Youngji Jo, Kelsey Alland, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra, Amnesty E. LeFevre, Semee (Esther) Pak, Saijuddin Shaikh, Parul Christian, Alain B. Labrique
Barriers and facilitators to recruitment and enrollment of HIV-infected individuals with opioid use disorder in a clinical trial
Kim A. Hoffman, Robin Baker, Lynn E. Kunkel, Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Paula J. Lum, Dennis McCarty, P. Todd Korthuis
What factors could influence physicians' management of women of childbearing age with chronic inflammatory disease? A systematic review of behavioural determinants of clinical inertia
Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Ivo Vlaev, Katie Harris, Rebecca Fischer-Betz
The impact of nurse staffing levels and nurse’s education on patient mortality in medical and surgical wards: an observational multicentre study
Filip Haegdorens, Peter Van Bogaert, Koen De Meester, Koenraad G. Monsieurs
Current state of knowledge of basic life support in health professionals of the largest city in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Babar Irfan, Ibrahim Zahid, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Omar Abdul Aziz Khan, Shayan Zaidi, Safia Awan, Sobia Bilal, Omar Irfan
Adult mental health provision in England: a national survey of acute day units
Danielle Lamb, Michael Davidson, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Sonia Johnson, Samira Heinkel, Thomas Steare, Vanessa Pinfold, Scott Weich, Nicola Morant, James Kirkbride, Louise Marston, Alastair Canaway, Jason Madan, David Osborn
A realist evaluation of the implementation of open visiting in an acute care setting for older people
Helen Hurst, Jane Griffiths, Carrie Hunt, Ellen Martinez
The Value Equation: Three complementary propositions for reconciling fidelity and adaptation in evidence-based practice implementation
Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz, Gregory A. Aarons, Henna Hasson
Factors of patient satisfaction in adult outpatient departments of private wing and regular services in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen
Utilizing perspectives from HIV-infected women, male partners and healthcare providers to design family planning SMS in Kenya: a qualitative study
Karren Lewis, Elizabeth K. Harrington, Daniel Matemo, Alison L. Drake, Keshet Ronen, Gabrielle O’Malley, John Kinuthia, Grace John-Stewart, Jennifer A. Unger
Patient and service factors associated with referral and admission to inpatient rehabilitation after the acute phase of stroke in Australia and Norway
Angela S. Labberton, Mathias Barra, Ole Morten Rønning, Bente Thommessen, Leonid Churilov, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Elizabeth A. Lynch
User experience and satisfaction with specialty consultations and surgical care in secondary and tertiary level hospitals in Mexico
Svetlana V. Doubova, Claudia Infante-Castañeda, Sanam Roder-DeWan, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of the statement format Decisional Conflict Scale for Mandarin version
Cui Lu, Wei Mu, Ying-hui Jin, Yue-xian Shi, Ge Li, Yan Li, Fei Han, Tian Xia
Cost-utility analysis of adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer in the Philippines
Anne Julienne Genuino, Usa Chaikledkaew, Anna Melissa Guerrero, Thanyanan Reungwetwattana, Ammarin Thakkinstian
What is the long term impact of voucher scheme on primary care? Findings from a repeated cross sectional study using propensity score matching
Carrie H. K. Yam, Eliza L. Y. Wong, Valerie L. H. Fung, Sian M. Griffiths, Eng-Kiong Yeoh
Not being heard: barriers to high quality unplanned hospital care during young people’s transition to adult services – evidence from ‘this sickle cell life’ research
Alicia Renedo, Sam Miles, Subarna Chakravorty, Andrea Leigh, Paul Telfer, John O. Warner, Cicely Marston
Variation in expenditure for common, high cost surgical procedures in a working age population: implications for reimbursement reform
W. Wynn-Jones, T. P. Koehlmoos, C. Tompkins, A. Navathe, S. Lipsitz, N. K. Kwon, P. A. Learn, C. Madsen, A. Schoenfeld, J. S. Weissman
A time motion study of community mental health workers in rural India
Vijaya Chebolu-Subramanian, Nachiket Sule, Richa Sharma, Nerges Mistry
Ethical challenges of seclusion in psychiatric inpatient wards: a qualitative study of the experiences of Norwegian mental health professionals
Espen W. Haugom, Torleif Ruud, Torfinn Hynnekleiv
Awareness, attitude and behavior regarding proton pump inhibitor among medical staff in the Southwest of China
Hongli Luo, Qingze Fan, Tierong Bian, Xiuying Li, Kun Chen, Qingbi Zhang, Yuting Wei, Yang Xiao, Yan Li
A register-based observational cohort study on persistent frequent users of emergency services in a Finnish emergency clinic
Jonna M. Levola, Eila S. Sailas, Timo S. Säämänen, Leena M. Turunen, Annika C. Thomson
New understanding of primary health care nurse practitioner role optimisation: the dynamic relationship between the context and work meaning
Nancy Côté, Andrew Freeman, Emmanuelle Jean, Jean-Louis Denis
Interventions to improve discharge from acute adult mental health inpatient care to the community: systematic review and narrative synthesis
Natasha Tyler, Nicola Wright, Justin Waring
Opioid use disorder and treatment: challenges and opportunities
Kim A. Hoffman, Javier Ponce Terashima, Dennis McCarty
Testing an audit and feedback-based intervention to improve glycemic control after transfer to adult diabetes care: protocol for a quasi-experimental pre-post design with a control group
Rayzel Shulman, Ian Zenlea, Baiju R. Shah, Cheril Clarson, Jennifer Harrington, Alanna Landry, Zubin Punthakee, Mark R. Palmert, Geetha Mukerji, Peter C. Austin, Janet Parsons, Noah Ivers
Small is beautiful? Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
Douglas Spangler, Paula Blomqvist, Ylva Lindberg, Ulrika Winblad
Cost-related medication nonadherence among over-indebted individuals enrolled in statutory health insurance in Germany: a cross-sectional population study
Jacqueline Warth, Marie-Therese Puth, Judith Tillmann, Niklas Beckmann, Johannes Porz, Ulrike Zier, Klaus Weckbecker, Birgitta Weltermann, Eva Münster
Manifestations of verbal and physical violence towards doctors: a comparison between hospital and community doctors
Tamar Nevo, Roni Peleg, Daniel M. Kaplan, Tamar Freud
Strategic yet delicate: the dilemma of involving health workers in facilitating birth registration in Indonesia
Clara Siagian, Wenny Wandasari, Feri Sahputra, Santi Kusumaningrum
Effects of health-information-based diabetes shared care program participation on preventable hospitalizations in Taiwan
Yia-Wun Liang, Hsiao-Feng Chang, Yu-Hsiu Lin
Delivery of a patient-friendly functioning report to improve patient-centeredness of dialysis care: a pilot study
Laura C. Plantinga, Brian Jones, Jeremy Johnson, Amelia Lambeth, Janice P. Lea, Leigh Nadel, Ann E. Vandenberg, C. Barrett Bowling
Comparative evaluation of drug information leaflets for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Palestine: local versus imported products
Dina A. Arandy, Maysa W. Abu-Hashia, Bahaa M. Al-hroub, Sandra A. Qatmosh, Amer A. Koni, Baraa G. Qeeno, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud
Nurses striving to provide caregiver with excellent support and care at a distance: a qualitative study
Hilde Solli, Sigrun Hvalvik
Meeting unmet needs following minor stroke: the SUN randomised controlled trial protocol
Emma Finch, Michele Foster, Tegan Cruwys, Jennifer Fleming, Philip Aitken, Katherine Jaques, Ian Williams, Darshan Shah
Organizational change and the risk of sickness absence: a longitudinal multilevel analysis of organizational unit-level change in hospitals
Anniken Grønstad, Lars Erik Kjekshus, Trond Tjerbo, Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm
Correction to: Does specialist physician supply affect pediatric asthma health outcomes?
Guido Filler, Tom Kovesi, Erik Bourdon, Sarah Ann Jones, Laurentiu Givelichian, Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, Jason Gilliland, Marion Williams, Elaine Orrbine, Bruno Piedboeuf
Fetal Down syndrome screening models for developing countries; Part I: Performance of Maternal Serum Screening
Chanane Wanapirak, Wirawit Piyamongkol, Supatra Sirichotiyakul, Fuanglada Tongprasert, Kasemsri Srisupundit, Suchaya Luewan, Kuntharee Traisrisilp, Phudit Jatavan, Theera Tongsong
Fetal Down syndrome screening models for developing countries; Part II: Cost-benefit analysis
Chanane Wanapirak, Piyaluk Buddhawongsa, Woraluck Himakalasa, Auttapan Sarnwong, Theera Tongsong
Comparative case studies in integrated care implementation from across the globe: a quest for action
Nicole A. Stadnick, Euan Sadler, Jane Sandall, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, Ian M. Bennett, Jeffrey Borkan, Bibilola Oladeji, Oye Gureje, Gregory A. Aarons, Marisa Sklar
Facilitators and barriers of patient-centered care at the organizational-level: a study of three district hospitals in the central region of Ghana
Jacqueline Nkrumah, Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah
Modeling patients’ time, travel, and monitoring costs in anticoagulation management: societal savings achievable with the shift from warfarin to direct oral anticoagulants
Aapeli Leminen, Mikko Pyykönen, Juho Tynkkynen, Markku Tykkyläinen, Tiina Laatikainen
Аn affordability of statins therapy - comparative analysis between Ukraine and Bulgaria
Oksana Tkachova, Larysa Iakovlieva, Zornitsa Mitkova, Manoela Manova, Alexandra Savova, Guenka Petrova
Correction to: Responding to policy makers’ evaluation needs: combining experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to estimate the impact of performance based financing in Burkina Faso
Manuela De Allegri, Julia Lohmann, Aurélia Souares, Michael Hillebrecht, Saidou Hamadou, Hervé Hien, Ousmane Haidara, Paul Jacob Robyn
Ethnic and gender differences in the management of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study from Norwegian general practice
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Expanding access to maternal, newborn and primary healthcare services through private-community-government partnership clinic models in rural Kenya: the Ubuntu-Afya kiosk model
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Short-term and long-term unintended impacts of a pilot reform on Beijing’s zero markup drug policy: a propensity score-matched study
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Determinants and supporting factors for rebuilding nursing workforce in a post-disaster setting
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Challenges and practices in promoting (ageing) employees working career in the health care sector – case studies from Germany, Finland and the UK
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Dementia assessment and management in primary care settings: a survey of current provider practices in the United States
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Association between degree of exposure to the Hospital Value Based Purchasing Program and 30-day mortality: experience from the first four years of Medicare’s pay-for-performance program
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Neighbourhood Team Development to promote resident centred approaches in nursing homes: a protocol for a multi component intervention
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Association between smoking cessation and post-hospitalization healthcare costs: a matched cohort analysis
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Challenges and opportunities in the continuity of care for hypertension: a mixed-methods study embedded in a primary health care intervention in Tajikistan
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Awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among health workers and patients in selected primary healthcare centres in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria
Rasaq Adisa, Tomilayo I. Omitogun
Impact at two years of an intervention on empowerment among medical care teams: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial in a large French university hospital
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Validation of use of billing codes for identifying telemedicine encounters in administrative data
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Why acute ischemic stroke patients in the United States use or do not use emergency medical services transport? Findings of an inpatient survey
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The heterogeneous health state profiles of high-risk healthcare utilizers and their longitudinal hospital readmission and mortality patterns
Shawn Choon Wee Ng, Yu Heng Kwan, Shi Yan, Chuen Seng Tan, Lian Leng Low
Management of uncomplicated malaria in private health facilities in North-West Ethiopia: a clinical audit of current practices
Mesele Damte Argaw, Thandisizwe Redford Mavundla, Kassa Daka Gidebo
Factors associated with using alternative sources of primary care: a cross-sectional study
Charlie Reed, Felicia A. Rabito, Derek Werthmann, Shannon Smith, John C. Carlson
How well is the electronic health record supporting the clinical tasks of hospital physicians? A survey of physicians at three Norwegian hospitals
Thomas Roger Schopf, Bente Nedrebø, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Inderjit Kaur Daphu, Hallvard Lærum
Risk factors, costs and complications of delayed hospital discharge from internal medicine wards at a Canadian academic medical centre: retrospective cohort study
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Improvement of shared decision making in integrated stroke care: a before and after evaluation using a questionnaire survey
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Health system readiness for innovation scale-up: the experience of community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives in Nigeria
Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Bronwyn Harris, Mary Kawonga
Type 2 diabetes and healthcare resource utilisation in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Rabha AbdulAziz Salman, Adel Salman AlSayyad, Craig Ludwig
Factors associated with readmissions in women participating in screening programs and treated for breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study
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Healthcare utilisation in general practice and hospitals in the year preceding a diagnosis of cancer recurrence or second primary cancer: a population-based register study
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The effectiveness of interventions to involve men living with HIV positive pregnant women in low-income countries: a systematic review of the literature
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Outpatient mental healthcare service use among women with migrant background in Norway: a national register study
Melanie Straiton, Karina Corbett, Anna-Clara Hollander, Lars Johan Hauge
Transforming community nursing services in the UK; lessons from a participatory evaluation of the implementation of a new community nursing model in East London based on the principles of the Dutch Buurtzorg model
Mirza Lalani, Jane Fernandes, Richard Fradgley, Caroline Ogunsola, Martin Marshall
Training and well-equipped facility increases the odds of skills of health professionals on helping babies breathe in public hospitals of Southern Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
Abera Mersha, Shitaye Shibiru, Teklemariam Gultie, Nega Degefa, Agegnehu Bante
Service provision for depressed children and youth: a survey of the scope and nature of services in Ontario
Priya Watson, Kamna Mehra, Lisa D. Hawke, Joanna Henderson
Correction to: A systematic review on hospital inefficiency in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: sources and solutions
Hamid Ravaghi, Mahnaz Afshari, Parvaneh Isfahani, Victoria D. Bélorgeot
Factors affecting length of stay in Children Hospital in Southern Iran
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Psychometric properties of an instrument measuring communication within and between the professional groups licensed practical nurses and registered nurses in anaesthetic clinics
Maria Randmaa, Maria Engström, Gunilla Mårtensson, Christine Leo Swenne, Hans Högberg
An empirical study of how the Dutch healthcare regulator first formulates the concept of trust and then puts it into practice
Sandra Spronk, Annemiek Stoopendaal, Paul B. M. Robben
The importance of herbal medicine use in the German health-care system: prevalence, usage pattern, and influencing factors
Alexandra N. Welz, Agnes Emberger-Klein, Klaus Menrad
Prediction of health care expenditure increase: how does pharmacotherapy contribute?
Annika M. Jödicke, Urs Zellweger, Ivan T. Tomka, Thomas Neuer, Ivanka Curkovic, Malgorzata Roos, Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick, Hayk Sargsyan, Marco Egbring
Integrating health care in Australia: a qualitative evaluation
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Analyzing the distribution of rabies clinics and achievements of standardized rabies clinics implementation in mainland China
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The content of patient counseling about interchangeable medicines and generic substitution in Finnish community pharmacies - a survey of dispensers
Riikka Rainio, Riitta Ahonen, Johanna Timonen
Take -home naloxone rescue kits following heroin overdose in the emergency department to prevent opioid overdose related repeat emergency department visits, hospitalization and death- a pilot study
Joan Papp, Mayur Vallabhaneni, Ariel Morales, Jon W. Schrock
A qualitative study of health experiences of Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway
Yvette Louise Schein, Brita Askeland Winje, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Ingunn Nordstoga, Melanie Lindsay Straiton
Experiences from Decentralised Radiological Services in Norway – a rural case study
Aud Mette Myklebust, Hilde Eide, Brian Ellis, Rona Beattie
What are the mechanisms that support healthcare professionals to adopt assisted decision-making practice? A rapid realist review
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Association of daily copayments with use of hospital care among medicare advantage enrollees
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Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL intervention for non-specific SUBACUTE low back pain in a working population: a cluster randomized clinical trial
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Rapid evaluation for health and social care innovations: challenges for “quick wins” using interrupted time series
Andrew McCarthy, Peter McMeekin, Shona Haining, Lesley Bainbridge, Claire Laing, Joanne Gray
Process evaluation of implementation fidelity of the integrated chronic disease management model in two districts, South Africa
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Inequity in healthcare needs, health service use and financial burden of medical expenditures in China: results from a consecutive household monitoring study in Jiangsu Province
Weixi Jiang, Xiaolin Xu, Shenglan Tang, Ling Xu, Yaoguang Zhang, Chris Elbers, Frank Cobelens, Lijing Yan
Active and adaptive case finding to estimate therapeutic program coverage for severe acute malnutrition: a capture-recapture study
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Availability of emergency obstetric and newborn care services at public health facilities of Sindh province in Pakistan
Ramesh Kumar, Jamil Ahmed, Fozia Anwar, Ratana Somrongthong
Adaptation, modification, and psychometric assessment of a Norwegian version of the Basel extent of rationing of nursing care for nursing homes instrument (BERNCA-NH)
Rebecka Maria Norman, Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne
Attitudes, practices, and priority of HIV screening and testing among clinical providers in Transylvania and Moldavia, Romania
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Quality of maternity care provided by private sector healthcare facilities in three states of India: a situational analysis
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Correction to: Potential cost-savings from the use of the biosimilars filgrastim, infliximab and insulin glargine in Canada: a retrospective analysis
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Relationship between pharmaceutical pricing strategies with price, availability, and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines: surveys in Qatar and Lebanon
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Access to specialty healthcare in urban versus rural US populations: a systematic literature review
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Assessment of care provision for hypertension at the emergency Department of an Urban Hospital in Mozambique
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Implementing coordinated ambulatory cardiology care in southern Germany: a mixed-methods study
Patrick Hennrich, Regine Bölter, Michel Wensing
THRIVE study protocol: a randomized controlled trial evaluating a web-based app and tailored messages to improve adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among women with breast cancer
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Explaining the successes and failures of tuberculosis treatment programs; a tale of two regions in rural eastern Uganda
Jonathan Izudi, Imelda. K. Tamwesigire, Francis Bajunirwe
Influencing factors of physicians’ prescription behavior in selecting essential medicines: a cross-sectional survey in Chinese county hospitals
Xin Zhou, Xueting Zhang, Linsheng Yang, Xu Hu, Aizong Shen, Xiaohui Huang, Xuefeng Xie
Multiple chronic conditions and associated health care expenses in US adults with cancer: a 2010–2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey study
Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami, Zhiqiang K. Lu, Jun Wu
Correction to: Hepatitis B virus perceptions and health seeking behaviors among pregnant women in Uganda: implications for prevention and policy
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A national intervention to reduce imaging for low back pain by general practitioners: a retrospective economic program evaluation using Medicare Benefits Schedule data
Tessa Morgan, Jianyun Wu, Ludmila Ovchinikova, Robyn Lindner, Suzanne Blogg, Rachael Moorin
Why does the NHS struggle to adopt eHealth innovations? A review of macro, meso and micro factors
Sheena Asthana, Ray Jones, Rod Sheaff
Assessing the perceived impact of post Minamata amalgam phase down on oral health inequalities: a mixed-methods investigation
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Factors associated with contracted services of Chinese family doctors from the perspective of medical staff and consumers: a cross-sectional study
Huanyan Wang, Lei Shi, Xuanye Han, Jinchan Zhang, Yuanshuo Ma, Xi Yang, Ming Liu, Lihua Fan, Fengge Lou
Investigating the causal effect of socioeconomic status on quality of care under a universal health insurance system - a marginal structural model approach
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Outcomes of aortic aneurysm surgery in England: a nationwide cohort study using hospital admissions data from 2002 to 2015
Ahmed Aber, Thaison Tong, Jim Chilcott, Ravi Maheswaran, Steven M. Thomas, Shah Nawaz, Jonathan Michaels
The challenge of managing mild to moderate distress in patients with end stage renal disease: results from a multi-centre, mixed methods research study and the implications for renal service organisation
Sarah Damery, Kim Sein, Johann Nicholas, Jyoti Baharani, Gill Combes
Health professionals’ perceptions of how gender sensitive care is enacted across acute psychiatric inpatient units for women who are survivors of sexual violence
Carol O’Dwyer, Laura Tarzia, Sabin Fernbacher, Kelsey Hegarty
Implementing a national diabetes prevention programme in England: lessons learned
Jonathan Stokes, Judith Gellatly, Peter Bower, Rachel Meacock, Sarah Cotterill, Matt Sutton, Paul Wilson
Is it time to rethink how we page physicians? Understanding paging patterns in a tertiary care hospital
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Lack of consensus in the choice of termination of pregnancy for Turner syndrome in France
Monika Hermann, Babak Khoshnood, Olivia Anselem, Claire Bouvattier, Aurélie Coussement, Sophie Brisset, Alexandra Benachi, Vassilis Tsatsaris
Utilization of healthcare services among Chinese migrants in Kenya: a qualitative study
Jialing Qiu, Duo Song, Juan Nie, Mengyi Su, Chun Hao, Jing Gu, Yuantao Hao, James N. Kiarie, Michael H. Chung
A Rasch analysis of the Person-Centred Climate Questionnaire – staff version
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A case of misalignment: the perspectives of local and national decision-makers on the implementation of psychological treatment by telephone in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service
Kelly Rushton, Claire Fraser, Judith Gellatly, Helen Brooks, Peter Bower, Christopher J. Armitage, Cintia Faija, Charlotte Welsh, Penny Bee
Survival analysis of Rural Clinical School of Western Australia graduates: the long-term work of building a long-term rural medical workforce
Surabhi Gupta, Hanh Ngo, Tessa Burkitt, Ian Puddey, Denese Playford
Establishing a hospital transfusion management system promotes appropriate clinical use of human albumin in Japan: a nationwide retrospective study
Yoshiteru Yano, Nobuo Sakata, Kiyohide Fushimi
Translating academic research into guidance to support healthcare improvement: how should guidance development be reported?
Simon Turner, Charlotte A. Sharp, Jessica Sheringham, Shaun Leamon, Naomi J. Fulop
Data accuracy in the Ontario birth Registry: a chart re-abstraction study
Sandra Dunn, Andrea Lanes, Ann E. Sprague, Deshayne B. Fell, Deborah Weiss, Jessica Reszel, Monica Taljaard, Elizabeth K. Darling, Ian D. Graham, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, JoAnn Harrold, Graeme N. Smith, Wendy Peterson, Mark Walker
The impact of diabetes on multiple avoidable admissions: a cross-sectional study
Joana Seringa, Ana Patrícia Marques, Bruno Moita, Cátia Gaspar, João Filipe Raposo, Rui Santana
Preferences for HIV testing services among young people in Nigeria
Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Juliet Iwelunmor, Jason J. Ong, Sawsan Salah, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Oliver Ezechi, Joseph D. Tucker
Utilisation and financial protection for hospital care under publicly funded health insurance in three states in Southern India
Samir Garg, Sayantan Chowdhury, T. Sundararaman
Dementia assessment and diagnostic practices of healthcare workers in rural southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional qualitative study
Ronald Kamoga, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, Edith K. Wakida, Gladys Nakidde, Celestino Obua, Stephanie S. Buss
Creating performance intelligence for primary health care strengthening in Europe
Erica Barbazza, Dionne Kringos, Ioana Kruse, Niek S. Klazinga, Juan E. Tello
Optimising clinical effectiveness and quality along the atrial fibrillation anticoagulation pathway: an economic analysis
Eoin Moloney, Dawn Craig, Nikki Holdsworth, Joanne Smithson
Patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital in China: baseline assessment and comparative analysis for quality improvement
Xiyao Zhong, Yuqin Song, Christine Dennis, Donna J. Slovensky, Lim Yee Wei, Jie Chen, Jiafu Ji
Analysis of affecting factors on patient safety culture in public and private hospitals in Iran
Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh, Elham Khatooni, Isa Akbarzadeh, Saeid Yazdanirad, Ali Sheidaei
Transcultural adaption and preliminary evaluation of “understanding low back pain” patient education booklet
Anna Sofia Simula, Hazel J. Jenkins, Riikka Holopainen, Petteri Oura, Katariina Korniloff, Arja Häkkinen, Esa-Pekka Takala, Mark J. Hancock, Jaro Karppinen
Economic and non-economic determinants of Iranian pharmaceutical companies’ financial performance: an empirical study
Mohammadreza Masoumi, Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar, Aziz RezaPour, Mohsen Mehrara
Multi-level models for heart failure patients’ 30-day mortality and readmission rates: the relation between patient and hospital factors in administrative data
Afsaneh Roshanghalb, Cristina Mazzali, Emanuele Lettieri
Prescribing errors in electronic prescriptions for outpatients intercepted by pharmacists and the impact of prescribing workload on error rate in a Chinese tertiary-care women and children’s hospital
Jian-hui Yang, Yu-fang Liao, Wu-bin Lin, Wen Wu
Factors associated with health care provider knowledge on abortion care in Ethiopia, a further analysis on emergency obstetric and newborn care assessment 2016 data
Tefera Taddele, Theodros Getachew, Girum Taye, Misrak Getnet, Atkure Defar, Habtamu Teklie, Geremew Gonfa, Sheleme Humnessa, Aster Teshome, Zenebe Akale, Kasahun Mormu, Abebe Bekele
‘A lifebuoy’ and ‘a waste of time’: patients’ varying experiences of multidisciplinary pain centre treatment- a qualitative study
Torunn Hatlen Nøst, Aslak Steinsbekk
Reasons for late presentation for antenatal care, healthcare providers’ perspective
Nelly Jinga, Constance Mongwenyana, Aneesa Moolla, Given Malete, Dorina Onoya
Economic burden of Huntington’s disease in Peru
Gustavo Silva-Paredes, Rosa M. Urbanos-Garrido, Miguel Inca-Martinez, Danielle Rabinowitz, Mario R. Cornejo-Olivas
Patients’ perception of communication at the interface between primary and secondary care: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries
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Understanding primary care providers’ perceptions of cancer prevention and screening in a predominantly rural healthcare system in the upper Midwest
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