Issue 1/2009
Content (247 Articles)
A model to prioritize access to elective surgery on the basis of clinical urgency and waiting time
Roberto Valente, Angela Testi, Elena Tanfani, Marco Fato, Ivan Porro, Maurizio Santo, Gregorio Santori, Giancarlo Torre, Gianluca Ansaldo
Losing the genetic twin: donor grief after unsuccessful unrelated stem cell transplantation
Martina Wanner, Sandra Bochert, Iris M Schreyer, Gabi Rall, Claudia Rutt, Alexander H Schmidt
Inpatient charges among HIV/AIDS patients in Rhode Island from 2000–2004
Kamil E Barbour, Anthony Fabio, Deborah N Pearlman
What promotes sustainability in Safe Community programmes?
Cecilia Nordqvist, Toomas Timpka, Kent Lindqvist
Use of task-shifting to rapidly scale-up HIV treatment services: experiences from Lusaka, Zambia
Mary B Morris, Bushimbwa Tambatamba Chapula, Benjamin H Chi, Albert Mwango, Harmony F Chi, Joyce Mwanza, Handson Manda, Carolyn Bolton, Debra S Pankratz, Jeffrey SA Stringer, Stewart E Reid
Is new drug prescribing in primary care specialist induced?
Stefan R Florentinus, Eibert R Heerdink, Liset van Dijk, AMG Fabiënne Griens, Peter P Groenewegen, Hubert GM Leufkens
Paying for treatments? Influences on negotiating clinical need and decision-making for dental implant treatment
Catherine E Exley, Nikki S Rousseau, Jimmy Steele, Tracy Finch, James Field, Cam Donaldson, J Mark Thomason, Carl R May, Janice S Ellis
Effects of job rotation and role stress among nurses on job satisfaction and organizational commitment
Wen-Hsien Ho, Ching Sheng Chang, Ying-Ling Shih, Rong-Da Liang
Cost-effectiveness of MRI compared to mammography for breast cancer screening in a high risk population
Susan G Moore, Pareen J Shenoy, Laura Fanucchi, John W Tumeh, Christopher R Flowers
Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan
Maria Daly, Chen-Jei Tai, Chung-Yeh Deng, Li-Yin Chien
Perception of primary health professionals about Female Genital Mutilation: from healthcare to intercultural competence
Adriana Kaplan-Marcusan, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma Jose Castany Fàbregas, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz
Knowledge brokering: Exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action
Vicky L Ward, Allan O House, Susan Hamer
Barriers to healthcare utilization in fatiguing illness: a population-based study in Georgia
Jin-Mann S Lin, Dana J Brimmer, Roumiana S Boneva, James F Jones, William C Reeves
An emergency clinical pathway for stroke patients – results of a cluster randomised trial (isrctn41456865)
Assunta De Luca, Danilo Toni, Laura Lauria, Maria Luisa Sacchetti, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Marica Ferri, Emanuele Puca, Massimiliano Prencipe, Gabriella Guasticchi
Quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Bulgaria: a cross-sectional study
Milka Ganova-Iolovska, Krassimir Kalinov, Max Geraedts
Analysis of research output parameters: Density equalizing mapping and citation trend analysis
Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft, Cristian Scutaru, Axel Fischer, Tobias Welte, Carolin Kreiter, David Quarcoo
Guideline adherence and patient satisfaction in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders – an evaluation study
Claudia Pieper, Sebastian Haag, Stefan Gesenhues, Gerald Holtmann, Guido Gerken, Karl-Heinz Jöckel
Do knowledge infrastructure facilities support Evidence-Based Practice in occupational health? An exploratory study across countries among occupational physicians enrolled on Evidence-Based Medicine courses
Nathalie IR Hugenholtz, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith K Sluiter, Frank JH van Dijk
Nurse-led motivational interviewing to change the lifestyle of patients with type 2 diabetes (MILD-project): protocol for a cluster, randomized, controlled trial on implementing lifestyle recommendations
Renate Jansink, Jozé Braspenning, Trudy van der Weijden, Louis Niessen, Glyn Elwyn, Richard Grol
Do decision support systems influence variation in prescription?
Judith D de Jong, Peter P Groenewegen, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Gert P Westert, Dinny H de Bakker
Quality management: reduction of waiting time and efficiency enhancement in an ENT-university outpatients' department
Matthias Helbig, Silke Helbig, Heike A Kahla-Witzsch, Angelika May
Hospital discharge planning and continuity of care for aged people in an Italian local health unit: does the care-home model reduce hospital readmission and mortality rates?
Gianfranco Damiani, Bruno Federico, Antonella Venditti, Lorella Sicuro, Silvia Rinaldi, Franco Cirio, Cristiana Pregno, Walter Ricciardi
Survey of motivation for use of voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV in a high risk area of Shenyang, China
Ling Zhou, Junqiao Guo, Lijuan Fan, Jing Tian, Baosen Zhou
Racial differences in long-term adherence to oral antidiabetic drug therapy: a longitudinal cohort study
Connie M Trinacty, Alyce S Adams, Stephen B Soumerai, Fang Zhang, James B Meigs, John D Piette, Dennis Ross-Degnan
Variability of adenoidectomy/tonsillectomy rates among children of the Veneto Region, Italy
Ugo Fedeli, Maria Marchesan, Francesco Avossa, Francesco Zambon, Marilisa Andretta, Iacopo Baussano, Paolo Spolaore
Income development of General Practitioners in eight European countries from 1975 to 2005
Madelon W Kroneman, Jouke Van der Zee, Wim Groot
Direct medical costs of adverse events in Dutch hospitals
Lilian HF Hoonhout, Martine C de Bruijne, Cordula Wagner, Marieke Zegers, Roelof Waaijman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Henk Asscheman, Gerrit van der Wal, Maurits W van Tulder
Assessment of the multidisciplinary education for a major change in clinical practice; a prospective cohort study
Ian MR Wright, Chris H Wake, Helene Anderson, Shirley Graham
Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary management of Tinnitus at a specialized Tinnitus centre
Rilana Cima, Manuela Joore, Iris Maes, Dyon Scheyen, Amr El Refaie, David M Baguley, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Lucien Anteunis
"Will they just pack up and leave?" – attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic
Holly Seale, Julie Leask, Kieren Po, C Raina MacIntyre
General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective
Horst Christian Vollmar, Monika A Rieger, Martin E Butzlaff, Thomas Ostermann
A pharmaco-economic analysis of patients with schizophrenia switching to generic risperidone involving a possible compliance loss
Maarten Treur, Bart Heeg, Hans-Jürgen Möller, Annette Schmeding, Ben van Hout
Community based yoga classes for type 2 diabetes: an exploratory randomised controlled trial
Lana Skoro-Kondza, Sharon See Tai, Ramona Gadelrab, Desanka Drincevic, Trisha Greenhalgh
The aprotinin saga and the risks of conducting meta-analyses on small randomised controlled trials – a critique of a Cochrane review
Måns Rosén
An epistemic community comes and goes? Local and national expressions of heart health promotion in Canada
John Eyles, Kerry Robinson, Susan Elliott
Exploring health stakeholders' perceptions on moving towards comprehensive primary health care to address childhood malnutrition in Iran: a qualitative study
Sara Javanparast, John Coveney, Udoy Saikia
Study protocol of psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of a competence test in evidence based practice: The Fresno test
Josep M Argimon-Pallàs, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Josep Jiménez-Villa, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Gonçal Foz, Magda Bundó-Vidiella, Sebastià Juncosa, Cruz M Fuentes-Bellido, Belén Pérez-Rodríguez, Francesc Margalef-Pallarès, Rosa Villafafila-Ferrero, Dolors Forès-Garcia, Josep Roman-Martínez, Esther Vilert-Garroga
Systematic review on quality control for drug management programs: Is quality reported in the literature?
Anke-Peggy Holtorf, Carrie McAdam-Marx, David Schaaf, Benjamin Eng, Gary Oderda
Do list size and remuneration affect GPs' decisions about how they provide consultations?
Michael J van den Berg, Dinny H de Bakker, Gert P Westert, Jouke van der Zee, Peter P Groenewegen
Appropriateness of acute admissions and last in-patient day for patients with long term neurological conditions
Christina L Hammond, Margaret F Phillips, Lorraine L Pinnington, Benedict J Pearson, Apostolos Fakis
Trends in laboratory testing for diabetes in Ontario, Canada 1995–2005: A population-based study
Sarah E Wilson, Lorraine L Lipscombe, Laura C Rosella, Douglas G Manuel
A four phase development model for integrated care services in the Netherlands
Mirella MN Minkman, Kees TB Ahaus, Robbert Huijsman
Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting
Shannon L Sibbald, Peter A Singer, Ross Upshur, Douglas K Martin
A qualitative examination of inappropriate hospital admissions and lengths of stay
Christina L Hammond, Lorraine L Pinnington, Margaret F Phillips
Infrastructural requirements for local implementation of safety policies: the discordance between top-down and bottom-up systems of action
Toomas Timpka, Cecilia Nordqvist, Kent Lindqvist
The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: Results from a maternity health facility survey
Abdhalah K Ziraba, Samuel Mills, Nyovani Madise, Teresa Saliku, Jean-Christophe Fotso
Relationship between interRAI HC and the ICF: opportunity for operationalizing the ICF
Katherine Berg, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Len Gray, Jean Claude Henrard, John Hirdes, Naoki Ikegami, Gunnar Ljunggren, John N Morris, Louis Paquay, Linda Resnik, Gary Teare
Fostering participation of general practitioners in integrated health services networks: incentives, barriers, and guidelines
Matthieu de Stampa, Isabelle Vedel, Howard Bergman, Jean-Luc Novella, Liette Lapointe
Factors related to treatment intensity in Swiss primary care
André Busato, Pius Matter, Beat Künzi
Qualitative assessment of innovations in healthcare provision
Franz Porzsolt, Amit K Ghosh, Robert M Kaplan
The variability and predictors of quality of AIDS care services in Brazil
Maria Ines Battistella Nemes, Regina Melchior, Cáritas Relva Basso, Elen Rose Lodeiro Castanheira, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves, Shaun Conway
Association between forgone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries – analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-study
Andreas Mielck, Raphael Kiess, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Irina Stirbu, Anton E Kunst
The effects of an area-based intervention on the uptake of maternal and child health assessments in Australia: A community trial
Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt, Peter Feldman, Andrea Nolan, Bridie Raban
Introducing patient perspective in health technology assessment at the local level
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Dolorès Lepage-Savary, Johanne Gagnon, Michèle St-Pierre, Chantale Simard, Marc Rhainds, Renald Lemieux, François-Pierre Gauvin, Marie Desmartis, France Légaré
The economic costs and health-related quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS in the Canary Islands, Spain
Julio Lopez-Bastida, Juan Oliva-Moreno, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Perez, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar
A population-based study of ambulatory and surgical services provided by orthopaedic surgeons for musculoskeletal conditions
Mayilee Canizares, Crystal MacKay, Aileen M Davis, Nizar Mahomed, Elizabeth M Badley
The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events
Betsie GI van Gaal, Lisette Schoonhoven, Marlies EJL Hulscher, Joke AJ Mintjes, George F Borm, Raymond TCM Koopmans, Theo van Achterberg
A retrospective cohort study on lifestyle habits of cardiovascular patients: how informative are medical records?
Annemarie J Fouwels, Sebastiaan JH Bredie, Hub Wollersheim, Gerard M Schippers
Is there much variation in variation? Revisiting statistics of small area variation in health services research
Berta Ibáñez, Julián Librero, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Salvador Peiró, Beatriz González López-Valcarcel, Natalia Martínez, Felipe Aizpuru
Care-seeking behavior and out-of-pocket expenditure for sick newborns among urban poor in Lucknow, northern India: a prospective follow-up study
Neeraj M Srivastava, Shally Awasthi, Girdhar G Agarwal
Transition of care: experiences and preferences of patients across the primary/secondary interface – a qualitative study
Annette J Berendsen, G Majella de Jong, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Janny H Dekker, Jan Schuling
Patient satisfaction with healthcare provided by family doctors: primary dimensions and an attempt at typology
Ludmila Marcinowicz, Slawomir Chlabicz, Ryszard Grebowski
Costs of screening children for hearing disorders and delivery of hearing aids in China
Rob Baltussen, Ju Li, Li Dong Wu, Xiao Hui Ge, Bai Yu Teng, Xi Bin Sun, Rui Han, Xiao Li Wang, Bradley McPherson
Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician
Laura Zwaan, Abel Thijs, Cordula Wagner, Gerrit van der Wal, Daniëlle RM Timmermans
Patient-physician interaction in general practice and health inequalities in a multidisciplinary study: design, methods and feasibility in the French INTERMEDE study
Michelle Kelly-Irving, Christine Rolland, Anissa Afrite, Chantal Cases, Paul Dourgnon, Pierre Lombrail, Jean Pascal, Thierry Lang
Relapse prevention in UK Stop Smoking Services: a qualitative study of health professionals' views and beliefs
Shade A Agboola, Tim J Coleman, Ann D McNeill
An analysis of trends and determinants of health insurance and healthcare utilisation in the Russian population between 2000 and 2004: the 'inverse care law' in action
Francesca Perlman, Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee
Household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from Georgia and its policy implications
George Gotsadze, Akaki Zoidze, Natia Rukhadze
Academic career in medicine – requirements and conditions for successful advancement in Switzerland
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg
Sharing clinical information across care settings: the birth of an integrated assessment system
Leonard C Gray, Katherine Berg, Brant E Fries, Jean-Claude Henrard, John P Hirdes, Knight Steel, John N Morris
Performance evaluation of inpatient service in Beijing: a horizontal comparison with risk adjustment based on Diagnosis Related Groups
Weiyan Jian, Yinmin Huang, Mu Hu, Xiumei Zhang
Developing a model of recovery in mental health
Sylvie Noiseux, Denise St-Cyr Tribble, Claude Leclerc, Nicole Ricard, Ellen Corin, Raymond Morissette, Roseline Lambert
The Systematic Guideline Review: Method, rationale, and test on chronic heart failure
Christiane Muth, Jochen Gensichen, Martin Beyer, Allen Hutchinson, Ferdinand M Gerlach
Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill: Longitudinal case studies from South Africa
Jane Goudge, Lucy Gilson, Steven Russell, Tebogo Gumede, Anne Mills
Differences between immigrant and non-immigrant groups in the use of primary medical care; a systematic review
Ellen Uiters, Walter Devillé, Marleen Foets, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Peter P Groenewegen
How much do health care providers value a community-based asthma care program? – a survey to collect their opinions on the utilities of and barriers to its uptake
Teresa To, Susan McLimont, Chengning Wang, Lisa Cicutto
The study on the outsourcing of Taiwan's hospitals: a questionnaire survey research
Chih-Tung Hsiao, Jar-Yuan Pai, Hero Chiu
Urgent care centers in the U.S.: Findings from a national survey
Robin M Weinick, Steffanie J Bristol, Catherine M DesRoches
Perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of evidence-based medicine in primary care in Spain: a study protocol
Pablo Alonso-Coello, Ivan Solà, Rafael Rotaeche, Ana Isabel González, Mercè Marzo-Castillejo, Arturo Louro-González, Ricard Carrillo, Paola Velázquez, Guillermo García-Velasco, Carlos Calderón
The Relationship between Social Capital in Hospitals and Physician Job Satisfaction
Oliver Ommen, Elke Driller, Thorsten Köhler, Christoph Kowalski, Nicole Ernstmann, Melanie Neumann, Petra Steffen, Holger Pfaff
Outputs and cost of HIV prevention programmes for truck drivers in Andhra Pradesh, India
SG Prem Kumar, Rakhi Dandona, John A Schneider, YK Ramesh, Lalit Dandona
A cluster randomised trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways on AMI management in rural Australian emergency departments
Leigh D Kinsman, Penny Buykx, John S Humphreys, Pamela C Snow, Jon Willis
Utility of routine data sources for feedback on the quality of cancer care: an assessment based on clinical practice guidelines
Michael Coory, Bridie Thompson, Peter Baade, Lin Fritschi
Methods for economic evaluation of a factorial-design cluster randomised controlled trial of a nutrition supplement and an exercise programme among healthy older people living in Santiago, Chile: the CENEX study
Damian G Walker, Cristian Aedo, Cecilia Albala, Elizabeth Allen, Alan D Dangour, Diana Elbourne, Emily Grundy, Ricardo Uauy
Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review
Till Bärnighausen, David E Bloom
Service network analysis for agricultural mental health
Jeffrey D Fuller, Brian Kelly, Susan Law, Georgia Pollard, Lyn Fragar
Canadian physiotherapists' views on certification, specialisation, extended role practice, and entry-level training in rheumatology
Linda C Li, Marie D Westby, Evelyn Sutton, Marlene Thompson, Eric C Sayre, Lynn Casimiro
A process evaluation of user fees abolition for pregnant women and children under five years in two districts in Niger (West Africa)
Valéry Ridde, Aissa Diarra
Stepped care for depression and anxiety: from primary care to specialized mental health care: a randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a stepped care program among primary care patients with mood or anxiety disorders
Wike Seekles, Annemieke van Straten, Aartjan Beekman, Harm van Marwijk, Pim Cuijpers
Dementia care initiative in primary practice – study protocol of a cluster randomized trial on dementia management in a general practice setting
Rolf Holle, Elmar Gräßel, Stefan Ruckdäschel, Sonja Wunder, Hilmar Mehlig, Peter Marx, Olaf Pirk, Martin Butzlaff, Simone Kunz, Jörg Lauterberg
External validation of a claims-based algorithm for classifying kidney-cancer surgeries
David C Miller, Christopher S Saigal, Joan L Warren, Meryl Leventhal, Dennis Deapen, Mousumi Banerjee, Julie Lai, Jan Hanley, Mark S Litwin
Creating 'good' self-managers?: Facilitating and governing an online self care skills training course
Anne Kennedy, Anne Rogers, Caroline Sanders, Claire Gately, Victoria Lee
The impact on neonatal mortality of shifting childbirth services among levels of hospitals: Taiwan's experience
Shi-Yi Wang, Sylvia H Hsu, Li-Kuei Chen
A retrospective claims analysis of combination therapy in the treatment of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Gerhardt M Pohl, David L Van Brunt, Wenyu Ye, William W Stoops, Joseph A Johnston
Using routine inpatient data to identify patients at risk of hospital readmission
Stuart Howell, Michael Coory, Jennifer Martin, Stephen Duckett
The experiences of districts in implementing a national incentive programme to promote safe delivery in Nepal
Timothy Powell-Jackson, Joanna Morrison, Suresh Tiwari, Basu Dev Neupane, Anthony M Costello
A cost-utility analysis of nursing intervention via telephone follow-up for injured road users
Carin Franzén, Ulf Björnstig, Christine Brulin, Lars Lindholm
Comparison of a one-time educational intervention to a teach-to-goal educational intervention for self-management of heart failure: design of a randomized controlled trial
Darren A DeWalt, Kimberly A Broucksou, Victoria Hawk, David W Baker, Dean Schillinger, Bernice Ruo, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Mark Holmes, Morris Weinberger, Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, Michael Pignone
Italian healthcare workers' views on mandatory vaccination
Silvio ST Tafuri, Domenico DM Martinelli, Giovanni GC Caputi, Annamaria AA Arbore, Cinzia CG Germinario, Rosa RP Prato
Study protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school based fruit and vegetable intervention – Project Tomato
Meaghan S Kitchen, Joan K Ransley, Darren C Greenwood, Graham P Clarke, Mark T Conner, Jennifer Jupp, Janet E Cade
Market failure, policy failure and other distortions in chronic disease markets
Jennifer J Watts, Leonie Segal
Modelling innovative interventions for optimising healthy lifestyle promotion in primary health care: "Prescribe Vida Saludable" phase I research protocol
Alvaro Sanchez, Gonzalo Grandes, Josep M Cortada, Haizea Pombo, Laura Balague, Carlos Calderon
Structured chronic primary care and health-related quality of life in chronic heart failure
Marije Bosch, Trudy van der Weijden, Richard Grol, Henk Schers, Reinier Akkermans, Louis Niessen, Michel Wensing
Out-of-hours care in western countries: assessment of different organizational models
Linda Huibers, Paul Giesen, Michel Wensing, Richard Grol
Physicians' attitudes about obesity and their associations with competency and specialty: A cross-sectional study
Melanie Jay, Adina Kalet, Tavinder Ark, Michelle McMacken, Mary Jo Messito, Regina Richter, Sheira Schlair, Scott Sherman, Sondra Zabar, Colleen Gillespie
Health services research doctoral core competencies
Christopher B Forrest, Diane P Martin, Erin Holve, Anne Millman
The UK Quality and Outcomes Framework pay-for-performance scheme and spirometry: rewarding quality or just quantity? A cross-sectional study in Rotherham, UK
Mark Strong, Gail South, Robin Carlisle
The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and predicted medical expenditures
Fredric D Wolinsky, Henry W Mahncke, Mark Kosinski, Frederick W Unverzagt, David M Smith, Richard N Jones, Anne Stoddard, Sharon L Tennstedt
Participant observation of time allocation, direct patient contact and simultaneous activities in hospital physicians
Matthias Weigl, Andreas Müller, Andrea Zupanc, Peter Angerer
A retrospective study on the impact of comorbid depression or anxiety on healthcare resource use and costs among diabetic neuropathy patients
Luke Boulanger, Yang Zhao, Yanjun Bao, Mason W Russell
Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: does duration of cough matter?
Esther S Ngadaya, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Eliud R Wandwalo, Odd Morkve
Development of a nursing intervention to facilitate optimal antiretroviral-treatment taking among people living with HIV
Pilar Ramirez-Garcia, José Côté
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: a randomised controlled trial protocol
Simon Coulton, Katherine Perryman, Martin Bland, Paul Cassidy, Mike Crawford, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Eilish Gilvarry, Christine Godfrey, Nick Heather, Eileen Kaner, Judy Myles, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Adenekan Oyefeso, Steve Parrott, Tom Phillips, Don Shenker, Jonathan Shepherd
Systematic review of economic evaluations of human cell-derived wound care products for the treatment of venous leg and diabetic foot ulcers
Astrid Langer, Wolf Rogowski
Conceptualising spirituality for medical research and health service provision
Michael B King, Harold G Koenig
Patient experiences and health system responsiveness in South Africa
Karl Peltzer
High workload and job stress are associated with lower practice performance in general practice: an observational study in 239 general practices in the Netherlands
Pieter van den Hombergh, Beat Künzi, Glyn Elwyn, Jan van Doremalen, Reinier Akkermans, Richard Grol, Michel Wensing
Depression during pregnancy: views on antidepressant use and information sources of general practitioners and pharmacists
Tessa Ververs, Liset van Dijk, Somaye Yousofi, Fred Schobben, Gerard HA Visser
Impact of quality of evidence on the strength of recommendations: an empirical study
Benjamin Djulbegovic, Thomas A Trikalinos, John Roback, Ren Chen, Gordon Guyatt
Disparities in the use of ambulatory surgical centers: a cross sectional study
Seth A Strope, Aruna Sarma, Zaojun Ye, John T Wei, Brent K Hollenbeck
Need-based resource allocation: different need indicators, different results?
George Kephart, Yukiko Asada
Sentinel monitoring of activity of out-of-hours services in Norway in 2007: an observational study
Elisabeth Holm Hansen, Erik Zakariassen, Steinar Hunskaar
The index of rural access: an innovative integrated approach for measuring primary care access
Matthew R McGrail, John S Humphreys
Predictors of mortality in HIV-associated hospitalizations in Portugal: a hierarchical survival model
Sara S Dias, Valeska Andreozzi, Maria O Martins, Jorge Torgal
Psychometric test of the Team Climate Inventory-short version investigated in Dutch quality improvement teams
Mathilde MH Strating, Anna P Nieboer
Patterns of primary care and mortality among patients with schizophrenia or diabetes: a cluster analysis approach to the retrospective study of healthcare utilization
Laurel A Copeland, John E Zeber, Chen-Pin Wang, Michael L Parchman, Valerie A Lawrence, Marcia Valenstein, Alexander L Miller
Effect of response format for clinical vignettes on reporting quality of physician practice
Thao Pham, Carine Roy, Xavier Mariette, Fréderic Lioté, Pierre Durieux, Philippe Ravaud
A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients
Susan Quach, Deirdre A Hennessy, Peter Faris, Andrew Fong, Hude Quan, Christopher Doig
Inequality in treatment use among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: USA, Belgium and Quebec
Julian Perelman, Amir Shmueli, Kathryn M McDonald, Louise Pilote, Olga Saynina, Marie-Christine Closon
Postal survey of physicians and laboratories: Practices and perceptions of molecular oncology testing
Fiona A Miller, Paul Krueger, Robert J Christensen, Catherine Ahern, Ronald F Carter, Suzanne Kamel-Reid
Understanding, beliefs and perspectives of Aboriginal people in Western Australia about cancer and its impact on access to cancer services
Shaouli Shahid, Lizzie Finn, Dawn Bessarab, Sandra C Thompson
Impact of supplementary private health insurance on stomach cancer care in Korea: a cross-sectional study
Dong Wook Shin, Kee-Taig Jung, Sung Kim, Jae-Moon Bae, Young-Woo Kim, Keun Won Ryu, Jun Ho Lee, Jae-Hyung Noh, Tae-Sung Sohn, Young Ho Yun
Association between community health center and rural health clinic presence and county-level hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: an analysis across eight US states
Janice C Probst, James N Laditka, Sarah B Laditka
Online assessment of patients' views on hospital performances using Rasch model's KIDMAP diagram
Tsair-Wei Chien, Wen-Chung Wang, Hsien-Yi Wang, Hung-Jung Lin
'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Chris Salisbury, Nadine E Foster, Annette Bishop, Michael Calnan, Jo Coast, Jeanette Hall, Elaine Hay, Sandra Hollinghurst, Cherida Hopper, Sean Grove, Surinder Kaur, Alan Montgomery
Prevalence of associated injuries of spinal trauma and their effect on medical utilization among hospitalized adult subjects – a nationwide data-based study
Dachen Chu, Yi-Hui Lee, Ching-Heng Lin, Pesus Chou, Nan-Ping Yang
Factors predicting team climate, and its relationship with quality of care in general practice
Teik T Goh, Martin P Eccles, Nick Steen
Utilization of acute and long-term care in the last year of life: comparison with survivors in a population-based study
Anne Margriet Pot, France Portrait, Geraldine Visser, Martine Puts, Marjolein I Broese van Groenou, Dorly JH Deeg
Using psychological theory to understand the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in Primary Care: a comparison across two European countries
Susan Hrisos, Martin P Eccles, Jill J Francis, Marije Bosch, Rob Dijkstra, Marie Johnston, Richard Grol, Eileen FS Kaner, Ian N Steen
Evolution of patients' complaints in a French university hospital: is there a contribution of a law regarding patients' rights?
Camila Giugliani, Nathalie Gault, Valia Fares, Jérémie Jegu, Sergio Eleni dit Trolli, Julie Biga, Gwenaelle Vidal-Trecan
Development of the Chicago Food Allergy Research Surveys: assessing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents, physicians, and the general public
Ruchi S Gupta, Jennifer S Kim, Elizabeth E Springston, Jacqueline A Pongracic, Xiaobin Wang, Jane Holl
How do general practitioners and specialists value their mutual communication? A survey
Annette J Berendsen, Annegriet Kuiken, Wim HGM Benneker, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Theo B Voorn, Jan Schuling
Use of placebo interventions among Swiss primary care providers
Margrit Fässler, Markus Gnädinger, Thomas Rosemann, Nikola Biller-Andorno
The German MultiCare-study: Patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care – protocol of a prospective cohort study
Ingmar Schäfer, Heike Hansen, Gerhard Schön, Wolfgang Maier, Susanne Höfels, Attila Altiner, Angela Fuchs, Ferdinand M Gerlach, Juliana J Petersen, Jochen Gensichen, Sven Schulz, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Melanie Luppa, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Horst Bickel, Kerstin Barth, Hans-Helmut König, Anja Rudolph, Birgitt Wiese, Jana Prokein, Monika Bullinger, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Marion Eisele, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Karl Wegscheider, Hendrik van den Bussche
Lack of effective communication between communities and hospitals in Uganda: a qualitative exploration of missing links
Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Olico Okui, Damien Walker, Aloysius Mutebi, George Pariyo
Attitudes towards 12-step groups and referral practices in a 12-step naive treatment culture; a survey of addiction professionals in Norway
John-Kåre Vederhus, Øistein Kristensen, Alexandre Laudet, Thomas Clausen
Physicians' working conditions and job satisfaction: does hospital ownership in Germany make a difference?
Stefanie Mache, Karin Vitzthum, Albert Nienhaus, Burghard F Klapp, David A Groneberg
Preferences for treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): a discrete choice experiment
Axel C Mühlbacher, Ina Rudolph, Hans-Joachim Lincke, Matthias Nübling
Factors influencing prescribing behaviour of physicians in Greece and Cyprus: results from a questionnaire based survey
Mamas Theodorou, Vasiliki Tsiantou, Andreas Pavlakis, Nikos Maniadakis, Vasilis Fragoulakis, Elpida Pavi, John Kyriopoulos
Direct costs associated with the appropriateness of hospital stay in elderly population
Joaquín F Mould-Quevedo, Carmen García-Peña, Iris Contreras-Hernández, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Claudia Espinel-Bermúdez, Gabriela Morales-Cisneros, Sergio Sánchez-García
Implementation of a program for type 2 diabetes based on the Chronic Care Model in a hospital-centered health care system: "the Belgian experience"
Patricia Sunaert, Hilde Bastiaens, Luc Feyen, Boris Snauwaert, Frank Nobels, Johan Wens, Etienne Vermeire, Paul Van Royen, Jan De Maeseneer, An De Sutter, Sara Willems
Effects and feasibility of a standardised orientation and mobility training in using an identification cane for older adults with low vision: design of a randomised controlled trial
GAR Zijlstra, GHMB van Rens, EJA Scherder, DM Brouwer, J van der Velde, PFJ Verstraten, GIJM Kempen
Do computerised clinical decision support systems for prescribing change practice? A systematic review of the literature (1990-2007)
Sallie-Anne Pearson, Annette Moxey, Jane Robertson, Isla Hains, Margaret Williamson, James Reeve, David Newby
What causes increasing and unnecessary use of radiological investigations? a survey of radiologists' perceptions
Kristin B Lysdahl, Bjørn M Hofmann
Does the company's economic performance affect access to occupational health services?
Eila Kankaanpää, Aki Suhonen, Hannu Valtonen
The SAIL Databank: building a national architecture for e-health research and evaluation
David V Ford, Kerina H Jones, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, Ronan A Lyons, Gareth John, Ginevra Brown, Caroline J Brooks, Simon Thompson, Owen Bodger, Tony Couch, Ken Leake
Medication safety in community pharmacy: a qualitative study of the sociotechnical context
Denham L Phipps, Peter R Noyce, Dianne Parker, Darren M Ashcroft
Collaborative stepped care for anxiety disorders in primary care: aims and design of a randomized controlled trial
Anna DT Muntingh, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Philip Spinhoven, Willem JJ Assendelft, Margot WM de Waal, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Herman J Adèr, Anton JLM van Balkom
Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals between 1996 and 2005: An observational study
Julia V Cook, Heather O Dickinson, Martin P Eccles
Comparison of hospital charge prediction models for gastric cancer patients: neural network vs. decision tree models
Jing Wang, Man Li, Yun-tao Hu, Yu Zhu
The development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework for communities of practice and social-professional networks
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Johanna I Westbrook, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Frances Cunningham, Jennifer Plumb, Janice Wiley, Dianne Ball, Sue Huckson, Cliff Hughes, Brian Johnston, Joanne Callen, Nerida Creswick, Andrew Georgiou, Luc Betbeder-Matibet, Deborah Debono
Bridging the care continuum: patient information needs for specialist referrals
Carol L Ireson, Svetla Slavova, Carol L Steltenkamp, F Douglas Scutchfield
Identifying important motivational factors for professionals in Greek hospitals
Nick Kontodimopoulos, Victoria Paleologou, Dimitris Niakas
Identifying research priorities for health care priority setting: a collaborative effort between managers and researchers
Neale Smith, Craig Mitton, Stuart Peacock, Evelyn Cornelissen, Stuart MacLeod
Physician career satisfaction within specialties
J Paul Leigh, Daniel J Tancredi, Richard L Kravitz
Dutch healthcare reform: did it result in performance improvement of health plans? A comparison of consumer experiences over time
Michelle Hendriks, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Jany Rademakers, Diana MJ Delnoij
How risky is caring for emergency patients at risk of malpractice litigation: a population based epidemiological study of Taiwan's experiences
Che-Ming Yang, Shin-Han Tsai, Wen-Ta Chiu
Adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a qualitative and quantitative study
Weiguo Xu, Wei Lu, Yang Zhou, Limei Zhu, Hongbing Shen, Jianming Wang
Identifying primary care patients at risk for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease using electronic health records
Marie-France Hivert, Richard W Grant, Peter Shrader, James B Meigs
Development and validation of the Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders (AESED) for caregivers in eating disorders
Ana R Sepulveda, Olivia Kyriacou, Janet Treasure
Long-term care cost drivers and expenditure projection to 2036 in Hong Kong
Roger Y Chung, Keith YK Tin, Benjamin J Cowling, King Pan Chan, Wai Man Chan, Su Vui Lo, Gabriel M Leung
Introducing the national COPD resources and outcomes project
Robert A Stone, Brian DW Harrison, Derek Lowe, Rhona J Buckingham, Nancy A Pursey, Harold SR Hosker, Jonathan M Potter, C Michael Roberts
An ecological study on the relationship between supply of beds in long-term care institutions in Italy and potential care needs for the elderly
Gianfranco Damiani, Simona C Colosimo, Lorella Sicuro, Alessandra Burgio, Alessandra Battisti, Alessandro Solipaca, Giordana Baldassarre, Roberta Crialesi, Giulia Milan, Tiziana Tamburrano, Walter Ricciardi
Quantitative data management in quality improvement collaboratives
Mireille van den Berg, Rianne Frenken, Roland Bal
The prisoner as patient - a health services satisfaction survey
Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Åse-Bente Rustad, Ellen Kjelsberg
The use of evidence in public governmental reports on health policy: an analysis of 17 Norwegian official reports (NOU)
Simon Innvær
An evaluation of the appropriateness of advice and healthcare contacts made following calls to NHS Direct Wales
Helen Snooks, Julie Peconi, James Munro, Wai-Yee Cheung, Jaynie Rance, Anne Williams
Interdisciplinary diabetes care teams operating on the interface between primary and specialty care are associated with improved outcomes of care: findings from the Leuven Diabetes Project
Liesbeth Borgermans, Geert Goderis, Carine Van Den Broeke, Geert Verbeke, An Carbonez, Anna Ivanova, Chantal Mathieu, Bert Aertgeerts, Jan Heyrman, Richard Grol
Estimation of physician supply by specialty and the distribution impact of increasing female physicians in Japan
Soichi Koike, Shinya Matsumoto, Tomoko Kodama, Hiroo Ide, Hideo Yasunaga, Tomoaki Imamura
Community health needs assessment with precede-proceed model: a mixed methods study
Ying Li, Jia Cao, Hui Lin, Daikun Li, Yang Wang, Jia He
Economic hardship associated with managing chronic illness: a qualitative inquiry
Yun-Hee Jeon, Beverley Essue, Stephen Jan, Robert Wells, Judith A Whitworth
Can we import quality tools? a feasibility study of European practice assessment in a country with less organised general practice
Roy Remmen, Luc Seuntjens, Dominique Paulus, Dominique Pestiaux, Klaus Knops, Ann Van den Bruel
Realising the potential of the family history in risk assessment and primary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care: ADDFAM study protocol
Nadeem Qureshi, Sarah Armstrong, Paula Saukko, Tracey Sach, Jo Middlemass, Phil H Evans, Joe Kai, Hannah Farrimond, Steve E Humphries
Are U.S. cancer screening test patterns consistent with guideline recommendations with respect to the age of screening initiation?
Srikanth Kadiyala
Quality of care and 30 day mortality among patients with hip fractures: a nationwide cohort study
Katrine A Nielsen, Niels C Jensen, Claus M Jensen, Marianne Thomsen, Lars Pedersen, Søren P Johnsen, Annette Ingeman, Paul D Bartels, Reimar W Thomsen
Overcoming language barriers with foreign-language speaking patients: a survey to investigate intra-hospital variation in attitudes and practices
Patricia Hudelson, Sarah Vilpert
Collaborative Depression Trial (CADET): multi-centre randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for depression - study protocol
David A Richards, Adwoa Hughes-Morley, Rachel A Hayes, Ricardo Araya, Michael Barkham, John M Bland, Peter Bower, John Cape, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Linda Gask, Simon Gilbody, Colin Green, David Kessler, Glyn Lewis, Karina Lovell, Chris Manning, Stephen Pilling
Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures
Rikke Sand Andersen, Peter Vedsted, Frede Olesen, Flemming Bro, Jens Søndergaard
Distribution and determinants of patient satisfaction in oncology with a focus on health related quality of life
Christopher G Lis, Mark Rodeghier, James F Grutsch, Digant Gupta
"It depends on what you mean": a qualitative study of Swedish health professionals' views on health and health promotion
Helene Johansson, Lars Weinehall, Maria Emmelin
Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda
Joseph B Babigumira, Barbara Castelnuovo, Mohammed Lamorde, Andrew Kambugu, Andy Stergachis, Philippa Easterbrook, Louis P Garrison
A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of culturally-appropriate hypertension education among Afro-Surinamese and Ghanaian patients in Dutch general practice: study protocol
Joke A Haafkens, Erik JAJ Beune, Eric P Moll van Charante, Charles O Agyemang
Characteristics of national registries for occupational diseases: international development and validation of an audit tool (ODIT)
Dick Spreeuwers, Angela GEM de Boer, Jos HAM Verbeek, Frank JH van Dijk
An effectiveness analysis of healthcare systems using a systems theoretic approach
Sheuwen Chuang, Kerry Inder
Delay in Tuberculosis case detection in Pwani region, Tanzania. a cross sectional study
Esther S Ngadaya, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Eliud R Wandwalo, Odd Morkve
The case for developing publicly-accessible datasets for health services research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
Shadi S Saleh, Mohamad S Alameddine, Fadi El-Jardali
The impact of statins on health services utilization and mortality in older adults discharged from hospital with ischemic heart disease: a cohort study
Charmaine A Cooke, Susan A Kirkland, Ingrid S Sketris, Jafna Cox
The Prostate Care Questionnaire for Patients (PCQ-P): Reliability, validity and acceptability
Carolyn Tarrant, Richard Baker, Andrew M Colman, Paul Sinfield, Shona Agarwal, John K Mellon, William Steward, Roger Kockelbergh
Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health service planning
Rizwan Shahid, Stefania Bertazzon, Merril L Knudtson, William A Ghali
Use of information and communication technologies to support effective work practice innovation in the health sector: a multi-site study
Johanna I Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kathryn Gibson, Richard Paoloni, Joanne Callen, Andrew Georgiou, Nerida Creswick, Louise Robertson
Changes in and predictors of length of stay in hospital after surgery for breast cancer between 1997/98 and 2004/05 in two regions of England: a population-based study
Amy Downing, Mark Lansdown, Robert M West, James D Thomas, Gill Lawrence, David Forman
Effects and feasibility of a multi-disciplinary orientation program for newly registered cancer patients: design of a randomised controlled trial
Raymond Chan, Joan Webster, Linda Bennett
Re-organisation of oesophago-gastric cancer care in England: progress and remaining challenges
Thomas R Palser, David A Cromwell, Richard H Hardwick, Stuart A Riley, Kimberley Greenaway, William Allum, Jan HP van der Meulen
Geriatric patients' expectations of their physicians: findings from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
Taimur Saleem, Umair Khalid, Waris Qidwai
Design of a continuous quality improvement program to prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults in an integrated healthcare system
David A Ganz, Elizabeth M Yano, Debra Saliba, Paul G Shekelle
Age, chronic non-communicable disease and choice of traditional Chinese and western medicine outpatient services in a Chinese population
Vincent CH Chung, Chun Hong Lau, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Sian Meryl Griffiths
Shelter-based convalescence for homeless adults in Amsterdam: a descriptive study
Igor van Laere, Matty de Wit, Niek Klazinga
Pharmaceutical cost control in primary care: opinion and contributions by healthcare professionals
Alexandra Prados-Torres, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Sebastià March-Llull, Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez
Registry data for cross-country comparisons of migrants' healthcare utilization in the EU: a survey study of availability and content
Signe Smith Nielsen, Allan Krasnik, Aldo Rosano
Cost Analysis of the Dutch Obstetric System: low-risk nulliparous women preferring home or short-stay hospital birth - a prospective non-randomised controlled study
Marijke JC Hendrix, Silvia MAA Evers, Marloes CM Basten, Jan G Nijhuis, Johan L Severens
The politics of local hospital reform: a case study of hospital reorganization following the 2002 Norwegian hospital reform
Trond Tjerbo
Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour - a cross sectional study
Anne N Åstrøm, Elwalid F Nasir
Health care utilisation amongst Shenzhen migrant workers: does being insured make a difference?
Jin Mou, Jinquan Cheng, Dan Zhang, Hanping Jiang, Liangqiang Lin, Sian M Griffiths
Private costs almost equal health care costs when intervening in mild Alzheimer's: a cohort study alongside the DAISY trial
Rikke Søgaard, Jan Sørensen, Frans B Waldorff, Ane Eckermann, Dorthe V Buss, Gunhild Waldemar
Reconciling employment with caring for a husband with an advanced illness
Marjolein Gysels, Irene J Higginson
Trends in health services utilization, medication use, and health conditions among older adults: a 2-year retrospective chart review in a primary care practice
Ketan Vegda, Jason X Nie, Li Wang, C Shawn Tracy, Rahim Moineddin, Ross EG Upshur
Measuring factors that influence the utilisation of preventive care services provided by general practitioners in Australia
Jianzhen Zhang, Brian Oldenburg, Gavin Turrell
Consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and illegal substances among physicians and medical students in Brandenburg and Saxony (Germany)
Karen Voigt, Sabine Twork, Dirk Mittag, Anne Göbel, Roger Voigt, Jörg Klewer, Joachim Kugler, Stefan R Bornstein, Antje Bergmann
Establishing specialized health services for professional consultation in euthanasia: experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium
Yanna Van Wesemael, Joachim Cohen, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens
Routine care provided by specialists to children and adolescents in the United States (2002-2006)
Jose M Valderas, Barbara Starfield, Christopher B Forrest, Luis Rajmil, Martin Roland, Bonnie Sibbald
Access and care issues in urban urgent care clinic patients
David R Scott, Holly A Batal, Sharon Majeres, Jill C Adams, Rita Dale, Philip S Mehler
Use of the emergency department for less-urgent care among type 2 diabetics under a disease management program
Shang-Jyh Chiou, Claudia Campbell, Ronald Horswell, Leann Myers, Richard Culbertson
Mixed integer programming model for optimizing the layout of an ICU vehicle
Javier Sánchez Alejo, Modoaldo Garrido Martín, Miguel Ortega-Mier, Álvaro García-Sánchez
Comparative study of paediatric prescription drug utilization between the spanish and immigrant population
Luís A Gimeno-Feliu, Javier Armesto-Gómez, Rosa Macipe-Costa, Rosa Magallón-Botaya
Researching the mental health needs of hard-to-reach groups: managing multiple sources of evidence
Christopher Dowrick, Linda Gask, Suzanne Edwards, Saadia Aseem, Peter Bower, Heather Burroughs, Amy Catlin, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Pam Clarke, Mark Gabbay, Simon Gowers, Derek Hibbert, Marija Kovandzic, Jonathan Lamb, Karina Lovell, Anne Rogers, Mari Lloyd-Williams, Waquas Waheed
Trends in healthcare utilization among older Americans with colorectal cancer: A retrospective database analysis
Kathleen Lang, Lisa M Lines, David W Lee, Jonathan R Korn, Craig C Earle, Joseph Menzin
Fall-related injuries in a nursing home setting: is polypharmacy a risk factor?
Federico Baranzini, Marcello Diurni, Francesca Ceccon, Nicola Poloni, Sara Cazzamalli, Chiara Costantini, Cristiano Colli, Laura Greco, Camilla Callegari
The Prostate Care Questionnaire for Carers (PCQ-C): reliability, validity and acceptability
Paul Sinfield, Richard Baker, Carolyn Tarrant, Shona Agarwal, Andrew M Colman, William Steward, Roger Kockelbergh, John K Mellon
An analysis of farmers' perception of the new cooperative medical system in Liaoning Province, China
Xilong Pan, Ying Zhang, Li Xu, Ju Huang, Qianqian Zhao
Trends and variation in the management of oesophagogastric cancer patients: a population-based survey
Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Josephine M Barbiere, Chetna Gajperia, Michael Rhodes, David C Greenberg, Karen A Wright
Developing 21stcentury accreditation standards for teaching hospitals: the Taiwan experience
Chung-I Huang, Cathy Wung, Che-Ming Yang
Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation - individual versus group (HEARING) trial: RCT design and baseline characteristics
Margaret P Collins, Pamela E Souza, Chuan-Fen Liu, Patrick J Heagerty, Dagmar Amtmann, Bevan Yueh
Development and assessment of the Alberta Context Tool
Carole A Estabrooks, Janet E Squires, Greta G Cummings, Judy M Birdsell, Peter G Norton
Developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in hospitals in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand: values, requirements and barriers
Tari J Turner
Documentation of body mass index and control of associated risk factors in a large primary care network
Stephanie A Rose, Alexander Turchin, Richard W Grant, James B Meigs
Comparing methods for identifying patients with heart failure using electronic data sources
Fadi Alqaisi, L Keoki Williams, Edward L Peterson, David E Lanfear
Teleconsultation service to improve healthcare in rural areas: acceptance, organizational impact and appropriateness
Paolo Zanaboni, Simonetta Scalvini, Palmira Bernocchi, Gabriella Borghi, Caterina Tridico, Cristina Masella
Chronic kidney-disease screening service quality: questionnaire survey research evidence from Taichung city
Deng-Juin Lin, Ya-Hsin Li, Jar-Yuan Pai, Ing-Cheau Sheu, Robert Glen, Ming-Jen Chou, Ching-Yi Lee
Digging deeper: quality of patient-provider communication across Hispanic subgroups
Lorraine S Wallace, Jennifer E DeVoe, Edwin S Rogers, Joanne Protheroe, Gillian Rowlands, George E Fryer Jr
A structured registration program can be validly used for quality assessment in general practice
Andrea S Fokkens, P Auke Wiegersma, Sijmen A Reijneveld
Continuity of care for children with complex chronic health conditions: parents' perspectives
Anton R Miller, Christopher J Condin, William H McKellin, Nicola Shaw, Anne F Klassen, Sam Sheps
A critical assessment of the WHO responsiveness tool: lessons from voluntary HIV testing and counselling services in Kenya
Mercy K Njeru, Astrid Blystad, Isaac K Nyamongo, Knut Fylkesnes
Perspectives from deductible plan enrollees: plan knowledge and anticipated care-seeking changes
Mary Reed, Nancy Benedetti, Richard Brand, Joseph P Newhouse, John Hsu
Rapid spread of complex change: a case study in inpatient palliative care
Richard Della Penna, Helene Martel, Esther B Neuwirth, Jennifer Rice, Marta I Filipski, Jennifer Green, Jim Bellows
Support for a tax increase to provide unrestricted access to an Alzheimer's disease medication: a survey of the general public in Canada
Mark Oremus, Jean-Eric Tarride, Natasha Clayton, Parminder Raina
Understanding communication networks in the emergency department
Nerida Creswick, Johanna I Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite