Issue 1/2010
Content (352 Articles)
Unwanted incidents during transition of geriatric patients from hospital to home: a prospective observational study
Marianne Mesteig, Jorunn L Helbostad, Olav Sletvold, Tove Røsstad, Ingvild Saltvedt
The effectiveness of computerized clinical guidelines in the process of care: a systematic review
Gianfranco Damiani, Luigi Pinnarelli, Simona C Colosimo, Roberta Almiento, Lorella Sicuro, Rocco Galasso, Lorenzo Sommella, Walter Ricciardi
Conceptual and practical challenges for implementing the communities of practice model on a national scale - a Canadian cancer control initiative
Colene Bentley, George P Browman, Barbara Poole
A comparison of the clinical effectiveness and costs of mental health nurse supplementary prescribing and independent medical prescribing: a post-test control group study
Ian J Norman, Samantha Coster, Paul McCrone, Andrew Sibley, Cate Whittlesea
Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography
Harindra C Wijeysundera, Therese A Stukel, Alice Chong, Madhu K Natarajan, David A Alter
Simple versus composite indicators of socioeconomic status in resource allocation formulae: the case of the district resource allocation formula in Malawi
Gerald Manthalu, Dominic Nkhoma, Sanderson Kuyeli
Does the process map influence the outcome of quality improvement work? A comparison of a sequential flow diagram and a hierarchical task analysis diagram
Lacey Colligan, Janet E Anderson, Henry WW Potts, Jonathan Berman
Improvement of primary care for patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study
Jan van Lieshout, Michel Wensing, Richard Grol
Is hospital discharge administrative data an appropriate source of information for cancer registries purposes? Some insights from four Spanish registries
Enrique Bernal-Delgado E, Carmen Martos, Natalia Martínez, María Dolores Chirlaque, Mirari Márquez, Carmen Navarro, Lauro Hernando, Joaquín Palomar, Isabel Izarzugaza, Nerea Larrañaga, Olatz Mokoroa, M Cres Tobalina, Joseba Bidaurrazaga, María José Sánchez, Carmen Martínez, Miguel Rodríguez, Esther Pérez, Yoe Ling Chang
Patient's site of first access to health system influences length of delay for tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan
Raffael Ayé, Kaspar Wyss, Hanifa Abdualimova, Sadullo Saidaliev
Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination for prevention of cervical cancer in Taiwan
Pang-Hsiang Liu, Fu-Chang Hu, Ping-Ing Lee, Song-Nan Chow, Chao-Wan Huang, Jung-Der Wang
Study protocol of effectiveness of a biopsychosocial multidisciplinary intervention in the evolution of non-speficic sub-acute low back pain in the working population: cluster randomised trial
Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Isabel Fernández-San-Martin, Montserrat Balagué-Corbella, Anna Berenguera, Jenny Moix, Elena Montiel-Morillo, Esther Núñez-Juárez, Maria J González-Moneo, Magda Pie-Oncins, Raquel Martín-Peñacoba, Mercè Roura-Olivan, Montse Núñez-Juárez, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera
Chronology of prescribing error during the hospital stay and prediction of pharmacist's alerts overriding: a prospective analysis
Thibaut Caruba, Isabelle Colombet, Florence Gillaizeau, Vanida Bruni, Virginie Korb, Patrice Prognon, Dominique Bégué, Pierre Durieux, Brigitte Sabatier
Identifying the barriers to conducting outcomes research in integrative health care clinic settings - a qualitative study
Marja J Verhoef, Andrea Mulkins, Ania Kania, Barbara Findlay-Reece, Silvano Mior
The relationship between safety net activities and hospital financial performance
Jack Zwanziger, Nasreen Khan, Anil Bamezai
Cross-cultural adaptation and patients' judgments of a Question Prompt List for Italian-speaking cancer patients
Caterina Caminiti, Francesca Diodati, Silvia Filiberti, Barbara Marcomini, Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Maria Ollari, Rodolfo Passalacqua
Guidelines; from foe to friend? Comparative interviews with GPs in Norway and Denmark
Benedicte Carlsen, Pia K Kjellberg
Delivering an evidence-based outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: Barriers and enablers experienced by community rehabilitation teams
Annie McCluskey, Sandy Middleton
Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for the treatment of major depressive disorder in primary care. A systematic review
Kirsten M van Steenbergen-Weijenburg, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Eva K Horn, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Aartjan TF Beekman, Frans FH Rutten, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen
Evaluating quality of obstetric care in low-resource settings: Building on the literature to design tailor-made evaluation instruments - an illustration in Burkina Faso
Florence Morestin, Abel Bicaba, Jean de Dieu Sermé, Pierre Fournier
Patient safety in primary care: a survey of general practitioners in the Netherlands
Sander Gaal, Wim Verstappen, Michel Wensing
Applying diagnosis and pharmacy-based risk models to predict pharmacy use in Aragon, Spain: The impact of a local calibration
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Chad Abrams, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Jonathan P Weiner, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Effectiveness of a Surgery Admission Unit for patients undergoing major elective surgery in a tertiary university hospital
B Ortiga, C Capdevila, A Salazar, MF Viso, C Bartolomé, X Corbella
A realist evaluation of the management of a well- performing regional hospital in Ghana
Bruno Marchal, McDamien Dedzo, Guy Kegels
The effect of linking community health centers to a state-level smoker's quitline on rates of cessation assistance
Donna Shelley, Jennifer Cantrell
Mental illness and well-being: the central importance of positive psychology and recovery approaches
Mike Slade
Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan
Kuo-Piao Chung, Yun-Jau Chang, Mei-Shu Lai, Raymond Nien-Chen Kuo, Skye H Cheng, Li-Tzong Chen, Reiping Tang, Tsang-Wu Liu, Ming-Jium Shieh
Validity and reliability of Turkish version of "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" and perception of patient safety in public hospitals in Turkey
Said Bodur, Emel Filiz
Increasing the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in a resource-limited setting
Kwasi Torpey, Mushota Kabaso, Prisca Kasonde, Rebecca Dirks, Maxmillian Bweupe, Catherine Thompson, Ya Diul Mukadi
Small-scale, homelike facilities versus regular psychogeriatric nursing home wards: a cross-sectional study into residents' characteristics
Hilde Verbeek, Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Erik van Rossum, Ton Ambergen, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Jan PH Hamers
Comparing administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of irritable bowel syndrome: a population-based investigation
Lisa M Lix, Marina S Yogendran, Souradet Y Shaw, Laura E Targownick, Jennifer Jones, Osama Bataineh
Clinimetric quality of the fire fighting simulation test as part of the Dutch fire fighters Workers' Health Surveillance
Marie-Christine J Plat, Monique HW Frings-Dresen, Judith K Sluiter
Community health insurance amidst abolition of user fees in Uganda: the view from policy makers and health service managers
Robert K Basaza, Bart Criel, Patrick Van der Stuyft
Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving patient adherence to antihypertensives: a randomised controlled trial
Rosalind Lau, Kay Stewart, Kevin P McNamara, Shane L Jackson, Jeffery D Hughes, Gregory M Peterson, Diana A Bortoletto, Jenny McDowell, Michael J Bailey, Arthur Hsueh, Johnson George
General practitioners' opinions on how to improve treatment of mental disorders in primary health care. Interviews with one hundred Norwegian general practitioners
Arnstein Mykletun, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Tone Tangen, Simon Øverland
Development and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children and Teenagers Experiencing Diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes
Rachel McNamara, Mike Robling, Kerenza Hood, Kristina Bennert, Susan Channon, David Cohen, Elizabeth Crowne, Helen Hambly, Kamila Hawthorne, Mirella Longo, Lesley Lowes, Rebecca Playle, Stephen Rollnick, John W Gregory
Evaluation of an open access echocardiography service in the Netherlands: a mixed methods study of indications, outcomes, patient management and trends
Leanne MSG van Heur, Leo HB Baur, Marleen Tent, Cara LB Lodewijks-van der Bolt, Marjolijn Streppel, Ron AG Winkens, Henri EJH Stoffers
International health policy survey in 11 countries: assessment of non-response bias in the Norwegian sample
Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Hilde H Iversen, Geir Bukholm
The effect of the COACH program (Continuity Of Appropriate pharmacotherapy, patient Counselling and information transfer in Healthcare) on readmission rates in a multicultural population of internal medicine patients
Fatma Karapinar-Çarkıt, Sander D Borgsteede, Jan Zoer, Carl Siegert, Maurits van Tulder, Antoine CG Egberts, Patricia MLA van den Bemt
The impact of gender and parenthood on physicians' careers - professional and personal situation seven years after graduation
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg, Georg Bauer, Oliver Hämmig, Michaela Knecht, Richard Klaghofer
Empirical aspects of record linkage across multiple data sets using statistical linkage keys: the experience of the PIAC cohort study
Rosemary Karmel, Phil Anderson, Diane Gibson, Ann Peut, Stephen Duckett, Yvonne Wells
Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The clinical validity of key indicators
Dennis Ross-Degnan, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Fang Zhang, Hailu Tadeg, Lillian Gitau, Joseph Ntaganira, Robert Balikuddembe, John Chalker, Anita K Wagner
Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The feasibility of collecting routine data for key indicators
John C Chalker, Tenaw Andualem, Lillian N Gitau, Joseph Ntaganira, Celestino Obua, Hailu Tadeg, Paul Waako, Dennis Ross-Degnan
Resource utilization and outcome at a university versus a community teaching hospital in tPA treated stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study
Angela F Caveney, Robert Silbergleit, Shirley Frederiksen, William J Meurer, Susan L Hickenbottom, Rodney W Smith, Phillip A Scott
Patient organisations and the reimbursement process for medicines: an exploratory study in eight European countries
Janneke Noordman, Liset van Dijk, Roland Friele
Perceptions of unmet healthcare needs: what do Punjabi and Chinese-speaking immigrants think? A qualitative study
Emily G Marshall, Sabrina T Wong, Jeannie L Haggerty, Jean-Fréderic Levesque
A successful chronic care program in Al Ain-United Arab Emirates
Latifa M Baynouna, Amal I Shamsan, Tahira A Ali, Lolowa A Al Mukini, Moza H Al Kuwiti, Thuraya A Al Ameri, Nico JD Nagelkerke, Ahmad M Abusamak, Nader M Ahmed, Sanaa M Zein Al Deen, Tariq M Jaber, Abdulkarim M Elkhalid, Anthony D Revel, Alhusini I Al Husaini, Fouad A Nour, Hayat O Ahmad, Mohammad K Nazirudeen, Rowaya Al Dhahiri, Yahya O Zain Al Abdeen, Aziza O Omar
Association of shared decision-making with type of breast cancer surgery: a cross-sectional study
Myung Kyung Lee, Dong Young Noh, Seok Jin Nam, Se Hyun Ahn, Byeong Woo Park, Eun Sook Lee, Young Ho Yun
Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people
Flora CG Douglas, Denise A Gray, Edwin R van Teijlingen
The "Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)" longitudinal survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation
Catherine M Joyce, Anthony Scott, Sung-Hee Jeon, John Humphreys, Guyonne Kalb, Julia Witt, Anne Leahy
Aggression and violence against health care workers in Germany - a cross sectional retrospective survey
Simone Franz, Annett Zeh, Anja Schablon, Saskia Kuhnert, Albert Nienhaus
Perspectives of staff nurses of the reasons for and the nature of patient-initiated call lights: an exploratory survey study in four USA hospitals
Huey-Ming Tzeng
Doctor as criminal: reporting of patient deaths to the police and criminal prosecution of healthcare providers in Japan
L Jay Starkey, Shoichi Maeda
The impact of social franchising on the use of reproductive health and family planning services at public commune health stations in Vietnam
Anh D Ngo, Dana L Alden, Van Pham, Ha Phan
The disease management program for type 2 diabetes in Germany enhances process quality of diabetes care - a follow-up survey of patient's experiences
Ingmar Schäfer, Claudia Küver, Benjamin Gedrose, Falk Hoffmann, Barbara Ruß-Thiel, Hans-Peter Brose, Hendrik van den Bussche, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz
The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families
Ramon Sabes-Figuera, Paul McCrone, Mike Hurley, Michael King, Ana Nora Donaldson, Leone Ridsdale
Incorporating statistical uncertainty in the use of physician cost profiles
John L Adams, Elizabeth A McGlynn, J William Thomas, Ateev Mehrotra
Integrated syphilis/HIV screening in China: a qualitative analysis
Joseph D Tucker, Li-Gang Yang, Zheng-Jun Zhu, Bin Yang, Yue-Pin Yin, Myron S Cohen, Xiang-Sheng Chen
Trends of hospitalizations, fatality rate and costs for acute myocardial infarction among Spanish diabetic adults, 2001-2006
Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Jesús Esteban-Hernandez, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, Rodrigo Jiménez-García
How do care-provider and home exercise program characteristics affect patient adherence in chronic neck and back pain: a qualitative study
Pilar Escolar-Reina, Francesc Medina-Mirapeix, Juan J Gascón-Cánovas, Joaquina Montilla-Herrador, Francisco J Jimeno-Serrano, Silvana L de Oliveira Sousa, M Elena del Baño-Aledo, Rafael Lomas-Vega
Impact of a nurse-led intervention to improve screening for cardiovascular risk factors in people with severe mental illnesses. Phase-two cluster randomised feasibility trial of community mental health teams
David PJ Osborn, Irwin Nazareth, Christine A Wright, Michael B King
Effects of standard training in the use of closed-circuit televisions in visually impaired adults: design of a training protocol and a randomized controlled trial
Marloes C Burggraaff, Ruth MA van Nispen, Bart JM Melis-Dankers, Ger HMB van Rens
Burnout syndrome in Cypriot physiotherapists: a national survey
Andreas Pavlakis, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Mamas Theodorou
Assessing the context of health care utilization in Ecuador: A spatial and multilevel analysis
Daniel F López-Cevallos, Chunhuei Chi
The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions
Dionne S Kringos, Wienke GW Boerma, Allen Hutchinson, Jouke van der Zee, Peter P Groenewegen
Nonurgent patients in the emergency department? A French formula to prevent misuse
Stéphanie Gentile, Pascal Vignally, Anne-Claire Durand, Sabina Gainotti, Roland Sambuc, Patrick Gerbeaux
Investigating determinants of out-of-pocket spending and strategies for coping with payments for healthcare in southeast Nigeria
Obinna E Onwujekwe, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Eric N Obikeze, Ijeoma Okoronkwo, Ogbonnia G Ochonma, Chima A Onoka, Grace Madubuko, Chijioke Okoli
Cholesterol treatment with statins: Who is left out and who makes it to goal?
Peter Franks, Daniel Tancredi, Paul Winters, Kevin Fiscella
Factors associated with health-seeking behavior among migrant workers in Beijing, China
Yingchun Peng, Wenhu Chang, Haiqing Zhou, Hongpu Hu, Wannian Liang
Effects of automated alerts on unnecessarily repeated serology tests in a cardiovascular surgery department: a time series analysis
Julie Niès, Isabelle Colombet, Eric Zapletal, Florence Gillaizeau, Patrick Chevalier, Pierre Durieux
A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria
Ifeoma I Ulasi, Chinwuba K Ijoma, Obinna D Onodugo
Computer-assisted resilience training to prepare healthcare workers for pandemic influenza: a randomized trial of the optimal dose of training
Robert G Maunder, William J Lancee, Reet Mae, Leslie Vincent, Nathalie Peladeau, Mary Agnes Beduz, Jonathan J Hunter, Molyn Leszcz
The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field
Benjamin J Wolpaw, Catherine Mathews, Mickey Chopra, Diana Hardie, Virginia de Azevedo, Karen Jennings, Mark N Lurie
Primary medical care in Irish prisons
Joe M Barry, Catherine D Darker, David E Thomas, Shane PA Allwright, Tom O'Dowd
Implementation by simulation; strategies for ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia in the Netherlands
Sabrina Ramwadhdoebe, Godefridus G Van Merode, Magda M Boere-Boonekamp, Ralph JB Sakkers, Erik Buskens
Comparing public and private hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong
Karen Eggleston, Mingshan Lu, Congdong Li, Jian Wang, Zhe Yang, Jing Zhang, Hude Quan
The experience of living with chronic heart failure: a narrative review of qualitative studies
Yun-Hee Jeon, Stefan G Kraus, Tanisha Jowsey, Nicholas J Glasgow
Determinants of satisfaction with health care provider interactions at health centres in central Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Zewdie Birhanu, Tsion Assefa, Mirkuzie Woldie, Sudhakar Morankar
Physicians' social competence in the provision of care to persons living in poverty: research protocol
Christine Loignon, Jeannie L Haggerty, Martin Fortin, Christophe P Bedos, Dawn Allen, David Barbeau
Experiences of mental illness stigma, prejudice and discrimination: a review of measures
Elaine Brohan, Mike Slade, Sarah Clement, Graham Thornicroft
Application of a theoretical model to evaluate COPD disease management
Karin MM Lemmens, Anna P Nieboer, Maureen PMH Rutten-Van Mölken, Constant P van Schayck, Javier D Asin, Jos AM Dirven, Robbert Huijsman
The epidemiology of hospitalized influenza in children, a two year population-based study in the People's Republic of China
Wei Ji, Tao Zhang, Xuelan Zhang, Lufang Jiang, Yunfang Ding, Chuangli Hao, Liwen Ju, Yuqing Wang, Qingwu Jiang, Mark Steinhoff, Steven Black, Genming Zhao
Validity and reliability of a multiple-group measurement scale for interprofessional collaboration
Chris Kenaszchuk, Scott Reeves, David Nicholas, Merrick Zwarenstein
Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Vidyasagar Pampati, Vijay Singh, Mark V Boswell, Howard S Smith, Joshua A Hirsch
Patient safety culture lives in departments and wards: Multilevel partitioning of variance in patient safety culture
Ellen Deilkås, Dag Hofoss
Quantifying culture gaps between physicians and managers in Dutch hospitals: a survey
Hanneke AHJ Klopper-Kes, Sabine Siesling, Nienke Meerdink, Celeste PM Wilderom, Wim H van Harten
Partnership disengagement from primary community care networks (PCCNs): A qualitative study for a national demonstration project
Chia-Yi Liau, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Yung-Kai Lin, Blossom Yen-Ju Lin
The Dutch Consumer Quality Index: an example of stakeholder involvement in indicator development
Diana MJ Delnoij, Jany JDJM Rademakers, Peter P Groenewegen
A cross-sectional prospective study of seclusion, restraint and involuntary medication in acute psychiatric wards: patient, staff and ward characteristics
Tonje Lossius Husum, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Arnstein Finset, Torleif Ruud
Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals
Peter Cram, Levent Bayman, Ioana Popescu, Mary S Vaughan-Sarrazin, Xueya Cai, Gary E Rosenthal
Is the Kaiser Permanente model superior in terms of clinical integration?: a comparative study of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California and the Danish healthcare system
Martin Strandberg-Larsen, Michaela L Schiøtz, Jeremy D Silver, Anne Frølich, John S Andersen, Ilana Graetz, Mary Reed, Jim Bellows, Allan Krasnik, Thomas Rundall, John Hsu
'Reaching the hard to reach' - lessons learned from the VCS (voluntary and community Sector). A qualitative study
Sarah M Flanagan, Beverley Hancock
Suitability of three indicators measuring the quality of coordination within hospitals
Etienne Minvielle, Henri Leleu, Frédéric Capuano, Catherine Grenier, Philippe Loirat, Laurent Degos
Four minutes for a patient, twenty seconds for a relative - an observational study at a university hospital
Gerhild Becker, Dorothee E Kempf, Carola J Xander, Felix Momm, Manfred Olschewski, Hubert E Blum
Measuring client experiences in long-term care in the Netherlands: a pilot study with the Consumer Quality Index Long-term Care
Mattanja Triemstra, Sjenny Winters, Rudolf B Kool, Therese A Wiegers
Adjustment of nursing home quality indicators
Richard N Jones, John P Hirdes, Jeffrey W Poss, Maureen Kelly, Katharine Berg, Brant E Fries, John N Morris
Engaging communication experts in a Delphi process to identify patient behaviors that could enhance communication in medical encounters
Jaya K Rao, Lynda A Anderson, Bhuvana Sukumar, Danielle A Beauchesne, Terry Stein, Richard M Frankel
Screening mammography use and chemotherapy among female stage II colon cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
Xinhua Yu, Alexander M McBean
Do coder characteristics influence validity of ICD-10 hospital discharge data?
Deirdre A Hennessy, Hude Quan, Peter D Faris, Cynthia A Beck
Do specialty registrars change their attitudes, intentions and behaviour towards reporting incidents following a patient safety course?
José D Jansma, Dorien LM Zwart, Ian P Leistikow, Cor J Kalkman, Cordula Wagner, Arnold B Bijnen
Retention rate of physicians in public health administration agencies and their career paths in Japan
Soichi Koike, Tomoko Kodama, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroo Ide, Hideo Yasunaga, Tomoaki Imamura
A patient survey of the impact of fibromyalgia and the journey to diagnosis
Ernest Choy, Serge Perrot, Teresa Leon, Joan Kaplan, Danielle Petersel, Anna Ginovker, Erich Kramer
Comparison of breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns in a common cohort of South Asian women in England
Charlotte L Price, Ala K Szczepura, Anil K Gumber, Julietta Patnick
Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study
Mark F Harris, Bibiana C Chan, Christopher Daniel, Qing Wan, Nick Zwar, Gawaine Powell Davies
Impact of symptoms on quality of life before and after diagnosis of coeliac disease: results from a UK population survey
Alastair M Gray, Irene N Papanicolas
World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool in the assessment of fractures after falls in hospital
Shin-ichi Toyabe
Will the community nurse continue to function during H1N1 influenza pandemic: a cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community nurses?
Eliza LY Wong, Samuel YS Wong, Kenny Kung, Annie WL Cheung, Tiffany T Gao, Sian Griffiths
General practitioners' evaluation of community psychiatric services: responsiveness to change of the General Practitioner Experiences Questionnaire (GPEQ)
Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Arjan Nieland, Elisabeth Damerell, Andrew Garratt
Prioritisation criteria for the selection of new diagnostic technologies for evaluation
Annette Plüddemann, Carl Heneghan, Matthew Thompson, Nia Roberts, Nicholas Summerton, Luan Linden-Phillips, Claire Packer, Christopher P Price
Predictors of Long-Term Care Utilization by Dutch Hospital Patients aged 65+
Albert Wong, Rianne Elderkamp-de Groot, Johan Polder, Job van Exel
Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity: a comparative study of two sources
Martin Fortin, Catherine Hudon, Jeannie Haggerty, Marjan van den Akker, José Almirall
Effectiveness and efficiency of primary care based case management for chronic diseases: rationale and design of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials [CRD32009100316]
Tobias Freund, Felizitas Kayling, Antje Miksch, Joachim Szecsenyi, Michel Wensing
Missed opportunity for standardized diagnosis and treatment among adult Tuberculosis patients in hospitals involved in Public-Private Mix for Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course strategy in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study
Ari Probandari, Lars Lindholm, Hans Stenlund, Adi Utarini, Anna-Karin Hurtig
Lifting the lid of the "black intervention box" - the systematic development of an action competence programme for people with screen-detected dysglycaemia
Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Marit Kirkevold, Annelli Sandbæk, Torsten Lauritzen
Job satisfaction and its modeling among township health center employees: a quantitative study in poor rural China
Jun A Liu, Qi Wang, Zu X Lu
How does the New Cooperative Medical Scheme influence health service utilization? A study in two provinces in rural China
Baorong Yu, Qingyue Meng, Charles Collins, Rachel Tolhurst, Shenglan Tang, Fei Yan, Lennart Bogg, Xiaoyun Liu
Cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions in Andhra Pradesh state of India
Lalit Dandona, SG Prem Kumar, G Anil Kumar, Rakhi Dandona
Network organizations of general practitioners: antecedents of formation and consequences of participation
Giovanni Fattore, Domenico Salvatore
Patient and health professional views on rehabilitation practices and outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis:a focus group study
Marie D Westby, Catherine L Backman
Challenging the holy grail of hospital accreditation: A cross sectional study of inpatient satisfaction in the field of cardiology
Cornelia Sack, Peter Lütkes, Wolfram Günther, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Gerald J Holtmann
Risk reduction before surgery. The role of the primary care provider in preoperative smoking and alcohol cessation
Hanne Tønnesen, Pernille Faurschou, Helge Ralov, Ditte Mølgaard-Nielsen, Grethe Thomas, Vibeke Backer
Measuring dementia carers' unmet need for services - an exploratory mixed method study
Christine Stirling, Sharon Andrews, Toby Croft, James Vickers, Paul Turner, Andrew Robinson
Recruitment of multiple stakeholders to health services research: Lessons from the front lines
Michelle E Kho, Ellen Rawski, Julie Makarski, Melissa C Brouwers
One stop or full stop? The continuing challenges for researchers despite the new streamlined NHS research governance process
Andrew GH Thompson, Emma F France
A toolkit for incorporating genetics into mainstream medical services: Learning from service development pilots in England
Catherine L Bennett, Sarah E Burke, Hilary Burton, Peter A Farndon
Comparison of Rx-defined morbidity groups and diagnosis- based risk adjusters for predicting healthcare costs in Taiwan
Raymond NC Kuo, Mei-Shu Lai
Kidney organ donation: developing family practice initiatives to reverse inertia
Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Emilia Stavroulaki, Myfanwy Morgan, Roger Jones
Forecasting drug utilization and expenditure in a metropolitan health region
Björn Wettermark, Marie E Persson, Nils Wilking, Mats Kalin, Seher Korkmaz, Paul Hjemdahl, Brian Godman, Max Petzold, Lars L Gustafsson
Study protocol: national research partnership to improve primary health care performance and outcomes for Indigenous peoples
Ross Bailie, Damin Si, Cindy Shannon, James Semmens, Kevin Rowley, David J Scrimgeour, Tricia Nagel, Ian Anderson, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri, Sandra Thompson, Robyn McDermott, Hugh Burke, Elizabeth Moore, Dallas Leon, Richard Weston, Haylene Grogan, Andrew Stanley, Karen Gardner
Assessment of hospital performance with a case-mix standardized mortality model using an existing administrative database in Japan
Hiroaki Miyata, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kiyohide Fushimi, Shinya Matsuda
Evaluating priority setting success in healthcare: a pilot study
Shannon L Sibbald, Jennifer L Gibson, Peter A Singer, Ross Upshur, Douglas K Martin
What are the current barriers to effective cancer care coordination? A qualitative study
Jennifer Walsh, James D Harrison, Jane M Young, Phyllis N Butow, Michael J Solomon, Lindy Masya
Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care
Rui Li, Ping Zhang, Lawrence Barker, DeKeely Hartsfield
Protocol and baseline data from The Inala Chronic Disease Management Service evaluation study: a health services intervention study for diabetes care
Deborah A Askew, Claire L Jackson, Robert S Ware, Anthony Russell
Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): Two views of the same picture
Imogen Savage, Tony Cornford, Ela Klecun, Nick Barber, Sarah Clifford, Bryony Dean Franklin
Healthcare costs associated with progressive diabetic retinopathy among National Health Insurance enrollees in Taiwan, 2000-2004
Lin-Chung Woung, Ching-Yao Tsai, Hsin-Kai Chou, Ming-Tsu Tsai, Wei-Her Tsai, Pesus Chou, Shih-Tsuo Shen
Methods to identify the target population: implications for prescribing quality indicators
Liana Martirosyan, Onyebuchi A Arah, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp, Jozé Braspenning, Petra Denig
Women's preference for cesarean delivery and differences between Taiwanese women undergoing different modes of delivery
Kuei-Hui Chu, Chen-Jei Tai, Chun-Sen Hsu, Mei-Chiang Yeh, Li-Yin Chien
Prevalence and factors affecting home blood pressure documentation in routine clinical care: a retrospective study
Michael H Kramer, Eugene Breydo, Maria Shubina, Kelly Babcock, Jonathan S Einbinder, Alexander Turchin
Comparison of different comorbidity measures for use with administrative data in predicting short- and long-term mortality
Yu-Tseng Chu, Yee-Yung Ng, Shiao-Chi Wu
Professional Service Utilisation among Patients with Severe Mental Disorders
Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier, Jean-Marie Bamvita, Jean Caron
Design of a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) on the effectiveness of a Dutch patient advocacy case management intervention among severely disabled Multiple Sclerosis patients
Klaske Wynia, Coby Annema, Hans Nissen, Jacques De Keyser, Berrie Middel
Disparities of Care for African-Americans and Caucasians with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Christopher R Frei, Eric M Mortensen, Laurel A Copeland, Russell T Attridge, Mary Jo V Pugh, Marcos I Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, Brandy Nakashima, Michael J Fine
Reproductive health services for populations at high risk of HIV: Performance of a night clinic in Tete province, Mozambique
Yves Lafort, Diederike Geelhoed, Luisa Cumba, Carla das Dores Mosse Lázaro, Wim Delva, Stanley Luchters, Marleen Temmerman
Quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice according to patients' ethnic background: a cross-sectional study from Oslo, Norway
Anh T Tran, Lien M Diep, John G Cooper, Tor Claudi, Jørund Straand, Kåre Birkeland, Wibeche Ingskog, Anne K Jenum
Measuring access to medicines: a review of quantitative methods used in household surveys
Vera Maria V Paniz, Anaclaudia G Fassa, Maria de Fátima S Maia, Marlos R Domingues, Andréa D Bertoldi
Tracking the evolution of hospice palliative care in Canada: A comparative case study analysis of seven provinces
Allison M Williams, Valorie A Crooks, Kyle Whitfield, Mary-Lou Kelley, Judy-Lynn Richards, Lily DeMiglio, Sarah Dykeman
General practitioner workforce planning: assessment of four policy directions
Conor Teljeur, Stephen Thomas, Fergus D O'Kelly, Tom O'Dowd
Patient satisfaction in an acute medicine department in Morocco
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Health and life insurance as an alternative to malpractice tort law
Walton Sumner II
Analysis of factors influencing the outpatient workload at Chinese health centres
Jing Xu, Wenxin Wang, Yongbin Li, Juan Zhang, Milena Pavlova, Hua Liu, Ping Yin, Zuxun Lu
Measuring patient safety culture in Taiwan using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC)
I-Chi Chen, Hung-Hui Li
Risk sharing arrangements for pharmaceuticals: potential considerations and recommendations for European payers
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Exploring types of focused factories in hospital care: a multiple case study
Eelco Bredenhoff, Wineke AM van Lent, Wim H van Harten
Delegation of GP-home visits to qualified practice assistants: assessment of economic effects in an ambulatory healthcare centre
Neeltje van den Berg, Claudia Meinke, Melanie Matzke, Romy Heymann, Steffen Fleßa, Wolfgang Hoffmann
Primary care capitation payments in the UK. An observational study
Gwion Rhys, Hendrik J Beerstecher, Claire L Morgan
Response to symptoms of stroke in the UK: a systematic review
Jan Lecouturier, Madeleine J Murtagh, Richard G Thomson, Gary A Ford, Martin White, Martin Eccles, Helen Rodgers
Changes in glycemic control from 1996 to 2006 among adults with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study
Karen J Blumenthal, Mary E Larkin, Gail Winning, David M Nathan, Richard W Grant
Physicians' use of the 5As in counseling obese patients: is the quality of counseling associated with patients' motivation and intention to lose weight?
Melanie Jay, Colleen Gillespie, Sheira Schlair, Scott Sherman, Adina Kalet
Factor analysis of the clustering of common somatic symptoms: a preliminary study
Chung-Huang Tsai
The process of recovery of people with mental illness: The perspectives of patients, family members and care providers: Part 1
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Preferences for benefit packages for community-based health insurance: an exploratory study in Nigeria
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Qualified and Unqualified (N-R C) mental health nursing staff - minor differences in sources of stress and burnout. A European multi-centre study
Knut W Sorgaard, Peter Ryan, Ian Dawson
Patient-provider communication regarding drug costsin Medicare Part D beneficiaries with diabetes: a TRIAD Study
Julie A Schmittdiel, Neil Steers, O Kenrik Duru, Susan L Ettner, Arleen F Brown, Vicki Fung, John Hsu, Elaine Quiter, Chien-Wen Tseng, Carol M Mangione
The cost-effectiveness of point of care testing in a general practice setting: results from a randomised controlled trial
Caroline O Laurence, John R Moss, Nancy E Briggs, Justin J Beilby
The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 quality indicators: a systematic review
Alison M Hutchinson, Doris L Milke, Suzanne Maisey, Cynthia Johnson, Janet E Squires, Gary Teare, Carole A Estabrooks
Regionalizing healthcare: a vision for transforming Lebanon into a regional academic hub
Kamal F Badr, Elie A Akl
The relationship between characteristics of context and research utilization in a pediatric setting
Greta G Cummings, Alison M Hutchinson, Shannon D Scott, Peter G Norton, Carole A Estabrooks
Comparison of diabetes management in five countries for general and indigenous populations: an internet-based review
Damin Si, Ross Bailie, Zhiqiang Wang, Tarun Weeramanthri
The impact of different benefit packages of Medical Financial Assistance Scheme on health service utilization of poor population in Rural China
Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Zhenzhong Zhang, Lijun Gao, Ning Ning, Mingli Jiao, David Zakus
Registration for public drug benefits across areas of differing ethnic composition in British Columbia, Canada
Vivian W Leong, Steve Morgan, Sabrina T Wong, Gillian E Hanley, Charlyn Black
Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship
Kapila Jayaratne, Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt
Defining emergency department episodes by severity and intensity: A 15-year study of Medicare beneficiaries
Brian Kaskie, Maksym Obrizan, Elizabeth A Cook, Michael P Jones, Li Liu, Suzanne Bentler, Robert B Wallace, John F Geweke, Kara B Wright, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Gary E Rosenthal, Fredric D Wolinsky,
OPTIGOV - A new methodology for evaluating Clinical Governance implementation by health providers
Maria Lucia Specchia, Giuseppe La Torre, Roberta Siliquini, Silvio Capizzi, Luca Valerio, Pierangela Nardella, Alessandro Campana, Walter Ricciardi
Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men Veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq
Mona Duggal, Joseph L Goulet, Julie Womack, Kirsha Gordon, Kristin Mattocks, Sally G Haskell, Amy C Justice, Cynthia A Brandt
Underutilization of prescribed drugs use among first generation elderly immigrants in the Netherlands
Semiha Denktaş, Gerrit Koopmans, Erwin Birnie, Marleen Foets, Gouke Bonsel
Responsibility loadings for dental services by general dentists
David S Brennan, A John Spencer
Ambulatory health service users' experience of waiting time and expenditure and factors associated with the perception of low quality of care in Mexico
Alma Lucila Sauceda-Valenzuela, Veronika J Wirtz, Yared Santa-Ana-Téllez, Maria de la Luz Kageyama-Escobar
The Delivery of Stop Smoking Support to People with Mental Health Conditions: A Survey of NHS Stop Smoking Services
Lisa McNally, Elena Ratschen
Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research
Michael R Robling, David K Ingledew, Giles Greene, Adrian Sayers, Chris Shaw, Lesley Sander, Ian T Russell, John G Williams, Kerenza Hood
Recruiting participants for interventions to prevent the onset of depressive disorders: Possibile ways to increase participation rates
Pim Cuijpers, Annemieke van Straten, Lisanne Warmerdam, Marie José van Rooy
Facilitators and barriers to implementing clinical care pathways
Sara Evans-Lacko, Manuela Jarrett, Paul McCrone, Graham Thornicroft
Health economics: the start of clinical freedom
José Antonio Sacristán, María Costi, Amparo Valladares, Tatiana Dilla
A qualitative study of naturopathy in rural practice: A focus upon naturopaths' experiences and perceptions of rural patients and demands for their services
Jon L Wardle, Jon Adams, Chi-Wai Lui
Predictors of nursing home admission of individuals without a dementia diagnosis before admission - results from the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+)
Melanie Luppa, Tobias Luck, Herbert Matschinger, Hans-Helmut König, Steffi G Riedel-Heller
A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members
Cath Taylor, Joanna M Sippitt, Gary Collins, Chris McManus, Alison Richardson, Jeremy Dawson, Michael Richards, Amanda J Ramirez
Evaluation of the Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) framework: evidence from Uganda
David R Hotchkiss, Anwer Aqil, Theo Lippeveld, Edward Mukooyo
Development and preliminary validation of a questionnaire to measure satisfaction with home care in Greece: an exploratory factor analysis of polychoric correlations
Vassilis H Aletras, Arsenis Kostarelis, Maria Tsitouridou, Dimitris Niakas, Anna Nicolaou
Policy options to improve leadership of middle managers in the Australian residential aged care setting: a narrative synthesis
Yun-Hee Jeon, Nicholas J Glasgow, Teri Merlyn, Emily Sansoni
Patterns of medical pluralism among adults: results from the 2001 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan
Chun-Chuan Shih, Yi-Chang Su, Chien-Chang Liao, Jaung-Geng Lin
A classification of diabetic foot infections using ICD-9-CM codes: application to a large computerized medical database
Benjamin G Fincke, Donald R Miller, Robin Turpin
Variation in antibiotic treatment for diabetic patients with serious foot infections: A retrospective observational study
Benjamin G Fincke, Donald R Miller, Cindy L Christiansen, Robin S Turpin
Staff attitudes and the associations with treatment organisation, clinical practices and outcomes in opioid maintenance treatment
Linn Gjersing, Helge Waal, John RM Caplehorn, Michael Gossop, Thomas Clausen
Impact of discontinuity in health insurance on resource utilization
Ritesh Banerjee, Jeanette Y Ziegenfuss, Nilay D Shah
Poverty related risk for potentially preventable hospitalisations among children in Taiwan
Likwang Chen, Hsin-Ming Lu, Shu-Fang Shih, Ken N Kuo, Chi-Liang Chen, Lynn Chu Huang
Criteria for priority setting of HIV/AIDS interventions in Thailand: a discrete choice experiment
Sitaporn Youngkong, Rob Baltussen, Sripen Tantivess, Xander Koolman, Yot Teerawattananon
Are health care professionals able to judge cancer patients' health care preferences correctly? A cross-sectional study
Hester Wessels, Alexander de Graeff, Klaske Wynia, Miriam de Heus, Cas LJJ Kruitwagen, Saskia CCM Teunissen, Emile E Voest
Multilevel psychometric properties of the AHRQ hospital survey on patient safety culture
Joann S Sorra, Naomi Dyer
Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach
Ronald J Lagoe, Gert P Westert
Motivational determinants among physicians in Lahore, Pakistan
Ahmad Azam Malik, Shelby Suzanne Yamamoto, Aurélia Souares, Zeeshan Malik, Rainer Sauerborn
Geriatric day hospital: opportunity or threat? A qualitative exploratory study of the referral behaviour of Belgian general practitioners
Piet Vanden Bussche, Fien Desmyter, Christiane Duchesnes, Valérie Massart, Didier Giet, Jean Petermans, Veerle Vyncke, Nele Ven Den Noortgate, Sara Willems
A geographical population analysis of dental trauma in school-children aged 12 and 15 in the city of Curitiba-Brazil
Max L Carvalho, Samuel J Moysés, Roberto E Bueno, Silvia Shimakura, Simone T Moysés
Health Status After Cancer: Does It Matter Which Hospital You Belong To?
Jon H Fiva, Torbjørn Hægeland, Marte Rønning
Balancing medicine prices and business sustainability: analyses of pharmacy costs, revenues and profit shed light on retail medicine mark-ups in rural Kyrgyzstan
Brenda Waning, Jason Maddix, Lyne Soucy
An intervention to promote patient participation and self-management in long term conditions: development and feasibility testing
Joanne Protheroe, Tom Blakeman, Peter Bower, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Anne Kennedy
Effectiveness of the introduction of a Chronic Care Model-based program for type 2 diabetes in Belgium
Patricia Sunaert, Hilde Bastiaens, Frank Nobels, Luc Feyen, Geert Verbeke, Etienne Vermeire, Jan De Maeseneer, Sara Willems, An De Sutter
Not all coping strategies are created equal: a mixed methods study exploring physicians' self reported coping strategies
Jane B Lemaire, Jean E Wallace
A cost-utility and budget impact analysis of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe thalassemic patients in Thailand
Pattara Leelahavarong, Usa Chaikledkaew, Suradej Hongeng, Vijj Kasemsup, Yoel Lubell, Yot Teerawattananon
Immigrants and health system challenges to TB control in Oman
Abdullah Al-Maniri, Grethe Fochsen, Omar Al-Rawas, Ayesha De Costa
Availability and use of essential medicines in China: manufacturing, supply, and prescribing in Shandong and Gansu provinces
Wen Chen, Shenglan Tang, Jing Sun, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Anita K Wagner
Policy maker and provider knowledge and attitudes regarding the provision of emergency contraceptive pills within Lao PDR
Vanphanom Sychareun, Keokedthong Phongsavan, Visanou Hansana, Alongkone Phengsavanh
An exploration of the association between very early rehabilitation and outcome for the patients with acute ischaemic stroke in Japan: a nationwide retrospective cohort survey
Hiroki Matsui, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Hideo Yasunaga, Shinya Matsuda
Provision of relapse prevention interventions in UK NHS Stop Smoking Services: a survey
Shade A Agboola, Tim J Coleman, Jo A Leonardi-Bee, Andy McEwen, Ann D McNeill
Using a population-based approach to prevent hepatocellular cancer in New South Wales, Australia: effects on health services utilisation
Monica C Robotin, Melanie Q Kansil, Jacob George, Kirsten Howard, Steven Tipper, Miriam Levy, Nghi Phung, Andrew G Penman
Patient related factors in frequent readmissions: the influence of condition, access to services and patient choice
Sue E Kirby, Sarah M Dennis, Upali W Jayasinghe, Mark F Harris
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of outpatient services in Brazil according to health care need: evidence from the World Health Survey
Célia L Szwarcwald, Paulo RB Souza-Júnior, Giseli N Damacena
Price regulation, new entry, and information shock on pharmaceutical market in Taiwan: a nationwide data-based study from 2001 to 2004
Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Yi-Wen Tsai, Weng-Foung Huang
Support groups for dementia caregivers - Predictors for utilisation and expected quality from a family caregiver's point of view: A questionnaire survey PART I*
Elmar Gräßel, Angelika Trilling, Carolin Donath, Katharina Luttenberger
Health need and the use of alternative medicine among adults who do not use conventional medicine
Richard L Nahin, James M Dahlhamer, Barbara J Stussman
The relationship between staff skill mix, costs and outcomes in intermediate care services
Simon Dixon, Billingsley Kaambwa, Susan Nancarrow, Graham P Martin, Stirling Bryan
What's the effect of the implementation of general practitioner cooperatives on caseload? Prospective intervention study on primary and secondary care
Hilde Philips, Roy Remmen, Paul Van Royen, Marc Teblick, Leo Geudens, Marc Bronckaers, Herman Meeuwis
Ethics review as a component of institutional approval for a multicentre continuous quality improvement project: the investigator's perspective
Hanna Ezzat, Sue Ross, Peter von Dadelszen, Tara Morris, Robert Liston, Laura A Magee
Should the provision of home help services be contained?: Validation of the new preventive care policy in Japan
Tomoaki Ishibashi, Naoki Ikegami
The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan
Yue-Chune Lee, Yu-Tung Huang, Yi-Wen Tsai, Shiuh-Ming Huang, Ken N Kuo, Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte
An economic appraisal of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of sacral pressure ulcers from a nursing home perspective
Patriek Mistiaen, Andre Ament, Anneke L Francke, Wilco Achterberg, Ruud Halfens, Janneke Huizinga, Henri Post
Reorganizing pediatric rehabilitation services to improve accessibility: do we sacrifice quality?
Chantal Camden, Bonnie Swaine, Sylvie Tétreault, Marie-Michèle Brodeur
Public views on a wait time management initiative: a matter of communication
Rebecca A Bruni, Andreas Laupacis, Wendy Levinson, Douglas K Martin
Nurse led, primary care based antiretroviral treatment versus hospital care: a controlled prospective study in Swaziland
Ciaran P Humphreys, John Wright, John Walley, Canaan T Mamvura, Kerry A Bailey, Sweetness N Ntshalintshali, Robert M West, Aby Philip
Primary care nurses: effects on secondary care referrals for diabetes
Christel E van Dijk, Robert A Verheij, Johan Hansen, Lud van der Velden, Giel Nijpels, Peter P Groenewegen, Dinny H de Bakker
Barriers to the acceptance of electronic medical records by physicians from systematic review to taxonomy and interventions
Albert Boonstra, Manda Broekhuis
Compliance assessment of ambulatory Alzheimer patients to aid therapeutic decisions by healthcare professionals
Oliver Schwalbe, Christian Scheerans, Ines Freiberg, Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak, Andreas Stang, Charlotte Kloft
A systematic review of economic analyses of telehealth services using real time video communication
Victoria A Wade, Jonathan Karnon, Adam G Elshaug, Janet E Hiller
Hospital Safety Culture in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey Using Chinese Version Safety Attitude Questionnaire
Wui-Chiang Lee, Hwei-Ying Wung, Hsun-Hsiang Liao, Chien-Ming Lo, Fei-Ling Chang, Pa-Chun Wang, Angela Fan, Hsin-Hsin Chen, Han-Chuan Yang, Sheng-Mou Hou
Validation of the PHQ-9 as a screening instrument for depression in diabetes patients in specialized outpatient clinics
Kirsten M van Steenbergen-Weijenburg, Lars de Vroege, Robert R Ploeger, Jan W Brals, Martijn G Vloedbeld, Thiemo F Veneman, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frans FH Rutten, Aartjan TF Beekman, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis
A comparison of the Charlson comorbidity index derived from medical records and claims data from patients undergoing lung cancer surgery in Korea: a population-based investigation
Hyun-Ju Seo, Seok-Jun Yoon, Sang-Il Lee, Kun Sei Lee, Young Ho Yun, Eun-Jung Kim, In-Hwan Oh
Assessing the potential effects and cost-effectiveness of programmatic herpes zoster vaccination of elderly in the Netherlands
Alies van Lier, Albert Jan van Hoek, Wim Opstelten, Hein J Boot, Hester E de Melker
Modeling the volume-effectiveness relationship in the case of hip fracture treatment in Finland
Reijo Sund
Sleep and recovery in physicians on night call: a longitudinal field study
Birgitta Malmberg, Göran Kecklund, Björn Karlson, Roger Persson, Per Flisberg, Palle Ørbaek
Exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new staff nurses
Rhay-Hung Weng, Ching-Yuan Huang, Wen-Chen Tsai, Li-Yu Chang, Syr-En Lin, Mei-Ying Lee
Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention
Jane B Lemaire, Jean E Wallace, Kelly Dinsmore, Adriane M Lewin, William A Ghali, Delia Roberts
Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent
Evelyn Verlinde, Tine Verdée, Mieke Van de Walle, Bruno Art, Jan De Maeseneer, Sara Willems
Selecting HIV infection prevention interventions in the mature HIV epidemic in Malawi using the mode of transmission model
Kenneth Maleta, Cameron Bowie
Factors affecting costs and utilization of type 2 diabetes healthcare: a cross-sectional survey among 15 hospitals in urban China
Weibing Wang, Chaowei Fu, Haijing Zhuo, Jianfeng Luo, Biao Xu
Comparison of the performance of the CMS Hierarchical Condition Category (CMS-HCC) risk adjuster with the charlson and elixhauser comorbidity measures in predicting mortality
Pengxiang Li, Michelle M Kim, Jalpa A Doshi
Structural factors and best practices in implementing a linkage to HIV care program using the ARTAS model
Jason Craw, Lytt Gardner, Amber Rossman, DeAnn Gruber, O'Donnell Noreen, Diana Jordan, Richard Rapp, Cathy Simpson, Karen Phillips
Systematic review: Effects, design choices, and context of pay-for-performance in health care
Pieter Van Herck, Delphine De Smedt, Lieven Annemans, Roy Remmen, Meredith B Rosenthal, Walter Sermeus
What do language barriers cost? An exploratory study among asylum seekers in Switzerland
Alexander Bischoff, Kris Denhaerynck
Clinicians' caseload management behaviours as explanatory factors in patients' length of time on caseloads: a predictive multilevel study in paediatric community occupational therapy
Niina Kolehmainen, Graeme MacLennan, Jillian J Francis, Edward AS Duncan
Does access to care affect outcomes of appendicitis in children? - a population-based cohort study
Teresa To, Jacob C Langer
A cost minimisation analysis in teledermatology: model-based approach
Nina Eminović, Marcel G Dijkgraaf, Rosanne M Berghout, Astrid H Prins, Patrick JE Bindels, Nicolette F de Keizer
Prevalence of chronic diseases and morbidity in primary health care in central Greece: An epidemiological study
Markos Minas, Nikolaos Koukosias, Elias Zintzaras, Konstantinos Kostikas, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis
International benchmarking of specialty hospitals. A series of case studies on comprehensive cancer centres
Wineke AM van Lent, Relinde D de Beer, Wim H van Harten
Laryngeal Mask Airway for neonatal resuscitation in a developing country: evaluation of an educational intervention. Neonatal LMA: an educational intervention in DRC
Vincenzo Zanardo, Alphonse Simbi, Massimo Micaglio, Francesco Cavallin, Leon Tshilolo, Daniele Trevisanuto
A randomized controlled trial of telemonitoring in older adults with multiple chronic conditions: the Tele-ERA study
Paul Y Takahashi, Gregory J Hanson, Jennifer L Pecina, Robert J Stroebel, Rajeev Chaudhry, Nilay D Shah, James M Naessens
Variation in use of surveillance colonoscopy among colorectal cancer survivors in the United States
Talya Salz, Morris Weinberger, John Z Ayanian, Noel T Brewer, Craig C Earle, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Deborah A Fisher, Bryan J Weiner, Robert S Sandler
Mental health priorities in Vietnam: a mixed-methods analysis
Maria Niemi, Huong T Thanh, Tran Tuan, Torkel Falkenberg
At the interface of community and healthcare systems: a longitudinal cohort study on evolving health and the impact of primary healthcare from the patient's perspectiv
Jeannie Haggerty, Martin Fortin, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Catherine Hudon, Christine Loignon, Michel Préville, Danièle Roberge
"Done more for me in a fortnight than anybody done in all me life." How welfare rights advice can help people with cancer
Suzanne Moffatt, Emma Noble, Catherine Exley
Infant feeding counselling in Uganda in a changing environment with focus on the general population and HIV-positive mothers - a mixed method approach
Lars T Fadnes, Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen, Karen Marie Moland, Jolly Nankunda, James K Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskär
A brief intervention is sufficient for many adolescents seeking help from low threshold adolescent psychiatric services
Eila Laukkanen, Jukka J Hintikka, Jari Kylmä, Virve Kekkonen, Mauri Marttunen
Does improved access to diagnostic imaging results reduce hospital length of stay? A retrospective study
Petter Hurlen, Truls Østbye, Arne S Borthne, Pål Gulbrandsen
Psychiatric inpatient expenditures and public health insurance programmes: analysis of a national database covering the entire South Korean population
Woojin Chung
Engaging community pharmacists in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: protocol for the Pharmacist Assessment of Adherence, Risk and Treatment in Cardiovascular Disease (PAART CVD) pilot study
Kevin P Mc Namara, Johnson George, Sharleen L O'Reilly, Shane L Jackson, Gregory M Peterson, Helen Howarth, Michael J Bailey, Gregory Duncan, Peta Trinder, Elizabeth Morabito, Jill Finch, Stephen Bunker, Edward Janus, Jon Emery, James A Dunbar
Opening the black box of quality improvement collaboratives: an Actor-Network theory approach
Tineke Broer, Anna P Nieboer, Roland A Bal
What is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A scoping review
Valorie A Crooks, Paul Kingsbury, Jeremy Snyder, Rory Johnston
Promising outcomes of a national programme for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Addis Ababa: a retrospective study
Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Sven Gudmund Hinderaker, Odd Mørkve
Pain acceptance and personal control in pain relief in two maternity care models: a cross-national comparison of Belgium and the Netherlands
Wendy Christiaens, Mieke Verhaeghe, Piet Bracke
The importance of examining movements within the US health care system: sequential logit modeling
Chioun Lee, Stephanie L Ayers, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Jemima A Frimpong, Patrick A Rivers, Sam S Kim
How protective is cervical cancer screening against cervical cancer mortality in developing countries? The Colombian case
Luz Angela Chocontá-Piraquive, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo
Managers' perceptions of the manager role in relation to physicians: a qualitative interview study of the top managers in Swedish healthcare
Mia von Knorring, Angelique de Rijk, Kristina Alexanderson
Task sharing in Zambia: HIV service scale-up compounds the human resource crisis
Aisling Walsh, Phillimon Ndubani, Joseph Simbaya, Patrick Dicker, Ruairí Brugha
Empirical studies on informal patient payments for health care services: a systematic and critical review of research methods and instruments
Tetiana Stepurko, Milena Pavlova, Irena Gryga, Wim Groot
Home healthcare services in Taiwan: a nationwide study among the older population
Hsiao-Ting Chang, Hsiu-Yun Lai, I-Hsuan Hwang, Mei-Man Ho, Shinn-Jang Hwang
Randomised primary health center based interventions to improve the diagnosis and treatment of undifferentiated fever and dengue in Vietnam
Hoang L Phuong, Tran TT Nga, Phan T Giao, Le Q Hung, Tran Q Binh, Nguyen V Nam, Nico Nagelkerke, Peter J de Vries
Hospital admissions for asthma, diabetes and COPD: is there an association with practice nurse staffing? A cross sectional study using routinely collected data
Peter Griffiths, Trevor Murrells, Dalia Dawoud, Simon Jones
Effective population management practices in diabetes care - an observational study
Anne Frølich, Jim Bellows, Bo Friis Nielsen, Per Bruun Brockhoff, Martin Hefford
Improving long-term care provision: towards demand-based care by means of modularity
Carolien de Blok, Katrien Luijkx, Bert Meijboom, Jos Schols
Patient safety in surgical environments: Cross-countries comparison of psychometric properties and results of the Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
Arvid S Haugen, Eirik Søfteland, Geir E Eide, Monica W Nortvedt, Karina Aase, Stig Harthug
Get screened: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to increase mammography and colorectal cancer screening in a large, safety net practice
Kevin Fiscella, Amanat Yosha, Samantha K Hendren, Sharon Humiston, Paul Winters, Pat Ford, Starlene Loader, Raymond Specht, Shirley Pope, Amna Adris, Steven Marcus
Investigating organizational quality improvement systems, patient empowerment, organizational culture, professional involvement and the quality of care in European hospitals: the 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe (DUQuE)' project
Oliver Groene, Niek Klazinga, Cordula Wagner, Onyebuchi A Arah, Andrew Thompson, Charles Bruneau, Rosa Suñol
Rasch analysis of the Psychiatric Out-Patient Experiences Questionnaire (POPEQ)
Rolf V Olsen, Andrew M Garratt, Hilde H Iversen, Oyvind A Bjertnaes
A systematic review of PET and PET/CT in oncology: A way to personalize cancer treatment in a cost-effective manner?
Astrid Langer
The Alberta population-based prospective evaluation of the quality of life outcomes and economic impact of bariatric surgery (APPLES) study: background, design and rationale
Raj S Padwal, Sumit R Majumdar, Scott Klarenbach, Dan W Birch, Shahzeer Karmali, Linda McCargar, Konrad Fassbender, Arya M Sharma
Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: a cross-sectional descriptive study
Nyein Chan Aung, Bernd Rechel, Peter Odermatt
A realist synthesis of randomised control trials involving use of community health workers for delivering child health interventions in low and middle income countries
Sumit S Kane, Barend Gerretsen, Robert Scherpbier, Mario Dal Poz, Marjolein Dieleman
Trends of adverse drug reactions related-hospitalizations in Spain (2001-2006)
Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, López Ana de Andrés, Valentín Hernández Barrera, Gil Ángel de Miguel, Rodrigo Jiménez-García
Reorienting programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) towards disinvestment
Duncan Mortimer
Practitioners' validation of framework of team-oriented practice models in integrative health care: a mixed methods study
Isabelle Gaboury, Heather Boon, Marja Verhoef, Mathieu Bujold, Laurent M Lapierre, David Moher
Dramatic and sustained increase in HIV-testing rates among antenatal attendees in Eastern Uganda after a policy change from voluntary counselling and testing to routine counselling and testing for HIV: a retrospective analysis of hospital records, 2002-2009
Robert Byamugisha, Thorkild Tylleskär, Mike N Kagawa, Saul Onyango, Charles AS Karamagi, James K Tumwine
Home-based music therapy - a systematic overview of settings and conditions for an innovative service in healthcare
Wolfgang Schmid, Thomas Ostermann
Impact of a multifaceted intervention to improve the clinical management of osteoporosis. The ESOSVAL-F study
José Sanfélix-Genovés, Salvador Peiró, Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno, Isabel Hurtado, Manuel Pascual de la Torre, José Luis Trillo-Mata, Vicente Giner-Ruiz
Development of an intervention program to increase effective behaviours by patients and clinicians in psychiatric services: Intervention Mapping study
Bauke Koekkoek, Berno van Meijel, Aart Schene, Giel Hutschemaekers
Factors associated with hospital service satisfaction in a sample of Arab subjects with schizophrenia
Muhammad A Zahid, Jude U Ohaeri, Adel A Al-Zayed
Patients' functioning as predictor of nursing workload in acute hospital units providing rehabilitation care: a multi-centre cohort study
Martin Mueller, Stefanie Lohmann, Ralf Strobl, Christine Boldt, Eva Grill
A randomised clinical trial on a comprehensive geriatric assessment and intensive home follow-up after hospital discharge: the Transitional Care Bridge
Bianca M Buurman, Juliette L Parlevliet, Bob AJ van Deelen, Rob J de Haan, Sophia E de Rooij
Barriers of access to care in a managed competition model: lessons from Colombia
Ingrid Vargas, María Luisa Vázquez, Amparo Susana Mogollón-Pérez, Jean-Pierre Unger
Integrative care for the management of low back pain: use of a clinical care pathway
Michele J Maiers, Kristine K Westrom, Claire G Legendre, Gert Bronfort
Trends in Immunization Completion and Disparities in the Context of Health Reforms: The case study of Tanzania
Innocent A Semali
The change in capacity and service delivery at public and private hospitals in Turkey: A closer look at regional differences
Hediye AD Aksan, Işıl Ergin, Zeliha Ocek
Utilisation, contents and costs of prenatal care under a rural health insurance (New Co-operative Medical System) in rural China: lessons from implementation
Qian Long, Tuohong Zhang, Elina Hemminki, Xiaojun Tang, Kun Huang, Shengbin Xiao, Rachel Tolhurst
Referrals for pediatric weight management: the importance of proximity
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A study protocol of a randomised controlled trial incorporating a health economic analysis to investigate if additional allied health services for rehabilitation reduce length of stay without compromising patient outcomes
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Supply sensitive services in Swiss ambulatory care: An analysis of basic health insurance records for 2003-2007
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Health plan administrative records versus birth certificate records: quality of race and ethnicity information in children
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Integrating the promotion of physical activity within a smoking cessation programme: Findings from collaborative action research in UK Stop Smoking Services
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Feasibility of the Dutch ICF Activity Inventory: a pilot study
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Evaluation of health workforce competence in maternal and neonatal issues in public health sector of Pakistan: an Assessment of their training needs
Shabina Ariff, Sajid B Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Asher B Feroze, Shuaib Khan, Sadiqua N Jafarey, Nabeela Ali, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
What makes primary care effective for people in poverty living with multiple chronic conditions?: study protocol
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Improving the use of benzodiazepines-Is it possible? A non-systematic review of interventions tried in the last 20 years
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Improving district level health planning and priority setting in Tanzania through implementing accountability for reasonableness framework: Perceptions of stakeholders
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The contribution of advisory committees and public involvement to large studies: case study
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Supporting good practice in the provision of services to people with comorbid mental health and alcohol and other drug problems in Australia: describing key elements of good service models
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Effectiveness of maternal referral system in a rural setting: a case study from Rufiji district, Tanzania
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Impact of periodic health examination on surgical treatment for uterine fibroids in Beijing: a case-control study
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Between-group behaviour in health care: gaps, edges, boundaries, disconnections, weak ties, spaces and holes. A systematic review
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The representation of patient experience and satisfaction in physician rating sites. A criteria-based analysis of English- and German-language sites
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Children admitted to hospital following unintentional injury: perspectives of health service providers in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Exploring the potential for foreign-trained dentists to address workforce shortages and improve access to dental care for vulnerable populations in the United States: a case study from Washington State
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Use of an electronic administrative database to identify older community dwelling adults at high-risk for hospitalization or emergency department visits: The elders risk assessment index
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Task shifting to non-physician clinicians for integrated management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Cameroon: a programme assessment at two years
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Can a single question effectively screen for burnout in Australian cancer care workers?
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Checklists in the operating room: Help or hurdle? A qualitative study on health workers' experiences
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Impact of home and community-based services on hospitalisation and institutionalisation among individuals eligible for long-term care insurance in Japan
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Data Linkage: A powerful research tool with potential problems
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Investigating concordance in diabetes diagnosis between primary care charts (electronic medical records) and health administrative data: a retrospective cohort study
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Residents' intentions and actions after patient safety education
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