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BMC Health Services Research

Issue 1/2016

Content (644 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Healthcare seeking behaviour among self-help group households in Rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India

Wameq A. Raza, Ellen Van de Poel, Pradeep Panda, David Dror, Arjun Bedi

Open Access Research article

Real-world cost analysis of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer in Japan: detailed costs of various regimens during the entire course of chemotherapy

Shuichi Yajima, Hisanori Shimizu, Hiroyuki Sakamaki, Shunya Ikeda, Naoki Ikegami, Jun-Ichiro Murayama

Open Access Research article

Nurse perceptions of organizational culture and its association with the culture of error reporting: a case of public sector hospitals in Pakistan

Sara Rizvi Jafree, Rubeena Zakar, Muhammad Zakria Zakar, Florian Fischer

Open Access Research article

Uptake of services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a community cohort in rural Tanzania from 2005 to 2012

Annabelle Gourlay, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Caoimhe Cawley, Denna Michael, Richard Machemba, Benjamin Clark, Clemens Masesa, Milly Marston, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba

Open Access Research article

Follow-up and tracing of tuberculosis patients who fail to attend their scheduled appointments in Cotonou, Benin: a retrospective cohort study

Serge Ade, Arnaud Trébucq, Anthony D. Harries, Gabriel Ade, Gildas Agodokpessi, Prudence Wachinou, Dissou Affolabi, Sévérin Anagonou

Open Access Research article

The effect of electronic health records adoption on patient visit volume at an academic ophthalmology department

Jocelyn G. Lam, Bryan S. Lee, Philip P. Chen

Open Access Research article

Factors associated with utilization of maternal serum screening for Down syndrome in mainland China: a cross-sectional study

Chuanlin Li, Leiyu Shi, Jiayan Huang, Xu Qian, Yingyao Chen

Open Access Research article

Effect of a patient decision aid (PDA) for type 2 diabetes on knowledge, decisional self-efficacy, and decisional conflict

Robert. A. Bailey, Michael Pfeifer, Alicia C. Shillington, Qing Harshaw, Martha M. Funnell, Jeffrey VanWingen, Nanada Col

Open Access Research article

The work of local healthcare innovation: a qualitative study of GP-led integrated diabetes care in primary health care

Michele Foster, Letitia Burridge, Maria Donald, Jianzhen Zhang, Claire Jackson

Open Access Research article

Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana

Marc Bonenberger, Moses Aikins, Patricia Akweongo, Kaspar Wyss

Open Access Research article

Prevalence, predictors and economic consequences of no-shows

Parviz Kheirkhah, Qianmei Feng, Lauren M. Travis, Shahriar Tavakoli-Tabasi, Amir Sharafkhaneh

Open Access Research article

Perspectives and experiences of new migrants on health screening in Sweden

Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Annika Nordstrand, Clas Ahlm, Beth Maina Ahlberg

Open Access Research article

Medicaid prescription limits: policy trends and comparative impact on utilization

Daniel A. Lieberman, Jennifer M. Polinski, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Jerry Avorn, Michael A. Fischer

Open Access Research article

Context, mechanisms and outcomes of integrated care for diabetes mellitus type 2: a systematic review

Loraine Busetto, Katrien Ger Luijkx, Arianne Mathilda Josephus Elissen, Hubertus Johannes Maria Vrijhoef

Open Access Research article

The impact of redesigning care processes on quality of care: a systematic review

Janneke E. van Leijen-Zeelenberg, Arianne M. J. Elissen, Kerstin Grube, Arno J. A. van Raak, Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef, Bernd Kremer, Dirk Ruwaard

Open Access Research article

Ethical dilemmas concerning autonomy when persons with dementia wish to live at home: a qualitative, hermeneutic study

Kari Lislerud Smebye, Marit Kirkevold, Knut Engedal

Open Access Research article

Written survey on recently deceased patients in germany and switzerland: how do general practitioners see their role?

Rieke Schnakenberg, Adrian Goeldlin, Christina Boehm-Stiel, Markus Bleckwenn, Klaus Weckbecker, Lukas Radbruch

Open Access Research article

Using meta-regression analyses in addition to conventional systematic review methods to examine the variation in cost-effectiveness results – a case study

Laura T. Burgers, Fleur T. van de Wetering, Johan L. Severens, W. Ken Redekop

Open Access Research article

Sociodemographic disparities in survival from colorectal cancer in South Australia: a population-wide data linkage study

Kerri R. Beckmann, Alice Bennett, Graeme P. Young, Stephen R. Cole, Rohit Joshi, Jacqui Adams, Nimit Singhal, Christos Karapetis, David Wattchow, David Roder

Open Access Research article

Using Participatory Learning & Action research to access and engage with ‘hard to reach’ migrants in primary healthcare research

Mary O’Reilly-de Brún, Tomas de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean-Samuel Bonsenge-Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Chris van Weel, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Anne MacFarlane

Open Access Research article

Shortened first-line TB treatment in Brazil: potential cost savings for patients and health services

Anete Trajman, Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Marcia Belo, Janaína Calaça, Júlia Gaspar, Alexandre Martins dos Santos, Camila Martins dos Santos, Raquel Trindade Brito, William A. Wells, Frank G. Cobelens, Anna Vassall, Gabriela B. Gomez

Open Access Research article

Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity

David Isaksson, Paula Blomqvist, Ulrika Winblad

Open Access Research article

The delivery of specialist spinal cord injury services in Queensland and the potential for telehealth

Eileen van de Pol, Karen Lucas, Timothy Geraghty, Kiley Pershouse, Sandra Harding, Sridhar Atresh, Annemarie Wagemakers, Anthony C. Smith

Open Access Research article

Barriers to mental health service utilisation in Sudan - perspectives of carers and psychiatrists

Sara H. Ali, Vincent I. O. Agyapong

Open Access Research article

Managing non-communicable diseases at health district level in Cambodia: a systems analysis and suggestions for improvement

Bart Jacobs, Peter Hill, Maryam Bigdeli, Cheanrithy Men

Open Access Research article

Hospice care in the Netherlands: who applies and who is admitted to inpatient care?

Emily West, H. Roeline Pasman, Cilia Galesloot, Martine Elizabeth Lokker, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and predictive factors for renouncing medical care in poor populations of Cayenne, French Guiana

Larissa Valmy, Barbara Gontier, Marie Claire Parriault, Astrid Van Melle, Thomas Pavlovsky, Célia Basurko, Claire Grenier, Maylis Douine, Antoine Adenis, Mathieu Nacher

Open Access Research article

Characteristics of morbidity and mortality conferences associated with the implementation of patient safety improvement initiatives, an observational study

Patrice François, Frédéric Prate, Gwenaëlle Vidal-Trecan, Jean-François Quaranta, José Labarere, Elodie Sellier

Open Access Research article

Patient representatives’ views on patient information in clinical cancer trials

Pia Dellson, Mef Nilbert, Christina Carlsson

Open Access Research article

Development and usability of the MAINtAIN, an inventory assessing nursing staff behavior to optimize and maintain functional activity among nursing home residents: a mixed-methods approach

Nienke O. Kuk, G. A. Rixt Zijlstra, Gerrie J. J. W. Bours, Jan P. H. Hamers, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen

Open Access Research article

Community paramedicine model of care: an observational, ethnographic case study

Peter O’Meara, Christine Stirling, Michel Ruest, Angela Martin

Open Access Research article

Capturing patients’ needs in casemix: a systematic literature review on the value of adding functioning information in reimbursement systems

Maren Hopfe, Gerold Stucki, Ric Marshall, Conal D. Twomey, T. Bedirhan Üstün, Birgit Prodinger

Open Access Research article

Association of PNPLA3 rs738409 and TM6SF2 rs58542926 with health services utilization in a population-based study

Julia Köpp, Steffen Fleßa, Wolfgang Lieb, Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus, Alexander Teumer, Georg Homuth, Henri Wallaschofski, Paul Marschall, Henry Völzke, Sebastian Edgar Baumeister

Open Access Research article

Predictors of dentists’ behaviours in delivering prevention in primary dental care in England: using the theory of planned behaviour

Huda Yusuf, Anna Kolliakou, Antiopi Ntouva, Marie Murphy, Tim Newton, Georgios Tsakos, Richard G. Watt

Open Access Study protocol

Efficacy and cost effectiveness of telemedicine for improving access to care in the Paris region: study protocols for eight trials

Nathanael Charrier, Kevin Zarca, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Christine Calinaud

Open Access Research article

Hospital in the Nursing Home program reduces emergency department presentations and hospital admissions from residential aged care facilities in Queensland, Australia: a quasi-experimental study

Lijun Fan, Xiang-Yu Hou, Jingzhou Zhao, Jiandong Sun, Kaeleen Dingle, Rhonda Purtill, Sam Tapp, Bill Lukin

Open Access Research article

A marketing perspective to “delight” the “patient 2.0”: new and challenging expectations for the healthcare provider

Luca Buccoliero, Elena Bellio, Maria Mazzola, Elisa Solinas

Open Access Research article

Implementing research results in clinical practice- the experiences of healthcare professionals

Nanna Kristensen, Camilla Nymann, Hanne Konradsen

Open Access Research article

The accuracy and completeness for receipt of colorectal cancer care using Veterans Health Administration administrative data

Eric A. Sherer, Deborah A. Fisher, Jeffrey Barnd, George L. Jackson, Dawn Provenzale, David A. Haggstrom

Open Access Research article

Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: the role of primary health care

Solomon Tessema Memirie, Stéphane Verguet, Ole F. Norheim, Carol Levin, Kjell Arne Johansson

Open Access Research article

Assessing understandings of substance use disorders among Norwegian treatment professionals, patients and the general public

John-Kåre Vederhus, Thomas Clausen, Keith Humphreys

Open Access Research article

Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis

Emily C. Baron, Charlotte Hanlon, Sumaya Mall, Simone Honikman, Erica Breuer, Tasneem Kathree, Nagendra P. Luitel, Juliet Nakku, Crick Lund, Girmay Medhin, Vikram Patel, Inge Petersen, Sanjay Shrivastava, Mark Tomlinson

Open Access Research article

East London’s Homeless: a retrospective review of an eye clinic for homeless people

Penny J. D’Ath, Laura J. Keywood, Elaine C. Styles, Clare M. Wilson

Open Access Study protocol

Show Me My Health Plans: a study protocol of a randomized trial testing a decision support tool for the federal health insurance marketplace in Missouri

Mary C. Politi, Abigail R. Barker, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Timothy McBride, Enbal Shacham, Carey S. Kebodeaux

Open Access Research article

Long-term costs of colorectal cancer treatment in Spain

Julieta Corral, Xavier Castells, Eduard Molins, Pietro Chiarello, Josep Maria Borras, Francesc Cots

Open Access Research article

Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of physicians in low and middle-income countries regarding interacting with pharmaceutical companies: a systematic review

Tamara Lotfi, Rami Z. Morsi, Mhd Hashem Rajabbik, Lina Alkhaled, Lara Kahale, Hala Nass, Hneine Brax, Racha Fadlallah, Elie A. Akl

Open Access Research article

Evaluating a complex model designed to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups: a multi-method study

Christopher Dowrick, Peter Bower, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Karina Lovell, Suzanne Edwards, Jonathan Lamb, Katie Bristow, Mark Gabbay, Heather Burroughs, Susan Beatty, Waquas Waheed, Mark Hann, Linda Gask

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Health Services Research reviewer acknowledgement 2015

Christopher Morrey

Open Access Research article

A 10-year retrospective analysis of hospital admissions and length of stay among a cohort of homeless adults in Vancouver, Canada

Angela Russolillo, Akm Moniruzzaman, Milad Parpouchi, Lauren B. Currie, Julian M. Somers

Open Access Research article

Classification and rates of adverse events in a Malawi male circumcision program: impact of quality improvement training

Pamela K. Kohler, Dorothy Namate, Scott Barnhart, Frank Chimbwandira, Beth A. Tippet-Barr, Tom Perdue, David A. Chilongozi, Lyson Tenthani, Oliver Phiri, Wezi Msungama, King K. Holmes, John N. Krieger

Open Access Research article

Translating a health service intervention into a rural setting: lessons learned

Elsa Dent, Elizabeth Hoon, Alison Kitson, Jonathan Karnon, Jonathan Newbury, Gillian Harvey, Tiffany K. Gill, Lauren Gillis, Justin Beilby

Open Access Research article

Development and preliminary validation of a leadership competency instrument for existing and emerging allied health professional leaders

Hui-Gek Ang, Jeremy Meng-Yeow Koh, Jeffrey Lee, Yong-Hao Pua

Open Access Research article

Factors related to breast cancer detection mode and time to diagnosis in Alberta, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Yan Yuan, Maoji Li, Jing Yang, Tracy Elliot, Kelly Dabbs, James A. Dickinson, Stacey Fisher, Marcy Winget

Open Access Research article

Justifications for coercive care in child and adolescent psychiatry, a content analysis of medical documentation in Sweden

Veikko Pelto-Piri, Lars Kjellin, Christina Lindvall, Ingemar Engström

Open Access Research article

The impact of retirement on health: quasi-experimental methods using administrative data

Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, Mark R. Cullen

Open Access Research article

Understanding the dispensary workflow at the Birmingham Free Clinic: a proposed framework for an informatics intervention

Arielle M. Fisher, Mary I. Herbert, Gerald P. Douglas

Open Access Study protocol

Project ACHIEVE – using implementation research to guide the evaluation of transitional care effectiveness

Jing Li, Jane Brock, Brian Jack, Brian Mittman, Mary Naylor, Joanna Sorra, Glen Mays, Mark V. Williams

Open Access Research article

The preventive services use self-efficacy (PRESS) scale in older women: development and psychometric properties

Mini E. Jacob, Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Laurey R. Simkin-Silverman, Steven M. Albert, Anne B. Newman, Lauren Terhorst, Joni Vander Bilt, Janice C. Zgibor, Elizabeth A. Schlenk

Open Access Research article

Optimal use of external demands in hospitals - a Delphi study from the Netherlands

Louise H. K. Blume, Nico J. H. W. van Weert, Jamiu O. Busari, Diana Delnoij

Open Access Research article

What do patients and the public know about clinical practice guidelines and what do they want from them? A qualitative study

Naomi Fearns, Joanna Kelly, Margaret Callaghan, Karen Graham, Kirsty Loudon, Robin Harbour, Nancy Santesso, Emma McFarlane, Judith Thornton, Shaun Treweek

Open Access Study protocol

Assessing the ‘active couch potato’ phenomenon in cardiac rehabilitation: rationale and study protocol

Nicole Freene, Borja del Pozo Cruz, Rachel Davey

Open Access Research article

Costs of diagnostic and preoperative workup with and without breast MRI in older women with a breast cancer diagnosis

Tracy Onega, Anna N.A. Tosteson, Julie Weiss, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Rebecca A. Hubbard, Louise M. Henderson, Karla Kerlikowske, Martha E. Goodrich, Cristina O’Donoghue, Karen J. Wernli, Wendy B. DeMartini, Beth A Virnig

Open Access Research article

Integrated health service delivery networks and tuberculosis avoidable hospitalizations: is there a relation between them in Brazil?

Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Michelle Mosna Touso, Mellina Yamamura, Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues, Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Thais Zamboni Berra, Marcelino Santos Neto, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Francisco Chiaravalotti Neto, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa, Luís Velez Lapão, Inês Fronteira, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

Open Access Research article

Service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review

Maya Semrau, Heidi Lempp, Roxanne Keynejad, Sara Evans-Lacko, James Mugisha, Shoba Raja, Jagannath Lamichhane, Atalay Alem, Graham Thornicroft, Charlotte Hanlon

Open Access Research article

A qualitative analysis of the effect of a community-based primary health care programme on reproductive preferences and contraceptive use among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana

Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Allison E. Stone, Abigail R. Krumholz, Abraham R. Oduro, James F. Phillips, Philip B. Adongo

Open Access Research article

Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study

Astrid Woodhouse, Kristine Pape, Pål R. Romundstad, Ottar Vasseljen

Open Access Research article

Safe start at home: what parents of newborns need after early discharge from hospital – a focus group study

Elisabeth Kurth, Katrin Krähenbühl, Manuela Eicher, Susanne Rodmann, Luzia Fölmli, Cornelia Conzelmann, Elisabeth Zemp

Open Access Research article

Examining the role of a decision aid in reducing decisional conflict amongst hospital healthcare workers towards receiving the influenza vaccine

Holly Seale, Rajneesh Kaur, Kerryn Lajoie, Julie Dixon, Julie Gallard

Open Access Research article

The role of primary care providers in patient activation and engagement in self-management: a cross-sectional analysis

Carmen Alvarez, Jessica Greene, Judith Hibbard, Valerie Overton

Open Access Study protocol

Assessing cancer patients’ quality of life and supportive care needs: Translation-revalidation of the CARES in Flemish and exhaustive evaluation of concurrent validity

Bojoura Schouten, Elke Van Hoof, Patrick Vankrunkelsven, Ward Schrooten, Paul Bulens, Frank Buntinx, Jeroen Mebis, Dominique Vandijck, Irina Cleemput, Johan Hellings

Open Access Research article

Scoping review of complexity theory in health services research

David S. Thompson, Xavier Fazio, Erika Kustra, Linda Patrick, Darren Stanley

Open Access Research article

Patient information and emotional needs across the hip osteoarthritis continuum: a qualitative study

Espen Andreas Brembo, Heidi Kapstad, Tom Eide, Lukas Månsson, Sandra Van Dulmen, Hilde Eide

Open Access Study protocol

Achieving behaviour change for detection of Lynch syndrome using the Theoretical Domains Framework Implementation (TDFI) approach: a study protocol

Natalie Taylor, Janet C. Long, Deborah Debono, Rachel Williams, Elizabeth Salisbury, Sharron O’Neill, Elizabeth Eykman, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Melvin Chin

Open Access Research article

Provider attributes correlation analysis to their referral frequency and awards

Matthew T. Wiley, Ryan L. Rivas, Vagelis Hristidis

Open Access Research article

Barriers and facilitators related to implementation of regulated midwifery in Manitoba: a case study

Kellie Thiessen, Maureen Heaman, Javier Mignone, Patricia Martens, Kristine Robinson

Open Access Research article

Barriers and facilitators of dental service utilization by children aged 8 to 11 years in Enugu State, Nigeria

Nneka Kate Onyejaka, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Nkiruka Folaranmi

Open Access Research article

Survey of medical genetic services in Italy: year 2011

Daniela Giardino, Rita Mingarelli, Tiziana Lauretti, Antonio Amoroso, Lidia Larizza, Bruno Dallapiccola

Open Access Research article

Distribution and predictors of emergency department charges: the case of a tertiary hospital in Lebanon

Shadi Saleh, Yara Mourad, Hani Dimassi, Eveline Hitti

Open Access Research article

Patient safety work in Sweden: quantitative and qualitative analysis of annual patient safety reports

Mikaela Ridelberg, Kerstin Roback, Per Nilsen, Siw Carlfjord

Open Access Research article

Use of healthcare services in the region of origin among patients with an immigrant background in Denmark: a qualitative study of the motives

Nicoline Lokdam, Maria Kristiansen, Line Neerup Handlos, Marie Norredam

Open Access Research article

The association between medically unexplained physical symptoms and health care use over two years and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and personality traits: a longitudinal study

Madelon den Boeft, Jos W. R. Twisk, Berend Terluin, Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Harm W. J. van Marwijk, Mattijs E. Numans, Johannes C. van der Wouden, Henriette E. van der Horst

Open Access Research article

Cost analysis of multiple sclerosis in Brazil: a cross-sectional multicenter study

Nilceia Lopes da Silva, Maira L. S. Takemoto, Alfredo Damasceno, Yara D. Fragoso, Alessandro Finkelsztejn, Jefferson Becker, Marcus V. M. Gonçalves, Charles Tilbery, Enedina M. L. de Oliveira, Dagoberto Callegaro, Fernanda C. Boulos

Open Access Research article

Opportunity costs and local health service spending decisions: a qualitative study from Wales

Sarah Karlsberg Schaffer, Jon Sussex, Dyfrig Hughes, Nancy Devlin

Open Access Research article

The acceptability to patients of PhysioDirect telephone assessment and advice services; a qualitative interview study

Jennifer Pearson, Jane Richardson, Michael Calnan, Chris Salisbury, Nadine E. Foster

Open Access Research article

Patient-physician discussions about costs: definitions and impact on cost conversation incidence estimates

Wynn G. Hunter, Ashley Hesson, J. Kelly Davis, Christine Kirby, Lillie D. Williamson, Jamison A. Barnett, Peter A. Ubel

Open Access Research article

Potentially inappropriate medication in the elderly in Germany: an economic appraisal of the PRISCUS list

Katharina Pohl-Dernick, Florian Meier, Renke Maas, Oliver Schöffski, Martin Emmert

Open Access Research article

Identification of major cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes using primary care data

Koen Bernardus Pouwels, Jaco Voorham, Eelko Hak, Petra Denig

Open Access Research article

How do case managers spend time on their functions and activities?

Emily (Chuanmei) You, David Dunt, Colleen Doyle

Open Access Research article

Modelling the healthcare costs of skin cancer in South Africa

Louisa G. Gordon, Thomas M. Elliott, Caradee Y. Wright, Nicola Deghaye, Willie Visser

Open Access Research article

Affordable care act: comparison of healthcare indicators among different insurance beneficiaries with new coverage eligibility

Young Rock Hong, Derek Holcomb, Michelyn Bhandari, Laurie Larkin

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: The effectiveness of substitution of hospital ward care from medical doctors to physician assistants: a study protocol

Marijke J. C. Timmermans, Anneke J. A. H. van Vught, Michel Wensing, Miranda G. H. Laurant

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Unique challenges experienced during the process of implementing mobile health information technology in developing countries

Siobhan O’Connor, John O’Donoghue, Joe Gallagher, Yvonne O’Connor, Tiwonge Kawonga

Open Access Research article

Coping with the economic burden of Diabetes, TB and co-prevalence: evidence from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Matthias Arnold, David Beran, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Neha Batura, Baktygul Akkazieva, Aida Abdraimova, Jolene Skordis-Worrall

Open Access Research article

Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, acceptability and implementation barriers/enablers of chronic kidney disease management programs for Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand and Canada: a systematic review of mixed evidence

Rachel Reilly, Katharine Evans, Judith Gomersall, Gillian Gorham, Micah D. J. Peters, Steven Warren, Rebekah O’Shea, Alan Cass, Alex Brown

Open Access Research article

Concordance between nurse-reported quality of care and quality of care as publicly reported by nurse-sensitive indicators

Dewi Stalpers, Renate A. M. M. Kieft, Dimitri van der Linden, Marian J. Kaljouw, Marieke J. Schuurmans

Open Access Research article

Resource allocation and the burden of co-morbidities among patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational cohort study from Danish general practice

Peder Ahnfeldt-Mollerup, Jesper Lykkegaard, Anders Halling, Kim Rose Olsen, Troels Kristensen

Open Access Research article

Performance of general health workers in leprosy control activities at public health facilities in Amhara and Oromia States, Ethiopia

Tadiye Abeje, Edessa Negera, Eshetu Kebede, Tsegaye Hailu, Ismaile Hassen, Tsehainesh Lema, Lawrence Yamuah, Birru Shiguti, Melkamu Fenta, Megersa Negasa, Demissew Beyene, Kidist Bobosha, Abraham Aseffa

Open Access Research article

Drivers of improved health sector performance in Rwanda: a qualitative view from within

Felix Sayinzoga, Leon Bijlmakers

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Risk stratification by endocrinologists of patients with type 2 diabetes in a Danish specialised outpatient clinic: a cross-sectional study

Lene Munch, Anne B. Arreskov, Michael Sperling, Dorthe Overgaard, Filip K. Knop, Tina Vilsbøll, Michael E. Røder

Open Access Research article

Effort-reward imbalance and self-rated health among Gambian healthcare professionals

Amadou Darboe, I-Feng Lin, Hsien-Wen Kuo

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of strategies to recruit and retain primary care doctors

Puja Verma, John A. Ford, Arabella Stuart, Amanda Howe, Sam Everington, Nicholas Steel

Open Access Research article

A systematic review of modelling approaches in economic evaluations of health interventions for drug and alcohol problems

Van Phuong Hoang, Marian Shanahan, Nagesh Shukla, Pascal Perez, Michael Farrell, Alison Ritter

Open Access Research article

Associations of frailty with health care costs – results of the ESTHER cohort study

Jens-Oliver Bock, Hans-Helmut König, Hermann Brenner, Walter E. Haefeli, Renate Quinzler, Herbert Matschinger, Kai-Uwe Saum, Ben Schöttker, Dirk Heider

Open Access Research article

Overutilization of ambulatory medical care in the elderly German population? – An empirical study based on national insurance claims data and a review of foreign studies

Hendrik van den Bussche, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Ingmar Schäfer, Daniela Koller, Heike Hansen, Martin Scherer, Gerhard Schön

Open Access Study protocol

Relay model for recruiting alcohol dependent patients in general hospitals - a single-blind pragmatic randomized trial

Anne-Sophie Schwarz, Randi Bilberg, Lene Bjerregaard, Bent Nielsen, Jes Søgaard, Anette Søgaard Nielsen

Open Access Research article

Differences in severity at admission for heart failure between rural and urban patients: the value of adding laboratory results to administrative data

Mark W. Smith, Pamela L. Owens, Roxanne M. Andrews, Claudia A. Steiner, Rosanna M. Coffey, Halcyon G. Skinner, Jill Miyamura, Ioana Popescu

Open Access Research article

Telemedicine in diabetes foot care delivery: health care professionals’ experience

Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit, Eva Gjengedal, Marit Graue, Marjolein M. Iversen, Sally Thorne, Marit Kirkevold

Open Access Research article

The value of informal care in the context of option B+ in Malawi: a contingent valuation approach

Levison Stanely Chiwaula, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Fabian Caltado, Atupele Kapito-Tembo, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Monique van Lettow, Hannock Tweya, Virginia Kayoyo, Blessings Khangamwa-Kaunda, Florence Kasende, Clement Trapence, Salem Gugsa, Nora E. Rosenberg, Michael Eliya, Sam Phiri

Open Access Research article

Exploring the factors that influence the decision to adopt and engage with an integrated assistive telehealth and telecare service in Cambridgeshire, UK: a nested qualitative study of patient ‘users’ and ‘non-users’

Erica J. Cook, Gurch Randhawa, Chloe Sharp, Nasreen Ali, Andy Guppy, Garry Barton, Andrew Bateman, Jane Crawford-White

Open Access Research article

Fail to prepare and you can prepare to fail: the experience of financing path changes in teaching hospitals in Iran

Leila Doshmangir, Arash Rashidian, Mehdi Jafari, Hamid Ravaghi, Amirhossein Takian

Open Access Research article

Barriers to and facilitators of implementing complex workplace dietary interventions: process evaluation results of a cluster controlled trial

Sarah Fitzgerald, Fiona Geaney, Clare Kelly, Sheena McHugh, Ivan J. Perry

Open Access Research article

Household income determines access to specialized pediatric chronic pain treatment in Germany

Ann-Kristin Ruhe, Julia Wager, Gerrit Hirschfeld, Boris Zernikow

Open Access Research article

“It has to be fixed”: a qualitative inquiry into perceived ADHD behaviour among affected individuals and parents in Western Australia

Manonita Ghosh, Colleen Fisher, David B. Preen, C. D’Arcy J. Holman

Open Access Research article

Care coordination gaps due to lack of interoperability in the United States: a qualitative study and literature review

Lipika Samal, Patricia C. Dykes, Jeffrey O. Greenberg, Omar Hasan, Arjun K. Venkatesh, Lynn A. Volk, David W. Bates

Open Access Research article

Impact of a community pharmacist-led medication review on medicines use in patients on polypharmacy - a prospective randomised controlled trial

Markus Messerli, Eva Blozik, Noortje Vriends, Kurt E. Hersberger

Open Access Research article

Can a pharmacy intervention improve the metabolic risks of mental health patients? Evaluation of a novel collaborative service

Husna Maulavizada, Lynne Emmerton, Hendrika Laetitia Hattingh

Open Access Research article

Transitioning from cytology-based screening to HPV-based screening at longer intervals: implications for resource use

Megan A. Smith, Dorota Gertig, Michaela Hall, Kate Simms, Jie-Bin Lew, Michael Malloy, Marion Saville, Karen Canfell

Open Access Research article

Impact of a well-developed primary care system on the length of stay in emergency departments in the Netherlands: a multicenter study

Wendy A. M. H. Thijssen, Nicole Kraaijvanger, Dennis G. Barten, Marleen L. M. Boerma, Paul Giesen, Michel Wensing

Open Access Research article

An exploration of clinical practice in sites with and without clinical nurse or midwife specialists or advanced nurse practitioners, in Ireland

Imelda Coyne, Catherine M. Comiskey, Joan G. Lalor, Agnes Higgins, Naomi Elliott, Cecily Begley

Open Access Research article

Stigma, explanatory models and unmet needs of caregivers of children with developmental disorders in a low-income African country: a cross-sectional facility-based survey

Dejene Tilahun, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu, Bethlehem Tekola, Yonas Baheretibeb, Rosa A. Hoekstra

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The association between multimorbidity and hospitalization is modified by individual demographics and physician continuity of care: a retrospective cohort study

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Erratum to: Access to timely formal dementia care in Europe: protocol of the Actifcare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) study

Liselot Kerpershoek, Marjolein de Vugt, Claire Wolfs, Hannah Jelley, Martin Orrell, Bob Woods, Astrid Stephan, Anja Bieber, Gabriele Meyer, Knut Engedal, Geir Selbaek, Ron Handels, Anders Wimo, Louise Hopper, Kate Irving, Maria Marques, Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Elisa Portolani, Orazio Zanetti, Frans Verhey

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Total joint arthroplasty: practice variation of physiotherapy across the continuum of care in Alberta

C. Allyson Jones, Ruben San Martin, Marie D. Westby, Lauren A. Beaupre

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Erratum to: The impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi: a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study

S. I. Watson, E. B. Wroe, E. L. Dunbar, J. Mukherjee, S. B. Squire, L. Nazimera, L. Dullie, R. J. Lilford

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Testing a counselling intervention in antenatal care for women experiencing partner violence: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Johannesburg, South Africa

Christina Pallitto, Claudia García-Moreno, Heidi Stöeckl, Abigail Hatcher, Catherine MacPhail, Keneoue Mokoatle, Nataly Woollett

Open Access Technical advance

Advancing services for adult ADHD: the development of the ADHD Star as a framework for multidisciplinary interventions

Marios Adamou, Katharine Graham, Joy MacKeith, Sara Burns, Lisa-Marie Emerson

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An ideal-typical model for comparing interprofessional relations and skill mix in health care

Walter Schönfelder, Elin Anita Nilsen

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Stakeholders’ perceptions of ways to support decisions about health insurance marketplace enrollment: a qualitative study

A. J. Housten, K. Furtado, K. A. Kaphingst, C. Kebodeaux, T. McBride, B. Cusanno, M. C. Politi

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Case management for the elderly with complex needs: cross-linking the views of their role held by elderly people, their informal caregivers and the case managers

Frédéric Balard, Marie-Christine Gely-Nargeot, Aline Corvol, Olivier Saint-Jean, Dominique Somme

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The household economic burden for acute coronary syndrome survivors in Australia

Karice K. Hyun, Beverley M. Essue, Mark Woodward, Stephen Jan, David Brieger, Derek Chew, Kellie Nallaiah, Tegwen Howell, Tom Briffa, Isuru Ranasinghe, Carolyn Astley, Julie Redfern

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Reconfiguring health workforce: a case-based comparative study explaining the increasingly diverse professional roles in Europe

Antoinette de Bont, Job van Exel, Silvia Coretti, Zeynep Güldem Ökem, Maarten Janssen, Kristin Lofthus Hope, Tomasz Ludwicki, Britta Zander, Marie Zvonickova, Christine Bond, Iris Wallenburg

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Understanding the local context and its possible influences on shaping, implementing and running social accountability initiatives for maternal health services in rural Democratic Republic of the Congo: a contextual factor analysis

Eric M. Mafuta, Lisanne Hogema, Thérèse N. M. Mambu, Pontien B. Kiyimbi, Berthys P. Indebe, Patrick K. Kayembe, Tjard De Cock Buning, Marjolein A. Dieleman

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Somatic healthcare utilisation patterns among older people with intellectual disability: an 11-year register study

Magnus Sandberg, Gerd Ahlström, Anna Axmon, Jimmie Kristensson

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Assessment of drug use patterns in terms of the WHO patient-care and facility indicators at four hospitals in Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Kassa Daka Gidebo, Temesgen Sidamo Summoro, Zewde Zema Kanche, Eskinder Wolka Woticha

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Readiness of healthcare providers for eHealth: the case from primary healthcare centers in Lebanon

Shadi Saleh, Rawya Khodor, Mohamad Alameddine, Maysa Baroud

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A prospective evaluation of first people’s health promotion program design in the goulburn-murray rivers region

Joyce Doyle, Sharon Atkinson-Briggs, Petah Atkinson, Bradley Firebrace, Julie Calleja, Rachel Reilly, Margaret Cargo, Therese Riley, Tui Crumpen, Kevin Rowley

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Using guidelines to improve neonatal health in China and Vietnam: a qualitative study

Joanna Raven, Xiaoyun Liu, Dan Hu, Weiming Zhu, Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa, Le Minh Thi, Doan Thi Thuy Duong, Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo, Tim Martineau

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Evaluating the implementation of a national disclosure policy for large-scale adverse events in an integrated health care system: identification of gaps and successes

Elizabeth M. Maguire, Barbara G. Bokhour, Todd H. Wagner, Steven M. Asch, Allen L. Gifford, Thomas H. Gallagher, Janet M. Durfee, Richard A. Martinello, A. Rani Elwy

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Practical lessons for bringing policy-makers on board in sexual and reproductive health research

Aurore Guieu, Wei-Hong Zhang, Yves Lafort, Peter Decat, Sara De Meyer, Shuchen Wang, Birgit Kerstens, Els Duysburgh

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Design of the Indian NCA study (Indian national collaboration on AIDS): a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of integrated care centers to improve HIV outcomes among men who have sex with men and persons who inject drugs in India

Sunil S. Solomon, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Allison M. McFall, Elizabeth Ogburn, Lawrence H. Moulton, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, M. Suresh Kumar, Santhanam Anand, Suniti Solomon, Shruti H. Mehta

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Does the new cooperative medical scheme reduce inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in rural China?

Na Guo, Tor Iversen, Mingshan Lu, Jian Wang, Luwen Shi

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Appropriate and inappropriate care in the last phase of life: an explorative study among patients and relatives

Eva Elizabeth Bolt, H Roeline Willemijn Pasman, Dick Willems, Bregje Dorien Onwuteaka-Philipsen

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Perceived coercion to enter treatment among involuntarily and voluntarily admitted patients with substance use disorders

Anne Opsal, Øistein Kristensen, John Kåre Vederhus, Thomas Clausen

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Exploring resistance to implementation of welfare technology in municipal healthcare services – a longitudinal case study

Etty R. Nilsen, Janne Dugstad, Hilde Eide, Monika Knudsen Gullslett, Tom Eide

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Predictors of nurses’ and midwives’ intentions to provide maternal and child healthcare services to adolescents in South Africa

Kim Jonas, Priscilla Reddy, Bart van den Borne, Ronel Sewpaul, Anam Nyembezi, Pamela Naidoo, Rik Crutzen

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Shifting human resources for health in the context of ART provision: qualitative and quantitative findings from the Lablite baseline study

Misheck J. Nkhata, Margaret Muzambi, Deborah Ford, Adrienne K. Chan, George Abongomera, Harriet Namata, Ivan Mambule, Annabelle South, Paul Revill, Caroline Grundy, Travor Mabugu, Levison Chiwaula, James Hakim, Cissy Kityo, Andrew Reid, Elly Katabira, Sumeet Sodhi, Charles F. Gilks, Diana M. Gibb, Janet Seeley, Fabian Cataldo, F. Cataldo, A. K. Chan, L. Chiwaula, M. J. Nkhata, F. Mirimo, S. Kiwuwa, J. Seeley, G. Abongomera, C. Kityo, H. Namata, J. Hakim, T. Mabugu, M. Muzambi, A. Reid, S. Kaggwa, E. Katabira, I. Mambule, C. F. Gilks, P. Revill, D. Ford, D. M. Gibb, C. Grundy, S. Hoskins, S. Joseph, A. South, M. Thomason, I. Weller, Alfred Matengeni, Florence Chinguwo, Nwaka Mwambene, Kenneth Phiri

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Development of an intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care using a theory-based method

Cathal A. Cadogan, Cristín Ryan, Jill J. Francis, Gerard J. Gormley, Peter Passmore, Ngaire Kerse, Carmel M. Hughes

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Gender and physician specialization and practice settings in Ecuador: a qualitative study

Rita Bedoya-Vaca, Kathryn P. Derose, Natalia Romero-Sandoval

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Methods used to address fidelity of receipt in health intervention research: a citation analysis and systematic review

Lorna Rixon, Justine Baron, Nadine McGale, Fabiana Lorencatto, Jill Francis, Anna Davies

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Costs of conservative management of early-stage prostate cancer compared to radical prostatectomy–a claims data analysis

Alina Brandes, Florian Koerber, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Matthias Hunger, Wolf H. Rogowski, Raphaela Waidelich

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Building a competent health manager at district level: a grounded theory study from Eastern Uganda

Moses Tetui, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Elizabeth Ekirpa-Kiracho, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Anna-Britt Coe

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Factors affecting the delivery of community pharmacist-led medication reviews: evidence from the MedsCheck annual service in Ontario

Petros Pechlivanoglou, Lusine Abrahamyan, Linda MacKeigan, Giulia P. Consiglio, Lisa Dolovich, Ping Li, Suzanne M. Cadarette, Valeria E. Rac, Jonghyun Shin, Murray Krahn

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Work hours and turnover intention among hospital physicians in Taiwan: does income matter?

Yu-Hsuan Tsai, Nicole Huang, Li-Yin Chien, Jen-Huai Chiang, Shu-Ti Chiou

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Improving the quality of primary care by allocating performance-based targets, in a diverse insured population

Ronit Peled, Avi Porath, Rachel Wilf-Miron

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Study Protocol: Evaluation of a DVD intervention designed to meet the informaton needs of patients with head and neck cancer and their partner, carer and families

Vicki Parker, Leearna Bennett, Douglas Bellamy, Benjamin Britton, Sylvia Lambert

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Effects of longitudinal changes in Charlson comorbidity on prognostic survival model performance among newly diagnosed patients with hypertension

Peter Rymkiewicz, Pietro Ravani, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Finlay A. McAlister, Danielle A. Southern, Robin Walker, Guanmin Chen, Hude Quan

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Effect of continuity of care on health-related quality of life in adult patients with hypertension: a cohort study in China

Ting Ye, Xiaowei Sun, Wenxi Tang, Yudong Miao, Yan Zhang, Liang Zhang

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The family experiences of in-hospital care questionnaire in severe traumatic brain injury (FECQ-TBI): a validation study

Audny Anke, Unn Sollid Manskow, Oddgeir Friborg, Cecilie Røe, Cathrine Arntzen

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The patient reporting and action for a safe environment (PRASE) intervention: a feasibility study

Jane K. O’Hara, Rebecca J. Lawton, Gerry Armitage, Laura Sheard, Claire Marsh, Kim Cocks, Rosie R. C. McEachan, Caroline Reynolds, Ian Watt, John Wright

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Which aspects of health care are most valued by people living with HIV in high-income countries? A systematic review

V. Cooper, J. Clatworthy, E. Youssef, C. Llewellyn, A. Miners, M. Lagarde, M. Sachikonye, N. Perry, E. Nixon, A. Pollard, C. Sabin, C. Foreman, M. Fisher

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Shifting tides in the emigration patterns of Canadian physicians to the United States: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis

Thomas R. Freeman, Stephen Petterson, Sean Finnegan, Andrew Bazemore

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Factors associated with No-Shows and rescheduling MRI appointments

Majeed O. AlRowaili, Anwar E. Ahmed, Hasan A. Areabi

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Navigating the journey of Aboriginal childhood disability: a qualitative study of carers’ interface with services

Anna Green, Penelope Abbott, Patricia Delaney, Patrick Patradoon-Ho, John Delaney, Patricia Mary Davidson, Michelle DiGiacomo

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Cost analysis of large-scale implementation of the ‘Helping Babies Breathe’ newborn resuscitation-training program in Tanzania

Sumona Chaudhury, Lauren Arlington, Shelby Brenan, Allan Kaijunga Kairuki, Amunga Robson Meda, Kahabi G. Isangula, Victor Mponzi, Dunstan Bishanga, Erica Thomas, Georgina Msemo, Mary Azayo, Alice Molinier, Brett D. Nelson

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Demographic profile of physician participants in short-term medical missions

Paul H. Caldron, Ann Impens, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot

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Socioeconomic inequalities in dental health services in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2003–2008

Camila Nascimento Monteiro, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Moisés Goldbaum, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Reinaldo José Gianini, Chester Luiz Galvão Cesar, Johan P. Mackenbach

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Assessment of core drug use indicators using WHO/INRUD methodology at primary healthcare centers in Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Muhammad Atif, Muhammad Rehan Sarwar, Muhammad Azeem, Mubeen Naz, Salma Amir, Kashaf Nazir

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Motives for self-referral to the emergency department: a systematic review of the literature

Nicole Kraaijvanger, Henk van Leeuwen, Douwe Rijpsma, Michael Edwards

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A quantitative study on factors influencing enrolment of dairy farmers in a community health insurance scheme

Tineke de Groot-de Greef, Lydia V. Monareng, Janetta H Roos

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Quantitative evaluation of essential medicines lists: the South African case study

Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay, Fatima Suleman

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The economic impact of mental healthcare consumption before and after stroke in a cohort of stroke patients in the Netherlands: a record linkage study

M. van Eeden, G. A. P. G. van Mastrigt, S. M. A. A. Evers, E. P. M. van Raak, G. A. M. Driessen, C. M. van Heugten

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China’s community-based strategy of universal preconception care in rural areas at a population level using a novel risk classification system for stratifying couples´ preconception health status

Qiongjie Zhou, Shikun Zhang, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Weidong Tian, Jingqi Chen, Ganesh Acharya, Xiaotian Li

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Assessing key cost drivers associated with caring for chronic kidney disease patients

Paul Damien, Holly J. Lanham, Murali Parthasarathy, Nikhil L. Shah