Effects of residence and race on burden of travel for care: cross sectional analysis of the 2001 US National Household Travel Survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathologists face major challenges in breast cancer diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The major problems identified as impairing the quality of pathology reports are shortcomings of equipment, organization and insufficiently qualified personnel. In addition, in the context of breast cancer, immunohist...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ziegenhorn HV,Frie KG,Ekanem IO,Ebughe G,Kamate B,Traore C,Dzamalala C,Ogunbiyi O,Igbinoba F,Liu B,Bauer M,Thomssen C,Parkin DM,Wickenhauser C,Kantelhardt EJ

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2010 the 'Polymedication Check' (PMC), a pharmacist-led medication review, was newly introduced to be delivered independently from the prescriber and reimbursed by the Swiss health insurances. This study aimed at evaluating the impact of this new cognitive service focusing on medicines use and patients' a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Messerli M,Blozik E,Vriends N,Hersberger KE

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The perceived responsiveness of a healthcare system reflects its ability to satisfy reasonable expectations of the public with respect to non-medical services. Recently, there has been increasing attention paid to responsiveness in evaluating the performance of a healthcare system in a variety of service set...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chao J,Lu B,Zhang H,Zhu L,Jin H,Liu P

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is the sixth in a series of papers reporting Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. The SHARE program was established to investigate a systematic, integrated, evidence-based approach to disinvestment within a large Australian health servi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Harris C,Allen K,Brooke V,Dyer T,Waller C,King R,Ramsey W,Mortimer D

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A general trend towards positive patient-reported evaluations of hospitals could be taken as a sign that most patients form a homogeneous, reasonably pleased group, and consequently that there is little need for quality improvement. The objective of this study was to explore this assumption by identifying an...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bjertnaes O,Skudal KE,Iversen HH

更新日期：2013-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of chest pain presentations and the subsequent non-cardiac chest pain diagnoses in an emergency department (ED) over a 3 year period. METHODS:Administrative data on ED attendances to an urban general hospital in Northern Ireland between March 2013 and March ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McDevitt-Petrovic O,Kirby K,Shevlin M

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of medication abortion is increasing rapidly in India, the majority of which is purchased through pharmacies. More information is needed about the quality of services provided by pharmacist about medication abortion, especially barriers to providing high quality information. The goal of this study wa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Diamond-Smith N,Percher J,Saxena M,Dwivedi P,Srivastava A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Publicly-funded drug plans often use prior authorization policies to limit drug prescribing. To guide physician prescribing of a class of antibiotics with broad antimicrobial activity (quinolone antibiotics) in accordance with new prescribing guidelines, Alberta's provincial health ministry implemented a new...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Manns B,Laupland K,Tonelli M,Gao S,Hemmelgarn B

更新日期：2012-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are a number of factors that may contribute to high mortality and morbidity of women and newborns in low-income countries. These include a shortage of competent health care providers (HCP) and a lack of sufficient continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities. Strengthening the skills and bui...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ngabonzima A,Kenyon C,Hategeka C,Utuza AJ,Banguti PR,Luginaah I,F Cechetto D

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a substantial increase in research on mental illness related stigma over the past 10 years, with many measures in use. This study aims to review current practice in the survey measurement of mental illness stigma, prejudice and discrimination experienced by people who have personal experience ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brohan E,Slade M,Clement S,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2010-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of practical research frameworks to guide the development of patient decision aids [PtDAs]. This paper described how a PtDA was developed using the International Patient Decision Aids (IPDAS) guideline and UK Medical Research Council (UKMRC) frameworks to support patients when making treatmen...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ng CJ,Mathers N,Bradley A,Colwell B

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to increasing bacterial resistance rates choosing a correct empiric antibiotic therapy is getting more and more complex. Often medical doctors use information tools to make the right treatment choice. METHODS:One hundred sixty six participants (77 medical doctors and 89 medical students) were asked to p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Neugebauer M,Ebert M,Vogelmann R

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) has resulted in rapid advances in the treatment of infertility. However, a systematic assessment of ART and its processes and outcomes in China has never been carried out. The goal of this study was to assess the features of ART status from 2012 to 20...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fang YY,Wu QJ,Zhang TN,Wang TR,Shen ZQ,Jiao J,Shao XG,Xu P,Guo SS,Zhou YM,Wang XX,Li D

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems aim to narrow inequality in access to health care across socioeconomic groups and area of residency. However, in low-income countries, studies are lacking that systematically monitor and evaluate health programs with regard to their effect on specific inequalities. We aimed to measure changes ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Memirie ST,Verguet S,Norheim OF,Levin C,Johansson KA

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In surgical teams, health professionals are highly interdependent and work under time pressure. It is of particular importance that teamwork is well-functioning in order to achieve quality treatment and patient safety. Relational coordination, defined as "communicating and relating for the purpose of task in...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tørring B,Gittell JH,Laursen M,Rasmussen BS,Sørensen EE

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality standards of the Dutch Society of Intensive Care require monitoring of the satisfaction of patient's relatives with respect to care. Currently, no suitable instrument is available in the Netherlands to measure this. This study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the questionn...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rensen A,van Mol MM,Menheere I,Nijkamp MD,Verhoogt E,Maris B,Manders W,Vloet L,Verharen L

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, New Zealand has taken a system wide approach providing the biggest reform to New Zealand community pharmacy for 70 years with the aim of providing more clinically orientated patient centred services through a new funding model. The aim of this study was to understand the types of services offered i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smith AJ,Scahill SL,Harrison J,Carroll T,Medlicott NJ

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a recent growth in health provider search portals, where patients specify filters-such as specialty or insurance-and providers are ranked by patient ratings or other attributes. Previous work has identified attributes associated with a provider's quality through user surveys. Other work suppor...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wiley MT,Rivas RL,Hristidis V

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the multifaceted aspect of child malnutrition, a comprehensive approach, taking social factors into account, has been frequently recommended in health literature. The Alma-Ata declaration explicitly outlined comprehensive primary health care as an approach that addresses the social, economic and polit...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Javanparast S,Coveney J,Saikia U

更新日期：2009-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The philosophy of evidence-based medicine (EBM) was introduced in the early 90s as a new approach to the practice of medicine, using the best available evidence to make decisions about health care. Despite ongoing controversy, EBM has developed enormously and physicians' attitude towards it is generally posi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alonso-Coello P,Solà I,Rotaeche R,González AI,Marzo-Castillejo M,Louro-González A,Carrillo R,Velázquez P,García-Velasco G,Calderón C

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Almost every Western healthcare system is changing to make their services more centered around out-patient care. In particular, long-term or geriatric patients who have been discharged from the hospital often require home-based care and therapy. Therefore, several programs have been developed to continue the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schmid W,Ostermann T

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coverage is an important indicator to assess both the performance and effectiveness of public health programs. Recommended methods for coverage estimation for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) can involve active and adaptive case finding (AACF), an informant-driven sampling procedure, for the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Isanaka S,Hedt-Gauthier BL,Salou H,Berthé F,Grais RF,Allen BGS

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems research is increasingly being conducted in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Such research should aim to reduce health disparities between and within countries as a matter of global justice. For such research to do so, ethical guidance that is consistent with egalitarian theories of so...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pratt B,Hyder AA

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Business cases are used to provide a structured justification in favour of investing in new projects, services or interventions. Despite the use of business cases in determining how limited resources will be allocated within England's National Health Service (NHS), guidance concerning how to develop and eval...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Linton MJ,Coast J,Williams I,Copping J,Owen-Smith A

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuity of care (COC) has become a primary point of concern for care providers in both developed and developing countries, which is regarded as the "cornerstone of care" and an "essential element" of good health care. A robust and proper instrument is of necessity to identify problems and evaluate interve...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Qiu C,Chen S,Yao Y,Zhao Y,Xin Y,Zang X

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most commonly inherited neuromuscular disease. Therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare disease, namely "orphan drugs", have recently drawn the attention of researchers and pharmaceutical companies. To ensure the successful conduction of clinical trials to evaluat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Shimizu R,Ogata K,Tamaura A,Kimura E,Ohata M,Takeshita E,Nakamura H,Takeda S,Komaki H

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing diversity of population in European Countries poses new challenges to national health systems. There is a lack of data on accessibility and use of health care services by migrants, appropriateness of the care provided, client satisfaction and problems experienced when confronting the health ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dias SF,Severo M,Barros H

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outreach facilitation has been proven successful in improving the adoption of clinical preventive care guidelines in primary care practice. The net costs and savings of delivering such an intensive intervention need to be understood. We wanted to estimate the proportion of a facilitation intervention cost th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hogg W,Baskerville N,Lemelin J

更新日期：2005-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper presents a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Cardiac-Diabetes Transcare program which is a transitional care, multi-modal self-management program for patients with acute coronary syndrome comorbid with type 2 diabetes. Prior research has indicated people hospitalised with dual card...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wu CJ,Atherton JJ,MacIsaac RJ,Courtney M,Chang AM,Thompson DR,Kostner K,MacIsaac AI,d'Emden M,Graves N,McPhail SM

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown high rates of stress and dissatisfaction among allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, having an adverse impact on workforce retention rates. This study aimed to examine the job satisfaction and influential factors among physiotherapists working in private and government h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alkassabi OY,Al-Sobayel H,Al-Eisa ES,Buragadda S,Alghadir AH,Iqbal A

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00