Implementing a guideline for the treatment of type 2 diabetics: results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial (C-RCT).

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has demonstrated beneficial impacts on a range of patient- and team outcomes, though variation in SSC implementation and staff's perception of it remain challenging. Precisely how frontline personnel integrate the SSC with pre-existing perio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wæhle HV,Haugen AS,Wiig S,Søfteland E,Sevdalis N,Harthug S

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, malaria resurgence cases have been reported in various countries including Zambia. Th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chipukuma HM,Halwiindi H,Zulu JM,Azizi SC,Jacobs C

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People experiencing homelessness and mental illness face multiple barriers to care. The goal of this study was to examine the association between health service use and indicators of need among individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness in Vancouver, Canada. We hypothesized that those with more...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Currie LB,Patterson ML,Moniruzzaman A,McCandless LC,Somers JM

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To establish which major disorders are susceptible to increased mortality following acute admissions on weekends, compared with week days, and how this may be explained. METHODS:Cohorts based on national administrative inpatient and mortality data for 14,168,443 hospitalised patients in England and 913,068 ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Roberts SE,John A,Lewis KE,Brown J,Lyons RA,Williams JG

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the organization of health care and health care systems, there is an increasing trend towards integrated care. Policy-makers from different countries are creating policies intended to promote cooperation and collaboration between health care providers, while facilitating the integration of different healt...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Raus K,Mortier E,Eeckloo K

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections represent a serious challenge for health-care institutions. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriers can help to reduce both nosocomial transmissions and unnecessary isolations and associated costs. The practical details of MRSA screening...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tübbicke A,Hübner C,Hübner NO,Wegner C,Kramer A,Fleßa S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of increasingly complex payment schemes in primary care may represent a barrier to recruiting general practitioners (GP). The existing Norwegian remuneration system is fully activity based - 2/3 fee-for-service and 1/3 capitation. Given that the system has been designed and revised in close collabora...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Abelsen B,Olsen JA

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residents living in sheltered housing depend on help from healthcare personnel (HCP) with medication management, regarding regular long-term and pro re nata (PRN) medication. The HCP assess the need for PRN medication prior to administration to the residents. The purpose of this study was to describe HCP's p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nilsen MK,Sletvold H,Olsen RM

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrete choice experiments (DCEs) are attribute-driven experimental techniques used to elicit stakeholders' preferences to support the design and implementation of policy interventions. The validity of a DCE, therefore, depends on the appropriate specification of the attributes and their levels. There have ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Abiiro GA,Leppert G,Mbera GB,Robyn PJ,De Allegri M

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care on equal terms is a cornerstone of the Swedish health care system. Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is considered a success story in Sweden with low frequency of reoperations and restored health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Administratively, health care in Sweden is locally self-governed by 21 co...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Oldsberg L,Garellick G,Osika Friberg I,Samulowitz A,Rolfson O,Nemes S

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems are expected to serve the population needs in an effective, efficient and equitable manner. Therefore, the importance of strengthening of public, private and community health systems has been emphasized time and again. In most of the developing countries, certain weaknesses and gaps in the gov...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ejaz I,Shaikh BT,Rizvi N

更新日期：2011-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) has nine scales that each measure an aspect of the multidimensional construct of health literacy. All scales have good psychometric properties. However, it is the interpretations of data within contexts that must be proven valid, not just the psychometric properties of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hawkins M,Gill SD,Batterham R,Elsworth GR,Osborne RH

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to an increasing demand in health care services plans to substitute selective physician-conducted medical activities have become attractive. Because administration of a blood transfusion is a highly standardized procedure, it might be evaluated if obtaining a patient's consent for a blood transfusion can...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Graw JA,Eymann K,Kork F,Zoremba M,Burchard R

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis is crucial for the treatment of childhood cancer as it in some cases can prevent progression of disease and improve prognoses. However, childhood cancer can be difficult to diagnose and barriers to early diagnosis are multifactorial. New knowledge about factors influencing the pathway to diag...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pedersen LH,Wahlberg A,Cordt M,Schmiegelow K,Dalton SO,Larsen HB

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are currently several concerns about the ways in which people are recruited to participate in randomised controlled trials, the low acceptance rates among people invited to participate, and the experiences of trial participants. An information resource about on-going clinical trials designed for potent...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Langston AL,Campbell MK,Entwistle VA,Skea Z

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crowding in hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) is a problem in several countries. We evaluated the number and characteristics of patients who make repeated visits to the EDs in Naples, Italy. METHODS:All patients (> or = 16 years) who presented to the EDs of three randomly selected non-academic acute care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Di Giuseppe G,Abbate R,Albano L,Marinelli P,Angelillo IF,Collaborative Research Group.

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety has been a priority in primary healthcare in the last years. The prevailing culture is seen as an important condition for patient safety in practice and several tools to measure patient safety culture have therefore been developed. Although Dutch primary care consists of different professions,...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Verbakel NJ,Zwart DL,Langelaan M,Verheij TJ,Wagner C

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity, and represent a high chronic disease burden, which is expected to rise between now and 2020. Care for chronic diseases is increasingly located in community settings for reasons of efficiency and patient preference, though what service...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Henderson EJ,Rubin GP

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt access to artemesinin-combination therapy (ACT) is not adequate unless the drug is taken according to treatment guidelines. Adherence to the treatment schedule is important to preserve efficacy of the drug. Although some community based studies have reported fairly high levels of adherence, data on fa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Simba DO,Kakoko D

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The motivation for this study was to investigate how role stress among nurses could affect their job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and whether the job rotation system might encourage nurses to understand, relate to and share the vision of the organization, consequently increasing their job sati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ho WH,Chang CS,Shih YL,Liang RD

更新日期：2009-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to medication is one of the critical determinants of successful management of chronic diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Given that poor adherence with self-management medication is very common among asthma and COPD patients, interventions that improve the u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sari N,Osman M

更新日期：2015-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The South African (SA) health system has employed an Essential Medicines List (EML) with Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) since 1996. To date no studies have reported the changes in SA STG/EMLs. This study describes these changes over time (1996-2013) and compares latest SA STG/EMLs with the latest World...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Perumal-Pillay VA,Suleman F

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article presents the qualitative component linked to a larger study of implementation of the Xpert™ MTB/Rif technology in two Brazilian cities. Despite intrinsic advantages of new health technologies, its introduction can be disruptive to existing routines, and it is thus important to understand how the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： de Camargo KR Jr,Guedes CR,Caetano R,Menezes A,Trajman A

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to persistently poor levels of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in rural India, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched to support the provision of accessible, affordable and quality health care in deprived and underserved communities. The Accredited Social Health Activists...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fotso JC,Higgins-Steele A,Mohanty S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent developments have made screening tests for foetal abnormalities available earlier in pregnancy and women have a range of testing options accessible to them. It is now recommended that all women, regardless of their age, are provided with information on prenatal screening tests. General Practitioners (...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nagle C,Lewis S,Meiser B,Gunn J,Halliday J,Bell R

更新日期：2008-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the intensive care unit (ICU), checklists can be used to support the delivery of quality and consistent clinical care. While studies have reported important benefits for clinical checklists in this context, lack of formal validity testing in the literature prompted the study aim; to develop relevant 'proc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Conroy KM,Elliott D,Burrell AR

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitals are merging to become more cost-effective. Mergers are often complex and difficult processes with variable outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of mergers on long-term sickness absence among hospital employees. METHODS:Long-term sickness absence was analyzed among hospital emp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kjekshus LE,Bernstrøm VH,Dahl E,Lorentzen T

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this paper is to identify the key conditions that positively affect the use of e-health services in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. CEE countries after the political and economic transformation in 1989/90 implemented slightly different national health care models. The research questi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ćwiklicki M,Schiavone F,Klich J,Pilch K

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nepal's Safe Delivery Incentive Programme (SDIP) was introduced nationwide in 2005 with the intention of increasing utilisation of professional care at childbirth. It provided cash to women giving birth in a health facility and an incentive to the health provider for each delivery attended, either at home or...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Powell-Jackson T,Morrison J,Tiwari S,Neupane BD,Costello AM

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing interest in the role of close-to-community providers in supporting universal health coverage, but questions remain about the best approaches to supporting and motivating these providers, and the optimal package they can deliver indifferent contexts and support required. We report on the e...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Datiko DG,Yassin MA,Tulloch O,Asnake G,Tesema T,Jamal H,Markos P,Cuevas LE,Theobald S

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00