Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and related treatment costs are rapidly increasing. Consequentially, more cost-effective and efficient strategies for the treatment of T2DM are needed. One such strategy is improving patients' self-management. As patients are more and more expected to se...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van Smoorenburg AN,Hertroijs DFL,Dekkers T,Elissen AMJ,Melles M

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malnutrition is a comprehensive challenge for the nursing home, home care- and home nursing sector. Nutritional care and the subsequent documentation are a common and multifaceted healthcare practice that requires that the healthcare professionals possess complex combinations of competencies in order to deli...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Håkonsen SJ,Pedersen PU,Bygholm A,Thisted CN,Bjerrum M

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing understanding of the influence of social determinants of health (SDH) on healthcare costs and outcomes for low income populations is leading State Medicaid agencies to consider incorporating SDH into their program design. This paper explores states' current approaches to SDH. METHODS:A mixed-methods...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chisolm DJ,Brook DL,Applegate MS,Kelleher KJ

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Feedback tools for clinical audit data that compare site-specific results to average performance over all sites can be useful for quality improvement. Proposed tools should be simple and clearly benchmark the site's performance, so that a relevant action plan can be directly implemented to improve patient ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Michael S,Gompels M,Sabin C,Curtis H,May MT

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor outcomes in diabetes. Previous research has shown an association between use of mail order pharmacy delivery and better medication adherence, but little is known about the barriers and facilitators to mail order pharmacy use in diabetes patients. This q...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schmittdiel JA,Marshall CJ,Wiley D,Chau CV,Trinacty CM,Wharam JF,Duru OK,Karter AJ,Brown SD

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several countries have developed policies that restrict or limit duration of stay, clinical privileges or the number of residency permits allocated to migrating physicians. Switzerland is currently preparing a new law limiting overall foreign immigration. The impact of such restrictive policies is currently ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Haller G,Combescure C,Mamie C,Zoccatelli D,Clergue F

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is considerable discussion surrounding whether advanced hospitals provide better childbirth care than local community hospitals. This study examines the effect of shifting childbirth services from advanced hospitals (i.e., medical centers and regional hospitals) to local community hospitals (i.e., clin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang SY,Hsu SH,Chen LK

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have investigated process and structure indicators of nutritional care as well as their use in nursing homes (NHs), but the relative weight of these indicators in predicting the risk of malnutrition remains unclear. Aims of the present study are to describe the quality indicators of nutritio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bonaccorsi G,Collini F,Castagnoli M,Di Bari M,Cavallini MC,Zaffarana N,Pepe P,Mugelli A,Lucenteforte E,Vannacci A,Lorini C

更新日期：2015-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is the tenth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. After more than a decade of research, there is little published evidence of active and successful disinvestment. The paucity of frameworks, m...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Harris C,Green S,Elshaug AG

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous drugs used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders are substrates of cytochrome P450 enzymes and are potential candidates for drug-drug interactions (DDIs). METHODS:Claims data of a German statutory health insurance company from severely mentally ill patients who registered in an integrated care ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ostermann JK,Berghöfer A,Andersohn F,Fischer F

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first phase of the LINKIN Health Study, which aims to evaluate health system functioning within a rural population. Locally relevant data on the health status and service usage of this population, including non-users and users, health service providers traditionally omitted from health service...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hoon-Leahy CE,Newbury J,Kitson A,Whitford D,Wilson A,Karnon J,Baker J,Jamrozik K,Beilby J

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compare changes in types of hospital service revenues between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals and Western-medicine based general hospitals. METHODS:97 TCM hospitals and 103 general hospitals were surveyed in years of 2000 and 2004. Six types of medical service revenue between the two types of h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Shen JJ,Wang Y,Lin F,Lu J,Moseley CB,Sun M,Hao M

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risperidone long-acting injection (LAI) is mostly administered twice weekly to people with schizophrenia by nurses at community mental health centres (CMHC) or through mobile outreach visits. This study estimates the cost of resource utilisation associated with the administration of risperidone LAI and the p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dalton A,Lambert T,Schrover R,Hertel J,Smith DK

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of tobacco, physical exercise, diet, and alcohol consumption on morbidity and mortality underline the importance of health promotion and prevention (HPP) at the primary health care (PHC) level. Likewise, the deficiencies when putting such policies into practice and assessing their effectiveness a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Calderón C,Balagué L,Cortada JM,Sánchez A

更新日期：2011-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to keep medical appointments results in inefficiencies and, potentially, in poor outcomes for patients. The aim of this study is to describe non-attendance rate and to investigate predictors of non-attendance among patients receiving hospital outpatient treatment for chronic diseases. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wolff DL,Waldorff FB,von Plessen C,Mogensen CB,Sørensen TL,Houlind KC,Bogh SB,Rubin KH

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Integrated care is the coordination of general and behavioral health and is a highly promising and practical approach to improving healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. While there is growing interest and investment in integrated care implementation internationally, there are no formal guidelines for int...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Stadnick NA,Sadler E,Sandall J,Turienzo CF,Bennett IM,Borkan J,Oladeji B,Gureje O,Aarons GA,Sklar M

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental health presentations are considered to be a difficult aspect of emergency care. Although emergency department (ED) staff is qualified to provide emergency mental health care, for some, such presentations pose a challenge to their training, confidence, and time. Providing access to relevant and respons...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Saurman E,Kirby SE,Lyle D

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, essential surgery should be recognized as an essential component of universal health coverage. In Ghana, insurance is associated with a reduction in maternal mortality and improved access to essential medications, but whether it eliminates financial barriers to sur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Okoroh J,Sarpong DO,Essoun S,Riviello R,Harris H,Weissman JS

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong health laboratory systems and networks capable of providing high quality services are critical components of the health system and play a key role in routine diagnosis, care, treatment and disease surveillance. This study aimed to assess the readiness of the national health laboratory system (NHLS) an...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mboera LE,Ishengoma DS,Kilale AM,Massawe IS,Rutta AS,Kagaruki GB,Kamugisha E,Baraka V,Mandara CI,Materu GS,Magesa SM

更新日期：2015-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic health (e-Health) interventions are emerging as an effective alternative model for improving secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of different modes of delivery and components in e-Health secondary prevention programmes on a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brørs G,Pettersen TR,Hansen TB,Fridlund B,Hølvold LB,Lund H,Norekvål TM

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve and assess the effectiveness of disease management programs (DMPs), it is critical to understand how many people drop out of disease management programs and why. METHODS:We used routine data provided by a statutory health insurance fund from the regions North Rhine, North Wurttemberg and Hesse. A...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fullerton B,Erler A,Pöhlmann B,Gerlach FM

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To discriminatively evaluate the cost-saving effects of a disease management program for diabetic nephropathy patients through care process rectification and, subsequently, improved health outcomes. METHODS:This study links public medical insurance claims data to the health records of a disease management p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kawaguchi H,Moriyama M,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2020-05-11 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:In Pakistan, where gendered norms restrict women's mobility, female community health workers (CHWs) provide doorstep primary health services to home-bound women. The program has not achieved optimal functioning. One reason, I argue, may be that the CHWs are unable to make home visits because they have to ope...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mumtaz Z

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal depression is common in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). Task sharing interventions have been implemented to treat perinatal depression in these settings, as a way of dealing with staff shortages. Task sharing allows lay health workers to provide services for less complex cases while being...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Munodawafa M,Mall S,Lund C,Schneider M

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous healthy lifestyle interventions based on the Salud para Su Corazón curriculum for Latinos in the United States, and a pilot study in Guatemala, demonstrated improvements in patient knowledge, behavior, and clinical outcomes for adults with hypertension. This article describes the implementation of a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fort MP,Murillo S,López E,Dengo AL,Alvarado-Molina N,de Beausset I,Castro M,Peña L,Ramírez-Zea M,Martínez H

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few previous studies have specifically addressed the health care utilization situation of the physically disabled. This study aimed to investigate the utilization of free adult preventive health care for physically disabled people and its' affecting factors. METHODS:The data was obtained from three nationwi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yen SM,Kung PT,Tsai WC

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About one-third of the world's population lack access to essential medicines and this is further compounded by inappropriate prescription, dispensing, sale and use of the available medicines. The objective of the study was to assess the patterns of medicine use among health facilities in eastern Ethiopia usi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bilal AI,Osman ED,Mulugeta A

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of this article [1] an author's name needs to be revised from Katrina Nelson to Adrianne Katrina Nelson. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ho J,Bachman-Carter K,Thorkelson S,Anderson K,Jaggi J,Brown C,Nelson AK,Curley C,King C,Atwood S,Shin S

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:South Africa's antiretroviral programme is governed by defined national plans, establishing treatment targets and providing funding through ring-fenced conditional grants. However, in terms of the country's quasi-federal constitution, provincial governments bear the main responsibility for provision of healt...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schneider H,Coetzee D,Van Rensburg D,Gilson L

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00