Validation of a method for identifying nursing home admissions using administrative claims.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Australian federal government introduced private health insurance incentive policy reforms in 2000 that increased the uptake of private health insurance in Australia. There is currently a lack of evidence on the effect of the policy reforms on access to cardiovascular interventions in public and private ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Trafalski S,Briffa T,Hung J,Moorin RE,Sanfilippo F,Preen DB,Einarsdóttir K

更新日期：2013-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a worldwide health priority and innovative uses of technology-based interventions may assist patients with improving prevention behaviours. Targeting these interventions to recipients most likely to benefit requires understanding how contexts of use influence resp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Coorey G,Peiris D,Neubeck L,Redfern J

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ineffective implementation of evidence based practice guidelines can mean that the best health outcomes are not achieved. This study examined the barriers and enablers to the uptake and implementation of the new bi-national (Australia and New Zealand) antenatal corticosteroid clinical practice guidelines...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mc Goldrick EL,Crawford T,Brown JA,Groom KM,Crowther CA

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family planning services in the post-partum period, termed post-partum family planning (PPFP) is critical to cover the unmet need for contraception, especially when institutional delivery rates have increased. However, the intention to choose PPFP methods such as post-partum intrauterine devices (PPIUD) rema...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thapa K,Dhital R,Rajbhandari S,Mishra S,Subedi S,Dotel BR,Vaidya S,Pande S,Tunnacliffe EA,Makins A,Arulkumaran S

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incident reporting (IR) in health care has been advocated as a means to improve patient safety. The purpose of IR is to identify safety hazards and develop interventions to mitigate these hazards in order to reduce harm in health care. Using qualitative methods is a way to reveal how IR is used and perceived...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlfjord S,Öhrn A,Gunnarsson A

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In dementia care, it is crucial that the chain of care is adapted to the needs of people with dementia and their informal caregivers throughout the course of the disease. Assessing the existing dementia care system with regard to facilities, availability and utilization may provide useful information for ens...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lethin C,Giertz L,Vingare EL,Hallberg IR

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been concerns in Korea that the availability of cheaper generics can appreciably increase prescribed volumes thereby negating their beneficial effects on overall pharmaceutical expenditure. Consequently, this study aimed to explore market changes after newly entered generics including market expan...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kwon HY,Godman B

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborn hearing screening programs aim to lower the ages at audiological intervention among hearing-impaired children. In Wallonia and Brussels (Belgium), audiological intervention data are not collected in the screening program, and the ages at initiating audiological care have never been assessed. This stu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vos B,Senterre C,Boutsen M,Lagasse R,Levêque A

更新日期：2018-01-30 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:As many other European healthcare systems the Danish healthcare system (DHS) has targeted chronic condition care in its reform efforts. Benchmarking is a valuable tool to identify areas for improvement. Prior work indicates that chronic care coordination is poor in the DHS, especially in comparison with care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schiøtz M,Price M,Frølich A,Søgaard J,Kristensen JK,Krasnik A,Ross MN,Diderichsen F,Hsu J

更新日期：2011-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In contrast to the acute hospital sector, there have been relatively few implementations of integrated electronic health record (EHR) systems into specialist mental health settings. The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) in England was the most expensive IT-based transformation of public s...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Takian A,Sheikh A,Barber N

更新日期：2012-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims at gathering evidence about the relation between 30-day mortality and 30-day unplanned readmission and patient and hospital factors. By definition, we refer to 30-day mortality and 30-day unplanned readmission as the number of deaths and non-programmed hospitalizations for any cause within 30...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Roshanghalb A,Mazzali C,Lettieri E

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to a continuing age shift in the German society hospital providers are concerned about the additional costs associated with the treatment of elderly patients. It is not clear if cardiac catheterization in aged patients leads to higher resource utilization and if DRG-revenues do compensate for this factor...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Plehn G,Butz T,Maagh P,Meissner A

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the patient contacts in coded data and free text. METHODS:Diagnoses are coded according to the International Coding of Primary Care (IC...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smeets HM,Kortekaas MF,Rutten FH,Bots ML,van der Kraan W,Daggelders G,Smits-Pelser H,Helsper CW,Hoes AW,de Wit NJ

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2002, the World Health Organization published a health system performance ranking for 191 member countries. The ranking was based on five indicators, with fixed weights common to all countries. METHODS:We investigate the feasibility and desirability of using mathematical programming techniques that allow...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lauer JA,Knox Lovell CA,Murray CJ,Evans DB

更新日期：2004-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their effectiveness is largely acknowledged. The consumption of statins increased four-fold during the 2000-2010 decade in Italy and national and regional control policies were developed. Restricti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Damiani G,Federico B,Anselmi A,Bianchi CB,Silvestrini G,Iodice L,Navarra P,Da Cas R,Raschetti R,Ricciardi W

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Armenians very rarely seek healthcare services and, consequently experience more serious health conditions. With its ongoing reforms, Armenia is focusing on linking health system financing to the quality and volume of care provided. We examine the relationship between the perceived health status of the popul...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Paul P,Hakobyan M,Valtonen H

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physiotherapy services are an important part of the primary health care services for children, serving a broad spectrum of children referred from different sources and for a variety of reasons. There is limited knowledge about their characteristics and outcome. The aim of this study was to describe the profi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Evensen KAI,Sellæg S,Stræte AC,Hansen AE,Meisingset I

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients diagnosed with cancer by the emergency route often have more advanced diseases and poorer outcomes. Rates of cancer diagnosed through unplanned admissions vary within and between countries, suggesting potential inconsistencies in the quality of care. To reduce diagnoses by this route and improve pat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tsang C,Bottle A,Majeed A,Aylin P

更新日期：2013-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental impact assessments of pharmaceuticals typically consider only a part of the pharmaceutical supply chain, e.g. tablet formulation. While the environmental impact can be expressed in environmental Human Health burden due to resource use and emissions, the Human Health benefit of the pharmaceutica...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Debaveye S,De Smedt D,Heirman B,Kavanagh S,Dewulf J

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncontrolled disease activity in inflammatory diseases of the joints, skin and bowel leads to morbidity and disability. Disease-modifying therapies are widely used to suppress this disease activity, but cost-coverage is variable. For Treaty First Nations and Inuit people in Canada without alternative private...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barnabe C,Healy B,Portolesi A,Kaplan GG,Hemmelgarn B,Weaselhead C

更新日期：2016-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recognition of chronic pain as a biopsychosocial phenomenon has led to the establishment of multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities, such as pain centres. Previous studies have focussed on inpatient, group-based or time-limited multidisciplinary pain programmes. The aim was to investigate variation i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nøst TH,Steinsbekk A

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After election in 1994, the South African government implemented national and regional programmes, such as the Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative (SDI), to provoke economic growth and to decrease inequities. CIET measured development in the Wild Coast region across four linked cross-sectional surveys ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mitchell S,Andersson N

更新日期：2011-12-21 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:Use of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important category of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), has increased substantially in Western countries during the past decade. Use of TCM is also widespread in the Chinese population. However, few informative data have been obtained to date by large...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chen FP,Chen TJ,Kung YY,Chen YC,Chou LF,Chen FJ,Hwang SJ

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four social audits in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2009 identified actions that Nicaragua could take to reduce corruption and public perception in primary health care and other key services. METHODS:In a 71-cluster sample, weighted according to the 1995 census and stratified by geographic region and settlement type...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Arosteguí J,Hernandez C,Suazo H,Cárcamo A,Reyes RM,Andersson N,Ledogar RJ

更新日期：2011-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality Improvement Interventions require significant financial investments, and therefore demand careful consideration in their design in order to maximize potential benefits. In this correspondence we present the methodological approach of a multifaceted quality improvement intervention aiming to improve q...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Samoutis GA,Soteriades ES,Stoffers HE,Zachariadou T,Philalithis A,Lionis C

更新日期：2008-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of the availability of essential medicines, in rural areas of countries with free state health care system, is scarce. Dependence on essential medicines among the population in rural sector is considered to be high. Assessing the availability of essential medicines in selected state owned primary ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rathish D,Premarathna I,Jayathilake T,Kandegedara C,Punchihewa K,Ananda L,Bandara T,Jayasumana C,Siribaddana S

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to gain insight into the international development of GP incomes over time through a comparative approach. The study is an extension of an earlier work (1975-1990, conducted in five yearly intervals). The research questions to be addressed in this paper are: 1) How can the remuneration system...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kroneman MW,Van der Zee J,Groot W

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A palliative approach at the end of life typically involves forgoing certain drugs and procedures and starting others - weighing burden against potential benefit. An assessment of the palliative approach may be undertaken by investigating which drugs and procedures are used in the dying phase, and at what fr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： West E,Costantini M,Pasman HR,Onwuteaka-Philipsen B,EURO IMPACT.

更新日期：2014-10-25 00:00:00