Patient experiences and health system responsiveness in South Africa.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality the majority of patients do not access existing rehabilitation programs and patient resources are not designed to facilitate patient choice and decision-making. The objective of this study was to develop and test a series of risk factor modul...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Redfern J,Ellis E,Briffa T,Freedman SB

更新日期：2006-08-06 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:In France, equality in access to screening has been one of the main thrusts of public policies implemented between 2009 and 2013 (the national cancer plan). Our aim in this study was to analyse the obstacles to and levers for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening uptake and their trends over time...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sicsic J,Franc C

更新日期：2014-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Stamm-Balderjahn S,Falinski R,Rossek S,Spyra K

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care policy and organization of the care sector is shifting to accommodate projected demographic changes and to ensure a sustainable model of health care provision in the future. Adult children and spouses are often the first to assume care giving responsibilities for older adults when declining function...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bragstad LK,Kirkevold M,Foss C

更新日期：2014-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia has a universal health care system and a comprehensive safety net. Despite this, outcomes for Australians living in rural and remote areas are worse than those living in cities. This study will examine the current state of equity of access to birthing services for women living in small communities ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rolfe MI,Donoghue DA,Longman JM,Pilcher J,Kildea S,Kruske S,Kornelsen J,Grzybowski S,Barclay L,Morgan GG

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the participation of surgeons in preventative health activities in the non-admitted hospital care setting. The aim of this study was to identify which preventive health activities surgeons practice and to explore their attitudes towards preventive health. METHODS:A mixed methods study ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barrett S,Begg S,Sloane A,Kingsley M

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) remain one of the world's most frequently prescribed medications and there is a growing number of publications on correct versus incorrect use of PPIs worldwide. The objective of this observational retrospective study was to assess changes in PPI prescribing trends over the past...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Luo H,Fan Q,Xiao S,Chen K

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with knee osteoarthritis [OA] are commonly treated by physiotherapists in primary care. Measuring physiotherapy performance is important before developing strategies to improve quality. The purpose of this study was to measure physiotherapy performance in patients with knee OA by comparing clinical ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jamtvedt G,Dahm KT,Holm I,Flottorp S

更新日期：2008-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The involvement of mental health service users and their caregivers in health system policy and planning, service monitoring and research can contribute to mental health system strengthening, but as yet there have been very few efforts to do so in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS:This syste...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Semrau M,Lempp H,Keynejad R,Evans-Lacko S,Mugisha J,Raja S,Lamichhane J,Alem A,Thornicroft G,Hanlon C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Societal preferences have to be taken into consideration to ensure difficult healthcare decisions are legitimate and acceptable. It has been interesting to ascertain whether attitudes towards the principles of public healthcare resources allocation are homogenous. In particular, it has been thought provoking...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kolasa K,Lewandowski T

更新日期：2015-12-18 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Language barriers play a decisive role in determining the outcomes of medical consultations between healthcare providers and their foreign patients. This issue is a significant challenge to the German healthcare system, especially with the rising number of refugees in recent years. The communication gap betw...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Furaijat G,Kleinert E,Simmenroth A,Müller F

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) system has been used in measuring an individual's and a population's morbidities. Although all required inputs for running the ACG system are readily available, patients' morbidities and their associations to health care utilizations have been rarely studied in Taiwan. There...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lee WC

更新日期：2008-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While governments are urging adult mental health services to support consumers in the context of their family, there is little information about what family focused practice is, nor how it might be enacted. METHODS:Informed by the principles of Community Based Participatory Research, workshops were held in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Reupert A,Ward B,McCormick F,Ward C,Waller S,Kidd S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral clefts are one of the most common birth defects worldwide. They require multiple healthcare interventions and add significant burden on the health and quality of life of affected individuals. However, not much is known about the long term effects of oral clefts on health and healthcare use of affected i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wehby GL,Pedersen DA,Murray JC,Christensen K

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been evidence in recent years that people with intellectual disabilities in acute hospitals are at risk of preventable deterioration due to failures of the healthcare services to implement the reasonable adjustments they need. The aim of this paper is to explore the challenges in monitoring and pre...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tuffrey-Wijne I,Goulding L,Gordon V,Abraham E,Giatras N,Edwards C,Gillard S,Hollins S

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:India has the distinction of financing its healthcare mainly through out-of-pocket expenses by individual families contributing to catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment. Nearly 70 % of the expenditure is on medicines purchased at private pharmacies. Patients with chronic ailments are especially ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Prashanth NS,Elias MA,Pati MK,Aivalli P,Munegowda CM,Bhanuprakash S,Sadhana SM,Criel B,Bigdeli M,Devadasan N

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Emergency Department (ED) is consistently described as a high-risk environment for patients and clinicians that demands colleagues quickly work together as a cohesive group. Communication between nurses, physicians, and other ED clinicians is complex and difficult to track. A clear understanding of commu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Patterson PD,Pfeiffer AJ,Weaver MD,Krackhardt D,Arnold RM,Yealy DM,Lave JR

更新日期：2013-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population aging increases the number of glaucoma patients which leads to higher workloads of glaucoma specialists. If stable glaucoma patients were monitored by optometrists and ophthalmic technicians in a glaucoma follow-up unit (GFU) rather than by glaucoma specialists, the specialists' workload and waiti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holtzer-Goor KM,van Sprundel E,Lemij HG,Plochg T,Klazinga NS,Koopmanschap MA

更新日期：2010-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered care ideally considers patient preferences, values and needs. However, it is unclear if policies such as wait time strategies for hip and knee replacement surgery (TJR) are patient-centred as they focus on an isolated episode of care. This paper describes the accounts of people scheduled to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Webster F,Perruccio AV,Jenkinson R,Jaglal S,Schemitsch E,Waddell JP,Bremner S,Mobilio MH,Venkataramanan V,Davis AM

更新日期：2013-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare systems are increasingly focusing on outcomes that are the endpoints of care: patient health status and patient satisfaction. The availability of patient satisfaction (PS) data has encouraged research on its relationship with other outcomes, such as mortality. In Italy, an inter-regional performan...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Grillo Ruggieri T,Berta P,Murante AM,Nuti S

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older care home residents frequently attend emergency departments with a high conversion to admissions. For this purpose, a novel Care Home Innovation Programme (CHIP) was introduced with the aim of reducing potentially avoidable hospital admissions by 30%. The aim of this study is to evaluate the implementa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Giebel C,Harvey D,Akpan A,Chamberlain P

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of the research on high-cost patients in healthcare has taken a static approach to studying what is actually a dynamic process. High-cost patients often utilize services across multiple sectors along care pathways, but due to the cross-sectional nature of many study designs, we lack a clear understandin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cohen D,Wodchis WP,Calzavara A

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wellbeing of healthcare workers is important for the effective functioning of health systems. The aim of this study was to explore the conceptualisations of wellbeing, stress and burnout among healthcare workers in primary healthcare settings in rural Ethiopia in order to inform the development of contextual...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Selamu M,Thornicroft G,Fekadu A,Hanlon C

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systems for monitoring effectiveness and quality of rehabilitation services across health care levels are needed. The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot test a quality indicator set for rehabilitation of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. METHODS:The set was developed according to the Rand/...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Johansen I,Klokkerud M,Anke A,Børke JB,Glott T,Hauglie U,Høyem A,Klovning A,Lande KA,Larsen M,Nordvik JE,Wigers SH,Øyeflaten I,Hagen KB,Kjeken I

更新日期：2019-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. Studies are needed to increase our understanding of how GPs' attitudes influence their use of guideline...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlsen B,Norheim OF

更新日期：2008-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the new hypertension treatment guidelines blood pressure (BP) readings need to be kept below or equal to 130/80 mmHg in patients aged less than 65 years old. This study shows the change in proportion of identified cases of uncontrolled blood pressure in light of these changes. METHODS:The data ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Charoensab N,Pinyopornpanish K,Thangsuk P,Jiraporncharoen W,Angkurawaranon C

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the successful pilot of the community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives (CBDIC) by community health extension workers (CHEWs) in Gombe, northern Nigeria in 2010, there was a policy decision to scale-up the innovation to other parts of the country. However, there is limited understandi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Akinyemi O,Harris B,Kawonga M

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell-free fetal DNA sequencing based non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Down syndrome (DS) has become widely available. In Hong Kong, obstetric providers in the public sector refer women identified at high risk of having a child with Down syndrome to obstetric providers in the private sector for NIPT. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ngan OMY,Yi H,Ahmed S

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00