An economic evaluation comparing two schedules of antenatal visits.

abstract：:We review the foundations of resource allocation rules based on cost-effectiveness information. Comprehensive approaches, where a total budget is allocated in one go, require estimation of the costs and effects of all available health care programmes, which is unlikely to be practical. A common alternative is to asses...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Lord J,Laking G,Fischer A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the environmental and behavioural predictors of wellbeing is a key driver of health and social care research. Research set in the social world examines the relationships between behavioural, cognitive, emotional and environmental factors, linking these to disease or social ills with the aim of providing ...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Jones M,Johnston D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the science of medicine subscribes to learning from best practices and the transmission of superior treatment regimens across national boundaries, the same ethos does not inform political debates surrounding health system reform. The Canadian and English health systems have been used - and, more frequently - ab...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Ehlke D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand the challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of assistant practitioner (AP) roles supporting the work of ward-based registered nurses (RNs) in National Health Service (NHS) acute hospital trusts in England. METHODS:Three case studies of NHS acute hospital trusts. This pape...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Spilsbury K,Adamson J,Atkin K,Bloor K,Carr-Hill R,McCaughan D,McKenna H,Wakefield A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important component of the reforms of the British National Health Service (NHS) has been devolution of a previously highly centralised pay bargaining system to the local provider level. As the wage bill is by far the single largest item of health care expenditure, the implications of this change may be far-reaching...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Gray A,Buchan J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the organisational factors that impede or facilitate transition of young people from child and adolescent (CAMHS) to adult mental health services (AMHS). METHODS:Thirty-four semi-structured interviews were conducted with health and social care professionals working in child and adult services...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Belling R,McLaren S,Paul M,Ford T,Kramer T,Weaver T,Hovish K,Islam Z,White S,Singh SP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to expand understanding of academic-practitioner knowledge-sharing in the service of enhanced knowledge creation in health care. To this end, we describe the tacit and explicit knowledge of academics and practitioners and how this knowledge exists within their communities of practice. We a...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Bartunek J,Trullen J,Bonet E,Sauquet A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Capital Health (CH) region in Alberta serves the population of the Edmonton area as well as a large referral population in western Canada. CH is responsible for the delivery of the spectrum of patient care, from inpatient to outpatient services. Growth in outpatient care, in particular, has led to the de...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Taylor D,Lahey M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to evaluate whether the involvement of health care managers in research projects improves the quality and relevance of research, and whether collaboration builds capacity in the managerial community. METHODS:The NIHR Service Delivery and Organization Management Fellowship programme supports the d...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Bullock A,Morris ZS,Atwell C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish current guidance and practice in UK on presentation of indirect comparison and mixed treatment comparison analyses; to provide recommendations to improve indirect comparison/mixed treatment comparison reporting and to identify research priorities for improved presentation. METHODS:Existing inst...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Tan SH,Bujkiewicz S,Sutton A,Dequen P,Cooper N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The United States Government's Medicaid expansion policy has important implications for health centres, since a large proportion of health centre patients are Medicaid enrollees. The objective of this study was to compare primary care utilization and clinical quality performance between health centres in Med...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Lee DC,Shi L,Liang H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The introduction of an internal market in the British National Health Service (NHS) has highlighted the importance of developing appropriate, valid and timely measures of hospital activity, both for the purposes of specifying and monitoring contracts and for evaluating the success of the NHS reforms in gener...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Söderlund N,Gray A,Milne R,Raftery J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The nine NIHR CLAHRCs are collaborations between universities and local NHS organizations that seek to improve patient outcomes through the conduct and application of applied health research. The theoretical and practical context within which the CLAHRCs were set up was characterized by a considerable degree...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Soper B,Yaqub O,Hinrichs S,Marjanovich S,Drabble S,Hanney S,Nolte E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the influence of the English National Health Service (NHS) South and West (S&W) region Development and Evaluation Committee (DEC) technology appraisal reports on purchasing and clinical decisions in the S&W and elsewhere in the NHS, and to estimate the cost of the DEC process. METHODS:Two postal ...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Dixon S,Coleman P,Nicholl J,Brennan A,Touch S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increasingly health care performance data are being disseminated in the form of 'league tables' of health care providers, with the implication that such publication helps purchasers select the better providers, and spurs providers into improvements. This paper examines progress to date. METHODS:Three stages...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Nutley S,Smith PC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvements in health service provision need not be costly and indeed may save money. Administration of radio iodine ((131)I) to patients with thyrotoxicosis in the UK is often delayed because few endocrinologists have appropriate Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC) certifica...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Singh R,Aitken M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of a risk factor checklist and training video for general practitioners in reducing inter-practice variation and improving the appropriateness of referrals (assessed by their positive predictive value or PPV) of patients with suspected otitis media with effusion (OME or 'glue ear') to ...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Bennett K,Haggard M,Churchill R,Wood S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Integrated care' is pitched as the solution to current health system challenges. In the literature, what integrated care actually involves is complex and contested. Multi-disciplinary team case management is frequently the primary focus of integrated care when implemented internationally. We examine the practical app...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Stokes J,Checkland K,Kristensen SR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cost-utility analysis is gaining importance as a tool for setting priorities in health care. The approach requires quality-of-life weights on a scale from 0.00 (corresponding to death) to 1.00 (corresponding to perfect health). Different methods and perspectives of the evaluators tend to give different result...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Arnesen T,Trommald M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Poor people receive shorter consultations in general practice than more affluent people. Our aim was to study the two reasons generally advanced for this for patients consulting with mental health problems: people of low socioeconomic status (SES) demand shorter consultations or they tend to match with practi...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Videau Y,Saliba-Serre B,Paraponaris A,Ventelou B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article raises the concern that biobanks are failing to realize the expected research and health service outcomes. Rather than biobanking, we have been engaging in 'biohoarding', where building a quantifiable collection of tissue samples is the primary basis of the bio-resource. The root cause of 'biohoarding' is...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Catchpoole D

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with three concerns about the evaluative framework that is currently dominant within health economics. These concerns are: that the evaluative framework is concerned entirely with health; that the evaluative framework has an individualistic focus on patients alone; and that the methods used to estimat...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Coast J,Flynn T,Sutton E,Al-Janabi H,Vosper J,Lavender S,Louviere J,Peters T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We summarise and evaluate Harris' criticisms of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and the alternative processes he commends to health care decision makers. In contrast to CEA, Harris' asserts that individuals have a right to life-saving treatment that cannot be denied on the basis of their capacity to benefit. We conc...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Edlin R,McCabe C,Round J,Wright J,Claxton K,Sculpher M,Cookson R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the costs and potential efficiency gains of changing the frequency of clinic appointments and drug dispensing arrangements for stable HIV patients compared to the costs of hospital pharmacy dispensing and home delivery. METHODS:We estimated the annual costs per patient (HIV clinic visits and eit...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Adams E,Ogden D,Ehrlich A,Hay P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to include non English speakers in health services research to ensure not only the generalisability of findings but also to address health inequalities and promote social justice. One approach is to use interpreters but there is little guidance for working with an interpreter in interviews. Involving a...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Plumridge G,Redwood S,Greenfield S,Akhter N,Chowdhury R,Khalade A,Gill P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:the nature of care delivered in emergency departments has changed due to increased demand. In response, one relatively new change is the introduction of a physiotherapy service. There have been anecdotal reports that this may reduce patient waiting times and lead to more effective use of other health care sta...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Kilner E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been much speculation about whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has, or ought to have, a 'threshold' figure for the cost of an additional quality-adjusted life-year above which a technology will not be recommended for use. We argue that it is not constitutionally appropri...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Culyer A,McCabe C,Briggs A,Claxton K,Buxton M,Akehurst R,Sculpher M,Brazier J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health services research must continually address the question: Under what conditions may data not collected specifically for research, such as primary medical data, be re-used for research without compromising the privacy of the data-subjects? For secondary use of data in research there are basically three options. O...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Lowrance W

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Non-surgical treatment can be effective for many musculoskeletal conditions. Improving access to these options may improve the efficiency of hospitals. The Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Screening Clinic and Multidisciplinary Service offers early comprehensive assessment and coordinated, patient-centred care withi...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Comans T,Raymer M,O'Leary S,Smith D,Scuffham P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Levels of management staffing in the UK National Health Service (NHS) have received considerable political and media attention in the last four years or so. Both the previous and current governments committed themselves to reducing management expenditure in the health service, and significant cuts appear t...

journal_title：Journal of health services research & policy

authors： Söderlund N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00