Impact of periodic health examination on surgical treatment for uterine fibroids in Beijing: a case-control study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ensuring access to timely and appropriate primary healthcare for people living in poverty is an issue facing all countries, even those with universal healthcare systems. The transformation of healthcare practices and organization could be improved by involving key stakeholders from the community and the heal...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Loignon C,Hudon C,Boudreault-Fournier A,Dupéré S,Macaulay AC,Pluye P,Gaboury I,Haggerty JL,Fortin M,Goulet É,Lambert M,Pelissier-Simard L,Boyer S,de Laat M,Lemire F,Champagne L,Lemieux M

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute hospital services account for the largest proportion of health care system budgets, and older adults are the most frequent users. As a result, older people who have been recently discharged from hospital may be at greater risk of readmission. This study aims to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Finlayson K,Chang AM,Courtney MD,Edwards HE,Parker AW,Hamilton K,Pham TDX,O'Brien J

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functional split model of consultant psychiatrist care for inpatients has been one of the major service redesign that has occurred in the NHS in the last decade. It is unclear if this new split model offers any advantages over the previous sectorised model of working. More recent evidence has suggested t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Begum M,Brown K,Pelosi A,Crabb J,McTaggart J,Mitchell C,Julyan E,Donegan T,Gotz M

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the demonstrated need to increase screening mammography utilization and strong evidence that mail and telephone outreach to women can increase screening, most managed care organizations have not adopted comprehensive outreach programs. The uncertainty about optimum strategies and cost effectiveness h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Costanza ME,Luckmann R,White MJ,Rosal MC,Cranos C,Reed G,Clark R,Sama S,Yood R

更新日期：2011-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently there is a dual system of oral healthcare delivery in Cyprus: the public dental system (PDS) run by the Government and the private system provided by private dental practitioners. Although 83% of the population is entitled to free treatment by the PDS only 10% of the population make use of them. As...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Charalambous C,Maniadakis N,Polyzos N,Fragoulakis V,Theodorou M

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Academic detailing (AD; also known as educational visiting) facilitates the translation of evidence into practice and has been widely adopted internationally to facilitate practice change. The potential of AD linked to a specific patient and delivered by a specialist physician to general practitioners has no...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Collier A,Rowett D,Allcroft P,Greene A,Currow DC

更新日期：2015-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Return to work after gynaecological surgery takes much longer than expected, irrespective of the level of invasiveness. In order to empower patients in recovery and return to work, a multidisciplinary care program consisting of an e-health intervention and integrated care management including participatory w...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vonk Noordegraaf A,Huirne JA,Brölmann HA,Emanuel MH,van Kesteren PJ,Kleiverda G,Lips JP,Mozes A,Thurkow AL,van Mechelen W,Anema JR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality standards of the Dutch Society of Intensive Care require monitoring of the satisfaction of patient's relatives with respect to care. Currently, no suitable instrument is available in the Netherlands to measure this. This study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of the questionn...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rensen A,van Mol MM,Menheere I,Nijkamp MD,Verhoogt E,Maris B,Manders W,Vloet L,Verharen L

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous medical education strategies, including academic detailing (AD), have mixed effects on the quality of prescribing in general practice. Alongside a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to assess the effectiveness of AD visits (on appropriate prescribing of analgesics for chronic pain in osteo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Anthierens S,Verhoeven V,Schmitz O,Coenen S

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) carries a high burden of morbidity and mortality and is associated with significant utilization of health care resources, especially in the elderly. Numerous randomized trials have established the efficacy of cholesterol reduction with statin medications in decreasing mortality i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cooke CA,Kirkland SA,Sketris IS,Cox J

更新日期：2009-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Informal caregivers' (CGs') subjective burden is an important aspect of the care situation because it is linked to various outcomes such as health, mortality risk, institutionalization, and caregiving style. The aims of this study were a) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the 10-item sho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pendergrass A,Malnis C,Graf U,Engel S,Graessel E

更新日期：2018-04-02 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:All countries face challenging decisions about healthcare coverage. Malawi has committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, the timeframe set out by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As in other low income countries, scarce resources stand in the way of more equitable health access...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Masefield SC,Msosa A,Grugel J

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many countries have introduced elements of managed competition in their healthcare system with the aim to accomplish more efficient and demand-driven health care. Simultaneously, generating and reporting of comparative healthcare information has become an important quality-improvement instrument. We examined...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hendriks M,Spreeuwenberg P,Rademakers J,Delnoij DM

更新日期：2009-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the past decade the provision of home care services in Canada has doubled; with this increase there has been a growing interest in improving quality and safety. National-level data are captured in the Home Care Reporting System (HCRS), using the interRAI-HC tools. Data in the HCRS provide decision-makers ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Elliott J,Gordon A,Tong CE,Stolee P

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a prominent threat to public health. Although many guidelines have been developed over the years to tackle this issue, their impact on health care practice varies. Guidelines are often based on evidence from clinical trials, but these have limitations, particularly in the br...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Steels S,Van der Zande M,van Staa TP

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to identify the statistical software applications most commonly employed for data analysis in health services research (HSR) studies in the U.S. The study also examines the extent to which information describing the specific analytical software utilized is provided in published articles repor...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dembe AE,Partridge JS,Geist LC

更新日期：2011-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In several health systems of advanced countries, reforms have changed primary care in the last two decades. The literature has assessed the effects of a variety of interventions and individual factors on the behavior of general practitioners (GPs). However, there has been a lack of investigation concerning t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Calciolari S,González-Ortiz LG,Lega F

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many countries health policy encourages patients to choose their hospital, preferably by considering information of performance reports. Previous studies on hospital choice mainly have focused on patients undergoing elective surgery. This study examined a representative sample of hospital inpatients acros...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： de Cruppé W,Geraedts M

更新日期：2017-11-13 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

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：BACKGROUND:The disparity between government health expenditures across regions is more severe in developing countries than it is in developed countries. The capitation subsidy method has been proven effective in developed countries in reducing this disparity, but it has not been tested in China, the world's largest dev...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zhang G,Zhang L,Wu S,Xia X,Lu L

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long waiting times result in low satisfaction. Although several methods are used to shorten the actual waiting time (AWT) in large hospitals of China, the outpatients still have a long actual waiting time. This study aimed to explore whether satisfaction could be improved by extending the expected waiting ti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ma WM,Zhang H,Wang NL

更新日期：2019-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug prescribing errors are frequent in the hospital setting and pharmacists play an important role in detection of these errors. The objectives of this study are (1) to describe the drug prescribing errors rate during the patient's stay, (2) to find which characteristics for a prescribing error are the most...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Caruba T,Colombet I,Gillaizeau F,Bruni V,Korb V,Prognon P,Bégué D,Durieux P,Sabatier B

更新日期：2010-01-12 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:The decreased life expectancy and care costs of mental disorders could be enormous. However, research that compares mortality and utilization concurrently across the major category of mental disorders is absent. This study investigated all-cause mortality and medical utilization among patients with and witho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang JY,Chang CC,Lee MC,Li YJ

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is consistent evidence highlighting the mal-distribution of the health workforce between urban and rural and remote regions. To date, addressing this mal-distribution has focused on medicine and nursing with limited initiatives targeted at allied health. Therefore, the aim of this research was to explo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kumar S,Tian EJ,May E,Crouch R,McCulloch M

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely access is a challenge for providers of outpatient and community-based health services, as seen by the often lengthy waiting lists to manage demand. The Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) model, an alternative approach for managing access and triage, reduced waiting time by 34% in a stepped...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Harding KE,Snowdon DA,Prendergast L,Lewis AK,Kent B,Leggat SF,Taylor NF

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2000, midwifery was regulated in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. Since the establishment of the midwifery program, little formal research has analyzed the utilization of regulated midwifery services. In Manitoba, the demand for midwifery services has exceeded the number of midwives in practice. The spe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thiessen K,Heaman M,Mignone J,Martens P,Robinson K

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring quality of care is essential to improve primary care. Quality of primary care for patients is usually assessed by patient satisfaction questionnaires. However, patients may not be able to judge quality of care without also reflecting their perception of the environment. We determined the effect tha...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tièche R,da Costa BR,Streit S

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00