A systematic review of different models of home and community care services for older persons.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathologists face major challenges in breast cancer diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The major problems identified as impairing the quality of pathology reports are shortcomings of equipment, organization and insufficiently qualified personnel. In addition, in the context of breast cancer, immunohist...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ziegenhorn HV,Frie KG,Ekanem IO,Ebughe G,Kamate B,Traore C,Dzamalala C,Ogunbiyi O,Igbinoba F,Liu B,Bauer M,Thomssen C,Parkin DM,Wickenhauser C,Kantelhardt EJ

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the intensive care unit (ICU), checklists can be used to support the delivery of quality and consistent clinical care. While studies have reported important benefits for clinical checklists in this context, lack of formal validity testing in the literature prompted the study aim; to develop relevant 'proc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Conroy KM,Elliott D,Burrell AR

更新日期：2013-10-03 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:Effective clinician-patient communication about health behavior change is one of the most important and most overlooked strategies to promote health and prevent disease. Existing guidelines for specific health behavior counseling have been created and promulgated, but not successfully adopted in primary care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Flocke SA,Antognoli E,Step MM,Marsh S,Parran T,Mason MJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small Canadian rural maternity services are struggling to maintain core staffing and remain open. Existing evidence states that having to travel to access maternity services is associated with adverse outcomes. The goal of this study is to systematically examine rural maternal and newborn outcomes across thr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Grzybowski S,Fahey J,Lai B,Zhang S,Aelicks N,Leung BM,Stoll K,Attenborough R

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) followed by radiotherapy is generally the preferred treatment for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. This study aimed to investigate the proportion of patients who receive BCS versus mastectomy and post-BCS radiotherapy, and explore factors associated with receipt...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fisher S,Gao H,Yasui Y,Dabbs K,Winget M

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United Kingdom and worldwide, there is significant policy interest in improving the quality of care for patients with mental health disorders and distress. Improving quality of care means addressing not only the effectiveness of interventions but also the issue of limited access to care. Research to d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gask L,Bower P,Lamb J,Burroughs H,Chew-Graham C,Edwards S,Hibbert D,Kovandžić M,Lovell K,Rogers A,Waheed W,Dowrick C,AMP Research Group.

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in chronic conditions is currently the greatest threat to human health and to the sustainability of health systems. Risk adjustment systems may enable population stratification programmes to be developed and become instrumental in implementing new models of care.The objectives of this study are t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Orueta JF,Nuño-Solinis R,Mateos M,Vergara I,Grandes G,Esnaola S

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In China, the New Co-operative Medical System (NCMS), a rural health insurance system, has expanded nationwide since 2003. This study aims to describe prenatal care use, content and costs of care in one county where prenatal care is included in the NCMS and two counties where it is not. It also explores the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Long Q,Zhang T,Hemminki E,Tang X,Huang K,Xiao S,Tolhurst R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rapid HIV antibody test is the diagnostic tool of choice in low and middle-income countries. Previous evidence suggests that rapid HIV diagnostic tests may underperform in the field, failing to detect a substantial number of infections. A research study inadvertently discovered that a clinic rapid HIV te...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wolpaw BJ,Mathews C,Chopra M,Hardie D,de Azevedo V,Jennings K,Lurie MN

更新日期：2010-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the more frequent reasons diabetic patients are admitted to hospital, and there are reports that the long-term prognosis after an AMI is much worse in these patients than in non-diabetic patients. This study aims to compare hospital admissions and costs in Spanish ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lopez-de-Andres A,Hernández-Barrera V,Carrasco-Garrido P,Esteban-Hernandez J,Gil-de-Miguel A,Jiménez-García R

更新日期：2010-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing interest in the role of close-to-community providers in supporting universal health coverage, but questions remain about the best approaches to supporting and motivating these providers, and the optimal package they can deliver indifferent contexts and support required. We report on the e...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Datiko DG,Yassin MA,Tulloch O,Asnake G,Tesema T,Jamal H,Markos P,Cuevas LE,Theobald S

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV treatment models in Africa are labour intensive and require a high number of skilled staff. In this context, task-shifting is considered a feasible alternative for ART service delivery. In 2006, a lay health cadre of expert patients (EPs) at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Zomba, Malawi was capacitated...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Landes M,Thompson C,Mwinjiwa E,Thaulo E,Gondwe C,Akello H,Chan AK

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analyzing social differences in the health of adolescents is a challenge. The accuracy of adolescent's report on familial socio-economic position is unknown. The aims of the study were to examine the validity of measuring occupational social class and family level of education reported by adolescents aged 12...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pueyo MJ,Serra-Sutton V,Alonso J,Starfield B,Rajmil L

更新日期：2007-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family-friendly spaces for children and families to visit inpatient mental health units are recommended in international mental health guidelines as one way to provide service delivery that is responsive to the needs of parent-consumers and families. There is a lack of evidence on the implementation of famil...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Isobel S,Foster K,Edwards C

更新日期：2015-06-19 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:Hospitalized patients are designated alternate level of care (ALC) when they no longer require hospitalization but discharge is delayed while they await alternate disposition or living arrangements. We assessed hospital costs and complications for general internal medicine (GIM) inpatients who had delayed di...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bai AD,Dai C,Srivastava S,Smith CA,Gill SS

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to rising health care costs, in 2012 Switzerland introduced SwissDRG, a reimbursement system for hospitals based on lump sum per case. To circumvent possible negative consequences like reduction in length of stay, acute and transitional care (ATC) was anchored into the law (Federal act on health insuranc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kollbrunner L,Rost M,Koné I,Zimmermann B,Padrutt Y,Wangmo T,Elger B

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General practitioners (GPs) in most high-income countries have a history of being independent private providers with much autonomy. While GPs remain private providers, their autonomous position appears to be challenged by increased policy regulations. This paper examines the extent to which GPs' preferences ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holte JH,Abelsen B,Halvorsen PA,Olsen JA

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:India has experienced a steep rise in institutional childbirth. The relative contributions of public and private sector facilities to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) has not been studied in this setting. This paper aims to study in three districts of Gujarat state, India:(a) the availability of EmOC faciliti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Salazar M,Vora K,De Costa A

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To ensure the highest efficiency, health services should be provided with the least possible complexity. The aim of this study is to quantify the degree of appropriateness in preoperatory hospital stays and to analyse those factors associated with a greater inappropriate use. METHODS:Historical cohort study...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tamames S,Perez Rubio A,Castrodeza Sanz J,Canton Alvarez MB,Luquero FJ,Santos Sanz S,Lopez Encinar P,de la Torre Pardo MP,Gil Gonzalez JM

更新日期：2007-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With increased international migration, language barriers are likely becoming more relevant in primary care. The aim of this study was to investigate the language barrier in paediatric and adult primary care, present its consequences, reveal how it is overcome, as well as highlight the use of and potential u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jaeger FN,Pellaud N,Laville B,Klauser P

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In international comparisons, rates of amputations of the lower limb are relatively high in Germany. This study aims to analyze trends in lower limb amputations over time, as well as outcomes of care concerning in-hospital mortality and reamputation rates during the same hospital stay which might indicate th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Spoden M,Nimptsch U,Mansky T

更新日期：2019-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In-hospital medication reviews are regularly performed. However, discontinuity in care could occur because secondary care providers lack insight into the outpatient history. Furthermore, for the implementation or follow-up of some medication review-based interventions, the help of primary care providers is e...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Walraven B,Ponjee G,Heideman W,Çarkit FK

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections represent a serious challenge for health-care institutions. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriers can help to reduce both nosocomial transmissions and unnecessary isolations and associated costs. The practical details of MRSA screening...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tübbicke A,Hübner C,Hübner NO,Wegner C,Kramer A,Fleßa S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ontario's birth Registry (BORN) was established in 2009 to collect, interpret, and share critical data about pregnancy, birth and the early childhood period to facilitate and improve the provision of healthcare. Since the use of routinely-collected health data has been prioritized internationally by governme...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dunn S,Lanes A,Sprague AE,Fell DB,Weiss D,Reszel J,Taljaard M,Darling EK,Graham ID,Grimshaw JM,Harrold J,Smith GN,Peterson W,Walker M

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rural hospitals face unique challenges to adopting Enhanced Recovery protocols after colorectal surgical procedures. There are few examples of successful implementation in the United States, and fewer yet of prospective, outcomes-based trials. METHODS:This study drew data from elective bowel resection prosp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smucker L,Victory J,Scribani M,Oceguera L,Monzon R

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As healthcare systems around the world are facing increasing physician shortages, more physicians are migrating from low to high income countries. As an illustrative case of international migration of physicians, we evaluated the current number and historical trends of Lebanese medical graduates (LMG) in the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Akl EA,Maroun N,Major S,Chahoud B,Schünemann HJ

更新日期：2007-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have estimated planned home deaths compared to actual place of death in a general population or the longitudinal course of home nursing services and associations with place of death. We aimed to investigate trajectories of nursing services, potentially planned home deaths regardless of place of d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kjellstadli C,Han L,Allore H,Flo E,Husebo BS,Hunskaar S

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Personal Health Record (PHR) is an electronic record that individuals use to manage and share their health information, e.g. data from their medical records and data collected by apps. However, engagement with their record can be low if people do not find it beneficial to their health, wellbeing or interac...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fylan F,Caveney L,Cartwright A,Fylan B

更新日期：2018-06-14 00:00:00