STI service delivery in British Columbia, Canada; providers' views of their services to youth.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health reforms in Bulgaria have introduced major changes to the financing, delivery and regulation of health care. As in many other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, these included introducing general practice, establishing a health insurance system, reorganizing hospital services, and setting up new ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rechel B,Blackburn CM,Spencer NJ,Rechel B

更新日期：2011-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elder abuse in nursing homes is a complex multifactorial problem and entails various associations across personal, social, and organisational factors. One way leaders can prevent abuse and promote quality and safety for residents is to follow up on any problems that may arise in clinical practice in a way th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Myhre J,Saga S,Malmedal W,Ostaszkiewicz J,Nakrem S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic disease is a leading cause of death globally, where inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption and inadequate physical activity are consistently implicated as key contributing risk factors for such diseases. People with a mental health condition are reported to experience a higher prevalence of such ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bailey JM,Clinton-McHarg TL,Wye PM,Wiggers JH,Bartlem KM,Bowman JA

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global initiative 'Treatment 2.0' calls for expanding the evidence base of optimal HIV service delivery models to maximize HIV case detection and retention in care. However limited systematic assessment has been conducted in countries with concentrated HIV epidemic. We aimed to assess HIV service availab...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fujita M,Poudel KC,Do TN,Bui DD,Nguyen VK,Green K,Nguyen TM,Kato M,Jacka D,Cao TT,Nguyen TL,Jimba M

更新日期：2012-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Whole Systems Demonstrator was a large, pragmatic, cluster randomised trial that compared telehealth with usual care among 3,230 patients with long-term conditions in three areas of England. Telehealth involved the regular transmission of physiological information such as blood glucose to health professi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Steventon A,Bardsley M,Doll H,Tuckey E,Newman SP

更新日期：2014-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients' satisfaction is an important indicator for quality of care. Measuring healthcare quality and improving patient satisfaction have become increasingly prevalent, especially among healthcare providers and purchasers of healthcare. This is mainly due to the fact that consumers are becoming increasingly...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Soufi G,Belayachi J,Himmich S,Ahid S,Soufi M,Zekraoui A,Abouqal R

更新日期：2010-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-communicable diseases, including diabetes mellitus and hypertension, continue to disproportionately burden low- and middle-income countries. However, little research has been done to establish current practices and management of chronic disease in these settings. The objective of this study was to examin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dekker AM,Amick AE,Scholcoff C,Doobay-Persaud A

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strong association between family history and prostate cancer (PCa) suggests a significant genetic contribution, yet specific highly penetrant PCa susceptibility genes have not been identified. Certain single-nucleotide-polymorphisms have been found to correlate with PCa risk; however uncertainty remains...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Birmingham WC,Agarwal N,Kohlmann W,Aspinwall LG,Wang M,Bishoff J,Dechet C,Kinney AY

更新日期：2013-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to medication is one of the critical determinants of successful management of chronic diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Given that poor adherence with self-management medication is very common among asthma and COPD patients, interventions that improve the u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sari N,Osman M

更新日期：2015-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japan has the highest rate of aging. To contain Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance costs, the Japanese government is attempting to increase the proportion of individuals receiving home care services. However, demand for institutional care is increasing. These circumstances will decrease the sustainability of the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sugimoto K,Kashiwagi M,Tamiya N

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited health literacy (HL) and numeracy have been shown to be associated with a wide array of poor health-related outcomes, knowledge, and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical utility of brief HL and numeracy screening items in identifying Spanish-speaking adults' HL and numera...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Singh R,Coyne LS,Wallace LS

更新日期：2015-09-14 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:The number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and related treatment costs are rapidly increasing. Consequentially, more cost-effective and efficient strategies for the treatment of T2DM are needed. One such strategy is improving patients' self-management. As patients are more and more expected to se...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van Smoorenburg AN,Hertroijs DFL,Dekkers T,Elissen AMJ,Melles M

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reading problems are frequently reported by visually impaired persons. A closed-circuit television (CCTV) can be helpful to maintain reading ability, however, it is difficult to learn how to use this device. In the Netherlands, an evidence-based rehabilitation program in the use of CCTVs was lacking. Therefo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Burggraaff MC,van Nispen RM,Melis-Dankers BJ,van Rens GH

更新日期：2010-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital deaths following several hospital admissions or long hospital stays may be indicative of a low quality of dying. Although place of death has been extensively investigated at population level, hospital use in the last months of life and its determinants have been studied less often, especially in Eur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Van den Block L,Deschepper R,Drieskens K,Bauwens S,Bilsen J,Bossuyt N,Deliens L

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians, particularly in hospitals, suffer from adverse working conditions. There is a close link between physicians' psychosocial work environment and the quality of the work they deliver. Our study aimed to explore whether a participatory work-design intervention involving hospital physicians is effecti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Weigl M,Hornung S,Angerer P,Siegrist J,Glaser J

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased length of stay and high rates of adverse clinical events in hospitalised patients with dementia is stimulating interest and debate about which costs may be associated and potentially avoided within this population. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was designed to identify and compare estimated...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bail K,Goss J,Draper B,Berry H,Karmel R,Gibson D

更新日期：2015-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Having a tax-funded and supposedly 'National' Health Service (NHS), one might assume that the UK is well-positioned to roll out eHealth innovations at scale. Yet, despite a strong policy push, the English NHS has been limited in the extent to which it has exploited the potential of eHealth. MAIN BODY:This p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Asthana S,Jones R,Sheaff R

更新日期：2019-12-21 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:Recently, New Zealand has taken a system wide approach providing the biggest reform to New Zealand community pharmacy for 70 years with the aim of providing more clinically orientated patient centred services through a new funding model. The aim of this study was to understand the types of services offered i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smith AJ,Scahill SL,Harrison J,Carroll T,Medlicott NJ

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary health care plays an important role in addressing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries. In light of the rapid urbanization of Vietnam, this study aims to explore health professionals' views about the responsiveness of primary health care services at commu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kien VD,Van Minh H,Giang KB,Ng N,Nguyen V,Tuan LT,Eriksson M

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a highly prevalent condition that has substantial impact on patients, the healthcare system and society. Pain management services (PMS), which aim to address the complex nature of back pain, are recommended in clinical practice guidelines to manage CLBP. Although the effective...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： AlMazrou SH,Elliott RA,Knaggs RD,AlAujan SS

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency departments handle a large proportion of acute patients. In 2007, it was recommended centralizing the Danish healthcare system and establishing emergency departments as the main common entrance for emergency patients. Since this reorganization, few studies describing the emergency patient populatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Søvsø MB,Hermansen SB,Færk E,Lindskou TA,Ludwig M,Møller JM,Jonciauskiene J,Christensen EF

更新日期：2018-07-13 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2004 an allocation formula for primary care services was introduced in England and Wales so practices would receive equitable pay. Modifications were made to this formula to enable local health authorities to pay practices. Similar pay formulae were introduced in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but these a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rhys G,Beerstecher HJ,Morgan CL

更新日期：2010-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication between patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and telephone triage services has not been previously explored. The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization characteristics of a primary care triage call center by patients with LEP. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Njeru JW,Damodaran S,North F,Jacobson DJ,Wilson PM,St Sauver JL,Radecki Breitkopf C,Wieland ML

更新日期：2017-11-09 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:The poor physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is often attributed to lifestyle, disease-related medication side effects and disparate provision of healthcare. The complexity and inexact nature of this issue prohibits the identification of a clear and concise causal pathway, which in tur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ehrlich C,Kendall E,Frey N,Denton M,Kisely S

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse events are considered a major international problem related to the performance of health systems. Evaluating the occurrence of adverse events involves, as any other outcome measure, determining the extent to which the observed differences can be attributed to the patient's risk factors or to variatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Martins M,Travassos C,Mendes W,Pavão AL

更新日期：2011-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:'Failure to rescue' of hospitalized patients with deteriorating physiology on general wards is caused by a complex array of organisational, technical and cultural failures including a lack of standardized team and individual expected responses and actions. The aim of this study using a learning collaborative...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Subbe CP,Kellett J,Barach P,Chaloner C,Cleaver H,Cooksley T,Korsten E,Croke E,Davis E,De Bie AJ,Durham L,Hancock C,Hartin J,Savijn T,Welch J,Crisis Checklist Collaborative.

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00