Immigrants' use of primary health care services for mental health problems.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing client and patient satisfaction towards a service is of programmatic importance. A study was conducted in Malawi between July and October 2013 to assess client satisfaction among women who had been screened for cervical cancer using Visual Inspection with Acetic acid test. METHODS:This was a cross...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Maseko FC,Chirwa ML,Muula AS

更新日期：2014-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic imaging has been a part of medicine for the last century. It has been difficult to implement guidelines in this field, and unwarranted imaging has been a frequent problem. Some work has been done to explain these phenomena separately. Identifying the barriers to and facilitators of guideline use h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gransjøen AM,Wiig S,Lysdahl KB,Hofmann BM

更新日期：2018-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared to patients with cancer, heart failure patients are seldom candidates for palliative care. Numerous studies have investigated reasons why heart failure patients do not receive palliative care; however, none of these studies have ever evaluated the situation in the German health care setting. This st...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ziehm J,Farin E,Schäfer J,Woitha K,Becker G,Köberich S

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM) is a refined post-clinical rehabilitation approach, in which a multidisciplinary hospital-based team guides a network of primary care physical therapists in the treatment of trauma patients. The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the TTCM compar...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wiertsema SH,van Dongen JM,Geleijn E,Beckerman H,Bloemers FW,Ostelo RWJG,de Groot V

更新日期：2019-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Tanzania, decentralisation processes and reforms in the health sector aimed at improving planning and accountability in the sector. As a result, districts were given authority to undertake local planning and set priorities as well as allocate resources fairly to promote the health of a population with var...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Shayo EH,Mboera LE,Blystad A

更新日期：2013-07-12 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: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:Several Western and Arab countries, as well as over 30 States in the US are using the "All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups" (APR-DRGs) with four severity-of-illness (SOI) subcategories as a model for hospital funding. The aim of this study is to verify whether this is an adequate model for funding s...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dewilde S,Annemans L,Pincé H,Thijs V

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine health information is an essential health system building block. In low and low-middle income countries however, concerns about the quality of routine administrative data have often undermined their use. The purpose of the present study was to verify the data availability, and consistency of six key ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sychareun V,Hansana V,Phengsavanh A,Chaleunvong K,Eunyoung K,Durham J

更新日期：2014-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Netherlands, midwives are autonomous medical practitioners and 78% of pregnant women start their maternity care with a primary care midwife. Scientific research to support evidence-based practice in primary care midwifery in the Netherlands has been sparse. This paper describes the research design and...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Manniën J,Klomp T,Wiegers T,Pereboom M,Brug J,de Jonge A,van der Meijde M,Hutton E,Schellevis F,Spelten E

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with diabetes in remote areas remain poor, including high rates of avoidable complications which could be reduced with better primary level care. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based health-worker led case management approach to the care of In...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McDermott RA,Schmidt B,Preece C,Owens V,Taylor S,Li M,Esterman A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attempts to achieve digital transformation across the health service have stimulated increasingly large-scale and more complex change programmes. These encompass a growing range of functions in multiple locations across the system and may take place over extended timeframes. This calls for new approaches to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cresswell K,Sheikh A,Franklin BD,Krasuska M,Nguyen HT,Hinder S,Lane W,Mozaffar H,Mason K,Eason S,Potts HWW,Williams R

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the daily surgical scheduling problem in a teaching hospital. This problem relates to the use of multiple operating rooms and different types of surgeons in a typical surgical day with deterministic operation durations (preincision, incision, and postincision times). Teaching hospitals pl...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pulido R,Aguirre AM,Ortega-Mier M,García-Sánchez Á,Méndez CA

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality of care delivered and clinical outcomes of care are of paramount importance. Wide variations in the outcome of emergency care have been suggested, but the scale of variation, and the way in which outcomes are inter-related are poorly defined and are critical to understand how best to improve serv...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holt PJ,Sinha S,Ozdemir BA,Karthikesalingam A,Poloniecki JD,Thompson MM

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients education is considered a valuable mean to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This cross-sectional study aims to assess declared practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) regarding the delivery of information about HAIs to patients. METHODS:A 14-item multiple-choice questionn...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bo M,Amprino V,Dalmasso P,Zotti CM

更新日期：2017-01-23 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:As of 2015, second opinions are legally implemented in Germany. However, empirical results from German second opinion programs are lacking. The aim of this study was to examine several aspects within a population of a German second opinion program. METHODS:Study population consisted of patients who sought a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Weyerstraß J,Prediger B,Neugebauer E,Pieper D

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the inception of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England, there have been questions about the empirical basis for the cost-per-QALY threshold used by NICE and whether QALYs gained by different beneficiaries of health care should be weighted equally. The Social Value ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Donaldson C,Baker R,Mason H,Jones-Lee M,Lancsar E,Wildman J,Bateman I,Loomes G,Robinson A,Sugden R,Prades JL,Ryan M,Shackley P,Smith R

更新日期：2011-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents of children with food allergy, primary care physicians, and members of the general public play a critical role in the health and well-being of food-allergic children, though little is known about their knowledge and perceptions of food allergy. The purpose of this paper is to detail the development o...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gupta RS,Kim JS,Springston EE,Pongracic JA,Wang X,Holl J

更新日期：2009-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internationally, key health care reform elements rely on improved integration of care between the primary and secondary sectors. The objective of this systematic review is to synthesise the existing published literature on elements of current integrated primary/secondary health care. These elements and how t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nicholson C,Jackson C,Marley J

更新日期：2013-12-20 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:Pay for performance schemes are increasingly being implemented in low income countries to improve health service coverage and quality. This paper describes the context within which a pay for performance programme was introduced in Tanzania and discusses the potential for pay for performance to address health...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Olafsdottir AE,Mayumana I,Mashasi I,Njau I,Mamdani M,Patouillard E,Binyaruka P,Abdulla S,Borghi J

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last decade, the number of patients supported by informal caregivers has substantially increased. In the Italian healthcare context, informal caregivers' experience of care is a new under-recognized construct, and no assessment tool is available. Measuring caregivers' experience is important since in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Coluccia A,Ferretti F,Fagiolini A,Pozza A

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical documentation systems, such as templates, have been associated with process utilization. The T-System emergency department (ED) templates are widely used but lacking are analyses of the templates association with processes. This system is also unique because of the many different template options av...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kerber KA,Hofer TP,Meurer WJ,Fendrick AM,Morgenstern LB

更新日期：2011-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aboriginal Australians have worse cancer survival rates than other Australians. Reasons include fear of a cancer diagnosis, reluctance to attend mainstream health services and discrimination from health professionals. Offering health professionals education in care focusing on Aboriginal patients' needs is i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Durey A,Halkett G,Berg M,Lester L,Kickett M

更新日期：2017-09-15 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:Drug costs increasingly pose a burden upon the otherwise inadequate health care resources and rational drug utilization is an important segment of every national health policy. Optimal patient care should be the goal of rational pharmacotherapy, whereby the economic burden of treatment is just one of the ele...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Polić-ViŽintin M,Stimac D,Sostar Z,Tripković I

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health practitioners frequently encounter dying, death and suffering. While providing health care can be stressful, the literature on how different health practitioners cope with the emotional challenges associated with their work is sparse. Further, much of this literature is based on studies conducted in h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kpassagou BL,Soedje KMA

更新日期：2017-12-04 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:Among the important stress factors for physicians nowadays are poorly functioning, time consuming and inadequate information systems. The present study examined the predictors of physicians' stress related to information systems (SRIS) among Finnish physicians. The examined predictors were cognitive workload...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Heponiemi T,Hyppönen H,Kujala S,Aalto AM,Vehko T,Vänskä J,Elovainio M

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00