Social acceptance and population confidence in telehealth in Quebec.

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: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:Albanian immigrants in Greece comprise a highly mobile population with unknown health care profile. We aimed to assess whether these immigrants were more or less likely to undergo laparotomy for suspected appendicitis with negative findings (negative appendicectomy), by performing a controlled study with ind...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tatsioni A,Charchanti A,Kitsiou E,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of these interventions have shown to be efficacious in randomized trials, it often takes almost two decades for an intervention to be translated into prac...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Howard BN,Van Dorn R,Myers BJ,Zule WA,Browne FA,Carney T,Wechsberg WM

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major part of midwifery care involves the empowerment of women and their families for the control of factors affecting their health. To this end, midwives should experience their own empowerment first. The present study was conducted to translate and determine the psychometric properties of the Perception ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hajiesmaello M,Kariman N,Sharif Nia H,Ozgoli G,Hajian S,Bazzazian S,Mokhtarian-Gilani T

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Guideline for Assessment, Treatment and Social Rehabilitation of Persons with Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders, launched in 2012, is to be implemented in mental health services in Norway. Audit and feedback (A&F) is commonly used as the starting point of an implementation pro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pedersen MS,Landheim A,Møller M,Lien L

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community participation is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for successful health service uptake. It is notoriously difficult to assess participation and little has been done to advance tools for the assessment of community participation. In this paper we illustrate an approach that combines a 'social ps...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Baatiema L,Skovdal M,Rifkin S,Campbell C

更新日期：2013-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems play key roles in identifying tobacco users and providing evidence-based care to help them quit. Health systems change - changes to health care processes, policies and financing - has potential to build capacity within these systems to address tobacco use. In 2010, ClearWay MinnesotaSM piloted...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jansen AL,Capesius TR,Lachter R,Greenseid LO,Keller PA

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Promotion of healthy lifestyle is an important strategy. This study was conducted to determine the effects of counselling on health-promoting lifestyle and quality of life in middle-aged women. METHODS:This randomised, controlled, clinical trial was conducted on 102 middle-aged women presenting to health ce...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Karimlou V,Charandabi SM,Malakouti J,Mirghafourvand M

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rapid increase of Medicaid expenditures has been a serious concern, and housing stability has been discussed as a means to reduce Medicaid costs. A program evaluation of a New York City supportive housing program has assessed the association between supportive housing tenancy and Medicaid savings among New...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lim S,Gao Q,Stazesky E,Singh TP,Harris TG,Levanon Seligson A

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A vast body of literature has documented regional variations in healthcare utilization rates. The extent to which such variations are "unwarranted" critically depends on whether there are corresponding variations in patients' needs. Using a unique medical registry, the current paper investigated any associat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rudolfsen JH,Solberg TK,Ingebrigtsen T,Olsen JA

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Objective was to describe variations in how social insurance officers conceive the cooperation with the health care in their daily work with sick leave. METHODS:Fifteen social insurance officers (SIOs) working with administration of sickness benefits were interviewed. They were purposefully recruited to rep...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thorstensson CA,Mathiasson J,Arvidsson B,Heide A,Petersson IF

更新日期：2008-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The adherence pattern of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) among patients with epilepsy is relatively lower in the United States and different European countries. However, adherence and cost analysis of AEDs in Asian countries have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the cost ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Asghar MA,Rehman AA,Raza ML,Shafiq Y,Asghar MA

更新日期：2021-01-19 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:Disease management programmes (DMPs) have been developed to improve effectiveness and economic efficiency within chronic care delivery by combining patient-related, professional-directed, and organisational interventions. The benefits of DMPs within different settings, patient groups, and versions remain unc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lemmens KM,Rutten-Van Mölken MP,Cramm JM,Huijsman R,Bal RA,Nieboer AP

更新日期：2011-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Almost every Western healthcare system is changing to make their services more centered around out-patient care. In particular, long-term or geriatric patients who have been discharged from the hospital often require home-based care and therapy. Therefore, several programs have been developed to continue the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schmid W,Ostermann T

更新日期：2010-10-14 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:Aging of the workforce is a growing problem. As workers age, their physical, physiological and psychosocial capabilities change. Keeping older workers healthy and productive is a key goal of European labor policy and health promotion is a key to achieve this result. Previous studies about workplace health pr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Poscia A,Moscato U,La Milia DI,Milovanovic S,Stojanovic J,Borghini A,Collamati A,Ricciardi W,Magnavita N

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single greatest contributor to the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Our objective is to determine if holistic CVD risk assessment, introduced as part of the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adult Health Check (AHC), results...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Burgess CP,Bailie RS,Connors CM,Chenhall RD,McDermott RA,O'Dea K,Gunabarra C,Matthews HL,Esterman AJ

更新日期：2011-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medicine access is an important goal of medicine policy; however the evaluation of medicine access is a subject under conceptual and methodological development. The aim of this study was to describe quantitative methodologies to measure medicine access on household level, access expressed as paid or unpaid m...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Paniz VM,Fassa AG,Maia MF,Domingues MR,Bertoldi AD

更新日期：2010-05-30 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:Team-based approaches to research capacity building (RCB) may be an efficient means to promote allied health research participation and activity. In order to tailor such interventions, a clearer understanding of current patterns of research participation within allied health teams is needed. Different self-r...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wenke RJ,Mickan S,Bisset L

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poles constitute the largest group of migrants in Norway. Research confirms a steady inflow and a minimal outflow of Polish migrants. One of the key aspects of migrants' structural integration is access to health care services. This study explored barriers to and facilitators of Polish migrants' access to No...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Czapka EA,Sagbakken M

更新日期：2016-09-01 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 professionals need updated health information from credible sources to improve their knowledge and provide evidence based health care services. Various types of medical errors have occurred in resource-limited countries because of poor knowledge and experience sharing practices among health profession...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Asemahagn MA

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rotavirus has been identified as the most common pathogen associated with severe diarrhoea. Two effective vaccines against the pathogen have been licensed. However, many countries including Indonesia have yet to introduce the vaccine into their national immunisation programs. This study aimed to examine the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Seale H,Sitaresmi MN,Atthobari J,Heywood AE,Kaur R,MacIntyre RC,Soenarto Y,Padmawati RS

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is the sixth in a series of papers reporting Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. The SHARE program was established to investigate a systematic, integrated, evidence-based approach to disinvestment within a large Australian health servi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Harris C,Allen K,Brooke V,Dyer T,Waller C,King R,Ramsey W,Mortimer D

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality the majority of patients do not access existing rehabilitation programs and patient resources are not designed to facilitate patient choice and decision-making. The objective of this study was to develop and test a series of risk factor modul...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Redfern J,Ellis E,Briffa T,Freedman SB

更新日期：2006-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Realist evaluation offers an interesting approach to evaluation of interventions in complex settings, but has been little applied in health care. We report on a realist case study of a well performing hospital in Ghana and show how such a realist evaluation design can help to overcome the limited external va...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Marchal B,Dedzo M,Kegels G

更新日期：2010-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bladder cancer (BC) has the highest lifetime treatment costs per patient of all cancers. The objective of this study was to characterize the use of health-care services and costs associated with BC among patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) in the province of Quebec. METHODS:We conducted a descrip...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Santos F,Dragomir A,Zakaria AS,Kassouf W,Aprikian A

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00