Effect of distance to health facility on the maintenance of INR therapeutic ranges in rheumatic heart disease patients from Cape Town: no evidence for an association.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited studies have evaluated the effectiveness of pharmacist interventions on outpatient prescription. The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical and economic impacts of pharmacist interventions on randomly sampled outpatient prescriptions. METHOD:Outpatient prescriptions of our hospital were sam...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bao Z,Ji C,Hu J,Luo C,Fang W

更新日期：2018-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empirical evidence on how ownership type affects the quality and cost of medical care is growing, and debate on these topics is ongoing. Despite the fact that the private sector is a major provider of hospital services in Greece, little comparative information on private versus public sector hospitals is ava...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kondilis E,Gavana M,Giannakopoulos S,Smyrnakis E,Dombros N,Benos A

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacy databases are commonly used to assess medication usage, and a number of measures have been developed to measure patients' adherence to medication. An extensive literature now supports these measures, although few studies have systematically compared the properties of different adherence measures. M...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vollmer WM,Xu M,Feldstein A,Smith D,Waterbury A,Rand C

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Publicly-funded drug plans often use prior authorization policies to limit drug prescribing. To guide physician prescribing of a class of antibiotics with broad antimicrobial activity (quinolone antibiotics) in accordance with new prescribing guidelines, Alberta's provincial health ministry implemented a new...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Manns B,Laupland K,Tonelli M,Gao S,Hemmelgarn B

更新日期：2012-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The level of patient safety and outcomes accomplished depends on the quality of care provided. Previous studies found that nurse-to-patient ratio, practice environment, and nursing education were significant predictors of patient outcomes. However, the outcomes measured in previous studies were mainly inpati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chau JP,Lo SH,Choi KC,Chan EL,McHugh MD,Tong DW,Kwok AM,Ip WY,Lee IF,Lee DT

更新日期：2015-12-04 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:Human resources for rehabilitation are often a neglected component of health services strengthening and health workforce development. This may be partly related to weaknesses in the available research and evidence to inform advocacy and programmatic strategies. The objective of this study was to quantitative...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gupta N,Castillo-Laborde C,Landry MD

更新日期：2011-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incident reporting (IR) in health care has been advocated as a means to improve patient safety. The purpose of IR is to identify safety hazards and develop interventions to mitigate these hazards in order to reduce harm in health care. Using qualitative methods is a way to reveal how IR is used and perceived...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlfjord S,Öhrn A,Gunnarsson A

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and incurs high health care costs. While many initiatives promote the implementation of ABCS (aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation) measures, most primary care practices (PCPs) lack quality ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chou AF,Homco JB,Nagykaldi Z,Mold JW,Daniel Duffy F,Crawford S,Stoner JA

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first Multi-center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS1) demonstrated that implementation of a medication reconciliation best practices toolkit decreased total unintentional medication discrepancies in five hospitals. We sought to implement the MARQUIS toolkit in more diverse hos...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mixon AS,Smith GR Jr,Mallouk M,Nieva HR,Kripalani S,Rennke S,Chu E,Sridharan A,Dalal A,Mueller S,Williams M,Wetterneck T,Stein JM,Stolldorf D,Howell E,Orav J,Labonville S,Levin B,Yoon C,Gresham M,Goldstein J,Pla

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety culture at healthcare organizations plays an important role in guaranteeing, improving and promoting overall patient safety. Although several conceptual frameworks have been proposed in the past, no standard measurement tool has yet been developed for Japan. METHODS:In order to examine possib...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ito S,Seto K,Kigawa M,Fujita S,Hasegawa T,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2011-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workplace violence in emergency primary health care is prevalent, but longitudinal studies using validated assessment scales to describe the characteristics of workplace violence in these settings are lacking. The aim of the present study was to determine the characteristics of aggressive incidents in emerge...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Johnsen GE,Morken T,Baste V,Rypdal K,Palmstierna T,Johansen IH

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased insurance coverage for people with HIV (PWH) in the United States. To inform health policy, it is useful to investigate how enrollment through ACA Exchanges, deductible levels, and demographic factors are associated with health care utilization and HIV clinical out...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Satre DD,Parthasarathy S,Silverberg MJ,Horberg M,Young-Wolff KC,Williams EC,Volberding P,Campbell CI

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite public health care being free at the point of delivery in Timor-Leste, wealthier patients access hospital care at nearly twice the rate of poorer patients. This study seeks to understand the barriers driving inequitable utilisation of hospital services in Timor-Leste from the perspective of community...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Price JA,Soares AI,Asante AD,Martins JS,Williams K,Wiseman VL

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of regular multidimensional assessment of older people remains controversial. The majority of trials have been too small to produce adequate evidence to inform policy. Despite the lack of a firm evidence base, UK primary care practitioners (general practitioners) are required to offer an annual h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fletcher AE,Jones DA,Bulpitt CJ,Tulloch AJ

更新日期：2002-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) system has been used in measuring an individual's and a population's morbidities. Although all required inputs for running the ACG system are readily available, patients' morbidities and their associations to health care utilizations have been rarely studied in Taiwan. There...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lee WC

更新日期：2008-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like much of the developed world, healthcare costs in Canada are rising. A small proportion of patients account for a large proportion of healthcare spending and much of this spending occurs in acute care settings. The purpose of our study was to determine potentially modifiable factors related to care proce...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rashidi B,Kobewka DM,Campbell DJT,Forster AJ,Ronksley PE

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most of contacts between patients and health care take place in primary care. Small sample population stud...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hotvedt R,Førde OH

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety culture is an important aspect for quality healthcare delivery and is an issue of high concern globally. In Ethiopia health system little is known and information is limited in scope about patient safety culture. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the level of patient safety cultur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wami SD,Demssie AF,Wassie MM,Ahmed AN

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring patient safety culture can provide insight into areas for improvement and help monitor changes over time. This study details the findings of a re-assessment of patient safety culture in a multi-site Medical City in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Results were compared to an earlier assessmen...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alswat K,Abdalla RAM,Titi MA,Bakash M,Mehmood F,Zubairi B,Jamal D,El-Jardali F

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods are considered high-risk periods for the health of mothers and their newborns. Although the current utilization rate of some maternal and child care services in Jordan is encouraging, detailed information about the quality of these services is limited. Theref...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alyahya MS,Khader YS,Batieha A,Asad M

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UK and US policy initiatives have suggested that, in the future, patients and clinicians in mainstream medicine could use genetic information to prevent common illnesses. There are no studies on patients' experience and understanding of the process of testing for common genetic susceptibilities in mainstream...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Saukko PM,Ellard S,Richards SH,Shepherd MH,Campbell JL

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uganda's under-five mortality is high, currently estimated at 66/1000 live births. Poor referral of sick children that seek care from the private sector is one of the contributory factors. The proposed intervention aims to improve referral and uptake of referral advice for children that seek care from privat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Buregyeya E,Rutebemberwa E,LaRussa P,Mbonye A

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthcare industry is characterized by intensive, never-ending change occurring on a multitude of fronts. Success in such tumultuous environments requires healthcare providers to be proficient in myriad areas, including the manner in which they organize and deliver services. Less efficient designs drain...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Elrod JK,Fortenberry JL Jr

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective collaboration between speech and language therapists (SLTs) and teachers is essential in meeting the needs of children with developmental language disorders in school, but it is difficult to achieve. Currently, many children receive inadequate speech and language therapy services and/or support in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gallagher AL,Murphy CA,Conway PF,Perry A

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV diagnosis in South Africa is based on a point-of-care testing (PoCT) algorithm with paper-based record-keeping. Aggregated testing data are reported routinely. To facilitate improved HIV case-based surveillance, the Western Cape Province implemented a unique pilot intervention to digitise PoCT results, a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jacob N,Rice B,Kalk E,Heekes A,Morgan J,Brinkmann S,Hargreaves J,Orgill M,Boulle A

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of interventions concerning prevention and health promotion in health care has faced particular challenges resulting in a low frequency and quality of these services. In November 2011, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare released national clinical practice guidelines to counteract...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kardakis T,Jerdén L,Nyström ME,Weinehall L,Johansson H

更新日期：2018-04-02 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:Severe underutilization of healthcare facilities and lack of timely, affordable and effective access to healthcare services in resource-constrained, bottom of pyramid (BoP) settings are well-known issues, which foster a negative cycle of poor health outcomes, catastrophic health expenditures and poverty. Und...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Černauskas V,Angeli F,Jaiswal AK,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As a result of the previous part of this trial, many patients with cardiovascular disease were expected to receive a statin for the first time. In order to provide these patients with comprehensive information on statins, as recommended by professional guidance, education at first and second dispensing of st...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Van de Steeg-van Gompel CH,Wensing M,De Smet PA

更新日期：2011-11-16 00:00:00