High performing hospitals: a qualitative systematic review of associated factors and practical strategies for improvement.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical devices and in vitro diagnostic tests (IVD) are vital components of health delivery systems but access to these important tools is often limited in Africa. The regulation of health commodities by National Regulatory Authorities is intended to ensure their safety and quality whilst ensuring timely acc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rugera SP,McNerney R,Poon AK,Akimana G,Mariki RF,Kajumbula H,Kamau E,Mpawenimana S,Said SY,Toroitich A,Ronoh W,Sollis KA,Sonoiya S,Peeling RW

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most Western countries burn centres have been developed to provide acute and critical care for patients with severe burn injuries. Nowadays, those patients have a realistic chance of survival. However severe burn injuries do have a devastating effect on all aspects of a person's life. Therefore a well-org...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Christiaens W,Van de Walle E,Devresse S,Van Halewyck D,Benahmed N,Paulus D,Van den Heede K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Characteristics associated with acceptance of dataset linkages and health data linkage data quality were analyzed. METHODS:Participants from the 2011 Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging were asked to link their epidemiological data with concurrent and future medical claim datasets. Characteristics associated...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chiu CJ,Huang HM,Lu TH,Wang YW

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have poorer survival and twice the disease burden from breast cancer compared to other Australian women. These disparities are influenced, but not fully explained, by more diagnoses at later stages. Incorporating breast screening, hospital and out of ho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Banham D,Roder D,Keefe D,Farshid G,Eckert M,Howard N,Canuto K,Brown A,CanDAD Aboriginal Community Reference Group and other CanDAD investigators.

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strengthening primary care is key to Hong Kong's ongoing health system reform. Primary care remains unregulated, private sector dominated and financed mainly out-of-pocket. This study sought to examine the association between patients' socioeconomic status (SES), source of health payments and the quality of ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Owolabi O,Zhang Z,Wei X,Yang N,Li H,Wong SY,Wong MC,Yip W,Griffiths SM

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adults with certain comorbid conditions have a higher risk of pneumonia than the overall population. If treatment of pneumonia is more costly in certain predictable situations, this would affect the value proposition of populations for pneumonia prevention. We estimate the economic impact of community-acquir...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Polsky D,Bonafede M,Suaya JA

更新日期：2012-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Almost all studies of pathologic fractures have been conducted based on patients with tumours and hospital-based data; however, in the present study, a nationwide epidemiological survey of pathologic fractures in Taiwan was performed and the medical utilization was calculated. METHODS:All claimants of Taiwa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lee YH,Hsu YN,Yu IL,Phan DV,Chou P,Chan CL,Yang NP

更新日期：2011-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no clear evidence as to whether the co-location of primary care professionals in the same facility positively influences their way of working and the quality of healthcare as perceived by patients. The aim of this study was to identify the relationships between general practitioner (GP) co-location ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bonciani M,Schäfer W,Barsanti S,Heinemann S,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both availability and quality of family planning services are believed to have contributed to increasing contraceptive use and declining fertility rates in developing countries. Yet, there is limited empirical evidence to show the relationship between the quality of family planning services and the populatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hong R,Montana L,Mishra V

更新日期：2006-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most health care services are provided in the primary health care sector, and an increasing number of elderly is in need of these services. Nonetheless, the research on patient safety culture in home care services and nursing homes remains scarce. This study describes staff perceptions of patient safety cult...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ree E,Wiig S

更新日期：2019-08-29 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:International studies have shown a contribution of psychiatric comorbidity to high utilization rates in out-of-hour primary care (OOHC). Up to now, the impact of psychiatric comorbidity in German OOHC remains unclear. Therefore, we aimed to investigate reasons for encounter (RFE), possible psychiatric comorb...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Storr C,Gahbler LM,Linde K,Schneider A

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:United States health care spending rose rapidly in the 2000s, after a period of temporary slowdown in the 1990s. However, the description of the overall trend and the understanding of the underlying drivers of this trend are very limited. This study investigates how well historical hospital cost/revenue driv...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wu VY,Shen YC,Yun MS,Melnick G

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Return to work after gynaecological surgery takes much longer than expected, irrespective of the level of invasiveness. In order to empower patients in recovery and return to work, a multidisciplinary care program consisting of an e-health intervention and integrated care management including participatory w...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vonk Noordegraaf A,Huirne JA,Brölmann HA,Emanuel MH,van Kesteren PJ,Kleiverda G,Lips JP,Mozes A,Thurkow AL,van Mechelen W,Anema JR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited access to drugs is a crucial barrier to reducing the growing impact of cancer in low- and middle-income countries. Approaches based on drug donations or adaptive pricing strategies yield promising but varying results across countries or programs, The Glivec International Patient Assistance Program (G...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tekinturhan E,Audureau E,Tavolacci MP,Garcia-Gonzalez P,Ladner J,Saba J

更新日期：2013-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare obtained abroad may conflict with care received in the country of residence. A special concern for immigrants has been raised as they may have stronger links to healthcare services abroad. Our objective was to investigate use of healthcare in a foreign country in Turkish immigrants, their descenda...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nielsen SS,Yazici S,Petersen SG,Blaakilde AL,Krasnik A

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four social audits in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2009 identified actions that Nicaragua could take to reduce corruption and public perception in primary health care and other key services. METHODS:In a 71-cluster sample, weighted according to the 1995 census and stratified by geographic region and settlement type...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Arosteguí J,Hernandez C,Suazo H,Cárcamo A,Reyes RM,Andersson N,Ledogar RJ

更新日期：2011-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) has great potential in healthcare service improvement, but a limited use. This paper presents an empirical case of PREMs innovation in Italy, to foster patient data use up to the ward level, by keeping strengths and addressing weaknesses of previous PRE...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： De Rosis S,Cerasuolo D,Nuti S

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic reviews of randomised placebo controlled trials of antidepressant medication show small and decreasing differences between pharmacological and placebo arms. In part this finding may relate to methodological problems with conventional trial designs, including their assumption of additivity between ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dowrick CF,Hughes JG,Hiscock JJ,Wigglesworth M,Walley TJ

更新日期：2007-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this project was to assess whether outreach visits would improve the implementation of evidence based clinical practice in the area of falls reduction and stroke prevention in a residential care setting. METHODS:Twenty facilities took part in a randomized controlled trial with a seven month follo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Crotty M,Whitehead C,Rowett D,Halbert J,Weller D,Finucane P,Esterman A

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt access to artemesinin-combination therapy (ACT) is not adequate unless the drug is taken according to treatment guidelines. Adherence to the treatment schedule is important to preserve efficacy of the drug. Although some community based studies have reported fairly high levels of adherence, data on fa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Simba DO,Kakoko D

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The State of Louisiana spends the most on Medicare beneficiaries per capita, but reports greater disparities in health status and death rates than other states. This project sought to investigate the associations between healthcare intensity, healthcare spending, and mortality in Louisiana. METHODS:We used ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kruger BP,Brown JR

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute hospital services account for the largest proportion of health care system budgets, and older adults are the most frequent users. As a result, older people who have been recently discharged from hospital may be at greater risk of readmission. This study aims to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Finlayson K,Chang AM,Courtney MD,Edwards HE,Parker AW,Hamilton K,Pham TDX,O'Brien J

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tort law has legitimate social purposes of deterrence, punishment and compensation, but medical tort law does none of these well. Tort law could be counterproductive in medicine, encouraging costly defensive practices that harm some patients, restricting access to care in some settings and discouraging innov...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sumner W 2nd

更新日期：2010-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Swedish government has increasingly begun to rely on so called informative governance when regulating healthcare. The question this article sets out to answer is: considered to be "the backbone" of the Swedish state's strategy for informative governance in healthcare, what kind of regulatory arrangement ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fredriksson M,Blomqvist P,Winblad U

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the management of chronic disease, evidence suggests that satisfied patients exhibit more loyalty to treatment providers and greater adherence to treatment regimens. This is particularly so in the rehabilitation setting. We aimed to develop a reliable and valid Arabic-language survey to objectively measur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Aboabat A,Qannam H

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For a patient, drug switches are not desirable (either between a brand-name drug and a generic drug, or between two generic drugs of the same active substance). Research into the causes of drug switches, and related adverse drug reactions, is hampered by the absence of quantitative data on drug switches. ME...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Glerum PJ,Maliepaard M,de Valk V,Burger DM,Neef K

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In contrast to individual preferences, most people in developed countries die in health care institutions, with a considerable impact on health care resource use and costs. However, evidence about determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year preceding death is scant. METHODS:Nationwide...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hedinger D,Braun J,Kaplan V,Bopp M,Swiss National Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of practical research frameworks to guide the development of patient decision aids [PtDAs]. This paper described how a PtDA was developed using the International Patient Decision Aids (IPDAS) guideline and UK Medical Research Council (UKMRC) frameworks to support patients when making treatmen...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ng CJ,Mathers N,Bradley A,Colwell B

更新日期：2014-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is not uncommon and the associated impact it places on healthcare utilisation and societal costs is of increased concern. The aim of the current study was to estimate the economic burden of multimorbidity among older adults in Singapore by investigating its association with the healthcare and ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Picco L,Achilla E,Abdin E,Chong SA,Vaingankar JA,McCrone P,Chua HC,Heng D,Magadi H,Ng LL,Prince M,Subramaniam M

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00