Does it matter whose opinion we seek regarding the allocation of healthcare resources? - a case study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:As in other resource limited settings, the Ministry of Health in Zambia is challenged to make affordable and acceptable PMTCT interventions accessible and available. With a 14.3% HIV prevalence, the MOH estimates over one million people are HIV positive in Zambia. Approximately 500,000 children are born annu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Torpey K,Kabaso M,Kasonde P,Dirks R,Bweupe M,Thompson C,Mukadi YD

更新日期：2010-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Feedback tools for clinical audit data that compare site-specific results to average performance over all sites can be useful for quality improvement. Proposed tools should be simple and clearly benchmark the site's performance, so that a relevant action plan can be directly implemented to improve patient ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Michael S,Gompels M,Sabin C,Curtis H,May MT

更新日期：2017-07-24 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 philosophy of evidence-based medicine (EBM) was introduced in the early 90s as a new approach to the practice of medicine, using the best available evidence to make decisions about health care. Despite ongoing controversy, EBM has developed enormously and physicians' attitude towards it is generally posi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alonso-Coello P,Solà I,Rotaeche R,González AI,Marzo-Castillejo M,Louro-González A,Carrillo R,Velázquez P,García-Velasco G,Calderón C

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crowding in hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) is a problem in several countries. We evaluated the number and characteristics of patients who make repeated visits to the EDs in Naples, Italy. METHODS:All patients (> or = 16 years) who presented to the EDs of three randomly selected non-academic acute care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Di Giuseppe G,Abbate R,Albano L,Marinelli P,Angelillo IF,Collaborative Research Group.

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there is a significant focus on the health and well-being of women during pregnancy, labour and birth, much less emphasis is placed on the care of postpartum women and their infants in primary care following the birth. Some studies have investigated the role of GPs in postpartum care, and others examin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brodribb WE,Mitchell BL,van Driel ML

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of the Internet to deliver preoperative education would increase if there was variability in questions patients want answered. This study's goal was to have patients consulting an orthopedic surgeon about undergoing either a total hip arthroplasty (THA) or a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) rate the i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Macario A,Schilling P,Rubio R,Bhalla A,Goodman S

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immigrants and their Norwegian-born children make up approximately 18% of the total population in Norway. While several studies have been conducted on immigrants' utilization of healthcare services, immigrant families are systematically underrepresented in international studies of children with disabilities....

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Arfa S,Solvang PK,Berg B,Jahnsen R

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caring for people with dementia living in their own homes is a challenging care issue that raises ethical dilemmas of how to balance autonomy with their safety and well-being. The theoretical framework for this study consisted of the concepts of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, paternalism and from th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smebye KL,Kirkevold M,Engedal K

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is the second most common MRI examination in Norway after head/brain MRI. Little has been published internationally on trends in the use of knee MRI after 1999. This study aimed to describe levels and trends in ambulant knee MRI utilisation in Norway 2002-2004 in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Espeland A,Natvig NL,Løge I,Engebretsen L,Ellingsen J

更新日期：2007-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Swiss ambulatory care is characterized by independent, and primarily practice-based, physicians, receiving fee for service reimbursement. This study analyses supply sensitive services using ambulatory care claims data from mandatory health insurance. A first research question was aimed at the hypothesis that...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Busato A,Matter P,Künzi B,Goodman DC

更新日期：2010-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare organisations differ in performance even if they are located in the same country or region. Suitable managerial practices and organisational processes can lead to better health outcomes. As a result, hospitals are constantly looking for managerial arrangements that can improve outcomes and keep co...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fanelli S,Bellù R,Zangrandi A,Gagliardi L,Zanini R

更新日期：2020-10-16 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:Discharge letters are crucial during care transitions from hospital to home. Research indicates a need for improvement to increase quality of care and decrease adverse outcomes. These letters are often sent from the hospital discharging physician to the referring clinician, typically the patient's General Pr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Weetman K,Dale J,Scott E,Schnurr S

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Informal caregivers' (CGs') subjective burden is an important aspect of the care situation because it is linked to various outcomes such as health, mortality risk, institutionalization, and caregiving style. The aims of this study were a) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the 10-item sho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pendergrass A,Malnis C,Graf U,Engel S,Graessel E

更新日期：2018-04-02 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: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:General practice clinics are the main primary care institutions providing ambulatory care in the rural areas of Beijing, rational use of medicines is crucial for the rural primary care system. This study investigated the prescribing patterns of general practice clinics in rural Beijing to provide a baseline ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jin G,Chen C,Liu Y,Zhao Y,Chen L,Du J,Lu X,Chen J

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wellbeing of healthcare workers is important for the effective functioning of health systems. The aim of this study was to explore the conceptualisations of wellbeing, stress and burnout among healthcare workers in primary healthcare settings in rural Ethiopia in order to inform the development of contextual...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Selamu M,Thornicroft G,Fekadu A,Hanlon C

更新日期：2017-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the context of individualization of public policies and promotion of independent living, residential care facilities (RCFs) (called "établissements medico-sociaux" in France) still represent the main system used by disabled people. Through a study of their daily mobility, this article proposes a geog...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rapegno N,Ravaud JF

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In dementia care, it is crucial that the chain of care is adapted to the needs of people with dementia and their informal caregivers throughout the course of the disease. Assessing the existing dementia care system with regard to facilities, availability and utilization may provide useful information for ens...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lethin C,Giertz L,Vingare EL,Hallberg IR

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of physician owned specialty hospitals focusing on high margin procedures has generated significant controversy. Yet, it is unclear whether physician owned specialty hospitals differ significantly from non physician owned specialty hospitals and thus merit the additional scrutiny that has been ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cram P,Vaughan-Sarrazin MS,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and return to work are important outcomes in critical care medicine, reaching beyond mortality. Little is known on factors predictive of HRQoL and return to work in critical illness, including the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and no evidence exists on the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brandstetter S,Dodoo-Schittko F,Blecha S,Sebök P,Thomann-Hackner K,Quintel M,Weber-Carstens S,Bein T,Apfelbacher C

更新日期：2015-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recognition of chronic pain as a biopsychosocial phenomenon has led to the establishment of multidisciplinary pain treatment facilities, such as pain centres. Previous studies have focussed on inpatient, group-based or time-limited multidisciplinary pain programmes. The aim was to investigate variation i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nøst TH,Steinsbekk A

更新日期：2019-12-30 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:The Australian federal government introduced private health insurance incentive policy reforms in 2000 that increased the uptake of private health insurance in Australia. There is currently a lack of evidence on the effect of the policy reforms on access to cardiovascular interventions in public and private ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Trafalski S,Briffa T,Hung J,Moorin RE,Sanfilippo F,Preen DB,Einarsdóttir K

更新日期：2013-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance use is a potentially modifiable risk factor for suicidal behaviour. Little is known about the epidemiology of substance use among self-harm patients in South Africa. This study set out to collect epidemiological data about the prevalence, correlates, and patterns of medical service utilisation amon...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Breet E,Bantjes J,Lewis I

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathologists face major challenges in breast cancer diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The major problems identified as impairing the quality of pathology reports are shortcomings of equipment, organization and insufficiently qualified personnel. In addition, in the context of breast cancer, immunohist...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ziegenhorn HV,Frie KG,Ekanem IO,Ebughe G,Kamate B,Traore C,Dzamalala C,Ogunbiyi O,Igbinoba F,Liu B,Bauer M,Thomssen C,Parkin DM,Wickenhauser C,Kantelhardt EJ

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are a number of factors that may contribute to high mortality and morbidity of women and newborns in low-income countries. These include a shortage of competent health care providers (HCP) and a lack of sufficient continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities. Strengthening the skills and bui...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ngabonzima A,Kenyon C,Hategeka C,Utuza AJ,Banguti PR,Luginaah I,F Cechetto D

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measurement of healthcare spatial access over a network involves accounting for demand, supply, and network structure. Popular approaches are based on floating catchment areas; however the methods can overestimate demand over the network and fail to capture cascading effects across the system. METHODS:Optim...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Li Z,Serban N,Swann JL

更新日期：2015-07-17 00:00:00