"Where to find those doctors?" A qualitative study on barriers and facilitators in access to and utilization of health care services by Polish migrants in Norway.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate and timely data on cause of death are critically important for guiding health programs and policies. Deaths certified by doctors are implicitly considered to be reliable and accurate, yet the quality of information provided in the international Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) usually va...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hazard RH,Chowdhury HR,Adair T,Ansar A,Quaiyum Rahman AM,Alam S,Alam N,Rampatige R,Streatfield PK,Riley ID,Lopez AD

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Governments increasingly require policy documents to be evidence-based. This paper analyses the use of scientific evidence in such documents by reviewing reports from government-appointed committees in Norway to assess the committees' handling of questions of effect. METHODS:This study uses the 'Index of Sc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Innvaer S

更新日期：2009-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations (PPH) are hospital admissions for conditions which are preventable with timely and appropriate outpatient care being Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) admissions one of the most relevant PPH. We estimate the population age-sex standardized relative risk of ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Librero J,Ibañez-Beroiz B,Peiró S,Ridao-López M,Rodríguez-Bernal CL,Gómez-Romero FJ,Bernal-Delgado E,Spanish Atlas of Medical Practice Variation Research Group.

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A significant number of Lebanese medical graduates have emigrated from Lebanon. The objective of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that the repatriation of Lebanese physicians educated abroad has contributed to the international emigration of recent Lebanese medical graduates. METHODS:We analyzed th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Akl EA,El-Asmar K,Maroun N,Adib SM,Khater-Menassa B

更新日期：2008-09-24 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:Understanding the organisational set-up of physiotherapy services across different countries is increasingly important as clinicians around the world use evidence to improve their practice. This also has to be taken into consideration when multi-centre international clinical trials are conducted. This survey...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rasova K,Freeman J,Martinkova P,Pavlikova M,Cattaneo D,Jonsdottir J,Henze T,Baert I,Van Asch P,Santoyo C,Smedal T,Beiske AG,Stachowiak M,Kovalewski M,Nedeljkovic U,Bakalidou D,Guerreiro JM,Nilsagård Y,Dimitrova EN,H

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

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:The Cypriot healthcare system has undergone a number of major transformations since the induction of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union over 10 years ago. Currently Cyprus is undergoing a major reform, namely the introduction of a primary care driven national healthcare system. The aim of the study...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pallari E,Samoutis G,Rudd A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethiopia has been deploying specially trained new cadres of community based health workers in urban areas of the country known as urban health extension professionals since 2009. At present, relatively little work has focused on understanding to what extent this new program is accepted and used by the commun...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gebreegziabher EA,Astawesegn FH,Anjulo AA,Kerie MW

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Professional networks are used increasingly in health care to bring together members from different sites and professions to work collaboratively. Key players within these networks are known to affect network function through their central or brokerage position and are therefore of interest to those who seek...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Long JC,Cunningham FC,Carswell P,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Training is a critical part of health information technology implementations, but little emphasis is placed on post-implementation training to support day-to-day activities. The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of post-implementation training on key electronic health record activities. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bredfeldt CE,Awad EB,Joseph K,Snyder MH

更新日期：2013-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research suggested that waiting time and consultation time are associated with overall patient satisfaction concerning health services. However, there is a lack of information regarding this subject in Latin American countries, where particular aspects of health systems and population characteristics could m...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alarcon-Ruiz CA,Heredia P,Taype-Rondan A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family-centered care (FCC), based on collaborative participation of the family along with a team of health care providers, is found to increase the well-being of sick infants in neonatal critical care units. Over the last 4 years, the neonatal unit of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi has innovated and...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sarin E,Maria A

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In-hospital medication reviews are regularly performed. However, discontinuity in care could occur because secondary care providers lack insight into the outpatient history. Furthermore, for the implementation or follow-up of some medication review-based interventions, the help of primary care providers is e...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Walraven B,Ponjee G,Heideman W,Çarkit FK

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Written medicine information can play an important role in educating consumers about their medicines. In Australia, standardised, comprehensive written information known as Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is available for all prescription medicines. CMI is reportedly under-utilised by general practitione...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hamrosi KK,Raynor DK,Aslani P

更新日期：2014-04-23 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:World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that there will be a shortfall of skilled healthcare by 2035 with the greatest shortfall in Africa and Southeast Asia due to satisfaction with payment and incentives. Low job satisfaction of health workers can result in increased staff turnover and absenteeism, which...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Merga H,Fufa T

更新日期：2019-07-16 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 involvement of mental health service users and their caregivers in health system policy and planning, service monitoring and research can contribute to mental health system strengthening, but as yet there have been very few efforts to do so in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS:This syste...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Semrau M,Lempp H,Keynejad R,Evans-Lacko S,Mugisha J,Raja S,Lamichhane J,Alem A,Thornicroft G,Hanlon C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) using sulphurdoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is one of key malaria control strategies in Africa. Yet, IPTp coverage rates across Africa are still low due to several demand and supply constraints. Many countries implement the IPTp-SP strategy at anten...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mubyazi GM,Bloch P

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Stroke Canada Optimization of Rehabilitation by Evidence Implementation Trial (SCORE-IT) was a cluster randomized controlled trial that evaluated two knowledge translation (KT) interventions for the promotion of the uptake of best practice recommendations for interventions targeting upper and lower extre...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Munce SEP,Graham ID,Salbach NM,Jaglal SB,Richards CL,Eng JJ,Desrosiers J,MacKay-Lyons M,Wood-Dauphinee S,Korner-Bitensky N,Mayo NE,Teasell RW,Zwarenstein M,Mokry J,Black S,Bayley MT

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely access is a challenge for providers of outpatient and community-based health services, as seen by the often lengthy waiting lists to manage demand. The Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) model, an alternative approach for managing access and triage, reduced waiting time by 34% in a stepped...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Harding KE,Snowdon DA,Prendergast L,Lewis AK,Kent B,Leggat SF,Taylor NF

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ontario's birth Registry (BORN) was established in 2009 to collect, interpret, and share critical data about pregnancy, birth and the early childhood period to facilitate and improve the provision of healthcare. Since the use of routinely-collected health data has been prioritized internationally by governme...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dunn S,Lanes A,Sprague AE,Fell DB,Weiss D,Reszel J,Taljaard M,Darling EK,Graham ID,Grimshaw JM,Harrold J,Smith GN,Peterson W,Walker M

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services are displaced and how such displacement takes place in practice. The aim of our study was to investigate how the Dutch hospital sector has dealt with the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wammes JJG,Frederix G,Govaert P,Determann D,Evers S,Paulus A,Stadhouders N,Jeurissen P,Oortwijn W,Adang EMM

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More people in the US now die from Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than from HIV/AIDS. Often acquired in healthcare facilities or during healthcare procedures, the extremely high incidence of MRSA infections and the dangerously low levels of literacy regarding antibiotic resista...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rohde RE,Ross-Gordon J

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Italian National Health System was revised in the last 20 years, introducing new elements such as efficacy, efficiency and competitiveness. Devolution to regional authorities has created a quasi-market system where patients can choose the hospital in which to be treated. Patient mobility therefore become...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Messina G,Forni S,Collini F,Quercioli C,Nante N

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the utilization of rehabilitation resources among children with autism spectrum condition (ASC), a neurodevelopmental condition, in Taiwan. METHODS:We derived from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan data pertaining to 3- to 12-year-old children for the period 2008-2010. Ba...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Li HJ,Chen CY,Tsai CH,Kuo CC,Chen KH,Chen KH,Li YC

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Role clarification is consistently documented as a challenging process for inter professional healthcare teams, despite being a core tenet of interprofessional collaboration. This paper explores the role clarification process in two previously unexplored contexts: i) in the dissemination phase of a quality i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ly O,Sibbald SL,Verma JY,Rocker GM

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of studies in the past have looked at determinants of postnatal care. However, many of them do not distinguish between postnatal care (PNC) before discharge and after discharge for women delivering at health facilities. Conceptually and practically, factors associated with PNC before discharge and a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kim ET,Singh K,Speizer IS,Lemani C

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, malaria resurgence cases have been reported in various countries including Zambia. Th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chipukuma HM,Halwiindi H,Zulu JM,Azizi SC,Jacobs C

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00