Predictors of preferred location of care in middle-aged individuals of a municipality in Japan: a cross-sectional survey.

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:There is a trend towards value-based health service, striving to cut costs while generating value for the patient. The overall objective comprises higher-quality health services and improved patient safety and cost efficiency. The approach could align with patient-centred care, as it entails a focus on the p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Elf M,Flink M,Nilsson M,Tistad M,von Koch L,Ytterberg C

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore whether stroke health state descriptions used in preference elicitation studies reflect patients' experiences by comparing published descriptions with qualitative studies exploring patients' lived experience. METHODS:Two literature reviews were conducted: on stroke health state descriptions used ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gray J,Lie ML,Murtagh MJ,Ford GA,McMeekin P,Thomson RG

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2000, midwifery was regulated in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. Since the establishment of the midwifery program, little formal research has analyzed the utilization of regulated midwifery services. In Manitoba, the demand for midwifery services has exceeded the number of midwives in practice. The spe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thiessen K,Heaman M,Mignone J,Martens P,Robinson K

更新日期：2016-03-15 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:Health systems reform is inevitable due to the never-ending changing nature of societal health needs and policy dynamism. Today, the Health Transformation Plan (HTP) remains the major tool to facilitate the achievements of universal health coverage (UHC) in Iran. It was initially implemented in hospital-base...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Doshmangir L,Moshiri E,Mostafavi H,Sakha MA,Assan A

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Good workspace design is key to the quality of work, safety, and wellbeing for workers, yet we lack vital knowledge about optimal hospital design to meet healthcare workforce needs. This study used novel mobile methods to examine the concept of Work-as-Done and the effect of workspace-use on healthcare profe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rapport F,Francis-Auton E,Cartmill J,Ryder T,Braithwaite J,Clay-Williams R

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical networks have been established to improve patient outcomes and processes of care by implementing a range of innovations and undertaking projects based on the needs of local health services. Given the significant investment in clinical networks internationally, it is important to assess their effecti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McInnes E,Haines M,Dominello A,Kalucy D,Jammali-Blasi A,Middleton S,Klineberg E

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, almost 4 million newborns die during the first 4 weeks of life every year. By increased use of evidence-based knowledge in the healthcare system a large proportion of these neonatal deaths could be prevented. But there is a severe lack of knowledge on effective methods for successful implementation...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wallin L,Målqvist M,Nga NT,Eriksson L,Persson LÅ,Hoa DP,Huy TQ,Duc DM,Ewald U

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to rising health care costs, in 2012 Switzerland introduced SwissDRG, a reimbursement system for hospitals based on lump sum per case. To circumvent possible negative consequences like reduction in length of stay, acute and transitional care (ATC) was anchored into the law (Federal act on health insuranc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kollbrunner L,Rost M,Koné I,Zimmermann B,Padrutt Y,Wangmo T,Elger B

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 65,000 abortions occurred in Zimbabwe in 2016, and 40 % resulted in complications that required treatment. Quality post-abortion care (PAC) services are essential to treat abortion complications and prevent future unintended pregnancies, and there have been recent national efforts to improve PAC...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Riley T,Madziyire MG,Owolabi O,Sully EA,Chipato T

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A comprehensive Compensation Plan for pharmacy services delivered by community pharmacists was implemented in Alberta, Canada in July 2012. Services covered by the Compensation Plan include care planning services, prescribing services such as adapting prescriptions, and administering a drug or publicly-funde...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hughes CA,Breault RR,Hicks D,Schindel TJ

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Male involvement (MI) along the continuum of HIV healthcare services has been promoted as a critical intervention in low-income countries and represents one of the reasons for dropout and low retention of women along the cascade of care. The present review aims to identify interventions adopted to improve MI...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Triulzi I,Palla I,Ciccacci F,Orlando S,Palombi L,Turchetti G

更新日期：2019-12-09 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:Primary care records from the UK have frequently been used to identify episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in studies of drug toxicity because of their comprehensive population coverage and longitudinal recording of prescriptions and diagnoses. Recent linkage within England of primary and secondary c...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Crooks CJ,Card TR,West J

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 75% of the medical devices used in India are imported. Often, they are costly and maladapted to low-resource settings. We have prepared case studies of six firms in Bangalore that could contribute to solving this problem. They have developed (or are developing) innovative health care products and theref...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jarosławski S,Saberwal G

更新日期：2013-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborn hearing screening programs aim to lower the ages at audiological intervention among hearing-impaired children. In Wallonia and Brussels (Belgium), audiological intervention data are not collected in the screening program, and the ages at initiating audiological care have never been assessed. This stu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vos B,Senterre C,Boutsen M,Lagasse R,Levêque A

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent developments have made screening tests for foetal abnormalities available earlier in pregnancy and women have a range of testing options accessible to them. It is now recommended that all women, regardless of their age, are provided with information on prenatal screening tests. General Practitioners (...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nagle C,Lewis S,Meiser B,Gunn J,Halliday J,Bell R

更新日期：2008-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After election in 1994, the South African government implemented national and regional programmes, such as the Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative (SDI), to provoke economic growth and to decrease inequities. CIET measured development in the Wild Coast region across four linked cross-sectional surveys ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mitchell S,Andersson N

更新日期：2011-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outreach facilitation has been proven successful in improving the adoption of clinical preventive care guidelines in primary care practice. The net costs and savings of delivering such an intensive intervention need to be understood. We wanted to estimate the proportion of a facilitation intervention cost th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hogg W,Baskerville N,Lemelin J

更新日期：2005-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Birmingham Free Clinic (BFC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA is a free, walk-in clinic that serves medically uninsured populations through the use of volunteer health care providers and an on-site medication dispensary. The introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) has improved several aspects ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fisher AM,Herbert MI,Douglas GP

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are at increased risk of further acute cardiac events. Secondary prevention aims to decrease morbidity and mortality post-ACS. Depression is related to increased risk in this population, and to poorer secondary prevention activities. However, lengthy depression as...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McGee HM,Doyle F,Conroy RM,De La Harpe D,Shelley E

更新日期：2006-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poorer cancer outcomes of Indigenous Australians in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts are partially due to diminished access to cancer treatment services (CTS). Accessibility of health care is a multidimensional construct, including physical, logistical, psyc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Anderson K,Diaz A,Parikh DR,Garvey G

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral anticoagulants are prescribed for stroke prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation, which is the most common heart arrhythmia worldwide. The vitamin K antagonist (VKA) warfarin is a long-established anticoagulant. However, newer direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been recently introduced as ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ho KH,van Hove M,Leng G

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of medication abortion is increasing rapidly in India, the majority of which is purchased through pharmacies. More information is needed about the quality of services provided by pharmacist about medication abortion, especially barriers to providing high quality information. The goal of this study wa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Diamond-Smith N,Percher J,Saxena M,Dwivedi P,Srivastava A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:"Willingness to recommend" questions are being increasingly used to measure and manage patient loyalty. Yet, there is little data in the literature correlating the "willingness to recommend" question with commonly used perceived service quality items in surveys to identify the key drivers of the optimal pati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lis CG,Rodeghier M,Gupta D

更新日期：2011-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. A service evaluation was carried out at an anticoagulation clinic in Newcastle upon-Tyne to explore the efficacy of introducing self-testing of anticoagulation status for AF patients on warfarin. The analysis presented aims to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Moloney E,Craig D,Holdsworth N,Smithson J

更新日期：2019-12-28 00:00:00

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:Studies comparing the access to health care of rural and urban populations have been contradictory and inconclusive. These studies are complicated by the influence of other factor which have been shown to be related to access and utilization. This study assesses the equity of access to health care services a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sibley LM,Weiner JP

更新日期：2011-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse events are considered a major international problem related to the performance of health systems. Evaluating the occurrence of adverse events involves, as any other outcome measure, determining the extent to which the observed differences can be attributed to the patient's risk factors or to variatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Martins M,Travassos C,Mendes W,Pavão AL

更新日期：2011-09-19 00:00:00