Cost-effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system for improving quality of antenatal and childbirth care in rural Tanzania: an intervention study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of trimetazidine (TMZ) as add-on therapy to standard-of-care (SoC) compared to SoC alone in patients with chronic stable angina who did not respond adequately to first line therapy with b-blockers, nitrates or calcium channel antagonists in Greece. METHODS:A Markov model w...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kourlaba G,Gourzoulidis G,Andrikopoulos G,Tsioufis K,Beletsi A,Maniadakis N

更新日期：2016-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rural hospitals face unique challenges to adopting Enhanced Recovery protocols after colorectal surgical procedures. There are few examples of successful implementation in the United States, and fewer yet of prospective, outcomes-based trials. METHODS:This study drew data from elective bowel resection prosp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smucker L,Victory J,Scribani M,Oceguera L,Monzon R

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While local context costing evidence is relevant for healthcare planning, budgeting and cost-effectiveness analysis, it continues to be scarce in Ethiopia. This study assesses the cost of providing a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) service across heterogeneous prevalence (high,...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zegeye EA,Mbonigaba J,Kaye S,Johns B

更新日期：2019-03-06 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: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:In contrast to the acute hospital sector, there have been relatively few implementations of integrated electronic health record (EHR) systems into specialist mental health settings. The National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) in England was the most expensive IT-based transformation of public s...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Takian A,Sheikh A,Barber N

更新日期：2012-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health insurance (HI) plays an important role in ensuring the financial equity by the risk pooling mechanism and reducing the economic burden of healthcare for HIV/AIDS patients. However, there is a lack of evidence to clearly understand HI coverage in regard to people living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nguyen QLT,Van Phan T,Tran BX,Nguyen LH,Ngo C,Phan HTT,Latkin CA

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking during pregnancy is a major public health concern and an NHS priority. In 2010, 26% of UK women smoked immediately before or during their pregnancy and 12% smoked continuously. Smoking cessation support is provided through free at the point of use Stop Smoking Services for Pregnant women (SSSP). Howe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fahy SJ,Cooper S,Coleman T,Naughton F,Bauld L

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important method used by occupational physicians (OPs) to deliver high quality health care. The presence and quality of a knowledge infrastructure is thought to influence the practice of EBM in occupational health care. This study explores the facilities in the knowledge i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hugenholtz NI,Nieuwenhuijsen K,Sluiter JK,van Dijk FJ

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a prominent threat to public health. Although many guidelines have been developed over the years to tackle this issue, their impact on health care practice varies. Guidelines are often based on evidence from clinical trials, but these have limitations, particularly in the br...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Steels S,Van der Zande M,van Staa TP

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disrespectful and abusive care of women during their pregnancies has been shown to be a barrier for women accessing health care services for antenatal care and delivery. As part of an implementation research study to improve women's access to health care services in Rorya District, Mara, Tanzania, we conduct...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Webber G,Chirangi B,Magatti N

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever is a common reason for attending primary health facilities in Vietnam. Response of health care providers to patients with fever commonly consists of making a presumptive diagnosis and proposing corresponding treatment. In Vietnam, where malaria was brought under control, viral infections, notably dengu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Phuong HL,Nga TT,Giao PT,Hung le Q,Binh TQ,Nam NV,Nagelkerke N,de Vries PJ

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When it was initiated in 2001, England's national patient survey programme was one of the first in the world and has now been widely emulated in other healthcare systems. The aim of the survey programme was to make the National Health Service (NHS) more "patient centred" and more responsive to patient feedba...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： DeCourcy A,West E,Barron D

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mixed methods (combining quantitative and qualitative data) is developing in a variety of forms, especially in the health field. Our own research has adopted this perspective from the outset. We have sought all along to innovate in various ways and especially to develop an equal partnership, in the sense of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ridde V,Olivier de Sardan JP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inadequate antenatal care (ANC) can lead to missed diagnosis of danger signs or delayed referral to emergency obstetrical care, contributing to maternal mortality. In developing countries, ANC quality is often limited by skill and knowledge gaps of the health workforce. In 2011, the Mentorship, Enhanced Supe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Manzi A,Nyirazinyoye L,Ntaganira J,Magge H,Bigirimana E,Mukanzabikeshimana L,Hirschhorn LR,Hedt-Gauthier B

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Organizational readiness is a factor known to influence the predisposition of individuals within an organization to change. Based on Weiner's organizational theory, the "Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change" (ORIC) questionnaire was developed and validated to measure organizational readiness in h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ruest M,Léonard G,Thomas A,Desrosiers J,Guay M

更新日期：2019-07-31 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:About one-third of the world's population lack access to essential medicines and this is further compounded by inappropriate prescription, dispensing, sale and use of the available medicines. The objective of the study was to assess the patterns of medicine use among health facilities in eastern Ethiopia usi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bilal AI,Osman ED,Mulugeta A

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the more frequent reasons diabetic patients are admitted to hospital, and there are reports that the long-term prognosis after an AMI is much worse in these patients than in non-diabetic patients. This study aims to compare hospital admissions and costs in Spanish ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lopez-de-Andres A,Hernández-Barrera V,Carrasco-Garrido P,Esteban-Hernandez J,Gil-de-Miguel A,Jiménez-García R

更新日期：2010-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whilst evidence suggests cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) may be effective for depressed older people in a primary care setting, few studies have examined its cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), a talking control (TC) and trea...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holman AJ,Serfaty MA,Leurent BE,King MB

更新日期：2011-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health reforms in Bulgaria have introduced major changes to the financing, delivery and regulation of health care. As in many other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, these included introducing general practice, establishing a health insurance system, reorganizing hospital services, and setting up new ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rechel B,Blackburn CM,Spencer NJ,Rechel B

更新日期：2011-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As part of an electronic dashboard operated by Public Health Wales, senior managers at hospitals in Wales report daily "escalation" scores which reflect management opinion on the pressure a hospital is experiencing and ability to meet ongoing demand with respect to unscheduled care. An analysis was undertake...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Walker NJ,Van Woerden HC,Kiparoglou V,Yang Y

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Across low-income settings, community volunteers and health committee members support the formal health system - both routinely and amid emergencies - by engaging in health services such as referrals and health education. During the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic, emerging reports suggest that community engagement...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McMahon SA,Ho LS,Scott K,Brown H,Miller L,Ratnayake R,Ansumana R

更新日期：2017-07-18 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:Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity, and represent a high chronic disease burden, which is expected to rise between now and 2020. Care for chronic diseases is increasingly located in community settings for reasons of efficiency and patient preference, though what service...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Henderson EJ,Rubin GP

更新日期：2012-07-09 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:Moderate and deep sedation are well-established techniques in many developed countries, and several guidelines have been published. However, they have received attention in China only in recent years. The aim of this study is to investigate current paediatric sedation practices in tertiary children's hospita...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Li B,Zhang R,Huang Y,Zhang K,Wat CY,Bai J,Zhang M,Zheng J

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer from complex secondary health conditions and rely on specialized health care services, which are often centralized and difficult to reach for individuals living in remote areas. As a consequence, they might move to regions where they expect better access to care. T...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ronca E,Brunkert T,Koch HG,Jordan X,Gemperli A

更新日期：2018-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is considerable discussion surrounding whether advanced hospitals provide better childbirth care than local community hospitals. This study examines the effect of shifting childbirth services from advanced hospitals (i.e., medical centers and regional hospitals) to local community hospitals (i.e., clin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang SY,Hsu SH,Chen LK

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention to culture and its impact on health care can improve the quality of care given, add to our understanding of health care among culturally diverse populations, and encourage a more holistic approach to health care within general care. Connection to culture is important to Aboriginal peoples, and inte...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sivertsen N,Harrington A,Hamiduzzaman M

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00