Care-managers' professional choices: ethical dilemmas and conflicting expectations.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uganda's under-five mortality is high, currently estimated at 66/1000 live births. Poor referral of sick children that seek care from the private sector is one of the contributory factors. The proposed intervention aims to improve referral and uptake of referral advice for children that seek care from privat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Buregyeya E,Rutebemberwa E,LaRussa P,Mbonye A

更新日期：2016-11-11 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:HIV testing and counseling (HTC) remains critical in the global efforts to reach a goal of universal access to prevention and timely human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment and health care. Routine HIV testing has been shown to be cost-effective and life-saving by prolonging the life expectancy of HIV p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kwapong GD,Boateng D,Agyei-Baffour P,Addy EA

更新日期：2014-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare reforms initiated in the early 2000s in Québec involved the implementation of new modes of primary healthcare (PHC) delivery and the creation of Health and Social Services Centers (HSSCs) to support it. The objective of this article is to assess and explain the degree of PHC organizational change ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pineault R,Borgès Da Silva R,Prud'homme A,Fournier M,Couture A,Provost S,Levesque JF

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a highly prevalent condition that has substantial impact on patients, the healthcare system and society. Pain management services (PMS), which aim to address the complex nature of back pain, are recommended in clinical practice guidelines to manage CLBP. Although the effective...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： AlMazrou SH,Elliott RA,Knaggs RD,AlAujan SS

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered diabetes care requires shared decision making (SDM). Decision aids promote SDM, but their efficacy in nonacademic and rural primary care clinics is unclear. METHODS:We cluster-randomized 10 practices in a concealed fashion to implement either a decision aid (DA) about starting statins or on...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Branda ME,LeBlanc A,Shah ND,Tiedje K,Ruud K,Van Houten H,Pencille L,Kurland M,Yawn B,Montori VM

更新日期：2013-08-08 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:This study investigated prognosis among patients under prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) through exploring the following issues: (1) post-PMV survival rates, (2) factors associated with survival after PMV, and (3) the number of days alive free of hospital stays requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lu HM,Chen L,Wang JD,Hung MC,Lin MS,Yan YH,Chen CR,Fan PS,Huang LC,Kuo KN

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to attend the clinic without prior intimation, known as "Did Not Attend" (DNA) is a significant global issue. There have been no published studies attempting to reduce DNA rates in breast clinics. We aimed to assess the impact of contacting patients prior to clinic attendance and Short Message Servic...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kiruparan P,Kiruparan N,Debnath D

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging of the workforce is a growing problem. As workers age, their physical, physiological and psychosocial capabilities change. Keeping older workers healthy and productive is a key goal of European labor policy and health promotion is a key to achieve this result. Previous studies about workplace health pr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Poscia A,Moscato U,La Milia DI,Milovanovic S,Stojanovic J,Borghini A,Collamati A,Ricciardi W,Magnavita N

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compare changes in types of hospital service revenues between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals and Western-medicine based general hospitals. METHODS:97 TCM hospitals and 103 general hospitals were surveyed in years of 2000 and 2004. Six types of medical service revenue between the two types of h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Shen JJ,Wang Y,Lin F,Lu J,Moseley CB,Sun M,Hao M

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Team-based approaches to research capacity building (RCB) may be an efficient means to promote allied health research participation and activity. In order to tailor such interventions, a clearer understanding of current patterns of research participation within allied health teams is needed. Different self-r...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wenke RJ,Mickan S,Bisset L

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate use of the Partograph allows early identification of labour related complications and prevents deaths. We, therefore, sought to determine the level of Partograph completion and healthcare worker perspectives towards its utilization. METHODS:This study had two components; a hospital-based cro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mukisa J,Grant I,Magala J,Ssemata AS,Lumala PZ,Byamugisha J

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incident reporting (IR) in health care has been advocated as a means to improve patient safety. The purpose of IR is to identify safety hazards and develop interventions to mitigate these hazards in order to reduce harm in health care. Using qualitative methods is a way to reveal how IR is used and perceived...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlfjord S,Öhrn A,Gunnarsson A

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the prevalence of depression in Vietnam is on par with global rates, services for depression are limited. The government of Vietnam has prioritized enhancing depression care through primary healthcare (PHC) and efforts are currently underway to test and scale-up psychosocial interventions throughout...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Murphy J,Corbett KK,Linh DT,Oanh PT,Nguyen VC

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Person-centered quality for family planning has been gaining increased attention, yet few interventions have focused on this, or measured associations between person-centered quality for family planning and family planning outcomes (uptake, continuation, etc.). In India, the first point of contact for family...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Diamond-Smith N,McDonell C,Sahu AB,Roy KP,Giessler K

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapidly evolving socioeconomic and technological trends make it challenging to improve access, effectiveness and efficiency in the use of pharmaceuticals. This paper identifies and systematically classifies the prevailing pharmaceutical policies worldwide in relation to a country's income status. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Maniadakis N,Kourlaba G,Shen J,Holtorf A

更新日期：2017-05-25 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:General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. Studies are needed to increase our understanding of how GPs' attitudes influence their use of guideline...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlsen B,Norheim OF

更新日期：2008-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence supports the link between hospital organisational culture and health outcomes. Organisational culture is thus an essential consideration for hospital accreditation, a practice of systematically assessing the quality of hospital care against accepted standards. This study assesses t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Andres EB,Song W,Schooling CM,Johnston JM

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China is reforming the way it finances health care as it moves towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) after the failure of market-oriented mechanisms for health care. Improving financing equity is a major policy goal of health care system during the progression towards universal coverage. METHODS:We used p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chen M,Palmer AJ,Si L

更新日期：2017-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initiatives such as "Choosing Wisely" in the USA and "Smarter Medicine" in Switzerland have published lists of widely overused health care services. The German initiative "Choosing Wisely Together (Gemeinsam Klug Entscheiden)" follows this example. The goal of our study was to prioritize important recommenda...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Muche-Borowski C,Abiry D,Wagner HO,Barzel A,Lühmann D,Egidi G,Kühlein T,Scherer M

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve the effectiveness of interventions targeting non-adherence in older adults, a systematic approach to intervention design is required. The content of complex interventions and design decisions are often poorly described in published reports which makes it difficult to explore why they are ineffecti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Patton DE,Ryan C,Hughes CM

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To our knowledge no study has at the same time assessed patients' satisfaction and their expectations concerning the organizational and contextual aspects of health care provided by their primary care physician (PCP). Assessing these aspects is important to inform future primary healthcare service planning. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sebo P,Herrmann FR,Bovier P,Haller DM

更新日期：2015-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether activity-based financing of hospitals creates incentives to treat more patients and to reduce the length of each hospital stay is an empirical question that needs investigation. This paper examines how the level of the activity-based component in the financing system of Norwegian hospitals influences...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yin J,Lurås H,Hagen TP,Dahl FA

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuity of care has been explored largely from academic and service provider perspectives, and in relation to adult patient/client groups. We interviewed parents of children with complex chronic health conditions to examine how their experiences and perceptions of continuity of care fit with these perspec...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Miller AR,Condin CJ,McKellin WH,Shaw N,Klassen AF,Sheps S

更新日期：2009-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in chronic conditions is currently the greatest threat to human health and to the sustainability of health systems. Risk adjustment systems may enable population stratification programmes to be developed and become instrumental in implementing new models of care.The objectives of this study are t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Orueta JF,Nuño-Solinis R,Mateos M,Vergara I,Grandes G,Esnaola S

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is consistent evidence highlighting the mal-distribution of the health workforce between urban and rural and remote regions. To date, addressing this mal-distribution has focused on medicine and nursing with limited initiatives targeted at allied health. Therefore, the aim of this research was to explo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kumar S,Tian EJ,May E,Crouch R,McCulloch M

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) followed by radiotherapy is generally the preferred treatment for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. This study aimed to investigate the proportion of patients who receive BCS versus mastectomy and post-BCS radiotherapy, and explore factors associated with receipt...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fisher S,Gao H,Yasui Y,Dabbs K,Winget M

更新日期：2015-01-22 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