Developing a model of family focused practice with consumers, families, practitioners and managers: a community based participatory research approach.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt access to artemesinin-combination therapy (ACT) is not adequate unless the drug is taken according to treatment guidelines. Adherence to the treatment schedule is important to preserve efficacy of the drug. Although some community based studies have reported fairly high levels of adherence, data on fa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Simba DO,Kakoko D

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthcare systems in the western world have in recent years faced major challenges caused by demographic changes and altered patterns of diseases as well as political decisions influencing the organisation of healthcare provisions. General practitioners are encouraged to delegate more clinical tasks to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Riisgaard H,Le JV,Søndergaard J,Munch M,Ledderer L,Pedersen LB

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on the early management of head injury. This study audits the process of the management of patients with head injury presenting at Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments and examines the impact upon resources of introducing NICE ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Miller L,Kent RM,Tennant A

更新日期：2004-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the management of chronic disease, evidence suggests that satisfied patients exhibit more loyalty to treatment providers and greater adherence to treatment regimens. This is particularly so in the rehabilitation setting. We aimed to develop a reliable and valid Arabic-language survey to objectively measur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Aboabat A,Qannam H

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physiotherapy services are an important part of the primary health care services for children, serving a broad spectrum of children referred from different sources and for a variety of reasons. There is limited knowledge about their characteristics and outcome. The aim of this study was to describe the profi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Evensen KAI,Sellæg S,Stræte AC,Hansen AE,Meisingset I

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Demand side financing (DSF) is a widely employed strategy to enhance utilization of healthcare. The impact of DSF on health care seeking in general and that of maternal care in particular is already known. Yet, its effect on financial access to care, out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) and provider motivations is ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gopalan SS,Durairaj V

更新日期：2012-09-15 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:The extent to which a genomic test will be used in practice is affected by factors such as ability of the test to correctly predict response to treatment (i.e. sensitivity and specificity of the test), invasiveness of the testing procedure, test cost, and the probability and severity of side effects associat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Najafzadeh M,Johnston KM,Peacock SJ,Connors JM,Marra MA,Lynd LD,Marra CA

更新日期：2013-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality Improvement Interventions require significant financial investments, and therefore demand careful consideration in their design in order to maximize potential benefits. In this correspondence we present the methodological approach of a multifaceted quality improvement intervention aiming to improve q...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Samoutis GA,Soteriades ES,Stoffers HE,Zachariadou T,Philalithis A,Lionis C

更新日期：2008-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the multifaceted aspect of child malnutrition, a comprehensive approach, taking social factors into account, has been frequently recommended in health literature. The Alma-Ata declaration explicitly outlined comprehensive primary health care as an approach that addresses the social, economic and polit...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Javanparast S,Coveney J,Saikia U

更新日期：2009-02-23 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:The number of requests to pre-hospital emergency medical services (PEMS) has increased in Europe over the last 20 years, but epidemiology of PEMS interventions has little be investigated. The aim of this analysis was to describe time trends of PEMS activity in a region of western Switzerland. METHODS:Use of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pittet V,Burnand B,Yersin B,Carron PN

更新日期：2014-09-10 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:Mental health presentations are considered to be a difficult aspect of emergency care. Although emergency department (ED) staff is qualified to provide emergency mental health care, for some, such presentations pose a challenge to their training, confidence, and time. Providing access to relevant and respons...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Saurman E,Kirby SE,Lyle D

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, hospital nursing care workers (hereafter referred to as HNCWs) have become an important part of the healthcare system in China. They exist in nearly all of the public hospitals and in some private hospitals, making up 20 to 30% of the total nursing staff and providing 30 to 40% of basic nursing ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang Y,Yuan H

更新日期：2018-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lack of availability of skilled providers in low- and middle- income countries is considered to be an important barrier to achieving reductions in maternal and child mortality. However, there is limited research on programs increasing the availability of skilled birth attendants in developing countries. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Okeke EN,Pitchforth E,Exley J,Glick P,Abubakar IS,Chari AV,Bashir U,Gu K,Onwujekwe O

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to solve two problems of an already validated scale measuring inpatient opinion on care: 1) a high non-response rate for some items due to the "not applicable" response option and 2) a skewed score distribution with high ceiling effect. METHODS:The EQS-H scale ("échelle de qualité des soin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Moret L,Nguyen JM,Pillet N,Falissard B,Lombrail P,Gasquet I

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The concept of frailty is rapidly gaining attention as an independent syndrome with high prevalence in older adults. Thereby, frailty is often related to certain adverse outcomes like mortality or disability. Another adverse outcome discussed is increased health care utilization. However, only few studies ex...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bock JO,König HH,Brenner H,Haefeli WE,Quinzler R,Matschinger H,Saum KU,Schöttker B,Heider D

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare systems implement change at different rates because of differences in incentives, organizational processes, key influencers, and management styles. A comparable set of forces may play out at the national and international levels as demonstrated in significant differences in the diagnostic manageme...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Badizadegan K,Vanlandingham DM,Hampton W,Thompson KM

更新日期：2020-10-20 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:Rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes are escalating in low and middle-income countries such as Brazil. Scalable primary care-based interventions are needed to improve self-management and clinical outcomes of adults with diabetes. This pilot study examines the feasibility, acceptab...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： do Valle Nascimento TM,Resnicow K,Nery M,Brentani A,Kaselitz E,Agrawal P,Mand S,Heisler M

更新日期：2017-01-13 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:For Indigenous Australians, health transcends the absence of disease, and includes the health and wellbeing of their community and Country: their whole physical, cultural and spiritual environment. Stronger relationships with Country and greater involvement in cultural practices enhance the wellbeing of Indi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schultz R,Abbott T,Yamaguchi J,Cairney S

更新日期：2018-12-12 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:Attempts to achieve digital transformation across the health service have stimulated increasingly large-scale and more complex change programmes. These encompass a growing range of functions in multiple locations across the system and may take place over extended timeframes. This calls for new approaches to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cresswell K,Sheikh A,Franklin BD,Krasuska M,Nguyen HT,Hinder S,Lane W,Mozaffar H,Mason K,Eason S,Potts HWW,Williams R

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In response to long waiting lists and problems with access to primary care physiotherapy, several Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) (now Clinical Commissioning Groups CCGs) developed physiotherapy-led telephone assessment and treatment services. The Medical Research Council (MRC) funded PhysioDirect trial was a ran...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pearson J,Richardson J,Calnan M,Salisbury C,Foster NE

更新日期：2016-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk adjustment and mortality prediction in studies of critical care are usually performed using acuity of illness scores, such as Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), which emphasize physiological derangement. Common risk adjustment systems used in administrative datasets, like the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Quach S,Hennessy DA,Faris P,Fong A,Quan H,Doig C

更新日期：2009-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012, approximately 14 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed. As a result of advances in treatment, screening and prevention programmes the number of people surviving cancer globally is also increasing. The growing understanding of the diversity and scale of the need for support, compounded by the in...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Johnston L,Campbell K

更新日期：2018-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exploring barriers to the uptake of research based recommendations into practice is an important part of the development of implementation programmes. Techniques to identify barriers can include use of theory-informed questionnaires and qualitative interviews. Conceptualising and measuring theory-informed fa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hanbury A,Farley K,Thompson C,Wilson P,Chambers D

更新日期：2012-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety has been a priority in primary healthcare in the last years. The prevailing culture is seen as an important condition for patient safety in practice and several tools to measure patient safety culture have therefore been developed. Although Dutch primary care consists of different professions,...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Verbakel NJ,Zwart DL,Langelaan M,Verheij TJ,Wagner C

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00