Pay for performance program reduces treatment needed diabetic retinopathy - a nationwide matched cohort study in Taiwan.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A rapid increase of Medicaid expenditures has been a serious concern, and housing stability has been discussed as a means to reduce Medicaid costs. A program evaluation of a New York City supportive housing program has assessed the association between supportive housing tenancy and Medicaid savings among New...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lim S,Gao Q,Stazesky E,Singh TP,Harris TG,Levanon Seligson A

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reablement is a time-limited intervention that aims to support people to regain independence and enable them to resume their daily activities after they return home from an in-patient care setting, or to maintain independence to enable them to remain at home. There is some evidence that reablement can enhanc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mann R,Beresford B,Parker G,Rabiee P,Weatherly H,Faria R,Kanaan M,Laver-Fawcett A,Pilkington G,Aspinal F

更新日期：2016-08-11 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:There is a lack of practical research frameworks to guide the development of patient decision aids [PtDAs]. This paper described how a PtDA was developed using the International Patient Decision Aids (IPDAS) guideline and UK Medical Research Council (UKMRC) frameworks to support patients when making treatmen...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ng CJ,Mathers N,Bradley A,Colwell B

更新日期：2014-10-24 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:In the Netherlands, ethnic minority populations visit their general practitioner (GP) more often than the indigenous population. An explanation for this association is lacking. Recently, health literacy is suggested as a possible explaining mechanism. Internationally, associations between health literacy and...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van der Gaag M,van der Heide I,Spreeuwenberg PMM,Brabers AEM,Rademakers JJDJM

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Thailand, two community-based drug treatment approaches are common. The first one is the traditional community-based treatment program (FAST) which brings the principles of community therapy as a guideline for treatment. The second one is the military hospital-based drug treatment program (PMK), derived f...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kaewkham N,Leelahanaj T,Yingwiwattanapong J,Rattanasumawong W

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive policies are becoming common for addressing wicked problems in health and social care. Success of these policies often varies between target organizations. This variation can often be attributed to contextual factors. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the conditions for successful pol...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Strehlenert H,Hansson J,Nyström ME,Hasson H

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few previous studies have specifically addressed the health care utilization situation of the physically disabled. This study aimed to investigate the utilization of free adult preventive health care for physically disabled people and its' affecting factors. METHODS:The data was obtained from three nationwi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yen SM,Kung PT,Tsai WC

更新日期：2014-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that psychological constructs, such as emotional intelligence and emotional labor, play an important role in various organizational outcomes in service sector. Recently, in the "emotionally charged" healthcare field, emotional intelligence and emotional labor have both emerged as...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Psilopanagioti A,Anagnostopoulos F,Mourtou E,Niakas D

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with schizophrenia and related disorders may be particularly sensitive to a number of determinants of service use, including those related with illness, socio-demographic characteristics and organizational factors. The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with outpatient contacts...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Moreno-Küstner B,Mayoral F,Rivas F,Angona P,Requena J,García-Herrera JM,Navas D,Moreno P,Serrano-Blanco A,Bellón JA

更新日期：2011-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have estimated planned home deaths compared to actual place of death in a general population or the longitudinal course of home nursing services and associations with place of death. We aimed to investigate trajectories of nursing services, potentially planned home deaths regardless of place of d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kjellstadli C,Han L,Allore H,Flo E,Husebo BS,Hunskaar S

更新日期：2019-10-15 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 aim of this study was to assess the frequency of chest pain presentations and the subsequent non-cardiac chest pain diagnoses in an emergency department (ED) over a 3 year period. METHODS:Administrative data on ED attendances to an urban general hospital in Northern Ireland between March 2013 and March ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McDevitt-Petrovic O,Kirby K,Shevlin M

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reimbursement systems provide incentives to health care providers and may drive physician behaviour. This review assesses the impact of reimbursement system on socioeconomic and racial inequalities in access, utilization and quality of primary care. METHODS:A systematic search was performed in Web of Scienc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tao W,Agerholm J,Burström B

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last decade, the number of patients supported by informal caregivers has substantially increased. In the Italian healthcare context, informal caregivers' experience of care is a new under-recognized construct, and no assessment tool is available. Measuring caregivers' experience is important since in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Coluccia A,Ferretti F,Fagiolini A,Pozza A

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the general association between socioeconomic status (SES) and hospitalization has been well established, few studies have considered the relationship between SES and hospital length of stay (LOS), and/or hospital re-admission. The primary objective of this study therefore, was to examine the relati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McGregor MJ,Reid RJ,Schulzer M,Fitzgerald JM,Levy AR,Cox MB

更新日期：2006-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A summary utility index is useful for deriving quality-adjusted life years (QALY) for cost analyses or disability weights for burden of disease studies. However, many quality of life instruments provide descriptive profiles rather than a single utility index. Transforming quality of life instruments to a uti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brennan DS,Spencer AJ

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal male circumcision (NMC) is an alternative approach to adult male circumcision for HIV prevention. Recent studies found that NMC was rarely performed in Thailand and that most Thai health professionals did not recognize that NMC could reduce the risk of HIV infection and would not want NMC services i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Srithanaviboonchai K,Srirak N,Pruenglampoo B,Thaikla K,Suwanteerangkul J,Khorana J,Danthamrongkul V,Paileeklee S,Pattanasattayavong U,Grimes DE,Grimes RM

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In France, equality in access to screening has been one of the main thrusts of public policies implemented between 2009 and 2013 (the national cancer plan). Our aim in this study was to analyse the obstacles to and levers for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening uptake and their trends over time...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sicsic J,Franc C

更新日期：2014-10-04 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:Human resources play a critical role in encouraging efficient performance within organisations, especially for public healthcare organisations, where competences of staff are key aspects of the quality of services provided. In this context, the enhancement of competences are strategic objectives for Human Re...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fanelli S,Lanza G,Enna C,Zangrandi A

更新日期：2020-04-15 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:The Swedish government has increasingly begun to rely on so called informative governance when regulating healthcare. The question this article sets out to answer is: considered to be "the backbone" of the Swedish state's strategy for informative governance in healthcare, what kind of regulatory arrangement ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fredriksson M,Blomqvist P,Winblad U

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the growing literature on the efficiency and productivity of the Chinese healthcare system, less attention has been given to examining the undesirable outputs linked to healthcare services, including environmental pollution. Taking the atmospheric environmental pollution resulting from the incinerati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yu J,Liu Z,Zhang T,Hatab AA,Lan J

更新日期：2020-07-22 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

abstract：:In the original publication of this article [1], the authors missed that reverse coding was necessary for the item "Do you work separate from your colleagues?" before calculating the scale 'social relations'. So they corrected the analysis accordingly. The results with the revised scale show that there are no longer a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wagner A,Rieger MA,Manser T,Sturm H,Hardt J,Martus P,Lessing C,Hammer A,WorkSafeMed Consortium.

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tissue engineering is an emerging field. Novel bioengineered skin substitutes and genetically derived growth factors offer innovative approaches to reduce the burden of diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers for both patients and health care systems. However, they frequently are very costly. Based on a systemat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Langer A,Rogowski W

更新日期：2009-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of the first certified regional trauma network in Germany, the Trauma Network Eastern Bavaria (TNO) addressing the following specific research questions: Do standard and maximum care facilities produce comparable (risk-adjusted) levels of patient outcome? ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Koller M,Ernstberger A,Zeman F,Loss J,Nerlich M,Trauma Network Eastern Bavaria (TNO).

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several countries have developed policies that restrict or limit duration of stay, clinical privileges or the number of residency permits allocated to migrating physicians. Switzerland is currently preparing a new law limiting overall foreign immigration. The impact of such restrictive policies is currently ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Haller G,Combescure C,Mamie C,Zoccatelli D,Clergue F

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00