The association between voluntary work and health care use among older adults in Germany.

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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time from a referral for suspected lung cancer is received at a hospital until treatment start has been defined as a quality indicator. Current Norwegian recommendation is that ≥70% should start surgery or radiotherapy within 42 calendar days and systemic therapy within 35 days. However, delays can occur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Stokstad T,Sørhaug S,Amundsen T,Grønberg BH

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown high rates of stress and dissatisfaction among allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, having an adverse impact on workforce retention rates. This study aimed to examine the job satisfaction and influential factors among physiotherapists working in private and government h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alkassabi OY,Al-Sobayel H,Al-Eisa ES,Buragadda S,Alghadir AH,Iqbal A

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Industry partnerships can help leverage resources to advance HIV/AIDS vaccine research, service delivery, and policy advocacy goals. This often involves capacity building for international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs). International volunteering is increasingly being used as a capacity bui...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vian T,Koseki S,Feeley FG,Beard J

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective is to estimate the effects of therapeutic oxytocin supply chain factors and social determinants of health on patient access to oxytocin in low-income settings using system dynamics modeling. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), a major cause of maternal mortality disproportionately affects women in low...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nadkarni D,Gravelyn S,Brova M,Rashid S,Yee R,Guttieres D,Clifford K,Desai D,Zaman M

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) can help providers deliver better quality care. We aimed to understand recent trends in use of CPOE by health system-affiliated ambulatory clinics. METHODS:We analyzed longitudinal data (2014-2016) for 19,109 ambulatory clinics that participated in all 3 years of the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fischer SH,Rudin RS,Shi Y,Shekelle P,Amill-Rosario A,Scanlon D,Damberg CL

更新日期：2020-09-07 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: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:World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that there will be a shortfall of skilled healthcare by 2035 with the greatest shortfall in Africa and Southeast Asia due to satisfaction with payment and incentives. Low job satisfaction of health workers can result in increased staff turnover and absenteeism, which...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Merga H,Fufa T

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first phase of the LINKIN Health Study, which aims to evaluate health system functioning within a rural population. Locally relevant data on the health status and service usage of this population, including non-users and users, health service providers traditionally omitted from health service...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hoon-Leahy CE,Newbury J,Kitson A,Whitford D,Wilson A,Karnon J,Baker J,Jamrozik K,Beilby J

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The General Medical Services primary care contract for the United Kingdom financially rewards performance in 19 clinical areas, through the Quality and Outcomes Framework. Little is known about how best to determine the size of financial incentives in pay for performance schemes. Our aim was to test the hypo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fleetcroft R,Steel N,Cookson R,Walker S,Howe A

更新日期：2012-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the expenses of liver cirrhosis are covered by a critical illness fund under the current health insurance program in China, the economic burden associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) related diseases is not well addressed. In order to provide evidence to address the economic disease burden of HBV, ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lu J,Xu A,Wang J,Zhang L,Song L,Li R,Zhang S,Zhuang G,Lu M

更新日期：2013-01-31 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:Healthcare providers operate in a unique industry characterized by pursuit of perhaps the most noble of missions: the delivery of vital health and medical services to those in need. Distinguishing features abound, differentiating the healthcare industry from others, with such facets having the potential to c...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Elrod JK,Fortenberry JL Jr

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Return to work after gynaecological surgery takes much longer than expected, irrespective of the level of invasiveness. In order to empower patients in recovery and return to work, a multidisciplinary care program consisting of an e-health intervention and integrated care management including participatory w...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vonk Noordegraaf A,Huirne JA,Brölmann HA,Emanuel MH,van Kesteren PJ,Kleiverda G,Lips JP,Mozes A,Thurkow AL,van Mechelen W,Anema JR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of universal health coverage is challenging for chronically under-resourced health systems. Although household out-of-pocket payments are the most important source of health financing in low-income countries, relatively little is known about the drivers of primary health care expenditure and the pre...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Laokri S,Soelaeman R,Hotchkiss DR

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2008, the Swedish government introduced a National Rehabilitation Program, in which the government financially reimburses the county councils for evidence-based multimodal rehabilitation (MMR) interventions. The target group is patients of working age with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), expected to retu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sennehed CP,Holmberg S,Stigmar K,Forsbrand M,Petersson IF,Nyberg A,Grahn B

更新日期：2017-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To establish which major disorders are susceptible to increased mortality following acute admissions on weekends, compared with week days, and how this may be explained. METHODS:Cohorts based on national administrative inpatient and mortality data for 14,168,443 hospitalised patients in England and 913,068 ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Roberts SE,John A,Lewis KE,Brown J,Lyons RA,Williams JG

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Albanian immigrants in Greece comprise a highly mobile population with unknown health care profile. We aimed to assess whether these immigrants were more or less likely to undergo laparotomy for suspected appendicitis with negative findings (negative appendicectomy), by performing a controlled study with ind...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tatsioni A,Charchanti A,Kitsiou E,Ioannidis JP

更新日期：2001-01-01 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:In Japan, as the number of elderly covered by the Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) system has increased, demand for long-term care services has increased substantially and consequently growing expenditures are threatening the sustainability of the system. Understanding the predictive factors associated with l...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Olivares-Tirado P,Tamiya N,Kashiwagi M,Kashiwagi K

更新日期：2011-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS-DPP) is a nine-month, group-based behavioural intervention for adults in England at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Four independent providers were commissioned to deliver versions of the NHS-DPP, in line with NHS England specifications. This observational study...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hawkes RE,Cameron E,Cotterill S,Bower P,French DP

更新日期：2020-11-27 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: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:Medicine access is an important goal of medicine policy; however the evaluation of medicine access is a subject under conceptual and methodological development. The aim of this study was to describe quantitative methodologies to measure medicine access on household level, access expressed as paid or unpaid m...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Paniz VM,Fassa AG,Maia MF,Domingues MR,Bertoldi AD

更新日期：2010-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has demonstrated beneficial impacts on a range of patient- and team outcomes, though variation in SSC implementation and staff's perception of it remain challenging. Precisely how frontline personnel integrate the SSC with pre-existing perio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wæhle HV,Haugen AS,Wiig S,Søfteland E,Sevdalis N,Harthug S

更新日期：2020-02-12 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:Almost all studies of pathologic fractures have been conducted based on patients with tumours and hospital-based data; however, in the present study, a nationwide epidemiological survey of pathologic fractures in Taiwan was performed and the medical utilization was calculated. METHODS:All claimants of Taiwa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lee YH,Hsu YN,Yu IL,Phan DV,Chou P,Chan CL,Yang NP

更新日期：2011-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Is the implementation of Quality Management (QM) in health care proceeding satisfactorily and can national health care policies influence the implementation process? Policymakers and researchers in a country need to know the answer to this question. Cross country comparisons can reveal whether sufficient pro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wagner C,Gulácsi L,Takacs E,Outinen M

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:England's extensive NHS patient survey programme has not fulfilled government promises of widespread improvements in patients' experiences, and media reports of poor nursing care in NHS hospitals are increasingly common. Impediments to the surveys' impact on the quality of nursing care may include: the fact ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Reeves R,West E,Barron D

更新日期：2013-07-04 00:00:00