Geographical variations in patient-reported outcomes after total hip arthroplasty between 2008 - 2012.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies of patients leaving hospital against medical advice (AMA) have been limited by not being population-based or assessing only one type of patient. METHODS:We used administrative data at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy to evaluate all adult residents of Manitoba, Canada discharged alive fro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kraut A,Fransoo R,Olafson K,Ramsey CD,Yogendran M,Garland A

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Payers and policy makers across the international healthcare market are increasingly using publicly available summary measures to designate providers as "high-performing", but no consistently-applied approach exists to identifying high performers. This paper uses publicly available data to examine how differ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ahluwalia SC,Damberg CL,Haas A,Shekelle PG

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early identification of patients who need post-acute care (PAC) may improve discharge planning. The purposes of the study were to develop and validate a score predicting discharge to a post-acute care (PAC) facility and to determine its best assessment time. METHODS:We conducted a prospective study includin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Louis Simonet M,Kossovsky MP,Chopard P,Sigaud P,Perneger TV,Gaspoz JM

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) are an essential element of therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes, OHA adherence is often suboptimal. Pharmacists are increasingly being integrated into primary care as part of the move towards a patient-centered medical home and may have a positive influence ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kocarnik BM,Liu CF,Wong ES,Perkins M,Maciejewski ML,Yano EM,Au DH,Piette JD,Bryson CL

更新日期：2012-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of this article [1], some values are missing in the Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3. These errors were introduced during typesetting; thus the publisher apologizes for this error. Additionally, the original manuscript has also been updated to amend this error. The correct figures are shown ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nankya-Mutyoba J,Aizire J,Makumbi F,Ocama P,Kirk GD

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the inception of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England, there have been questions about the empirical basis for the cost-per-QALY threshold used by NICE and whether QALYs gained by different beneficiaries of health care should be weighted equally. The Social Value ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Donaldson C,Baker R,Mason H,Jones-Lee M,Lancsar E,Wildman J,Bateman I,Loomes G,Robinson A,Sugden R,Prades JL,Ryan M,Shackley P,Smith R

更新日期：2011-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigate factors affecting Australian general practitioners' decisions to adopt novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for the prevention of stroke/systemic embolism among patients with atrial fibrillation. Australia has a national homogeneous review and coverage system, which enables us to distinguish phys...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zhang Y,Méndez SJ,Scott A

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective collaboration between speech and language therapists (SLTs) and teachers is essential in meeting the needs of children with developmental language disorders in school, but it is difficult to achieve. Currently, many children receive inadequate speech and language therapy services and/or support in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gallagher AL,Murphy CA,Conway PF,Perry A

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telemedical programs for patients with chronic heart failure have shown inconsistent effects on survival and hospitalization. Few studies analyzed effects of telemedical interventions on health costs, although this outcome may determine whether or not a successful program will be adopted by health insurance ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Herold R,Hoffmann W,van den Berg N

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population aging increases the number of glaucoma patients which leads to higher workloads of glaucoma specialists. If stable glaucoma patients were monitored by optometrists and ophthalmic technicians in a glaucoma follow-up unit (GFU) rather than by glaucoma specialists, the specialists' workload and waiti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holtzer-Goor KM,van Sprundel E,Lemij HG,Plochg T,Klazinga NS,Koopmanschap MA

更新日期：2010-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analysis of patient mobility in a country not only gives an idea of how the health-care system works, but also can be a guideline to determine the quality of health care and health disparity among regions. Even though determination of patient movement is important, it is not often realized that patient mobil...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Delil S,Çelik RN,San S,Dundar M

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maintaining the health and well-being of family carers of people with dementia is vital, given their potential for experiencing burden associated with the role. The study aimed to help dementia carers develop self-efficacy, be less hassled by the caring role and improve their health and well-being with goal-...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chenoweth L,Stein-Parbury J,White D,McNeill G,Jeon YH,Zaratan B

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The NHS spends billions of pounds annually on repeat prescriptions in primary care, but data on their extent and use is out of date. Understanding the scale of repeat prescribing and for whom it is prescribed is important for the NHS to plan services and develop policies to improve patient care. METHOD:Anon...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Petty DR,Zermansky AG,Alldred DP

更新日期：2014-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculosis (TB) patients have difficulty following a long-term treatment regimen. Efforts to improve treatment outcomes require better understanding of adherence as a complex behavioral issue and of the particular barriers to and facilitators of patient adherence. METHODS:This study was carried out in Jia...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Xu W,Lu W,Zhou Y,Zhu L,Shen H,Wang J

更新日期：2009-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major part of midwifery care involves the empowerment of women and their families for the control of factors affecting their health. To this end, midwives should experience their own empowerment first. The present study was conducted to translate and determine the psychometric properties of the Perception ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hajiesmaello M,Kariman N,Sharif Nia H,Ozgoli G,Hajian S,Bazzazian S,Mokhtarian-Gilani T

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of adherence to international normalised ratio (INR) monitoring in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients is a contributor to cardio-embolic complications. This population-based observational study investigated whether the distance between home and an INR clinic affects the maintenance of therapeutic IN...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barth DD,Zühlke LJ,Joachim A,Hoegger T,Mayosi BM,Engel ME

更新日期：2015-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waiting times for hospital appointments, treatment and/or surgery have become a major political and health service problem, leading to national maximum waiting times and policies to reduce waiting times. Quantitative studies have documented waiting times for various types of surgery and longer waiting times ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ward PR,Rokkas P,Cenko C,Pulvirenti M,Dean N,Carney AS,Meyer S

更新日期：2017-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are very common accidents in a hospital. Various risk factors and risk assessment tools are used to predict falls. However, outcomes of falls such as bone fractures have not been considered in these risk assessment tools, and the performance of risk assessment tools in a Japanese hospital setting is no...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Toyabe S

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community paramedicine programs have emerged throughout North America and beyond in response to demographic changes and health system reform. Our aim was to identify and analyse how community paramedics create and maintain new role boundaries and identities in terms of flexibility and permeability and throug...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： O'Meara P,Stirling C,Ruest M,Martin A

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In several health systems of advanced countries, reforms have changed primary care in the last two decades. The literature has assessed the effects of a variety of interventions and individual factors on the behavior of general practitioners (GPs). However, there has been a lack of investigation concerning t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Calciolari S,González-Ortiz LG,Lega F

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small Canadian rural maternity services are struggling to maintain core staffing and remain open. Existing evidence states that having to travel to access maternity services is associated with adverse outcomes. The goal of this study is to systematically examine rural maternal and newborn outcomes across thr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Grzybowski S,Fahey J,Lai B,Zhang S,Aelicks N,Leung BM,Stoll K,Attenborough R

更新日期：2015-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More people in the US now die from Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than from HIV/AIDS. Often acquired in healthcare facilities or during healthcare procedures, the extremely high incidence of MRSA infections and the dangerously low levels of literacy regarding antibiotic resista...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rohde RE,Ross-Gordon J

更新日期：2012-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frequent pages can disrupt workflow, interrupt patient care, and may contribute to physician burnout. We hypothesized that paging volumes followed consistent temporal trends, regardless of the medical or surgical service, reflecting systems based issues present in our hospitals. METHODS:A retrospective revi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Witherspoon L,Nham E,Abdi H,Dergham A,Skinner T,Oake JS,Watterson J,Lavallée LT

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital governance is broadening its orientation from cost and production controls towards 'improving performance on clinical outcomes'. Given this new focus one might assume that doctors are drawn into hospital management across OECD countries. Hospital performance in terms of patient health, quality of ca...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rotar AM,Botje D,Klazinga NS,Lombarts KM,Groene O,Sunol R,Plochg T

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently there is a dual system of oral healthcare delivery in Cyprus: the public dental system (PDS) run by the Government and the private system provided by private dental practitioners. Although 83% of the population is entitled to free treatment by the PDS only 10% of the population make use of them. As...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Charalambous C,Maniadakis N,Polyzos N,Fragoulakis V,Theodorou M

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia is an irreversible chronic disease with wide-ranging effects on patients', caregivers' and families' lives. Hospitalizations are significant events for people with dementia. They tend to have poorer outcomes compared to those without dementia. Most of the previous studies focused on diagnoses leadin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pohontsch NJ,Scherer M,Eisele M

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services are displaced and how such displacement takes place in practice. The aim of our study was to investigate how the Dutch hospital sector has dealt with the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wammes JJG,Frederix G,Govaert P,Determann D,Evers S,Paulus A,Stadhouders N,Jeurissen P,Oortwijn W,Adang EMM

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regular health visits for parents with young children provide an opportunity for developmental surveillance and anticipatory guidance regarding common childhood problems and help to achieve optimal developmental progress prior to school entry. However, there are few published reports from Australian cultural...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Garg P,Ha MT,Eastwood J,Harvey S,Woolfenden S,Murphy E,Dissanayake C,Jalaludin B,Williams K,McKenzie A,Einfeld S,Silove N,Short K,Eapen V

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recovery in mental health care is complex, highly individual and can be facilitated by a range of professional and non-professional support. In this study we will examine how recovery from mental health problems is promoted in non-medical settings. We hypothesise a relationship between involvement in decisio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Coffey M,Hannigan B,Meudell A,Hunt J,Fitzsimmons D

更新日期：2016-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The national strategy for treatment of chronic diseases - including MS - and changes in the Swedish welfare system, call for analyses of the use of, and patient satisfaction with, care in a long-term perspective. The aim was therefore to explore the use of care and the predictive value of personal factors, d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chruzander C,Johansson S,Gottberg K,Einarsson U,Hillert J,Holmqvist LW,Ytterberg C

更新日期：2015-10-24 00:00:00