Relevant patient characteristics for estimating healthcare needs according to healthcare providers and people with type 2 diabetes: a Delphi survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decentralization through the establishment of hospital governing boards has been touted as an effective way to improve the quality and efficiency of hospitals in low-income countries. Although several studies have examined the process of decentralization, few have quantitatively assessed the implementation o...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McNatt Z,Thompson JW,Mengistu A,Tatek D,Linnander E,Ageze L,Lawson R,Berhanu N,Bradley EH

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to identify the statistical software applications most commonly employed for data analysis in health services research (HSR) studies in the U.S. The study also examines the extent to which information describing the specific analytical software utilized is provided in published articles repor...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dembe AE,Partridge JS,Geist LC

更新日期：2011-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous healthy lifestyle interventions based on the Salud para Su Corazón curriculum for Latinos in the United States, and a pilot study in Guatemala, demonstrated improvements in patient knowledge, behavior, and clinical outcomes for adults with hypertension. This article describes the implementation of a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fort MP,Murillo S,López E,Dengo AL,Alvarado-Molina N,de Beausset I,Castro M,Peña L,Ramírez-Zea M,Martínez H

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Empirical evidence on how ownership type affects the quality and cost of medical care is growing, and debate on these topics is ongoing. Despite the fact that the private sector is a major provider of hospital services in Greece, little comparative information on private versus public sector hospitals is ava...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kondilis E,Gavana M,Giannakopoulos S,Smyrnakis E,Dombros N,Benos A

更新日期：2011-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) are health conditions for which adequate management, treatment and interventions delivered in the ambulatory care setting could potentially prevent hospitalization. Which conditions are sensitive to ambulatory care varies according to the scope of health care serv...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sarmento J,Rocha JVM,Santana R

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health services research is a well-articulated research methodology and can be a powerful vehicle to implement sustainable health service reform. This paper presents a summary of a five-year collaborative program between stakeholders and researchers that led to sustainable improvements in the maternity servi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barclay L,Kruske S,Bar-Zeev S,Steenkamp M,Josif C,Narjic CW,Wardaguga M,Belton S,Gao Y,Dunbar T,Kildea S

更新日期：2014-06-02 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:In 2000, midwifery was regulated in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. Since the establishment of the midwifery program, little formal research has analyzed the utilization of regulated midwifery services. In Manitoba, the demand for midwifery services has exceeded the number of midwives in practice. The spe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thiessen K,Heaman M,Mignone J,Martens P,Robinson K

更新日期：2016-03-15 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:The main objective of this methodological manuscript was to illustrate the role of using qualitative research in emergency settings. We outline rigorous criteria applied to a qualitative study assessing perceptions and experiences of staff working in Australian emergency departments. METHODS:We used an inte...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Forero R,Nahidi S,De Costa J,Mohsin M,Fitzgerald G,Gibson N,McCarthy S,Aboagye-Sarfo P

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Case management has been suggested as an innovative strategy that facilitates the improvement of a patient's quality of life, reduction of hospital length of stay, optimization of self-care and improvement of satisfaction of patients and professionals involved. However, there is little evidence about the eff...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wynia K,Annema C,Nissen H,De Keyser J,Middel B

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irrational use of medicines is widespread in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR), where policy implementation to encourage quality use of medicines (QUM) is often low. The aim was to determine whether public-sector QUM is better in SEAR countries implementing essential medicines (EM) policies than in those not...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holloway KA,Kotwani A,Batmanabane G,Santoso B,Ratanawijitrasin S,Henry D

更新日期：2018-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians are encouraged to counsel obese patients to lose weight, but studies measuring the quality of physicians' counseling are rare. We sought to describe the quality of physicians' obesity counseling and to determine associations between the quality of counseling and obese patients' motivation and inte...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jay M,Gillespie C,Schlair S,Sherman S,Kalet A

更新日期：2010-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity, and represent a high chronic disease burden, which is expected to rise between now and 2020. Care for chronic diseases is increasingly located in community settings for reasons of efficiency and patient preference, though what service...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Henderson EJ,Rubin GP

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with diabetes in remote areas remain poor, including high rates of avoidable complications which could be reduced with better primary level care. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based health-worker led case management approach to the care of In...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McDermott RA,Schmidt B,Preece C,Owens V,Taylor S,Li M,Esterman A

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Couples HIV Testing & Counselling (CHTC) service is an approach that may enable more people to be reached and tested for HIV. However, little is known about how couples may use this service and what they think about CHTC as an approach to finding out their HIV status. This study aimed to understand how indiv...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hailemariam TG,Rawstorne P,Sisay MM,Nathan S

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong health laboratory systems and networks capable of providing high quality services are critical components of the health system and play a key role in routine diagnosis, care, treatment and disease surveillance. This study aimed to assess the readiness of the national health laboratory system (NHLS) an...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mboera LE,Ishengoma DS,Kilale AM,Massawe IS,Rutta AS,Kagaruki GB,Kamugisha E,Baraka V,Mandara CI,Materu GS,Magesa SM

更新日期：2015-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong evidence exists to support preoperative pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) to reduce the severity and duration of urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Receipt of preoperative PFMT amongst men having radical prostatectomy in Western Sydney, however, is suboptimal. This study was undertake...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hirschhorn AD,Kolt GS,Brooks AJ

更新日期：2013-08-13 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:Performance-based financing (PBF) strategies are promoted as a supply-side, results-based financing mechanism to improve primary health care. This study estimated the effects of Rwanda's PBF program on less-incentivized child health services and examined the differential program impact by household poverty. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Skiles MP,Curtis SL,Basinga P,Angeles G,Thirumurthy H

更新日期：2015-09-14 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:Widespread literature on inequity in healthcare access and utilization has been published, but research on socioeconomic differences in waiting times is sparse and the evidence is fragmentary and controversial. The objective of the present study is the analysis of the relationship between individual socioeco...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Petrelli A,De Luca G,Landriscina T,Costa G

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For the treatment of depression in diabetes patients, it is important that depression is recognized at an early stage. A screening method for depression is the patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9). The aim of this study is to validate the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as a screening instrument ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van Steenbergen-Weijenburg KM,de Vroege L,Ploeger RR,Brals JW,Vloedbeld MG,Veneman TF,Hakkaart-van Roijen L,Rutten FF,Beekman AT,van der Feltz-Cornelis CM

更新日期：2010-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerted quality improvement (QI) efforts have been taken to discourage the practice of early elective deliveries (EEDs), but few studies have robustly examined the impact of directed QI interventions in reducing EED practices. Using quasi-experimental methods, we sought to evaluate the impact of a statewid...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thompson MP,Graetz I,McKillop CN,Grubb PH,Waters TM

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strengthening primary health care is critical to reducing health inequity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Audit and Best practice for Chronic Disease Extension (ABCDE) project has facilitated the implementation of modern Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approaches in Indigenous com...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bailie R,Si D,Shannon C,Semmens J,Rowley K,Scrimgeour DJ,Nagel T,Anderson I,Connors C,Weeramanthri T,Thompson S,McDermott R,Burke H,Moore E,Leon D,Weston R,Grogan H,Stanley A,Gardner K

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care policy and organization of the care sector is shifting to accommodate projected demographic changes and to ensure a sustainable model of health care provision in the future. Adult children and spouses are often the first to assume care giving responsibilities for older adults when declining function...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bragstad LK,Kirkevold M,Foss C

更新日期：2014-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treat-to-target is the recommended strategy for the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and involves regular assessment of disease activity using validated measures and subsequent adjustment of medical therapy if patients are not in remission or low disease activity. Recommendations published in 2012 det...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bays A,Wahl E,Daikh DI,Yazdany J,Schmajuk G

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Musculoskeletal disorders are common in the general population and a leading cause for care seeking. Despite the large number of patients with musculoskeletal disorders seeking care, little is known of the clinical course, pathways and predictors of healthcare utilization among these patients. The purposes o...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Budtz CR,Mose S,Christiansen DH

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The poor physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is often attributed to lifestyle, disease-related medication side effects and disparate provision of healthcare. The complexity and inexact nature of this issue prohibits the identification of a clear and concise causal pathway, which in tur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ehrlich C,Kendall E,Frey N,Denton M,Kisely S

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the mid-1990s, a growing number of North Korean defectors have been arriving in South Korea, many of whom have various somatic and mental disorders. The health status of defectors is an important predictor of their successful resettlement. Therefore, this study examined the frequency of physician visit...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wang BR,Kwon YD,Jeon W,Noh JW

更新日期：2015-03-07 00:00:00