Correction to: Glycemic control and healthcare utilization following pregnancy among women with pre-existing diabetes in Navajo Nation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis has significant impact on healthcare costs and quality of life. Amongst the models for collaborative disease state management services published internationally, there is sparse evidence regarding the role of community pharmacists in the provision of osteoporosis care. Hence, the aim of our stud...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nik J,Lai PS,Ng CJ,Emmerton L

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Role clarification is consistently documented as a challenging process for inter professional healthcare teams, despite being a core tenet of interprofessional collaboration. This paper explores the role clarification process in two previously unexplored contexts: i) in the dissemination phase of a quality i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ly O,Sibbald SL,Verma JY,Rocker GM

更新日期：2018-09-03 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:The Italian National Health System was revised in the last 20 years, introducing new elements such as efficacy, efficiency and competitiveness. Devolution to regional authorities has created a quasi-market system where patients can choose the hospital in which to be treated. Patient mobility therefore become...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Messina G,Forni S,Collini F,Quercioli C,Nante N

更新日期：2013-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been only limited studies assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS in terms of direct costs, and there has been no published study related to productivity costs in Nepal. Therefore, this study explores in detail the economic burden of HIV/AIDS, including direct costs and productivity costs. This ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Poudel AN,Newlands D,Simkhada P

更新日期：2017-01-24 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:General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. Studies are needed to increase our understanding of how GPs' attitudes influence their use of guideline...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlsen B,Norheim OF

更新日期：2008-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute low back pain is one of the most common reasons for individuals to seek medical care in the United States. The US Military Health System provides medical care to approximately 9.4 million beneficiaries annually. These patients also routinely suffer from acute low back pain. Within this health system, p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dietrich EJ,Leroux T,Santiago CF,Helgeson MD,Richard P,Koehlmoos TP

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A compelling ethical rationale supports patient engagement in healthcare research. It is also assumed that patient engagement will lead to research findings that are more pertinent to patients' concerns and dilemmas. However; it is unclear how to best conduct this process. In this systematic review we aimed ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Domecq JP,Prutsky G,Elraiyah T,Wang Z,Nabhan M,Shippee N,Brito JP,Boehmer K,Hasan R,Firwana B,Erwin P,Eton D,Sloan J,Montori V,Asi N,Dabrh AM,Murad MH

更新日期：2014-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trust has been introduced as the cornerstone of the public and health providers' relation. Public trust in primary health care (PHC) is crucial and must be measured. The aim of this study was to develop and validate PHC trust measurement tool. METHODS:This was a psychometric study to develop PHC trust measu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sadeghi-Bazargani H,Farahbakhsh M,Tabrizi JS,Zare Z,Saadati M

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most existing research on medical clowns in health care services has investigated their usefulness mainly among child health consumers. In this research we examined multiple viewpoints of medical staff, clowns, and health consumers aiming to identify the optimal audience (adult or child health consumers) for...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Efrat-Triester D,Altman D,Friedmann E,Margalit DL,Teodorescu K

更新日期：2021-01-06 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:Having a tax-funded and supposedly 'National' Health Service (NHS), one might assume that the UK is well-positioned to roll out eHealth innovations at scale. Yet, despite a strong policy push, the English NHS has been limited in the extent to which it has exploited the potential of eHealth. MAIN BODY:This p...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Asthana S,Jones R,Sheaff R

更新日期：2019-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to describe the expenses related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) management and care in Nantong Infectious Disease Hospital from October 2013 through June 2017. METHODS:The information of 610 HIV/AIDS inpatients were collected f...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zhuang X,Chen Y,Wu Z,Scott SR,Lu R,Xu Z,Yu Y,Wang W,Cao L,Liang Y,Qin G,Zou M

更新日期：2020-08-31 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:For mothers who have just given birth, the postpartum hospital stay is meant to promote an environment where resting, healing and bonding can take place. New mothers, however, face many interruptions throughout the day including multiple visitors and noise caused by medical equipment, corridor conversations ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Adatia S,Law S,Haggerty J

更新日期：2014-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the Pearl River Delta of South China, Shenzhen attracts millions of migrant workers annually. The objectives of this study were to compare health needs, self-reported health and healthcare utilisation of insured and uninsured migrant workers in Shenzhen, Chin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mou J,Cheng J,Zhang D,Jiang H,Lin L,Griffiths SM

更新日期：2009-11-21 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:Consumer e-Health is a potential solution to the problems of accessibility, quality and costs of delivering public healthcare services to patients. Although consumer e-Health has proliferated in recent years, it remains unclear if patients are willing and able to accept and use this new and rapidly developin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zhang X,Yu P,Yan J,Ton A M Spil I

更新日期：2015-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the context of individualization of public policies and promotion of independent living, residential care facilities (RCFs) (called "établissements medico-sociaux" in France) still represent the main system used by disabled people. Through a study of their daily mobility, this article proposes a geog...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rapegno N,Ravaud JF

更新日期：2017-09-29 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:Costs and consumer preference have led to a shift from the long-term institutional care of aged older people to home and community based care. The aim of this review is to evaluate the outcomes of case managed, integrated or consumer directed home and community care services for older persons, including thos...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Low LF,Yap M,Brodaty H

更新日期：2011-05-09 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:Policy that supports rural allied health service delivery is important given the shortage of services outside of Australian metropolitan centres. The shortage of allied health professionals means that rural clinicians work long hours and have little peer or service support. Service delivery to rural and remo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Veitch C,Lincoln M,Bundy A,Gallego G,Dew A,Bulkeley K,Brentnall J,Griffiths S

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:General Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the patient contacts in coded data and free text. METHODS:Diagnoses are coded according to the International Coding of Primary Care (IC...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smeets HM,Kortekaas MF,Rutten FH,Bots ML,van der Kraan W,Daggelders G,Smits-Pelser H,Helsper CW,Hoes AW,de Wit NJ

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to keep medical appointments results in inefficiencies and, potentially, in poor outcomes for patients. The aim of this study is to describe non-attendance rate and to investigate predictors of non-attendance among patients receiving hospital outpatient treatment for chronic diseases. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wolff DL,Waldorff FB,von Plessen C,Mogensen CB,Sørensen TL,Houlind KC,Bogh SB,Rubin KH

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many countries have introduced elements of managed competition in their healthcare system with the aim to accomplish more efficient and demand-driven health care. Simultaneously, generating and reporting of comparative healthcare information has become an important quality-improvement instrument. We examined...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hendriks M,Spreeuwenberg P,Rademakers J,Delnoij DM

更新日期：2009-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the successful pilot of the community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives (CBDIC) by community health extension workers (CHEWs) in Gombe, northern Nigeria in 2010, there was a policy decision to scale-up the innovation to other parts of the country. However, there is limited understandi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Akinyemi O,Harris B,Kawonga M

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental impact assessments of pharmaceuticals typically consider only a part of the pharmaceutical supply chain, e.g. tablet formulation. While the environmental impact can be expressed in environmental Human Health burden due to resource use and emissions, the Human Health benefit of the pharmaceutica...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Debaveye S,De Smedt D,Heirman B,Kavanagh S,Dewulf J

更新日期：2019-06-19 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