Influences of health facility type for delivery and experience of cesarean section on maternal and newborn postnatal care between birth and facility discharge in Malawi.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States (US), Medicaid capitated managed care costs are controlled by optimizing patients' healthcare utilization. Adults in capitated plans utilize primary care providers (PCP) more than emergency departments (ED), compared to fee-for-service (FFS). Pediatric data are lacking. We aim to determi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Canares TL,Friedman A,Rodean J,Burns RR,Berkowitz D,Hall M,Alpern E,Montalbano A

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japan has a high prevalence of adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL), especially in the Kyushu/Okinawa region. Regional differences in prevalence might cause regional differences in physicians' experiences and the efficiency of care-resource use. This study investigated regional differences in the performance of bone...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Maeda T,Babazono A,Nishi T,Matsuda S,Fushimi K,Fujimori K

更新日期：2014-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthcare industry is characterized by intensive, never-ending change occurring on a multitude of fronts. Success in such tumultuous environments requires healthcare providers to be proficient in myriad areas, including the manner in which they organize and deliver services. Less efficient designs drain...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Elrod JK,Fortenberry JL Jr

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hip fracture in elderly patients is a rising global public health concern because of population ageing, and increasing frailty. Long-term morbidity related to poor management of hip fracture is associated with decreased quality of life, survival, and increase in healthcare costs. Receiving postoperative reha...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tedesco D,Gibertoni D,Rucci P,Hernandez-Boussard T,Rosa S,Bianciardi L,Rolli M,Fantini MP

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social Prescribing is a service in primary care that involves the referral of patients with non-clinical needs to local services and activities provided by the third sector (community, voluntary, and social enterprise sector). Social Prescribing aims to promote partnership working between the health and the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pescheny JV,Pappas Y,Randhawa G

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for institutional long-term care is increasing as the population ages and the pool of informal care givers declines. Care services are often limited when funding is controlled publicly. Fees for Japanese institutional care are publicly fixed and supply is short, particularly in expensive metropolita...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yoshida K,Kawahara K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical practice guidelines aim to enhance patient safety by reducing inappropriate variations in practice. Despite considerable efforts to enhance the use of clinical practice guidelines, adherence is often suboptimal. We investigated to what extent workplace affiliation explains variation of self-reported...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nilsson K,Juthberg C,Söderberg J,Bölenius K,Grankvist K,Brulin C,Lindkvist M

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore whether stroke health state descriptions used in preference elicitation studies reflect patients' experiences by comparing published descriptions with qualitative studies exploring patients' lived experience. METHODS:Two literature reviews were conducted: on stroke health state descriptions used ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gray J,Lie ML,Murtagh MJ,Ford GA,McMeekin P,Thomson RG

更新日期：2014-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Governments increasingly require policy documents to be evidence-based. This paper analyses the use of scientific evidence in such documents by reviewing reports from government-appointed committees in Norway to assess the committees' handling of questions of effect. METHODS:This study uses the 'Index of Sc...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Innvaer S

更新日期：2009-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adults with certain comorbid conditions have a higher risk of pneumonia than the overall population. If treatment of pneumonia is more costly in certain predictable situations, this would affect the value proposition of populations for pneumonia prevention. We estimate the economic impact of community-acquir...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Polsky D,Bonafede M,Suaya JA

更新日期：2012-10-31 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:Blood borne infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) constitute a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs). To some degree it is inevitable that HCWs sustain injuries from sharp objects such as needles, scalpels and spli...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mashoto KO,Mubyazi GM,Mohamed H,Malebo HM

更新日期：2013-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the single greatest contributor to the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Our objective is to determine if holistic CVD risk assessment, introduced as part of the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adult Health Check (AHC), results...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Burgess CP,Bailie RS,Connors CM,Chenhall RD,McDermott RA,O'Dea K,Gunabarra C,Matthews HL,Esterman AJ

更新日期：2011-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most commonly inherited neuromuscular disease. Therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare disease, namely "orphan drugs", have recently drawn the attention of researchers and pharmaceutical companies. To ensure the successful conduction of clinical trials to evaluat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Shimizu R,Ogata K,Tamaura A,Kimura E,Ohata M,Takeshita E,Nakamura H,Takeda S,Komaki H

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV treatment models in Africa are labour intensive and require a high number of skilled staff. In this context, task-shifting is considered a feasible alternative for ART service delivery. In 2006, a lay health cadre of expert patients (EPs) at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Zomba, Malawi was capacitated...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Landes M,Thompson C,Mwinjiwa E,Thaulo E,Gondwe C,Akello H,Chan AK

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of a claims-based index to identify persons with physical function impairment and at risk for long-term institutionalization would facilitate population health and comparative effectiveness research. The JEN Frailty Index [JFI] is comprised of diagnosis domains representing impairments and multimorbid cl...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kinosian B,Wieland D,Gu X,Stallard E,Phibbs CS,Intrator O

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In dementia care, it is crucial that the chain of care is adapted to the needs of people with dementia and their informal caregivers throughout the course of the disease. Assessing the existing dementia care system with regard to facilities, availability and utilization may provide useful information for ens...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lethin C,Giertz L,Vingare EL,Hallberg IR

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare workers, in the hospital and in community clinics, are frequently exposed to verbal and physical abuse that can lead to frustration and despair. This study's objectives were to evaluate trends in violence towards hospital and community doctors in the Negev region of Israel and to compare them to t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nevo T,Peleg R,Kaplan DM,Freud T

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of this article [1], there are two corrections. ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bazyar M,Rashidian A,Sakha MA,Mahdavi MRV,Doshmangir L

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The notion 'hard to reach' is a contested and ambiguous term that is commonly used within the spheres of social care and health, especially in discourse around health and social inequalities. There is a need to address health inequalities and to engage in services the marginalized and socially excluded secto...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Flanagan SM,Hancock B

更新日期：2010-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug markets are very complex and, while many new drugs are registered each year, little is known about what drives the prescription of these new drugs. This study attempts to lift the veil from this important subject by analyzing simultaneously the impact of several variables on the prescription of novelty....

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Decollogny A,Piaget-Rossel R,Taffé P,Eggli Y

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postal questionnaires are widely used to collect data in healthcare research but a poor response rate may reduce the validity and reliability of results. There was a lack of evidence available relating to use of a monetary incentive to improve the response rate in the healthcare setting. METHODS:The MRC ORA...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kenyon S,Pike K,Jones D,Taylor D,Salt A,Marlow N,Brocklehurst P

更新日期：2005-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Off-patent pharmaceuticals (OPPs) hold vital importance in meeting public health objectives, especially in developing countries where resources are limited. OPPs are comprised of off-patent originals, branded generics and unbranded generics; nonetheless, these products are not identical and often there are d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Inotai A,Brixner D,Maniadakis N,Dwiprahasto I,Kristin E,Prabowo A,Yasmina A,Priohutomo S,Németh B,Wijaya K,Kalo Z

更新日期：2018-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate and timely data on cause of death are critically important for guiding health programs and policies. Deaths certified by doctors are implicitly considered to be reliable and accurate, yet the quality of information provided in the international Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) usually va...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hazard RH,Chowdhury HR,Adair T,Ansar A,Quaiyum Rahman AM,Alam S,Alam N,Rampatige R,Streatfield PK,Riley ID,Lopez AD

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While governments are urging adult mental health services to support consumers in the context of their family, there is little information about what family focused practice is, nor how it might be enacted. METHODS:Informed by the principles of Community Based Participatory Research, workshops were held in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Reupert A,Ward B,McCormick F,Ward C,Waller S,Kidd S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-centered care ideally considers patient preferences, values and needs. However, it is unclear if policies such as wait time strategies for hip and knee replacement surgery (TJR) are patient-centred as they focus on an isolated episode of care. This paper describes the accounts of people scheduled to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Webster F,Perruccio AV,Jenkinson R,Jaglal S,Schemitsch E,Waddell JP,Bremner S,Mobilio MH,Venkataramanan V,Davis AM

更新日期：2013-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis is crucial for the treatment of childhood cancer as it in some cases can prevent progression of disease and improve prognoses. However, childhood cancer can be difficult to diagnose and barriers to early diagnosis are multifactorial. New knowledge about factors influencing the pathway to diag...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pedersen LH,Wahlberg A,Cordt M,Schmiegelow K,Dalton SO,Larsen HB

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC) are often treated by general practitioners (GPs), and large proportions of patients receive vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). The quality of OAC in German GP practices, differences between various practices, and improvement potential through implementatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mertens C,Siebenhofer A,Berghold A,Pregartner G,Ulrich LR,Mergenthal K,Kemperdick B,Schulz-Rothe S,Rauck S,Harder S,Gerlach FM,Petersen JJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients across North America are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with increasing frequency as part of their management of many different health conditions. The objective of this study was to develop a guide for academic health sciences centers that may wish to consider starting an integra...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vohra S,Feldman K,Johnston B,Waters K,Boon H

更新日期：2005-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective clinician-patient communication about health behavior change is one of the most important and most overlooked strategies to promote health and prevent disease. Existing guidelines for specific health behavior counseling have been created and promulgated, but not successfully adopted in primary care...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Flocke SA,Antognoli E,Step MM,Marsh S,Parran T,Mason MJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00