Correction to: Combining health insurance funds in a fragmented context: what kind of challenges should be considered?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence-based clinical algorithms (EBCA) are knowledge tools to promote evidence use by codifying evidence into action plans to facilitate appropriate care. However, their impact on process and outcomes of care varies considerably across practice settings and providers, highlighting the need for tailoring o...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Puchalski Ritchie LM,Debebe F,Azazh A

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging of the workforce is a growing problem. As workers age, their physical, physiological and psychosocial capabilities change. Keeping older workers healthy and productive is a key goal of European labor policy and health promotion is a key to achieve this result. Previous studies about workplace health pr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Poscia A,Moscato U,La Milia DI,Milovanovic S,Stojanovic J,Borghini A,Collamati A,Ricciardi W,Magnavita N

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UK and US policy initiatives have suggested that, in the future, patients and clinicians in mainstream medicine could use genetic information to prevent common illnesses. There are no studies on patients' experience and understanding of the process of testing for common genetic susceptibilities in mainstream...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Saukko PM,Ellard S,Richards SH,Shepherd MH,Campbell JL

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As part of its ongoing healthcare reform, the Hong Kong Government introduced a voucher scheme, intended for encouraging older patients to use primary healthcare services in the private sector, thereby, reducing burden on the overwhelmed public sector. The voucher program is also considered one of the strate...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yam CH,Liu S,Huang OH,Yeoh EK,Griffiths SM

更新日期：2011-10-07 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:Clinical guidelines are an integral part of healthcare. Whilst much progress has been made in ensuring that guidelines are well developed and disseminated, the gap between routine clinical practice and current guidelines often remains wide. A key reason for this gap is that implementation of guidelines typic...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Taylor N,Lawton R,Moore S,Craig J,Slater B,Cracknell A,Wright J,Mohammed MA

更新日期：2014-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whilst evidence suggests cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) may be effective for depressed older people in a primary care setting, few studies have examined its cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), a talking control (TC) and trea...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holman AJ,Serfaty MA,Leurent BE,King MB

更新日期：2011-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare systems implement change at different rates because of differences in incentives, organizational processes, key influencers, and management styles. A comparable set of forces may play out at the national and international levels as demonstrated in significant differences in the diagnostic manageme...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Badizadegan K,Vanlandingham DM,Hampton W,Thompson KM

更新日期：2020-10-20 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:Good workspace design is key to the quality of work, safety, and wellbeing for workers, yet we lack vital knowledge about optimal hospital design to meet healthcare workforce needs. This study used novel mobile methods to examine the concept of Work-as-Done and the effect of workspace-use on healthcare profe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rapport F,Francis-Auton E,Cartmill J,Ryder T,Braithwaite J,Clay-Williams R

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous self-harm is one of the strongest predictors of future self-harm and suicide. Increased risk of repeated self-harm and suicide exists amongst patients presenting to hospital with high-risk self-harm and major self-harm repeaters. However, so far evidence-based training in the management of self-harm...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Arensman E,Troya MI,Nicholson S,Sadath A,Cully G,Ramos Costa AP,Benson R,Corcoran P,Griffin E,Williamson E,Eustace J,Shiely F,Browne J,Rigby J,Jeffers A,Cassidy E

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Home blood pressure (BP) is closely linked to patient outcomes. However, the prevalence of its documentation has not been examined. The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence and factors affecting documentation of home BP in routine clinical care. METHODS:A retrospective study of 142,973 enco...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kramer MH,Breydo E,Shubina M,Babcock K,Einbinder JS,Turchin A

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measuring quality of care is essential to improve primary care. Quality of primary care for patients is usually assessed by patient satisfaction questionnaires. However, patients may not be able to judge quality of care without also reflecting their perception of the environment. We determined the effect tha...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tièche R,da Costa BR,Streit S

更新日期：2016-08-11 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: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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medications to treat and prevent chronic disease have substantially reduced morbidity and mortality; however, their diffusion has been uneven. Little is known about prescribing of chronic disease medications by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), despite their increasingly important rol...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Marcum ZA,Bellon JE,Li J,Gellad WF,Donohue JM

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article presents the qualitative component linked to a larger study of implementation of the Xpert™ MTB/Rif technology in two Brazilian cities. Despite intrinsic advantages of new health technologies, its introduction can be disruptive to existing routines, and it is thus important to understand how the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： de Camargo KR Jr,Guedes CR,Caetano R,Menezes A,Trajman A

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to gain insight into the international development of GP incomes over time through a comparative approach. The study is an extension of an earlier work (1975-1990, conducted in five yearly intervals). The research questions to be addressed in this paper are: 1) How can the remuneration system...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kroneman MW,Van der Zee J,Groot W

更新日期：2009-02-09 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: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:Because of the increasing costs and anticipated shortage of Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists in the care for hearing-impaired persons, an integrated care pathway that includes direct hearing aid provision was developed. While this direct pathway is still under investigation, in a survey we examined expe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Grutters JP,van der Horst F,Joore MA,Verschuure H,Dreschler WA,Anteunis LJ

更新日期：2007-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-production and co-design approaches to quality improvement (QI) efforts are gaining momentum in healthcare. Yet, these approaches can be challenging, not least when it comes to patient involvement. The aim of this study was to examine what might influence QI efforts in which patients are involved, as expe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bergerum C,Engström AK,Thor J,Wolmesjö M

更新日期：2020-12-02 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:We studied the prevalence of common mental disorders among Dutch hospital physicians and investigated whether the presence of a mental disorder was associated with insufficient self-reported work ability. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent to all (n = 958) hospital physicians of one academic medical center, u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ruitenburg MM,Frings-Dresen MH,Sluiter JK

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite widespread documentation of racial/ethnic disparities in care (predominantly under-use of needed care), differences in population-wide attitudes or experiences about under- or overuse (care where harms may outweigh potential benefits) of care are not well understood. We examined whether race/ethnicit...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kressin NR,Lin MY

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family planning services in the post-partum period, termed post-partum family planning (PPFP) is critical to cover the unmet need for contraception, especially when institutional delivery rates have increased. However, the intention to choose PPFP methods such as post-partum intrauterine devices (PPIUD) rema...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Thapa K,Dhital R,Rajbhandari S,Mishra S,Subedi S,Dotel BR,Vaidya S,Pande S,Tunnacliffe EA,Makins A,Arulkumaran S

更新日期：2020-02-17 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:General practitioners (GPs) in most high-income countries have a history of being independent private providers with much autonomy. While GPs remain private providers, their autonomous position appears to be challenged by increased policy regulations. This paper examines the extent to which GPs' preferences ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Holte JH,Abelsen B,Halvorsen PA,Olsen JA

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermediate care (IC) describes a range of services targeted at older people, aimed at preventing unnecessary hospitalisation, promoting faster recovery from illness and maximising independence. Older people are at increased risk of medication-related adverse events, but little is known about the provision ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Millar AN,Hughes CM,Ryan C

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Person-centered quality for family planning has been gaining increased attention, yet few interventions have focused on this, or measured associations between person-centered quality for family planning and family planning outcomes (uptake, continuation, etc.). In India, the first point of contact for family...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Diamond-Smith N,McDonell C,Sahu AB,Roy KP,Giessler K

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00