Correction to: Development and evaluation of a patient passport to promote self-management in patients with heart diseases.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2012 the Norwegian Coordination Reform was implemented. The main motivation was to encourage municipalities to expand local, primary health care services. From 2012 to 2014, under the Municipal Co-Financing regime, municipalities were obliged to cover 20 % of the costs of health services provided at the s...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Monkerud LC,Tjerbo T

更新日期：2016-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is not uncommon and the associated impact it places on healthcare utilisation and societal costs is of increased concern. The aim of the current study was to estimate the economic burden of multimorbidity among older adults in Singapore by investigating its association with the healthcare and ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Picco L,Achilla E,Abdin E,Chong SA,Vaingankar JA,McCrone P,Chua HC,Heng D,Magadi H,Ng LL,Prince M,Subramaniam M

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Administrative data are widely used to study health systems and make important health policy decisions. Yet little is known about the influence of coder characteristics on administrative data validity in these studies. Our goal was to describe the relationship between several measures of validity in coded ho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hennessy DA,Quan H,Faris PD,Beck CA

更新日期：2010-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older care home residents frequently attend emergency departments with a high conversion to admissions. For this purpose, a novel Care Home Innovation Programme (CHIP) was introduced with the aim of reducing potentially avoidable hospital admissions by 30%. The aim of this study is to evaluate the implementa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Giebel C,Harvey D,Akpan A,Chamberlain P

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of HIV-related hospitalizations has decreased worldwide in recent years owing to the availability of highly active antiretroviral therapy. However, the change in HIV-related hospitalizations in Portugal has not been studied. Using comprehensive hospital discharge data from mainland Portuguese hosp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Catumbela E,Freitas A,Lopes F,Mendoza Mdel C,Costa C,Sarmento A,da Costa-Pereira A

更新日期：2015-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:India has the distinction of financing its healthcare mainly through out-of-pocket expenses by individual families contributing to catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment. Nearly 70 % of the expenditure is on medicines purchased at private pharmacies. Patients with chronic ailments are especially ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Prashanth NS,Elias MA,Pati MK,Aivalli P,Munegowda CM,Bhanuprakash S,Sadhana SM,Criel B,Bigdeli M,Devadasan N

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a relentless increase in emergency medical admissions in the UK over recent years. Many of these patients suffer with chronic conditions requiring continuing medical attention. We wished to determine whether conventional outpatient clinic follow up after discharge has any impact on the rate of...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rayner HC,Temple RM,Marshall T,Clarke D

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first Multi-center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS1) demonstrated that implementation of a medication reconciliation best practices toolkit decreased total unintentional medication discrepancies in five hospitals. We sought to implement the MARQUIS toolkit in more diverse hos...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mixon AS,Smith GR Jr,Mallouk M,Nieva HR,Kripalani S,Rennke S,Chu E,Sridharan A,Dalal A,Mueller S,Williams M,Wetterneck T,Stein JM,Stolldorf D,Howell E,Orav J,Labonville S,Levin B,Yoon C,Gresham M,Goldstein J,Pla

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like much of the developed world, healthcare costs in Canada are rising. A small proportion of patients account for a large proportion of healthcare spending and much of this spending occurs in acute care settings. The purpose of our study was to determine potentially modifiable factors related to care proce...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rashidi B,Kobewka DM,Campbell DJT,Forster AJ,Ronksley PE

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00

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:Common mental disorders are the most prevalent of all mental disorders, with the highest burden in terms of work absenteeism and utilization of health care services. Evidence-based treatments are available, but recognition and treatment could be improved, especially in the occupational health setting. The si...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van der Feltz-Cornelis CM,Meeuwissen JA,de Jong FJ,Hoedeman R,Elfeddali I

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discharge letters are crucial during care transitions from hospital to home. Research indicates a need for improvement to increase quality of care and decrease adverse outcomes. These letters are often sent from the hospital discharging physician to the referring clinician, typically the patient's General Pr...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Weetman K,Dale J,Scott E,Schnurr S

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cataract day surgery has rapidly gained worldwide acceptance, because the new surgical techniques and costs are generally lower than those involved in ordinary hospitalization. Cataract surgery serves as a proxy indicator of the trend towards day surgery hospitalization in Italy and, therefore, of regional v...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cillino S,Casuccio A,Di Pace F,Pillitteri F,Cillino G,Lodato G

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to understand the quality of discharge guidance for patients with chronic diseases, to clarify the gap between patient needs and the content of discharge guidance, and to provide a reference for health education and clinical path management of patients with chronic diseases in the f...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Yang MM,Liang W,Zhao HH,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implementation of interventions concerning prevention and health promotion in health care has faced particular challenges resulting in a low frequency and quality of these services. In November 2011, the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare released national clinical practice guidelines to counteract...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kardakis T,Jerdén L,Nyström ME,Weinehall L,Johansson H

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt access to artemesinin-combination therapy (ACT) is not adequate unless the drug is taken according to treatment guidelines. Adherence to the treatment schedule is important to preserve efficacy of the drug. Although some community based studies have reported fairly high levels of adherence, data on fa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Simba DO,Kakoko D

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rising workload in general practice has been a recent cause for concern in several countries; this is also the case in Norway. Long working hours and heavy workload seem to affect recruitment and retention of regular general practitioners (RGPs). We investigated Norwegian RGPs' workload in terms of time used...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Morken T,Rebnord IK,Maartmann-Moe K,Hunskaar S

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical practice improvements based on quality-register data are influenced by multiple factors. Although there is agreement that information from quality registers is valuable for quality improvement, practical ways of organising register use have been notoriously difficult to realise. The present study so...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Norman AC,Elg M,Nordin A,Gäre BA,Algurén B

更新日期：2020-02-11 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: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:Pathologists face major challenges in breast cancer diagnostics in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The major problems identified as impairing the quality of pathology reports are shortcomings of equipment, organization and insufficiently qualified personnel. In addition, in the context of breast cancer, immunohist...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ziegenhorn HV,Frie KG,Ekanem IO,Ebughe G,Kamate B,Traore C,Dzamalala C,Ogunbiyi O,Igbinoba F,Liu B,Bauer M,Thomssen C,Parkin DM,Wickenhauser C,Kantelhardt EJ

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no clear evidence as to whether the co-location of primary care professionals in the same facility positively influences their way of working and the quality of healthcare as perceived by patients. The aim of this study was to identify the relationships between general practitioner (GP) co-location ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bonciani M,Schäfer W,Barsanti S,Heinemann S,Groenewegen PP

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substantial government funding has been invested to support the training of General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia to serve rural communities. However, there is little data on the impact of this expanded training on smaller communities, particularly for smaller rural and more remote communities. Improved u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kanakis K,Young L,Reeve C,Hays R,Gupta TS,Malau-Aduli B

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long waiting times result in low satisfaction. Although several methods are used to shorten the actual waiting time (AWT) in large hospitals of China, the outpatients still have a long actual waiting time. This study aimed to explore whether satisfaction could be improved by extending the expected waiting ti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ma WM,Zhang H,Wang NL

更新日期：2019-08-13 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:Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. A service evaluation was carried out at an anticoagulation clinic in Newcastle upon-Tyne to explore the efficacy of introducing self-testing of anticoagulation status for AF patients on warfarin. The analysis presented aims to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Moloney E,Craig D,Holdsworth N,Smithson J

更新日期：2019-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While most studies focused on the relation between volunteering and health-related outcomes, little attention has been given on the association between volunteering and the use of health care services. Thus, with this analysis we aimed at exploring whether and how the voluntary work of older adults is related...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Flennert M,König HH,Hajek A

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods are considered high-risk periods for the health of mothers and their newborns. Although the current utilization rate of some maternal and child care services in Jordan is encouraging, detailed information about the quality of these services is limited. Theref...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alyahya MS,Khader YS,Batieha A,Asad M

更新日期：2019-06-26 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:About one-third of the world's population lack access to essential medicines and this is further compounded by inappropriate prescription, dispensing, sale and use of the available medicines. The objective of the study was to assess the patterns of medicine use among health facilities in eastern Ethiopia usi...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bilal AI,Osman ED,Mulugeta A

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00