Who are the ostomy patients and caregivers attending Portuguese community pharmacies? A cross-sectional study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services are displaced and how such displacement takes place in practice. The aim of our study was to investigate how the Dutch hospital sector has dealt with the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wammes JJG,Frederix G,Govaert P,Determann D,Evers S,Paulus A,Stadhouders N,Jeurissen P,Oortwijn W,Adang EMM

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKRGOUND:Good progress is being made towards universal access to contraceptives, however stock-outs still jeopardize progress. A seldom considered but important building block in optimizing supply management is the degree to which health workers feel motivated and responsible for monitoring supply. We explored how an...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vermandere H,Galle A,Griffin S,de Melo M,Machaieie L,Van Braeckel D,Degomme O

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the extent of the difference in elective (ELCS) and emergency (EMCS) caesarean section (CS) rates between nulliparous women in public maternity hospitals in Ireland by model of care, and to quantify the contribution of maternal, clinical, and hospital characteristics in explaining the difference ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brick A,Layte R,Nolan A,Turner MJ

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A vast body of literature has documented regional variations in healthcare utilization rates. The extent to which such variations are "unwarranted" critically depends on whether there are corresponding variations in patients' needs. Using a unique medical registry, the current paper investigated any associat...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rudolfsen JH,Solberg TK,Ingebrigtsen T,Olsen JA

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A Personal Health Record (PHR) is an electronic record that individuals use to manage and share their health information, e.g. data from their medical records and data collected by apps. However, engagement with their record can be low if people do not find it beneficial to their health, wellbeing or interac...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fylan F,Caveney L,Cartwright A,Fylan B

更新日期：2018-06-14 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: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:Delay in cancer diagnosis may be important for cancer prognosis. Large individual variations in the duration of delay have been observed. This study examines whether patients' socioeconomic characteristics are predictors of long patient-, doctor- and system-related delay in cancer diagnosis. METHODS:Danish ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hansen RP,Olesen F,Sørensen HT,Sokolowski I,Søndergaard J

更新日期：2008-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States, with the burden expected to rise in the coming decades, increasing the need for effective cancer prevention and screening options. The United States Preventive Services Task Force has suggested that a shared decision-making process be used when clini...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Saman DM,Walton KM,Harry ML,Asche SE,Truitt AR,Henzler-Buckingham HA,Allen CI,Ekstrom HL,O'Connor PJ,Sperl-Hillen JM,Ziegenfuss JY,Bianco JA,Elliott TE

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most of contacts between patients and health care take place in primary care. Small sample population stud...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hotvedt R,Førde OH

更新日期：2013-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical environment in which health care providers have to work everyday is highly complex; this increases the risk for the occurrence of unintended events. The aim of this randomised controlled trial is to improve patient safety for a vulnerable group of patients that have to go through a complex care ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Merten H,Lubberding S,van Wagtendonk I,Johannesma PC,Wagner C

更新日期：2011-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In China, the New Co-operative Medical System (NCMS), a rural health insurance system, has expanded nationwide since 2003. This study aims to describe prenatal care use, content and costs of care in one county where prenatal care is included in the NCMS and two counties where it is not. It also explores the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Long Q,Zhang T,Hemminki E,Tang X,Huang K,Xiao S,Tolhurst R

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health insurance (HI) plays an important role in ensuring the financial equity by the risk pooling mechanism and reducing the economic burden of healthcare for HIV/AIDS patients. However, there is a lack of evidence to clearly understand HI coverage in regard to people living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Nguyen QLT,Van Phan T,Tran BX,Nguyen LH,Ngo C,Phan HTT,Latkin CA

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Realist evaluation offers an interesting approach to evaluation of interventions in complex settings, but has been little applied in health care. We report on a realist case study of a well performing hospital in Ghana and show how such a realist evaluation design can help to overcome the limited external va...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Marchal B,Dedzo M,Kegels G

更新日期：2010-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Italy many diabetics still lack adequate care in general practice. We assessed the effectiveness of different strategies for the implementation of an evidence-based guideline for the management of non-complicated type 2 diabetes among General Practitioners (GPs) of Lazio region. METHODS:Three-arm cluster...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Perria C,Mandolini D,Guerrera C,Jefferson T,Billi P,Calzini V,Fiorillo A,Grasso G,Leotta S,Marrocco W,Suraci C,Pasquarella A

更新日期：2007-06-04 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:Residential care infrastructure, in terms of the characteristics of the organisation (such as proprietary status, size, and location) and the physical environment, have been found to directly influence resident outcomes. This review aimed to summarise the existing literature of economic evaluations of reside...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Easton T,Milte R,Crotty M,Ratcliffe J

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quality improvement initiatives have expanded recently within the healthcare sector. Studies have shown that less than 40% of these initiatives are successful, indicating the need for an instrument that can measure the progress and results of quality improvement initiatives and answer questions about how qua...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Andersson AC,Elg M,Perseius KI,Idvall E

更新日期：2013-02-07 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:Many patients are undernourished during hospitalisation. The clinical consequences of this include lassitude, an increased risk of complications and prolonged convalescence. The aim of the study is 1) to implement a new organisation with a focus on improving the quality of the nutritional care of medical inp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lassen KO,Grinderslev E,Nyholm R

更新日期：2008-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency departments handle a large proportion of acute patients. In 2007, it was recommended centralizing the Danish healthcare system and establishing emergency departments as the main common entrance for emergency patients. Since this reorganization, few studies describing the emergency patient populatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Søvsø MB,Hermansen SB,Færk E,Lindskou TA,Ludwig M,Møller JM,Jonciauskiene J,Christensen EF

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The functional split model of consultant psychiatrist care for inpatients has been one of the major service redesign that has occurred in the NHS in the last decade. It is unclear if this new split model offers any advantages over the previous sectorised model of working. More recent evidence has suggested t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Begum M,Brown K,Pelosi A,Crabb J,McTaggart J,Mitchell C,Julyan E,Donegan T,Gotz M

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nursing and midwifery research activity is an important indicator of the quality of healthcare services and the status of nursing profession. The main aim of this study was to assess the research activity in nursing and midwifery field in Arab countries. METHOD:The current study implemented bibliometric met...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sweileh WM,Huijer HA,Al-Jabi SW,Zyoud SH,Sawalha AF

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigate factors affecting Australian general practitioners' decisions to adopt novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for the prevention of stroke/systemic embolism among patients with atrial fibrillation. Australia has a national homogeneous review and coverage system, which enables us to distinguish phys...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zhang Y,Méndez SJ,Scott A

更新日期：2019-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve the effectiveness of interventions targeting non-adherence in older adults, a systematic approach to intervention design is required. The content of complex interventions and design decisions are often poorly described in published reports which makes it difficult to explore why they are ineffecti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Patton DE,Ryan C,Hughes CM

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strengthening routine information systems for mental health can augment scale up of community mental health services in India and other low- and middle-income countries. Currently little routine data is available in Indian settings. This study aimed to develop a core set of indicators for monitoring mental h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ahuja S,Gronholm PC,Shidhaye R,Jordans M,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lean thinking as a quality improvement approach is introduced in hospitals worldwide, although evidence for its impact is scarce. Lean initiatives are social, complex and context-dependent. This calls for a shift from cause-effect to conditional attributions to understand how lean works. In this study, we br...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Andersen H,Røvik KA

更新日期：2015-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Across low-income settings, community volunteers and health committee members support the formal health system - both routinely and amid emergencies - by engaging in health services such as referrals and health education. During the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic, emerging reports suggest that community engagement...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McMahon SA,Ho LS,Scott K,Brown H,Miller L,Ratnayake R,Ansumana R

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians informally assess changes in patients' status over time to prognosticate their outcomes. The incorporation of trends in patient status into regression models could improve their ability to predict outcomes. In this study, we used a unique approach to measure trends in patient hospital death risk a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wong J,Taljaard M,Forster AJ,van Walraven C

更新日期：2011-07-21 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