abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently there is no standard algorithm to identify whether a subject is residing in a nursing home from administrative claims. Our objective was to develop and validate an algorithm that identifies nursing home admissions at the resident-month level using the MarketScan Medicare Supplemental and Coordinati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zuckerman IH,Sato M,Hsu VD,Hernandez JJ

更新日期：2007-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to solve two problems of an already validated scale measuring inpatient opinion on care: 1) a high non-response rate for some items due to the "not applicable" response option and 2) a skewed score distribution with high ceiling effect. METHODS:The EQS-H scale ("échelle de qualité des soin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Moret L,Nguyen JM,Pillet N,Falissard B,Lombrail P,Gasquet I

更新日期：2007-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To ensure the highest efficiency, health services should be provided with the least possible complexity. The aim of this study is to quantify the degree of appropriateness in preoperatory hospital stays and to analyse those factors associated with a greater inappropriate use. METHODS:Historical cohort study...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tamames S,Perez Rubio A,Castrodeza Sanz J,Canton Alvarez MB,Luquero FJ,Santos Sanz S,Lopez Encinar P,de la Torre Pardo MP,Gil Gonzalez JM

更新日期：2007-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several previous studies conducted on cancer registry data and hospital discharge records (HDR) have found an association between hospital volume and the recourse to breast conserving surgery (BCS) for breast cancer. The aim of the current study is to depict concurrent time trends in the recourse to BCS and ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fedeli U,Alba N,Schievano E,Visentin C,Rosato R,Zorzi M,Ruscitti G,Spolaore P

更新日期：2007-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients' expectations and perceptions of the medical encounter and interactions are important tools in diabetes management. Some problems regarding the interaction during encounters may be related to a lack of communication skills on the part of either the physician or the patient. This study aimed at explo...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Abdulhadi N,Al Shafaee M,Freudenthal S,Ostenson CG,Wahlström R

更新日期：2007-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of physician owned specialty hospitals focusing on high margin procedures has generated significant controversy. Yet, it is unclear whether physician owned specialty hospitals differ significantly from non physician owned specialty hospitals and thus merit the additional scrutiny that has been ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cram P,Vaughan-Sarrazin MS,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analyzing social differences in the health of adolescents is a challenge. The accuracy of adolescent's report on familial socio-economic position is unknown. The aims of the study were to examine the validity of measuring occupational social class and family level of education reported by adolescents aged 12...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pueyo MJ,Serra-Sutton V,Alonso J,Starfield B,Rajmil L

更新日期：2007-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly half of all patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) receive red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions (TFs), despite their associated complications. Restrictive transfusion strategy (Hemoglobin [Hb] < 7 g/dL) has been shown to reduce TF exposure. We estimated the potential annual reduction in transfusion-a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Zilberberg MD,Shorr AF

更新日期：2007-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is the second most common MRI examination in Norway after head/brain MRI. Little has been published internationally on trends in the use of knee MRI after 1999. This study aimed to describe levels and trends in ambulant knee MRI utilisation in Norway 2002-2004 in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Espeland A,Natvig NL,Løge I,Engebretsen L,Ellingsen J

更新日期：2007-07-22 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: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:Hospital deaths following several hospital admissions or long hospital stays may be indicative of a low quality of dying. Although place of death has been extensively investigated at population level, hospital use in the last months of life and its determinants have been studied less often, especially in Eur...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Van den Block L,Deschepper R,Drieskens K,Bauwens S,Bilsen J,Bossuyt N,Deliens L

更新日期：2007-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic reviews of randomised placebo controlled trials of antidepressant medication show small and decreasing differences between pharmacological and placebo arms. In part this finding may relate to methodological problems with conventional trial designs, including their assumption of additivity between ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dowrick CF,Hughes JG,Hiscock JJ,Wigglesworth M,Walley TJ

更新日期：2007-04-30 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:Liver function tests (LFTs) are routinely performed in primary care, and are often the gateway to further invasive and/or expensive investigations. Little is known of the consequences in people with an initial abnormal liver function (ALF) test in primary care and with no obvious liver disease. Further inves...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Donnan PT,McLernon D,Steinke D,Ryder S,Roderick P,Sullivan FM,Rosenberg W,Dillon JF

更新日期：2007-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As healthcare systems around the world are facing increasing physician shortages, more physicians are migrating from low to high income countries. As an illustrative case of international migration of physicians, we evaluated the current number and historical trends of Lebanese medical graduates (LMG) in the...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Akl EA,Maroun N,Major S,Chahoud B,Schünemann HJ

更新日期：2007-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Travel burden is a key element in conceptualizing geographic access to health care. Prior research has shown that both rural and minority populations bear disproportionate travel burdens. However, many studies are limited to specific types of patient or specific locales. The purpose of our study was to quant...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Probst JC,Laditka SB,Wang JY,Johnson AO

更新日期：2007-03-09 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:Use of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important category of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), has increased substantially in Western countries during the past decade. Use of TCM is also widespread in the Chinese population. However, few informative data have been obtained to date by large...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chen FP,Chen TJ,Kung YY,Chen YC,Chou LF,Chen FJ,Hwang SJ

更新日期：2007-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographical variation in health care services challenges the basic principle of fair allocation of health care resources. This study aimed to investigate geographical variation in the use of X-ray, CT, MRI and Ultrasound examinations in Norway, the contribution from public and private institutions, and the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lysdahl KB,Børretzen I

更新日期：2007-02-15 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:Poor adherence is the main barrier to the effectiveness of HIV medication. The objective of this study was to explore and conceptualize patterns and difficulties in physicians' work with patients' adherence to HIV medication. No previous studies on this subject have directly observed physicians' behavior. M...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barfod TS,Hecht FM,Rubow C,Gerstoft J

更新日期：2006-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the general association between socioeconomic status (SES) and hospitalization has been well established, few studies have considered the relationship between SES and hospital length of stay (LOS), and/or hospital re-admission. The primary objective of this study therefore, was to examine the relati...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McGregor MJ,Reid RJ,Schulzer M,Fitzgerald JM,Levy AR,Cox MB

更新日期：2006-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The GRADE method represents a new approach to grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in the preparation of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). In the context of a pilot study to assess the implementability of the system in Spain, we considered it relevant to gain an insight into the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Calderón C,Rotaeche R,Etxebarria A,Marzo M,Rico R,Barandiaran M

更新日期：2006-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cesarean section rates is often used as an indicator of quality of care in maternity hospitals. The assumption is that lower rates reflect in developed countries more appropriate clinical practice and general better performances. Hospitals are thus often ranked on the basis of caesarean section rates. The ai...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Fantini MP,Stivanello E,Frammartino B,Barone AP,Fusco D,Dallolio L,Cacciari P,Perucci CA

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The migration of health professionals from southern Africa to developed nations is negatively affecting the delivery of health care services in the source countries. Oftentimes however, it is the reasons for the out-migration that have been described in the literature. The work and domestic situations of tho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Muula AS,Maseko FC

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A summary utility index is useful for deriving quality-adjusted life years (QALY) for cost analyses or disability weights for burden of disease studies. However, many quality of life instruments provide descriptive profiles rather than a single utility index. Transforming quality of life instruments to a uti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brennan DS,Spencer AJ

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality the majority of patients do not access existing rehabilitation programs and patient resources are not designed to facilitate patient choice and decision-making. The objective of this study was to develop and test a series of risk factor modul...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Redfern J,Ellis E,Briffa T,Freedman SB

更新日期：2006-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both availability and quality of family planning services are believed to have contributed to increasing contraceptive use and declining fertility rates in developing countries. Yet, there is limited empirical evidence to show the relationship between the quality of family planning services and the populatio...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hong R,Montana L,Mishra V

更新日期：2006-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves (CEACs) describe the probability that a new treatment or intervention is cost-effective. The net benefit regression framework (NBRF) allows cost-effectiveness analysis to be done in a simple regression framework. The objective of the paper is to illustrate how net bene...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hoch JS,Rockx MA,Krahn AD

更新日期：2006-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Is the implementation of Quality Management (QM) in health care proceeding satisfactorily and can national health care policies influence the implementation process? Policymakers and researchers in a country need to know the answer to this question. Cross country comparisons can reveal whether sufficient pro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wagner C,Gulácsi L,Takacs E,Outinen M

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Future of Family Medicine Report calls for a fundamental redesign of the American family physician workplace. At the same time, academic family practices are under economic pressure. Most family medicine departments do not have self-supporting practices, but seek support from specialty colleagues or hosp...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Michener JL,Østbye T,Kaprielian VS,Krause KM,Yarnall KS,Yaggy SD,Gradison M

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the expressed levels of career satisfaction of three groups of comparable dental healthcare professionals, working in Trinidad, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. METHODS:Three questionnaire surveys were carried out of comparable dental healthcare professionals. Dental ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Naidu R,Newton JT,Ayers K

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The science of syndromic surveillance is still very much in its infancy. While a number of syndromic surveillance systems are being evaluated in the US, very few have had success thus far in predicting an infectious disease event. Furthermore, to date, the majority of syndromic surveillance systems have been...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rolland E,Moore KM,Robinson VA,McGuinness D

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are at increased risk of further acute cardiac events. Secondary prevention aims to decrease morbidity and mortality post-ACS. Depression is related to increased risk in this population, and to poorer secondary prevention activities. However, lengthy depression as...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： McGee HM,Doyle F,Conroy RM,De La Harpe D,Shelley E

更新日期：2006-02-13 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: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:The Bulgarian and Greek Medical Care systems have been reformated the last fifteen years. The aim of this study was an examination and comparison of the Bulgarian and Greek Medical Care Systems. METHODS:This study was prepared by using all the published data related to both Bulgarian and Greek Medical Care ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Exadaktylos NM

更新日期：2005-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are currently several concerns about the ways in which people are recruited to participate in randomised controlled trials, the low acceptance rates among people invited to participate, and the experiences of trial participants. An information resource about on-going clinical trials designed for potent...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Langston AL,Campbell MK,Entwistle VA,Skea Z

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proposals to expand Medicare coverage tend to be expensive, but the value of services purchased is not known. This study evaluates the efficiency of the average private supplemental insurance plan for Medicare recipients. METHODS:Data from the National Health Interview Survey, the National Death Index, and ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Franks P,Muennig P,Gold M

更新日期：2005-03-14 00:00:00