abstract：BACKGROUND:Client satisfaction is the best indicator of quality service provision and has been found to correlate with continuity of care perceived by the client. The measurement of client satisfaction helps in understanding willingness and decisions to return for future services. Thus, this study aimed at assessing th...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gebreyesus A

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To establish which major disorders are susceptible to increased mortality following acute admissions on weekends, compared with week days, and how this may be explained. METHODS:Cohorts based on national administrative inpatient and mortality data for 14,168,443 hospitalised patients in England and 913,068 ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Roberts SE,John A,Lewis KE,Brown J,Lyons RA,Williams JG

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most health care services are provided in the primary health care sector, and an increasing number of elderly is in need of these services. Nonetheless, the research on patient safety culture in home care services and nursing homes remains scarce. This study describes staff perceptions of patient safety cult...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ree E,Wiig S

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and related treatment costs are rapidly increasing. Consequentially, more cost-effective and efficient strategies for the treatment of T2DM are needed. One such strategy is improving patients' self-management. As patients are more and more expected to se...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： van Smoorenburg AN,Hertroijs DFL,Dekkers T,Elissen AMJ,Melles M

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Technology-based self-assessment (TB-SA) benefits patients and providers and has shown feasibility, ease of use, efficiency, and cost savings. A promising TB-SA, the VA eScreening program, has shown promise for the efficient and effective collection of mental and physical health information. To assist adopti...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pittman JOE,Afari N,Floto E,Almklov E,Conner S,Rabin B,Lindamer L

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 'Surviving Crying' study was designed to develop and provisionally evaluate a support service for parents of excessively crying babies, including its suitability for use in the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS). The resulting service includes three materials: a website, a printed booklet,...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bamber D,Powell C,Long J,Garratt R,Brown J,Rudge S,Morris T,Bhupendra Jaicim N,Plachcinski R,Dyson S,Boyle EM,Turney N,Chessman J,St James-Roberts I

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first aim was to present descriptive data on the frequency of dental visits among older adults in Germany. The second aim was to identify the determinants of the number of dental visits using a longitudinal approach. METHODS:Longitudinal data were derived from the German Ageing Survey, which is a nation...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Spinler K,Aarabi G,Valdez R,Kofahl C,Heydecke G,König HH,Hajek A

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, there has been growing interest in providing more tailored, patient-centered care for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Yet it remains unclear which patient characteristics should be determined to guide such an approach. Therefore, the opinions of healthcare providers (HCP) and peop...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Hertroijs DFL,Brouwers MCGJ,Elissen AMJ,Schaper NC,Ruwaard D

更新日期：2019-08-16 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: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:Organizational readiness is a factor known to influence the predisposition of individuals within an organization to change. Based on Weiner's organizational theory, the "Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change" (ORIC) questionnaire was developed and validated to measure organizational readiness in h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ruest M,Léonard G,Thomas A,Desrosiers J,Guay M

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In surgical teams, health professionals are highly interdependent and work under time pressure. It is of particular importance that teamwork is well-functioning in order to achieve quality treatment and patient safety. Relational coordination, defined as "communicating and relating for the purpose of task in...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Tørring B,Gittell JH,Laursen M,Rasmussen BS,Sørensen EE

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trust has been introduced as the cornerstone of the public and health providers' relation. Public trust in primary health care (PHC) is crucial and must be measured. The aim of this study was to develop and validate PHC trust measurement tool. METHODS:This was a psychometric study to develop PHC trust measu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sadeghi-Bazargani H,Farahbakhsh M,Tabrizi JS,Zare Z,Saadati M

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Payers and policy makers across the international healthcare market are increasingly using publicly available summary measures to designate providers as "high-performing", but no consistently-applied approach exists to identifying high performers. This paper uses publicly available data to examine how differ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ahluwalia SC,Damberg CL,Haas A,Shekelle PG

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that there will be a shortfall of skilled healthcare by 2035 with the greatest shortfall in Africa and Southeast Asia due to satisfaction with payment and incentives. Low job satisfaction of health workers can result in increased staff turnover and absenteeism, which...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Merga H,Fufa T

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Attention to culture and its impact on health care can improve the quality of care given, add to our understanding of health care among culturally diverse populations, and encourage a more holistic approach to health care within general care. Connection to culture is important to Aboriginal peoples, and inte...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sivertsen N,Harrington A,Hamiduzzaman M

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of medication abortion is increasing rapidly in India, the majority of which is purchased through pharmacies. More information is needed about the quality of services provided by pharmacist about medication abortion, especially barriers to providing high quality information. The goal of this study wa...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Diamond-Smith N,Percher J,Saxena M,Dwivedi P,Srivastava A

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since 2014, the Burkina Faso government has made Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) a priority in its strategic plan to fight against malaria among children aged from 3 to 59 months. Very few studies have examined the care provided by community health workers in the framework of this strategy. The purpos...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kombate G,Guiella G,Baya B,Serme L,Bila A,Haddad S,Bicaba A

更新日期：2019-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The State of Louisiana spends the most on Medicare beneficiaries per capita, but reports greater disparities in health status and death rates than other states. This project sought to investigate the associations between healthcare intensity, healthcare spending, and mortality in Louisiana. METHODS:We used ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kruger BP,Brown JR

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence supports the link between hospital organisational culture and health outcomes. Organisational culture is thus an essential consideration for hospital accreditation, a practice of systematically assessing the quality of hospital care against accepted standards. This study assesses t...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Andres EB,Song W,Schooling CM,Johnston JM

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Managing a chronic condition takes work, and it is considered important that patients carry out this work. However, knowledge is lacking on what elements enhance self-management work. Persons with food hypersensitivity (FH) seem to do self-management work despite the relatively little support they receive. O...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jakobsen MD,Obstfelder A,Braaten T,Abelsen B

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite continued investment, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) indicators in low and middle income countries have remained relatively poor. This could, in part, be explained by inadequate resources to adequately address these problems, inappropriate allocation of the available resources, or lack of ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wallace LJ,Kapiriri L

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The healthcare systems in the western world have in recent years faced major challenges caused by demographic changes and altered patterns of diseases as well as political decisions influencing the organisation of healthcare provisions. General practitioners are encouraged to delegate more clinical tasks to ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Riisgaard H,Le JV,Søndergaard J,Munch M,Ledderer L,Pedersen LB

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of obesity is an important priority to reduce the burden of chronic disease. Clinical guidelines focus on the role of primary healthcare in obesity prevention. The purpose of this scoping review is to examine what the published literature indicates about the role of hospital and community based healt...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pearce C,Rychetnik L,Wutzke S,Wilson A

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workplace bullying has adverse effects on nurses' productivity and emotional well-being and increases nurses' desire to leave their jobs. Bullying is a common phenomenon that has been reported worldwide. Emergency Department (ED) nurses are particularly exposed to bullying as a result of their job stressors ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Al-Ghabeesh SH,Qattom H

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research suggested that waiting time and consultation time are associated with overall patient satisfaction concerning health services. However, there is a lack of information regarding this subject in Latin American countries, where particular aspects of health systems and population characteristics could m...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alarcon-Ruiz CA,Heredia P,Taype-Rondan A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Along with economic growth and living standard improvement, hypertension has become one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in China. Self-reported measures and tested measures of hypertension may differ significantly due to the low awareness of prevalence. The objective of this study is to figure out whe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Cao D,Zhou Z,Si Y,Xiao X,Wang X,Shen C,Ren Y,Su M,He S,Gao J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Business cases are used to provide a structured justification in favour of investing in new projects, services or interventions. Despite the use of business cases in determining how limited resources will be allocated within England's National Health Service (NHS), guidance concerning how to develop and eval...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Linton MJ,Coast J,Williams I,Copping J,Owen-Smith A

更新日期：2019-06-28 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:With increased international migration, language barriers are likely becoming more relevant in primary care. The aim of this study was to investigate the language barrier in paediatric and adult primary care, present its consequences, reveal how it is overcome, as well as highlight the use of and potential u...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Jaeger FN,Pellaud N,Laville B,Klauser P

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How the informal providers deliver health services are not well understood in Bangladesh. However, their practices are often considered inappropriate and unsafe. This study attempted to fill-in this knowledge gap by exploring their perceptions about diagnosis and appropriate treatment, as well as identifying...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Sizear MMI,Nababan HY,Siddique MKB,Islam S,Paul S,Paul AK,Ahmed SM

更新日期：2019-06-26 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:Medication non-adherence is a major contributor to poor outcomes in diabetes. Previous research has shown an association between use of mail order pharmacy delivery and better medication adherence, but little is known about the barriers and facilitators to mail order pharmacy use in diabetes patients. This q...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Schmittdiel JA,Marshall CJ,Wiley D,Chau CV,Trinacty CM,Wharam JF,Duru OK,Karter AJ,Brown SD

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of a pharmacist in primary health care settings of Pakistan is still obscure. Thus, we aimed to demonstrate the pharmacist-led improvements in glycemic, blood pressure and lipid controls in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients of Lahore, Pakistan. METHODS:The first open label, randomized contro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Javaid Z,Imtiaz U,Khalid I,Saeed H,Khan RQ,Islam M,Saleem Z,Sohail MF,Danish Z,Batool F,Anwer N

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental impact assessments of pharmaceuticals typically consider only a part of the pharmaceutical supply chain, e.g. tablet formulation. While the environmental impact can be expressed in environmental Human Health burden due to resource use and emissions, the Human Health benefit of the pharmaceutica...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Debaveye S,De Smedt D,Heirman B,Kavanagh S,Dewulf J

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have poorer survival and twice the disease burden from breast cancer compared to other Australian women. These disparities are influenced, but not fully explained, by more diagnoses at later stages. Incorporating breast screening, hospital and out of ho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Banham D,Roder D,Keefe D,Farshid G,Eckert M,Howard N,Canuto K,Brown A,CanDAD Aboriginal Community Reference Group and other CanDAD investigators.

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to keep medical appointments results in inefficiencies and, potentially, in poor outcomes for patients. The aim of this study is to describe non-attendance rate and to investigate predictors of non-attendance among patients receiving hospital outpatient treatment for chronic diseases. METHODS:We con...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Wolff DL,Waldorff FB,von Plessen C,Mogensen CB,Sørensen TL,Houlind KC,Bogh SB,Rubin KH

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic health (e-Health) interventions are emerging as an effective alternative model for improving secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of different modes of delivery and components in e-Health secondary prevention programmes on a...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Brørs G,Pettersen TR,Hansen TB,Fridlund B,Hølvold LB,Lund H,Norekvål TM

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of ongoing communication among patients, family and health care professionals regarding what plans for future care are preferred in the event that patients become unable to make their own decisions. Clinicians play an important role in ACP as both initiators and dec...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chan CWH,Ng NHY,Chan HYL,Wong MMH,Chow KM

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the participation of surgeons in preventative health activities in the non-admitted hospital care setting. The aim of this study was to identify which preventive health activities surgeons practice and to explore their attitudes towards preventive health. METHODS:A mixed methods study ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Barrett S,Begg S,Sloane A,Kingsley M

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00