abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients may decide to undertake shared care with a general practitioner (GP) during follow-up after treatment for localised melanoma. Routine imaging tests for surveillance may be commonly used despite no evidence of clinical utility. This study describes the frequency of shared care and routine tests durin...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Lim WY,Turner RM,Morton RL,Jenkins MC,Irwig L,Webster AC,Dieng M,Saw RPM,Guitera P,Low D,Low C,Bell KJL

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe underutilization of healthcare facilities and lack of timely, affordable and effective access to healthcare services in resource-constrained, bottom of pyramid (BoP) settings are well-known issues, which foster a negative cycle of poor health outcomes, catastrophic health expenditures and poverty. Und...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Černauskas V,Angeli F,Jaiswal AK,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of universal health coverage is challenging for chronically under-resourced health systems. Although household out-of-pocket payments are the most important source of health financing in low-income countries, relatively little is known about the drivers of primary health care expenditure and the pre...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Laokri S,Soelaeman R,Hotchkiss DR

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency Department (ED) are challenged by the increasing number of visits made by the heterogeneous population of elderly persons. This study aims to 1) compare chief complaints (triage categories) and level of priority; 2) to investigate their association with hospitalization after an ED visit; 3) to expl...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vilpert S,Monod S,Jaccard Ruedin H,Maurer J,Trueb L,Yersin B,Büla C

更新日期：2018-06-15 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:Over the last decade, active surveillance has proven to be a safe approach for patients with low-risk prostate cancer. Although active surveillance presents several advantages for both patients and the health care system, all eligible patients do not adopt this approach. Our goal was to evaluate the factors ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pang K,Fitch M,Ouellet V,Chevalier S,Drachenberg DE,Finelli A,Lattouf JB,So A,Sutcliffe S,Tanguay S,Saad F,Mes-Masson AM

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown high rates of stress and dissatisfaction among allied health professionals, including physiotherapists, having an adverse impact on workforce retention rates. This study aimed to examine the job satisfaction and influential factors among physiotherapists working in private and government h...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Alkassabi OY,Al-Sobayel H,Al-Eisa ES,Buragadda S,Alghadir AH,Iqbal A

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and incurs high health care costs. While many initiatives promote the implementation of ABCS (aspirin therapy, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation) measures, most primary care practices (PCPs) lack quality ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Chou AF,Homco JB,Nagykaldi Z,Mold JW,Daniel Duffy F,Crawford S,Stoner JA

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary health care plays an important role in addressing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries. In light of the rapid urbanization of Vietnam, this study aims to explore health professionals' views about the responsiveness of primary health care services at commu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kien VD,Van Minh H,Giang KB,Ng N,Nguyen V,Tuan LT,Eriksson M

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The shortage of organs for kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is magnified in Hispanics/Latin Americans in the United States. Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is the treatment of choice for ESRD. However, compared to their representation on the transplant waitli...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Gordon EJ,Lee J,Kang RH,Caicedo JC,Holl JL,Ladner DP,Shumate MD

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several Western and Arab countries, as well as over 30 States in the US are using the "All-Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups" (APR-DRGs) with four severity-of-illness (SOI) subcategories as a model for hospital funding. The aim of this study is to verify whether this is an adequate model for funding s...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Dewilde S,Annemans L,Pincé H,Thijs V

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2003, Ghana passed a law to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to serve as the main vehicle for achieving universal health coverage. Over 60% of the population had registered by 2009. Current active membership is however 40%. The stagnation in growth has been recorded across all the membe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Seddoh A,Sataru F

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predicting pharmacy service fees is crucial to sustain the health insurance budget and maintain pharmacy management. However, there is no evidence on how to predict pharmacy service fees at the population level. This study compares the status of pharmacy services and constructs regression model to project an...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ha D,Song I,Lee EK,Shin JY

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate TNM stage information is essential for cancer health services research, but is often impractical and expensive to collect at the population-level. We evaluated algorithms using administrative healthcare data to identify patients with metastatic gastric cancer. METHODS:A population-based cohort of g...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Mahar AL,Jeong Y,Zagorski B,Coburn N

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, New Zealand has taken a system wide approach providing the biggest reform to New Zealand community pharmacy for 70 years with the aim of providing more clinically orientated patient centred services through a new funding model. The aim of this study was to understand the types of services offered i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Smith AJ,Scahill SL,Harrison J,Carroll T,Medlicott NJ

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Out-of-hospital emergency care (OHEC), also known as prehospital care, has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from serious illness. We sought to summarize literature for low and low-middle income countries to identify barriers to and key interventions for OHEC delivery. METHODS:We performed a syst...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Kironji AG,Hodkinson P,de Ramirez SS,Anest T,Wallis L,Razzak J,Jenson A,Hansoti B

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among the important stress factors for physicians nowadays are poorly functioning, time consuming and inadequate information systems. The present study examined the predictors of physicians' stress related to information systems (SRIS) among Finnish physicians. The examined predictors were cognitive workload...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Heponiemi T,Hyppönen H,Kujala S,Aalto AM,Vehko T,Vänskä J,Elovainio M

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal male circumcision (NMC) is an alternative approach to adult male circumcision for HIV prevention. Recent studies found that NMC was rarely performed in Thailand and that most Thai health professionals did not recognize that NMC could reduce the risk of HIV infection and would not want NMC services i...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Srithanaviboonchai K,Srirak N,Pruenglampoo B,Thaikla K,Suwanteerangkul J,Khorana J,Danthamrongkul V,Paileeklee S,Pattanasattayavong U,Grimes DE,Grimes RM

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Telemedical programs for patients with chronic heart failure have shown inconsistent effects on survival and hospitalization. Few studies analyzed effects of telemedical interventions on health costs, although this outcome may determine whether or not a successful program will be adopted by health insurance ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Herold R,Hoffmann W,van den Berg N

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric admissions to intensive care outside children's hospitals are generally excluded from registry-based studies. This study compares pediatric admission to specialist pediatric intensive care units (PICU) with pediatric admissions to intensive care units (ICU) in general hospitals in an Australian pop...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Ibiebele I,Algert CS,Bowen JR,Roberts CL

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Case review and discussion at multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) have evolved into standard practice in cancer care with the aim to provide evidence-based treatment recommendations. As a basis for work to optimize the MDTMs, we investigated participants' views on the meeting function, including perceive...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Rosell L,Alexandersson N,Hagberg O,Nilbert M

更新日期：2018-04-05 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:Informal caregivers' (CGs') subjective burden is an important aspect of the care situation because it is linked to various outcomes such as health, mortality risk, institutionalization, and caregiving style. The aims of this study were a) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the 10-item sho...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pendergrass A,Malnis C,Graf U,Engel S,Graessel E

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perinatal depression is common in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). Task sharing interventions have been implemented to treat perinatal depression in these settings, as a way of dealing with staff shortages. Task sharing allows lay health workers to provide services for less complex cases while being...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Munodawafa M,Mall S,Lund C,Schneider M

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic counseling by a Genetic Counselor (GC) is a requirement prior to genetic testing for cancer susceptibility genes (GC-mandate policy) for some insurers. This study evaluated the impact of this policy from the patient perspective. METHODS:Surveys were sent to individuals for whom their insurer ordered...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Stenehjem DD,Au T,Sainski AM,Bauer H,Brown K,Lancaster J,Stevens V,Brixner DI

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance use is a potentially modifiable risk factor for suicidal behaviour. Little is known about the epidemiology of substance use among self-harm patients in South Africa. This study set out to collect epidemiological data about the prevalence, correlates, and patterns of medical service utilisation amon...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Breet E,Bantjes J,Lewis I

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The decision to obtain a computed tomography CT scan in the emergency department (ED) is complex, including a consideration of the risk posed by the test itself weighed against the importance of obtaining the result. In patients with limited access to primary care follow up the consequences of not making a d...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Bellolio MF,Bellew SD,Sangaralingham LR,Campbell RL,Cabrera D,Jeffery MM,Shah ND,Hess EP

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inadequate antenatal care (ANC) can lead to missed diagnosis of danger signs or delayed referral to emergency obstetrical care, contributing to maternal mortality. In developing countries, ANC quality is often limited by skill and knowledge gaps of the health workforce. In 2011, the Mentorship, Enhanced Supe...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Manzi A,Nyirazinyoye L,Ntaganira J,Magge H,Bigirimana E,Mukanzabikeshimana L,Hirschhorn LR,Hedt-Gauthier B

更新日期：2018-02-23 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:Due to an increasing demand in health care services plans to substitute selective physician-conducted medical activities have become attractive. Because administration of a blood transfusion is a highly standardized procedure, it might be evaluated if obtaining a patient's consent for a blood transfusion can...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Graw JA,Eymann K,Kork F,Zoremba M,Burchard R

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The main objective of this methodological manuscript was to illustrate the role of using qualitative research in emergency settings. We outline rigorous criteria applied to a qualitative study assessing perceptions and experiences of staff working in Australian emergency departments. METHODS:We used an inte...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Forero R,Nahidi S,De Costa J,Mohsin M,Fitzgerald G,Gibson N,McCarthy S,Aboagye-Sarfo P

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Length measurements are important in growth, monitoring and promotion (GMP) for the surveillance of a child's weight-for-length and length-for-age. These two indices provide an indication of a child's risk of becoming wasted or stunted, and are more informative about a child's growth than the widely used wei...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Laar ME,Marquis GS,Lartey A,Gray-Donald K

更新日期：2018-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incident reporting (IR) in health care has been advocated as a means to improve patient safety. The purpose of IR is to identify safety hazards and develop interventions to mitigate these hazards in order to reduce harm in health care. Using qualitative methods is a way to reveal how IR is used and perceived...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Carlfjord S,Öhrn A,Gunnarsson A

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social Prescribing is a service in primary care that involves the referral of patients with non-clinical needs to local services and activities provided by the third sector (community, voluntary, and social enterprise sector). Social Prescribing aims to promote partnership working between the health and the ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pescheny JV,Pappas Y,Randhawa G

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care professionals (HCP) are known key elements of effective patient's counselling and education. For patients taking warfarin, education about the dose, side effects, and toxicity is clearly identified as a cornerstone of achieving improved health and quality of life. The study objective was to evalu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Choumane NS,Malaeb DN,Malaeb B,Hallit S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Guideline for Assessment, Treatment and Social Rehabilitation of Persons with Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders, launched in 2012, is to be implemented in mental health services in Norway. Audit and feedback (A&F) is commonly used as the starting point of an implementation pro...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Pedersen MS,Landheim A,Møller M,Lien L

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While governments are urging adult mental health services to support consumers in the context of their family, there is little information about what family focused practice is, nor how it might be enacted. METHODS:Informed by the principles of Community Based Participatory Research, workshops were held in ...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Reupert A,Ward B,McCormick F,Ward C,Waller S,Kidd S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newborn hearing screening programs aim to lower the ages at audiological intervention among hearing-impaired children. In Wallonia and Brussels (Belgium), audiological intervention data are not collected in the screening program, and the ages at initiating audiological care have never been assessed. This stu...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Vos B,Senterre C,Boutsen M,Lagasse R,Levêque A

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare systems are increasingly focusing on outcomes that are the endpoints of care: patient health status and patient satisfaction. The availability of patient satisfaction (PS) data has encouraged research on its relationship with other outcomes, such as mortality. In Italy, an inter-regional performan...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Grillo Ruggieri T,Berta P,Murante AM,Nuti S

更新日期：2018-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are a common adverse event in both elderly inpatients and patients admitted to rehabilitation units. The Hendrich Fall Risk Model II (HIIFRM) has been already tested in all hospital wards with high fall rates, with the exception of the rehabilitation setting. This study's aim is to address the feasibil...

journal_title：BMC health services research

authors： Campanini I,Mastrangelo S,Bargellini A,Bassoli A,Bosi G,Lombardi F,Tolomelli S,Lusuardi M,Merlo A

更新日期：2018-01-11 00:00:00