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Natalie Pafitis
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Research article
 
Audit of therapeutic interventions in inpatient children using two scores: are they evidence-based in developing countries?
Nilton Y Carreazo, Carlos A Bada, Juan P Chalco, Luis Huicho
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:40 (29December2004)
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The effectiveness of metal on metal hip resurfacing: a systematic review of the available evidence published before 2002
Laura Wyness, Luke Vale, Kirsty McCormack, Adrian Grant, Miriam Brazzelli
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:39 (27December2004)
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Systems for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations I: Critical appraisal of existing approaches The GRADE Working Group
David Atkins, Martin Eccles, Signe Flottorp, Gordon H Guyatt, David Henry, Suzanne Hill, Alessandro Liberati, Dianne O'Connell, Andrew D Oxman, Bob Phillips, Holger Sch nemann, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Gunn E Vist, John W Williams Jr, The GRADE Working Group
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:38 (22December2004)
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Research article
Practice activity trends among oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Australia
David S Brennan, A John Spencer, Kiran A Singh, Dana N Teusner, Alastair N Goss
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:37 (21December2004)
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Research article
SARS and hospital priority setting: a qualitative case study and evaluation
Jennifer AH Bell, Sylvia Hyland, Tania DePellegrin, Ross EG Upshur, Mark Bernstein, Douglas K Martin
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:36 (19December2004)
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Study protocol
Effects of home visits by home nurses to elderly people with health problems: design of a randomised clinical trial in the Netherlands [ISRCTN92017183]
Ans Nicolaides-Bouman, Erik van Rossum, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Paul Knipschild
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:35 (15December2004)
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Differences in access to coronary care unit among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Rome: old, ill, and poor people hold the burden of inefficiency
Carla Ancona, Massimo Arc , Carlo Saitto, Nera Agabiti, Danilo Fusco, Valeria Tancioni, Carlo A Perucci
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:34 (9December2004)
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Use of the bootstrap in analysing cost data from cluster randomised trials: some simulation results
Terry N Flynn, Tim J Peters
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:33 (18November2004)
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Inconsistent self-reported mammography history: Findings from the National Population Health Survey longitudinal cohort
Christina M Bancej, Colleen J Maxwell, Judy Snider
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:32 (12November2004)
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Increasing response to a postal survey of sedentary patients  a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN45665423]
Roger A Harrison, Don Cock
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:31 (10November2004)
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A randomised controlled trial to determine the effect on response of including a lottery incentive in health surveys [ISRCTN32203485]
LM Roberts, S Wilson, A Roalfe, P Bridge
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:30 (8November2004)
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Research article
Recruiting pregnant smokers for a placebo-randomised controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy
Tim Coleman, Marilyn Antoniak, John Britton, Jim Thornton, Sarah Lewis, Kim Watts
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:29 (1November2004)
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Patients' perspectives on high-tech home care: a qualitative inquiry into the user-friendliness of four technologies
Pascale Lehoux
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:28 (5October2004)
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Study protocol
Personalized versus non-personalized computerized decision support system to increase therapeutic quality control of oral anticoagulant therapy: an alternating time series analysis
Isabelle Colombet, Alessandra Bura-Rivi re, R my Chatila, Gilles Chatellier, Pierre Durieux, for the PHRC-OAT study group
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:27 (29September2004)
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Research article
Good physicians from the perspective of their patients
Ami Schattner, Dan Rudin, Navah Jellin
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:26 (12September2004)
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Debate
Setting priorities in health care organizations: criteria, processes, and parameters of success
Jennifer L Gibson, Douglas K Martin, Peter A Singer
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:25 (8September2004)
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How patient-physician encounters in critical medical situations affect trust: results of a national survey
Rahul A Shenolikar, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Mark A Hall
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:24 (7September2004)
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Improving prescribing of antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs: a method for identifying and addressing barriers to change
Atle Fretheim, Andrew D Oxman, Signe Flottorp
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:23 (3September2004)
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The medical care of patients with primary care home nursing is complex and influenced by non-medical factors: a comprehensive retrospective study from a suburban area in Sweden
Sonja Modin, Anna-Karin Furhoff
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:22 (26August2004)
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Study protocol
Encouraging physician appropriate prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory therapies: protocol of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN43532635]
Malcolm Doupe, Alan Katz, Brent Kvern, Lori-Jean Manness, Colleen Metge, Glen TD Thomson, Laura Morrison, Kat Rother
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:21 (24August2004)
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Racial variations in processes of care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Eric M Mortensen, John Cornell, Jeff Whittle
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:20 (10August2004)
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Research article
World health system performance revisited: the impact of varying the relative importance of health system goals
Jeremy A Lauer, CA Knox Lovell, Christopher JL Murray, David B Evans
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:19 (22July2004)
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Sources of evidence in HIV/AIDS care: pilot study comparing family physicians and AIDS service organization staff
Kasia E Stefanski, C Shawn Tracy, Ross EG Upshur
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:18 (9July2004)
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An audit tool for assessing the appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy
James Kennedy, Hude Quan, Thomas E Feasby, William A Ghali
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:17 (6July2004)
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International Questionnaire Postal Response Rate: An experiment comparing no return postage to provision of International Postage Vouchers "Coupon-Rponse International"
Cheryl Carling
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:16 (6July2004)
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Debate
From parallel practice to integrative health care: a conceptual framework
Heather Boon, Marja Verhoef, Dennis O'Hara, Barb Findlay
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:15 (1July2004)
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Effect of prize draw incentive on the response rate to a postal survey of obstetricians and gynaecologists: A randomised controlled trial. [ISRCTN32823119]
Sharon H Moses, T Justin Clark
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:14 (28June2004)
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Study protocol
Strategies for the introduction and implementation of a guideline for the treatment of type 2 diabetics by general practitioners (GPs) of the Lazio region of Italy (IMPLEMEG study): Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN80116232]
Carla Perria, the IMPLEMEG Study Group
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:13 (14June2004)
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Research article
Availability and structure of primary medical care services and population health and health care indicators in England
Martin C Gulliford, Ruth H Jack, Geoffrey Adams, Obioha C Ukoumunne
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:12 (11June2004)
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Study protocol
Pharmaceutical care for elderly patients shared between community pharmacists and general practitioners: a randomised evaluation. RESPECT (Randomised Evaluation of Shared Prescribing for Elderly people in the Community over Time) [ISRCTN16932128]
I Wong, P Campion, S Coulton, B Cross, H Edmondson, A Farrin, G Hill, A Hilton, Z Philips, S Richmond, I Russell
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:11 (7June2004)
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Research article
Assessing the impact of heart failure specialist services on patient populations
Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Gary A Cook, Patrick McElduff, Daniel Havely, Richard Edwards, Richard F Heller
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:10 (24May2004)
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Profiling quality of care: Is there a role for peer review?
Timothy P Hofer, Steven M Asch, Rodney A Hayward, Lisa V Rubenstein, Mary M Hogan, John Adams, Eve A Kerr
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:9 (19May2004)
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The Surgical Nosology In Primary-care Settings (SNIPS): a simple bridging classification for the interface between primary and specialist care
Russell L Gruen, Stephanie Knox, Helena Britt, Ross S Bailie
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:8 (13May2004)
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Audit of head injury management in Accident and Emergency at two hospitals: implications for NICE CT guidelines
Lucy Miller, Ruth M Kent, Alan Tennant
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:7 (3May2004)
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Research article
An outreach intervention to implement evidence based practice in residential care: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN67855475]
Maria Crotty, Craig Whitehead, Debra Rowett, Julie Halbert, David Weller, Paul Finucane, Adrian Esterman
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:6 (6April2004)
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Research article
Is there a clinically significant seasonal component to hospital admissions for atrial fibrillation?
Ross EG Upshur, Rahim Moineddin, Eric J Crighton, Muhammad Mamdani
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:5 (19March2004)
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Research article
Observed-predicted length of stay for an acute psychiatric department, as an indicator of inpatient care inefficiencies. Retrospective case-series study.
Rosa E Jimnez, Rosa M Lam, Milagros Marot, Ariel Delgado
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:4 (17February2004)
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Does managed care make a difference? Physicians' length of stay decisions under managed and non-managed care
Judith D de Jong, Gert P Westert, Cheryl M Noetscher, Peter P Groenewegen
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:3 (9February2004)
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Technical advance
Do pediatric hospitalizations have a unique geography?
Mark F Guagliardo, Kathleen A Jablonski, Jill G Joseph, David C Goodman
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:2 (22January2004)
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Unintended pregnancy and induced abortion among unmarried women in China: a systematic review
Xu Qian, Shenglan Tang, Paul Garner
BMC Health Services Research 2004, 4:1 (22January2004)
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