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Are Migraineur Women Really More Vulnerable to Stress and Less Able to Cope?
Mintaze Kerem Gunel, Fatma Yildirim Akkaya
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:211 (10October2008)
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Patient satisfaction with antiretroviral services at primary health-care facilities in the Free State, South Africa - a two-year study using four waves of cross-sectional data
Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg, Herman Meulemans
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:210 (9October2008)
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Costs and quality of life for prehabilitation and early rehabilitation after surgery of the lumbar spine
Per R Nielsen, Jakob Andreasen, Mikael Asmussen, Hanne Tonnesen
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:209 (9October2008)
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Factors influencing the participation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists in clinical research
Anouk T Dev, Teresa L Kauf, Amany Zekry, Keyur Patel, Karen Heller, Kevin A Schulman, John G McHutchison
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:208 (8October2008)
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Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal
Sonia F. Dias, Milton Severo, Henrique Barros
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:207 (7October2008)
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Family caregiver quality of life in multiple sclerosis among Kuwaitis: a controlled study.
Asmahan F Alshubaili, Jude U Ohaeri, Abdel W Awadalla, Asser A Mabrouk
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:206 (7October2008)
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A cost-effectiveness study of integrated care in health services: a diabetes program in Australia
Ian S McRae, James RG Butler, Beverly M Sibthorpe, Warwick Ruscoe, Jill Snow, Dhigna Rubiano, Karen Gardner
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:205 (6October2008)
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Is networking different with doctors working part-time?
Differences in social networks of part-time and full-time doctors
Phil J.M. Heiligers, Judith D. De Jong, Peter P. Groenewegen, Lammert Hingstman, Beate Volker, Peter Spreeuwenberg
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:204 (4October2008)
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Urban women's socioeconomic status, health service needs and utilization in the first four weeks after postpartum hospital discharge: findings of a Canadian cross-sectional survey
Christine Kurtz Landy, Wendy Sword, Donna Ciliska
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:203 (3October2008)
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Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: a mixed methods study
Qian Long, Ying Li, Yang Wang, Yong Yue, Cheng Tang, Shenglan Tang, S Bertie Squire, Rachel Tolhurst
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:202 (2October2008)
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Physical activity referrals in Swedish primary health care - prescriber and patient characteristics, reasons for prescriptions, and prescribed activities
Matti E Leijon, Preben Bendtsen, Per Nilsen, Kerstin Ekberg, Agneta Stahle
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:201 (1October2008)
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The relationship between depressive symptoms, health service consumption, and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study.
Paul A Kurdyak, William H Gnam, Paula Goering, Alice Chong, David A Alter
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:200 (30September2008)
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Complaints handling in hospitals: an empirical study of discrepancies between patients' expectations and their experiences
Roland D Friele, Emmy M Sluijs, Johan Legemaate
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:199 (30September2008)
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Country differences in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease  a comparison between the US, the UK and Germany
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Markus B nte, Johannes Siegrist, Lisa Marceau, Carol Link, Sara Arber, Ann Adams, John McKinlay
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:198 (29September2008)
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The greatest happiness of the greatest number?: Policy actors' perspectives on using economic evaluation as a tool for informing health care coverage decisions in Thailand
Yot Teerawattananon, Steve Russell
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:197 (26September2008)
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and paracetamol use in Queensland and in the whole of Australia
Nadia Barozzi, Susan E Tett
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:196 (24September2008)
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Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study
Elie A Akl, Khalil El-Asmar, Nancy Maroun, Salim M Adib, Beatrice Khater-Menassa
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:195 (24September2008)
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Clearing up the hazy road from bench to bedside: a framework for integrating the fourth hurdle into translational medicine
Wolf H Rogowski, Susanne C Hartz, Juergen H John
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:194 (24September2008)
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Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study
Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Gonzalo-Jimenez Elena, Martin-Santos Francisco Javier, Morilla-Herrera Juan Carlos, Celdran-Manas Miriam, Millan-Carrasco Almudena, Garcia-Arrabal Juan Jose, Toral-Lopez Isabel
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:193 (23September2008)
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Research article
Bedside rationing by general practitioners: a postal survey in the Danish public healthcare system
Sigurd Lauridsen, Michael Norup, Peter Rossel
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:192 (22September2008)
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Psychometric properties of the Norwegian translation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Generic version (Short Form 2006)
Ellen T Deilkas, Dag Hofoss
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:191 (22September2008)
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Research article
Criteria-based audit to improve a district referral system in Malawi: A pilot study
Eugene J Kongnyuy, Grace Mlava, Nynke van den Broek
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:190 (22September2008)
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Initial impact and cost of a nationwide population screening campaign for diabetes in Brazil: A follow up study
Cristiana M Toscano, Bruce B Duncan, Sotero S Mengue, Car si Anne Polanczyk, Luciana B Nucci, Adriana Costa e Forti, Cl udio D Fonseca, Maria In s Schmidt, the CNDDM Working Group
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:189 (22September2008)
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A model and typology of collaboration between professionals in healthcare organizations
Danielle D'Amour, Lise Goulet, Jean-Fran ois Labadie, Leticia San Martn-Rodriguez, Raynald Pineault
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:188 (21September2008)
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Development and first assessment of a questionnaire for health care utilization and costs for cardiac patients
Bernd Schweikert, Harry Hahmann, Reiner Leidl
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:187 (19September2008)
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Health-related quality of life in infertile couples receiving IVF or ICSI treatment
Batool Rashidi, Ali Montazeri, Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh, Mamak Shariat, Nasrin Abedinia, Mahnaz Ashrafi
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:186 (19September2008)
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Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality
Boris G Sobolev, Guy Fradet, Robert Hayden, Lisa Kuramoto, Adrian R Levy, Mark J FitzGerald
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:185 (19September2008)
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Study protocol
Study protocol: Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease Extension (ABCDE) Project
Ross Bailie, Damin Si, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri, Louise Clark, Michelle Dowden, Lynette O'Donohue, John Condon, Sandra Thompson, Nikki Clelland, Tricia Nagel, Karen Gardner, Alex Brown
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:184 (17September2008)
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Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health services and equity in health care
Enrique Regidor, David Martnez, Mara E Calle, Paloma Astasio, Paloma Ortega, Vicente Domnguez
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:183 (14September2008)
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The Patients Assessment Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire in The Netherlands: a validation study in rural general practice
Michel Wensing, Jan van Lieshout, Hans Peter Jung, Jan Hermsen, Thomas Rosemann
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:182 (1September2008)
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Designing a multifaceted quality improvement intervention in primary care in a country where general practice is seeking recognition: the case of Cyprus
George A Samoutis, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Henri E Stoffers, Theodora Zachariadou, Anastasios Philalithis, Christos Lionis
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:181 (27August2008)
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Organizational culture, team climate and diabetes care in small office-based practices
Marije Bosch, Rob Dijkstra, Michel Wensing, Trudy van der Weijden, Richard Grol
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:180 (21August2008)
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Can the feedback of patient assessments, brief training, or their combination, improve the interpersonal skills of primary care physicians? A systematic review
Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi, Peter Bower
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:179 (21August2008)
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Patient characteristics associated with differences in patients' evaluation of their general practitioner
Hanne N rgaard Heje, Peter Vedsted, Ineta Sokolowski, Frede Olesen
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:178 (20August2008)
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Study protocol
Empowerment interventions, knowledge translation and exchange: perspectives of home care professionals, clients and caregivers
Denise St-Cyr Tribble, Frances Gallagher, Linda Bell, Chantal Caron, Pierre Godbout, Jeannette Leblanc, Pascale Morin, Marianne Xhignesse, Louis Voyer, M lanie Couture
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:177 (20August2008)
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Impact of date stamping on patient safety measurement in patients undergoing CABG: Experience with the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators
Laurent G Glance, Yue Li, Turner M Osler, Dana B Mukamel, Andrew W Dick
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:176 (13August2008)
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Implementing cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome in mental health care: a costs and outcomes analysis
Korine Scheeres, Michel Wensing, Gijs Bleijenberg, Johan L Severens
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:175 (13August2008)
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Cost effectiveness of chest pain unit care in the NHS
Yemi Oluboyede, Steve Goodacre, Allan Wailoo, the ESCAPE Research Team
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:174 (13August2008)
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Designing a 'NHS friendly' complementary therapy service: A qualitative case study
Lesley Wye, Alison Shaw, Debbie Sharp
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:173 (12August2008)
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Developing and testing an instrument to measure the presence of conditions for successful implementation of quality improvement collaboratives
Michel LA D ckers, Cordula Wagner, Peter P Groenewegen
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:172 (11August2008)
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Dissatisfaction with the laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing among public and private medical personnel in Tanzania
SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, K Mashoto
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:171 (11August2008)
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Utilization patterns of Chinese medicine and Western medicine under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan, a population-based study from 1997 to 2003
Lee-Chin Chang, Nicole Huang, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Chen-Hua Lee, Feng-Yu Kao, Yi-Tsau Huang
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:170 (9August2008)
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The feasibility of using pedometers and brief advice to increase activity in sedentary older women a pilot study
Jacqui A Sugden, Falko F Sniehotta, Peter T Donnan, Paul Boyle, Derek W Johnston, Marion ET McMurdo
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:169 (8August2008)
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Effect of changed organisation of nutritional care of Danish medical inpatients
Karin O Lassen, Edvin Grinderslev, Ruth Nyholm
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:168 (7August2008)
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Patient's dissatisfaction with the public and private laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing in Tanzania
SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, K Mashoto
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:167 (7August2008)
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Correspondence
Can modeling of HIV treatment processes improve outcomes? Capitalizing on an operations research approach to the global pandemic
Wei Xiong, Nathaniel Hupert, Eric B Hollingsworth, Megan E O'Brien, Jessica Fast, William R Rodriguez
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:166 (4August2008)
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Research article
From strategy development to routine implementation: the cost of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants for malaria control
Fatuma Manzi, Guy Hutton, Joanna Schellenberg, Marcel Tanner, Pedro Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, David Schellenberg
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:165 (31July2008)
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Quality of life associated with treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Yolanda V Martnez, Carlos A Prado-Aguilar, Ram n A Rascn-Pacheco, Jos J Valdivia-Martnez
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:164 (30July2008)
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Comparing patient characteristics and treatment processes in patients receiving physical therapy in the United States, Israel and the Netherlands: Cross sectional analyses of data from three clinical databases
Ilse CS Swinkels, Dennis L Hart, Daniel Deutscher, Wil JH van den Bosch, Joost Dekker, Dinny H de Bakker, Cornelia HM van den Ende
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:163 (30July2008)
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Research article
Choice of healthcare provider following reform in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Bich Thuan, Curt Lofgren, Lars Lindholm, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:162 (30July2008)
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Costs of hospital care for hypertension in an insured population without an outpatient medicines benefit: an observational study in the Philippines
Anita K Wagner, Madeleine Valera, Amy J Graves, Sheila Lavi a, Dennis Ross-Degnan
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:161 (29July2008)
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Research article
Seasonality of primary care utilization for respiratory diseases in Ontario: A time-series analysis
Rahim Moineddin, Jason X Nie, Gabrielle Domb, Alan M Leong, Ross EG Upshur
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:160 (28July2008)
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Care of vision and ocular health in diabetic members of a national diabetes organization: A cross-sectional study
Vibeke Sundling, P l Gulbrandsen, Jak Jervell, Jrund Straand
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:159 (28July2008)
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Research article
The magnitude and factors associated with delays in management of smear positive tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sayoki G Mfinanga, Beatrice K Mutayoba, Amos Kahwa, Godfather Kimaro, Rugola Mtandu, Esther Ngadaya, Said Egwaga, Andrew Y Kitua
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:158 (27July2008)
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Research article
Predicting ICU survival: A meta-level approach
Lefteris G Gortzis, Filippos Sakellaropoulos, Ioannis Ilias, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Ioanna Dimopoulou
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:157 (26July2008)
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Technical advance
Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation
Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk, Craig Duncan, Don Rose, Patricia H Bailey, Ramamohan Veluri
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:156 (24July2008)
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Physicians' perception of childhood asthma in Turkey: more appropriate practice among female physicians
Ozge Uysal Soyer, Ersoy Civelek, Bulent E Sekerel
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:155 (23July2008)
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A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facility
Martine Louis Simonet, Michel P Kossovsky, Pierre Chopard, Philippe Sigaud, Thomas V Perneger, Jean-Michel Gaspoz
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:154 (22July2008)
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Quantifying morbidities by Adjusted Clinical Group system for a Taiwan population: A nationwide analysis
Wui-Chiang Lee
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:153 (21July2008)
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Needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring for high utilisers of psychiatric services (NODPAM): Design and methods
Bernd Puschner, Sabine Steffen, Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Freyberger, Helmfried E Klein, Tilman Steinert, Rainer Muche, Thomas Becker
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:152 (21July2008)
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Research article
The impact of generic-only drug benefits on patients' use of inhaled corticosteroids in a Medicare population with asthma
Vicki Fung, Ira B Tager, Richard Brand, Joseph P Newhouse, John Hsu
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:151 (18July2008)
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Review
Experiences of abortion: A narrative review of qualitative studies
Mabel LS Lie, Stephen C Robson, Carl R May
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:150 (17July2008)
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Linkage of health and aged care service events: comparing linkage and event selection methods
Rosemary Karmel, Diana Rosman
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:149 (17July2008)
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