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Illness-related behaviour and utilization of oral health services among adult city-dwellers in Burkina Faso: evidence from a household survey
Beno t Varenne, Poul Erik Petersen, Florence Fournet, Philippe Msellati, Jean Gary, Seydou Ouattara, Maud Harang, G rard Salem
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:164 (27December2006)
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CESAR: conventional ventilatory support vs extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure
Giles J Peek, Felicity Clemens, Diana Elbourne, Richard Firmin, Pollyanna Hardy, Clare Hibbert, Hilliary Killer, Miranda Mugford, Mariamma Thalanany, Ravin Tiruvoipati, Ann Truesdale, Andrew Wilson
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:163 (23December2006)
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Functional status decline as a measure of adverse events in home health care: an observational study
Tanya Pollack Scharpf, Natalie Colabianchi, Elizabeth A Madigan, Duncan Neuhauser, Timothy Peng, Penny H Feldman, John FP Bridges
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:162 (20December2006)
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ICD-10 coding algorithms for defining comorbidities of acute myocardial infarction
Lawrence So, Dewey Evans, Hude Quan
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:161 (15December2006)
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Coping with methodological dilemmas; about establishing the effectiveness of interventions in routine medical practice
Yvonne JFM Jansen, Roland Bal, Marc Bruijnzeels, Marleen Foets, Rianne Frenken, Antoinette de Bont
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:160 (13December2006)
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Utilization of diabetes medication and cost of testing supplies in Saskatchewan, 2001
Jeffrey A Johnson, Sheri L Pohar, Kristina Secnik, Nicole Yurgin, Zeenat Hirji
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:159 (12December2006)
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Symptom experience and subsequent mortality: results from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study
Alison M Elliott, Philip C Hannaford, Blair H Smith, Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:158 (11December2006)
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A review of interventions triggered by hepatitis A infected food-handlers in Canada
Andrea C Tricco, Ba' Pham, Bernard Duval, Gaston De Serres, Vladimir Gilca, Linda Vrbova, Andrea Anonychuk, Murray Krahn, David Moher
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:157 (8December2006)
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Quality and effectiveness of different approaches to primary care delivery in Brazil
Erno Harzheim, Bruce B Duncan, Airton T Stein, Carlo RH Cunha, Marcelo R Goncalves, Thiago G Trindade, M nica MC Oliveira, Maria Eug nia B Pinto
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:156 (5December2006)
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Collaboration with general practitioners: preferences of medical specialists  a qualitative study
Annette J Berendsen, Wim HGM Benneker, Jan Schuling, Nienke Rijkers-Koorn, Joris PJ Slaets, Betty Meyboom-de Jong
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:155 (4December2006)
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Physicians' communication with patients about adherence to HIV medication in San Francisco and Copenhagen: a qualitative study using Grounded Theory
Toke S Barfod, Frederick M Hecht, Cecilie Rubow, Jan Gerstoft
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:154 (4December2006)
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Impact on and use of health services by international migrants: questionnaire survey of inner city London A&E attenders
Sally Hargreaves, Jon S Friedland, Philip Gothard, Sonia Saxena, Hugh Millington, Joseph Eliahoo, Peter Le Feuvre, Alison Holmes
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:153 (29November2006)
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Socioeconomic status and hospital utilization among younger adult pneumonia admissions at a Canadian hospital
Margaret J McGregor, Robert J Reid, Michael Schulzer, J Mark Fitzgerald, Adrian R Levy, Michelle B Cox
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:152 (25November2006)
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Ideal timing to transfer from an acute care hospital to an interdisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program following a stroke: an exploratory study
Dany Gagnon, Sylvie Nadeau, Vincent Tam
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:151 (23November2006)
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Possible criteria for inpatient psychiatric admissions: which patients are transferred from emergency services to inpatient psychiatric treatment?
Marc Ziegenbein, Christoph Anreis, Bernhard Br ggen, Martin Ohlmeier, Stefan Kropp
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:150 (22November2006)
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Determinants for receiving acupuncture for LBP and associated treatments: a prospective cohort study
Jean-Fran ois Chenot, Annette Becker, Corinna Leonhardt, Stefan Keller, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Erika Baum, Michael Pfingsten, Jan Hildebrandt, Michael M Kochen, Heinz-Dieter Basler
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:149 (17November2006)
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Impact of on-site cardiac catheterization on resource utilization and fatal and non-fatal outcomes after acute myocardial infarction
Abdul R Halabi, Christine A Beck, Mark J Eisenberg, Hugues Richard, Louise Pilote
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:148 (10November2006)
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Barriers and motivators to gaining access to smoking cessation services amongst deprived smokers a qualitative study
Elin Roddy, Marilyn Antoniak, John Britton, Andrew Molyneux, Sarah Lewis
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:147 (6November2006)
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Assessment of health care needs and utilization in a mixed public-private system: the case of the Athens area
Evelina Pappa, Dimitris Niakas
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:146 (2November2006)
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Does a joint development and dissemination of multidisciplinary guidelines improve prescribing behaviour: a pre/post study with concurrent control group and a randomised trial
Jody D Martens, Ron AG Winkens, Trudy van der Weijden, Daisy de Bruyn, Johan L Severens
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:145 (2November2006)
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Qualitative evaluation of a form for standardized information exchange between orthopedic surgeons and occupational physicians
Elske Faber, Alex Burdorf, Anne Loes van Staa, Harald S Miedema, Jan AN Verhaar
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:144 (2November2006)
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Direct and indirect costs of Multiple Sclerosis in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain), according to disability
Virginia Casado, Sergio Mart nez-Ylamos, Antonio Martnez-Ylamos, Olga Carmona, Lucia Alonso, Lucia Romero, Esther Moral, Laura Gubieras, Txomin Arbizu
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:143 (1November2006)
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Vitamin A supplementation in Tanzania: the impact of a change in programmatic delivery strategy on coverage
Honorati Masanja, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Hassan M Mshinda, Meera Shekar, Joseph KL Mugyabuso, Godwin D Ndossi, Don de Savigny
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:142 (1November2006)
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The influence of partnership centrality on organizational perceptions of support: a case study of the AHLN structure
Spencer Moore, Cynthia Smith, Tammy Simpson, Sharlene Wolbeck Minke
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:141 (31October2006)
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Changes in practice patterns affecting in-hospital and post-discharge survival among ACS patients
Manfred Stommel, Ade Olomu, Margaret Holmes-Rovner, William Corser, Joseph C Gardiner
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:140 (24October2006)
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Consumer satisfaction with primary care provider choice and associated trust
Ming Ying L Chu-Weininger, Rajesh Balkrishnan
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:139 (23October2006)
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Gaining insight into the Clinical Practice Guideline development processes: qualitative study in a workshop to implement the GRADE proposal in Spain
Carlos Calder n, Rafael Rotaeche, Arritxu Etxebarria, Merc Marzo, Rosa Rico, Marta Barandiaran
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:138 (23October2006)
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Swiss residents' speciality choices impact of gender, personality traits, career motivation and life goals
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Richard Klaghofer, Thomas Abel, Claus Buddeberg
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:137 (23October2006)
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The use of sleep aids among Emergency Medicine residents: a web based survey
Daniel A Handel, Ali Raja, Christopher J Lindsell
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:136 (19October2006)
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Status of national health research systems in ten countries of the WHO African Region
Joses M Kirigia, Charles Wambebe
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:135 (19October2006)
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Describing the impact of health research: a Research Impact Framework
Shyama Kuruvilla, Nicholas Mays, Andrew Pleasant, Gill Walt
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:134 (18October2006)
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The DAMASK trial protocol: a pragmatic randomised trial to evaluate whether GPs should have direct access to MRI for patients with suspected internal derangement of the knee
Stephen D Brealey, Christine Atwell, Stirling Bryan, Simon Coulton, Helen Cox, Ben Cross, Fiona Fylan, Andrew Garratt, Fiona J Gilbert, Maureen GC Gillan, Maggie Hendry, Kerenza Hood, Helen Houston, David King, Veronica Morton, Jo Orchard, Michael Robling, Ian T Russell, David Torgerson, Valerie Wadsworth, Clare Wilkinson
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:133 (13October2006)
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Extent and structure of health insurance expenditures for complementary and alternative medicine in Swiss primary care
Andre Busato, Reiner Eichenberger, Beat Knzi
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:132 (11October2006)
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Dual use of Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration: are there adverse health outcomes?
Fredric D Wolinsky, Thomas R Miller, Hyonggin An, Paul R Brezinski, Thomas E Vaughn, Gary E Rosenthal
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:131 (9October2006)
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Scottish survey of diabetes services for minority ethnic groups
Hamid R Baradaran, Joan Jamieson, Rafik Gardee, Robin P Knill-Jones
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:130 (9October2006)
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Validation of the Provincial Transfer Authorization Centre database: a comprehensive database containing records of all inter-facility patient transfers in the province of Ontario
Victoria A Robinson, Russell D MacDonald, Doug Manuel, Vivek Goel
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:129 (6October2006)
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The difficult doctor? Characteristics of physicians who report frustration with patients: an analysis of survey data
Erin E Krebs, Joanne M Garrett, Thomas R Konrad
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:128 (6October2006)
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Priority setting in developing countries health care institutions: the case of a Ugandan hospital
Lydia Kapiriri, Douglas K Martin
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:127 (6October2006)
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Internal medicine specialists' attitudes towards working part-time: a comparison between 1996 and 2004
Marjolein Lugtenberg, Phil JM Heiligers, Judith D de Jong, Lammert Hingstman
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:126 (6October2006)
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Feasibility and validity of International Classification of Diseases based case mix indices
Che-Ming Yang, William Reinke
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:125 (6October2006)
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Association of socio-economic status with diabetes prevalence and utilization of diabetes care services
Doreen M Rabi, Alun L Edwards, Danielle A Southern, Lawrence W Svenson, Peter M Sargious, Peter Norton, Eric T Larsen, William A Ghali
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:124 (3October2006)
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Employment status and differences in the one-year coverage of physician visits: different needs or unequal access to services?
Pekka Virtanen, Mika Kivim ki, Jussi Vahtera, Markku Koskenvuo
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:123 (2October2006)
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Disparities in preventive procedures: comparisons of self-report and Medicare claims data
Kevin Fiscella, Kathleen Holt, Sean Meldrum, Peter Franks
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:122 (29September2006)
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The impact of a decision aid about heart disease prevention on patients' discussions with their doctor and their plans for prevention: a pilot randomized trial
Stacey L Sheridan, John Shadle, Ross J Simpson Jr, Michael P Pignone
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:121 (27September2006)
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Managerial attitude to the implementation of quality management systems in Lithuanian support treatment and nursing hospitals
Ilona Buciuniene, Sonata Malciankina, Zigmas Lydeka, Ruta Kazlauskaite
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:120 (20September2006)
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Analysis of patient flows for orthopedic procedures using small area analysis in Switzerland
Klazien Matter-Walstra, Marcel Widmer, Andr Busato
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:119 (15September2006)
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Developing and testing an instrument for identifying performance incentives in the Greek health care sector
Victoria Paleologou, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Aggeliki Stamouli, Vassilis Aletras, Dimitris Niakas
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:118 (13September2006)
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Commentary
What do you do for a living? Toward a more succinct definition of health services research
Charles D Phillips
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:117 (13September2006)
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Predictors of colorectal cancer screening in diverse primary care practices
Richard K Zimmerman, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Melissa Tabbarah, Seymour Grufferman
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:116 (13September2006)
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Ethnic minorities and prescription medication; concordance between self-reports and medical records
Ellen Uiters, Liset van Dijk, Walter Devill, Marleen Foets, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Peter P Groenewegen
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:115 (13September2006)
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Factors influencing general practitioner referral of patients developing end-stage renal failure: a standardised case-analysis study
Anthony J Montgomery, Hannah M McGee, William Shannon, John Donohoe
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:114 (13September2006)
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A prospective, multi-method, multi-disciplinary, multi-level, collaborative, social-organisational design for researching health sector accreditation [LP0560737]
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Johanna Westbrook, Marjorie Pawsey, David Greenfield, Justine Naylor, Rick Iedema, Bill Runciman, Sally Redman, Christine Jorm, Maureen Robinson, Sally Nathan, Robert Gibberd
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:113 (12September2006)
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An analysis of patient house calls in the area of Attica, Greece
George Peppas, George Theocharis, Efthymia A Karveli, Matthew E Falagas
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:112 (5September2006)
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Personally addressed hand-signed letters increase questionnaire response: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Pippa Scott, Phil Edwards
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:111 (5September2006)
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Gender differences in health care use among the elderly population in areas of Norway and Finland. A cross-sectional analysis based on the HUNT study and the FINRISK Senior Survey
Anna Liisa Suominen-Taipale, Tuija Martelin, Seppo Koskinen, Jostein Holmen, Roar Johnsen
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:110 (4September2006)
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Health behaviour modelling for prenatal diagnosis in Australia: a geodemographic framework for health service utilisation and policy development
Evelyne E Muggli, David McCloskey, Jane L Halliday
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:109 (1September2006)
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Satisfaction of patients hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals: a randomised comparison of two psychiatric-specific and one generic satisfaction questionnaires
Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, Frdy Scherer, Laurence Peer, Federico Cathieni, Charles Bonsack, Agatta Clopas, Vronique Kolly, Thomas V Perneger, Bernard Burnand
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:108 (28August2006)
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The use of percutaneous coronary intervention in black and white veterans with acute myocardial infarction
Charles Maynard, Haili Sun, Elliott Lowy, Anne E Sales, Stephan D Fihn
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:107 (21August2006)
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Patient expectations of fair complaint handling in hospitals: empirical data
Roland D Friele, Emmy M Sluijs
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:106 (18August2006)
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Getting by on credit: how district health managers in Ghana cope with the untimely release of funds
Augustine D Asante, Anthony B Zwi, Maria T Ho
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:105 (17August2006)
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The devil is in the details: trends in avoidable hospitalization rates by geography in British Columbia, 19902000
Denise Cloutier-Fisher, Margaret J Penning, Chi Zheng, Eric-Ben F Druyts
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:104 (16August2006)
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An examination of periodontal treatment and per member per month (PMPM) medical costs in an insured population
David A Albert, Donald Sadowsky, Panos Papapanou, Mary L Conicella, Angela Ward
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:103 (16August2006)
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Predictors of patient satisfaction with hospital health care
Jos M Quintana, Nerea Gonz lez, Amaia Bilbao, Felipe Aizpuru, Antonio Escobar, Cristbal Esteban, Jos Antonio San-Sebastin, Emilio de-la-Sierra, Andrew Thompson
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:102 (16August2006)
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The influence of completing a health-related questionnaire on primary care consultation behaviour
Amanda Jeffery, Clare Jinks, Kelvin Jordan
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:101 (16August2006)
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Risk adjustment for inter-hospital comparison of primary cesarean section rates: need, validity and parsimony
Maria P Fantini, Elisa Stivanello, Brunella Frammartino, Anna P Barone, Danilo Fusco, Laura Dallolio, Paolo Cacciari, Carlo A Perucci
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:100 (15August2006)
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The time course of subsequent hospitalizations and associated costs in survivors of an ischemic stroke in Canada
J Jaime Caro, Kristen Migliaccio-Walle, Khajak J Ishak, Irina Proskorovsky, Judith A O'Brien
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:99 (14August2006)
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Swiss residents' arguments for and against a career in medicine
Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Claudia Dietz, Richard Klaghofer, Claus Buddeberg
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:98 (14August2006)
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How are health professionals earning their living in Malawi?
Adamson S Muula, Fresier C Maseko
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:97 (9August2006)
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Mapping oral health related quality of life to generic health state values
David S Brennan, A John Spencer
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:96 (7August2006)
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Development and testing of innovative patient resources for the management of coronary heart disease (CHD): a descriptive study
Julie Redfern, Elizabeth Ellis, Tom Briffa, Saul B Freedman
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:95 (6August2006)
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Hospice utilization during the SARS outbreak in Taiwan
Tzeng-Ji Chen, Ming-Hwai Lin, Li-Fang Chou, Shinn-Jang Hwang
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:94 (4August2006)
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Service utilization in community health centers in China: a comparison analysis with local hospitals
Xilong Pan, Hassan H Dib, Xiaohang Wang, Hong Zhang
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:93 (3August2006)
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Why are physicians not persuaded by scientific evidence? A grounded theory interview study
Miho Sekimoto, Yuichi Imanaka, Nobuko Kitano, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Osamu Takahashi
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:92 (27July2006)
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Evaluation of a self-management programme for congestive heart failure patients: design of a randomised controlled trial
Esther STF Smeulders, Jolanda CM van Haastregt, Elisabeth FM van Hoef, Jacques ThM van Eijk, Gertrudis IJM Kempen
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:91 (20July2006)
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The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems
Mairead Corrrigan, Margaret E Cupples, Susan M Smith, Molly Byrne, Claire S Leathem, Pauline Clerkin, Andrew W Murphy
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:90 (18July2006)
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The cost of health professionals' brain drain in Kenya
Joses Muthuri Kirigia, Akpa Raphael Gbary, Lenity Kainyu Muthuri, Jennifer Nyoni, Anthony Seddoh
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:89 (17July2006)
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A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary care
Jane Gunn, Justine Diggens, Kelsey Hegarty, Grant Blashki
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:88 (16July2006)
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Glucose testing and insufficient follow-up of abnormal results: a cohort study
Lisa M Kern, Mark A Callahan, David J Brillon, Maryelena Vargas, Alvin I Mushlin
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:87 (12July2006)
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A rational model for assessing and evaluating complex interventions in health care
Carl May
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:86 (7July2006)
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The risk of death associated with delayed coronary artery bypass surgery
Boris G Sobolev, Adrian R Levy, Lisa Kuramoto, Robert Hayden, James M Brophy, J Mark FitzGerald
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:85 (5July2006)
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Comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus: impact on medical health care utilization
Jeroen N Struijs, Caroline A Baan, Francois G Schellevis, Gert P Westert, Geertrudis AM van den Bos
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:84 (4July2006)
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Staffing in postnatal units: is it adequate for the provision of quality care? Staff perspectives from a state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia
Della A Forster, Helen L McLachlan, Jane Yelland, Jo Rayner, Judith Lumley, Mary-Ann Davey
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:83 (4July2006)
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Health status in the ambulance services: a systematic review
Tom Sterud,  ivind Ekeberg, Erlend Hem
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:82 (3July2006)
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Cross sectional study of performance indicators for English Primary Care Trusts: testing construct validity and identifying explanatory variables
Celia Brown, Richard Lilford
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:81 (28June2006)
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Cost-effectiveness of primary offer of IVF vs. primary offer of IUI followed by IVF (for IUI failures) in couples with unexplained or mild male factor subfertility
Nora Pashayan, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Raj Mathur
BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:80 (23June2006)
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Family planning services quality as a determinant of use of IUD in Egypt
Rathavuth Hong, Livia Montana, Vinod Mishra
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