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Volume 8 Suppl 1
Meeting abstracts
Lisbon, Portugal. 8 11 October 2008
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    Quality of medical training and emigration of physicians from India Manas Kaushik, Ananya Roy, Anand A Bang, Ajay Mahal BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:279 (30 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
     Interventions to prevent disability in frail community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review Ramon Daniels, Erik van Rossum, Luc de Witte, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Wim van den Heuvel BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:278 (30 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system John P Hirdes, Gunnar Ljunggren, John N Morris, Dinnus HM Frijters, Harriet Finne Soveri, Len Gray, Magnus Bj rkgren, Reudi Gilgen BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:277 (30 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] Research article
     Primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia a systematic review John Wakerman, John S Humphreys, Robert Wells, Pim Kuipers, Philip Entwistle, Judith Jones BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:276 (29 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
     Standardisation of rates using logistic regression: a comparison with the direct method Andrea K Roalfe, Roger L Holder, Sue Wilson BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:275 (29 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Exposing the key functions of a complex intervention for shared care in mental health: case study of a process evaluation Richard Byng, Ian Norman, Sally Redfern, Roger Jones BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:274 (23 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Isolated specialist or system integrated physician different views on sickness certification among orthopaedic surgeons: an interview study Malin Swartling, Rolf Wahlstr m BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:273 (23 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence Kevin G Volpp, George Loewenstein, Andrea B Troxel, Jalpa Doshi, Maureen Price, Mitchell Laskin, Stephen E Kimmel BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:272 (23 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    The symptom experience of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Eastern Cape, South Africa Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:271 (22 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Technical advance
    Evidence and Value: Impact on DEcisionMaking the EVIDEM framework and potential applications Mireille M Goetghebeur, Monika Wagner, Hanane Khoury, Randy J Levitt, Lonny J Erickson, Donna Rindress BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:270 (22 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness Ala Szczepura, Sara Nelson, Deidre Wild BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:269 (22 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Correspondence
    The primary care amplification model: taking the best of primary care forward Claire L Jackson, Deborah A Askew, Caroline Nicholson, Peter M Brooks BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:268 (21 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Hospital use of young children in Switzerland: A nation-wide study based on a complete survey over 4 years Franziska V Schoeni-Affolter, Marcel Widmer, Andr Busato BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:267 (20 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Study protocol
    Provincial prenatal record revision: a multiple case study of evidence-based decision-making at the population-policy level Nancy Edwards, Sonia Semenic, Shahirose Premji, Phyllis Montgomery, Beverly Williams, Joanne Olson, Omaima Mansi BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:266 (19 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
     A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomes Thomas Rotter, Joachim Kugler, Rainer Koch, Holger Gothe, Sabine Twork, Jeroen M van Oostrum, Ewout W Steyerberg BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:265 (19 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] Research article
    Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: the physician vs. medication factors Jerzy P Szaflarski, Angela Y Rackley, Christopher J Lindsell, Magdalena Szaflarski, Stephen L Yates BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:264 (18 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Effectiveness of a grant program's efforts to promote synergy within its funded initiatives: perceptions of participants of the Southern Rural Access Program Donald E Pathman, Emmeline Chuang, Bryan J Weiner BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:263 (18 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Shortage in general practice despite the feminisation of the medical workforce: a seeming paradox? A cohort study Tanja Maiorova, Fred Stevens, Jouke van der Zee, Beppie Boode, Albert Scherpbier BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:262 (17 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan Hui-Chu Lang, Mei-Shu Lai BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:261 (17 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Study protocol
    Decision making preferences in the medical encounter a factorial survey design Meike M ller-Engelmann, Tanja Krones, Heidi Keller, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:260 (17 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay Alan J Forster, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Jon Hooper, Kaveh G Shojania, Carl van Walraven BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:259 (17 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] Research article
    Cost-effectiveness of gargling for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections Michi Sakai, Takuro Shimbo, Kazumi Omata, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, Kazunari Satomura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takashi Kawamura, Hisamitsu Baba, Masaharu Yoshihara, Hiroshi Itoh, the Great Cold Investigators-I BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:258 (16 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California Zhongmin Li, Richard L Kravitz, James P Marcin, Patrick S Romano, David M Rocke, Timothy A Denton, Ralph G Brindis, Jian Dai, Ezra A Amsterdam BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:257 (16 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Conceptualizing handover strategies at change of shift in the emergency department: a grounded theory study Ren e H Lawrence, Anne M Tomolo, Andy P Garlisi, David C Aron BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:256 (16 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
    Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in Australia Agnes I Vitry, Susan M Phillips, Susan J Semple BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:255 (12 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
     Documentation of in-hospital falls on incident reports: Qualitative investigation of an imperfect process Terry P Haines, Petrea Cornwell, Jennifer Fleming, Paul Varghese, Len Gray BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:254 (11 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] Research article
    The accuracy of the Jamaican national physician register: a study of the status of physicians registered and their countries of training Jennifer Knight-Madden, Robert Gray BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:253 (11 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
     A retrospective analysis of health systems in Denmark and Kaiser Permanente Anne Fr lich, Michaela L Schi tz, Martin Strandberg-Larsen, John Hsu, Allan Krasnik, Finn Diderichsen, Jim Bellows, Jes S gaard, Karen White BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:252 (11 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Study protocol
    Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) high blood pressure strategy's hypertension management initiative study protocol Sheldon W Tobe, Margaret Moy Lum-Kwong, Nancy Perkins, Shirley Von Sychowski, Rolf J Sebaldt, Alex Kiss BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:251 (10 December 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] Research article
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