|
BMC Health Services Research
|
| | | |  | Archive |
|
|
| | | | | | | |
Editor-in-Chief
Melissa Norton, MD Medical Editor
Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD In-house Editor
Nina Titmus BSc
|
| | BMC Health Services Research, Volume 8 |
|
Volume 8 Suppl 1
Meeting abstracts
Lisbon, Portugal. 8 11 October 2008
more supplements 
Research article
 
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 (30December2008)
[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 (30December2008)
[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 (30December2008)
[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 (29December2008)
[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 (29December2008)
[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 (23December2008)
[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 Wahlstrm
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:273 (23December2008)
[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 (23December2008)
[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 (22December2008)
[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 (22December2008)
[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 (22December2008)
[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 (21December2008)
[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 (20December2008)
[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 (19December2008)
[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 (19December2008)
[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 (18December2008)
[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 (18December2008)
[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 (17December2008)
[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 (17December2008)
[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 (17December2008)
[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 (17December2008)
[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 (16December2008)
[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 (16December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Conceptualizing handover strategies at change of shift in the emergency department: a grounded theory study
Rene H Lawrence, Anne M Tomolo, Andy P Garlisi, David C Aron
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:256 (16December2008)
[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 (12December2008)
[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 (11December2008)
[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 (11December2008)
[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 Schitz, Martin Strandberg-Larsen, John Hsu, Allan Krasnik, Finn Diderichsen, Jim Bellows, Jes Sgaard, Karen White
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:252 (11December2008)
[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 (10December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Targeted individual exercise programmes for older medical patients are feasible, and may change hospital and patient outcomes: a service improvement project
Jo Nolan, Susie Thomas
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:250 (10December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Identification of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals in Ontario, Canada: results from expert panels
Diem Tran, Linda McGillis Hall, Aileen Davis, Michel D Landry, Dawn Burnett, Katherine Berg, Susan Jaglal
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:249 (9December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Mind the gap between policy imperatives and service provision: a qualitative study of the process of respiratory service development in England and Wales
Sonya Hamilton, Guro Huby, Alison Tierney, Alison Powell, Tara Kielmann, Aziz Sheikh, Hilary Pinnock
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:248 (4December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review
Mischa Willis-Shattuck, Posy Bidwell, Steve Thomas, Laura Wyness, Duane Blaauw, Prudence Ditlopo
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:247 (4December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] [1 comment]
Research article
Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region
Linda Gask, Gillian Lever-Green, Rebecca Hays
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:246 (3December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Kathryn I Pollak, Katrina M Krause, Kimberly SH Yarnall, Margaret Gradison, J Lloyd Michener, Truls  stbye
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:245 (1December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
How patients perceive the therapeutic communications skills of their general practitioners, and how that perception affects adherence: use of the TCom-skill GP scale in a specific geographical area
Mich le Baumann, Cdric Baumann, Etienne Le Bihan, Nearkasen Chau
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:244 (1December2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Nurse clinic versus home delivery of evidence-based community leg ulcer care: A randomized health services trial
Margaret B Harrison, Ian D Graham, Karen Lorimer, Elizabeth VandenKerkhof, Maureen Buchanan, Phil S Wells, Tim Brandys, Tadeusz Pierscianowski
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:243 (26November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning
Marya D Zilberberg, Andrew F Shorr
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:242 (25November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Good adherence to HAART and improved survival in a community HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme: the experience of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala, Uganda
Andrew M Abaasa, Jim Todd, Kenneth Ekoru, Joan N Kalyango, Jonathan Levin, Emmanuel Odeke, Charles AS Karamagi
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:241 (20November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Building capacity for antiretroviral delivery in South Africa: A qualitative evaluation of the PALSA PLUS nurse training programme
J Stein, S Lewin, L Fairall, P Mayers, R English, A Bheekie, E Bateman, M Zwarenstein
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:240 (18November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study
Jeremy M Kahn, Rebecca J Asch, Theodore J Iwashyna, Gordon D Rubenfeld, Derek C Angus, David A Asch
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:239 (17November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
Child health insurance coverage: a survey among temporary and permanent residents in Shanghai
Mingshan Lu, Jing Zhang, Jin Ma, Bing Li, Hude Quan
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:238 (17November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly
Sarah Maaten, George Kephart, Susan Kirkland, Pantelis Andreou
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:237 (15November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Disease knowledge after an educational program in patients with GERD a randomized controlled trial
Jorgen Urnes, Hermod Petersen, Per G Farup
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:236 (13November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
The impact of donor policies in Europe: a steady increase, but not everywhere
Remco Coppen, Roland D Friele, Sjef KM Gevers, Geke A Blok, Jouke van der Zee
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:235 (13November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Impact of picture archiving communication systems on rates of duplicate imaging: a before-after study
John J You, Lingsong Yun, Jack V Tu
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:234 (12November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK
Sarah E Lamb, Joanne D Fisher, Simon Gates, Rachel Potter, Matthew W Cooke, Yvonne H Carter
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:233 (12November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Are German patients burdened by the practice charge for physician visits ('Praxisgebuehr')? A cross sectional analysis of socio-economic and health related factors
Ina-Maria Rckert, Jan Bcken, Andreas Mielck
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:232 (12November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance the perspective of social insurance officers. A qualitative study
Carina A Thorstensson, Jenny Mathiasson, Barbro Arvidsson, Anders Heide, Ingemar F Petersson
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:231 (7November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals
Marleen Smits, Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff, Cordula Wagner, Gerrit van der Wal, Peter P Groenewegen
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:230 (7November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Performance of in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization: Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Japan
Hiroaki Miyata, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Shinya Matsuda, Noboru Motomura, Shinichi Takamoto
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:229 (7November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
The impact of SARS on hospital performance
Dachen Chu, Ran-Chou Chen, Chia-Yu Ku, Pesus Chou
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:228 (6November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Case management used to optimize cancer care pathways: A systematic review
Christian N Wulff, Marianne Thygesen, Jens Sndergaard, Peter Vedsted
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:227 (6November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Albuminuria, cardiovascular risk factors and disease management in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a cross sectional study
Christa Meisinger, Margit Heier, Rdiger Landgraf, Michael Happich, H-Erich Wichmann, Wolfgang Piehlmeier
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:226 (5November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Towards integration of general practitioner posts and accident and emergency departments: a case study of two integrated emergency posts in the Netherlands
Rudolf B Kool, Daniel J Homberg, Helen CM Kamphuis
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:225 (4November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Study protocol
Empowering employees with chronic diseases; development of an intervention aimed at job retention and design of a randomised controlled trial
Inge Varekamp, Gabe de Vries, Annelies Heutink, Frank JH van Dijk
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:224 (4November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Study protocol
A cluster randomized trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways for patients with stroke: rationale and design of the Clinical Pathways for Effective and Appropriate Care Study [NCT00673491]
Massimiliano Panella, Sara Marchisio, Antonella Barbieri, Francesco Di Stanislao
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:223 (3November2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
A descriptive review of the methodologies used in household surveys on medicine utilization
Andra D Bertoldi, Alu sio JD Barros, Anita Wagner, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Pedro C Hallal
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:222 (31October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Study protocol
Values and preferences in oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation, physicians' and patients' perspectives: protocol for a two-phase study
Pablo Alonso-Coello, Victor M Montori, Ivan Sol , Holger J Schnemann, Philip J Devereaux, Cathy Charles, Merc Roura, M Gloria Daz, Juan Carlos Souto, Rafael Alonso, Sven Oliver, Rafael Ruiz, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Ana Isabel Diez, Ignasi Gich, Gordon Guyatt
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:221 (27October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals
Ine Borghans, Richard Heijink, Tijn Kool, Ronald J Lagoe, Gert P Westert
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:220 (24October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
Literacy and blood pressure do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional study
Benjamin J Powers, Maren K Olsen, Eugene Z Oddone, Carolyn T Thorpe, Hayden B Bosworth
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:219 (23October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
"What lies beneath it all?" an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines
Benedicte Carlsen, Ole F Norheim
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:218 (22October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
"It's hard to tell": The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of neurorehabilitation
J Greenhalgh, AF Long, R Flynn, S Tyson
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:217 (22October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Hypertensive patients' use of blood pressure monitors stationed in pharmacies and other locations: a cross-sectional mail survey
Anthony J Viera, Lauren W Cohen, C Madeline Mitchell, Philip D Sloane
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:216 (22October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
How to limit the burden of data collection for Quality Indicators based on medical records? The COMPAQH experience
Clment Corriol, Valentin Daucourt, Catherine Grenier, Etienne Minvielle
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:215 (21October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes
John Furler, Christine Walker, Irene Blackberry, Trisha Dunning, Nabil Sulaiman, James Dunbar, James Best, Doris Young
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:214 (17October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Is integration of healthy lifestyle promotion into primary care feasible? Discussion and consensus sessions between clinicians and researchers
Gonzalo Grandes, Alvaro Sanchez, Josep M Cortada, Laura Balague, Carlos Calderon, Arantza Arrazola, Itziar Vergara, Eduardo Millan, the "Prescribe Vida Saludable" group
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:213 (14October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: an observational study from Krakow
Grzegorz Margas, Adam Windak, Tomasz Tomasik
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:212 (14October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central] [1 comment]
Research article
Costs and quality of life for prehabilitation and early rehabilitation after surgery of the lumbar spine
Per Rotbll Nielsen, Jakob Andreasen, Mikael Asmussen, Hanne Tnnesen
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:209 (9October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal
S nia F Dias, Milton Severo, Henrique Barros
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:207 (7October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
A cost effectiveness study of integrated care in health services delivery: a diabetes program in Australia
Ian S McRae, James RG Butler, Beverly M Sibthorpe, Warwick Ruscoe, Jill Snow, Dhigna Rubiano, Karen L Gardner
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:205 (6October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Is networking different with doctors working part-time? Differences in social networks of part-time and full-time doctors
Phil JM Heiligers, Judith D de Jong, Peter P Groenewegen, Lammert Hingstman, Beate Vlker, Peter Spreeuwenberg
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:204 (4October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Urban women's socioeconomic status, health service needs and utilization in the 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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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 Bertel Squire, Rachel Tolhurst
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:202 (2October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Physical activity referrals in Swedish primary health care prescriber and patient characteristics, reasons for prescriptions, and prescribed activities
ME Leijon, P Bendtsen, P Nilsen, K Ekberg, A St hle
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:201 (1October2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
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 Bnte, Johannes Siegrist, Lisa Marceau, Carol Link, Sara Arber, Ann Adams, John McKinlay
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:198 (29September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
The greatest happiness of the greatest number? Policy actors' perspectives on the limits of 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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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, Jrgen H John
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:194 (24September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study
JM Morales-Asencio, E Gonzalo-Jimnez, FJ Martin-Santos, JC Morilla-Herrera, M Celdr an-Ma as, A Milln Carrasco, JJ Garca-Arrabal, I Toral-Lpez
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:193 (23September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Bedside rationing by general practitioners: A postal survey in the Danish public healthcare system
Sigurd MR Lauridsen, Michael Norup, Peter Rossel
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:192 (22September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Generic version (Short Form 2006)
Ellen T Deilks, Dag Hofoss
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:191 (22September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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, Carsi Anne Polanczyk, Luciana B Nucci, Adriana Costa e Forti, Cludio D Fonseca, Maria In s Schmidt, the CNDDM Working Group
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:189 (22September2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
Correspondence
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
Research article
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)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [Cited on BioMed Central]
|
| 
BMC Health Services Research Volumes |
| | |
|
