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BMC  BMC Health Services Research, Volume 9


Research article
Changes in and predictors of length of stay in hospital after surgery for breast cancer between 1997/98 and 2004/05 in two regions of England: a population-based study
Amy Downing, Mark Lansdown, Robert M West, James D Thomas, Gill Lawrence, David Forman
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:202 (9November2009)
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Study protocol
Use of information and communication technologies to support effective work practice innovation in the health sector: a multi-site study
Johanna I Westbrook, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kathryn Gibson, Richard Paoloni, Joanne Callen, Andrew Georgiou, Nerida Creswick, Louise Robertson
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:201 (8November2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health service planning
Rizwan Shahid, Stefania Bertazzon, Merril L Knudtson, William A Ghali
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:200 (6November2009)
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Research article
The Prostate Care Questionnaire for Patients (PCQ-P): Reliability, validity and acceptability.
Carolyn Tarrant, Richard Baker, Andrew M Colman, Paul Sinfield, Shona Agarwal, John K Mellon, William Steward, Roger Kockelbergh
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:199 (4November2009)
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Research article
The Impact of Statins on Health Services Utilization and Mortality in Older Adults Discharged from Hospital with Ischemic Heart Disease: a cohort study.
Charmaine A Cooke, Susan A Kirkland, Ingrid S Sketris, Jafna Cox
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:198 (4November2009)
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Correspondence
The case for developing publicly-accessible datasets for health services research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
Shadi S Saleh, Mohamad S Alameddine, Fadi El-Jardali
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:197 (29October2009)
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Research article
Delay in Tuberculosis case detection in Pwani region, Tanzania. a cross sectional study
Esther S Ngadaya, Godfrey S Mfinanga, Eliud R Wandwalo, Odd Morkve
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:196 (29October2009)
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Research article
An effectiveness analysis of healthcare systems using a systems theoretic approach
Sheuwen Chuang, Kerry Inder
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:195 (24October2009)
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Research article
Characteristics of national registries for occupational diseases: international development and validation of an audit tool (ODIT)
Dick Spreeuwers, Angela GEM de Boer, Jos HAM Verbeek, Frank JH van Dijk
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:194 (23October2009)
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Study protocol
A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of culturally-appropriate hypertension education among Afro-Surinamese and Ghanaian patients in Dutch general practice: study protocol
Joke A Haafkens, Erik JAJ Beune, Eric P Moll van Charante, Charles O Agyemang
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:193 (22October2009)
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Research article
Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda
Joseph B Babigumira, Barbara Castelnuovo, Mohammed Lamorde, Andrew Kambugu, Andy Stergachis, Philippa Easterbrook, Louis P Garrison
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:192 (21October2009)
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Research article
"It depends on what you mean": a qualitative study of Swedish health professionals' views on health and health promotion
Helene Johansson, Lars Weinehall, Maria Emmelin
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:191 (21October2009)
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Research article
Distribution and determinants of patient satisfaction in oncology with a focus on health related quality of life
Christopher G Lis, Mark Rodeghier, James F Grutsch, Digant Gupta
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:190 (21October2009)
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Debate
Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures
Rikke Sand Andersen, Peter Vedsted, Frede Olesen, Flemming Bro, Jens Sndergaard
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:189 (19October2009)
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Study protocol
Collaborative Depression Trial (CADET): multi-centre randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for depression - study protocol
David A Richards, Adwoa Hughes-Morley, Rachel A Hayes, Ricardo Araya, Michael Barkham, John M Bland, Peter Bower, John Cape, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Linda Gask, Simon Gilbody, Colin Green, David Kessler, Glyn Lewis, Karina Lovell, Chris Manning, Stephen Pilling
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:188 (16October2009)
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Research article
Overcoming language barriers with foreign-language speaking patients: a survey to investigate intra-hospital variation in attitudes and practices
Patricia Hudelson, Sarah Vilpert
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:187 (15October2009)
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Research article
Quality of care and 30 day mortality among patients with hip fractures: a nationwide cohort study
Katrine A Nielsen, Niels C Jensen, Claus M Jensen, Marianne Thomsen, Lars Pedersen, Sren P Johnsen, Annette Ingeman, Paul D Bartels, Reimar W Thomsen
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:186 (12October2009)
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Research article
Are U.S. cancer screening test patterns consistent with guideline recommendations with respect to the age of screening initiation?
Srikanth Kadiyala
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:185 (12October2009)
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Study protocol
Realising the potential of the family history in risk assessment and primary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care: ADDFAM study protocol
Nadeem Qureshi, Sarah Armstrong, Paula Saukko, Tracey Sach, Jo Middlemass, Phil H Evans, Joe Kai, Hannah Farrimond, Steve E Humphries
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:184 (12October2009)
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Research article
Can we import quality tools? a feasibility study of European practice assessment in a country with less organised general practice
Roy Remmen, Luc Seuntjens, Dominique Paulus, Dominique Pestiaux, Klaus Knops, Ann Van den Bruel
BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9:183 (11October2009)
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