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  1. The introduction of a new method of transmitting prescriptions from general practices to community pharmacies in England (Electronic Prescription Service Release 2 (EPS2)) has generated debate on how it will c...

    Authors: Jasmine Harvey, Anthony J Avery, Justin Waring and Nick Barber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:471
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  2. Violence against healthcare workers in Palestinian hospitals is common. However, this issue is under researched and little evidence exists. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence, magnitude, consequ...

    Authors: Mohamad Kitaneh and Motasem Hamdan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:469
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  3. Patients with early stage melanoma have high survival rates but require long-term follow-up to detect recurrences and/or new primary tumours. Shared care between melanoma specialists and general practitioners ...

    Authors: Lucie Rychetnik, Rachael L Morton, Kirsten McCaffery, John F Thompson, Scott W Menzies and Les Irwig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:468
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  4. The high cost of training and the relatively long period of training for physicians make it beneficial to stimulate physicians to retire later. Therefore, a better understanding of the link between the factors...

    Authors: Malou Van Greuningen, Phil JM Heiligers and Lud FJ Van der Velden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:467
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  5. In the transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented economy, China’s state funding for health care declined and traditional coverage plans collapsed, leaving China’s poor exposed to potentially ruino...

    Authors: Mingsheng Chen, Wen Chen and Yuxin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:466
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  6. To introduce a model of community health service organization (as implemented in urban areas) to less developed rural areas in China and evaluate the impact of this model on health care utilization.

    Authors: Yuan Zhaokang, Liu Yuxi, Liu Yong, Xiao Yunchang, Guo Yuanjun and Mark Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:465
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  7. Medicare hospital Value-based purchasing (VBP) program that links Medicare payments to quality of care will become effective from 2013. It is unclear whether specific hospital characteristics are associated wi...

    Authors: Bijan J Borah, Michael G Rock, Douglas L Wood, Daniel L Roellinger, Matthew G Johnson and James M Naessens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:464
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  8. There is increasing evidence that psychological constructs, such as emotional intelligence and emotional labor, play an important role in various organizational outcomes in service sector. Recently, in the “em...

    Authors: Aristea Psilopanagioti, Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Efstratia Mourtou and Dimitris Niakas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:463
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  9. The need of home care services is becoming an increasingly common scenario. These cares are mainly provided by the dependents’ relatives specifically, by the women part of the family. This situation might take...

    Authors: Magdalena Cuevas Fernández-Gallego, José Miguel Morales Asencio, Francisco Javier Martín Santos, Rafaela Cruz Arándiga, Eugenio Contreras Fernández, Juan Pedro Batres Sicilia, Francisco Javier Navarro Moya, Isabel Lorenci Abajo, Miriam Celdrán Mañas and Candela Bonill de las Nieves
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:462
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  10. Access to health services is an important health determinant. New research in health equity is required, especially amongst economic migrants from developing countries. Studies conducted on the use of health s...

    Authors: Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez, Diana Gil-González, Carmen Vives-Cases, John G Love, Peter Wimpenny and Elena Ronda-Pérez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:461
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  11. The Greater Green Triangle diabetes prevention program was conducted in primary health care setting of Victoria and South Australia in 2004–2006. This program demonstrated significant reductions in diabetes ri...

    Authors: Christine Walker, Andrea Hernan, Prasuna Reddy and James A Dunbar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:460
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  12. Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) may progress to advanced liver disease (ALD), including decompensated cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). ALD can lead to significant clinical and economic conseque...

    Authors: Joseph Menzin, Leigh Ann White, Christine Nichols and Baris Deniz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:459
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  13. Inequity of accessibility to and utilization of reproductive health (RH) services among youths is a global concern, especially in resource-limited areas. The level of inequity also varies by cultural and socio...

    Authors: Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Thien Thien Htay and Edward McNeil
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:458
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  14. The MDT-Coordinators’ role is relatively new, and as such it is evolving. What is apparent is that the coordinator’s work is pivotal to the effectiveness and efficiency of an MDT. This study aimed to assess th...

    Authors: Rozh Jalil, Benjamin Lamb, Stephanie Russ, Nick Sevdalis and James SA Green
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:457
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  15. Vietnam has achieved considerable success in economic development, poverty reduction, and health over a relatively short period of time. However, there is concern that inequalities in health outcomes and inter...

    Authors: Henrik Axelson, Ulf-G Gerdtham, Björn Ekman, Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa and Tobias Alfvén
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:456
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  16. In an era when an increasing amount of clinical information is available to health care professionals, the effective implementation of clinical practice guidelines requires the development of strategies to fac...

    Authors: Pille Taba, Marika Rosenthal, Jarno Habicht, Helvi Tarien, Mari Mathiesen, Suzanne Hill and Lisa Bero
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:455
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  18. Accurate and timely medication information at the point of discharge is essential for continuity of care. There are scarce data on the clinical significance if poor quality medicines information is passed to t...

    Authors: Alice V Gilbert, Bhavini Patel, Melanie Morrow, Desmond Williams, Michael S Roberts and Andrew L Gilbert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:453
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  19. The prevalence of multiple chronic diseases is increasing and is a common problem for primary health care providers. This study sought to determine the patient and health system burden of multiple chronic dise...

    Authors: Elizabeth Muggah, Erin Graves, Carol Bennett and Douglas G Manuel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:452
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  20. Pediatric LRTI hospitalizations are a significant burden on patients, families, and healthcare systems. This study determined the burden of pediatric LRTIs on hospital settings in British Columbia and the bene...

    Authors: Pablo Santibanez, Katherine Gooch, Pamela Vo, Michelle Lorimer and Yurik Sandino
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:451
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  21. While US studies show a higher risk of adverse events (AEs) for ethnic minorities in hospital care, in Europe ethnic inequalities in patient safety have never been analysed. Based on existing literature and ex...

    Authors: Floor van Rosse, Martine C de Bruijne, Cordula Wagner, Karien Stronks and Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:450
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. An aging population poses significant challenges to health care in China. Health management has been implemented to reduce the costs of care, raise health service utilization, increase health knowledge and imp...

    Authors: Jianqian Chao, Yimin Wang, Hui Xu, Qing Yu, Lili Jiang, Lin Tian, Wenyuan Xie and Pei Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:449
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  24. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. Early detection is advocated but there is insufficient evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to inform health policy on population screening. Primarily, th...

    Authors: Susan E Campbell, Augusto Azuara-Blanco, Marion K Campbell, Jillian J Francis, Alexandra C Greene, Craig R Ramsay and Jennifer M Burr
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:447
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  25. The National Cervical Screening Program in Australia currently recommends that women aged 18–69 years are screened with conventional cytology every 2 years. Publicly funded HPV vaccination was introduced in 20...

    Authors: Jie-Bin Lew, Kirsten Howard, Dorota Gertig, Megan Smith, Mark Clements, Carolyn Nickson, Ju-Fang Shi, Suzanne Dyer, Sarah Lord, Prudence Creighton, Yoon-Jung Kang, Jeffrey Tan and Karen Canfell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:446
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  26. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect a large proportion of the Canadian population and present a huge problem that continues to strain primary healthcare resources. Currently, the Canadian healthcare system...

    Authors: Breda HF Lau, Mark R Lafave, Nicholas G Mohtadi and Dale J Butterwick
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:445
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  27. Despite the successful scale-up of ART services over the past years, long term retention in ART care remains a major challenge, especially in high HIV prevalence and resource-limited settings. This study analy...

    Authors: Freya Rasschaert, Olivier Koole, Rony Zachariah, Lut Lynen, Marcel Manzi and Wim Van Damme
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:444
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  28. Geriatric stroke patients are generally frail, have an advanced age and co-morbidity. It is yet unclear whether specific groups of patients might benefit differently from structured multidisciplinary rehabilit...

    Authors: Bianca I Buijck, Sytse U Zuidema, Monica Spruit-van Eijk, Hans Bor, Debby L Gerritsen and Raymond TCM Koopmans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:443
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  30. In the Netherlands in 2006, a health insurance system reform took place in which regulated competition between insurers and providers is key. In this context, the government placed greater emphasis on patients...

    Authors: Aafke Victoor, Roland D Friele, Diana MJ Delnoij and Jany JDJM Rademakers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:441
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  32. Hospitalization costs in clinical trials are typically derived by multiplying the length of stay (LOS) by an average per-diem (PD) cost from external sources. This assumes that PD costs are independent of LOS....

    Authors: K Jack Ishak, Marilyn Stolar, Ming-yi Hu, Piedad Alvarez, Yamei Wang, Denis Getsios and Gregory C Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:439
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  33. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections represent a serious challenge for health-care institutions. Rapid and precise identification of MRSA carriers can help to reduce both nosocomial trans...

    Authors: Andrea Tübbicke, Claudia Hübner, Nils-Olaf Hübner, Christian Wegner, Axel Kramer and Steffen Fleßa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:438
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  34. Studies in General Internal Medicine [GIM] settings have shown that optimizing interprofessional communication is important, yet complex and challenging. While the physician is integral to interprofessional wo...

    Authors: Lesley Gotlib Conn, Scott Reeves, Katie Dainty, Chris Kenaszchuk and Merrick Zwarenstein
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:437
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  35. Previous research has addressed the relationship between customer satisfaction, perceived quality and customer loyalty intentions in consumer markets. In this study, we test and compare three theoretical model...

    Authors: Ping Lei and Alain Jolibert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:436
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  36. While extensive evidence suggests that the economic recession has had far reaching effects on many economic sectors, little is known regarding its impact on prescription drug utilization. The purpose of this s...

    Authors: Daniel Kozman, Christopher Graziul, Robert Gibbons and G Caleb Alexander
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:435
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  37. Identifying heart failure patients most likely to suffer poor outcomes is an essential part of delivering interventions to those most likely to benefit. We sought a comprehensive account of heart failure event...

    Authors: David H Smith, Eric S Johnson, David K Blough, Micah L Thorp, Xiuhai Yang, Amanda F Petrik and Kathy A Crispell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:434
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  38. Experiences from nations with population diversity show extensive evidence on the need for cultural and linguistic competence in health care. In Sweden, despite the increasing diversity, only few studies have ...

    Authors: Faustine Kyungu Nkulu Kalengayi, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Clas Ahlm and Beth Maina Ahlberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:433
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  39. Hospital associated infections are major problems, which are increasing in incidence and very costly. However, most research has focused only on measuring consequences associated with the initial hospitalizati...

    Authors: Andrew Dick, Hangsheng Liu, Jack Zwanziger, Eli Perencevich, E Yoko Furuya, Elaine Larson, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz and Patricia W Stone
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:432
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  40. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are self-report measures of health status increasingly promoted for use in healthcare quality improvement. However people with low literacy skills or learning disabili...

    Authors: Deepa Jahagirdar, Thilo Kroll, Karen Ritchie and Sally Wyke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:431
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  42. Improving the health of Indigenous Australians remains a major challenge. A chiropractic service was established to evaluate this treatment option for musculoskeletal illness in rural Indigenous communities, b...

    Authors: Barbara I Polus, Charlotte Paterson, Joan van Rotterdam and Dein Vindigni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:429
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  43. Seeking and utilisation of HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services for people living with HIV is often hampered by HIV-related stigma. The study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences r...

    Authors: Duong Cong Thanh, Karen Marie Moland and Knut Fylkesnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:428
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  44. Resource-limited countries increasingly depend on quality indicators to improve outcomes within HIV treatment programs, but indicators of program performance suitable for use at the local program level remain ...

    Authors: Aima A Ahonkhai, Ingrid V Bassett, Timothy G Ferris and Kenneth A Freedberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:427
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  45. People with Parkinson’s (PwP) experience frequent and recurrent falls. As these falls may have devastating consequences, there is an urgent need to identify cost-effective interventions with the potential to r...

    Authors: Emily Fletcher, Victoria A Goodwin, Suzanne H Richards, John L Campbell and Rod S Taylor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:426
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  46. Non-adherence to prescribed medication is a pervasive problem that can incur serious effects on patients’ health outcomes and well-being, and the availability of resources in healthcare systems. This study aim...

    Authors: Wendy Clyne, Simon White and Sarah McLachlan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:425
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  47. A range of health outcomes at a population level are related to differences in levels of social disadvantage. Understanding the impact of any such differences in palliative care is important. The aim of this s...

    Authors: David C Currow, Samuel Allingham, Sonia Bird, Patsy Yates, Joanne Lewis, James Dawber and Kathy Eagar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:424
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  48. Two healthcare innovations were successfully implemented using different implementation strategies. First, a Short Stay Programme for breast cancer surgery (MaDO) was implemented in four early adopter hospital...

    Authors: Stephanie M C Ament, Freek Gillissen, José M C Maessen, Carmen D Dirksen, Trudy van der Weijden and Maarten F von Meyenfeldt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:423
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. Exploring barriers to the uptake of research based recommendations into practice is an important part of the development of implementation programmes. Techniques to identify barriers can include use of theory-...

    Authors: Andria Hanbury, Katherine Farley, Carl Thompson, Paul Wilson and Duncan Chambers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:422
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  50. The high mental health care consumption rates of divorced singles may constitute a heavy burden on the public health care system. This raises the question of whether their higher health care use stems from a g...

    Authors: Elien Colman, Sara Symoens and Piet Bracke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:420
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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