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The aim of the study was to explore the impact of the implementation of an electronic prescribing and medication administration system (ePA) on the safety of medication administration in an inpatient hospital ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:547
Published on: 9 August 2017
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The HIV epidemic has triggered the development of new health institutions with a special focus on HIV care. The role of these relatively new institutions within the health systems of low-income countries like ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:548
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Management of metastatic melanoma is changing rapidly following the introduction of innovative effective therapies, with consequences for the allocation of healthcare resources. The objective of this study was...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:542
Published on: 8 August 2017
Hypothesis
In several health systems of advanced countries, reforms have changed primary care in the last two decades. The literature has assessed the effects of a variety of interventions and individual factors on the b...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:543
Published on: 8 August 2017
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The UK National Health Service Emergency Departments (ED) have recently faced increasing attendance rates. This study investigated associations of general practice and practice population characteristics with ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:546
Published on: 8 August 2017
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The UK National Health Service provides Stop Smoking Services for pregnant women (SSSP) but there is a lack of evidence concerning how these are best organised. This study investigates influences on services’ ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:545
Published on: 8 August 2017
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The improvement of maternal health has been one of the aims of the health financing reforms in Georgia. Public-private relationships are the most notable part of the reform. This study aimed to assess the stre...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:544
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Maternal health remains a persisting public health challenge in Indonesia. Postnatal complications, in particular, are considered as maternal health problems priority that should be addressed. Conducting adequ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:541
Published on: 7 August 2017
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QUALMAT project aimed at improving quality of maternal and newborn care in selected health care facilities in three African countries. An electronic clinical decision support system was implemented to support ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:537
Published on: 7 August 2017
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This study compares a combination of processes of care and clinical targets among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) between specialist diabetes clinics (SDCs) and general medical clinics (GMCs), an...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:533
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Persistent low membership is observed in many community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in Africa. Causes for low membership have been identified and solutions suggested, but this did not result in incre...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:535
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Most countries face an ageing population, increasing chronic diseased, and constrictions on budget for providing health services. Involving patients in their own care by allowing them access to their patient d...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:534
Published on: 7 August 2017
Debate
The concept of patient engagement in health research has received growing international recognition over recent years. Yet despite some critical advancements, we argue that the concept remains problematic as i...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:539
Published on: 7 August 2017
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The Care-Related Quality of Life survey for Chronic Heart Failure (CaReQoL CHF) is a newly developed patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) that measures care-related quality of life in patients diagnosed wit...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:536
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke but patients often discount recommended behavioral changes and prescribed medications. While effective interventions to prom...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:538
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Improving child survival for HIV-infected children remains an important health agenda. We present progress regarding care and treatment services to HIV infected children in Tanzania.
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:540
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Patient-centered care promotes the inclusion of the most prominent and important member of the health care team, the patient, as an active participant in information exchange and decision making. Patient self-...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:529
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Dementia is an irreversible chronic disease with wide-ranging effects on patients’, caregivers’ and families’ lives. Hospitalizations are significant events for people with dementia. They tend to have poorer o...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:530
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Hysterectomy is among the most common surgeries performed on U.S. women. For benign conditions, minimally invasive hysterectomy is recommended, whenever permitted by clinical indication and previous surgery hi...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:526
Published on: 4 August 2017
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The objectives of this investigation are to evaluate the use of health care services for non-communicable disease and prevention by children and adolescents and to identify the factors linked to the use of hea...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:532
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Aging is an inevitable part of life. One can maintain well-being and wellness even after discharge and/or transition if his or her functional decline is minimized, sudden decline is prevented, and functioning ...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:528
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Medication reconciliation is a safety practice to identify medication order discrepancies when patients’ transitions between settings. In nursing homes, registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (L...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:531
Published on: 4 August 2017
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The introduction of innovative models of healthcare does not necessarily mean that they become embedded in everyday clinical practice. This study has two aims: first, to analyse deliberate and emergent strateg...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:527
Published on: 4 August 2017
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A small proportion of patients utilizes a disproportionately large amount of emergency department (ED) resources. Being able to properly identify chronic frequent ED users, i.e. frequent ED users over a multip...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:525
Published on: 4 August 2017
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The purpose of this study is to understand health care provider barriers to referring patients to Medical Fitness Center Facilities within an affiliated teaching hospital system using referral of diabetic serv...
BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:520
Published on: 3 August 2017
