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  1. A scientific understanding of clinical risk management (CRM) in mental health care is essential for building safer health systems and for improving patient safety. While evidence on patient safety and CRM in p...

    Authors: Matthias Briner and Tanja Manser
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:44
  2. Few reports have been published about differences in perspectives on perceived needs among community-residing people with dementia, their family caregivers, and professionals. The aim of this study was to comp...

    Authors: Claudia Miranda-Castillo, Bob Woods and Martin Orrell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:43
  3. Hospitals provide care for patients with a variety of diseases, co-morbidities and complications. The actual amount of care these patients need is unclear. Given the recent developments such as ageing, multi-m...

    Authors: Catharina J van Oostveen, Hester Vermeulen, Dirk J Gouma, Piet J Bakker and Dirk T Ubbink
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:42
  4. Publicly insured women usually have a different demographic background to privately insured women, which is related to poor neonatal outcomes after birth. Given the difference in nature and risk of preterm ver...

    Authors: Kristjana Einarsdóttir, Fatima A Haggar, Amanda T Langridge, Anthony S Gunnell, Helen Leonard and Fiona J Stanley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:40
  5. National Health Service stop smoking services (NHS SSS) in the UK offer cost- effective smoking cessation services. Despite high abstinence rates after acute cessation treatment, the majority of clients have r...

    Authors: Jessica Turner, Ann McNeill, Tim Coleman, Jo Leonardi Bee and Shade Agboola
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:38
  6. Although the expenses of liver cirrhosis are covered by a critical illness fund under the current health insurance program in China, the economic burden associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) related diseases...

    Authors: Jingjing Lu, Aiqiang Xu, Jian Wang, Li Zhang, Lizhi Song, Renpeng Li, Shunxiang Zhang, Guihua Zhuang and Mingshan Lu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:37
  7. Despite strong evidence of the benefits of preconception interventions for improving pregnancy outcomes, the delivery and uptake of preconception care and periconceptional folate supplementation remain low. Ge...

    Authors: Danielle Mazza, Anna Chapman and Susan Michie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:36
  8. The adoption of health information technology has been recommended as a viable mechanism for improving quality of care and patient health outcomes. However, the capacity of health information technology (i.e.,...

    Authors: Jemima A Frimpong, Bradford E Jackson, LaShonda M Stewart, Karan P Singh, Patrick A Rivers and Sejong Bae
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:35
  9. Confidential product listing agreements (PLAs) negotiated between pharmaceutical manufacturers and individual health care payers may contribute to unwanted price disparities, high administrative costs, and une...

    Authors: Steven G Morgan, Paige A Thomson, Jamie R Daw and Melissa K Friesen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:34
  10. Telemedicine technology can improve care to patients in rural and medically underserved communities yet adoption has been slow. The objective of this study was to study organizational readiness to participate ...

    Authors: Jane Zapka, Kit Simpson, Lara Hiott, Laura Langston, Samir Fakhry and Dee Ford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:33
  11. Policy initiatives to improve retention of the rural health workforce have relied primarily on evidence for rural doctors, most of whom practice under a private business model. Much of the literature for rural...

    Authors: Sheila Keane, Michelle Lincoln, Margaret Rolfe and Tony Smith
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:32
  12. Quality indicators (QI) are used in health care to measure quality of service and performance improvement. Health care professionals and organizations caring for patients with injuries need information regardi...

    Authors: Henry T Stelfox, Jamie M Boyd, Sharon E Straus and Anna R Gagliardi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:31
  13. Understanding the factors that impact on disability is necessary to inform trauma care and enable adequate risk adjustment for benchmarking and monitoring. A key consideration is how to adjust for pre-existing...

    Authors: Belinda J Gabbe, James E Harrison, Ronan A Lyons, Elton R Edwards and Peter A Cameron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:30
  14. The Prevention and Reactivation Care Program (PReCaP) entails an innovative multidisciplinary, integrated and goal oriented approach aimed at reducing hospital related functional decline among elderly patients...

    Authors: Annemarie JBM de Vos, Ton JEM Bakker, Paul L de Vreede, Jeroen DH van Wijngaarden, Ewout W Steyerberg, Johan P Mackenbach and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:29
  15. It has been documented that variations exist in breast cancer treatment despite wide dissemination of clinical practice guidelines. The aim of this population-based study was to evaluate the impact of regional...

    Authors: Carlotta Sacerdote, Rita Bordon, Sabina Pitarella, Maria Piera Mano, Ileana Baldi, Denise Casella, Daniela Di Cuonzo, Alfonso Frigerio, Luisella Milanesio, Franco Merletti, Eva Pagano, Fulvio Ricceri, Stefano Rosso, Nereo Segnan, Mariano Tomatis, Giovannino Ciccone…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:28
  16. The United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the protection of the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness and security of human drugs and biological products throug...

    Authors: Diane Nguyen, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio and Michael Montagne
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:27
  17. Demand for dialysis treatment exceeds its supply within the Veterans Health Administration (VA), requiring VA to outsource dialysis care by purchasing private sector dialysis for veterans on a fee-for-service ...

    Authors: Virginia Wang, Matthew L Maciejewski, Uptal D Patel, Karen M Stechuchak, Denise M Hynes and Morris Weinberger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:26
  18. Nigeria ranks fourth among 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries. Although it reached 99% DOTS coverage in 2008, current case detection rate is 40%. Little is known about delays before the start of TB the...

    Authors: Kingsley N Ukwaja, Isaac Alobu, Chibueze O Nweke and Ephraim C Onyenwe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:25
  19. The Health Service Quality Scale is a multidimensional hierarchical scale that is based on interdisciplinary approach. This instrument was specifically created for measuring health service quality based on mar...

    Authors: Luiz Roberto Martins Rocha, Daniela Francescato Veiga, Paulo Rocha e Oliveira, Elaine Horibe Song and Lydia Masako Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:24
  20. Comorbidity in patients with diabetes is associated with poorer health and increased cost. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and ingredient cost of comorbidity in patients ≥ 65 years with...

    Authors: Miriam O’Shea, Mary Teeling and Kathleen Bennett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:23
  21. Interaction between service provider and customer is the primary core of service businesses of different natures, and the influence of trust on service quality and customer satisfaction could not be ignored in...

    Authors: Ching-Sheng Chang, Su-Yueh Chen and Yi-Ting Lan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:22
  22. Physiotherapists as primary health care practitioners are well placed in promoting physically active lifestyles, but their role and practice towards its promotion among patients in Nigeria has not been fully i...

    Authors: Happiness A Aweto, Cynthia N Oligbo, Oluseun A Fapojuwo and Olajide A Olawale
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:21
  23. Quality and safety issues are receiving growing attention. Patient safety culture (PSC) plays an important role in patient safety. The characteristics of PSC in various countries, each with a different set of ...

    Authors: Shigeru Fujita, Kanako Seto, Shinya Ito, Yinghui Wu, Chiu-Chin Huang and Tomonori Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:20
  24. An ageing population is seen as a threat to the quality of life and health in rural communities, and it is often assumed that e-Health services can address this issue. As successful e-Health implementation in ...

    Authors: Eveline Hage, John P Roo, Marjolein AG van Offenbeek and Albert Boonstra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:19
  25. There is broad consensus on the value of integration of HIV services and reproductive health services in regions of the world with generalised HIV/AIDS epidemics and high reproductive morbidity. Integration is...

    Authors: Richard Mutemwa, Susannah Mayhew, Manuela Colombini, Joanna Busza, Jackline Kivunaga and Charity Ndwiga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:18
  26. In the working age group, diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of visual impairment. Regular eye examinations and early treatment of retinopathy can prevent visual loss, so screening for diabetic retinopath...

    Authors: Vibeke Sundling, Pål Gulbrandsen and Jørund Straand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:17
  27. A 50 cent prescription levy was introduced in 2010 on the General Medical Services (GMS) scheme (Irish public health insurance). This study sought to examine patient attitudes and opinions surrounding the 50 c...

    Authors: Sarah-Jo Sinnott, Marie Guinane, Helen Whelton and Stephen Byrne
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:16
  28. Outcome quality indicators are rarely used to evaluate mental health services because most jurisdictions lack clinical data systems to construct indicators in a meaningful way across mental health providers. A...

    Authors: Christopher M Perlman, John P Hirdes, Howard Barbaree, Brant E Fries, Ian McKillop, John N Morris and Terry Rabinowitz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:15
  29. Over 20% of hospital bed use is inappropriate, implying a waste of resources and the increase of patient iatrogenic risk.

    Authors: Caterina Caminiti, Tiziana Meschi, Luca Braglia, Francesca Diodati, Elisa Iezzi, Barbara Marcomini, Antonio Nouvenne, Eliana Palermo, Beatrice Prati, Tania Schianchi and Loris Borghi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:14
  30. Various studies indicate that inter-hospital comparisons have to take case mix into account and that risk adjustment procedures are necessary to control for potential predictors of cesarean delivery (CD). Diff...

    Authors: Elisa Stivanello, Paola Rucci, Elisa Carretta, Giulia Pieri and Maria P Fantini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:13
  31. Partnerships between different health services are integral to addressing the complex health needs of vulnerable populations. In Australia, partnerships between Aboriginal1 community controlled and mainstream ser...

    Authors: Kate P Taylor, Dawn Bessarab, Lorna Hunter and Sandra C Thompson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:12
  32. From 2004 to 2009 there was almost a 12% rise in emergency admissions in England. This can be explained partly by an aging population and other socio-demographic characteristics, but much cannot be explained b...

    Authors: Stephen Gunther, Nick Taub, Stephen Rogers and Richard Baker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:11
  33. In most health care systems disciplinary boards have been organised in order to process patients’ complaints about health professionals. Although, the safe-guarding of the legal rights of the involved parties ...

    Authors: Søren Birkeland, Rene dePont Christensen, Niels Damsbo and Jakob Kragstrup
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:9
  34. Successfully introducing and maintaining care innovations may depend on the interplay between care setting, the intervention and specific circumstances. We studied the factors influencing the introduction and ...

    Authors: Marijke Boorsma, Eveliene Langedijk, Dinnus HM Frijters, Giel Nijpels, Tom Elfring and Hein PJ van Hout
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:8
  35. The high burden of diabetes for healthcare costs and their impact on quality of life and management of the disease have triggered the design and introduction of disease management programmes (DMPs) in many cou...

    Authors: Christel E van Dijk, Trynke Hoekstra, Robert A Verheij, Jos WR Twisk, Peter P Groenewegen, François G Schellevis and Dinny H de Bakker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:7
  36. It is often assumed, with little supportive, empirical evidence, that women who use maternal health care are more likely than those who do not to use modern contraceptives. This study aims to add to the existi...

    Authors: Mai Do and David Hotchkiss
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:6
  37. Across the developing world health care services are most often delivered in the private sector and social franchising has emerged, over the past decade, as an increasingly popular method of private sector hea...

    Authors: Karen Schlein, Anna York De La Cruz, Tisha Gopalakrishnan and Dominic Montagu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:4
  38. Finland decentralised its universal healthcare system and introduced market reforms in the 1990s. Despite a commitment to equity, previous studies have identified persistent socio-economic inequities in health...

    Authors: Alison K McCallum, Kristiina Manderbacka, Martti Arffman, Alastair H Leyland and Ilmo Keskimäki
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:3
  39. Dementia patients are often cared for in institutional arrangements, which are associated with substantial spending on professional long-term care services. Nevertheless, there is little evidence on the exact ...

    Authors: Larissa Schwarzkopf, Petra Menn, Reiner Leidl, Elmar Graessel and Rolf Holle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:2
  40. The validity of survey-based health care utilization estimates in the older population has been poorly researched. Owing to data protection legislation and a great number of different health care insurance pro...

    Authors: Matthias Hunger, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Margit Heier, Annette Peters and Rolf Holle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:1
  41. At least two million Canadian children meet established criteria for weight management. Due to the adverse health consequences of obesity, most pediatric weight management research has examined the efficacy an...

    Authors: Geoff DC Ball, Arnaldo Perez Garcia, Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Katherine M Morrison, Laurent Legault, Arya M Sharma, Rebecca Gokiert and Nicholas L Holt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:486
  42. In contrast to the acute hospital sector, there have been relatively few implementations of integrated electronic health record (EHR) systems into specialist mental health settings. The National Programme for ...

    Authors: Amirhossein Takian, Aziz Sheikh and Nicholas Barber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:484
  43. The global initiative ‘Treatment 2.0’ calls for expanding the evidence base of optimal HIV service delivery models to maximize HIV case detection and retention in care. However limited systematic assessment ha...

    Authors: Masami Fujita, Krishna C Poudel, Nhan Do Thi, Duong Bui Duc, Kinh Nguyen Van, Kimberly Green, Thu Nguyen Thi Minh, Masaya Kato, David Jacka, Thuy Cao Thi Thanh, Long Nguyen Thanh and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:483
  44. There is, globally, an often observed inequality in the health services available in urban and rural areas. One strategy to overcome the inequality is to require urban doctors to spend time in rural hospitals....

    Authors: Weiyan Jian, Kit Yee Chan, Shunv Tang and Daniel D Reidpath
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:482
  45. Newer systemic therapies have the potential to decrease morbidity and mortality from metastatic colorectal cancer, yet such therapies are costly and have side effects. Little is known about their non-evidence-...

    Authors: Jonas A de Souza, Blase Polite, Monica Perkins, Neal J Meropol, Mark J Ratain, Lee N Newcomer and G Caleb Alexander
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:481
  46. The Centre for Data Linkage (CDL) has been established to enable national and cross-jurisdictional health-related research in Australia. It has been funded through the Population Health Research Network (PHRN)...

    Authors: James H Boyd, Anna M Ferrante, Christine M O’Keefe, Alfred J Bass, Sean M Randall and James B Semmens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:480