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  1. People living in rural and remote Australia experience increased mental health problems compared with metropolitan Australians. Moreover, Indigenous Australians are twice as likely as non Indigenous Australian...

    Authors: Timothy A Carey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:80
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  2. In organised trauma systems the process of care is the key to quality. Nevertheless, the optimal process of trauma care remains unclear due to lack of or inconclusive evidence. Because monitoring and improving...

    Authors: Elisabeth Maria Hoogervorst, Eduard Ferdinand van Beeck, Johan Carel Goslings, Pieter Dirk Bezemer and Joost Jan Laurens Marie Bierens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:79
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  3. Sub-Saharan transmigrants in Morocco are extremely vulnerable to sexual violence. From a public health perspective, the healthcare system is globally considered an important partner in the prevention of sexual...

    Authors: Seline van den Ameele, Ines Keygnaert, Alima Rachidi, Kristien Roelens and Marleen Temmerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:77
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  4. Risk communication is an integral part of shared decision-making in health care. In the context of interventions for chronic diseases it represents a particular challenge for all health practitioners. By using...

    Authors: Charlotte Gry Harmsen, Dorte Ejg Jarbøl, Jørgen Nexøe, Henrik Støvring, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Jesper Bo Nielsen, Adrian Edwards and Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:76
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  5. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but it also is highly preventable. The prevention rate mainly depends on the patients’ readiness to follow recommendations a...

    Authors: Titus Slavici, Claudiu Avram, Gabriela Victoria Mnerie, Adriana Badescu, Doina Darvasi, Florin Molnar-Matei and Mihai Aristotel Ungureanu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:75
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  6. Although mothers are the fundamental unit of interventions in Health Extension Program in Ethiopia, their experiences and satisfactions with the service remain unstudied. Therefore, this study was aimed to ass...

    Authors: Zewdie Birhanu, Ameyu Godesso, Yohannes Kebede and Mulusew Gerbaba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:74
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  7. A general trend towards positive patient-reported evaluations of hospitals could be taken as a sign that most patients form a homogeneous, reasonably pleased group, and consequently that there is little need f...

    Authors: Oyvind Bjertnaes, Kjersti Eeg Skudal and Hilde Hestad Iversen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:73
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  8. Acetaminophen overdose is a major concern among the pediatric population. Our objective was to assess the validity of International Classification of Disease (ICD-9-CM) codes for identification of pediatric em...

    Authors: Sofia de Achaval, Chris Feudtner, Shana Palla and Maria E Suarez-Almazor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:72
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  9. Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of external diabetes support provided by diabetes specialists and community retail pharmacists to facilitate insulin-prescribing in family practice.

    Authors: Stewart B Harris, Hertzel C Gerstein, Jean-François Yale, Lori Berard, John Stewart, Susan Webster-Bogaert and Jordan W Tompkins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:71
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  10. The regulation of emergency care has featured prominently in Brazil’s federal health agenda since the 2000s. The aim of this study was to review up to the present day the implementation of the National Emergen...

    Authors: Gisele O'Dwyer, Mariana Teixeira Konder, Cristiani Vieira Machado, Camila Paes Alves and Renan Paes Alves
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:70
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  11. An economic evaluation of interventions for older people requires accurate assessment of costing and consideration of both acute and long-term services. Accurate information on the unit cost of allied health a...

    Authors: Inez Farag, Cathie Sherrington, Manuela Ferreira and Kirsten Howard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:69
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  12. There is emerging evidence that context is important for successful transfer of research knowledge into health care practice. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) is a Canadian developed research-based instrument th...

    Authors: Ann Catrine Eldh, Anna Ehrenberg, Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks and Lars Wallin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:68
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  13. Child mortality remains one of the major public-health problems in Tanzania. Delays in receiving and accessing adequate care contribute to these high rates. The literature on public health often focuses on the...

    Authors: Helle Samuelsen, Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl and Selemani Said Mbuyita
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:67
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  14. It is well-known that health care workers in today’s general hospitals have to deal with high levels of job demands, which could have negative effects on their health, well-being, and job performance. A way to...

    Authors: Irene MW Niks, Jan de Jonge, Josette MP Gevers and Irene LD Houtman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:66
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  15. This study explores the views and attitudes of health providers in Malaysia towards intimate partner violence (IPV) and abused women and considers whether and how their views affect the provision or quality of...

    Authors: Manuela Colombini, Susannah Mayhew, Siti Hawa Ali, Rashidah Shuib and Charlotte Watts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:65
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  16. Major health inequities between urban and rural populations have resulted in rural health as a reform priority across a number of countries. However, while there is some commonality between rural areas, there ...

    Authors: Amanda Kenny, Nerida Hyett, John Sawtell, Virginia Dickson-Swift, Jane Farmer and Peter O’Meara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:64
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  17. The care of patients suffering from cancer and especially those facing the death trajectory appears to be complex and demanding not only for student nurses but for professional nurses as well. The educational ...

    Authors: Andreas Charalambous and Charis Kaite
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:63
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  18. Previous studies on informal patient payments have mostly focused on the magnitude and determinants of these payments while the attitudes of health care actors towards these payments are less well known. This ...

    Authors: Petra Baji, Milena Pavlova, László Gulácsi and Wim Groot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:62
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  19. The poor maintenance of equipment and inadequate supplies of drugs and other items contribute to the low quality of maternity services often found in rural settings in low- and middle-income countries, and rai...

    Authors: Suzanne Penfold, Donat Shamba, Claudia Hanson, Jennie Jaribu, Fatuma Manzi, Tanya Marchant, Marcel Tanner, Kate Ramsey, David Schellenberg and Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:61
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  20. Healthcare claims databases have been used in several studies to characterize the risk and burden of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) and effectiveness of colony-stimulating factors against FN. Th...

    Authors: Derek Weycker, Oleg Sofrygin, Kim Seefeld, Robert G Deeter, Jason Legg and John Edelsberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:60
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  22. The Second China National Sample Survey on Disability in 2006 showed that the participation rate of disabled Chinese rural individuals in social medical insurance participation was less than 30%. However, ther...

    Authors: Ju Huang, Xi-Long Pan and Ang Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:58
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  23. To investigate factors associated with involuntary admissions to hospital pursuant to a social services act of patients with substance use disorder by comparing the socio-demographic characteristics, substance...

    Authors: Anne Opsal, Øistein Kristensen, Tor K Larsen, Gro Syversen, Bakke Elise Aasen Rudshaug, Arne Gerdner and Thomas Clausen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:57
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  24. The Italian National Health System was revised in the last 20 years, introducing new elements such as efficacy, efficiency and competitiveness. Devolution to regional authorities has created a quasi-market sys...

    Authors: Gabriele Messina, Silvia Forni, Francesca Collini, Cecilia Quercioli and Nicola Nante
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:56
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  25. National community-based health worker (CBHW) programs often face challenges in ensuring that these remote workers are adequately trained, equipped and supervised. As governments increasingly deploy CBHWs to i...

    Authors: Jennifer A Callaghan-Koru, Kate Gilroy, Adnan A Hyder, Asha George, Humphreys Nsona, Angella Mtimuni, Bernie Zakeyo, Josiah Mayani, Cristina V Cardemil and Jennifer Bryce
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:55
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  26. Lifestyle risk factors like smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity (SNAP) are the main behavioural risk factors for chronic disease. Primary health care is an appropriate setting to a...

    Authors: Bibiana C Chan, Upali W Jayasinghe, Bettina Christl, Rachel A Laws, Neil Orr, Anna Williams, Kate Partington and Mark F Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:54
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  27. Reducing child mortality and improving maternal health occupies a prominent space in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and it has been noted that some reductions have taken place, but not enough. If con...

    Authors: Nwala K Emmanuel, Ebunoha N Gladys and Ugwu U Cosmas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:53
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  28. National, regional and local activities to improve patient safety in Sweden have increased over the last decade. There are high ambitions for improved patient safety in Sweden. This study surveyed health care ...

    Authors: Mikaela Nygren, Kerstin Roback, Annica Öhrn, Hans Rutberg, Mikael Rahmqvist and Per Nilsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:52
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  29. The burden of out of pocket spending for the Mexican population is high compared to other countries. Even patients insured by social security institutions have to face the cost of health goods, services or non...

    Authors: Mariana López-Ortega, Carmen García-Peña, Víctor Granados-García, José Juan García-González and Mario Ulises Pérez-Zepeda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:51
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  30. Root cause analysis (RCA) originated in the manufacturing engineering sector but has been adapted for routine use in healthcare to investigate patient safety incidents and facilitate organizational learning. D...

    Authors: Paul Bowie, Joe Skinner and Carl de Wet
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:50
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  31. Chronic diseases represent a major challenge for health care and social services. A number of people with chronic diseases require more services due to characteristics that increase their vulnerability. Given ...

    Authors: Maud-Christine Chouinard, Catherine Hudon, Marie-France Dubois, Pasquale Roberge, Christine Loignon, Éric Tchouaket, Martin Fortin, Éva-Marjorie Couture and Maxime Sasseville
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:49
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  32. Quality improvement initiatives have expanded recently within the healthcare sector. Studies have shown that less than 40% of these initiatives are successful, indicating the need for an instrument that can me...

    Authors: Ann-Christine Andersson, Mattias Elg, Kent-Inge Perseius and Ewa Idvall
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:48
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  33. Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period (first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition of illness facilitated by community health ...

    Authors: Duduzile Nsibande, Tanya Doherty, Petrida Ijumba, Mark Tomlinson, Debra Jackson, David Sanders and Joy Lawn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:47
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  34. Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most o...

    Authors: Ragnar Hotvedt and Olav Helge Førde
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:46
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  35. Hematopoieticic stem cell transplantation is the only therapeutic option that can cure thalassemia disease. Reduced intensity hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (RI-HSCT) has demonstrated a high cure rate...

    Authors: Rosarin Sruamsiri, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Samart Pakakasama, Somtawin Sirireung, Nintita Sripaiboonkij, Udomsak Bunworasate and Suradej Hongeng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:45
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  36. 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
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  37. 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
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  38. 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
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  39. The treatment gap for epilepsy is considerable in low and middle-income countries. In the Lao PDR it is estimated at over 90%. Health workers play a significant role in bridging the gap between people with epi...

    Authors: Aina Harimanana, Phetvongsinh Chivorakul, Vimalay Souvong, Pierre-Marie Preux and Hubert Barennes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:41
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  40. 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
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  42. 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
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  43. 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
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  44. 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
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  45. 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
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  46. 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
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  47. 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
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  48. 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
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  49. 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
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  50. 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
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