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Patient feedback to improve quality of patient-centred care in public hospitals: a systematic review of the evidence

To review systematically the published literature relating to interventions informed by patient feedback for improvement to quality of care in hospital settings.

Authors: Eunice Wong, Felix Mavondo and Jane Fisher

Fuzzy cognitive mapping with Inuit women: what needs to change to improve cervical cancer screening in Nunavik, northern Quebec?

Among Canadian Inuit, cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are up to three times higher than the Canadian average. Cervical cancer is preventable through regular screening which, in Quebec, is opportu...

Authors: Elyse Tratt, Ivan Sarmiento, Rachel Gamelin, Jeannie Nayoumealuk, Neil Andersson and Paul Brassard

Coverage, reporting degree and design of the Swedish quality registry for patients born with cleft lip and/or palate

The objective of the Swedish cleft lip and palate (CLP) registry is to promote quality control, research and improvement of treatment, by comparison of the long-term results of surgery, orthodontics and speech...

Authors: Kristina Klintö, Agneta Karsten, Agneta Marcusson, Anna Paganini, Sara Rizell, Jenny Cajander, Karin Brunnegård, Malin Hakelius, Åsa Okhiria, Petra Peterson, Avni Abdiu, Christina Havstam, Hans Mark, Emilie Hagberg, Lena Björnström, Anna-Paulina Wiedel…

Clinical characteristics and health care received among patients with type 2 diabetes attending secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities in Mwanza Region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Tanzania is among the sub-Saharan African countries facing a tremendous increase in the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to provide diabetes health care services, the government has established dia...

Authors: Mariam J. Munyogwa, Reuben William, Stephen M. Kibusi and Nyasiro S. Gibore

Understanding the costs and the cost structure of a community-based HIV and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention program: the Woza Asibonisane Community Responses Program in South Africa

The Woza Asibonisane Community Responses (CR) Programme was developed to prevent HIV infections and gender-based violence (GBV) within four provinces in South Africa. The Centre for Communication Impact (CCI) in ...

Authors: Bruce Larson, Refiloe Cele, Sarah Girdwood, Lawrence Long and Jacqui Miot

Reducing barriers to post-9/11 veterans’ use of programs and services as they transition to civilian life

Numerous programs exist to support veterans in their transitions to civilian life. Programs are offered by a host of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. Veterans report encountering many barriers t...

Authors: Nicole R. Morgan, Keith R. Aronson, Daniel F. Perkins, Julia A. Bleser, Katie Davenport, Dawne Vogt, Laurel A. Copeland, Erin P. Finley and Cynthia L. Gilman

“I cannot say no when a pregnant woman needs my support to get to the health centre”: involvement of community health workers in Rwanda’s maternal health

In Rwanda, maternal community health workers (M-CHWs) are involved in the country’s overall health system. In maternal health, their role includes the provision of preventive and promotional health services at...

Authors: Germaine Tuyisenge, Celestin Hategeka, Isaac Luginaah, David F. Cechetto and Stephen Rulisa

Using intervention mapping to develop an occupational advice intervention to aid return to work following hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom

There are increasing numbers of total hip replacements (THR) and total knee replacements (TKR) being performed in patients of working age. Providing patients undergoing TKR and THR with return to work advice m...

Authors: Carol Coole, Paul Baker, Catriona McDaid and Avril Drummond

The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions

Quality improvement (QI) methods are effective in improving healthcare delivery using sustainable, collaborative, and cost-effective approaches. Systems-integrated interventions offer promise in terms of produ...

Authors: Ashley K. Hagaman, Kavita Singh, Mehiret Abate, Haregeweyni Alemu, Abera Biadgo Kefale, Befikadu Bitewulign, Abiy Seifu Estifanos, Abiyou Kiflie, Zewdie Mulissa, Hillina Tiyo, Yakob Seman, Meseret Zelalem Tadesse and Hema Magge

Clinical perspectives on hospitals’ role in the opioid epidemic

Policymakers, legislators, and clinicians have raised concerns that hospital-based clinicians may be incentivized to inappropriately prescribe and administer opioids when addressing pain care needs of their pa...

Authors: Olena Mazurenko, Barbara T. Andraka-Christou, Matthew J. Bair, Areeba Y. Kara and Christopher A. Harle

The influence of mobile phone-based health reminders on patient adherence to medications and healthy lifestyle recommendations for effective management of diabetes type 2: a randomized control trial in Dhaka, Bangladesh

In 2017, 80% of 425 million adults with diabetes worldwide were living in low and middle-income countries. Diabetes affected 6.9 million adults in Bangladesh and accounted for 3% of the country’s total mortali...

Authors: Farzana Yasmin, Nazmun Nahar, Bilkis Banu, Liaquat Ali, Rainer Sauerborn and Aurélia Souares

Impacts of the zero mark-up drug policy on hospitalization expenses of COPD inpatients in Sichuan province, western China: an interrupted time series analysis

Since 1950, the hospitals had been permitted to take a 15% mark-up of drug purchase price to remedy the loss of public hospitals and doctors’ salaries in China due to tight government budget. This policy resul...

Authors: Junman Wang, Peiyi Li and Jin Wen

The current status of pharmaceutical care provision in tertiary hospitals: results of a cross-sectional survey in China

Pharmaceutical care is attached with increasing importance around the world due to its clinical and economical effects. Tertiary hospitals are equipped with the richest healthcare resources and pioneer in the ...

Authors: Xiaobo Guo, Dongning Yao, Jie Liu, Yuankai Huang, Yitao Wang and Wenbing Yao

Exploring the role of managers in the development of a safety culture in seven French healthcare facilities: a qualitative study

Numerous studies have been conducted over the past 15 years to assess safety culture within healthcare facilities; in general, these studies have shown the pivotal role that managers play in its development. H...

Authors: Jean-Luc Quenon, Anthony Vacher, Marc Faget, Marie Levif-Lecourt, Tamara Roberts, Isabelle Fucks, Myriam Promé-Visinoni, Christine Cadot, Jean-Yves Bousigue, Bruno Quintard, Pierre Parneix and Catherine Pourin

Nonspecific chest pain and hospital revisits within 7 days of care: variation across emergency department, observation and inpatient visits

Authors: Grant R. Martsolf, Teryl K. Nuckols, Kathryn R. Fingar, Marguerite L. Barrett, Carol Stocks and Pamela L. Owens

Measuring the benefits of the integration of health and social care: qualitative interviews with professional stakeholders and patient representatives

Integrated care has the potential to ease the increasing pressures faced by health and social care systems, however, challenges around measuring the benefits for providers, patients, and service users remain. ...

Authors: Helen Crocker, Laura Kelly, Jenny Harlock, Ray Fitzpatrick and Michele Peters

Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana

There is growing interest in the use of reliable evidence for health decision-making among low-and middle-income countries. Ghana has deployed DHIMS2 to replace the previously existing manual data harmonizatio...

Authors: Eliezer Ofori Odei-Lartey, Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh Prah, Edward Apraku Anane, Harry Danwonno, Stephaney Gyaase, Felix Boakye Oppong, Godwin Afenyadu and Kwaku Poku Asante

Impact of peer-trainer leadership style on uptake of a peer led educational outreach intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a qualitative study

Little is known about how to build leadership capacity to support implementation of evidence-based practices within health systems. We observed substantial variability across sites in uptake and sustainability...

Authors: L. M. Puchalski Ritchie, H. Mundeva, Monique van Lettow, S. E. Straus, E. Kip and A. Makwakwa

The barriers and facilitators to implementing dementia education and training in health and social care services: a mixed-methods study

The health and social care workforce requires access to appropriate education and training to provide quality care for people with dementia. Success of a training programme depends on staff ability to put thei...

Authors: Claire A. Surr, Sahdia Parveen, Sarah J. Smith, Michelle Drury, Cara Sass, Sarah Burden and Jan Oyebode

Chronic patients’ satisfaction and priorities regarding medical care, information and services and quality of life: a French online patient community survey

The French healthcare system is evolving to meet the challenges of an aging population, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases, the development of new technologies and the increasing involvement of patient...

Authors: Apolline Adé, Frédérique Debroucker, Laura Delporte, Cécile De Monclin, Emmanuel Fayet, Pierre Legendre, Lise Radoszycki and Michael Chekroun

Reorganising dermatology care: predictors of the substitution of secondary care with primary care

The substitution of healthcare is a way to control rising healthcare costs. The Primary Care Plus (PC+) intervention of the Dutch ‘Blue Care’ pioneer site aims to achieve this feat by facilitating consultation...

Authors: Esther H. A. van den Bogaart, Mariëlle E. A. L. Kroese, Marieke D. Spreeuwenberg, Herm Martens, Peter M. Steijlen and Dirk Ruwaard

How well does Malaysia achieve value for money in public sector purchasing of medicines? Evidence from medicines procurement prices from 2010 to 2014

Malaysia’s public healthcare sector provides a greater volume of medicines at lower overall cost compared to the private sector, indicating its importance in providing access to medicines for Malaysians. Howev...

Authors: NM Hamzah, P. N. Perera and R. P. Rannan-Eliya

Post-hospital medical respite care for homeless people in Denmark: a randomized controlled trial and cost-utility analysis

Being homeless entails higher mortality, morbidity, and prevalence of psychiatric diseases. This leads to more frequent and expensive use of health care services. Medical respite care enables an opportunity to...

Authors: Camilla Bring, Marie Kruse, Mikkel Z. Ankarfeldt, Nina Brünés, Maja Pedersen, Janne Petersen and Ove Andersen

Our first review: an evaluation of effectiveness of root cause analysis recommendations in Hong Kong public hospitals

To evaluate the effectiveness of root cause analysis (RCA) recommendations and propose possible ways to enhance its quality in Hong Kong public hospitals.

Authors: Yick Ting A Kwok, Alastair PY Mah and Katherine MC Pang

A method to audit and score implementation of knowledge translation (KT) interventions in large health regions – an observational pilot study using rectal cancer surgery in Ontario

Across Ontario, since the year 2006 various knowledge translation (KT) interventions designed to improve the quality of rectal cancer surgery have been implemented by the provincial cancer agency or by individ...

Authors: Marko Simunovic, Christine Fahim, Angela Coates, David Urbach, Craig Earle, Vanja Grubac, Melissa Brouwers, Mary Ann O’Brien and Nancy Baxter

A survey to assess awareness and opinion of initiatives and recommendations on low-value diagnostic practices

The need to reduce healthcare practices that provide no value has led to the development of initiatives that generate and publish recommendations to improve the appropriateness of clinical practice by identify...

Authors: Xavier Bonfill, Karla Salas-Gama, Carolina Requeijo, Angela Merchán-Galvis, Antonio Sánchez, Elena Medarde and M. Jesús Quintana

Co-production in health policy and management: a comprehensive bibliometric review

Due to an increasingly elderly population, a higher incidence of chronic diseases and higher expectations regarding public service provision, healthcare services are under increasing strain to cut costs while ...

Authors: Floriana Fusco, Marta Marsilio and Chiara Guglielmetti

Patient and service-related barriers and facitators to the acceptance and use of interventions to promote communication in health and social care: a realist review

More people living into old age with dementia. The complexity of treatment and care, particularly those with multiple health problems, can be experienced as disjointed. As part of an evaluation of a ‘healthcar...

Authors: Gerard Leavey, Emma Curran, Deirdre Fullerton, Steven Todd, Sonja McIlfatrick, Vivien Coates, Max Watson, Aine Abbott and Dagmar Corry

Cost of seeking care for tuberculosis since the implementation of universal health coverage in Indonesia

Although tuberculosis (TB) patients often incur high costs to access TB-related services, it was unclear beforehand whether the implementation of universal health coverage (UHC) in Indonesia in 2014 would redu...

Authors: Ahmad Fuady, Tanja A. J. Houweling, Muchtaruddin Mansyur, Erlina Burhan and Jan Hendrik Richardus

Decommissioning in a local healthcare system in Sweden: responses to fiscal stress

Drawing on the literature on cutback management, this article deals with healthcare decommissioning in times of austerity. Politicians and decision-makers are typically reluctant to decommission healthcare, an...

Authors: Linda Moberg and Mio Fredriksson

Infectious disease specialist consultations in a Japanese cancer center: a retrospective review of 776 cases

Little is known about the impact of infectious disease (ID) consultations on the management of patients with cancer. This study aimed to describe the consultation services provided by ID specialists to all dep...

Authors: Naoya Itoh, Yoshiro Hadano, Yasumasa Yamamoto, Norihiko Terada and Hanako Kurai

Post-incident reviews—a gift to the Ward or just another procedure? Care providers’ experiences and considerations regarding post-incident reviews after restraint in mental health services. A qualitative study

Public guidelines in many western countries recommend post-incident reviews (PIRs) with patients after restraint use in mental health care. PIRs are one of several elements of seclusion and restraint reduction...

Authors: Unn Elisabeth Hammervold, Reidun Norvoll, Kari Vevatne and Hildegunn Sagvaag

Exploring pathways to Hospital Care for Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural South Western Uganda

In order to analyze use of health services and identify sources of delays in accessing the right care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), understanding of care seeking pathwa...

Authors: Nathan Kakongi, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Bizu Gelaye, Edith K. Wakida, Celestino Obua and Elialilia S. Okello

‘There is no such thing as getting sick justly or unjustly’ – a qualitative study of clinicians’ beliefs on the relevance of personal responsibility as a basis for health prioritisation

Concerns have been raised regarding the reasonableness of using personal health responsibility as a principle or criterion for setting priorities in healthcare. While this debate continues, little is known abo...

Authors: Gloria Traina and Eli Feiring

Healthcare system inputs and patient-reported outcomes: a study in adults with congenital heart defect from 15 countries

The relationship between healthcare system inputs (e.g., human resources and infrastructure) and mortality has been extensively studied. However, the association between healthcare system inputs and patient-re...

Authors: Liesbet Van Bulck, Eva Goossens, Koen Luyckx, Silke Apers, Erwin Oechslin, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A. Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L. Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C. Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen…

Identifying disparities in patient-centered care experiences between non-Latino white and black men: results from the 2008-2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Patient-centered healthcare in the context of a medical home (PCMH) is an important pathway to reducing healthcare inequities. To date, no work has examined the prevalence of care experiences associated with P...

Authors: Jamie A. Mitchell, Ed-Dee G. Williams, Yuyi Li and Wassim Tarraf

Improving clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction among patients with coronary artery disease: an example of enhancing regional integration between a cardiac centre and a referring hospital

Value-based healthcare (VBHC) is a promising strategy to increase patient value. For a successful implementation of VBHC, intensive collaborations between organizations and integrated care delivery systems are...

Authors: Dennis van Veghel, Mohamed Soliman-Hamad, Daniela N. Schulz, Bernard Cost, Timothy A. Simmers and Lukas R. C. Dekker

Smart triage: triage and management of sepsis in children using the point-of-care Pediatric Rapid Sepsis Trigger (PRST) tool

Sepsis is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Every hour of delay in treatment is associated with an escalating risk of morbidity and mortality. The burden of sepsis is greatest in low- and ...

Authors: Alishah Mawji, Edmond Li, Clare Komugisha, Samuel Akech, Dustin Dunsmuir, Matthew O. Wiens, Niranjan Kissoon, Nathan Kenya-Mugisha, Abner Tagoola, David Kimutai, Jeffrey N. Bone, Guy Dumont and J. Mark Ansermino

Estimating the costs of genomic sequencing in cancer control

Despite the rapid uptake of genomic technologies within cancer care, few studies provide detailed information on the costs of sequencing across different applications. The objective of the study was to examine...

Authors: Louisa G. Gordon, Nicole M. White, Thomas M. Elliott, Katia Nones, Anthony G. Beckhouse, Astrid J. Rodriguez-Acevedo, Penelope M. Webb, Xing J. Lee, Nicholas Graves and Deborah J. Schofield

The effect of delegation of therapy to allied health assistants on patient and organisational outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Allied health assistants (AHAs) are support staff who complete clinical and non-clinical tasks under the supervision and delegation of an allied health professional. The effect of allied health professional de...

Authors: David A. Snowdon, Beth Storr, Annette Davis, Nicholas F. Taylor and Cylie M. Williams

Control of unreasonable growth of medical expenses in public hospitals in Shanghai, China: a multi-agent system model

This study aims to establish a multi-agent system model to provide accurate suggestions for the policy proposal of controlling the unreasonable growth of medical expenses charged by public hospitals in China.

Authors: Wenya Yu, Xiang Liu, Fangjie Zhao, Meina Li and Lulu Zhang

Quality of care in prevention, detection and management of postpartum hemorrhage in hospitals in Afghanistan: an observational assessment

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide and accounts for 56% of maternal deaths in Afghanistan. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is commonly caused by uterine atony, genital tract trauma, re...

Authors: Nasratullah Ansari, Farzana Maruf, Partamin Manalai, Sheena Currie, Mohammad Samim Soroush, Sher Shah Amin, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Young Mi Kim, Jelle Stekelenburg, Jos van Roosmalen and Hannah Tappis

Comprehensive review of ICD-9 code accuracies to measure multimorbidity in administrative data

Quantifying the burden of multimorbidity for healthcare research using administrative data has been constrained. Existing measures incompletely capture chronic conditions of relevance and are narrowly focused ...

Authors: Melissa Y. Wei, Jamie E. Luster, Chiao-Li Chan and Lillian Min

Differences in factors influencing the use of eRehabilitation after stroke; a cross-sectional comparison between Brazilian and Dutch healthcare professionals

To improve the use of eRehabilitation after stroke, the identification of barriers and facilitators influencing this use in different healthcare contexts around the world is needed. Therefore, this study aims ...

Authors: Berber Brouns, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, Arend J. de Kloet, Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland, Ingrid L. C. Gil, Lígia M. N. Souza, Lucia W. Braga and Jorit J. L. Meesters

Clinical and economic outcomes of hospital pharmaceutical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hospital clinical pharmacists have been working in many countries for many years and clinical pharmaceutical care have a positive effect on the recovery of patients. In order to evaluate the clinical effective...

Authors: Guohua Lin, Rong Huang, Jing Zhang, Gaojie Li, Lei Chen and Xiaoyu Xi

Setting up a nurse-led model of care for management of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in a high HIV prevalence context in rural Zimbabwe: a descriptive study

In the light of the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on health systems in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, context-adapted, cost-effective service deli...

Authors: Marthe Frieden, Blessing Zamba, Nisbert Mukumbi, Patron T. Mafaune, Brian Makumbe, Elizabeth Irungu, Virginia Moneti, Petros Isaakidis, Daniela Garone and Madhu Prasai

Quality antenatal care services delivery at health facilities of Ethiopia, assessment of the structure/input of care setting

According to the Donabedian model, the assessment for the quality of care includes three dimensions. These are structure, process, and outcome. Therefore, the present study aimed at assessing the structural qu...

Authors: Atkure Defar, Theodros Getachew, Girum Taye, Tefera Tadele, Misrak Getnet, Tigist Shumet, Gebeyaw Molla, Geremew Gonfa, Habtamu Teklie, Ambaye Tadesse and Abebe Bekele

Beyond coverage: a qualitative study exploring the perceived impact of Gabon’s health insurance plan on access to and quality of prenatal care

Access to affordable and adequate healthcare in a health system determines the universal health coverage achievement for all residents in a country. Achieving access to healthcare requires the availability of ...

Authors: N’doh Ashken Sanogo, Arone Wondwossen Fantaye and Sanni Yaya

The prevalence of social care in US health care settings depends on how and whom you ask

Despite unprecedented enthusiasm for integrating social risk screening and related interventions into US health care settings, we know relatively little about the extent to which these activities occur. We rev...

Authors: Yuri Cartier and Laura Gottlieb

Addressing the quality and scope of paediatric primary care in South Africa: evaluating contextual impacts of the introduction of the Practical Approach to Care Kit for children (PACK Child)

Despite significant reductions in mortality, preventable and treatable conditions remain leading causes of death and illness in children in South Africa. The PACK Child intervention, comprising clinical decisi...

Authors: Jamie Murdoch, Robyn Curran, Ruth Cornick, Sandy Picken, Max Bachmann, Eric Bateman, Makhosazana Lungile Simelane and Lara Fairall