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  1. Research suggests that “silence”, i.e., not voicing safety concerns, is common among health care professionals (HCPs). Speaking up about patient safety is vital to avoid errors reaching the patient and thus to...

    Authors: David LB Schwappach and Katrin Gehring
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:303
  2. The characteristics and aetiology of pneumonia in the non-elderly population is distinct from that in the elderly population. While a few studies have reported an inverse association between hospital case volu...

    Authors: Hiraku Kumamaru, Yusuke Tsugawa, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kanako Kunishima Kumamaru, Hideki Hashimoto and Hideo Yasunaga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:302
  3. French general practitioners (GPs) were enrolled in a new payment system in January 2012. As part of a national agreement with the French National Ministry of Health, GPs were asked to decrease the proportion ...

    Authors: Cédric Rat, Gaëlle Penhouet, Aurélie Gaultier, Anicet Chaslerie, Jacques Pivette, Jean Michel Nguyen and Caroline Victorri-Vigneau
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:301
  4. Foreign workers’ migrant status may hinder their utilisation of health services. This study describes the health-seeking behaviour and beliefs of a group of male migrant workers in Singapore and the barriers l...

    Authors: Weixian Lee, Andy Neo, Sandra Tan, Alex R Cook, Mee Lian Wong, Joshua Tan, Andrew Sayampanathan, Daniel Lim, Shin Yong Tang, Wei Leong Goh, Mark I-Cheng Chen and Chwin Ho
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:300
  5. Physician dual practice, a combination of public and private practice, has attracted attention due to fear of reduced work supply and a lack of key personnel in the public system, increase in low priority trea...

    Authors: Karl-Arne Johannessen and Terje P Hagen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:299
  6. Few studies have evaluated survival, treatment, resource use, and costs among women with stage IV ER + breast cancer (BC) who did not receive HER2 targeted therapy.

    Authors: Kathleen Lang, Huan Huang, Medha Sasane, Victoria Federico Paly, Yanni Hao and Joseph Menzin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:298
  7. Networking between non-government organisations in the health sector is recognised as an effective method of improving service delivery. The Uttarakhand Cluster was established in 2008 as a collaboration of co...

    Authors: Nathan J Grills, Robert Kumar, Maneesh Philip and Gillian Porter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:297
  8. Patient safety is of the utmost importance in health care. The patient safety culture in an institution has great impact on patient safety. To enhance patient safety and to design strategies to reduce medical ...

    Authors: Lena Burström, Anna Letterstål, Marie-Louise Engström, Anders Berglund and Mats Enlund
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:296
  9. The rapid evolution in disease burdens in low- and middle income countries is forcing policy makers to re-orient their health system towards a system which has the capability to simultaneously address infectio...

    Authors: Carolien J Aantjes, Tim KC Quinlan and Joske FG Bunders
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:295
  10. In a context of increasing ethnic diversity, culturally competent strategies have been recommended to improve care quality and access to health care for ethnic minorities and migrants; their implementation by ...

    Authors: Marie Dauvrin and Vincent Lorant
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:294
  11. Some countries have undertaken programs that included scaling up kangaroo mother care. The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the implementation status of facility-based kangaroo mother care serv...

    Authors: Anne-Marie Bergh, Kate Kerber, Stella Abwao, Joseph de-Graft Johnson, Patrick Aliganyira, Karen Davy, Nathalie Gamache, Modibo Kante, Reuben Ligowe, Richard Luhanga, Béata Mukarugwiro, Fidèle Ngabo, Barbara Rawlins, Felix Sayinzoga, Naamala Hanifah Sengendo, Mariam Sylla…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:293
  12. Authors: Maryse Guav, Paule Clément, Carole Vanier, Sandie Briand, Cécile Michaud, Chantal Boulet, Joane Désilets, Fernand Guillemette, Eve Dubé, Nicole Boulianne, Jacques Lemaire, Monique Landry and Geneviève Baron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 2):P52

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 2