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  1. Even though physician rating websites (PRWs) have been gaining in importance in both practice and research, little evidence is available on the association of patients’ online ratings with the quality of care ...

    Authors: Martin Emmert, Thomas Adelhardt, Uwe Sander, Veit Wambach and Jörg Lindenthal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:414
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  2. Health professionals practising in countries with dispersed populations such as Australia rely on clinical supervision for professional support. While there are directives and guidelines in place to govern cli...

    Authors: Priya Martin, Saravana Kumar, Lucylynn Lizarondo and Ans VanErp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:413
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  3. In low-incidence countries, most tuberculosis (TB) cases occur among migrants and are caused by reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) acquired in the country of origin. Diagnosis and treatment o...

    Authors: Lorenzo Zammarchi, Gianluigi Casadei, Marianne Strohmeyer, Filippo Bartalesi, Carola Liendo, Alberto Matteelli, Maurizio Bonati, Eduardo Gotuzzo and Alessandro Bartoloni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:412
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  4. The longer psychotic disorders are untreated the worse their prognosis. Increasing the awareness of early psychosis by professionals who come into regular contact with young people is one strategy that could r...

    Authors: Debra A. Russo, Jan Stochl, Michelle Painter, Gillian F. Shelley, Peter B. Jones and Jesus Perez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:411
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  5. Small Canadian rural maternity services are struggling to maintain core staffing and remain open. Existing evidence states that having to travel to access maternity services is associated with adverse outcomes...

    Authors: Stefan Grzybowski, John Fahey, Barbara Lai, Sharon Zhang, Nancy Aelicks, Brenda M. Leung, Kathrin Stoll and Rebecca Attenborough
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:410
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  6. Since 2009, 14 assertive community treatment (ACT) teams have started up in Norway. Over 30 % of the patients treated by the ACT teams were subject to community treatment orders (CTOs) at intake. CTOs are lega...

    Authors: Hanne Kilen Stuen, Jorun Rugkåsa, Anne Landheim and Rolf Wynn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:409
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  7. Government of India has launched National Program for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) to address high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ind...

    Authors: Abhijit Pakhare, Sanjeev Kumar, Swati Goyal and Rajnish Joshi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:408
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  8. Exploring health-related information needs is necessary to better tailor information. However, there is a lack of systematic knowledge on how and in which groups information needs has been assessed, and which ...

    Authors: Dawid Pieper, Fabian Jülich, Sunya-Lee Antoine, Christina Bächle, Nadja Chernyak, Jutta Genz, Michaela Eikermann and Andrea Icks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:407
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  9. We examined whether self-reported employee health status data can improve the performance of administrative data-based models for predicting future high health costs, and develop a predictive model for predict...

    Authors: Christy K. Boscardin, Ralph Gonzales, Kent L. Bradley and Maria C. Raven
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:406
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  10. External inspections are widely used in health care as a means of improving the quality of care. However, the way external inspections affect the involved organization is poorly understood. A better understand...

    Authors: Einar Hovlid, Helge Høifødt, Bente Smedbråten and Geir Sverre Braut
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:405
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  11. Understanding the factors that influence the hospital length of stay (LOS) for patients with stroke will help in discharge planning and stroke unit management. We explored how intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) af...

    Authors: Ling-Chien Hung, Ya-Han Hu and Sheng-Feng Sung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:404
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  12. In August 2009, China formally established the National Essential Medicines System (NEMS) and implemented this system in the government-funded primary care medical and health institutions. After nearly four ye...

    Authors: Shuman Xu, Cheng Bian, Heng Wang, Niannian Li, Jingya Wu, Peng Li and Hua Lu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:403
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  13. The number of new technologies for risk assessment available in health care is increasing. These technologies are intended to contribute to both improved care practices and improved patient outcomes. To do so ...

    Authors: Regitze A. S. Pals, Ulla M. Hansen, Clea B. Johansen, Christian S. Hansen, Marit E. Jørgensen, Jesper Fleischer and Ingrid Willaing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:402
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  15. High prevalence of reproductive morbidities is seen among adolescents in India. Health workers play an important role in providing health services in the community, including the adolescent reproductive health...

    Authors: Siddaiah Archana, B. Nongkrynh, K. Anand and CS Pandav
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:400
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  16. Nurse-supported shared care services for patients living with hepatitis C have been implemented in some regional areas of Western Australia to provide access to local treatment and care services for patients a...

    Authors: Roanna Lobo, Lester Mascarenhas, David Worthington, Judith Bevan and Donna B. Mak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:399
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  17. Call centres can improve the effectiveness of health services by helping reduce access barriers associated with stigma and geography. This project aimed to develop and pilot a standardised evaluation framework...

    Authors: Pallavi Yagnik, Judy Gold, Mark Stoove, Barbara Reichwein, Caroline van Gemert, Nick Corby and Megan S C Lim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:398
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  18. In South Korea, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service manages the Prescribing Analysis System (PAS) to evaluate the appropriate use of medication. To achieve the system’s goal of changing prescrib...

    Authors: Dong-Sook Kim, Green Bae, Soo Yeon Yoo and Minah Kang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:397
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  19. The republic of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is a middle income country with a comparatively high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to others in the Caribbean. To date, there have been no studies on h...

    Authors: Nira Roopnarinesingh, Nancyellen Brennan, Claude Khan, Paul W. Ladenson, Felicia Hill-Briggs and Rita Rastogi Kalyani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:396
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  20. Surgeons and nurses sometimes perceive a high workload on the surgical wards, which may influence admission decisions and staffing policy. This study aimed to explore the relative contribution of various patie...

    Authors: Catharina J. van Oostveen, Hester Vermeulen, Els J. M. Nieveen van Dijkum, Dirk J. Gouma and Dirk T. Ubbink
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:395
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  21. Unequal access to health care contributes to disparities in cancer outcomes. We examined the ethnic disparity in barriers to accessing primary and specialist health care experienced by New Zealand women with b...

    Authors: Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Ridvan Firestone, Lucy Aquilina, Fiona McKenzie, Michelle Gray and Mona Jeffreys
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:394
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  22. Concurrent mental health and substance use issues are a serious problem for adolescents and transition-aged youth. Service providers across sectors must be involved in informing system change to meet youth nee...

    Authors: Joanna L. Henderson, Gloria Chaim, Stephanie Luca, E. B. Brownlie, Susan Rosenkranz, Tracey A. Skilling and Joseph H. Beitchman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:393
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  23. The Dutch healthcare system and the roles of the government and citizens are changing. The government will be limiting its role in care and assistance, while citizens will be expected to increasingly care for ...

    Authors: Simone A. Onrust, Geke Romijn and Yvette de Beer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:392
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  24. Improving primary care for chronic disease management requires a coherent, integrated approach to quality improvement. Evidence in the continuing professional development (CPD) field suggests the importance of...

    Authors: Brigitte Vachon, Bruno Désorcy, Isabelle Gaboury, Michel Camirand, Jean Rodrigue, Louise Quesnel, Claude Guimond, Martin Labelle, Ai-Thuy Huynh and Jeremy Grimshaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:391
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  25. In recent years, cross-border migration has gained significant attention in high-level policy dialogues in numerous countries. While there exists some literature describing the health status of migrants, and e...

    Authors: Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Weerasak Putthasri and Phusit Prakongsai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:390
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  26. There is an increasing trend of non-communicable diseases in Bhutan including Diabetes Mellitus (DM). To address this problem, a National Diabetes Control Programme was launched in 1996. There is anecdotal evi...

    Authors: Kinley Zam, Ajay MV Kumar, Shanta Achanta, Prashant Bhat, Balaji Naik, Kado Zangpo, Tandin Dorji, Yeshey Wangdi and Rony Zachariah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:389
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  27. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program on psychiatric symptoms, global functioning, life satisfaction, and recovery-promoting relationships among ind...

    Authors: Tae-Won Kim, Jong-Hyun Jeong, Young-Hee Kim, Yura Kim, Ho-Jun Seo and Seung-Chul Hong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:388
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  28. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) tested various, new system-restructuring ideas such as varying number of different types of nurses...

    Authors: R.B. Lenin, Curtis L. Lowery, Wilbur C. Hitt, Nirvana A. Manning, Peter Lowery and Hari Eswaran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:387
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  29. Recent advances in wheeled mobility technology are multiplying opportunities for community integration and improved quality of life. The mobility needs of older wheelchair users are particularly complex due to...

    Authors: Claudine Auger, William C. Miller, Jeffrey W. Jutai and Robyn Tamblyn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:386
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  30. Patient-centered care (PCC) is a main determinant of care quality. Research has shown that PCC is a multi-dimensional concept, and organizations that provide PCC well report better patient and organizational o...

    Authors: Mathilde Berghout, Job van Exel, Laszlo Leensvaart and Jane M. Cramm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:385
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  32. The few existing studies on herpes labialis among health care workers have been predominantly among non-dental health care workers. The purpose of this study was to determine Nigerian dental health care provid...

    Authors: Clement Chinedu Azodo and Agnes O. Umoh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:383
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  33. As part of a national strategy for reaching Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Morocco, an action plan covering three systems (sociocultural, educational and professional) was developed to strengthen midw...

    Authors: Sabina Abou-Malham, Marie Hatem and Nicole Leduc
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:382
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  34. While it is common for an economic evaluation of health care to rely on trial participants for self-reported health service utilisation, there is variability in the accuracy of this data due to potential recal...

    Authors: Natasha Kareem Brusco and Jennifer J. Watts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:381
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  35. Short-term medical missions (STMMs) represent a grass-roots form of aid, transferring medical services rather than funds or equipment. The objective of this paper is to review empirical studies on social, econ...

    Authors: Paul H. Caldron, Ann Impens, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:380
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  36. There has been increasing interest in the use of non-pharmacological interventions, such as physical exercise, to improve the well-being of nursing home residents with dementia. For reasons regarding disease s...

    Authors: Cecilie Fromholt Olsen, Elisabeth Wiken Telenius, Knut Engedal and Astrid Bergland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:379
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  37. We aimed to determine the impact of nighttime discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the ward on hospital mortality and readmission rates in consecutive critically ill patients admitted to five Canadi...

    Authors: Luciano CP Azevedo, Ivens A. de Souza, David A. Zygun, Henry T. Stelfox and Sean M. Bagshaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:378
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  38. Diabetes related foot disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes. This is despite the fact that interventions to reduce the burden of diabetic foot disease are estimated to be ...

    Authors: Cornelia Guell and Nigel Unwin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:377
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  39. Migration among persons living with HIV (PLWH) seeking HIV care is common; however its effect on health outcomes in resource-rich settings is not well understood. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to q...

    Authors: Viviane Dias Lima, Nicola Goldberg, Lillian Lourenço, William Chau, Robert S. Hogg, Silvia Guillemi, Rolando Barrios and Julio S G Montaner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:376
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  40. Performance-based financing (PBF) strategies are promoted as a supply-side, results-based financing mechanism to improve primary health care. This study estimated the effects of Rwanda’s PBF program on less-in...

    Authors: Martha Priedeman Skiles, Siân L. Curtis, Paulin Basinga, Gustavo Angeles and Harsha Thirumurthy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:375
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  41. Limited health literacy (HL) and numeracy have been shown to be associated with a wide array of poor health-related outcomes, knowledge, and behaviors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical ut...

    Authors: Rashmi Singh, Laura Scott Coyne and Lorraine S. Wallace
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:374
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  42. The aim of the study presented in this article is to analyse the discriminant factors that have an influence on the use of communities of practice by primary and specialist healthcare professionals (physicians...

    Authors: David Lacasta Tintorer, Souhel Flayeh Beneyto, Josep Maria Manresa, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Ana Jiménez-Zarco, Joan Torrent-Sellens and Francesc Saigí-Rubió
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:373
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  43. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased rates of public and private health insurance in the United States. Increasing coverage could raise hospital revenue and reduce the need to shift costs to insured pat...

    Authors: Mark W. Smith, Bernard Friedman, Zeynal Karaca and Herbert S. Wong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:372
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  44. Miscommunication in the healthcare sector can be life-threatening. The rising number of migrant patients and foreign-trained staff means that communication errors between a healthcare practitioner and patient ...

    Authors: Renata F. I. Meuter, Cindy Gallois, Norman S. Segalowitz, Andrew G. Ryder and Julia Hocking
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:371
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. A peculiar phenomenon of engaging insurance intermediaries for government funded health insurance schemes for the poor, not usually found globally, is gaining ground in India. Rajiv Aarogyasri Scheme launched ...

    Authors: Srikant Nagulapalli and Sudarsana Rao Rokkam
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:370
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  46. Almost 97 % of the Korean population is covered by National Health Insurance and are entitled to receive the same level of insurance benefits, regardless of how much each enrollee contributes to the system. Ho...

    Authors: Jae Woo Choi, Eun Cheol Park, Ki Bong Yoo, Sang Gyu Lee, Sung In Jang and Tae Hyun Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:369
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  47. Client satisfaction is a vital component and main concern intertwined with strategic decisions in service provisions. To improve efficiency of services, eliciting the opinion of users about the available servi...

    Authors: Shewaye Belay Tessema and Mesafint Molla Adane
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:368
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  48. The Australian Home Medicines Review (HMR) program consists of a pharmacist reviewing a patient’s medicines at his or her home and reporting findings to the patient’s general practitioner (GP) to assist optimi...

    Authors: Lindy Swain and Lesley Barclay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:366
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  49. Pregnancy and child birth are natural process of continuity of life. For many it is a normal process, for some it puts life at risk impending complications. Provision of skilled care for all women before, duri...

    Authors: Zeleke Dutamo, Nega Assefa and Gudina Egata
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:365
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  50. There is a need for new knowledge regarding determinants of a successful implementation of new methods in health care. The role of a receptive context for change to support effective diffusion has been underli...

    Authors: Siw Carlfjord and Karin Festin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:364
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