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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Natalie Pafitis
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.
BMC Health Services Research (ISSN 1472-6963) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :233
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines in the UK have increased the availability of services for prevention and management of falls in elderly individuals, but intervention delivery is not reaching recommended standards in many cases.
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :209
Programs involving preoperative lifestyle interventions in patients undergoing lumbar spine fusion are as effective as standard care programs in terms of quality of life outcomes but are significantly more cost-effective.
BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8 :185
Patients who have coronary artery bypass graft surgery within recommended waiting times are only two thirds as likely to die in hospital compared with those for whom surgery is delayed, suggesting that timely surgery can save more lives.
Volume 8 Suppl 1
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Knowledge brokering: Exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action Vicky L Ward, Allan O House, Susan Hamer BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :12 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Perception of primary health professionals about Female Genital Mutilation: from healthcare to intercultural competence.
Adriana Kaplan-Marcusan, Pere Toran-Monserrat, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma Jose Castany-Fabregas, Laura Munoz-Ortiz BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :11 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan Maria Daly, Chen-Jei Tai, Chung-Yeh Deng, Li-Yin Chien BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :10 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cost-effectiveness of MRI compared to mammography for breast cancer screening in a high risk population Susan G Moore, Pareen J Shenoy, Laura Fanucchi, John W Tumeh, Christopher R Flowers BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :9 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effects of job rotation and role stress among nurses on job satisfaction and organizational commitment Wen-Hsien Ho, Ching Sheng Chang, Ying-Ling Shih, Rong-Da Liang BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :8 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Paying for treatments? Influences on negotiating clinical need and decision-making for dental implant treatment Catherine E Exley, Nikki S Rousseau, Jimmy Steele, Tracy Finch, James Field, Cam Donaldson, J MARK Thomason, Carl R May, Janice S Ellis BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :7 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Is new drug prescribing in primary care specialist induced? Stefan R. Florentinus, Eibert R. Heerdink, Liset Van Dijk, Fabienne Griens, Peter P. Groenewegen, Hubert G.M. Leufkens BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :6 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Use of task-shifting to rapidly scale-up HIV treatment services: experiences from Lusaka, Zambia Mary B Morris, Bushimbwa Tambatamba-Chapula, Benjamin H Chi, Albert Mwango, Harmony F Chi, Joyce Mwanza, Handson Manda, Carolyn Bolton, Debra S Pankratz, Jeffrey S A Stringer, Stewart E Reid BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :5 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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What promotes sustainability in Safe Community programmes?
Cecilia Nordqvist, Toomas Timpka, Kent Lindqvist BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :4 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Inpatient charges among HIV/AIDS patients in Rhode Island from 2000-2004 Kamil E Barbour, Anthony Fabio, Deborah N Pearlman BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :3 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and social care datasets
Ronan A Lyons, Kerina H Jones, Gareth John, Caroline J Brooks, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, David V Ford, Ginevra Brown, Ken Leake BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :3 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Costs of early detection systems for epidemic malaria in highland areas of Kenya and Uganda Dirk H Mueller, Tarekegn A Abeku, Michael Okia, Beth Rapuoda, Jonathan Cox Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :17 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Impact of a new palliative care consultation team on opioid prescription in a University Hospital Carlos Centeno, Maria Angustias Portela, Antonio Noguera, Antonio Idoate, Alvaro Sanz Rubiales BMC Palliative Care 2009, 8 :2 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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To make a difference - how GPs conceive consultation outcomes. A phenomenographic study Annika Anden, Sven-Olof Andersson, Carl-Edvard Rudebeck BMC Family Practice 2009, 10 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Should digestion assays be used to estimate persistence of potential allergens in tests for safety of novel food proteins? Santiago Schnell, Rod A Herman Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2009, 7 :1 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Programme evaluation training for health professionals in francophone Africa: process, competence acquisition and use Valery Ridde, Pierre Fournier, Baya Banza, Caroline Tourigny, Dieudonne Ouedraogo Human Resources for Health 2009, 7 :3 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Inhaled drugs to reduce exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a network meta-analysis Milo A Puhan, Lucas M Bachmann, Jos Kleijnen, Gerben ter Riet, Alphons G Kessels BMC Medicine 2009, 7 :2 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Using Surveillance Data to Monitor Entry into Care of Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected Persons: San Francisco 2006-2007 Nicola M Zetola, Kyle Bernstein, Katherine Ahrens, Julia Marcus, Susan Philip, Giuliano Nieri, Diane Jones, Bradley Hare, Ling Hsu, Susan Scheer, Jeffrey D Klausner BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :17 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol Matthijs Blankers, Maarten Koeter, Gerard M Schippers BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :16 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Women, men, and rheumatoid arthritis: analyses of disease activity, disease characteristics, and treatments in the QUEST-RA Study Tuulikki Sokka, Sergio Toloza, Maurizio Cutolo, Hannu Kautiainen, Heidi Makinen, Feride Gogus, Vlado Skakic, Humeira Badsha, Tet al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11 :R7 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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