| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence Furthering patient adherence: A position paper of the international expert forum on patient adherence based on an internet forum discussion Sandra van Dulmen, Emmy Sluijs, Liset van Dijk, Denise de Ridder, Rob Heerdink, Jozien Bensing, and the International Expert Forum on Patient Adherence PMCID: PMC2278135 A recruiting failure turned success Alexis J Hure, Roger Smith, and Clare E Collins PMCID: PMC2292709 Selecting effective incentive structures in health care: A decision framework to support health care purchasers in finding the right incentives to drive performance Thomas Custers, Jeremiah Hurley, Niek S Klazinga, and Adalsteinn D Brown PMCID: PMC2329630 Methods of data collection and analysis for the economic evaluation alongside a national, multi-centre trial in the UK: Conventional ventilation or ECMO for Severe Adult Respiratory Failure (CESAR) Mariamma M Thalanany, Miranda Mugford, Clare Hibbert, Nicola J Cooper, Ann Truesdale, Steven Robinson, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati, Diana R Elbourne, Giles J Peek, Felicity Clemens, Polly Hardy, Andrew Wilson, and The CESAR Trial Group PMCID: PMC2387150 The value of health Wim Groot and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink PMCID: PMC2443366 Can modeling of HIV treatment processes improve outcomes? Capitalizing on an operations research approach to the global pandemic Wei Xiong, Nathaniel Hupert, Eric B Hollingsworth, Megan E O'Brien, Jessica Fast, and William R Rodriguez PMCID: PMC2533310 Designing a multifaceted quality improvement intervention in primary care in a country where general practice is seeking recognition: the case of Cyprus George A Samoutis, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Henri E Stoffers, Theodora Zachariadou, Anastasios Philalithis, and Christos Lionis PMCID: PMC2529293 Review Experiences of abortion: A narrative review of qualitative studies Mabel LS Lie, Stephen C Robson, and Carl R May PMCID: PMC2488341 Technical Advances A proposed approach in defining population-based rates of major injury from a trauma registry dataset: Delineation of hospital catchment areas (I) Roxana Alexandrescu, Sarah J O'Brien, Ronan A Lyons, Fiona E Lecky, and the Trauma Audit and Research Network PMCID: PMC2365946 Supported housing programs for persons with serious mental illness in rural northern communities: A mixed method evaluation Phyllis Montgomery, Cheryl Forchuk, Craig Duncan, Don Rose, Patricia H Bailey, and Ramamohan Veluri PMCID: PMC2527314 Research Articles Dental service patterns among private and public adult patients in Australia David S Brennan, Liana Luzzi, and Kaye F Roberts-Thomson PMCID: PMC2246120 Screening for inter-hospital differences in cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries using administrative data: An initiative to improve the quality of care Willem Aelvoet, Francis Windey, Geert Molenberghs, Hans Verstraelen, Patrick Van Reempts, and Jean-Michel Foidart PMCID: PMC2266728 Professional centred shared decision making: Patient decision aids in practice in primary care Duika Burges Watson, Richard G Thomson, and Madeleine J Murtagh PMCID: PMC2248564 The potential to improve ascertainment and intervention to reduce smoking in Primary Care: a cross sectional survey Rachael L Murray, Tim Coleman, Marilyn Antoniak, Alexia Fergus, John Britton, and Sarah A Lewis PMCID: PMC2245929 The road to tuberculosis treatment in rural Nepal: A qualitative assessment of 26 journeys Augustinus HA ten Asbroek, Merijn W Bijlsma, Puspha Malla, Binjwala Shrestha, and Diana MJ Delnoij PMCID: PMC2257948 Primary care physician supply and other key determinants of health care utilisation: the case of Switzerland André Busato and Beat Künzi PMCID: PMC2242783 An intervention modelling experiment to change GPs' intentions to implement evidence-based practice: using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #2 Susan Hrisos, Martin Eccles, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Eileen FS Kaner, Nick Steen, and Jeremy Grimshaw PMCID: PMC2262061 Developing the content of two behavioural interventions: Using theory-based interventions to promote GP management of upper respiratory tract infection without prescribing antibiotics #1 Susan Hrisos, Martin Eccles, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Eileen FS Kaner, Nick Steen, and Jeremy Grimshaw PMCID: PMC2267186 Risk adjustment performance of Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in ICD-9 and ICD-10 administrative databases Bing Li, Dewey Evans, Peter Faris, Stafford Dean, and Hude Quan PMCID: PMC2267188 Profiling quality of care for patients with chronic headache in three different German hospitals – a case study Dieter Melchart, Anne Wessel, Ronald Brand, Stefan Hager, and Wolfgang Weidenhammer PMCID: PMC2262884 Co- and multimorbidity patterns in primary care based on episodes of care: results from the German CONTENT project Gunter Laux, Thomas Kuehlein, Thomas Rosemann, and Joachim Szecsenyi PMCID: PMC2244601 An inter-country comparison of unofficial payments: results of a health sector social audit in the Baltic States Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Sergio Paredes-Solís, Dawn Caldwell, Steve Mitchell, Deborah Milne, Serge Merhi, Melissa Roche, Elena Konceviciute, and Robert J Ledogar PMCID: PMC2233619 Prescription of respiratory medication without an asthma diagnosis in children: a population based study Mira GP Zuidgeest, Liset van Dijk, Henriette A Smit, Johannes C van der Wouden, Bert Brunekreef, Hubert GM Leufkens, and Madelon Bracke PMCID: PMC2245932 Availability of supplies and motivations for accessing voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Blantyre, Malawi Bwanali H Jereni and Adamson S Muula PMCID: PMC2254383 Opinions on registering trial details: a survey of academic researchers Martin Scherer and Sven Trelle PMCID: PMC2245930 Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries: A literature review of attraction and retention Uta Lehmann, Marjolein Dieleman, and Tim Martineau PMCID: PMC2259330 Unmeasured improvement work: the lack of routinely collected, service-related data in NHS endoscopy units in England involved in "modernisation" Kymberley Thorne, Hayley A Hutchings, and Glyn Elwyn PMCID: PMC2233620 Educational outreach and collaborative care enhances physician's perceived knowledge about Developmental Coordination Disorder Robin Gaines, Cheryl Missiuna, Mary Egan, and Jennifer McLean PMCID: PMC2254381 Suboptimal asthma care for immigrant children: results of an audit study JJ Nathalie Urbanus-van Laar, Johan S de Koning, Niek S Klazinga, and Karien Stronks PMCID: PMC2254382 Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services Gillian M Swan, Sivasubramaniam Selvaraj, and David J Godden PMCID: PMC2246121 Intra-articular hyaluronic acid for treatment of osteoarthritis: a nationwide study among the older population of Taiwan Hsiu-Yun Lai, Yu-Chun Chen, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Li-Fang Chou, Liang-Kung Chen, and Shinn-Jang Hwang PMCID: PMC2267457 Diabetes and lipid screening among patients in primary care: A cohort study Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, John P Forman, Kimberly Lane, Herve Caspard, and Matthew W Gillman PMCID: PMC2266727 Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India Lalit Dandona, SG Prem Kumar, YK Ramesh, M Chalapathi Rao, Elliot Marseille, James G Kahn, and Rakhi Dandona PMCID: PMC2267788 Desired Chinese medicine practitioner capabilities and professional development needs: a survey of registered practitioners in Victoria, Australia Charlie C Xue, Wenyu Zhou, Anthony L Zhang, Kenneth Greenwood, Cliff Da Costa, Alex Radloff, Vivian Lin, and David F Story PMCID: PMC2267189 Is theatre utilization a valid performance indicator for NHS operating theatres? Omar Faiz, Paris Tekkis, Alistair Mcguire, Savvas Papagrigoriadis, John Rennie, and Andrew Leather PMCID: PMC2275239 Insights about the process and impact of implementing nursing guidelines on delivery of care in hospitals and community settings Barbara Davies, Nancy Edwards, Jenny Ploeg, and Tazim Virani PMCID: PMC2279128 A cost minimisation analysis of a telepaediatric otolaryngology service Cathy Q Xu, Anthony C Smith, Paul A Scuffham, and Richard Wootton PMCID: PMC2270267 Geographical variations in the benefit of applying a prioritization system for cataract surgery in different regions of Spain Rubén Román, Mercè Comas, Javier Mar, Enrique Bernal, Alberto Jiménez-Puente, Santiago Gutiérrez-Moreno, Xavier Castells, and the IRYSS Network Modelling Group PMCID: PMC2277390 Factors contributing to attrition behavior in diabetes self-management programs: A mixed method approach Enza Gucciardi, Margaret DeMelo, Ana Offenheim, and Donna E Stewart PMCID: PMC2277391 Multiple factors influence compliance with colorectal cancer staging recommendations: an exploratory study Anna R Gagliardi, Frances C Wright, Mahmoud A Khalifa, and Andrew J Smith PMCID: PMC2270818 Differences in pharmaceutical consumption and expenses between immigrant and Spanish-born populations in Lleida, (Spain): A 6-months prospective observational study Montserrat Rue, Maria-Catalina Serna, Jorge Soler-Gonzalez, Anna Bosch, Maria-Cristina Ruiz-Magaz, and Leonardo Galvan PMCID: PMC2268680 An intervention program to reduce the number of hospitalizations of elderly patients in a primary care clinic Roni Peleg, Yan Press, Maya Asher, Tatyana Pugachev, Hadas Glicensztain, Mila Lederman, and Aya Biderman PMCID: PMC2258297 Informing patients of familial diabetes mellitus risk: How do they respond? A cross-sectional survey Nadeem Qureshi and Joe Kai PMCID: PMC2275238 Suspected retinopathies in Norwegian optometric practice with emphasis on patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study Vibeke Sundling, Pål Gulbrandsen, Ragnheiður Bragadottir, Leiv S Bakketeig, Jak Jervell, and Jørund Straand PMCID: PMC2262885 Prevalence and associated factors in burnout and psychological morbidity among substance misuse professionals Adenekan Oyefeso, Carmel Clancy, and Roger Farmer PMCID: PMC2265695 Best strategies for patient education about anticoagulation with warfarin: a systematic review James L Wofford, Megan D Wells, and Sonal Singh PMCID: PMC2258296 Smoke-free hospitals – the English experience: results from a survey, interviews, and site visits Elena Ratschen, John Britton, and Ann McNeill PMCID: PMC2266918 Geographic variations in avoidable hospitalizations in the elderly, in a health system with universal coverage Purificacion Magan, Angel Otero, Angel Alberquilla, and Jose Manuel Ribera PMCID: PMC2265697 Cure or control: complying with biomedical regime of diabetes in Cameroon Paschal Kum Awah, Nigel Unwin, and Peter Phillimore PMCID: PMC2267458 "Should I and Can I?": A mixed methods study of clinician beliefs and attitudes in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care Rachel A Laws, Sue E Kirby, Gawaine P Powell Davies, Anna M Williams, Upali W Jayasinghe, Cheryl L Amoroso, and Mark F Harris PMCID: PMC2267185 Comparative indicators for cancer network management in England: Availability, characteristics and presentation Mark McCarthy, Arturo Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Artak Khachatryan, Michel P Coleman, and Bernard Rachet PMCID: PMC2292168 Peer-mentoring for first-time mothers from areas of socio-economic disadvantage: A qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial Christine A Murphy, Margaret E Cupples, Andrew Percy, Henry L Halliday, and Moira C Stewart PMCID: PMC2291460 Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or their relative's organs? Evidence from European Union survey data Elias Mossialos, Joan Costa-Font, and Caroline Rudisill PMCID: PMC2292708 Socioeconomic patient characteristics predict delay in cancer diagnosis: a Danish cohort study Rikke Pilegaard Hansen, Frede Olesen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Ineta Sokolowski, and Jens Søndergaard PMCID: PMC2311301 Influence of mandatory generic substitution on pharmaceutical sales patterns: a national study over five years Karolina A Andersson, Max G Petzold, Peter Allebeck, and Anders Carlsten PMCID: PMC2276486 Hospital emergency department utilisation rates among the immigrant population in Barcelona, Spain Andrea Buron, Francesc Cots, Oscar Garcia, Oriol Vall, and Xavier Castells PMCID: PMC2311300 Mortality in Dutch hospitals: Trends in time, place and cause of death after admission for myocardial infarction and stroke. An observational study Laurentius CJ Slobbe, Onyebuchi A Arah, Agnes de Bruin, and Gert P Westert PMCID: PMC2311302 Variability in prescription drug expenditures explained by adjusted clinical groups (ACG) case-mix: A cross-sectional study of patient electronic records in primary care Alba Aguado, Elisabet Guinó, Bhramar Mukherjee, Antoni Sicras, Josep Serrat, Mateo Acedo, Juan Jose Ferro, and Victor Moreno PMCID: PMC2292169 Self-reported competence, attitude and approach of physicians towards patients with dementia in ambulatory care: Results of a postal survey Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Birgitt Wiese, and Hendrik van den Bussche PMCID: PMC2289812 Maternal care in rural China: a case study from Anhui province Zhuochun Wu, Kirsi Viisainen, Xiaohong Li, and Elina Hemminki PMCID: PMC2329627 "It's sort of like being a detective": Understanding how Australian men self-monitor their health prior to seeking help James A Smith, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Gary Wittert, and Megan Warin PMCID: PMC2288603 Can mothers rely on the Brazilian health system for their deliveries? An assessment of use of the public system and out-of-pocket expenditure in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil Aluísio JD Barros, Iná S Santos, and Andréa D Bertoldi PMCID: PMC2276487 The Dutch health insurance reform: switching between insurers, a comparison between the general population and the chronically ill and disabled Judith D de Jong, Atie van den Brink-Muinen, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2287167 "Against the silence": Development and first results of a patient survey to assess experiences of safety-related events in hospital David LB Schwappach PMCID: PMC2279127 Does the routine use of global coronary heart disease risk scores translate into clinical benefits or harms? A systematic review of the literature Stacey L Sheridan and Eric Crespo PMCID: PMC2294118 Psychometric properties of the Iranian interview-administered version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF): A population-based study Saharnaz Nedjat, Ali Montazeri, Kourosh Holakouie, Kazem Mohammad, and Reza Majdzadeh PMCID: PMC2287168 Development, implementation, and pilot study of a sentinel network ("The Watchtowers") for monitoring emergency primary health care activity in Norway Elisabeth Holm Hansen and Steinar Hunskaar PMCID: PMC2279126 Beyond the limits of clinical governance? The case of mental health in English primary care Linda Gask, Anne Rogers, Stephen Campbell, and Rod Sheaff PMCID: PMC2292707 Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care Carolyn Tarrant, Paul Sinfield, Shona Agarwal, and Richard Baker PMCID: PMC2294119 The influences of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on women's choice of prenatal care facility: Investigation of differences between rural and non-rural areas Likwang Chen, Chi-Liang Chen, and Wei-Chih Yang PMCID: PMC2387151 Securing recruitment and obtaining informed consent in minority ethnic groups in the UK Cathy E Lloyd, Mark RD Johnson, Shanaz Mughal, Jackie A Sturt, Gary S Collins, Tapash Roy, Rukhsana Bibi, and Anthony H Barnett PMCID: PMC2311303 Drug waste minimisation and cost-containment in Medical Oncology: Two-year results of a feasibility study Gianpiero Fasola, Marianna Aita, Luisa Marini, Alessandro Follador, Marina Tosolini, Laura Mattioni, Mauro Mansutti, Andrea Piga, Silvio Brusaferro, and Giuseppe Aprile PMCID: PMC2374784 Measuring and explaining mortality in Dutch hospitals; The Hospital Standardized Mortality Rate between 2003 and 2005 Richard Heijink, Xander Koolman, Daniel Pieter, André van der Veen, Brian Jarman, and Gert Westert PMCID: PMC2362116 Effects of intensive home visiting programs for older people with poor health status: A systematic review Ans Bouman, Erik van Rossum, Patricia Nelemans, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, and Paul Knipschild PMCID: PMC2364620 Interventions designed to improve the quality and efficiency of medication use in managed care: A critical review of the literature – 2001–2007 Christine Y Lu, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Stephen B Soumerai, and Sallie-Anne Pearson PMCID: PMC2323373 Prioritisation of patients on waiting lists for hip and knee arthroplasties and cataract surgery: Instruments validation Alejandro Allepuz, Mireia Espallargues, Montse Moharra, Mercè Comas, Joan MV Pons, and Research Group on Support Instruments – IRYSS Network PMCID: PMC2373288 The impact of the treaty basis on health policy legislation in the European Union: A case study on the tobacco advertising directive Sandra Boessen and Hans Maarse PMCID: PMC2358888 Case-mix & patients' reports of outcome in Independent Sector Treatment Centres: Comparison with NHS providers John Browne, Liz Jamieson, Jim Lewsey, Jan van der Meulen, Lynn Copley, and Nick Black PMCID: PMC2329629 On the validity of area-based income measures to proxy household income Gillian E Hanley and Steve Morgan PMCID: PMC2358887 Emergency hospital services utilization in Lleida (Spain): A cross-sectional study of immigrant and Spanish-born populations Montserrat Rué, Xavier Cabré, Jorge Soler-González, Anna Bosch, Mercè Almirall, and Maria Catalina Serna PMCID: PMC2329626 Doctor's perception of doctor-patient relationships in emergency departments: What roles do gender and ethnicity play? Birgit Babitsch, Tanja Braun, Theda Borde, and Matthias David PMCID: PMC2329628 Survey of patient satisfaction with the Breastfeeding Education and Support Services of The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne Li Yen Chin and Lisa H Amir PMCID: PMC2335099 "Concordance between comorbidity data from patient self-report interviews and medical record documentation" William Corser, Alla Sikorskii, Ade Olomu, Manfred Stommel, Camille Proden, and Margaret Holmes-Rovner PMCID: PMC2346463 In patient stroke rehabilitation efficiency: Influence of organization of service delivery and staff numbers Jean Woo, Shiu Yu Chan, Mi Wan Cecilia Sum, Eric Wong, and Yeuk Ping Maria Chui PMCID: PMC2391159 An assessment of technology-based service encounters & network security on the e-health care systems of medical centers in Taiwan Hsin Hsin Chang and Ching Sheng Chang PMCID: PMC2364621 Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland Akke Vellinga, Diarmuid O'Donovan, and Davida De La Harpe PMCID: PMC2377242 Incorporating health care quality into health antitrust law Helen Schneider PMCID: PMC2383889 Equity and health policy in Africa: Using concept mapping in Moore (Burkina Faso) Valéry Ridde PMCID: PMC2386119 Association between Radiologists' Experience and Accuracy in Interpreting Screening Mammograms Eduard Molins, Francesc Macià, Francesc Ferrer, Maria-Teresa Maristany, and Xavier Castells PMCID: PMC2375876 The importance of relationships in mental health care: A qualitative study of service users' experiences of psychiatric hospital admission in the UK Helen Gilburt, Diana Rose, and Mike Slade PMCID: PMC2386459 Factors influencing the use of public dental services: An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Liana Luzzi and A John Spencer PMCID: PMC2390532 Appropriate disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia: identifying the key behaviours of 'best practice' Jan Lecouturier, Claire Bamford, Julian C Hughes, Jillian J Francis, Robbie Foy, Marie Johnston, and Martin P Eccles PMCID: PMC2408568 Development and validation of the Diabetes Numeracy Test (DNT) Mary Margaret Huizinga, Tom A Elasy, Kenneth A Wallston, Kerri Cavanaugh, Dianne Davis, Rebecca P Gregory, Lynn S Fuchs, Robert Malone, Andrea Cherrington, Darren A DeWalt, John Buse, Michael Pignone, and Russell L Rothman PMCID: PMC2390531 Characteristics of patients returning to emergency departments in Naples, Italy Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Rossella Abbate, Luciana Albano, Paolo Marinelli, Italo F Angelillo, and The Collaborative Research Group PMCID: PMC2409318 Adolescents perception of reproductive health care services in Sri Lanka Suneth B Agampodi, Thilini C Agampodi, and Piyaseeli UKD PMCID: PMC2386785 Does delayed measurement affect patient reports of provider performance? Implications for performance measurement of medical assistance with tobacco cessation: A Dental PBRN study Thomas K Houston, Joshua S Richman, Heather L Coley, Midge N Ray, Jeroan J Allison, Gregg H Gilbert, Judith S Gordon, Catarina I Kiefe, and The DPBRN Collaborative Group PMCID: PMC2405777 Body Mass Index and Employment-Based Health Insurance Ronald L Fong and Peter Franks PMCID: PMC2387152 Maintaining quality of health services after abolition of user fees: A Uganda case study Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Humphrey Karamagi, Lynn Atuyambe, Fred Bagenda, Sam A Okuonzi, and Oladapo Walker PMCID: PMC2397390 Treatment needs and acknowledgement of illness – importance for satisfaction with psychiatric inpatient treatment Knut W Soergaard, Mary Nivison, Vidje Hansen, and Terje Oeiesvold PMCID: PMC2391161 What impact did the creation of Local Health Care Co-operatives have on indicators of practice resources and activity? Gary McLean and Matt Sutton PMCID: PMC2409319 Nurses' perceived barriers to the implementation of a Fall Prevention Clinical Practice Guideline in Singapore hospitals Serena SL Koh, Elizabeth Manias, Alison M Hutchinson, Susan Donath, and Linda Johnston PMCID: PMC2422837 Relationship between risk information on total colonoscopy and patient preferences for colorectal cancer screening options: Analysis using the Analytic Hierarchy Process Yuichi Katsumura, Hideo Yasunaga, Tomoaki Imamura, Kazuhiko Ohe, and Hiroshi Oyama PMCID: PMC2412845 An economic analysis of email-based telemedicine: A cost minimisation study of two service models Liam Caffery, Anthony C Smith, and Paul A Scuffham PMCID: PMC2413229 Healthcare costs and utilization for Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's Yang Zhao, Tzu-Chun Kuo, Sharada Weir, Marilyn S Kramer, and Arlene S Ash PMCID: PMC2424046 Access to medicines and out of pocket payments for primary care: Evidence from family medicine users in rural Tajikistan Fabrizio Tediosi, Raffael Aye, Shukufa Ibodova, Robin Thompson, and Kaspar Wyss PMCID: PMC2413230 It's all about relationships: A qualitative study of health researchers' perspectives of conducting interdisciplinary health research Kalpana M Nair, Lisa Dolovich, Kevin Brazil, and Parminder Raina PMCID: PMC2424045 The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada Chiranjeev Sanyal, Stephen D Graham, Charmaine Cooke, Ingrid Sketris, Dawn M Frail, and Gordon Flowerdew PMCID: PMC2426696 Describing and analysing primary health care system support for chronic illness care in Indigenous communities in Australia's Northern Territory – use of the Chronic Care Model Damin Si, Ross Bailie, Joan Cunningham, Gary Robinson, Michelle Dowden, Allison Stewart, Christine Connors, and Tarun Weeramanthri PMCID: PMC2430955 Do postage stamps versus pre-paid envelopes increase responses to patient mail surveys? A randomised controlled trial Katrina Lavelle, Chris Todd, and Malcolm Campbell PMCID: PMC2427026 Exploring general practitioners' experience of informing women about prenatal screening tests for foetal abnormalities: A qualitative focus group study Cate Nagle, Sharon Lewis, Bettina Meiser, Jane Gunn, Jane Halliday, and Robin Bell PMCID: PMC2442835 Impact of case management by advanced practice nurses in primary care on unplanned hospital admissions: a controlled intervention study Dyfed W Huws, Deborah Cashmore, Robert G Newcombe, Catherine Roberts, Judith Vincent, and Glyn Elwyn PMCID: PMC2442434 Improving the accuracy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal disease notification rates using data linkage Donna B Mak and Rochelle E Watkins PMCID: PMC2429908 A qualitative study of the feasibility and community perception on the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine use in the context of home management of malaria in south-west Nigeria Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Catherine O Falade, Benjamin O Olley, Bidemi Yusuf, Sola Gbotosho, Toyin Iyiola, Omobola Olaniyan, Christian Happi, Kaendi Munguti, and Franco Pagnoni PMCID: PMC2429909 Career-Success Scale – A new instrument to assess young physicians' academic career steps Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg, and Richard Klaghofer PMCID: PMC2442432 Health impact assessment and short-term medical missions: A methods study to evaluate quality of care Jesse Maki, Munirih Qualls, Benjamin White, Sharon Kleefield, and Robert Crone PMCID: PMC2464597 Cancer surviving patients' rehabilitation – understanding failure through application of theoretical perspectives from Habermas Thorbjørn H Mikkelsen, Jens Soendergaard, Anders B Jensen, and Frede Olesen PMCID: PMC2435108 Are cultural dimensions relevant for explaining cross-national differences in antibiotic use in Europe? Reginald Deschepper, Larissa Grigoryan, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Geert Hofstede, Joachim Cohen, Greta Van Der Kelen, Luc Deliens, and Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp PMCID: PMC2430199 Comparison of primary health care services between urban and rural settings after the introduction of the first urban health centre in Vyronas, Greece Anargiros Mariolis, Constantinos Mihas, Alevizos Alevizos, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Konstantinos Marayiannis, Marek Papathanasiou, Vassilios Gizlis, Dimitris Karanasios, and Bodossakis Merkouris PMCID: PMC2442596 Part-time hospitalisation and stigma experiences: a study in contemporary psychiatric hospitals Mieke Verhaeghe, Piet Bracke, and Wendy Christiaens PMCID: PMC2442430 Special features of health services and register based trials – experiences from a randomized trial of childbirth classes Elina Hemminki, Kaija Heikkilä, Tiina Sevón, and Päivikki Koponen PMCID: PMC2442595 The role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Germany – A focus group study of GPs Stefanie Joos, Berthold Musselmann, Antje Miksch, Thomas Rosemann, and Joachim Szecsenyi PMCID: PMC2442431 Cost-utility of a visiting service for older widowed individuals: Randomised trial Simone Onrust, Filip Smit, Godelief Willemse, Jan van den Bout, and Pim Cuijpers PMCID: PMC2543011 A Danish population-based cohort study of newly diagnosed asthmatic children's care pathway – adherence to guidelines Grete Moth, Peter O Schiotz, and Peter Vedsted PMCID: PMC2440738 "Mind the gap!" Evaluation of the performance gap attributable to exception reporting and target thresholds in the new GMS contract: National database analysis Robert Fleetcroft, Nicholas Steel, Richard Cookson, and Amanda Howe PMCID: PMC2442837 Antihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan Pang-Hsiang Liu and Jung-Der Wang PMCID: PMC2443138 Too little but not too late: Results of a literature review to improve routine immunization programs in developing countries Tove K Ryman, Vance Dietz, and K Lisa Cairns PMCID: PMC2474611 Transitions of Care from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult Mental Health Services (TRACK Study): A study of protocols in Greater London Swaran P Singh, Moli Paul, Tamsin Ford, Tami Kramer, and Tim Weaver PMCID: PMC2442433 Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: An analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004–2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data Martin CS Wong, Johnny Y Jiang, Jin-ling Tang, Augustine Lam, Hong Fung, and Stewart W Mercer PMCID: PMC2453117 A method to determine spatial access to specialized palliative care services using GIS Jonathan Cinnamon, Nadine Schuurman, and Valorie A Crooks PMCID: PMC2459163 What works with men? A systematic review of health promoting interventions targeting men Lynn M Robertson, Flora Douglas, Anne Ludbrook, Garth Reid, and Edwin van Teijlingen PMCID: PMC2483970 Self-reported diabetes is associated with self-management behaviour: a cohort study Baiju R Shah and Douglas G Manuel PMCID: PMC2464598 Quality of care for older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma based on comparisons to practice guidelines and smoking status Benjamin M Craig, Connie K Kraus, Betty A Chewning, and James E Davis PMCID: PMC2500012 Measuring physiotherapy performance in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A prospective study Gro Jamtvedt, Kristin Thuve Dahm, Inger Holm, and Signe Flottorp PMCID: PMC2475531 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist use in men without a cancer registry diagnosis of prostate cancer Yong-fang Kuo, James S Goodwin, and Vahakn B Shahinian PMCID: PMC2483971 Characteristics of evolving models of care for arthritis: A key informant study Crystal MacKay, Paula Veinot, and Elizabeth M Badley PMCID: PMC2491608 Implementing the European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in the primary care setting in Cyprus: Lessons learned from a health care services study Theodora Zachariadou, Henri EJH Stoffers, Costas A Christophi, Anastasios Philalithis, and Christos Lionis PMCID: PMC2503957 Linkage of health and aged care service events: comparing linkage and event selection methods Rosemary Karmel and Diana Rosman PMCID: PMC2488340 The impact of generic-only drug benefits on patients' use of inhaled corticosteroids in a Medicare population with asthma Vicki Fung, Ira B Tager, Richard Brand, Joseph P Newhouse, and John Hsu PMCID: PMC2488344 Quantifying morbidities by Adjusted Clinical Group system for a Taiwan population: A nationwide analysis Wui-Chiang Lee PMCID: PMC2492856 A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facility Martine Louis Simonet, Michel P Kossovsky, Pierre Chopard, Philippe Sigaud, Thomas V Perneger, and Jean-Michel Gaspoz PMCID: PMC2492858 Physicians' perception of childhood asthma in Turkey: more appropriate practice among female physicians Ozge Uysal Soyer, Ersoy Civelek, and Bulent E Sekerel PMCID: PMC2488342 Predicting ICU survival: A meta-level approach Lefteris G Gortzis, Filippos Sakellaropoulos, Ioannis Ilias, Konstantinos Stamoulis, and Ioanna Dimopoulou PMCID: PMC2516515 The magnitude and factors associated with delays in management of smear positive tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sayoki G Mfinanga, Beatrice K Mutayoba, Amos Kahwa, Godfather Kimaro, Rugola Mtandu, Esther Ngadaya, Said Egwaga, and Andrew Y Kitua PMCID: PMC2515835 Care of vision and ocular health in diabetic members of a national diabetes organization: A cross-sectional study Vibeke Sundling, Pål Gulbrandsen, Jak Jervell, and Jørund Straand PMCID: PMC2525638 Seasonality of primary care utilization for respiratory diseases in Ontario: A time-series 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Martínez, Carlos A Prado-Aguilar, Ramón A Rascón-Pacheco, and José J Valdivia-Martínez PMCID: PMC2519069 From strategy development to routine implementation: the cost of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants for malaria control Fatuma Manzi, Guy Hutton, Joanna Schellenberg, Marcel Tanner, Pedro Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, and David Schellenberg PMCID: PMC2527562 Patient's dissatisfaction with the public and private laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing in Tanzania SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, and K Mashoto PMCID: PMC2519070 Effect of changed organisation of nutritional care of Danish medical inpatients Karin O Lassen, Edvin Grinderslev, and Ruth Nyholm PMCID: PMC2531106 The feasibility of using pedometers and brief advice to increase activity in sedentary older women – a pilot study Jacqui A Sugden, Falko F Sniehotta, Peter T Donnan, Paul Boyle, Derek W Johnston, and Marion ET McMurdo PMCID: PMC2527003 Utilization patterns of Chinese medicine and Western medicine under the National Health Insurance Program in Taiwan, a population-based study from 1997 to 2003 Lee-Chin Chang, Nicole Huang, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Chen-Hua Lee, Feng-Yu Kao, and Yi-Tsau Huang PMCID: PMC2538521 Dissatisfaction with the laboratory services in conducting HIV related testing among public and private medical personnel in Tanzania SG Mfinanga, A Kahwa, G Kimaro, A Kilale, S Kivuyo, M Senkoro, B Ngowi, R Mtandu, B Mutayoba, E Ngadaya, and K Mashoto PMCID: PMC2518553 Developing and testing an instrument to measure the presence of conditions for successful implementation of quality improvement collaboratives Michel LA Dückers, Cordula Wagner, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2533657 Designing a 'NHS friendly' complementary therapy service: A qualitative case study Lesley Wye, Alison Shaw, and Debbie Sharp PMCID: PMC2529289 Cost effectiveness of chest pain unit care in the NHS Yemi Oluboyede, Steve Goodacre, 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A systematic review Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi and Peter Bower PMCID: PMC2542366 Organizational culture, team climate and diabetes care in small office-based practices Marije Bosch, Rob Dijkstra, Michel Wensing, Trudy van der Weijden, and Richard Grol PMCID: PMC2529292 The Patients Assessment Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) questionnaire in The Netherlands: a validation study in rural general practice Michel Wensing, Jan van Lieshout, Hans Peter Jung, Jan Hermsen, and Thomas Rosemann PMCID: PMC2538520 Socioeconomic patterns in the use of public and private health services and equity in health care Enrique Regidor, David Martínez, María E Calle, Paloma Astasio, Paloma Ortega, and Vicente Domínguez PMCID: PMC2551602 Delay in admission for elective coronary-artery bypass grafting is associated with increased in-hospital mortality Boris G Sobolev, Guy Fradet, Robert Hayden, Lisa Kuramoto, Adrian R Levy, and Mark J FitzGerald PMCID: PMC2556329 Health-related quality of life in infertile couples receiving IVF or ICSI treatment Batool Rashidi, Ali Montazeri, Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh, Mamak Shariat, Nasrin Abedinia, and Mahnaz Ashrafi PMCID: PMC2553790 Development and first assessment of a questionnaire for health care utilization and costs for cardiac patients Bernd Schweikert, Harry Hahmann, and Reiner Leidl PMCID: PMC2556330 A model and typology of collaboration between professionals in healthcare organizations Danielle D'Amour, Lise Goulet, Jean-François Labadie, Leticia San Martín-Rodriguez, and Raynald Pineault PMCID: PMC2563002 Initial impact and cost of a nationwide population screening campaign for diabetes in Brazil: A follow up study Cristiana M Toscano, Bruce B Duncan, Sotero S Mengue, Carísi Anne Polanczyk, Luciana B Nucci, Adriana Costa e Forti, Cláudio D Fonseca, Maria Inês Schmidt, and the CNDDM Working Group PMCID: PMC2562380 Criteria-based audit to improve a district referral system in Malawi: A pilot study Eugene J Kongnyuy, Grace Mlava, and Nynke van den Broek PMCID: PMC2557001 Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), Generic version (Short Form 2006) Ellen T Deilkås and Dag Hofoss PMCID: PMC2572612 Bedside rationing by general practitioners: A postal survey in the Danish public healthcare system Sigurd MR Lauridsen, Michael Norup, and Peter Rossel PMCID: PMC2567318 Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study JM Morales-Asencio, E Gonzalo-Jiménez, FJ Martin-Santos, JC Morilla-Herrera, M Celdráan-Mañas, A Millán Carrasco, JJ García-Arrabal, and I Toral-López PMCID: PMC2567972 Clearing up the hazy road from bench to bedside: A framework for integrating the fourth hurdle into translational medicine Wolf H Rogowski, Susanne C Hartz, and Jürgen H John PMCID: PMC2569930 Did the post war repatriation of Lebanese physicians drive recent Lebanese medical graduates to emigrate? An observational study Elie A Akl, Khalil El-Asmar, Nancy Maroun, Salim M Adib, and Beatrice Khater-Menassa PMCID: PMC2559837 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and paracetamol use in Queensland and in the whole of Australia Nadia Barozzi and Susan E Tett PMCID: PMC2562379 The greatest happiness of the greatest number? Policy actors' perspectives on the limits of economic evaluation as a tool for informing health care coverage decisions in Thailand Yot Teerawattananon and Steve Russell PMCID: PMC2569929 Country differences in the diagnosis and management of coronary heart disease – a comparison between the US, the UK and Germany Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Markus Bönte, Johannes Siegrist, Lisa Marceau, Carol Link, Sara Arber, Ann Adams, and John McKinlay PMCID: PMC2561025 Complaints handling in hospitals: an empirical study of discrepancies between patients' expectations and their experiences Roland D Friele, Emmy M Sluijs, and Johan Legemaate PMCID: PMC2572061 The relationship between depressive symptoms, health service consumption, and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study Paul A Kurdyak, William H Gnam, Paula Goering, Alice Chong, and David A Alter PMCID: PMC2576230 Physical activity referrals in Swedish primary health care – prescriber and patient characteristics, reasons for prescriptions, and prescribed activities ME Leijon, P Bendtsen, P Nilsen, K Ekberg, and A Ståhle PMCID: PMC2567971 Barriers to accessing TB diagnosis for rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing, China: A mixed methods study Qian Long, Ying Li, Yang Wang, Yong Yue, Cheng Tang, Shenglan Tang, S Bertel Squire, and Rachel Tolhurst PMCID: PMC2567973 Urban women's socioeconomic status, health service needs and utilization in the four weeks after postpartum hospital discharge: findings of a Canadian cross-sectional survey Christine Kurtz Landy, Wendy Sword, and Donna Ciliska PMCID: PMC2570364 Is networking different with doctors working part-time? Differences in social networks of part-time and full-time doctors Phil JM Heiligers, Judith D de Jong, Peter P Groenewegen, Lammert Hingstman, Beate Völker, and Peter Spreeuwenberg PMCID: PMC2583974 A cost effectiveness study of integrated care in health services delivery: a diabetes program in Australia Ian S McRae, James RG Butler, Beverly M Sibthorpe, Warwick Ruscoe, Jill Snow, Dhigna Rubiano, and Karen L Gardner PMCID: PMC2577097 Family caregiver quality of life in multiple sclerosis among Kuwaitis: a controlled study Asmahan F Alshubaili, Jude U Ohaeri, Abdel W Awadalla, and Asser A Mabrouk PMCID: PMC2576463 Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal Sónia F Dias, Milton Severo, and Henrique Barros PMCID: PMC2567319 Factors influencing the participation of gastroenterologists and hepatologists in clinical research Anouk T Dev, Teresa L Kauf, Amany Zekry, Keyur Patel, Karen Heller, Kevin A Schulman, and John G McHutchison PMCID: PMC2572062 Costs and quality of life for prehabilitation and early rehabilitation after surgery of the lumbar spine Per Rotbøll Nielsen, Jakob Andreasen, Mikael Asmussen, and Hanne Tønnesen PMCID: PMC2586633 Patient satisfaction with antiretroviral services at primary health-care facilities in the Free State, South Africa – a two-year study using four waves of cross-sectional data Edwin Wouters, Christo Heunis, Dingie van Rensburg, and Herman Meulemans PMCID: PMC2575208 Are migraineur women really more vulnerable to stress and less able to cope? Mintaze Kerem Gunel and Fatma Yildirim Akkaya PMCID: PMC2576231 Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: an observational study from Krakow Grzegorz Margas, Adam Windak, and Tomasz Tomasik PMCID: PMC2580764 Is integration of healthy lifestyle promotion into primary care feasible? Discussion and consensus sessions between clinicians and researchers Gonzalo Grandes, Alvaro Sanchez, Josep M Cortada, Laura Balague, Carlos Calderon, Arantza Arrazola, Itziar Vergara, Eduardo Millan, and the "Prescribe Vida Saludable" group PMCID: PMC2577098 The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes John Furler, Christine Walker, Irene Blackberry, Trisha Dunning, Nabil Sulaiman, James Dunbar, James Best, and Doris Young PMCID: PMC2596123 How to limit the burden of data collection for Quality Indicators based on medical records? The COMPAQH experience Clément Corriol, Valentin Daucourt, Catherine Grenier, and Etienne Minvielle PMCID: PMC2605453 Hypertensive patients' use of blood pressure monitors stationed in pharmacies and other locations: a cross-sectional mail survey Anthony J Viera, Lauren W Cohen, C Madeline Mitchell, and Philip D Sloane PMCID: PMC2577653 "It's hard to tell": The challenges of scoring patients on standardised outcome measures by multidisciplinary teams: a case study of neurorehabilitation J Greenhalgh, AF Long, R Flynn, and S Tyson PMCID: PMC2577652 "What lies beneath it all?" – an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines Benedicte Carlsen and Ole F Norheim PMCID: PMC2577651 Literacy and blood pressure – do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional study Benjamin J Powers, Maren K Olsen, Eugene Z Oddone, Carolyn T Thorpe, and Hayden B Bosworth PMCID: PMC2600788 Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals Ine Borghans, Richard Heijink, Tijn Kool, Ronald J Lagoe, and Gert P Westert PMCID: PMC2582034 A descriptive review of the methodologies used in household surveys on medicine utilization Andréa D Bertoldi, Aluísio JD Barros, Anita Wagner, Dennis Ross-Degnan, and Pedro C Hallal PMCID: PMC2584639 Towards integration of general practitioner posts and accident and emergency departments: a case study of two integrated emergency posts in the Netherlands Rudolf B Kool, Daniel J Homberg, and Helen CM Kamphuis PMCID: PMC2614425 Albuminuria, cardiovascular risk factors and disease management in subjects with type 2 diabetes: a cross sectional study Christa Meisinger, Margit Heier, Rüdiger Landgraf, Michael Happich, H-Erich Wichmann, and Wolfgang Piehlmeier PMCID: PMC2605747 Case management used to optimize cancer care pathways: A systematic review Christian N Wulff, Marianne Thygesen, Jens Søndergaard, and Peter Vedsted PMCID: PMC2596122 The impact of SARS on hospital performance Dachen Chu, Ran-Chou Chen, Chia-Yu Ku, and Pesus Chou PMCID: PMC2613902 Performance of in-hospital mortality prediction models for acute hospitalization: Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Japan Hiroaki Miyata, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Shinya Matsuda, Noboru Motomura, and Shinichi Takamoto PMCID: PMC2606685 The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals Marleen Smits, Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff, Cordula Wagner, Gerrit van der Wal, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2588576 Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance – the perspective of social insurance officers. 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A cross sectional analysis of socio-economic and health related factors Ina-Maria Rückert, Jan Böcken, and Andreas Mielck PMCID: PMC2605748 A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK Sarah E Lamb, Joanne D Fisher, Simon Gates, Rachel Potter, Matthew W Cooke, and Yvonne H Carter PMCID: PMC2596121 Impact of picture archiving communication systems on rates of duplicate imaging: a before-after study John J You, Lingsong Yun, and Jack V Tu PMCID: PMC2590608 The impact of donor policies in Europe: a steady increase, but not everywhere Remco Coppen, Roland D Friele, Sjef KM Gevers, Geke A Blok, and Jouke van der Zee PMCID: PMC2605749 Disease knowledge after an educational program in patients with GERD – a randomized controlled trial Jorgen Urnes, Hermod Petersen, and Per G Farup PMCID: PMC2596788 Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly Sarah Maaten, George Kephart, Susan Kirkland, and Pantelis Andreou PMCID: PMC2603015 Child health insurance coverage: a survey among temporary and permanent residents in Shanghai Mingshan Lu, Jing Zhang, Jin Ma, Bing Li, and Hude Quan PMCID: PMC2603016 Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study Jeremy M Kahn, Rebecca J Asch, Theodore J Iwashyna, Gordon D Rubenfeld, Derek C Angus, and David A Asch PMCID: PMC2603017 Building capacity for antiretroviral delivery in South Africa: A qualitative evaluation of the PALSA PLUS nurse training programme J Stein, S Lewin, L Fairall, P Mayers, R English, A Bheekie, E Bateman, and M Zwarenstein PMCID: PMC2613903 Good adherence to HAART and improved survival in a community HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme: the experience of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Kampala, Uganda Andrew M Abaasa, Jim Todd, Kenneth Ekoru, Joan N Kalyango, Jonathan Levin, Emmanuel Odeke, and Charles AS Karamagi PMCID: PMC2606686 Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning Marya D Zilberberg and Andrew F Shorr PMCID: PMC2607272 How patients perceive the therapeutic communications skills of their general practitioners, and how that perception affects adherence: use of the TCom-skill GP scale in a specific geographical area Michèle Baumann, Cédric Baumann, Etienne Le Bihan, and Nearkasen Chau PMCID: PMC2612661 Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region Linda Gask, Gillian Lever-Green, and Rebecca Hays PMCID: PMC2614991 Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review Mischa Willis-Shattuck, Posy Bidwell, Steve Thomas, Laura Wyness, Duane Blaauw, and Prudence Ditlopo PMCID: PMC2612662 Targeted individual exercise programmes for older medical patients are feasible, and may change hospital and patient outcomes: a service improvement project Jo Nolan and Susie Thomas PMCID: PMC2614989 The accuracy of the Jamaican national physician register: a study of the status of physicians registered and their countries of training Jennifer Knight-Madden and Robert Gray PMCID: PMC2614992 Documentation of in-hospital falls on incident reports: Qualitative investigation of an imperfect process Terry P Haines, Petrea Cornwell, Jennifer Fleming, Paul Varghese, and Len Gray PMCID: PMC2621198 Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in Australia Agnes I Vitry, Susan M Phillips, and Susan J Semple PMCID: PMC2615440 Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California Zhongmin Li, Richard L Kravitz, James P Marcin, Patrick S Romano, David M Rocke, Timothy A Denton, Ralph G Brindis, Jian Dai, and Ezra A Amsterdam PMCID: PMC2621199 The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay Alan J Forster, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Jon Hooper, Kaveh G Shojania, and Carl van Walraven PMCID: PMC2621200 Effectiveness of a grant program's efforts to promote synergy within its funded initiatives: perceptions of participants of the Southern Rural Access Program Donald E Pathman, Emmeline Chuang, and Bryan J Weiner PMCID: PMC2621197 Hospital use of young children in Switzerland: A nation-wide study based on a complete survey over 4 years Franziska V Schoeni-Affolter, Marcel Widmer, and André Busato PMCID: PMC2625343 Study Protocol Advancing theories, models and measurement for an interprofessional approach to shared decision making in primary care: a study protocol France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Ian D Graham, Glyn Elwyn, Pierre Pluye, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Dominick Frosch, Margaret B Harrison, Jennifer Kryworuchko, Sophie Pouliot, and Sophie Desroches PMCID: PMC2265696 Cost-effectiveness of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of pressure ulcers in somatic nursing home patients: study protocol for a prospective multi-centre randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN17553857) Patriek Mistiaen, Wilco Achterberg, Andre Ament, Ruud Halfens, Janneke Huizinga, Ken Montgomery, Henri Post, and Anneke L Francke PMCID: PMC2245931 Improving patient adherence to lifestyle advice (IMPALA): a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the implementation of a nurse-led intervention for cardiovascular risk management in primary care (protocol) Marije S Koelewijn-van Loon, Ben van Steenkiste, Gaby Ronda, Michel Wensing, Henri E Stoffers, Glyn Elwyn, Richard Grol, and Trudy van der Weijden PMCID: PMC2267187 Study Protocol – Improving Access to Kidney Transplants (IMPAKT): A detailed account of a qualitative study investigating barriers to transplant for Australian Indigenous people with end-stage kidney disease Jeannie Devitt, Alan Cass, Joan Cunningham, Cilla Preece, Kate Anderson, and Paul Snelling PMCID: PMC2275237 The HIM (Health for Izhevsk Men) trial protocol Susannah Tomkins, Elizabeth Allen, Olga Savenko, Jim McCambridge, Lyudmila Saburova, Nikolay Kiryanov, Alexey Oralov, Artyom Gil, David A Leon, Martin McKee, and Diana Elbourne PMCID: PMC2364619 Can an EASYcare based dementia training programme improve diagnostic assessment and management of dementia by general practitioners and primary care nurses? The design of a randomised controlled trial M Perry, I Drašković, T van Achterberg, GF Borm, MIJ van Eijken, PL Lucassen, MJFJ Vernooij-Dassen, and MGM Olde Rikkert PMCID: PMC2391160 The effects of involving a nurse practitioner in primary care for adult patients with urinary incontinence: The PromoCon study (Promoting Continence) Pytha Albers-Heitner, Bary Berghmans, Manuela Joore, Toine Lagro-Janssen, Johan Severens, Fred Nieman, and Ron Winkens PMCID: PMC2386786 Multidisciplinary Collaborative Care for Depressive Disorder in the Occupational Health Setting: design of a randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study Moniek C Vlasveld, Johannes R Anema, Aartjan TF Beekman, Willem van Mechelen, Rob Hoedeman, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Frans F Rutten, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, and Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis PMCID: PMC2390533 Protocol for stage 2 of the GaP study (genetic testing acceptability for Paget's disease of bone): A questionnaire study to investigate whether relatives of people with Paget's disease would accept genetic testing and preventive treatment if they were available Anne L Langston, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Clare Robertson, Marion K Campbell, Vikki A Entwistle, Theresa Marteau, Graeme MacLennan, John Weinman, Marilyn McCallum, Zosia Miedzybrodska, Keith Charnock, and Stuart H Ralston PMCID: PMC2442429 Sleep disturbances in an arctic population: The Tromsø Study Arne Fetveit, Jørund Straand, and Bjørn Bjorvatn PMCID: PMC2424044 The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and stepped care interventions for older hazardous alcohol users in primary care (AESOPS) – A randomised control trial protocol Simon Coulton, Jude Watson, Martin Bland, Colin Drummond, Eileen Kaner, Christine Godfrey, Alan Hassey, Veronica Morton, Steve Parrott, Tom Phillips, Duncan Raistrick, Daphne Rumball, and Gillian Tober PMCID: PMC2442836 Study protocol: The Intensive Care Outcome Network ('ICON') study John A Griffiths, Kayleigh Morgan, Vicki S Barber, and J Duncan Young PMCID: PMC2441614 Should the surgeon or the general practitioner (GP) follow up patients after surgery for colon cancer? A randomized controlled trial protocol focusing on quality of life, cost-effectiveness and serious clinical events Knut M Augestad, Barthold Vonen, Ranveig Aspevik, Torunn Nestvold, Unni Ringberg, Roar Johnsen, Jan Norum, and Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo PMCID: PMC2474836 Exercise on Prescription. Effect of attendance on participants' psychological factors in a Danish version of Exercise on Prescription: A Study Protocol Thomas VG Bredahl, Lis Puggaard, and Kirsten K Roessler PMCID: PMC2478681 The cost-effectiveness of a new disease management model for frail elderly living in homes for the elderly, design of a cluster randomized controlled clinical trial Marijke Boorsma, Hein PJ van Hout, Dinnus H Frijters, Miel W Ribbe, and Giel Nijpels PMCID: PMC2488343 Needs-oriented discharge planning and monitoring for high utilisers of psychiatric services (NODPAM): Design and methods Bernd Puschner, Sabine Steffen, Wolfgang Gaebel, Harald Freyberger, Helmfried E Klein, Tilman Steinert, Rainer Muche, and Thomas Becker PMCID: PMC2492857 Empowerment interventions, knowledge translation and exchange: perspectives of home care professionals, clients and caregivers Denise St-Cyr Tribble, Frances Gallagher, Linda Bell, Chantal Caron, Pierre Godbout, Jeannette Leblanc, Pascale Morin, Marianne Xhignesse, Louis Voyer, and Mélanie Couture PMCID: PMC2528009 Study protocol: Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease Extension (ABCDE) Project Ross Bailie, Damin Si, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri, Louise Clark, Michelle Dowden, Lynette O'Donohue, John Condon, Sandra Thompson, Nikki Clelland, Tricia Nagel, Karen Gardner, and Alex Brown PMCID: PMC2556328 Values and preferences in oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation, physicians' and patients' perspectives: protocol for a two-phase study Pablo Alonso-Coello, Victor M Montori, Ivan Solà, Holger J Schünemann, Philipe Devereaux, Cathy Charles, Mercè Roura, M Gloria Díaz, Juan Carlos Souto, Rafael Alonso, Sven Oliver, Rafael Ruiz, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Ana Isabel Diez, Ignasi Gich, and Gordon Guyatt PMCID: PMC2613147 A cluster randomized trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways for patients with stroke: rationale and design of the Clinical Pathways for Effective and Appropriate Care Study [NCT00673491] Massimiliano Panella, Sara Marchisio, Antonella Barbieri, and Francesco Di Stanislao PMCID: PMC2585086 Empowering employees with chronic diseases; development of an intervention aimed at job retention and design of a randomised controlled trial Inge Varekamp, Gabe de Vries, Annelies Heutink, and Frank JH van Dijk PMCID: PMC2614990 Debate Design of price incentives for adjunct policy goals in formula funding for hospitals and health services Stephen J Duckett PMCID: PMC2322968 |
