| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence 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 SA Stringer, and Stewart E Reid PMCID: PMC2628658 Analysis of research output parameters: Density equalizing mapping and citation trend analysis Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft, Cristian Scutaru, Axel Fischer, Tobias Welte, Carolin Kreiter, and David Quarcoo PMCID: PMC2672943 The aprotinin saga and the risks of conducting meta-analyses on small randomised controlled trials – a critique of a Cochrane review Måns Rosén PMCID: PMC2657782 Research Articles A model to prioritize access to elective surgery on the basis of clinical urgency and waiting time Roberto Valente, Angela Testi, Elena Tanfani, Marco Fato, Ivan Porro, Maurizio Santo, Gregorio Santori, Giancarlo Torre, and Gianluca Ansaldo PMCID: PMC2651867 Losing the genetic twin: donor grief after unsuccessful unrelated stem cell transplantation Martina Wanner, Sandra Bochert, Iris M Schreyer, Gabi Rall, Claudia Rutt, and Alexander H Schmidt PMCID: PMC2630924 Inpatient charges among HIV/AIDS patients in Rhode Island from 2000–2004 Kamil E Barbour, Anthony Fabio, and Deborah N Pearlman PMCID: PMC2630923 What promotes sustainability in Safe Community programmes? Cecilia Nordqvist, Toomas Timpka, and Kent Lindqvist PMCID: PMC2631455 Is new drug prescribing in primary care specialist induced? Stefan R Florentinus, Eibert R Heerdink, Liset van Dijk, AMG Fabiënne Griens, Peter P Groenewegen, and Hubert GM Leufkens PMCID: PMC2651136 Effects of job rotation and role stress among nurses on job satisfaction and organizational commitment Wen-Hsien Ho, Ching Sheng Chang, Ying-Ling Shih, and Rong-Da Liang PMCID: PMC2630925 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, and Christopher R Flowers PMCID: PMC2630922 Factors associated with utilization of traditional Chinese medicine by white collar foreign workers living in Taiwan Maria Daly, Chen-Jei Tai, Chung-Yeh Deng, and Li-Yin Chien PMCID: PMC2637854 Perception of primary health professionals about Female Genital Mutilation: from healthcare to intercultural competence Adriana Kaplan-Marcusan, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Juana Moreno-Navarro, Ma Jose Castany Fàbregas, and Laura Muñoz-Ortiz PMCID: PMC2631456 Barriers to healthcare utilization in fatiguing illness: a population-based study in Georgia Jin-Mann S Lin, Dana J Brimmer, Roumiana S Boneva, James F Jones, and William C Reeves PMCID: PMC2651135 An emergency clinical pathway for stroke patients – results of a cluster randomised trial (isrctn41456865) Assunta De Luca, Danilo Toni, Laura Lauria, Maria Luisa Sacchetti, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Marica Ferri, Emanuele Puca, Massimiliano Prencipe, Gabriella Guasticchi, and the "IMPLementazione percorso clinico assistenziale ICtus Acuto (IMPLICA) study group" PMCID: PMC2640375 Quality of care of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Bulgaria: a cross-sectional study Milka Ganova-Iolovska, Krassimir Kalinov, and Max Geraedts PMCID: PMC2654443 Guideline adherence and patient satisfaction in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disorders – an evaluation study Claudia Pieper, Sebastian Haag, Stefan Gesenhues, Gerald Holtmann, Guido Gerken, and Karl-Heinz Jöckel PMCID: PMC2646712 Do knowledge infrastructure facilities support Evidence-Based Practice in occupational health? An exploratory study across countries among occupational physicians enrolled on Evidence-Based Medicine courses Nathalie IR Hugenholtz, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Judith K Sluiter, and Frank JH van Dijk PMCID: PMC2645383 Do decision support systems influence variation in prescription? Judith D de Jong, Peter P Groenewegen, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Gert P Westert, and Dinny H de Bakker PMCID: PMC2662826 Quality management: reduction of waiting time and efficiency enhancement in an ENT-university outpatients' department Matthias Helbig, Silke Helbig, Heike A Kahla-Witzsch, and Angelika May PMCID: PMC2655294 Hospital discharge planning and continuity of care for aged people in an Italian local health unit: does the care-home model reduce hospital readmission and mortality rates? Gianfranco Damiani, Bruno Federico, Antonella Venditti, Lorella Sicuro, Silvia Rinaldi, Franco Cirio, Cristiana Pregno, and Walter Ricciardi PMCID: PMC2649063 Survey of motivation for use of voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV in a high risk area of Shenyang, China Ling Zhou, Junqiao Guo, Lijuan Fan, Jing Tian, and Baosen Zhou PMCID: PMC2660302 Racial differences in long-term adherence to oral antidiabetic drug therapy: a longitudinal cohort study Connie M Trinacty, Alyce S Adams, Stephen B Soumerai, Fang Zhang, James B Meigs, John D Piette, and Dennis Ross-Degnan PMCID: PMC2645384 Variability of adenoidectomy/tonsillectomy rates among children of the Veneto Region, Italy Ugo Fedeli, Maria Marchesan, Francesco Avossa, Francesco Zambon, Marilisa Andretta, Iacopo Baussano, and Paolo Spolaore PMCID: PMC2647536 Income development of General Practitioners in eight European countries from 1975 to 2005 Madelon W Kroneman, Jouke Van der Zee, and Wim Groot PMCID: PMC2670288 Direct medical costs of adverse events in Dutch hospitals Lilian HF Hoonhout, Martine C de Bruijne, Cordula Wagner, Marieke Zegers, Roelof Waaijman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Henk Asscheman, Gerrit van der Wal, and Maurits W van Tulder PMCID: PMC2645386 Assessment of the multidisciplinary education for a major change in clinical practice; a prospective cohort study Ian MR Wright, Chris H Wake, Helene Anderson, and Shirley Graham PMCID: PMC2645385 "Will they just pack up and leave?" – attitudes and intended behaviour of hospital health care workers during an influenza pandemic Holly Seale, Julie Leask, Kieren Po, and C Raina MacIntyre PMCID: PMC2661074 General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective Horst Christian Vollmar, Monika A Rieger, Martin E Butzlaff, and Thomas Ostermann PMCID: PMC2662827 A pharmaco-economic analysis of patients with schizophrenia switching to generic risperidone involving a possible compliance loss Maarten Treur, Bart Heeg, Hans-Jürgen Möller, Annette Schmeding, and Ben van Hout PMCID: PMC2652458 Community based yoga classes for type 2 diabetes: an exploratory randomised controlled trial Lana Skoro-Kondza, Sharon See Tai, Ramona Gadelrab, Desanka Drincevic, and Trisha Greenhalgh PMCID: PMC2652459 An epistemic community comes and goes? Local and national expressions of heart health promotion in Canada John Eyles, Kerry Robinson, and Susan Elliott PMCID: PMC2651134 Exploring health stakeholders' perceptions on moving towards comprehensive primary health care to address childhood malnutrition in Iran: a qualitative study Sara Javanparast, John Coveney, and Udoy Saikia PMCID: PMC2649918 Systematic review on quality control for drug management programs: Is quality reported in the literature? Anke-Peggy Holtorf, Carrie McAdam-Marx, David Schaaf, Benjamin Eng, and Gary Oderda PMCID: PMC2653499 Do list size and remuneration affect GPs' decisions about how they provide consultations? Michael J van den Berg, Dinny H de Bakker, Gert P Westert, Jouke van der Zee, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2654894 Appropriateness of acute admissions and last in-patient day for patients with long term neurological conditions Christina L Hammond, Margaret F Phillips, Lorraine L Pinnington, Benedict J Pearson, and Apostolos Fakis PMCID: PMC2653500 Trends in laboratory testing for diabetes in Ontario, Canada 1995–2005: A population-based study Sarah E Wilson, Lorraine L Lipscombe, Laura C Rosella, and Douglas G Manuel PMCID: PMC2657133 A four phase development model for integrated care services in the Netherlands Mirella MN Minkman, Kees TB Ahaus, and Robbert Huijsman PMCID: PMC2660899 Priority setting: what constitutes success? A conceptual framework for successful priority setting Shannon L Sibbald, Peter A Singer, Ross Upshur, and Douglas K Martin PMCID: PMC2655292 A qualitative examination of inappropriate hospital admissions and lengths of stay Christina L Hammond, Lorraine L Pinnington, and Margaret F Phillips PMCID: PMC2655293 Infrastructural requirements for local implementation of safety policies: the discordance between top-down and bottom-up systems of action Toomas Timpka, Cecilia Nordqvist, and Kent Lindqvist PMCID: PMC2657134 The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: Results from a maternity health facility survey Abdhalah K Ziraba, Samuel Mills, Nyovani Madise, Teresa Saliku, and Jean-Christophe Fotso PMCID: PMC2662828 Relationship between interRAI HC and the ICF: opportunity for operationalizing the ICF Katherine Berg, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Len Gray, Jean Claude Henrard, John Hirdes, Naoki Ikegami, Gunnar Ljunggren, John N Morris, Louis Paquay, Linda Resnik, and Gary Teare PMCID: PMC2666676 Fostering participation of general practitioners in integrated health services networks: incentives, barriers, and guidelines Matthieu de Stampa, Isabelle Vedel, Howard Bergman, Jean-Luc Novella, and Liette Lapointe PMCID: PMC2664801 Factors related to treatment intensity in Swiss primary care André Busato, Pius Matter, and Beat Künzi PMCID: PMC2664802 The variability and predictors of quality of AIDS care services in Brazil Maria Ines Battistella Nemes, Regina Melchior, Cáritas Relva Basso, Elen Rose Lodeiro Castanheira, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves, and Shaun Conway PMCID: PMC2671500 Association between forgone care and household income among the elderly in five Western European countries – analyses based on survey data from the SHARE-study Andreas Mielck, Raphael Kiess, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Irina Stirbu, and Anton E Kunst PMCID: PMC2666678 The effects of an area-based intervention on the uptake of maternal and child health assessments in Australia: A community trial Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt, Peter Feldman, Andrea Nolan, and Bridie Raban PMCID: PMC2674040 The economic costs and health-related quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS in the Canary Islands, Spain Julio Lopez-Bastida, Juan Oliva-Moreno, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Perez, and Pedro Serrano-Aguilar PMCID: PMC2670289 A retrospective cohort study on lifestyle habits of cardiovascular patients: how informative are medical records? Annemarie J Fouwels, Sebastiaan JH Bredie, Hub Wollersheim, and Gerard M Schippers PMCID: PMC2670825 Is there much variation in variation? Revisiting statistics of small area variation in health services research Berta Ibáñez, Julián Librero, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Salvador Peiró, Beatriz González López-Valcarcel, Natalia Martínez, and Felipe Aizpuru PMCID: PMC2676262 Care-seeking behavior and out-of-pocket expenditure for sick newborns among urban poor in Lucknow, northern India: a prospective follow-up study Neeraj M Srivastava, Shally Awasthi, and Girdhar G Agarwal PMCID: PMC2676263 Transition of care: experiences and preferences of patients across the primary/secondary interface – a qualitative study Annette J Berendsen, G Majella de Jong, Betty Meyboom-de Jong, Janny H Dekker, and Jan Schuling PMCID: PMC2674593 Patient satisfaction with healthcare provided by family doctors: primary dimensions and an attempt at typology Ludmila Marcinowicz, Slawomir Chlabicz, and Ryszard Grebowski PMCID: PMC2678111 Study Protocol 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, and Janice S Ellis PMCID: PMC2637853 Knowledge brokering: Exploring the process of transferring knowledge into action Vicky L Ward, Allan O House, and Susan Hamer PMCID: PMC2632997 Nurse-led motivational interviewing to change the lifestyle of patients with type 2 diabetes (MILD-project): protocol for a cluster, randomized, controlled trial on implementing lifestyle recommendations Renate Jansink, Jozé Braspenning, Trudy van der Weijden, Louis Niessen, Glyn Elwyn, and Richard Grol PMCID: PMC2646713 Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary management of Tinnitus at a specialized Tinnitus centre Rilana Cima, Manuela Joore, Iris Maes, Dyon Scheyen, Amr El Refaie, David M Baguley, Johan WS Vlaeyen, and Lucien Anteunis PMCID: PMC2654550 Study protocol of psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of a competence test in evidence based practice: The Fresno test Josep M Argimon-Pallàs, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Josep Jiménez-Villa, Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera, Gonçal Foz, Magda Bundó-Vidiella, Sebastià Juncosa, Cruz M Fuentes-Bellido, Belén Pérez-Rodríguez, Francesc Margalef-Pallarès, Rosa Villafafila-Ferrero, Dolors Forès-Garcia, Josep Roman-Martínez, and Esther Vilert-Garroga PMCID: PMC2660898 Introducing patient perspective in health technology assessment at the local level Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Dolorès Lepage-Savary, Johanne Gagnon, Michèle St-Pierre, Chantale Simard, Marc Rhainds, Renald Lemieux, François-Pierre Gauvin, Marie Desmartis, and France Légaré PMCID: PMC2671501 The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events Betsie GI van Gaal, Lisette Schoonhoven, Marlies EJL Hulscher, Joke AJ Mintjes, George F Borm, Raymond TCM Koopmans, and Theo van Achterberg PMCID: PMC2675519 Debates Qualitative assessment of innovations in healthcare provision Franz Porzsolt, Amit K Ghosh, and Robert M Kaplan PMCID: PMC2666677 A new model for health care delivery John P Kepros and Razvan C Opreanu PMCID: PMC2670290 |
