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Correspondence Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study Mark F Harris, Bibiana C Chan, Christopher Daniel, Qing Wan, Nick Zwar, and Gawaine Powell Davies PMCID: PMC2877025 Lifting the lid of the "black intervention box" - the systematic development of an action competence programme for people with screen-detected dysglycaemia Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Marit Kirkevold, Annelli Sandbæk, and Torsten Lauritzen PMCID: PMC2882382 Risk sharing arrangements for pharmaceuticals: potential considerations and recommendations for European payers Jakub Adamski, Brian Godman, Gabriella Ofierska-Sujkowska, Bogusława Osińska, Harald Herholz, Kamila Wendykowska, Ott Laius, Saira Jan, Catherine Sermet, Corrine Zara, Marija Kalaba, Roland Gustafsson, Kristina Garuolienè, Alan Haycox, Silvio Garattini, and Lars L Gustafsson PMCID: PMC2906457 OPTIGOV - A new methodology for evaluating Clinical Governance implementation by health providers Maria Lucia Specchia, Giuseppe La Torre, Roberta Siliquini, Silvio Capizzi, Luca Valerio, Pierangela Nardella, Alessandro Campana, and Walter Ricciardi PMCID: PMC2904759 Recruiting participants for interventions to prevent the onset of depressive disorders: Possibile ways to increase participation rates Pim Cuijpers, Annemieke van Straten, Lisanne Warmerdam, and Marie José van Rooy PMCID: PMC2907376 Facilitators and barriers to implementing clinical care pathways Sara Evans-Lacko, Manuela Jarrett, Paul McCrone, and Graham Thornicroft PMCID: PMC2912894 Research articles Unwanted incidents during transition of geriatric patients from hospital to home: a prospective observational study Marianne Mesteig, Jorunn L Helbostad, Olav Sletvold, Tove Røsstad, and Ingvild Saltvedt PMCID: PMC2827472 The effectiveness of computerized clinical guidelines in the process of care: a systematic review Gianfranco Damiani, Luigi Pinnarelli, Simona C Colosimo, Roberta Almiento, Lorella Sicuro, Rocco Galasso, Lorenzo Sommella, and Walter Ricciardi PMCID: PMC2837004 A comparison of the clinical effectiveness and costs of mental health nurse supplementary prescribing and independent medical prescribing: a post-test control group study Ian J Norman, Samantha Coster, Paul McCrone, Andrew Sibley, and Cate Whittlesea PMCID: PMC2820038 Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography Harindra C Wijeysundera, Therese A Stukel, Alice Chong, Madhu K Natarajan, and David A Alter PMCID: PMC2826304 Simple versus composite indicators of socioeconomic status in resource allocation formulae: the case of the district resource allocation formula in Malawi Gerald Manthalu, Dominic Nkhoma, and Sanderson Kuyeli PMCID: PMC2823741 Does the process map influence the outcome of quality improvement work? A comparison of a sequential flow diagram and a hierarchical task analysis diagram Lacey Colligan, Janet E Anderson, Henry WW Potts, and Jonathan Berman PMCID: PMC2822834 Improvement of primary care for patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study Jan van Lieshout, Michel Wensing, and Richard Grol PMCID: PMC2820039 Is hospital discharge administrative data an appropriate source of information for cancer registries purposes? Some insights from four Spanish registries Enrique Bernal-Delgado E, Carmen Martos, Natalia Martínez, María Dolores Chirlaque, Mirari Márquez, Carmen Navarro, Lauro Hernando, Joaquín Palomar, Isabel Izarzugaza, Nerea Larrañaga, Olatz Mokoroa, M Cres Tobalina, Joseba Bidaurrazaga, María José Sánchez, Carmen Martínez, Miguel Rodríguez, Esther Pérez, and Yoe Ling Chang PMCID: PMC2836319 Patient's site of first access to health system influences length of delay for tuberculosis treatment in Tajikistan Raffael Ayé, Kaspar Wyss, Hanifa Abdualimova, and Sadullo Saidaliev PMCID: PMC2822832 Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination for prevention of cervical cancer in Taiwan Pang-Hsiang Liu, Fu-Chang Hu, Ping-Ing Lee, Song-Nan Chow, Chao-Wan Huang, and Jung-Der Wang PMCID: PMC2822833 Chronology of prescribing error during the hospital stay and prediction of pharmacist's alerts overriding: a prospective analysis Thibaut Caruba, Isabelle Colombet, Florence Gillaizeau, Vanida Bruni, Virginie Korb, Patrice Prognon, Dominique Bégué, Pierre Durieux, and Brigitte Sabatier PMCID: PMC2820036 Identifying the barriers to conducting outcomes research in integrative health care clinic settings - a qualitative study Marja J Verhoef, Andrea Mulkins, Ania Kania, Barbara Findlay-Reece, and Silvano Mior PMCID: PMC2826302 The relationship between safety net activities and hospital financial performance Jack Zwanziger, Nasreen Khan, and Anil Bamezai PMCID: PMC2830204 Cross-cultural adaptation and patients' judgments of a Question Prompt List for Italian-speaking cancer patients Caterina Caminiti, Francesca Diodati, Silvia Filiberti, Barbara Marcomini, Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Maria Ollari, and Rodolfo Passalacqua PMCID: PMC2821383 Guidelines; from foe to friend? Comparative interviews with GPs in Norway and Denmark Benedicte Carlsen and Pia K Kjellberg PMCID: PMC2827473 Delivering an evidence-based outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: Barriers and enablers experienced by community rehabilitation teams Annie McCluskey and Sandy Middleton PMCID: PMC2821384 Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care for the treatment of major depressive disorder in primary care. A systematic review Kirsten M van Steenbergen-Weijenburg, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Eva K Horn, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Aartjan TF Beekman, Frans FH Rutten, and Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen PMCID: PMC2826303 Evaluating quality of obstetric care in low-resource settings: Building on the literature to design tailor-made evaluation instruments - an illustration in Burkina Faso Florence Morestin, Abel Bicaba, Jean de Dieu Sermé, and Pierre Fournier PMCID: PMC2837005 Patient safety in primary care: a survey of general practitioners in the Netherlands Sander Gaal, Wim Verstappen, and Michel Wensing PMCID: PMC2823738 Applying diagnosis and pharmacy-based risk models to predict pharmacy use in Aragon, Spain: The impact of a local calibration Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Chad Abrams, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Jonathan P Weiner, and Alexandra Prados-Torres PMCID: PMC2828433 Effectiveness of a Surgery Admission Unit for patients undergoing major elective surgery in a tertiary university hospital B Ortiga, C Capdevila, A Salazar, MF Viso, C Bartolomé, and X Corbella PMCID: PMC2823739 A realist evaluation of the management of a well- performing regional hospital in Ghana Bruno Marchal, McDamien Dedzo, and Guy Kegels PMCID: PMC2828434 The effect of linking community health centers to a state-level smoker's quitline on rates of cessation assistance Donna Shelley and Jennifer Cantrell PMCID: PMC2823740 Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan Kuo-Piao Chung, Yun-Jau Chang, Mei-Shu Lai, Raymond Nien-Chen Kuo, Skye H Cheng, Li-Tzong Chen, Reiping Tang, Tsang-Wu Liu, and Ming-Jium Shieh PMCID: PMC2835701 Validity and reliability of Turkish version of "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture" and perception of patient safety in public hospitals in Turkey Said Bodur and Emel Filiz PMCID: PMC2835702 Increasing the uptake of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in a resource-limited setting Kwasi Torpey, Mushota Kabaso, Prisca Kasonde, Rebecca Dirks, Maxmillian Bweupe, Catherine Thompson, and Ya Diul Mukadi PMCID: PMC2835703 Small-scale, homelike facilities versus regular psychogeriatric nursing home wards: a cross-sectional study into residents' characteristics Hilde Verbeek, Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Erik van Rossum, Ton Ambergen, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, and Jan PH Hamers PMCID: PMC2827474 Comparing administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of irritable bowel syndrome: a population-based investigation Lisa M Lix, Marina S Yogendran, Souradet Y Shaw, Laura E Targownick, Jennifer Jones, and Osama Bataineh PMCID: PMC2824664 Clinimetric quality of the fire fighting simulation test as part of the Dutch fire fighters Workers' Health Surveillance Marie-Christine J Plat, Monique HW Frings-Dresen, and Judith K Sluiter PMCID: PMC2829551 Community health insurance amidst abolition of user fees in Uganda: the view from policy makers and health service managers Robert K Basaza, Bart Criel, and Patrick Van der Stuyft PMCID: PMC2827475 General practitioners' opinions on how to improve treatment of mental disorders in primary health care. Interviews with one hundred Norwegian general practitioners Arnstein Mykletun, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Tone Tangen, and Simon Øverland PMCID: PMC2829552 Evaluation of an open access echocardiography service in the Netherlands: a mixed methods study of indications, outcomes, patient management and trends Leanne MSG van Heur, Leo HB Baur, Marleen Tent, Cara LB Lodewijks-van der Bolt, Marjolijn Streppel, Ron AG Winkens, and Henri EJH Stoffers PMCID: PMC2835704 International health policy survey in 11 countries: assessment of non-response bias in the Norwegian sample Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Hilde H Iversen, and Geir Bukholm PMCID: PMC2833149 The impact of gender and parenthood on physicians' careers - professional and personal situation seven years after graduation Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer, Martina Stamm, Claus Buddeberg, Georg Bauer, Oliver Hämmig, Michaela Knecht, and Richard Klaghofer PMCID: PMC2851709 Empirical aspects of record linkage across multiple data sets using statistical linkage keys: the experience of the PIAC cohort study Rosemary Karmel, Phil Anderson, Diane Gibson, Ann Peut, Stephen Duckett, and Yvonne Wells PMCID: PMC2842267 Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The clinical validity of key indicators Dennis Ross-Degnan, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Fang Zhang, Hailu Tadeg, Lillian Gitau, Joseph Ntaganira, Robert Balikuddembe, John Chalker, Anita K Wagner, and INRUD IAA PMCID: PMC2834585 Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The feasibility of collecting routine data for key indicators John C Chalker, Tenaw Andualem, Lillian N Gitau, Joseph Ntaganira, Celestino Obua, Hailu Tadeg, Paul Waako, Dennis Ross-Degnan, and INRUD-IAA PMCID: PMC2836318 Resource utilization and outcome at a university versus a community teaching hospital in tPA treated stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study Angela F Caveney, Robert Silbergleit, Shirley Frederiksen, William J Meurer, Susan L Hickenbottom, Rodney W Smith, and Phillip A Scott PMCID: PMC2838863 Patient organisations and the reimbursement process for medicines: an exploratory study in eight European countries Janneke Noordman, Liset van Dijk, and Roland Friele PMCID: PMC2837651 Perceptions of unmet healthcare needs: what do Punjabi and Chinese-speaking immigrants think? A qualitative study Emily G Marshall, Sabrina T Wong, Jeannie L Haggerty, and Jean-Fréderic Levesque PMCID: PMC2839978 A successful chronic care program in Al Ain-United Arab Emirates Latifa M Baynouna, Amal I Shamsan, Tahira A Ali, Lolowa A Al Mukini, Moza H Al Kuwiti, Thuraya A Al Ameri, Nico JD Nagelkerke, Ahmad M Abusamak, Nader M Ahmed, Sanaa M Zein Al Deen, Tariq M Jaber, Abdulkarim M Elkhalid, Anthony D Revel, Alhusini I Al Husaini, Fouad A Nour, Hayat O Ahmad, Mohammad K Nazirudeen, Rowaya Al Dhahiri, Yahya O Zain Al Abdeen, and Aziza O Omar PMCID: PMC2841164 Association of shared decision-making with type of breast cancer surgery: a cross-sectional study Myung Kyung Lee, Dong Young Noh, Seok Jin Nam, Se Hyun Ahn, Byeong Woo Park, Eun Sook Lee, and Young Ho Yun PMCID: PMC2837652 Aggression and violence against health care workers in Germany - a cross sectional retrospective survey Simone Franz, Annett Zeh, Anja Schablon, Saskia Kuhnert, and Albert Nienhaus PMCID: PMC2837654 Perspectives of staff nurses of the reasons for and the nature of patient-initiated call lights: an exploratory survey study in four USA hospitals Huey-Ming Tzeng PMCID: PMC2841165 Doctor as criminal: reporting of patient deaths to the police and criminal prosecution of healthcare providers in Japan L Jay Starkey and Shoichi Maeda PMCID: PMC2841593 The impact of social franchising on the use of reproductive health and family planning services at public commune health stations in Vietnam Anh D Ngo, Dana L Alden, Van Pham, and Ha Phan PMCID: PMC2845125 The disease management program for type 2 diabetes in Germany enhances process quality of diabetes care - a follow-up survey of patient's experiences Ingmar Schäfer, Claudia Küver, Benjamin Gedrose, Falk Hoffmann, Barbara Ruß-Thiel, Hans-Peter Brose, Hendrik van den Bussche, and Hanna Kaduszkiewicz PMCID: PMC2843701 The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families Ramon Sabes-Figuera, Paul McCrone, Mike Hurley, Michael King, Ana Nora Donaldson, and Leone Ridsdale PMCID: PMC2845126 Incorporating statistical uncertainty in the use of physician cost profiles John L Adams, Elizabeth A McGlynn, J William Thomas, and Ateev Mehrotra PMCID: PMC2842268 Integrated syphilis/HIV screening in China: a qualitative analysis Joseph D Tucker, Li-Gang Yang, Zheng-Jun Zhu, Bin Yang, Yue-Pin Yin, Myron S Cohen, and Xiang-Sheng Chen PMCID: PMC2839979 Trends of hospitalizations, fatality rate and costs for acute myocardial infarction among Spanish diabetic adults, 2001-2006 Ana Lopez-de-Andres, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Jesús Esteban-Hernandez, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel, and Rodrigo Jiménez-García PMCID: PMC2839980 How do care-provider and home exercise program characteristics affect patient adherence in chronic neck and back pain: a qualitative study Pilar Escolar-Reina, Francesc Medina-Mirapeix, Juan J Gascón-Cánovas, Joaquina Montilla-Herrador, Francisco J Jimeno-Serrano, Silvana L de Oliveira Sousa, M Elena del Baño-Aledo, and Rafael Lomas-Vega PMCID: PMC2847560 Impact of a nurse-led intervention to improve screening for cardiovascular risk factors in people with severe mental illnesses. Phase-two cluster randomised feasibility trial of community mental health teams David PJ Osborn, Irwin Nazareth, Christine A Wright, and Michael B King PMCID: PMC2850904 Burnout syndrome in Cypriot physiotherapists: a national survey Andreas Pavlakis, Vasilios Raftopoulos, and Mamas Theodorou PMCID: PMC2842269 Assessing the context of health care utilization in Ecuador: A spatial and multilevel analysis Daniel F López-Cevallos and Chunhuei Chi PMCID: PMC2850335 The breadth of primary care: a systematic literature review of its core dimensions Dionne S Kringos, Wienke GW Boerma, Allen Hutchinson, Jouke van der Zee, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2848652 Nonurgent patients in the emergency department? A French formula to prevent misuse Stéphanie Gentile, Pascal Vignally, Anne-Claire Durand, Sabina Gainotti, Roland Sambuc, and Patrick Gerbeaux PMCID: PMC2846926 Investigating determinants of out-of-pocket spending and strategies for coping with payments for healthcare in southeast Nigeria Obinna E Onwujekwe, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Eric N Obikeze, Ijeoma Okoronkwo, Ogbonnia G Ochonma, Chima A Onoka, Grace Madubuko, and Chijioke Okoli PMCID: PMC2851710 Cholesterol treatment with statins: Who is left out and who makes it to goal? Peter Franks, Daniel Tancredi, Paul Winters, and Kevin Fiscella PMCID: PMC2846927 Factors associated with health-seeking behavior among migrant workers in Beijing, China Yingchun Peng, Wenhu Chang, Haiqing Zhou, Hongpu Hu, and Wannian Liang PMCID: PMC2848137 Effects of automated alerts on unnecessarily repeated serology tests in a cardiovascular surgery department: a time series analysis Julie Niès, Isabelle Colombet, Eric Zapletal, Florence Gillaizeau, Patrick Chevalier, and Pierre Durieux PMCID: PMC2848138 A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria Ifeoma I Ulasi, Chinwuba K Ijoma, and Obinna D Onodugo PMCID: PMC2858142 Computer-assisted resilience training to prepare healthcare workers for pandemic influenza: a randomized trial of the optimal dose of training Robert G Maunder, William J Lancee, Reet Mae, Leslie Vincent, Nathalie Peladeau, Mary Agnes Beduz, Jonathan J Hunter, and Molyn Leszcz PMCID: PMC2851711 The failure of routine rapid HIV testing: a case study of improving low sensitivity in the field Benjamin J Wolpaw, Catherine Mathews, Mickey Chopra, Diana Hardie, Virginia de Azevedo, Karen Jennings, and Mark N Lurie PMCID: PMC2851712 Primary medical care in Irish prisons Joe M Barry, Catherine D Darker, David E Thomas, Shane PA Allwright, and Tom O'Dowd PMCID: PMC2853535 Implementation by simulation; strategies for ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia in the Netherlands Sabrina Ramwadhdoebe, Godefridus G Van Merode, Magda M Boere-Boonekamp, Ralph JB Sakkers, and Erik Buskens PMCID: PMC2851713 Comparing public and private hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong Karen Eggleston, Mingshan Lu, Congdong Li, Jian Wang, Zhe Yang, Jing Zhang, and Hude Quan PMCID: PMC2858143 The experience of living with chronic heart failure: a narrative review of qualitative studies Yun-Hee Jeon, Stefan G Kraus, Tanisha Jowsey, and Nicholas J Glasgow PMCID: PMC2851714 Determinants of satisfaction with health care provider interactions at health centres in central Ethiopia: a cross sectional study Zewdie Birhanu, Tsion Assefa, Mirkuzie Woldie, and Sudhakar Morankar PMCID: PMC2848139 Experiences of mental illness stigma, prejudice and discrimination: a review of measures Elaine Brohan, Mike Slade, Sarah Clement, and Graham Thornicroft PMCID: PMC2851715 Application of a theoretical model to evaluate COPD disease management Karin MM Lemmens, Anna P Nieboer, Maureen PMH Rutten-Van Mölken, Constant P van Schayck, Javier D Asin, Jos AM Dirven, and Robbert Huijsman PMCID: PMC2859741 The epidemiology of hospitalized influenza in children, a two year population-based study in the People's Republic of China Wei Ji, Tao Zhang, Xuelan Zhang, Lufang Jiang, Yunfang Ding, Chuangli Hao, Liwen Ju, Yuqing Wang, Qingwu Jiang, Mark Steinhoff, Steven Black, and Genming Zhao PMCID: PMC2853537 Validity and reliability of a multiple-group measurement scale for interprofessional collaboration Chris Kenaszchuk, Scott Reeves, David Nicholas, and Merrick Zwarenstein PMCID: PMC2867963 Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Vidyasagar Pampati, Vijay Singh, Mark V Boswell, Howard S Smith, and Joshua A Hirsch PMCID: PMC2907752 Patient safety culture lives in departments and wards: Multilevel partitioning of variance in patient safety culture Ellen Deilkås and Dag Hofoss PMCID: PMC2859742 Quantifying culture gaps between physicians and managers in Dutch hospitals: a survey Hanneke AHJ Klopper-Kes, Sabine Siesling, Nienke Meerdink, Celeste PM Wilderom, and Wim H van Harten PMCID: PMC2907753 Partnership disengagement from primary community care networks (PCCNs): A qualitative study for a national demonstration project Chia-Yi Liau, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Yung-Kai Lin, and Blossom Yen-Ju Lin PMCID: PMC2867964 A cross-sectional prospective study of seclusion, restraint and involuntary medication in acute psychiatric wards: patient, staff and ward characteristics Tonje Lossius Husum, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Arnstein Finset, and Torleif Ruud PMCID: PMC2858144 Uncompensated care provided by for-profit, not-for-profit, and government owned hospitals Peter Cram, Levent Bayman, Ioana Popescu, Mary S Vaughan-Sarrazin, Xueya Cai, and Gary E Rosenthal PMCID: PMC2907758 Is the Kaiser Permanente model superior in terms of clinical integration?: a comparative study of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California and the Danish healthcare system Martin Strandberg-Larsen, Michaela L Schiøtz, Jeremy D Silver, Anne Frølich, John S Andersen, Ilana Graetz, Mary Reed, Jim Bellows, Allan Krasnik, Thomas Rundall, and John Hsu PMCID: PMC2907761 'Reaching the hard to reach' - lessons learned from the VCS (voluntary and community Sector). A qualitative study Sarah M Flanagan and Beverley Hancock PMCID: PMC2856561 Suitability of three indicators measuring the quality of coordination within hospitals Etienne Minvielle, Henri Leleu, Frédéric Capuano, Catherine Grenier, Philippe Loirat, and Laurent Degos PMCID: PMC2858145 Four minutes for a patient, twenty seconds for a relative - an observational study at a university hospital Gerhild Becker, Dorothee E Kempf, Carola J Xander, Felix Momm, Manfred Olschewski, and Hubert E Blum PMCID: PMC2907756 Measuring client experiences in long-term care in the Netherlands: a pilot study with the Consumer Quality Index Long-term Care Mattanja Triemstra, Sjenny Winters, Rudolf B Kool, and Therese A Wiegers PMCID: PMC2907762 Adjustment of nursing home quality indicators Richard N Jones, John P Hirdes, Jeffrey W Poss, Maureen Kelly, Katharine Berg, Brant E Fries, and John N Morris PMCID: PMC2881673 Engaging communication experts in a Delphi process to identify patient behaviors that could enhance communication in medical encounters Jaya K Rao, Lynda A Anderson, Bhuvana Sukumar, Danielle A Beauchesne, Terry Stein, and Richard M Frankel PMCID: PMC2888812 Screening mammography use and chemotherapy among female stage II colon cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study Xinhua Yu and Alexander M McBean PMCID: PMC2868844 Do coder characteristics influence validity of ICD-10 hospital discharge data? Deirdre A Hennessy, Hude Quan, Peter D Faris, and Cynthia A Beck PMCID: PMC2868845 Do specialty registrars change their attitudes, intentions and behaviour towards reporting incidents following a patient safety course? José D Jansma, Dorien LM Zwart, Ian P Leistikow, Cor J Kalkman, Cordula Wagner, and Arnold B Bijnen PMCID: PMC2907757 Retention rate of physicians in public health administration agencies and their career paths in Japan Soichi Koike, Tomoko Kodama, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroo Ide, Hideo Yasunaga, and Tomoaki Imamura PMCID: PMC2877024 A patient survey of the impact of fibromyalgia and the journey to diagnosis Ernest Choy, Serge Perrot, Teresa Leon, Joan Kaplan, Danielle Petersel, Anna Ginovker, and Erich Kramer PMCID: PMC2874550 Comparison of breast and bowel cancer screening uptake patterns in a common cohort of South Asian women in England Charlotte L Price, Ala K Szczepura, Anil K Gumber, and Julietta Patnick PMCID: PMC2867962 Impact of symptoms on quality of life before and after diagnosis of coeliac disease: results from a UK population survey Alastair M Gray and Irene N Papanicolas PMCID: PMC2907763 World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool in the assessment of fractures after falls in hospital Shin-ichi Toyabe PMCID: PMC2868843 Will the community nurse continue to function during H1N1 influenza pandemic: a cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community nurses? Eliza LY Wong, Samuel YS Wong, Kenny Kung, Annie WL Cheung, Tiffany T Gao, and Sian Griffiths PMCID: PMC2907760 Prioritisation criteria for the selection of new diagnostic technologies for evaluation Annette Plüddemann, Carl Heneghan, Matthew Thompson, Nia Roberts, Nicholas Summerton, Luan Linden-Phillips, Claire Packer, and Christopher P Price PMCID: PMC2881057 Predictors of Long-Term Care Utilization by Dutch Hospital Patients aged 65+ Albert Wong, Rianne Elderkamp-de Groot, Johan Polder, and Job van Exel PMCID: PMC2881916 Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity: a comparative study of two sources Martin Fortin, Catherine Hudon, Jeannie Haggerty, Marjan van den Akker, and José Almirall PMCID: PMC2907759 Missed opportunity for standardized diagnosis and treatment among adult Tuberculosis patients in hospitals involved in Public-Private Mix for Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course strategy in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study Ari Probandari, Lars Lindholm, Hans Stenlund, Adi Utarini, and Anna-Karin Hurtig PMCID: PMC2881058 Job satisfaction and its modeling among township health center employees: a quantitative study in poor rural China Jun A Liu, Qi Wang, and Zu X Lu PMCID: PMC2907754 How does the New Cooperative Medical Scheme influence health service utilization? A study in two provinces in rural China Baorong Yu, Qingyue Meng, Charles Collins, Rachel Tolhurst, Shenglan Tang, Fei Yan, Lennart Bogg, and Xiaoyun Liu PMCID: PMC2907764 Cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions in Andhra Pradesh state of India Lalit Dandona, SG Prem Kumar, G Anil Kumar, and Rakhi Dandona PMCID: PMC2874552 Network organizations of general practitioners: antecedents of formation and consequences of participation Giovanni Fattore and Domenico Salvatore PMCID: PMC2882383 Patient and health professional views on rehabilitation practices and outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis:a focus group study Marie D Westby and Catherine L Backman PMCID: PMC2887446 Challenging the holy grail of hospital accreditation: A cross sectional study of inpatient satisfaction in the field of cardiology Cornelia Sack, Peter Lütkes, Wolfram Günther, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, and Gerald J Holtmann PMCID: PMC2877683 Risk reduction before surgery. The role of the primary care provider in preoperative smoking and alcohol cessation Hanne Tønnesen, Pernille Faurschou, Helge Ralov, Ditte Mølgaard-Nielsen, Grethe Thomas, and Vibeke Backer PMCID: PMC2882918 Measuring dementia carers' unmet need for services - an exploratory mixed method study Christine Stirling, Sharon Andrews, Toby Croft, James Vickers, Paul Turner, and Andrew Robinson PMCID: PMC2875230 Recruitment of multiple stakeholders to health services research: Lessons from the front lines Michelle E Kho, Ellen Rawski, Julie Makarski, and Melissa C Brouwers PMCID: PMC2880290 One stop or full stop? The continuing challenges for researchers despite the new streamlined NHS research governance process Andrew GH Thompson and Emma F France PMCID: PMC2882919 A toolkit for incorporating genetics into mainstream medical services: Learning from service development pilots in England Catherine L Bennett, Sarah E Burke, Hilary Burton, and Peter A Farndon PMCID: PMC2887834 Comparison of Rx-defined morbidity groups and diagnosis- based risk adjusters for predicting healthcare costs in Taiwan Raymond NC Kuo and Mei-Shu Lai PMCID: PMC2885387 Forecasting drug utilization and expenditure in a metropolitan health region Björn Wettermark, Marie E Persson, Nils Wilking, Mats Kalin, Seher Korkmaz, Paul Hjemdahl, Brian Godman, Max Petzold, and Lars L Gustafsson PMCID: PMC2893175 Assessment of hospital performance with a case-mix standardized mortality model using an existing administrative database in Japan Hiroaki Miyata, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Kiyohide Fushimi, and Shinya Matsuda PMCID: PMC2882385 Evaluating priority setting success in healthcare: a pilot study Shannon L Sibbald, Jennifer L Gibson, Peter A Singer, Ross Upshur, and Douglas K Martin PMCID: PMC2890637 What are the current barriers to effective cancer care coordination? A qualitative study Jennifer Walsh, James D Harrison, Jane M Young, Phyllis N Butow, Michael J Solomon, and Lindy Masya PMCID: PMC2891740 Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care Rui Li, Ping Zhang, Lawrence Barker, and DeKeely Hartsfield PMCID: PMC2881060 Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): Two views of the same picture Imogen Savage, Tony Cornford, Ela Klecun, Nick Barber, Sarah Clifford, and Bryony Dean Franklin PMCID: PMC2890639 Healthcare costs associated with progressive diabetic retinopathy among National Health Insurance enrollees in Taiwan, 2000-2004 Lin-Chung Woung, Ching-Yao Tsai, Hsin-Kai Chou, Ming-Tsu Tsai, Wei-Her Tsai, Pesus Chou, and Shih-Tsuo Shen PMCID: PMC2887835 Methods to identify the target population: implications for prescribing quality indicators Liana Martirosyan, Onyebuchi A Arah, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp, Jozé Braspenning, and Petra Denig PMCID: PMC2890640 Women's preference for cesarean delivery and differences between Taiwanese women undergoing different modes of delivery Kuei-Hui Chu, Chen-Jei Tai, Chun-Sen Hsu, Mei-Chiang Yeh, and Li-Yin Chien PMCID: PMC2885388 Prevalence and factors affecting home blood pressure documentation in routine clinical care: a retrospective study Michael H Kramer, Eugene Breydo, Maria Shubina, Kelly Babcock, Jonathan S Einbinder, and Alexander Turchin PMCID: PMC2882386 Comparison of different comorbidity measures for use with administrative data in predicting short- and long-term mortality Yu-Tseng Chu, Yee-Yung Ng, and Shiao-Chi Wu PMCID: PMC2897792 Professional Service Utilisation among Patients with Severe Mental Disorders Marie-Josée Fleury, Guy Grenier, Jean-Marie Bamvita, and Jean Caron PMCID: PMC2896947 Disparities of Care for African-Americans and Caucasians with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Cohort Study Christopher R Frei, Eric M Mortensen, Laurel A Copeland, Russell T Attridge, Mary Jo V Pugh, Marcos I Restrepo, Antonio Anzueto, Brandy Nakashima, and Michael J Fine PMCID: PMC2890642 Reproductive health services for populations at high risk of HIV: Performance of a night clinic in Tete province, Mozambique Yves Lafort, Diederike Geelhoed, Luisa Cumba, Carla das Dores Mosse Lázaro, Wim Delva, Stanley Luchters, and Marleen Temmerman PMCID: PMC2890643 Quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice according to patients' ethnic background: a cross-sectional study from Oslo, Norway Anh T Tran, Lien M Diep, John G Cooper, Tor Claudi, Jørund Straand, Kåre Birkeland, Wibeche Ingskog, and Anne K Jenum PMCID: PMC2887836 Measuring access to medicines: a review of quantitative methods used in household surveys Vera Maria V Paniz, Anaclaudia G Fassa, Maria de Fátima S Maia, Marlos R Domingues, and Andréa D Bertoldi PMCID: PMC2890644 Tracking the evolution of hospice palliative care in Canada: A comparative case study analysis of seven provinces Allison M Williams, Valorie A Crooks, Kyle Whitfield, Mary-Lou Kelley, Judy-Lynn Richards, Lily DeMiglio, and Sarah Dykeman PMCID: PMC2898768 General practitioner workforce planning: assessment of four policy directions Conor Teljeur, Stephen Thomas, Fergus D O'Kelly, and Tom O'Dowd PMCID: PMC2901341 Patient satisfaction in an acute medicine department in Morocco Ghizlane Soufi, Jihane Belayachi, Salma Himmich, Samir Ahid, Mehdi Soufi, Aicha Zekraoui, and Redouane Abouqal PMCID: PMC2900260 Measuring patient safety culture in Taiwan using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) I-Chi Chen and Hung-Hui Li PMCID: PMC2903582 Delegation of GP-home visits to qualified practice assistants: assessment of economic effects in an ambulatory healthcare centre Neeltje van den Berg, Claudia Meinke, Melanie Matzke, Romy Heymann, Steffen Fleßa, and Wolfgang Hoffmann PMCID: PMC2887837 Primary care capitation payments in the UK. An observational study Gwion Rhys, Hendrik J Beerstecher, and Claire L Morgan PMCID: PMC2889945 Changes in glycemic control from 1996 to 2006 among adults with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal cohort study Karen J Blumenthal, Mary E Larkin, Gail Winning, David M Nathan, and Richard W Grant PMCID: PMC2889946 Physicians' use of the 5As in counseling obese patients: is the quality of counseling associated with patients' motivation and intention to lose weight? Melanie Jay, Colleen Gillespie, Sheira Schlair, Scott Sherman, and Adina Kalet PMCID: PMC2903583 Factor analysis of the clustering of common somatic symptoms: a preliminary study Chung-Huang Tsai PMCID: PMC2893176 The process of recovery of people with mental illness: The perspectives of patients, family members and care providers: Part 1 Sylvie Noiseux, Denise Tribble St-Cyr, Ellen Corin, Pierre-Luc St-Hilaire, Raymond Morissette, Claude Leclerc, Danielle Fleury, Luc Vigneault, and Francine Gagnier PMCID: PMC2902465 Preferences for benefit packages for community-based health insurance: an exploratory study in Nigeria Obinna Onwujekwe, Chima Onoka, Nkoli Uguru, Tasie Nnenna, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Soludo Eze, Joses Kirigia, and Amos Petu PMCID: PMC2896948 Qualified and Unqualified (N-R C) mental health nursing staff - minor differences in sources of stress and burnout. A European multi-centre study Knut W Sorgaard, Peter Ryan, and Ian Dawson PMCID: PMC2902466 Patient-provider communication regarding drug costsin Medicare Part D beneficiaries with diabetes: a TRIAD Study Julie A Schmittdiel, Neil Steers, O Kenrik Duru, Susan L Ettner, Arleen F Brown, Vicki Fung, John Hsu, Elaine Quiter, Chien-Wen Tseng, and Carol M Mangione PMCID: PMC2893177 Comparison of diabetes management in five countries for general and indigenous populations: an internet-based review Damin Si, Ross Bailie, Zhiqiang Wang, and Tarun Weeramanthri PMCID: PMC2903584 Defining emergency department episodes by severity and intensity: A 15-year study of Medicare beneficiaries Brian Kaskie, Maksym Obrizan, Elizabeth A Cook, Michael P Jones, Li Liu, Suzanne Bentler, Robert B Wallace, John F Geweke, Kara B Wright, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Gary E Rosenthal, and Fredric D Wolinsky, PMCID: PMC2903585 Underutilization of prescribed drugs use among first generation elderly immigrants in the Netherlands Semiha Denktaş, Gerrit Koopmans, Erwin Birnie, Marleen Foets, and Gouke Bonsel PMCID: PMC2901342 Ambulatory health service users' experience of waiting time and expenditure and factors associated with the perception of low quality of care in Mexico Alma Lucila Sauceda-Valenzuela, Veronika J Wirtz, Yared Santa-Ana-Téllez, and Maria de la Luz Kageyama-Escobar PMCID: PMC2903586 Study protocol Study protocol of effectiveness of a biopsychosocial multidisciplinary intervention in the evolution of non-speficic sub-acute low back pain in the working population: cluster randomised trial Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Isabel Fernández-San-Martin, Montserrat Balagué-Corbella, Anna Berenguera, Jenny Moix, Elena Montiel-Morillo, Esther Núñez-Juárez, Maria J González-Moneo, Magda Pie-Oncins, Raquel Martín-Peñacoba, Mercè Roura-Olivan, Montse Núñez-Juárez, and Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera PMCID: PMC2820035 Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based intervention for improving patient adherence to antihypertensives: a randomised controlled trial Rosalind Lau, Kay Stewart, Kevin P McNamara, Shane L Jackson, Jeffery D Hughes, Gregory M Peterson, Diana A Bortoletto, Jenny McDowell, Michael J Bailey, Arthur Hsueh, and Johnson George PMCID: PMC2829019 Development and Evaluation of a Psychosocial Intervention for Children and Teenagers Experiencing Diabetes (DEPICTED): a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a communication skills training programme for healthcare professionals working with young people with type 1 diabetes Rachel McNamara, Mike Robling, Kerenza Hood, Kristina Bennert, Susan Channon, David Cohen, Elizabeth Crowne, Helen Hambly, Kamila Hawthorne, Mirella Longo, Lesley Lowes, Rebecca Playle, Stephen Rollnick, and John W Gregory PMCID: PMC2829553 The effect of the COACH program (Continuity Of Appropriate pharmacotherapy, patient Counselling and information transfer in Healthcare) on readmission rates in a multicultural population of internal medicine patients Fatma Karapinar-Çarkıt, Sander D Borgsteede, Jan Zoer, Carl Siegert, Maurits van Tulder, Antoine CG Egberts, and Patricia MLA van den Bemt PMCID: PMC2843699 Using a realist approach to evaluate smoking cessation interventions targeting pregnant women and young people Flora CG Douglas, Denise A Gray, and Edwin R van Teijlingen PMCID: PMC2843700 The "Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL)" longitudinal survey - Protocol and baseline data for a prospective cohort study of Australian doctors' workforce participation Catherine M Joyce, Anthony Scott, Sung-Hee Jeon, John Humphreys, Guyonne Kalb, Julia Witt, and Anne Leahy PMCID: PMC2837653 Effects of standard training in the use of closed-circuit televisions in visually impaired adults: design of a training protocol and a randomized controlled trial Marloes C Burggraaff, Ruth MA van Nispen, Bart JM Melis-Dankers, and Ger HMB van Rens PMCID: PMC2850334 Physicians' social competence in the provision of care to persons living in poverty: research protocol Christine Loignon, Jeannie L Haggerty, Martin Fortin, Christophe P Bedos, Dawn Allen, and David Barbeau PMCID: PMC2853536 Effectiveness and efficiency of primary care based case management for chronic diseases: rationale and design of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials [CRD32009100316] Tobias Freund, Felizitas Kayling, Antje Miksch, Joachim Szecsenyi, and Michel Wensing PMCID: PMC2907755 Study protocol: national research partnership to improve primary health care performance and outcomes for Indigenous peoples Ross Bailie, Damin Si, Cindy Shannon, James Semmens, Kevin Rowley, David J Scrimgeour, Tricia Nagel, Ian Anderson, Christine Connors, Tarun Weeramanthri, Sandra Thompson, Robyn McDermott, Hugh Burke, Elizabeth Moore, Dallas Leon, Richard Weston, Haylene Grogan, Andrew Stanley, and Karen Gardner PMCID: PMC2882384 Protocol and baseline data from The Inala Chronic Disease Management Service evaluation study: a health services intervention study for diabetes care Deborah A Askew, Claire L Jackson, Robert S Ware, and Anthony Russell PMCID: PMC2890638 Design of a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) on the effectiveness of a Dutch patient advocacy case management intervention among severely disabled Multiple Sclerosis patients Klaske Wynia, Coby Annema, Hans Nissen, Jacques De Keyser, and Berrie Middel PMCID: PMC2890641 Research Articles General practitioners' evaluation of community psychiatric services: responsiveness to change of the General Practitioner Experiences Questionnaire (GPEQ) Oyvind A Bjertnaes, Arjan Nieland, Elisabeth Damerell, and Andrew Garratt PMCID: PMC2874551 Analysis of factors influencing the outpatient workload at Chinese health centres Jing Xu, Wenxin Wang, Yongbin Li, Juan Zhang, Milena Pavlova, Hua Liu, Ping Yin, and Zuxun Lu PMCID: PMC2904333 Exploring types of focused factories in hospital care: a multiple case study Eelco Bredenhoff, Wineke AM van Lent, and Wim H van Harten PMCID: PMC2904334 Response to symptoms of stroke in the UK: a systematic review Jan Lecouturier, Madeleine J Murtagh, Richard G Thomson, Gary A Ford, Martin White, Martin Eccles, and Helen Rodgers PMCID: PMC2911429 The cost-effectiveness of point of care testing in a general practice setting: results from a randomised controlled trial Caroline O Laurence, John R Moss, Nancy E Briggs, and Justin J Beilby PMCID: PMC2905350 The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set 2.0 quality indicators: a systematic review Alison M Hutchinson, Doris L Milke, Suzanne Maisey, Cynthia Johnson, Janet E Squires, Gary Teare, and Carole A Estabrooks PMCID: PMC2914032 The relationship between characteristics of context and research utilization in a pediatric setting Greta G Cummings, Alison M Hutchinson, Shannon D Scott, Peter G Norton, and Carole A Estabrooks PMCID: PMC2908612 The impact of different benefit packages of Medical Financial Assistance Scheme on health service utilization of poor population in Rural China Yanhua Hao, Qunhong Wu, Zhenzhong Zhang, Lijun Gao, Ning Ning, Mingli Jiao, and David Zakus PMCID: PMC2909998 Registration for public drug benefits across areas of differing ethnic composition in British Columbia, Canada Vivian W Leong, Steve Morgan, Sabrina T Wong, Gillian E Hanley, and Charlyn Black PMCID: PMC2908094 Child Health Partnerships: a review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship Kapila Jayaratne, Margaret Kelaher, and David Dunt PMCID: PMC2908613 Comparison of outpatient health care utilization among returning women and men Veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq Mona Duggal, Joseph L Goulet, Julie Womack, Kirsha Gordon, Kristin Mattocks, Sally G Haskell, Amy C Justice, and Cynthia A Brandt PMCID: PMC2910695 Responsibility loadings for dental services by general dentists David S Brennan and A John Spencer PMCID: PMC2906458 The Delivery of Stop Smoking Support to People with Mental Health Conditions: A Survey of NHS Stop Smoking Services Lisa McNally and Elena Ratschen PMCID: PMC2907375 A qualitative study of naturopathy in rural practice: A focus upon naturopaths' experiences and perceptions of rural patients and demands for their services Jon L Wardle, Jon Adams, and Chi-Wai Lui PMCID: PMC2908615 Predictors of nursing home admission of individuals without a dementia diagnosis before admission - results from the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+) Melanie Luppa, Tobias Luck, Herbert Matschinger, Hans-Helmut König, and Steffi G Riedel-Heller PMCID: PMC2909999 A pre-post test evaluation of the impact of the PELICAN MDT-TME Development Programme on the working lives of colorectal cancer team members Cath Taylor, Joanna M Sippitt, Gary Collins, Chris McManus, Alison Richardson, Jeremy Dawson, Michael Richards, and Amanda J Ramirez PMCID: PMC2914033 Evaluation of the Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) framework: evidence from Uganda David R Hotchkiss, Anwer Aqil, Theo Lippeveld, and Edward Mukooyo PMCID: PMC2904760 Development and preliminary validation of a questionnaire to measure satisfaction with home care in Greece: an exploratory factor analysis of polychoric correlations Vassilis H Aletras, Arsenis Kostarelis, Maria Tsitouridou, Dimitris Niakas, and Anna Nicolaou PMCID: PMC2912895 Policy options to improve leadership of middle managers in the Australian residential aged care setting: a narrative synthesis Yun-Hee Jeon, Nicholas J Glasgow, Teri Merlyn, and Emily Sansoni PMCID: PMC2910696 Patterns of medical pluralism among adults: results from the 2001 National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan Chun-Chuan Shih, Yi-Chang Su, Chien-Chang Liao, and Jaung-Geng Lin PMCID: PMC2910697 A classification of diabetic foot infections using ICD-9-CM codes: application to a large computerized medical database Benjamin G Fincke, Donald R Miller, and Robin Turpin PMCID: PMC2914721 Variation in antibiotic treatment for diabetic patients with serious foot infections: A retrospective observational study Benjamin G Fincke, Donald R Miller, Cindy L Christiansen, and Robin S Turpin PMCID: PMC2914722 Staff attitudes and the associations with treatment organisation, clinical practices and outcomes in opioid maintenance treatment Linn Gjersing, Helge Waal, John RM Caplehorn, Michael Gossop, and Thomas Clausen PMCID: PMC2911430 Impact of discontinuity in health insurance on resource utilization Ritesh Banerjee, Jeanette Y Ziegenfuss, and Nilay D Shah PMCID: PMC2914034 Poverty related risk for potentially preventable hospitalisations among children in Taiwan Likwang Chen, Hsin-Ming Lu, Shu-Fang Shih, Ken N Kuo, Chi-Liang Chen, and Lynn Chu Huang PMCID: PMC2914723 Criteria for priority setting of HIV/AIDS interventions in Thailand: a discrete choice experiment Sitaporn Youngkong, Rob Baltussen, Sripen Tantivess, Xander Koolman, and Yot Teerawattananon PMCID: PMC2912896 Are health care professionals able to judge cancer patients' health care preferences correctly? A cross-sectional study Hester Wessels, Alexander de Graeff, Klaske Wynia, Miriam de Heus, Cas LJJ Kruitwagen, Saskia CCM Teunissen, and Emile E Voest PMCID: PMC2911431 Multilevel psychometric properties of the AHRQ hospital survey on patient safety culture Joann S Sorra and Naomi Dyer PMCID: PMC2912897 Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach Ronald J Lagoe and Gert P Westert PMCID: PMC2914724 Motivational determinants among physicians in Lahore, Pakistan Ahmad Azam Malik, Shelby Suzanne Yamamoto, Aurélia Souares, Zeeshan Malik, and Rainer Sauerborn PMCID: PMC2910698 Geriatric day hospital: opportunity or threat? A qualitative exploratory study of the referral behaviour of Belgian general practitioners Piet Vanden Bussche, Fien Desmyter, Christiane Duchesnes, Valérie Massart, Didier Giet, Jean Petermans, Veerle Vyncke, Nele Ven Den Noortgate, and Sara Willems PMCID: PMC2912898 A geographical population analysis of dental trauma in school-children aged 12 and 15 in the city of Curitiba-Brazil Max L Carvalho, Samuel J Moysés, Roberto E Bueno, Silvia Shimakura, and Simone T Moysés PMCID: PMC2912899 Health Status After Cancer: Does It Matter Which Hospital You Belong To? Jon H Fiva, Torbjørn Hægeland, and Marte Rønning PMCID: PMC2914725 Balancing medicine prices and business sustainability: analyses of pharmacy costs, revenues and profit shed light on retail medicine mark-ups in rural Kyrgyzstan Brenda Waning, Jason Maddix, and Lyne Soucy PMCID: PMC2914726 An intervention to promote patient participation and self-management in long term conditions: development and feasibility testing Joanne Protheroe, Tom Blakeman, Peter Bower, Carolyn Chew-Graham, and Anne Kennedy PMCID: PMC2912900 Effectiveness of the introduction of a Chronic Care Model-based program for type 2 diabetes in Belgium Patricia Sunaert, Hilde Bastiaens, Frank Nobels, Luc Feyen, Geert Verbeke, Etienne Vermeire, Jan De Maeseneer, Sara Willems, and An De Sutter PMCID: PMC2912901 Not all coping strategies are created equal: a mixed methods study exploring physicians' self reported coping strategies Jane B Lemaire and Jean E Wallace PMCID: PMC2914035 A cost-utility and budget impact analysis of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe thalassemic patients in Thailand Pattara Leelahavarong, Usa Chaikledkaew, Suradej Hongeng, Vijj Kasemsup, Yoel Lubell, and Yot Teerawattananon PMCID: PMC2914036 Immigrants and health system challenges to TB control in Oman Abdullah Al-Maniri, Grethe Fochsen, Omar Al-Rawas, and Ayesha De Costa PMCID: PMC2919530 Availability and use of essential medicines in China: manufacturing, supply, and prescribing in Shandong and Gansu provinces Wen Chen, Shenglan Tang, Jing Sun, Dennis Ross-Degnan, and Anita K Wagner PMCID: PMC2915989 Policy maker and provider knowledge and attitudes regarding the provision of emergency contraceptive pills within Lao PDR Vanphanom Sychareun, Keokedthong Phongsavan, Visanou Hansana, and Alongkone Phengsavanh PMCID: PMC2914037 An exploration of the association between very early rehabilitation and outcome for the patients with acute ischaemic stroke in Japan: a nationwide retrospective cohort survey Hiroki Matsui, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Hideo Yasunaga, and Shinya Matsuda PMCID: PMC2918595 Provision of relapse prevention interventions in UK NHS Stop Smoking Services: a survey Shade A Agboola, Tim J Coleman, Jo A Leonardi-Bee, Andy McEwen, and Ann D McNeill PMCID: PMC2912902 Using a population-based approach to prevent hepatocellular cancer in New South Wales, Australia: effects on health services utilisation Monica C Robotin, Melanie Q Kansil, Jacob George, Kirsten Howard, Steven Tipper, Miriam Levy, Nghi Phung, and Andrew G Penman PMCID: PMC2918596 Patient related factors in frequent readmissions: the influence of condition, access to services and patient choice Sue E Kirby, Sarah M Dennis, Upali W Jayasinghe, and Mark F Harris PMCID: PMC2918597 Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of outpatient services in Brazil according to health care need: evidence from the World Health Survey Célia L Szwarcwald, Paulo RB Souza-Júnior, and Giseli N Damacena PMCID: PMC2916910 Price regulation, new entry, and information shock on pharmaceutical market in Taiwan: a nationwide data-based study from 2001 to 2004 Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Yi-Wen Tsai, and Weng-Foung Huang PMCID: PMC2918598 Support groups for dementia caregivers - Predictors for utilisation and expected quality from a family caregiver's point of view: A questionnaire survey PART I* Elmar Gräßel, Angelika Trilling, Carolin Donath, and Katharina Luttenberger PMCID: PMC2922206 Health need and the use of alternative medicine among adults who do not use conventional medicine Richard L Nahin, James M Dahlhamer, and Barbara J Stussman PMCID: PMC2919531 The relationship between staff skill mix, costs and outcomes in intermediate care services Simon Dixon, Billingsley Kaambwa, Susan Nancarrow, Graham P Martin, and Stirling Bryan PMCID: PMC2921080 What's the effect of the implementation of general practitioner cooperatives on caseload? Prospective intervention study on primary and secondary care Hilde Philips, Roy Remmen, Paul Van Royen, Marc Teblick, Leo Geudens, Marc Bronckaers, and Herman Meeuwis PMCID: PMC2922207 Ethics review as a component of institutional approval for a multicentre continuous quality improvement project: the investigator's perspective Hanna Ezzat, Sue Ross, Peter von Dadelszen, Tara Morris, Robert Liston, and Laura A Magee PMCID: PMC2921081 Should the provision of home help services be contained?: Validation of the new preventive care policy in Japan Tomoaki Ishibashi and Naoki Ikegami PMCID: PMC2928214 The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan Yue-Chune Lee, Yu-Tung Huang, Yi-Wen Tsai, Shiuh-Ming Huang, Ken N Kuo, Martin McKee, and Ellen Nolte PMCID: PMC2924329 An economic appraisal of the Australian Medical Sheepskin for the prevention of sacral pressure ulcers from a nursing home perspective Patriek Mistiaen, Andre Ament, Anneke L Francke, Wilco Achterberg, Ruud Halfens, Janneke Huizinga, and Henri Post PMCID: PMC2924330 Reorganizing pediatric rehabilitation services to improve accessibility: do we sacrifice quality? Chantal Camden, Bonnie Swaine, Sylvie Tétreault, and Marie-Michèle Brodeur PMCID: PMC2924331 Public views on a wait time management initiative: a matter of communication Rebecca A Bruni, Andreas Laupacis, Wendy Levinson, and Douglas K Martin PMCID: PMC2922208 Nurse led, primary care based antiretroviral treatment versus hospital care: a controlled prospective study in Swaziland Ciaran P Humphreys, John Wright, John Walley, Canaan T Mamvura, Kerry A Bailey, Sweetness N Ntshalintshali, Robert M West, and Aby Philip PMCID: PMC2924332 Primary care nurses: effects on secondary care referrals for diabetes Christel E van Dijk, Robert A Verheij, Johan Hansen, Lud van der Velden, Giel Nijpels, Peter P Groenewegen, and Dinny H de Bakker PMCID: PMC2924333 Barriers to the acceptance of electronic medical records by physicians from systematic review to taxonomy and interventions Albert Boonstra and Manda Broekhuis PMCID: PMC2924334 Compliance assessment of ambulatory Alzheimer patients to aid therapeutic decisions by healthcare professionals Oliver Schwalbe, Christian Scheerans, Ines Freiberg, Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak, Andreas Stang, and Charlotte Kloft PMCID: PMC2928215 A systematic review of economic analyses of telehealth services using real time video communication Victoria A Wade, Jonathan Karnon, Adam G Elshaug, and Janet E Hiller PMCID: PMC2927589 Hospital Safety Culture in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey Using Chinese Version Safety Attitude Questionnaire Wui-Chiang Lee, Hwei-Ying Wung, Hsun-Hsiang Liao, Chien-Ming Lo, Fei-Ling Chang, Pa-Chun Wang, Angela Fan, Hsin-Hsin Chen, Han-Chuan Yang, and Sheng-Mou Hou PMCID: PMC2924859 Validation of the PHQ-9 as a screening instrument for depression in diabetes patients in specialized outpatient clinics Kirsten M van Steenbergen-Weijenburg, Lars de Vroege, Robert R Ploeger, Jan W Brals, Martijn G Vloedbeld, Thiemo F Veneman, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frans FH Rutten, Aartjan TF Beekman, and Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis PMCID: PMC2927590 Assessing the potential effects and cost-effectiveness of programmatic herpes zoster vaccination of elderly in the Netherlands Alies van Lier, Albert Jan van Hoek, Wim Opstelten, Hein J Boot, and Hester E de Melker PMCID: PMC2928772 Sleep and recovery in physicians on night call: a longitudinal field study Birgitta Malmberg, Göran Kecklund, Björn Karlson, Roger Persson, Per Flisberg, and Palle Ørbaek PMCID: PMC2928216 Exploring the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new staff nurses Rhay-Hung Weng, Ching-Yuan Huang, Wen-Chen Tsai, Li-Yu Chang, Syr-En Lin, and Mei-Ying Lee PMCID: PMC2929231 Physician nutrition and cognition during work hours: effect of a nutrition based intervention Jane B Lemaire, Jean E Wallace, Kelly Dinsmore, Adriane M Lewin, William A Ghali, and Delia Roberts PMCID: PMC2929232 Debates Conceptual and practical challenges for implementing the communities of practice model on a national scale - a Canadian cancer control initiative Colene Bentley, George P Browman, and Barbara Poole PMCID: PMC2820037 Mental illness and well-being: the central importance of positive psychology and recovery approaches Mike Slade PMCID: PMC2835700 The Dutch Consumer Quality Index: an example of stakeholder involvement in indicator development Diana MJ Delnoij, Jany JDJM Rademakers, and Peter P Groenewegen PMCID: PMC2864255 Kidney organ donation: developing family practice initiatives to reverse inertia Emmanouil K Symvoulakis, Emilia Stavroulaki, Myfanwy Morgan, and Roger Jones PMCID: PMC2881059 Health and life insurance as an alternative to malpractice tort law Walton Sumner, II PMCID: PMC2902464 Regionalizing healthcare: a vision for transforming Lebanon into a regional academic hub Kamal F Badr and Elie A Akl PMCID: PMC2896356 Applying an extended theoretical framework for data collection mode to health services research Michael R Robling, David K Ingledew, Giles Greene, Adrian Sayers, Chris Shaw, Lesley Sander, Ian T Russell, John G Williams, and Kerenza Hood PMCID: PMC2903587 Health economics: the start of clinical freedom José Antonio Sacristán, María Costi, Amparo Valladares, and Tatiana Dilla PMCID: PMC2902467 On the resuscitation of clinical freedom Amanda Burls PMCID: PMC2908614 Other Issues: Journal List
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