Volume 12, issue 1, December 2012
486 articles in this issue
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Should I stay or should I go? Understanding families’ decisions regarding initiating, continuing, and terminating health services for managing pediatric obesity: the protocol for a multi-center, qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Geoff DC Ball
- Arnaldo Perez Garcia
- Nicholas L Holt
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 31 December 2012
- Article: 486
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Contracting in specialists for emergency obstetric care- does it work in rural India?
Authors
- Bharat Randive
- Sarika Chaturvedi
- Nerges Mistry
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 December 2012
- Article: 485
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We are bitter, but we are better off: case study of the implementation of an electronic health record system into a mental health hospital in England
Authors
- Amirhossein Takian
- Aziz Sheikh
- Nicholas Barber
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 December 2012
- Article: 484
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A new analytical framework of 'continuum of prevention and care' to maximize HIV case detection and retention in care in Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Masami Fujita
- Krishna C Poudel
- Masamine Jimba
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2012
- Article: 483
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A case study of the counterpart technical support policy to improve rural health services in Beijing
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Weiyan Jian
- Kit Yee Chan
- Daniel D Reidpath
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2012
- Article: 482
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Unsupported off-label chemotherapy in metastatic colon cancer
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jonas A de Souza
- Blase Polite
- G Caleb Alexander
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2012
- Article: 481
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Data linkage infrastructure for cross-jurisdictional health-related research in Australia
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- James H Boyd
- Anna M Ferrante
- James B Semmens
- Content type: Correspondence
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2012
- Article: 480
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Cost-effectiveness of a health-social partnership transitional program for post-discharge medical patients
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Frances Kam Yuet Wong
- June Chau
- Sarah McGhee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 December 2012
- Article: 479
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Assessing research impact in academic clinical medicine: a study using Research Excellence Framework pilot impact indicators
Authors
- Pavel V Ovseiko
- Alis Oancea
- Alastair M Buchan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2012
- Article: 478
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Shaping healthcare-seeking processes during fatal illness in resource-poor settings. A study in Lao PDR
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Helle M Alvesson
- Magnus Lindelow
- Lucie Laflamme
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2012
- Article: 477
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Determining adult type 2 diabetes-related health care needs in an indigenous population from rural Guatemala: a mixed-methods preliminary study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anita Chary
- Miranda Greiner
- Peter Rohloff
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2012
- Article: 476
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Patient characteristics associated with hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Victoria, Australia
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Zahid Ansari
- Syed Imran Haider
- Colin Sindall
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2012
- Article: 475
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Stigma, an important source of dissatisfaction of health workers in HIV response in Vietnam: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ha Nguyen Pham
- Myroslava Protsiv
- Anna Thorson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2012
- Article: 474
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Profiling the different needs and expectations of patients for population-based medicine: a case study using segmentation analysis
Authors
- Federico Lega
- Alessandro Mengoni
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2012
- Article: 473
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Designation, diligence and drift: understanding laboratory expenditure increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Saskia N Sivananthan
- Sandra Peterson
- Kimberlyn M McGrail
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2012
- Article: 472
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The socio-technical organisation of community pharmacies as a factor in the Electronic Prescription Service Release Two implementation: a qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jasmine Harvey
- Anthony J Avery
- Nick Barber
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2012
- Article: 471
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VIDEOCARE: Decentralised psychiatric emergency care through videoconferencing
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Marianne V Trondsen
- Stein Roald Bolle
- Aksel Tjora
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2012
- Article: 470
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Workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Palestinian public hospitals: a cross-sectional study
Authors
- Mohamad Kitaneh
- Motasem Hamdan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2012
- Article: 469
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Shared care in the follow-up of early-stage melanoma: a qualitative study of Australian melanoma clinicians’ perspectives and models of care
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Lucie Rychetnik
- Rachael L Morton
- Les Irwig
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2012
- Article: 468
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Motives for early retirement of self-employed GPs in the Netherlands: a comparison of two time periods
Authors
- Malou Van Greuningen
- Phil JM Heiligers
- Lud FJ Van der Velden
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2012
- Article: 467
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New evidence on financing equity in China's health care reform - A case study on Gansu province, China
Authors
- Mingsheng Chen
- Wen Chen
- Yuxin Zhao
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2012
- Article: 466
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A model for community health service development in depressed rural areas in China
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Yuan Zhaokang
- Liu Yuxi
- Mark Harris
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 465
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Association between value-based purchasing score and hospital characteristics
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Bijan J Borah
- Michael G Rock
- James M Naessens
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 464
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Emotional intelligence, emotional labor, and job satisfaction among physicians in Greece
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Aristea Psilopanagioti
- Fotios Anagnostopoulos
- Dimitris Niakas
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 463
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Effect of the act on promotion of personal autonomy and care for dependent persons on their family caregivers
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Magdalena Cuevas Fernández-Gallego
- José Miguel Morales Asencio
- Candela Bonill de las Nieves
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 462
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A metasynthesis of qualitative studies regarding opinions and perceptions about barriers and determinants of health services’ accessibility in economic migrants
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Andrés A Agudelo-Suárez
- Diana Gil-González
- Elena Ronda-Pérez
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 461
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Sustaining modified behaviours learnt in a diabetes prevention program in regional Australia: the role of social context
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Christine Walker
- Andrea Hernan
- James A Dunbar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2012
- Article: 460
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The economic burden of advanced liver disease among patients with Hepatitis C Virus: a large state Medicaid perspective
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Joseph Menzin
- Leigh Ann White
- Baris Deniz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2012
- Article: 459
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Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw
- Tippawan Liabsuetrakul
- Edward McNeil
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2012
- Article: 458
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The cancer multi-disciplinary team from the co-ordinators’ perspective: results from a national survey in the UK
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rozh Jalil
- Benjamin Lamb
- James SA Green
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 457
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Inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Vietnam: a retrospective study of survey data for 1997–2006
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Henrik Axelson
- Ulf-G Gerdtham
- Tobias Alfvén
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 456
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of clinical practice guidelines: A cross-sectional survey among physicians in Estonia
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Pille Taba
- Marika Rosenthal
- Lisa Bero
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 455
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Mapping of multiple criteria for priority setting of health interventions: an aid for decision makers
Authors
- Noor Tromp
- Rob Baltussen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2012
- Article: 454
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Providing community-based health practitioners with timely and accurate discharge medicines information
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Alice V Gilbert
- Bhavini Patel
- Andrew L Gilbert
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2012
- Article: 453
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The impact of multiple chronic diseases on ambulatory care use; a population based study in Ontario, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Elizabeth Muggah
- Erin Graves
- Douglas G Manuel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2012
- Article: 452
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Acute care utilization due to hospitalizations for pediatric lower respiratory tract infections in British Columbia, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Pablo Santibanez
- Katherine Gooch
- Yurik Sandino
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2012
- Article: 451
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Design of a prospective cohort study to assess ethnic inequalities in patient safety in hospital care using mixed methods
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Floor van Rosse
- Martine C de Bruijne
- Marie-Louise Essink-Bot
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2012
- Article: 450
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The effect of community-based health management on the health of the elderly: a randomized controlled trial from China
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Jianqian Chao
- Yimin Wang
- Pei Liu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2012
- Article: 449
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Detecting inpatient falls by using natural language processing of electronic medical records
Authors
- Shin-ichi Toyabe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 448
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Developing the specifications of an Open Angle Glaucoma screening intervention in the United Kingdom: a Delphi approach
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Susan E Campbell
- Augusto Azuara-Blanco
- Jennifer M Burr
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 447
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Expenditure and resource utilisation for cervical screening in Australia
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Jie-Bin Lew
- Kirsten Howard
- Karen Canfell
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 446
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Utilization and cost of a new model of care for managing acute knee injuries: the Calgary acute knee injury clinic
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Breda HF Lau
- Mark R Lafave
- Dale J Butterwick
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 445
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Short and long term retention in antiretroviral care in health facilities in rural Malawi and Zimbabwe
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Freya Rasschaert
- Olivier Koole
- Wim Van Damme
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2012
- Article: 444
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Is patient-grouping on basis of condition on admission indicative for discharge destination in geriatric stroke patients after rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities? The results of a cluster analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Bianca I Buijck
- Sytse U Zuidema
- Raymond TCM Koopmans
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2012
- Article: 443
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Health insurance coverage, medical expenditure and coping strategy: evidence from Taiwan
Authors
- Kuangnan Fang
- Ben-Chang Shia
- Shuangge Ma
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2012
- Article: 442
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Free choice of healthcare providers in the Netherlands is both a goal in itself and a precondition: modelling the policy assumptions underlying the promotion of patient choice through documentary analysis and interviews
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Aafke Victoor
- Roland D Friele
- Jany JDJM Rademakers
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2012
- Article: 441
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Can colorectal cancer survivors recall their medications and doctor visits reliably?
Authors
- Louisa G Gordon
- Tania Patrao
- Anna L Hawkes
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2012
- Article: 440
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Accounting for the relationship between per diem cost and LOS when estimating hospitalization costs
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- K Jack Ishak
- Marilyn Stolar
- Gregory C Williams
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2012
- Article: 439
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Cost comparison of MRSA screening and management – a decision tree analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Andrea Tübbicke
- Claudia Hübner
- Steffen Fleßa
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2012
- Article: 438
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