Volume 8, issue 1, December 2008
279 articles in this issue
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Interventions to prevent disability in frail community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ramon Daniels
- Erik van Rossum
- Wim van den Heuvel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 December 2008
- Article: 278
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Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- John P Hirdes
- Gunnar Ljunggren
- Reudi Gilgen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 December 2008
- Article: 277
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Primary health care delivery models in rural and remote Australia – a systematic review
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- John Wakerman
- John S Humphreys
- Judith Jones
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2008
- Article: 276
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Standardisation of rates using logistic regression: a comparison with the direct method
Authors
- Andrea K Roalfe
- Roger L Holder
- Sue Wilson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2008
- Article: 275
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Exposing the key functions of a complex intervention for shared care in mental health: case study of a process evaluation
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Richard Byng
- Ian Norman
- Roger Jones
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2008
- Article: 274
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Isolated specialist or system integrated physician – different views on sickness certification among orthopaedic surgeons: an interview study
Authors
- Malin Swartling
- Rolf Wahlström
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2008
- Article: 273
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A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Kevin G Volpp
- George Loewenstein
- Stephen E Kimmel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2008
- Article: 272
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The symptom experience of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Authors
- Karl Peltzer
- Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2008
- Article: 271
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Evidence and Value: Impact on DEcisionMaking – the EVIDEM framework and potential applications
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mireille M Goetghebeur
- Monika Wagner
- Donna Rindress
- Content type: Technical advance
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2008
- Article: 270
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In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness
Authors
- Ala Szczepura
- Sara Nelson
- Deidre Wild
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2008
- Article: 269
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The primary care amplification model: taking the best of primary care forward
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Claire L Jackson
- Deborah A Askew
- Peter M Brooks
- Content type: Correspondence
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2008
- Article: 268
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Hospital use of young children in Switzerland: A nation-wide study based on a complete survey over 4 years
Authors
- Franziska V Schoeni-Affolter
- Marcel Widmer
- André Busato
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2008
- Article: 267
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Provincial prenatal record revision: a multiple case study of evidence-based decision-making at the population-policy level
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Nancy Edwards
- Sonia Semenic
- Omaima Mansi
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2008
- Article: 266
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of clinical pathways on length of stay, hospital costs and patient outcomes
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Thomas Rotter
- Joachim Kugler
- Ewout W Steyerberg
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2008
- Article: 265
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Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: the physician vs. medication factors
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jerzy P Szaflarski
- Angela Y Rackley
- Stephen L Yates
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2008
- Article: 264
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Effectiveness of a grant program's efforts to promote synergy within its funded initiatives: perceptions of participants of the Southern Rural Access Program
Authors
- Donald E Pathman
- Emmeline Chuang
- Bryan J Weiner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2008
- Article: 263
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Shortage in general practice despite the feminisation of the medical workforce: a seeming paradox? A cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tanja Maiorova
- Fred Stevens
- Albert Scherpbier
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2008
- Article: 262
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Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan
Authors
- Hui-Chu Lang
- Mei-Shu Lai
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2008
- Article: 261
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Decision making preferences in the medical encounter – a factorial survey design
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Meike Müller-Engelmann
- Tanja Krones
- Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2008
- Article: 260
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The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Alan J Forster
- Kwadwo Kyeremanteng
- Carl van Walraven
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 December 2008
- Article: 259
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Cost-effectiveness of gargling for the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Michi Sakai
- Takuro Shimbo
- the Great Cold Investigators-I
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2008
- Article: 258
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Survival enhancing indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in California
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Zhongmin Li
- Richard L Kravitz
- Ezra A Amsterdam
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2008
- Article: 257
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Conceptualizing handover strategies at change of shift in the emergency department: a grounded theory study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Renée H Lawrence
- Anne M Tomolo
- David C Aron
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2008
- Article: 256
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Quality and availability of consumer information on heart failure in Australia
Authors
- Agnes I Vitry
- Susan M Phillips
- Susan J Semple
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2008
- Article: 255
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Documentation of in-hospital falls on incident reports: Qualitative investigation of an imperfect process
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Terry P Haines
- Petrea Cornwell
- Len Gray
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2008
- Article: 254
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The accuracy of the Jamaican national physician register: a study of the status of physicians registered and their countries of training
Authors
- Jennifer Knight-Madden
- Robert Gray
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2008
- Article: 253
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A retrospective analysis of health systems in Denmark and Kaiser Permanente
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Anne Frølich
- Michaela L Schiøtz
- Karen White
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2008
- Article: 252
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) high blood pressure strategy's hypertension management initiative study protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Sheldon W Tobe
- Margaret Moy Lum-Kwong
- Alex Kiss
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2008
- Article: 251
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Targeted individual exercise programmes for older medical patients are feasible, and may change hospital and patient outcomes: a service improvement project
Authors
- Jo Nolan
- Susie Thomas
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2008
- Article: 250
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Identification of recruitment and retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals in Ontario, Canada: results from expert panels
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Diem Tran
- Linda McGillis Hall
- Susan Jaglal
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2008
- Article: 249
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Mind the gap between policy imperatives and service provision: a qualitative study of the process of respiratory service development in England and Wales
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Sonya Hamilton
- Guro Huby
- Hilary Pinnock
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2008
- Article: 248
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Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mischa Willis-Shattuck
- Posy Bidwell
- Prudence Ditlopo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2008
- Article: 247
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Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region
Authors
- Linda Gask
- Gillian Lever-Green
- Rebecca Hays
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2008
- Article: 246
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Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Kathryn I Pollak
- Katrina M Krause
- Truls Østbye
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2008
- Article: 245
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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
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Michèle Baumann
- Cédric Baumann
- Nearkasen Chau
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2008
- Article: 244
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Nurse clinic versus home delivery of evidence-based community leg ulcer care: A randomized health services trial
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Margaret B Harrison
- Ian D Graham
- Tadeusz Pierscianowski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 November 2008
- Article: 243
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Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation and hospital bed utilization in 2020 in the United States: implications for budgets, plant and personnel planning
Authors
- Marya D Zilberberg
- Andrew F Shorr
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2008
- Article: 242
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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
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Andrew M Abaasa
- Jim Todd
- Charles AS Karamagi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2008
- Article: 241
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Building capacity for antiretroviral delivery in South Africa: A qualitative evaluation of the PALSA PLUS nurse training programme
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- J Stein
- S Lewin
- M Zwarenstein
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 November 2008
- Article: 240
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Perceived barriers to the regionalization of adult critical care in the United States: a qualitative preliminary study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Jeremy M Kahn
- Rebecca J Asch
- David A Asch
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2008
- Article: 239
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Child health insurance coverage: a survey among temporary and permanent residents in Shanghai
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mingshan Lu
- Jing Zhang
- Hude Quan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2008
- Article: 238
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Chronic disease risk factors associated with health service use in the elderly
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sarah Maaten
- George Kephart
- Pantelis Andreou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2008
- Article: 237
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Disease knowledge after an educational program in patients with GERD – a randomized controlled trial
Authors
- Jorgen Urnes
- Hermod Petersen
- Per G Farup
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2008
- Article: 236
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The impact of donor policies in Europe: a steady increase, but not everywhere
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Remco Coppen
- Roland D Friele
- Jouke van der Zee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2008
- Article: 235
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Impact of picture archiving communication systems on rates of duplicate imaging: a before-after study
Authors
- John J You
- Lingsong Yun
- Jack V Tu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2008
- Article: 234
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A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Sarah E Lamb
- Joanne D Fisher
- Yvonne H Carter
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2008
- Article: 233
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Are German patients burdened by the practice charge for physician visits ('Praxisgebuehr')? A cross sectional analysis of socio-economic and health related factors
Authors
- Ina-Maria Rückert
- Jan Böcken
- Andreas Mielck
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2008
- Article: 232
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Cooperation between gatekeepers in sickness insurance – the perspective of social insurance officers. A qualitative study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Carina A Thorstensson
- Jenny Mathiasson
- Ingemar F Petersson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2008
- Article: 231
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The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Marleen Smits
- Ingrid Christiaans-Dingelhoff
- Peter P Groenewegen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2008
- Article: 230