Kaneko, Makoto Ohta, Ryuichi Vingilis, Evelyn Mathews, Maria Freeman, Thomas Robert
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundRural-urban health care disparities are an important topic in health services research. Hence, developing valid and reliable tools to measure rurality is needed to support high quality research. However, Japan, has no index to measure rurality for health care research. In this study, we conducted a systematic scoping review to identify th...
Schott, A. M. Termoz, A. Viprey, M. Tazarourte, K. Vecchia, C. Della Bravant, E. Perreton, N. Nighoghossian, N. Cakmak, S. Meyran, S.
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundOptimizing access to recanalization therapies in acute ischemic stroke patients is crucial. Our aim was to measure the short and long term effectiveness, at the acute phase and 1 year after stroke, of four sets of actions implemented in the Rhône County.MethodsThe four multilevel actions were 1) increase in stroke units bed capacity and d...
Lisy, Karolina Kent, Jennifer Piper, Amanda Jefford, Michael
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Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
To care for the growing population of cancer survivors, health services worldwide must reconsider how to deliver care to people living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. Shared care, defined as cancer care that is shared between specialist and primary care providers, is one model that has been investigated; however, practical guidance to support i...
Baumann, Sophie Gaucher, Laurent Bourgueil, Yann Saint-Lary, Olivier Gautier, Sylvain Rousseau, Anne
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Midwifery
The main objective of this survey was to identify how independent midwives, mainly working in primary care, adapted their practices at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Our assumption was that this practice adaptation would vary according to both geographical area (timing of pandemic effect) and whether they practiced alone or in a ...
Jones, Benjamin Heslop, David Harrison, Reema
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundIt is well established that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations face considerable health inequities, exacerbated by poorer healthcare quality. Patient experience is recognised as a major contributing factor to healthcare quality and outcomes, therefore, enriched knowledge of the patient experiences of Aboriginal and Torres S...
Stockbridge, Erica L. Dhakal, Eleena Griner, Stacey B. Loethen, Abiah D. West, Joseph F. Vera, Joseph W. Nandy, Karabi
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundState Medicaid plans across the United States provide dental insurance coverage to millions of young persons with mental illness (MI), including those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. There are significant oral health challenges associated with MI, and providin...
van Baal, Katharina Schrader, Sophie Schneider, Nils Wiese, Birgitt Stahmeyer, Jona Theodor Eberhard, Sveja Geyer, Siegfried Stiel, Stephanie Afshar, Kambiz
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BMC Palliative Care
BackgroundThe provision and quality of end-of-life care (EoLC) in Germany is inconsistent. Therefore, an evaluation of current EoLC based on quality indicators is needed. This study aims to evaluate EoLC in Germany on the basis of quality indicators pertaining to curative overtreatment, palliative undertreatment and delayed palliative care (PC). Re...
Kasting, Monica L. Rathwell, Julie Gabhart, Kaitlyn M. Garcia, Jennifer Roetzheim, Richard G. Carrasquillo, Olveen Giuliano, Anna R. Vadaparampil, Susan T.
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundLiver cancer rates are rising and hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the primary cause. The CDC recommends a one-time HCV screening for all persons born 1945–1965 (baby boomers). However, 14% of baby boomers have been screened. Few studies have examined primary care providers’ (PCP) perspectives on barriers to HCV screening. This study examines c...
Wuyts, Joke Maesschalck, Joris De Wulf, Isabelle De Lepeleire, Jan Foulon, Veerle
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Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
In the SIMENON study, medication use reviews were conducted for older polymedicated home-dwelling patients across 56 Belgian community pharmacies. To evaluate the impact of the service on patient-reported outcome measures and patient-reported experience measures, and to evaluate the suitability of the chosen instruments. A before-after design was u...
Feldman, Candace H Xu, Chang Williams, Jessica Collins, Jamie E Costenbader, Karen H
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Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
We aimed to identify longitudinal patterns and predictors of acute care use (emergency department [ED] visits and hospitalizations) among individuals with SLE enrolled in Medicaid, the largest U.S. public insurance. Using Medicaid data (29 states, 2000-2010) we identified 18-65-year-olds with SLE (≥3 SLE ICD-9 codes, 3rd code=index date), ≥12 month...
