Østerås, Nina Blaker, Irma Brandeggen Hjortland, Tore Cottrell, Elizabeth Quicke, Jonathan G. Dziedzic, Krysia S. Blackburn, Steven Paulsen, Aksel
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundTo improve quality of care for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists (PTs) in a Norwegian municipality initiated an intervention. The intervention aimed to increase provision of core OA treatment (information, exercise, and weight control) prior to referral for surgery, rational u...
Keuning-Plantinga, Annette Finnema, Evelyn J. Krijnen, Wim Edvardsson, David Roodbol, Petrie F.
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundPerson-centred care is the preferred model for caring for people with dementia. Knowledge of the level of person-centred care is essential for improving the quality of care for patients with dementia. The person-centred care of older people with cognitive impairment in acute care (POPAC) scale is a tool to determine the level of person-ce...
Wikström, Katja Lamidi, Marja-Leena Rautiainen, Päivi Tirkkonen, Hilkka Kivinen, Petri Laatikainen, Tiina
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundThe need to improve the care of people with complex care requirements has been driving the reforms integrating care processes. This study examines the effect of the integration of health services on health care usage and the processes and outcomes of care among type 2 diabetes patients.MethodsData include all type 2 diabetes patients who ...
Mørkrid, Kjersti Bogale, Binyam Abbas, Eatimad Abu Khader, Khadija Abu Ward, Itimad Attalh, Amjad Awwad, Tamara Baniode, Mohammad Frost, Kimberly Suzanne Frost, Michael James
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Trials
BackgroundThis trial evaluates interventions that utilize data entered at point-of-care in the Palestinian maternal and child eRegistry to generate Quality Improvement Dashboards (QID) for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication (TCC) via short message service (SMS) to clients. The aim is to assess the effectiveness of the automated ...
Obel, Josephine Martin, Antonio Isidro Carrion Mullahzada, Abdul Wasay Kremer, Ronald Maaløe, Nanna
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundFragile and conflict-affected states contribute with more than 60% of the global burden of maternal mortality. There is an alarming need for research exploring maternal health service access and quality and adaptive responses during armed conflict. Taiz Houbane Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Yemen was established during the war as ...
Nepal, Adweeti Dangol, Santa Kumar van der Kwaak, Anke
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Public Health Reviews
BackgroundThe persistent quality gap in maternal health services in Nepal has resulted in poor maternal health outcomes. Accordingly, the Government of Nepal (GoN) has placed emphasis on responsive and accountable maternal health services and initiated social accountability interventions as a strategical approach simultaneously. This review critica...
Litorp, Helena Gurung, Rejina Målqvist, Mats Kc, Ashish
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Reproductive Health
BackgroundGlobal caesarean section (CS) rates have raised concern of a potential overuse of the procedure in both high- and low-resource settings. We sought to assess management and outcomes of deliveries with emergency CSs due to fetal distress and prolonged labor at 12 public hospitals in Nepal and determine factors associated with suboptimal CS ...
Arnold, Suzanne V. Jones, Philip G. Beasley, Michael Cordova, Jeanine Goyal, Abhinav Fonarow, Gregg C. Seman, Leo
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Cardiovascular Diabetology
BackgroundHeart failure is a common and devastating complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prompt recognition of heart failure may avert hospitalization, facilitate use of guideline-directed therapies, and impact choice of T2D medications. We sought to determine the rate and factors associated with heart failure documentation in T2D patients with e...
Kjærgaard, Jesper Nissen, Thomas Nørrelykke Isaeva, Elvira Quynh, Nguyen Nhat Reventlow, Susanne Lund, Stine Sooronbaev, Talant Le An, Pham Østergaard, Marianne Stubbe Stout, Jim
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundTraining is a common and cost-effective way of trying to improve quality of care in low- and middle-income countries but studies of contextual factors for the successful translation of increased knowledge into clinical change are lacking, especially in primary care.The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of contextual factors o...
Henry, Tyler Palakkamanil, Mathew Al Hamarneh, Yazid N. Tennant, Matthew T. S.
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundRetina sub-specialists provide much of the retina related eye care across Canada. In the province of Alberta, 18 retina sub-specialists work across six different offices. The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of care provided by Alberta retina sub-specialists in an office setting by administering a patient satisfaction surve...