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Evaluating healthcare priority setting at the meso level: A thematic review of empirical literature [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2018
Background: Decentralization of health systems has made sub-national/regional healthcare systems the backbone of healthcare delivery. These regions are tasked with the difficult responsibility of determining healthcare priorities and resource allocation ...
Dennis Waithaka, Benjamin Tsofa, Edwine Barasa   +2 more
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The Value of the “System” in Public Health Services and Systems Research

American Journal of Public Health, 2015
The authors reflect on public health services and systems research (PHSSR). They suggest that in order to advance the field of public health services and systems research, challenges that are apparent within the research will need to be addressed. They argue that with a collaborative effort new, relevant and translatable PHSSR findings can be found ...
Craig W, Thomas, Liza, Corso, Judith A, Monroe   +2 more
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Health services and systems research in Europe: overview of the literature 1995 2005 [PDF]

The European Journal of Public Health, 2007
Our objective, within the collaborative study SPHERE (Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe) is to give an overview of health services and health systems research in Europe, based on a search of the literature in PubMed and Embase.The method used in this study consisted of: (i) A bibliometric analysis, and (ii) Classification of health ...
Delnoij, D.M.J., Groenewegen, P.P.
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Understanding the nature of health: New perspectives for medicine and public health. Improved wellbeing at lower costs [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
Background: Current dilemmas of health care systems call for a new look at the nature of health. This is offered by the Meikirch model. We explore its hypothetical benefit for the future of medicine and public health.
Johannes Bircher, Eckhart G. Hahn
doaj   +1 more source

Linking health facility data from young adults aged 18-24 years to longitudinal demographic data: Experience from The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
Background: In 2014, a pilot study was conducted to test the feasibility of linking clinic attendance data for young adults at two health facilities to the population register of the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS).
Christopher Nyundo, Aoife M. Doyle, David Walumbe, Mark Otiende, Michael Kinuthia, David Amadi, Boniface Jibendi, George Mochamah, Norbert Kihuha, Thomas N. Williams, David A. Ross, Evasius Bauni   +11 more
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Patient perspectives on the promptness and quality of care of road traffic incident victims in Peru: a cross-sectional, active surveillance study [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/p2]

F1000Research, 2013
Background: Road injuries are the second-leading cause of disease and injury in the Andean region of South America. Adequate management of road traffic crash victims is important to prevent and reduce deaths and serious long-term injuries.
J Jaime Miranda, Edmundo Rosales-Mayor, D Alex Quistberg, Ada Paca-Palao, Camila Gianella, Pablo Perel, Luis Lopez, Diego Luna, Pablo Best, Luis Huicho, PIAT Working Group   +10 more
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Lumboperitoneal shunt insertion without fluoroscopy guidance: Accuracy of placement in a series of 107 procedures [version 2; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunts were the mainstay of cerebrospinal fluid diversion therapy for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).
Sabah Al-Rashed, Haider Kareem, Neeraj Kalra, Linda D'Antona, Mouness Obeidat, Bhavesh Patel, Ahmed Toma   +6 more
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Blockchain protocols in clinical trials: Transparency and traceability of consent [version 4; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 2 not approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Clinical trial consent for protocols and their revisions should be transparent for patients and traceable for stakeholders. Our goal is to implement a process allowing for collection of patients’ informed consent, which is bound to protocol revisions ...
Mehdi Benchoufi, Raphael Porcher, Philippe Ravaud   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A promising approach to scale up health care improvements in low-and middle-income countries: the Wave-Sequence Spread Approach and the concept of the Slice of a System [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/37o]

F1000Research, 2014
There are several examples of successes in improving health care. However, many of these tend to remain limited to the sites they were originally developed in.
M. Rashad Massoud, Nana Mensah-Abrampah
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Improving educational environment in medical colleges through transactional analysis practice of teachers [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/R3KKeG]

F1000Research, 2012
Context: A FAIMER (Foundation for Advancement in International Medical Education and Research) fellow organized a comprehensive faculty development program to improve faculty awareness resulting in changed teaching practices and better teacher student ...
Marina Rajan, Thomas Chacko
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