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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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Patient predictors of poor drug sensitive tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2019
Background: Ukraine has high rates of poor treatment outcomes among drug sensitive tuberculosis (DSTB) patients, while global treatment success rates for DSTB remain high.
Omowunmi Aibana, Andrej Slavuckij, Mariya Bachmaha, Viatcheslav Krasiuk, Natasha Rybak, Timothy P. Flanigan, Vasyl Petrenko, Megan B. Murray   +7 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Student feedback about the use of literature excerpts in Sparshanam, a Medical Humanities module [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/WalKZT]

F1000Research, 2012
Medical humanities (MH) modules have been conducted for first year students at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal for the last four years. Literature excerpts are widely used in MH programs in developed nations.
P Ravi Shankar, Kundan K Singh, Ajaya Dhakal, Arati Shakya, Rano M Piryani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A study on the efficacy of APACHE-IV for predicting mortality and length of stay in an intensive care unit in Iran [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Background: Clinical assessment of disease severity is an important part of medical practice for prediction of mortality and morbidity in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Mohammad Ghorbani, Haleh Ghaem, Abbas Rezaianzadeh, Zahra Shayan, Farid Zand, Reza Nikandish   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embedding research in the Irish health service. Irish Health Research Forum recommendations and event report. [PDF]

, 2022
This report presents the proceedings of the Irish Health Research Forum event on May 11th 2022, focusing on embedding research in the Irish health service, examining the diversity, opportunities and supporting needs for research in the Irish health ...
Health Research Charities Ireland
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Breaking a Guinness World Record on Hand Sanitizing Relay, initiating a call for vital research in overcoming campaign fatigue for hand hygiene [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/530]

F1000Research, 2015
Hand hygiene has been shown to be effective in significantly reducing hospital acquired infections for many years. However it is difficult to maintain and enhance compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. In Hong Kong, we previously reported a strategy to
Wing Hong Seto, Kwok-Hung Li, Christina Woon Yee Cheung, Patricia Tai Yin Ching, Benjamin J. Cowling   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aspiration in injections: should we continue or abandon the practice? [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Aspiration during any kind of injection is meant to ensure that the needle tip is at the desired location during this blind procedure. While aspiration appears to be a simple procedure, it has generated a lot of controversy concerning the perceived ...
Yasir Sepah, Lubna Samad, Arshad Altaf, Muhammad Sohail Halim, Nithya Rajagopalan, Aamir Javed Khan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
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