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Perceived Health Service, Quality of Care, and Multidrug Resistent Tuberculosis: A Case-Control Study in Central Java, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, including Indonesia. Drug resistance, in combination with other factors, results in even more increased morbidity and mortality due to tuberculosis.
Boonyaleepun, S. (Suwanna), Loahasiriwwong, W. (Wongsa ), Murti, B. (Bhisma ), Setiyadi, N. A. (Noor )   +3 more
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What next for Shared Lives? Family-based support as a potential option for older people [PDF]

, 2013
With an ageing population and limited resources the challenge for policy makers and practitioners is how best to provide for the care and support needs of older people.
Bell J, Care Quality Commission, Dagnan D, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Fiedler B, Fiedler B, Information Centre for Health and Social Care, McConkey R, NAAPS, NAAPS and IESE, Shared Lives Plus, Social Finance   +13 more
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Patient and nurse preferences for implementation of bedside handover: Do they agree? Findings from a discrete choice experiment [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To describe and compare patients' and nurses' preferences for the implementation of bedside handover. Design: Discrete choice experiment describing handover choices using six characteristics: whether the patient is invited to participate ...
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Australian Institite of Health and Welfare, McFadden D, Queensland Health, World Health Organization   +6 more
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Quality of child health care in the family health strategy [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: to verify the quality of child health care in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a state capital of Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: a descriptive study using a quantitative approach was carried out in 2010 with 66 primary care (PC) teams ...
Campos Carlos Eduardo Aguilera, Demarzo Marcelo Marcos Piva, Miranda Cláudio Torres de, Ponnet Liz, Sales Maria Lucélia da Hora   +4 more
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Guideline appraisal with AGREE II: online survey of the potential influence of AGREE II items on overall assessment of guideline quality and recommendation for use

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The AGREE II instrument is the most commonly used guideline appraisal tool. It includes 23 appraisal criteria (items) organized within six domains.
Wiebke Hoffmann-Eßer, Ulrich Siering, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Anne Catharina Brockhaus, Natalie McGauran, Michaela Eikermann   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A birth cohort study in the Middle East: the Qatari birth cohort study (QBiC) phase I

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The latest scientific reports raise concerns about the rapidly increasing burden of chronic diseases in the state of Qatar. Pregnant Qatari women often confront complications during pregnancy including gestational diabetes, hypertension ...
Eman Sadoun, Vasiliki Leventakou, Maribel Casas, Heba Fawzy Ahmed, Manolis Kogevinas, Eleni Fthenou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does hospital information technology infrastructure promote the implementation of clinical practice guidelines? A multicentre observational study of Japanese hospitals

BMJ Open, 2019
ObjectivesIt remains unclear whether insufficient information technology (IT) infrastructure in hospitals hinders implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and affects healthcare quality.
Noriko Sasaki, Naohito Yamaguchi, Akiko Okumura, Masahiro Yoshida, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
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A systematic comparison of different composite measures (DAS 28, CDAI, SDAI, and Boolean approach) for determining treatment effects on low disease activity and remission in rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Rheumatology, 2022
Background Some composite measures for determining the treatment effects of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on remission and low disease activity (LDA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may produce misleading results if they include an acute phase ...
Kirsten Janke, Corinna Kiefer, Natalie McGauran, Bernd Richter, Dietmar Krause, Beate Wieseler   +5 more
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Case-crossover study to examine the change in postpartum risk of pulmonary embolism over time

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Although the current guidelines recommend anticoagulation up until 6 weeks after delivery in women at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the risk of VTE may extend beyond 6 weeks.
Grégoire Ficheur, Alexandre Caron, Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Laurie Ferret, Yu-Jin Jung, Charles Garabedian, Régis Beuscart, Emmanuel Chazard   +7 more
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The influence of depressive symptoms on the effectiveness of a short-term group form of Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for personality disorders: a naturalistic study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background This naturalistic study examined the outcomes of Short-Term Schema Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in groups with personality disorders, and with high and low severity of depressive symptoms.
David Koppers, Henricus Van, Jaap Peen, Jet Alberts, Jack Dekker   +4 more
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