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Lifesaving emergency obstetric services are inadequate in south-west Ethiopia: a formidable challenge to reducing maternal mortality in Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-04)
Background:
Most maternal deaths take place during labour and within a few weeks after delivery. The availability
and utilization of emergency obstetric care facilities is a key factor in reducing maternal mortality; ...
Immigrants’ use of emergency primary health care in Norway: a registry-based observational study
(BioMed Central, 2012-09-07)
Background: Emigrants are often a selected sample and in good health, but migration can have deleterious effects on health. Many immigrant groups report poor health and increased use of health services, and it is often ...
Acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents: a population-based observational study
(BioMed Central, 2011-05-26)
Background: Nursing home residents are prone to acute illness due to their high age, underlying illnesses and
immobility. We examined the incidence of acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents versus ...
The burden of knowing: balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. a qualitative study from Zambia
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-01-05)
Background
Client-initiated HIV counselling and testing has been scaled up in many African countries, in the form of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Test rates have remained low, with HIV-related stigma being ...
Patient safety in surgical environments: Cross-countries comparison of psychometric properties and results of the Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety
(BioMed Central, 2010-09-22)
Background:
How hospital health care personnel perceive safety climate has been assessed in several countries by using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (HSOPS). Few studies have examined safety climate factors in ...
Checklists in the operating room: Help or hurdle? A qualitative study on health workers' experiences
(BioMed Central, 2010-12-20)
Background:
Checklists have been used extensively as a cognitive aid in aviation; now, they are being introduced in many areas of medicine. Although few would dispute the positive effects of checklists, little is known ...
Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania
(BioMed Central, 2011-11-17)
Background: Research on health care utilization in low income countries suggests that patients frequently bypass PHC facilities in favour of higher-level hospitals - despite substantial additional time and financial costs. ...
Recommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective study
(BioMed Central, 2013-08-19)
Background: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients
for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define ...
Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour - a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2009-11-20)
Background: The HIV epidemic poses significant challenges to the low income countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA), affecting the attrition rate among health care workers, their level of motivation, and absenteeism from ...
Selling my sheep to pay for medicines – household priorities and coping strategies in a setting without universal health coverage
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-02)
Background: The first month of life is the period with the highest risk of dying. Despite knowledge of effective interventions, newborn mortality is high and utilization of health care services remains low in Ethiopia. In ...