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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 ...
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; ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sustainability of healthcare improvement: what can we learn from learning theory?
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-08-03)
Background
Changes that improve the quality of health care should be sustained. Falling back to old, unsatisfactory ways of working is a waste of resources and can in the worst case increase resistance to later initiatives ...
Distance and utilisation of out-of-hours services in a Norwegian urban/rural district: an ecological study
(BioMed Central, 2013-06-17)
Background:
Long travel distances limit the utilisation of health services. We wanted to examine the relationship
between the utilisation of a Norwegian out-of-hours service and the distance from the municipality ...
"Saying no is no easy matter" A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice
(BioMed Central, 2005-11-09)
Background:
The general practitioner in Norway is
expected to ensure equity and effectiveness
through fair rationing. At the same time, due
to recent reforms of the Norwegian health care
sector, both the role of ...
The safety attitudes questionnaire - ambulatory version: psychometric properties of the Norwegian translated version for the primary care setting
(BioMed Central, 2014-03-29)
Background: Patient safety culture is how leader and staff interaction, attitudes, routines and practices protect patients from adverse events in healthcare. The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire is the most widely used ...