Browsing Faculty of Medicine by Journals "BMC Health Services Research"
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The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-12)Background: In Asia, over 50% of patients with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) access health care from private providers. These patients are usually not notified to the National TB Control Programs, which contributes to low ... -
Country of first birth and neonatal outcomes in migrant and Norwegian-born parous women in Norway: a population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background This study compares subsequent birth outcomes in migrant women who had already had a child before arriving in Norway with those in migrant women whose first birth occurred in Norway. The aim of this study was ... -
A critical assessment of the WHO responsiveness tool: lessons from voluntary HIV testing and counselling services in Kenya
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-22)Background: Health, fair financing and responsiveness to the user's needs and expectations are seen as the essential objectives of health systems. Efforts have been made to conceptualise and measure responsiveness as a ... -
“Death audit is a fight” – provider perspectives on the ethics of the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) system in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Maternal and neonatal health are regarded as important indicators of health in most countries. Death auditing through, for example, the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) is viewed ... -
Development and validation of patients' surgical safety checklist
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Poor uptake and understanding of critical perioperative information represent a major safety risk for surgical patients. Implementing a patient-driven surgical safety checklist might enhance the way critical ... -
Development of an internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy program for use in combination with exercise therapy and education by patients at increased risk of chronic pain following total knee arthroplasty
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Approximately 20% of patients experience chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Due to the growing number of TKA procedures, this will affect an increasing number of people worldwide. Catastrophic ... -
Differential utilization of primary health care services among older immigrants and Norwegians: a register-based comparative study in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-26)Background: Aging in an unfamiliar landscape can pose health challenges for the growing numbers of immigrants and their health care providers. Therefore, better understanding of how different immigrant groups use Primary ... -
Dispensations of benzodiazepines, zhypnotics, and gabapentinoids to patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; a prospective cohort study in Norway from 2013 to 2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Dispensations of benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics, and gabapentinoids to patients on opioid agonist therapy (OAT) are common and have pros and cons. The objectives of the current study are to define the dispensation ... -
Distance and utilisation of out-of-hours services in a Norwegian urban/rural district: an ecological study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 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 population ... -
Duty to treat and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Norwegian physicians’ perspectives and experiences—a questionnaire survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The COVID-19 pandemic actualised the dilemma of how to balance physicians´ obligation to treat patients and their own perceived risk of being infected. To discuss this in a constructive way we need empirical ... -
Effect of an educational intervention for telephone triage nurses on out-of-hours attendance: a pragmatic randomized controlled study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-03)Background: Telephone triage has been established in many countries as a response to the challenge of non-urgent use of out-of-hours primary care services. However, limited evidence is available regarding the effect of ... -
Enhancing potential impact of hospital discharge interventions for patients with COPD: a qualitative systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-22)Background: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are frequently readmitted to hospital resulting in avoidable healthcare costs. Many different interventions designed to reduce hospital readmissions ... -
Ethnic and gender differences in the management of type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study from Norwegian general practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-28)Background: Ethnic minority groups from Asia and Africa living in Western countries have a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) than the general population. We aimed to assess ethnic differences in diabetes care by ... -
Existence and functionality of emergency obstetric care services at district level in Kenya: theoretical coverage versus reality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-25)Background: The knowledge on emergency obstetric care (EmOC) is limited in Kenya, where only partial data from sub-national studies exist. The EmOC process indicators have also not been integrated into routine health ... -
Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical, demographic, and organizational factors and formal (health professionals) and informal (relatives) resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without ... -
Factors influencing the development of evidence-based practice among nurses: a self-report survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10-24)Background: Health authorities in several countries have decided that the health care services should be evidence-based. Recent research indicates that evidence-based practice may be more successfully implemented if the ... -
General practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-14)Background: Primary care doctors have a gatekeeper function in many healthcare systems, and strategies to reduce emergency hospital admissions often focus on general practitioners’ (GPs’) and out-of-hours (OOH) doctors’ ... -
Guidelines and clinical priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic – Norwegian doctors’ experiences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, strong measures were taken to avoid anticipated pressure on health care, and this involved new priorities between patient groups and changing working conditions for ... -
Health status and socio-economic factors associated with health facility utilization in rural and urban areas in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-13)Background: With regards to equity, the objective for health care systems is “equal access for equal needs”. We examined associations of predisposing, enabling and need factors with health facility utilization in areas ... -
How can we improve specialist health services for children with multi-referrals? Parent reported experience
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Children with combined mental and somatic conditions pose a challenge to specialized health services. These cases are often characterized by multi-referrals, frequent use of health services, poor clinical and ...