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Health Service Research (HSR) PubMed Queries
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Health Service Research (HSR) PubMed Queries contains preformulated specialized PubMed searches on healthcare quality and costs. -
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Organization specific predictors of job satisfaction: findings from a Canadian multi-site quality of work life cross-sectional survey
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Background Organizational features can affect how staff view their quality of work life. Determining staff perceptions about quality of work life is an important... -
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Routine prophylactic antibiotic use in the management of snakebite
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Background Routine antibiotic prophylaxis following snakebite is not recommended but evidence suggests that it may be common practice in Zimbabwe. This study set out... -
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Evidence-based obstetrics in four hospitals in China: An observational study to explore clinical practice, women's preferences and provider's views
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Background Evidence-based obstetric care is widely promoted in developing countries, but the success of implementation is not known. Using selected childbirth care... -
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Frequency of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV infected patients from Bogota, Colombia
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Background The prevalence of infections by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species in the HIV-infected patient population in Colombia was... -
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ICUs worldwide: Results of a nationwide survey of Colombian intensive care units
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Sixty-three of 89 identified intensive care units in Colombia (Evaluation of Intensive Care in Colombia) participated in this voluntary study. A convenience sample of... -
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Oral cancer treatment costs in Greece and the effect of advanced disease
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Background The main purpose of the study was to quantify the direct costs of oral cancer treatment to the healthcare system of Greece. Another aim was to identify... -
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eHealth Applications in Health Care Management
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Assessment of the infectious diseases surveillance system of the Republic of Armenia: an example of surveillance in the Republics of the former Soviet Union
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Background Before 1991, the infectious diseases surveillance systems (IDSS) of the former Soviet Union (FSU) were centrally planned in Moscow. The dissolution of the... -
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Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: A transdisciplinary study
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Background Decision makers in health care organizations struggle with how to set priorities for new technologies in medicine. Traditional approaches to priority... -
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Is primary care ready to take on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
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Background Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood psychiatric disorder. The management of ADHD has recently been highlighted. The... -
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Why the fair innings argument is not persuasive
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The fair innings argument (FIA) is frequently put forward as a justification for denying elderly patients treatment when they are in competition with younger patients... -
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Incidence and Characteristics of Total Stroke in the United States
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Background and Purpose Stroke, increasingly referred to as a "brain attack", is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of adult disability in the... -
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The estimated economic burden of genital herpes in the United States. An analysis using two costing approaches
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Background Only limited data exist on the costs of genital herpes (GH) in the USA. We estimated the economic burden of GH in the USA using two different costing... -
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Practice and professional development plans (PPDPs): results of a feasibility study
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Background Dissatisfaction with uniprofessional education structures as a means of improving the quality of healthcare has led to proposals to develop ways of... -
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Workers' compensation claims related to natural rubber latex gloves among Oregon healthcare employees from 1987–1998
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Background Occupational reaction to natural rubber latex (NRL) glove use by healthcare employees has been an area of increasing concern. Unfortunately, there is... -
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Identifying research priorities on infections in older adults: proceedings of an interdisciplinary workshop
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Background Infections pose a substantial burden to the health of older adults. In this report, we describe the proceedings of a workshop to formulate and prioritize...