Health Services Research

Citations 1-10 of 10 total displayed.

Most recent content (1 Aug 2007):

Therapeutics
Review: periodic health examination increases delivery of some clinical preventive services and reduces patient worry

Robert H Fletcher
Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 118. [Extract] [Full text]  

Past content (since May 2002):

Therapeutics
Identifying hospice-appropriate nursing home residents for physicians increased hospice referrals and enrolment

Tara F Bishop
Evid Based Med 2006; 11: 49. [Extract] [Full text]  

Quality improvement
Written prompts to GPs to elicit patient concerns led to a small increase in 1 measure of patient satisfaction in self limiting illness

Robert C Smith
Evid Based Med 2005; 10: 58. [Extract] [Full text]  

Quality improvement
The benefits of nurse led secondary prevention clinics continued after 4 years

Tim Lancaster
Evid Based Med 2003; 8: 158. [Extract] [Full text] [ Web extra ]  

Quality improvement
Review: patient reminder or recall systems improve immunisation rates

Paul V Targonski and Gregory A Poland
Evid Based Med 2003; 8: 124. [Extract] [Full text]  

Quality improvement
Delayed prescription reduced antibiotic use in the common cold

Chris B. Del Mar and Mb BChir MD
Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 191. [Extract] [Full text]  

Quality improvement
Review: organisational change and patient involvement may increase the use of prevention cancer screening services

Robert Gluckman
Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 192. [Extract] [Full text]  

Therapeutics
Pharmacist review changed more repeat prescriptions for elderly patients than usual general practice review

Anthony Dixon
Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 158. [Extract] [Full text]  

Quality improvement
A comprehensive annotated reminder tool increased appropriate screening in primary care

Robert Gluckman
Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 127. [Extract] [Full text]  

Economics
1 of 2 quality improvement interventions for depression in managed care was more effective but more costly than usual care

Margretta Diemer and Christos Hatzigeorgiou
Evid Based Med 2002; 7: 95. [Extract] [Full text]