Background Countries with resource-poor health systems have struggled to improve access to and the quality of caesarean section (C-section; CS) for women seeking care in public health facilities.

Introduction The vital role of medical workforce well-being for improving patient experience and population health while assuring safety and reducing costs is recognised internationally. Yet the ...

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Background Evaluation of neck trauma is a common reason for emergency department (ED) visits. There are several validated clinical decision rules, such as the National Emergency X-Radiography ...

Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Tom Reader, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, ...

Healthcare managers, clinical researchers and individual patients (and their physicians) manage variation differently to achieve different ends. First, managers are primarily concerned with the ...

US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA Correspondence to Dr Kerm Henriksen, US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency ...

This paper defines risk and its component elements and describes where clinical practice may be starting from in terms of what is reported in the literature about understanding risks and the ...

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Background Patients and caregivers often face significant challenges when they are discharged home from hospital. We sought to understand what influenced patient and caregiver experience in the ...

Objectives: To assess patients’ adherence to new medication for a chronic condition (and whether non-adherence was intentional), patients’ problems with their medication, and their further information ...

Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical Centre Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dr M E J L Hulscher, Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical ...