Published in Health Res Policy Syst on April 17, 2009
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Impact of educational intervention on knowledge of dispensers working at community pharmacies in Pakistan. Pharm Pract (Granada) (2013) 0.75
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Identifying factors for job motivation of rural health workers in North Viet Nam. Hum Resour Health (2003) 7.71
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The impact of supervision on stock management and adherence to treatment guidelines: a randomized controlled trial. Health Policy Plan (2001) 1.58
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Evaluating Niger's experience in strengthening supervision, improving availability of child survival drugs through cost recovery, and initiating training for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI). BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2001) 0.96
The impact of hospital management reforms on absenteeism in Costa Rica. Health Policy Plan (2006) 0.95
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Prospective randomized controlled study comparing simple decompression versus anterior subcutaneous transposition for idiopathic neuropathy of the ulnar nerve at the elbow: Part 1. Neurosurgery (2005) 1.53
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'I believe that the staff have reduced their closeness to patients': an exploratory study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff in four rural hospitals in Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res (2007) 1.44
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A step-by-step guide to systematically identify all relevant animal studies. Lab Anim (2011) 1.16
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To drain or not to drain: a cumulative meta-analysis of the use of routine abdominal drains after pancreatic resection. HPB (Oxford) (2012) 0.94
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The effect of crossing legs on blood pressure. J Hypertens (2010) 0.83
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Implementation of multidisciplinary advice to allied health care professionals regarding the management of their patients with neuromuscular diseases. Disabil Rehabil (2010) 0.81
Sustainable employability - definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach. Scand J Work Environ Health (2015) 0.80
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Referrals by general practitioners for suspicious skin lesions: the urgency of training. Acta Derm Venereol (2014) 0.79
Does wave reflection explain the increase in blood pressure during leg crossing? Blood Press Monit (2014) 0.79
Non-compliance on the part of the professional community with a national guideline: an argumentative policy analysis. Health Policy (2006) 0.77
Visual analogue scales: scale recalibration by patients with dementia and their proxies. Qual Life Res (2012) 0.77
Economic evaluation of folate supplementation during methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol (2004) 0.77
Participatory workshops are not enough to prevent policy implementation failures: an example of a policy development process concerning the drug interferon-beta for multiple sclerosis. Health Care Anal (2007) 0.77
Thurstone scaling revealed systematic health-state valuation differences between patients with dementia and proxies. J Clin Epidemiol (2012) 0.76
A word from our moderator. JAMA (2007) 0.75
The optimization of the diagnostic work-up in patients with suspected obstructive lung disease. BMC Pulm Med (2010) 0.75
Evidence based policy decisions through a Bayesian approach: the case of a statin appraisal in The Netherlands. Health Policy (2013) 0.75
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Single versus duplicate blood samples in ACTH stimulated adrenal vein sampling. Clin Chim Acta (2013) 0.75
Estimating the effectiveness of HPV vaccination in the open population: a Bayesian approach. Value Health (2013) 0.75
The capability set for work: development and validation of a new questionnaire. Scand J Work Environ Health (2015) 0.75
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