Published in BMC Health Serv Res on November 25, 2014
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The influence of transformational leadership on employee well-being: results from a survey of companies in the information and communication technology sector in Germany. J Occup Environ Med (2013) 0.87
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The relationship between perceived social capital and the health promotion willingness of companies: a systematic telephone survey with chief executive officers in the information and communication technology sector. J Occup Environ Med (2011) 0.83
The relationship between transformational leadership and social capital in hospitals--a survey of medical directors of all German hospitals. J Public Health Manag Pract (2012) 0.82
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The relationship between social capital in hospitals and emotional exhaustion in clinicians: a study in four German hospitals. Int J Soc Psychiatry (2010) 0.78
A longitudinal study of changes in provider-patient interaction in treatment of localized prostate cancer. Support Care Cancer (2011) 0.78
Implementation of guidelines for the treatment of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the Cologne Infarction Model Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 0.78
[Shared decision-making as a new quality indicator in nephrology: a nationwide survey in Germany]. Med Klin (Munich) (2005) 0.78
Validation of the "SmoCess-GP" instrument - a short patient questionnaire for assessing the smoking cessation activities of general practitioners: a cross-sectional study. BMC Fam Pract (2010) 0.78
Social service counseling in cancer centers certified by the German Cancer Society. Soc Work Health Care (2015) 0.78
The association between psychosocial care by physicians and patients' trust: a retrospective analysis of severely injured patients in surgical intensive care units. Psychosoc Med (2012) 0.77
Managed care, inter-agency linkages, and outpatient substance abuse treatment. Adm Policy Ment Health (2006) 0.77
Validation of a theory-based instrument measuring patient-reported psychosocial care by physicians using a multiple indicators and multiple causes model. Patient Educ Couns (2010) 0.77
Configural frequency analysis as a method of determining patients' preferred decision-making roles in dialysis. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak (2010) 0.76
The association between active participation in a sports club, physical activity and social network on the development of lung cancer in smokers: a case-control study. BMC Res Notes (2012) 0.76
Barriers to using psycho-oncology services: a qualitative research into the perspectives of users, their relatives, non-users, physicians, and nurses. Support Care Cancer (2009) 0.75
The Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer in Everyday Practice in Germany. Dtsch Arztebl Int (2016) 0.75
Mind the information gap: fertility rate and use of cesarean delivery and tocolytic hospitalizations in Taiwan. Health Econ Rev (2011) 0.75
Communication, social capital and workplace health management as determinants of the innovative climate in German banks. Int J Public Health (2010) 0.75
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