Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on November 24, 2016
Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement. JAMA (1999) 40.60
Strategies for reducing maternal mortality: getting on with what works. Lancet (2006) 21.74
Do practice guidelines guide practice? The effect of a consensus statement on the practice of physicians. N Engl J Med (1989) 16.77
Impact of disseminating quality improvement programs for depression in managed primary care: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2000) 9.58
Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality. Pediatrics (2006) 6.05
Evaluating the message: the relationship between compliance rate and the subject of a practice guideline. Med Care (1994) 5.05
Evidence of self-report bias in assessing adherence to guidelines. Int J Qual Health Care (1999) 4.96
Changing physicians' behavior: what works and thoughts on getting more things to work. J Contin Educ Health Prof (2002) 4.81
How effective is antenatal care in preventing maternal mortality and serious morbidity? An overview of the evidence. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (2001) 3.66
Effects of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on quality of care: a systematic review. Qual Saf Health Care (2009) 2.86
Deviations from evidence-based clinical management guidelines increase mortality in critically injured trauma patients*. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.86
Adherence to guidelines is a predictor of outcome in chronic heart failure: the MAHLER survey. Eur Heart J (2005) 2.74
Five-year impact of quality improvement for depression: results of a group-level randomized controlled trial. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2004) 2.51
An introduction to maternal mortality. Rev Obstet Gynecol (2008) 1.88
Adherence to biopsy guidelines for Barrett's esophagus surveillance in the community setting in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 1.76
Compliance to hypertension guidelines in clinical practice: a multicentre pilot study in Italy. J Hum Hypertens (2002) 1.75
Factors affecting antenatal care attendance: results from qualitative studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. PLoS One (2013) 1.72
Reducing risk by improving standards of intrapartum fetal care. J R Soc Med (2001) 1.58
Using evidence-based practice to improve intrapartum care. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs (2001) 1.52
Does adherence to the guideline recommendation for active treatments improve the quality of care for patients with acute low back pain delivered by physical therapists? Med Care (2007) 1.49
Sources of variation in physician adherence with clinical guidelines: results from a factorial experiment. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.48
Distribution of causes of maternal mortality among different socio-demographic groups in Ghana; a descriptive study. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.42
Improving adherence to guidelines for hypertension drug prescribing: cluster-randomized controlled trial of general versus patient-specific recommendations. Am J Manag Care (2005) 1.40
Understanding delayed access to antenatal care: a qualitative interview study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2014) 1.30
Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelines. Am J Med (2004) 1.28
Provider adherence to a clinical practice guideline for acute asthma in a pediatric emergency department. Acad Emerg Med (2001) 1.14
Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study. Am J Med (1999) 1.13
Overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of reminders in improving healthcare professional behavior. Syst Rev (2012) 1.12
Are co-morbidities associated with guideline adherence? The MI-Plus study of Medicare patients. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 1.10
Timing of scheduled cesarean delivery in patients on a teaching versus private service: adherence to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines and neonatal outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.10
Factors associated with reproductive health care utilization among Ghanaian women. BMC Int Health Hum Rights (2012) 1.09
'How to know what you need to do': a cross-country comparison of maternal health guidelines in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania. Implement Sci (2012) 1.06
Interventions to modify health care provider adherence to asthma guidelines: a systematic review. Pediatrics (2013) 1.06
Wound care in Buruli ulcer disease in Ghana and Benin. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 1.01
Geriatric fracture center: a multidisciplinary treatment approach for older patients with a hip fracture improved quality of clinical care and short-term treatment outcomes. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil (2012) 0.98
The impact of adherence to screening guidelines and of diabetes clinics referral on morbidity and mortality in diabetes. PLoS One (2012) 0.97
Promoting and monitoring safe motherhood in ghana. Ghana Med J (2006) 0.94
Rural/urban and socioeconomic differentials in quality of antenatal care in Ghana. PLoS One (2015) 0.92
The acceptability of intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy: results from a qualitative study in Northern Ghana. Malar J (2014) 0.92
Assessment of the adherence of community health workers to dosing and referral guidelines for the management of fever in children under 5 years: a study in Dangme West District, Ghana. Int Health (2013) 0.90
Previous early antenatal service utilization improves timely booking: cross-sectional study at university of Gondar hospital, northwest Ethiopia. J Pregnancy (2014) 0.90
Medical quality assessment by scoring adherence to guideline intentions. Proc AMIA Symp (2001) 0.89
Gestational age at booking for antenatal care in a tertiary health facility in north-central, Nigeria. Niger Med J (2012) 0.87
Prevalence of peripheral blood parasitaemia, anaemia and low birthweight among pregnant women in a suburban area in coastal Ghana. Pan Afr Med J (2014) 0.87
Adherence to evidence-based guidelines is the key to improved health outcomes for general practice patients: YES. J Prim Health Care (2012) 0.84
Previous pregnancy history, parity, maternal age and risk of pregnancy induced hypertension. Bratisl Lek Listy (2011) 0.84
Impact of prenatal care utilization on infant care practices in Nepal: a national representative cross-sectional survey. Eur J Pediatr (2013) 0.84
Assessing adherence to guidelines for common mental disorders in routine clinical practice. Int J Qual Health Care (2011) 0.80
Promising adoption of an electronic clinical decision support system for antenatal and intrapartum care in rural primary healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: The QUALMAT experience. Int J Med Inform (2015) 0.80
The effect of reproductive history on future pregnancy outcomes. Hum Reprod (1999) 0.78
Quality of antenatal and childbirth care in northern Ghana. BJOG (2014) 0.78
Physicians infrequently adhere to hepatitis vaccination guidelines for chronic liver disease. PLoS One (2013) 0.76
Guidelines and quality measures: do they improve outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonia? Infect Dis Clin North Am (2013) 0.76
Client Factors Affect Provider Adherence to Clinical Guidelines during First Antenatal Care. PLoS One (2016) 0.76
Predictors of skilled attendance at delivery among antenatal clinic attendants in Ghana: a cross-sectional study of population data. BMJ Open (2015) 0.91
Contextual risk factors for low birth weight: a multilevel analysis. PLoS One (2014) 0.90
Quantifying the validity of routine neonatal healthcare data in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. PLoS One (2014) 0.83
Client Factors Affect Provider Adherence to Clinical Guidelines during First Antenatal Care. PLoS One (2016) 0.76
Public health facility resource availability and provider adherence to first antenatal guidelines in a low resource setting in Accra, Ghana. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Temporal trends in childhood mortality in Ghana: impacts and challenges of health policies and programs. Glob Health Action (2016) 0.75