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  1. Electronic clinical decision support systems (eCDSS), such as the ‘Systematic Tool to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing’ Assistant (STRIPA), have become promising tools for assisting general practitioners (GPs)...

    Authors: Katharina Tabea Jungo, Michael J. Deml, Fabian Schalbetter, Jeanne Moor, Martin Feller, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Johanna Alida Corlina Huibers, Bastiaan Theodoor Gerard Marie Sallevelt, Michiel C Meulendijk, Marco Spruit, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Nicolas Rodondi and Sven Streit
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:350
  2. The job performance of clinicians is a clear indicator of both hospital capacity and the level of hospital service. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the effectiveness and quality of medical care. Clinica...

    Authors: Junlong Li, Lu Ao and Jay Pan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:348
  3. Establishing the most important outcomes for school-based speech-language therapy is essential to guide future research and program evaluation for these services. Many health disciplines have developed core ou...

    Authors: Peter T. Cahill, Mark A. Ferro, Stella Ng, Lyn S. Turkstra and Wenonah N. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:347
  4. Saudi Arabia is implementing a comprehensive health system transformation in health services provision, governance, and financing. Given the high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD), a key objective of t...

    Authors: Maha Alattas, Sarah Gordon, Lora L. Sabin, Fadi El-jardali and Veronika J. Wirtz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:346
  5. The international scale and spread of evidence-based perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) services has not yet been fully realised. Implementation science provides a structured app...

    Authors: Margot E Lodge, Jugdeep Dhesi, David JH Shipway, Philip Braude, Catherine Meilak, Judith Partridge, Nadine E Andrew, Velandai Srikanth, Darshini R Ayton and Chris Moran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:345
  6. Chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists (COPs) can assess and manage musculoskeletal conditions with similar manual or physical therapy techniques. This overlap in scope of practice raises questions abo...

    Authors: Joshua Toloui-Wallace, Roma Forbes, Oliver P. Thomson and Nathalia Costa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:344
  7. Critical care nurses (CCNs) are routinely exposed to highly stressful situations, and at high-risk of suffering from work-related stress and developing burnout. Thus, supporting CCN wellbeing is crucial. One a...

    Authors: K. S. Vogt, J. Johnson, R. Coleman, R. Simms-Ellis, R. Harrison, N. Shearman, J. Marran, L. Budworth, C. Horsfield, R. Lawton and A. Grange
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:343
  8. Despite the increasing prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), data regarding access to child development services have remained limited globally. Long wait times are a major barrier to developmental...

    Authors: Sibella E. Bentley, Pankaj Garg, Ori Gudes, Romy Hurwitz, Sinthu Vivekanandarajah and Lydia Y.L. So
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:342
  9. Telemedicine is often promoted as a possible solution to some of the challenges healthcare systems in many countries face, and an increasing number of studies evaluate the clinical effects. So far, the studies...

    Authors: Susanna Sten-Gahmberg, Kine Pedersen, Ingrid Gaarder Harsheim, Hanna Isabel Løyland and Birgit Abelsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:341
  10. Home-based healthcare is considered crucial for the sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide. In the homecare context, however, adverse events may occur due to error-prone medication management processes...

    Authors: Ingvild Idsøe-Jakobsen, Heidi Dombestein and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:340
  11. Incorporating perspectives of health consumers, healthcare workers, policy makers and stakeholders through co-design is essential to design services that are fit for purpose. However, the experiences of co-des...

    Authors: Deirdre McGowan, Claire Morley, Emily Hansen, Kelly Shaw and Tania Winzenberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:339
  12. The challenge of implementing evidence into routine clinical practice is well recognised and implementation science offers theories, models and frameworks to promote investigation into delivery of evidence-bas...

    Authors: Stephanie Best, Karin Thursky, Mark Buzza, Marlena Klaic, Sanne Peters, Lisa Guccione, Alison Trainer and Jillian Francis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:338
  13. Knowledge mobilization (KM) is essential to close the longstanding evidence to practice gap in pediatric pain management. Engaging various partners (i.e., those with expertise in a given topic area) in KM is b...

    Authors: Nicole E. MacKenzie, Christine T. Chambers, Christine E. Cassidy, Penny V. Corkum, Meghan E. McGrady, Jennifer A. Parker and Kathryn A. Birnie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:337
  14. Recruiting large cohorts efficiently can speed the translation of findings into care across a range of scientific disciplines and medical specialties. Recruitment can be hampered by factors such as financial b...

    Authors: Ashley Honushefsky, Eric S. Wagner, Kathleen Sheridan, Kathleen M. Spickard, William R. LeMasters, Carroll N. Walter, Taryn Beaver, Anne Marie Lennon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Alanna Kulchak Rahm and Adam H. Buchanan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:336
  15. Over the past few decades, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have been used to understand patient health conditions better. Therefore, numerous PRO measures (questionnaires) and guidelines or guidance have been...

    Authors: Takako Kaneyasu, Eri Hoshino, Mariko Naito, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Kikuko Miyazaki, Satomi Kojima, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Takashi Kawaguchi, Tempei Miyaji, Takako Eguchi Nakajima and Kojiro Shimozuma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:334
  16. Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT) is the gold standard for people with opioid dependence. However, drop-out rates are high, and many patients do not reach desired outcomes. Understanding patients’ and healthc...

    Authors: Asbjørn Steiro, Christine Hillestad Hestevik and Ashley Elizabeth Muller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:333
  17. Public–private partnerships (PPP) are often how health improvement programs are implemented in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). We therefore aimed to systematically review the literature about the aim ...

    Authors: Cassandra B. Iroz, Rohit Ramaswamy, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta and Paul Barach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:332
  18. Inpatient falls in hospitals are an acknowledged indicator of quality of care. International comparisons could highlight quality improvement potential and enable cross-national learning. Key to fair cross-nati...

    Authors: Niklaus S. Bernet, Irma H. J. Everink, Sabine Hahn, Silvia Bauer and Jos M. G. A. Schols
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:331
  19. An accumulating body of research suggests that an accelerating enhanced recovery after colon surgery protocol is beneficial for patients, however, to obtain these effects, adherence to all elements of the prot...

    Authors: Misha A. T. Sier, Eva Godina, Thaís T. T. Tweed, Imane Daher and Jan H. M. B. Stoot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:330
  20. In Malaysia, asthma is a common chronic respiratory illness. Poor asthma control may increase out-of-pocket payment for asthma care, leading to financial hardships Malaysia provides Universal Health Coverage f...

    Authors: Norita Hussein, Chiu Wan Ng, Rizawati Ramli, Su May Liew, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Ping Yein Lee, Ai Theng Cheong, Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Hilary Pinnock, Andrew Stoddart, Jürgen Schwarze and Ee Ming Khoo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:327
  21. In the past 40 years, China has experienced tremendous economic development, but the current situation of hematologists has rarely been reported. A landscape survey of human resources is essential for healthca...

    Authors: Jia Chen, Jiali Gu, Yuhua Ru, Jianxiang Wang, Yu Hu, Kaiyan Liu, Qifa Liu, Xiaohui Zhang, Zhijian Xiao, Weili Zhao, Yang Xu, Xiaojun Huang and Depei Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:326
  22. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are increasingly recommended to play an important role in supporting people with chronic disease in work participation. An intervention for HCPs to provide work-related support ...

    Authors: Maarten Butink, Shari Hooper, Annelies Boonen, Vera Baadjou, Tim Boymans, Marieke Pierik and Angelique de Rijk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:325
  23. Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are known to have high prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and high incidence of diabetes-related foot disease. Diabetes-related foot disease can lead to lower limb...

    Authors: Kay Y. Hon, Neil McMillan and Robert A. Fitridge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:324
  24. Using digital technologies to provide services and supports remotely may improve efficiency and accessibility of healthcare, and support people with disabilities to live independently. This study aimed to expl...

    Authors: Jennifer Fortune, Manjula Manikandan, Sarah Harrington, Owen Hensey, Claire Kerr, Sebastian Koppe, Thilo Kroll, Grace Lavelle, Siobhán Long, Malcolm MacLachlan, Denis Nolan, Meriel Norris, Jason O’Reilly, Mary Owens, Aisling Walsh, Michael Walsh…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:323
  25. Youth mental health is a major health concern in almost every country. Mental health accounts for about 13% of the global burden of disease in the 10-to-19-year age group. Still there are significant gaps betw...

    Authors: Linda Richter Sundberg, Anne Gotfredsen, Monica Christianson, Maria Wiklund, Anna-Karin Hurtig and Isabel Goicolea
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:322
  26. This study aims to estimate average COVID-19-associated healthcare costs per capita in Germany from a payer perspective. In addition, insights into COVID-19-associated mortality should be gained.

    Authors: Florian Brandt, Giancarlo Simone, Jörg Loth and Daniel Schilling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:321
  27. Translating research, achieving impact, and assessing impact are important aspirations for all research collaboratives but can prove challenging. The Hunter Cancer Research Alliance (HCRA) was funded from 2014...

    Authors: Christine L. Paul, Nicole M. Verrills, Stephen Ackland, Rodney Scott, Susan Goode, Ann Thomas, Sarah Lukeman, Sarah Nielsen, Judith Weidenhofer, James Lynam, Elizabeth A. Fradgley, Jarad Martin, Peter Greer, Stephen Smith, Cassandra Griffin, Kelly A. Avery-Kiejda…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:320
  28. HIV mostly affects people with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) than the general population. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced assisted partner notification (APN) as a strategy to increase ...

    Authors: Rachel Wangi Nante, Herbert Muyinda, John M. Kiweewa, Regina Ndagire, Emmanuel Ssendikwanawa, Kevin Ouma Ojiambo, Joanita Nangendo, Juliet Nakku and Fred C. Semitala
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:319
  29. The Brazilian Dental Specialty Centers (CEO, in Portuguese) represent the strategy of the National Oral Health Policy to provide secondary-level dental care. They offer more complex procedures, such as the tre...

    Authors: Raíres Chaves da Silva Rodrigues, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti and Edson Hilan Gomes de Lucena
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:318
  30. Aligning delivery and financing systems across sectors to create broader systems of care can improve the health and well-being of families experiencing adversities. We aimed to identify structural and relation...

    Authors: Venice Ng Williams, Carol Yvette Franco-Rowe, Connie Cignetti Lopez, Mandy A. Allison and Gregory J. Tung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:316
  31. Postoperative pain management in lumbar spine surgery care remains a challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a person-centred postoperative pain management intervention programme on lumb...

    Authors: Eva Angelini, Axel Wolf, Helle Wijk, Helena Brisby and Adad Baranto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:315
  32. Clinical empathy is considered a crucial element in patient-centered care. The advent of digital technology in healthcare has introduced new dynamics to empathy which needs to be explored in the context of the...

    Authors: Hanna Luetke Lanfer, Doreen Reifegerste, Winja Weber, Paula Memenga, Eva Baumann, Julia Geulen, Stefanie Klein, Anne Müller, Andrea Hahne and Susanne Weg-Remers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:314
  33. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) works to prevent tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV), but uptake remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this analysis, we sought to identify barriers mid-le...

    Authors: Canice Christian, Elijah Kakande, Violah Nahurira, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Fredrick Atwine, Robert Bakanoma, Harriet Itiakorit, Asiphas Owaraganise, William DiIeso, Derek Rast, Jane Kabami, Jason Johnson Peretz, Starley B. Shade, Moses R. Kamya, Diane V. Havlir, Gabriel Chamie…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:313
  34. There is scarce knowledge on the health care follow-up of parents of terror attack survivors. This study focused on the mothers and fathers of survivors and examined (1) their perceived health care needs relat...

    Authors: Ida Frugård Strøm, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Synne Stensland, Grete Dyb and Lise Eilin Stene
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:277
  35. The unequal distribution of government health spending within African regional economic groupings is a significant barrier to achieving Universal Health Coverage and reaching health-related Sustainable Develop...

    Authors: Nicholas Ngepah and Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:311
  36. Germany has the highest per capita health care spending among EU member states, but its hospitals face pressure to generate profits independently due to the government’s withdrawal of investment cost coverage....

    Authors: Christoph Lüdemann, Maike Gerken and Marcel Hülsbeck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:310
  37. The development and use of digital tools in various stages of research highlight the importance of novel open science methods for an integrated and accessible research system. The objective of this study was t...

    Authors: Maryam Zarghani, Leila Nemati-Anaraki, Shahram Sedghi, Abdolreza Noroozi Chakoli and Anisa Rowhani-Farid
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:309
  38. International experience shows that the suitability of a high-performance healthcare system for its given purposes is reflected in its ability to provide a continuum of services that match the changing health ...

    Authors: Haoran Liu, Zhifan Wang, Juan Hu, Qiushuang Xu, Lei Yang and Weiyan Jian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:308
  39. Expenditure of healthcare services has been growing over the past decades. Lean and agile are two popular paradigms that could potentially contain cost and improve proficiency of the healthcare system. However...

    Authors: Xueying Li and Ana Lúcia Martins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:307
  40. Improving quality of nursing home care for residents is a constant focus of stakeholders involved within quality improvement projects. Though, achieving change in long-term care is challenging. Process evaluat...

    Authors: Suzanne Portegijs, Adriana Petronella Anna van Beek, Lilian Huibertina Davida van Tuyl and Cordula Wagner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:306
  41. Research is crucial for improved healthcare and better patient outcomes, but there is a current shortage of clinician-researchers who can connect research and practice in the health professions field. This stu...

    Authors: Louisa M. D’Arrietta, Venkat N. Vangaveti, Melissa J. Crowe and Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:305
  42. Authors: Luke Testa, Lieke Richardson, Colleen Cheek, Theresa Hensel, Elizabeth Austin, Mariam Safi, Natália Ransolin, Ann Carrigan, Janet Long, Karen Hutchinson, Magali Goirand, Mia Bierbaum, Felicity Bleckly, Peter Hibbert, Kate Churruca and Robyn Clay-Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:304

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  43. Social risk factors are key drivers of the geographic variation in spending in the United States but little is known how community-level social risk factors are associated with hospital prices. Our objective w...

    Authors: Eva Chang and Wayne Psek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:299
  44. Working in healthcare environments is highly stressful for most professionals and can trigger problems in interpersonal relationships that can result in horizontal violence. In order to prevent violence and im...

    Authors: Paula Arquioli Adriani, Paula Hino, Mônica Taminato, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno, Odilon Vieira Santos and Hugo Fernandes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:289