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LGBTQ2S+ People as a Disadvantaged Group in Healthcare
LGBTQ2S+ people continue to experience poorer health outcomes, compared the general population, a consequence of healthcare disparities. At the end of Pride Month, Dr. Yuan-Yuan Wang and Runsen Chen tell us more about healthcare disparities that LGBTQ2S+ people face and the ways we can work to remove the barriers to healthcare equity.
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Adult patient perspectives on receiving hospital discharge letters
Researchers at the University of Warwick found that sending discharge letters to UK patients as well as their GPs when they leave hospital could make a substantial difference to patient outcomes.
Assessing public health emergency preparedness and response synergies
de Vries and colleagues propose a methodology that can be broadly applied to assess the preparedness and response of institutions and communities to public health emergencies.
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Developing an animal-assisted support program for healthcare employees
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Acute and transitional care or rehabilitation? Retrospective analysis of discharge planning from a municipal hospital in Switzerland
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The complexity of diagnosing sarcoma in a timely manner: perspectives of health professionals, patients, and carers in Australia
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Inequity under equality: research on the benefits equity of Chinese basic medical insurance
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Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction
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How nurses and their work environment affect patient experiences of the quality of care: a qualitative study
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Equity of access to reproductive health services among youths in resource-limited suburban communities of Mandalay City, Myanmar
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Interventions to improve cultural competency in healthcare: a systematic review of reviews
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The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research
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BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research, including delivery of care, management of health services, assessment of healthcare needs, measurement of outcomes, allocation of healthcare resources, evaluation of different health markets and health services organizations, international comparative analysis of health systems, health economics and the impact of health policies and regulations.
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- Tillie Cryer, BMC, UK
- Anna Melidoni, BMC, UK
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- James Edwards, BMC, UK
- Anisa Lowe, BMC, UK
Section Editors
- Onyebuchi A Arah, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Dina Balabanova, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Stefano Bonacina, Karolinska Institutet
- Kostuv Dalal, Örebro University
- Hengjin Dong, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- Michael Donnelly, Queen's University Belfast
- Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University
- David Hotchkiss, Tulane University
- Holly Lanham, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
- Evelina Pappa, Hellenic Open University
- Milena Pavlova, Maastricht University
- Antoni Plasencia, ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health
- Fabrizio Tediosi, University of Basel
- Kaspar Wyss, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
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Call for Papers
Collection open for submissions: Contribution of climate change to the spread of infectious diseases
This cross-journal collection brings together in one place articles outlining diseases (and their vectors) that are likely to spread or are already spreading across borders due to the effects of climate change. The impact of policy implementation or interventions designed to contain the spread of infectious diseases, and studies that could inform future global policy or practical solutions are very much welcome. A full list of participating journals can be found following the link above. Deadline: 31 May 2020.
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Advancing Dementia Care
Edited by: Dr. Clarissa Giebel and Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 13 May 2020
Health Services Research for Opioid Use Disorders
Edited by: Dr. Kim Hoffman
Collection published: 31 March 2020
Management of Infectious Diseases in Health Systems and Services
Edited by: Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 19 March 2020
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