BMC Health Services Research

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NEW: Health and wellbeing of health workforce

Guest Edited by Jose Mira and David C. Mohr

HIV care

Guest Edited by Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Katrina F. Ortblad, Hamid Sharifi

Advancing epidemic preparedness of health systems

Guest Edited by Yibeltal Assefa Alemu, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio, Julie Balen, Megan Schmidt-Sane

Health workforce planning

Guest Edited by
Madhan Balasubramanian, Sarah J. Hewko, Sunny C. Okoroafor

Disasters, crisis, and emergency management within health services

Guest Edited by Dylan Collins and Shahid Islam

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New Content Item Long COVID: Costs for the German economy and health care and pension system

New Content Item What drives patients’ acceptance of Digital Therapeutics? Establishing a new framework to measure the interplay between rational and institutional factors

New Content Item Telehealth in remote Australia: a supplementary tool or an alternative model of care replacing face-to-face consultations?

Published collections

Innovations for better health and social justice

Guest Edited by Magdalena Szaflarski

Telehealth

Guest Edited by Bassey Ebenso and Hao Xue

Resilient and responsive health systems in a changing world

Guest Edited by Jane K. O'Hara and Siri Wiig

Articles

Exploring individual character traits and behaviours of clinical academic allied health professionals: a qualitative study

Authors: Elizabeth King, Terry Cordrey and Owen Gustafson

Content type: Research 23 September 2023
Use of evidence-based approaches in procurement and implementation of health and welfare technologies – a survey among Swedish municipalities

Authors: Matt X. Richardson and Sarah Wamala Andersson

Content type: Research 22 September 2023
Exploring the practicality and acceptability a brief exercise communication and clinician referral pathway in cancer care: a feasibility study

Authors: Cristina M. Caperchione, Madeleine English, Paul Sharp, Meera R. Agar, Jane L. Phillips, Winston Liauw, Carole A. Harris, Susan McCullough and Ruth Lilian

Content type: Research 22 September 2023
Medium-to-long term sustainability of a health systems intervention to improve service readiness and quality of non-communicable disease (NCD) patient care and experience at primary care settings in Uganda

Authors: David Katende, Ivan Kasamba, Isaac Sekitoleko, Kevin Nakuya, Caleb Kusilika, Allan Buyinza, Michael Charles Mubiru, Gerald Mutungi, Moffat Nyirenda, Heiner Grosskurth and Kathy Baisley

Content type: Research 22 September 2023
Protocol for an economic evaluation of a tele-neurologic intervention alongside a stepped wedge randomised controlled trial (NeTKoH)

Authors: Ana S. Oliveira Gonçalves, Imke Mayer, Ricarda S. Schulz, Agnes Flöel, Felix von Podewils, Anselm Angermaier, Kerstin Wainwright and Tobias Kurth

Content type: Study Protocol 22 September 2023

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Relationship between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior and Job Satisfaction

Authors: Yafang Tsai

Content type: Research article 14 May 2011
How nurses and their work environment affect patient experiences of the quality of care: a qualitative study

Authors: Renate AMM Kieft, Brigitte BJM de Brouwer, Anneke L Francke and Diana MJ Delnoij

Content type: Research article 13 June 2014
Proceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress

Authors: Catarina Cardoso Tomás, Emanuel Oliveira, D. Sousa, M. Uba-Chupel, G. Furtado, C. Rocha, A. Teixeira, P. Ferreira, Celeste Alves, Stefan Gisin, Elisabete Catarino, Nelma Carvalho, Tiago Coucelo, Luís Bonfim, Carina Silva, Débora Franco…

Content type: Meeting Abstracts 6 July 2016
The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire: psychometric properties, benchmarking data, and emerging research

Authors: John B Sexton, Robert L Helmreich, Torsten B Neilands, Kathy Rowan, Keryn Vella, James Boyden, Peter R Roberts and Eric J Thomas

Content type: Research article 1 December 2006
Characteristics of successful changes in health care organizations: an interview study with physicians, registered nurses and assistant nurses

Authors: Per Nilsen, Ida Seing, Carin Ericsson, Sarah A. Birken and Kristina Schildmeijer

Content type: Research article 27 February 2020

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Innovations for better health and social justice
Edited by: Dr. Magdalena Szaflarski
Collection published: 30th May 2022

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

Aims and scope

BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research. The journal has a special focus on digital health, governance, health policy, health system quality and safety, healthcare delivery and access to healthcare, healthcare financing and economics, implementing reform, and the health workforce.

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