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  1. Central to Safety-II is promoting resilience of healthcare practices. In the “Room for Resilience” research project we focus on the role of horizontal and vertical accountability in healthcare teams and aim to...

    Authors: Jan-Willem Weenink, Jaco Tresfon, Iris van de Voort, Teyler van Muijden, Jaap Hamming and Roland Bal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1048
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  2. e-Health has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic in primary health care. e-Health is the cost-effective and secure use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support health and ...

    Authors: Ayan Chatterjee, Andreas Prinz, Michael A. Riegler and Jishnu Das
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1047
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  4. Health economic research is still facing significant problems regarding the standardization and international comparability of health care services. As a result, comparative effectiveness studies and cost-effe...

    Authors: Paul Hinck, Mencia Gutierrez-Colosía, Christine Duval, Hans-Helmut König, Judit Simon, Claudia Fischer, Susanne Mayer, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Valentin Brodszky, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Silvia Evers, A.-La Park, William Hollingworth and Alexander Konnopka
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1045
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  5. Surgical voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a safe procedure; however, maintaining quality standards at scale, particularly during scale-up, is a challenge making ongoing quality management (QM) eff...

    Authors: Gillian O’Bryan, Alison Ensminger, Idel Billah, Edwin Sithole, Magdaleena Nghatanga, Laura Brandt, Mark Shepard, Mekondjo Aupokolo, Assegid Tassew Mengistu, Norbert Forster, Brigitte Zemburuka, Gram Mutandi, Scott Barnhart, Gabrielle O’Malley and Caryl Feldacker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1044
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  6. The National Health Service Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) was commissioned by NHS England in 2016 and rolled out in three ‘waves’ across the whole of England. It aims to help people with raised blood...

    Authors: Lisa Brunton, Claudia Soiland-Reyes and Paul Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1043
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  7. Population groups experience differential access to timely and high-quality mental healthcare. Despite efforts of recent UK policies to improve the accessibility of mental health services, there remains a lack...

    Authors: Hayley J. Lowther-Payne, Anastasia Ushakova, Adelaide Beckwith, Catherine Liberty, Rhiannon Edge and Fiona Lobban
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1042
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  8. Multimorbidity and patient-centered care approaches are growing challenges for health systems and patients. The cost of multimorbidity patients and the transition to a new care strategy is still sightly explor...

    Authors: Paula Zamorano, Manuel Antonio Espinoza, Teresita Varela, Tomas Abbott, Alvaro Tellez, Nicolás Armijo and Francisco Suarez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1041
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  9. The per capita health expenditure (HE) and share of gross domestic product (GDP) spending on elderly healthcare are expected to increase. The gap between health needs and available resources for elderly health...

    Authors: Malale M. Tungu, Phares G. Mujinja, Paul J. Amani, Mughwira A. Mwangu, Angwara D. Kiwara and Lars Lindholm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1040
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  10. Immediate initiation of antiretroviral treatment (iART) is a proven intervention that significantly decreases time to viral suppression and increases patient retention. iART involves starting medication as ear...

    Authors: Daniel Bertolino, Abigail Baim-Lance, Erica D’Aquila, Freda Coren and Bisrat Abraham
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1039
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  11. Nigeria has a low uptake of early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV despite its high pediatric HIV infection rate. Efforts to increase the EID of HIV have been limited by many factors. This research assessed EID u...

    Authors: BO Okusanya, CI Nweke, DO Akeju and J Ehiri
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1038
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  13. This document describes two qualitative programmatic case studies documenting experiences implementing digital financial services (DFS) for health with a focus on expanding access to universal health coverage ...

    Authors: David Randolph Wilson, Sherri Haas, Sicco Van Gelder and Regis Hitimana
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1036
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  14. The improper disposal of pharmaceutical preparations substantially threatens human health and environmental safety. Pharmacists are responsible for properly disposing of unwanted medications and educating pati...

    Authors: Lamees L. Nairat, Noor A. Abahri, Yosr A. Hamdan, Razan T. Abdel-khaliq, Sawsan M. Odeh, Shatha Abutaha, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Amer A. Koni, Amani S. Abushanab and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1035
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  15. The guideline-based, conservative, non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis in clinical practice has been insufficient in Switzerland until now. The implementation of “Good Life with Osteo...

    Authors: Anja Hinteregger, Karin Niedermann and Markus Wirz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1034
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  16. One crucial obstacle to attaining universal immunization coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa is the paucity of timely and high-quality data. This challenge, in part, stems from the fact that many frontline immuniza...

    Authors: Yauba Saidu, Jessica Gu, Budzi Michael Ngenge, Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, Amani Adidja, Nadege Edwidge Nnang, Nkwain Jude Muteh, Vouking Marius Zambou, Clarence Mbanga, Valirie Ndip Agbor, Diaby Ousmane, Andreas Ateke Njoh, Junie Flegere, Demba Diack, Owens Wiwa, Emmanuele Montomoli…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1033
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  17. Pain in nursing home (NH) residents with dementia is commonly reported and may affect Quality of Life (QoL) negatively. Few longitudinal studies have explored how pain and QoL develop in NH residents with deme...

    Authors: Anne-S. Helvik, Sverre Bergh, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Tom Borza, Bettina Husebø and Kjerstin Tevik
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1032
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  18. British Columbia 8–1-1 callers who are advised by a nurse to seek urgent medical care can be referred to virtual physicians (VPs) for supplemental assessment and advice. Prior research indicates callers’ subse...

    Authors: Ross Duncan, Kurtis Stewart, Frank X. Scheuermeyer, Riyad B. Abu-Laban, Kendall Ho, Danielle Lavallee, Jim Christenson, Nancy Wood, Stirling Bryan and Lindsay Hedden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1031
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  19. Despite the abundant availability of effective medication adherence interventions, uptake of these interventions into routine care often lacks. Examples of effective medication adherence interventions include ...

    Authors: Stijn Hogervorst, Marcia Vervloet, Ruby Janssen, Ellen Koster, Marcel C. Adriaanse, Charlotte L. Bekker, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Marcel Bouvy, Eibert R. Heerdink, Jacqueline G. Hugtenburg, Menno van Woerkom, Hanneke Zwikker, Caroline van de Steeg-van Gompel and Liset van Dijk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1030
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  21. Infectious disease outbreaks pose a significant threat to public health, and achieving herd immunity highlights the importance of addressing conflicts of interest (COI) in vaccine development and policy-making...

    Authors: Nazanin Soleimani, Hamed Ghoshouni, Hakimeh Mostafavi, Mohammad Hossein Modiri, Mohammad Hasan Movahedian Attar and Seyed Masood Mousavi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1028
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  22. People with diabetes mellitus (DM) have an estimated two- to three-times greater risk of adverse tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes compared to those without DM. Blood glucose control is a primary aim of man...

    Authors: Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi, Sharon E. Cox, Tansy Edwards, Mary C. Castro, Mishal Khan and Marco Liverani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1027
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  23. When the COVID pandemic hit the world, there was need for applied guides and training materials to support frontline health care staff to manage patients effectively and safely and to educate themselves and co...

    Authors: Sophie Witter, Guanyang Zou, Kiran Cheedella, John Walley and Haja Wurie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1026
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  24. Clinical academic allied health professionals can positively impact patient care, organisational performance, and local research culture. Despite a previous national drive to increase these roles, they remain ...

    Authors: Elizabeth King, Terry Cordrey and Owen Gustafson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1025
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  25. Health and welfare technologies (HWT) are increasingly procured and implemented by public providers in Swedish municipalities, but it remains unclear if and how evidence for these technologies’ effectiveness i...

    Authors: Matt X. Richardson and Sarah Wamala Andersson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1024
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  26. The majority of cancer patients and cancer care clinicians-CCCs (e.g., oncologists) believe that exercise is an important adjunct therapy that should be embedded in standard practice. Yet, CCCs do not routinel...

    Authors: Cristina M. Caperchione, Madeleine English, Paul Sharp, Meera R. Agar, Jane L. Phillips, Winston Liauw, Carole A. Harris, Susan McCullough and Ruth Lilian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1023
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  27. With the double burden of rising chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and persistent infectious diseases facing sub-Saharan Africa, integrated health service delivery strategies among resource-poor countri...

    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
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1022
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  28. A significant and growing portion of the global burden of diseases is caused by neurological disorders. Tele-neurology has the potential to improve access to health care services and the quality of care, parti...

    Authors: Ana S. Oliveira Gonçalves, Imke Mayer, Ricarda S. Schulz, Agnes Flöel, Felix von Podewils, Anselm Angermaier, Kerstin Wainwright and Tobias Kurth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1021
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  29. Individual psychosocial work characteristics have been associated with health and well-being of registered nurses. However, it is yet to be determined whether different types of psychosocial work characteristi...

    Authors: Katri Lönnqvist, Timo Sinervo, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen and Marko Elovainio
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1020
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  30. There is a wealth of research, globally, on the help-seeking behavior patterns of individuals with a variety of chronic medical conditions. Contextually relevant findings have been reported describing the infl...

    Authors: Thobekile Kutloano Mtimkulu and Katijah Khoza-Shangase
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1019
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  31. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for nearly 75% of the global disease burden. The current analysis evaluated patient characteristics, treatment patte...

    Authors: Kwaku Marfo, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Catherine Segbefia, Duah Dwomoh, Adeline Edgal, Nancy Ampah, Badarinath Chickballapur Ramachandrachar, Kumaresan Subramanyam, Ashok Natarajan, Olufolake Egbujo and Kenneth I. Ataga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1018
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  32. Participation in cardiac rehabilitation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains underutilised. Digital educational programmes, as part of cardiac rehabilitation, are emerging as a means of incre...

    Authors: Jenny Danielsbacka, Caroline Feldthusen and Maria Bäck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1017
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  33. Improving infant immunization completion and promoting equitable vaccination coverage are crucial to reducing global under-5 childhood mortality. Although there have been hypotheses that the impact of the COVI...

    Authors: Sarah Cooper, Frank Bicaba, Cheick Oumar Tiendrebeogo, Alice Bila, Abel Bicaba and Thomas Druetz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1016
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  34. Malawi continues to register HIV/AIDS mortality despite increased expansion of ART services and as well as advanced HIV screening as outlined in the 2020 -2025 Malawi National HIV Strategic Plan (NSP). This st...

    Authors: Brany Mithi, Agatha Bula, Lester Kapanda, Fatsani Ngwalangwa and Evanson Z. Sambala
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1015
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  35. Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) abuse poses an overwhelming threat to the allocation of medical resources and places a heavy burden on global medical expenses. In this study, we put forward our prospective prescri...

    Authors: Xiucong Fan, Danxia Chen, Siwei Bao, Xiaohui Dong, Fang Fang, Rong Bai, Yuyi Zhang, Xiaogang Zhang, Weijun Tang, Yabin Ma and Xiaobo Zhai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1014
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  36. Uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remains low among transgender people as compared to other subgroups, despite high rates of HIV acquisition. In California, Latinx people comprise 40% of the popula...

    Authors: Sophia Zamudio-Haas, Kim Koester, Luz Venegas, Ariana Salinas, Cinthya Herrera, Luis Gutierrez-Mock, Layla Welborn, Madeline B. Deutsch and Jae Sevelius
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1013
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  37. The critical role that middle managers play in enacting organisational culture change designed to address unprofessional co-worker behaviours has gone largely unexplored. We aimed to explore middle managers’ p...

    Authors: KL Bagot, E McInnes, R Mannion, RD McMullan, R Urwin, K Churruca, P Hibbert and JI Westbrook
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1012
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  38. Clinical Pathways in Oncology can benefit patients using organized interventions to standardize and increase care efficiency. Healthcare systems should have tools to identify their oncological clinical pathway...

    Authors: Mario Forrester, Luiza Breitenfeld, Miguel Castelo-Branco and Jorge Aperta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1011
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  39. In the last ten years, many countries have started to develop constructive systems for registering common diseases and cancers. In this research, we intended to determine and identify the minimum data set (MDS...

    Authors: Leila Shahmoradi, Nazanin Mahdavi, Hana Saffar, Reza Ghalehtaki, Mohammad Shirkhoda, Maziar Motiee-Langroudi, Mohammad Javad Kharazi Fard, Sorayya Rezayi and Erfan Esmaeeli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1010
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  40. Return on Investment (ROI), whereby the ratio of costs to benefits is assessed, is encouraged in-order to justify the value of Quality Improvement (QI) programmes. We previously performed a literature review t...

    Authors: S’thembile Thusini, Tayana Soukup, Kia-Chong Chua and Claire Henderson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1009
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  41. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries introduced temporary visiting restrictions on the relatives of acute care hospital patients, whether or not they were infected with SARS-CoV-2. This affected relati...

    Authors: N. Tacchini-Jacquier, S. Monnay, E. Bonvin, J. Dubuis and H. Verloo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1008
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  42. Affordability and accessibility of hospital care are under pressure. Research on hospital care financing focuses primarily on incentives in the financial system outside the hospital. It is notable that little ...

    Authors: L. V. L. van Leeuwen, R. Mesman, H. J. J. M. Berden and P. P. T. Jeurissen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1007
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  43. Burden of dementia is expected to substantially increase. Early dementia is underdiagnosed in primary care. Given the benefits of active management of dementia, earlier detection in primary care is imperative....

    Authors: Monica Zigman Suchsland, Barak Gaster, Jaqueline Raetz, Basia Belza, Lisa McGuire, Benjamin Olivari, Karen Tracy and Annette L. Fitzpatrick
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1006
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  44. Routine program data indicates positivity rates under 2% from HIV testing services (HTS) at sites supported by Centre for Health Solutions-Kenya in Central Kenya. Achieving the UNAIDS 95:95:95 goals requires c...

    Authors: Rachael Muinde, Kevin Owuor, Jones Mutiso, Jonathan Mwangi and Paul Wekesa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1005
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  45. Lungsco01 is the first study assessing the real benefits and the medico-economic impact of video-thoracoscopy versus open thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer in the French context.

    Authors: Anne-Laure Soilly, Ludwig Serge Aho Glélé, Alain Bernard, Halim Abou Hanna, Marc Filaire, Pierre Magdaleinat, Charles Marty-Ané, François Tronc, Renaud Grima, Jean-Marc Baste, Pascal-Alexandre Thomas, Bertrand Richard De Latour, Arnaud Pforr and Pierre-Benoît Pagès
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1004
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  46. Utilisation of the Emergency Department (ED) for non-urgent care increases demand for services, therefore reducing inappropriate or avoidable attendances is an important area for intervention in prevention of ...

    Authors: Niamh M Cummins, Louise A Barry, Carrie Garavan, Collette Devlin, Gillian Corey, Fergal Cummins, Damien Ryan, Emma Wallace, Conor Deasy, Mary Flynn, Gerard McCarthy and Rose Galvin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1003
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  47. In several countries, citizens are expected to be critical consumers when choosing a health insurance policy. However, there are indications that citizens do not always have the sufficient skills, so called he...

    Authors: Laurens Holst, Adriana Elisabeth Maria Brabers, Jeannette Josepha Dingena Johanna Maria Rademakers and Judith Danielle de Jong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1002
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  48. Because of critical shortage of physician anaesthesiologists, the government of Tanzania adopted a task shifting strategy for provision of anaesthesia services. This paper describes the results of an operation...

    Authors: E. Kweyamba, AS Nyamtema, JC LeBlanc, A. Shayo, RB George, H. Scott, O. Kilume, J. Bulemela, Z. Abel and G. Mtey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1001
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  49. Appropriate use of available inpatient beds is an ongoing challenge for US hospitals. Historical capacity goals of 80% to 85% may no longer serve the intended purpose of maximizing the resources of space, staf...

    Authors: Brian N. Bartlett, Nadine N. Vanhoudt, Hanyin Wang, Ashley A. Anderson, Danielle L. Juliar, Jennifer M. Bartelt, April D. Lanz, Pawan Bhandari and Gokhan Anil
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1000
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  50. While health care payers are increasingly considering approaches that help support stable and affordable housing for their beneficiaries, experience with these initiatives is limited. Through its §1115 HealthC...

    Authors: Robert DeGrazia Jr, Abdikarin Abdullahi, MaryAnn Mood, Christin Diehl, Ian Stockwell and Craig Evan Pollack
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:999
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