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  1. Many countries are looking for ways to increase nurse practitioner (NP) and physician assistant/associate (PA) deployment. Countries are seeking to tackle the pressing issues of increasing healthcare demand, h...

    Authors: Ellen J. C. M. Dankers-de Mari, Anneke J. A. H. van Vught, Hetty C. Visee, Miranda G. H. Laurant, Ronald Batenburg and Patrick P. T. Jeurissen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:580
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  2. Although slack is an asset to resilient hospitals, it is usually explicitly discussed only in terms of the quantity and quality of beds and staff. This paper expands this view by addressing slack in four infra...

    Authors: Carlos Emilio Stigler Marczyk, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Iamara Rossi Bulhões, Riccardo Patriarca and Federico Bilotta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:579
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  3. Adequate health care in correctional facilities is often limited by staff shortage, which entails time-consuming consultations with physicians outside of these facilities. Video consultations (VC) have been im...

    Authors: Miriam Giovanna Colombo, Stefanie Joos and Roland Koch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:578
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  4. The effectiveness of the long-term care service in Japan has been unclear, and most of the relevant studies of this service have been limited to a single region and relatively small samples, necessitating larg...

    Authors: Kohei Hasegawa, Teruomi Tsukahara and Tetsuo Nomiyama
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:577
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  5. Implementing evidence-based programs in community service settings introduces the challenge of ensuring sustained fidelity to the original program. We employ a fidelity measure based on direct observation of p...

    Authors: Margrét Sigmarsdóttir, Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Abigail Gewirtz, Laura Rains, Jolle Tjaden and Marion S. Forgatch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:576
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  6. Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has shocked health systems worldwide. This analysis investigated the effects of the pandemic on basic health services utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

    Authors: Gustavo Angeles, Hannah Silverstein, Matt Worges, David R. Hotchkiss, Janna M. Wisniewski, Paul Samson Lusamba Dikassa, William Weiss and Karar Zunaid Ahsan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:575
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  7. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 3.b.3 monitors progress in medicines’ accessibility for adults and has significant limitations when applying to medicines for children. An adapted indicator methodo...

    Authors: I. R. Joosse, V. J. Wirtz, A. T. van Mourik, B. A. Wagner, A. K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, F. Suleman and H. A. van den Ham
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:574
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  8. Rural, remote, and underserved communities have often struggled to provide adequate access to family physicians. To bridge this gap in Renfrew County, a large, rural region in Ontario, Canada, a community- bas...

    Authors: Jonathan Fitzsimon, Kush Patel, Cayden Peixoto and Christopher Belanger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:573
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  9. This systematic review aims to describe the relation between physical inactivity and healthcare costs, by taking into account healthcare costs of physical-inactivity-related diseases (common practice), includi...

    Authors: Marjolein Duijvestijn, G. Ardine de Wit, Paul F. van Gils and G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:572
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  10. Domestic violence leads to multiple health problems in victims and their families. Family doctors are in a particularly privileged position to detect, follow up, refer and report cases of domestic violence. Ho...

    Authors: Diana Nadine Moreira and Mariana Pinto da Costa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:571
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  11. Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a dual burden of chronic human immunodeficiency virus and non-communicable diseases. A pragmatic parallel arm cluster randomised trial (INTE-AFRICA) scaled up ‘one-stop’ integra...

    Authors: Marie Claire Van Hout, Flavia Zalwango, Mathias Akugizibwe, Moreen Namulundu Chaka, Josephine Birungi, Joseph Okebe, Shabbar Jaffar, Max Bachmann and Jamie Murdoch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:570
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  13. In 2018, an innovative case-based payment scheme called Diagnosis-Intervention Packet (DIP) was piloted in a large developed city in southern China. This study aimed to investigate the impact of the new paymen...

    Authors: Xue Tang, Xinyu Zhang, Yajing Chen, Jiaqi Yan, Mengcen Qian and Xiaohua Ying
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:568
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  14. The availability of low-cost computing and digital telecommunication in the 1980s made telehealth practicable. Telehealth has the capacity to improve healthcare access and outcomes for patients while reducing ...

    Authors: Jonathan Kissi, Caleb Annobil, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Joseph Owusu-Marfo, Ernest Osei and Zenobia Wooduwa Asmah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:567
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  15. Accordons-nous, a smartphone app, was developed to support patients in the advance care planning (ACP) process. The app raises awareness and facilitates communication on this sensitive topic. It helps patients ex...

    Authors: Céline Schöpfer, Catherine Bollondi, Mohamed Amir Moussa, Johanna Sommer and Christine Clavien
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:566
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  16. Healthcare organizations have increasingly utilized facilitation to improve implementation of evidence-based practices and programs (e.g., primary care mental health integration). Facilitation is both a role, ...

    Authors: Mona J. Ritchie, Louise E. Parker and JoAnn E. Kirchner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:565
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  17. Many health systems embrace the normative principle that the supply of health services ought to be based on the need for healthcare. However, a theoretically grounded framework to operationalize needs-based su...

    Authors: Isabel Geiger, Laura Schang and Leonie Sundmacher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:564
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  18. Multi-month dispensing (MMD) of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is an integral component of differentiated HIV service delivery for people living with HIV (PLHIV). Although many countries have scaled up ART dispe...

    Authors: Joanne E. Mantell, Jennifer M. Zech, Tsitsi B. Masvawure, Tamrat Assefa, Mitike Molla, Laura Block, Dereje Duguma, Zenebe Yirsaw and Miriam Rabkin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:563
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  19. Social prescribing has become an important feature of the UK primary care offer. However, there remains limited evidence on how best to implement and deliver social prescribing programmes to maximise effective...

    Authors: Shaima M. Hassan, Adele Ring, Mark Goodall, Katharine Abba, Mark Gabbay and Nadja van Ginneken
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:562
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  20. New biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) and biosimilar DMARDs (bsDMARDs) all showed greater clinical benefits in the treatment of patients with rheuma...

    Authors: Juthamas Prawjaeng, Pattara Leelahavarong, Nuttakarn Budtarad, Songyot Pilasant, Chonticha Chanjam, Wanruchada Katchamart, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin and Tasanee Kitumnuaypong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:561
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  21. There are well-established guidelines for treating hypertension (HTN), yet only half of patients with HTN meet the defined target of < 140/90. Team-based care (TBC) is an evidence-based strategy for improving ...

    Authors: Donna R. Shelley, Dominique Brown, Charles M. Cleland, Hang Pham-Singer, Dina Zein, Ji Eun Chang and Winfred Y. Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:560
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  22. As a result of the new coronavirus pandemic, a highly complex academic hospital in Latin America implemented a telemedicine service for the care of obstetric, pediatric, and adult patients. In 2020, regional e...

    Authors: Laura Libreros-Peña, Jaime A. Quintero, Arnold Gelves, Juliana Alarcón, Sergio Morales, María Fernanda Escobar, Andres M. Valencia, Sara Guzmán and Julio Diez-Sepulveda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:559
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  23. Low birth weight (LBW) is an important factor influencing infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women should receive a variety of interventions during antenatal care (ANC) that are crucial in improving birt...

    Authors: Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Lin Nan and Lingxia Zeng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:558
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  24. 90% of United States’ counties do not have a single clinic offering abortion care, and barriers to care disproportionately affect low-income families. Novel models of abortion care delivery, including provisio...

    Authors: Selina Sandoval, Grace Chen, Sally Rafie, Borsika Rabin, Sheila Mody and Sarah Averbach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:557
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  25. In addition to the common difficulties of ongoing trials, the COVID-19 pandemic posed several challenges to scientists worldwide and created an additional burden for vulnerable patient groups. In the nFC-isPO ...

    Authors: Anna Hagemeier, Anne Adams, Theresia Krieger, Sandra Salm, Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Antje Dresen and Martin Hellmich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:556
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  26. Structured exercise programs provide considerable health benefits for cancer patients. Therefore, various OnkoAktiv (OA) networks were established in Germany with the aim to connect cancer patients with certif...

    Authors: Annelie Voland, Maximilian Köppel, Stefan Peters, Joachim Wiskemann and Hagen Wäsche
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:555
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  28. To support public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, oral opioid agonist treatment (OAT) take-home doses were expanded in Western countries with positive results. Injectable OAT (iOAT) take-home dos...

    Authors: Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Sophia Dobischok, José Carvajal, Scott MacDonald, Cheryl McDermid, Piotr Klakowicz, Scott Harrison, Julie LaJeunesse, Nancy Chow, Murray Brown, Sam Gill and Martin Schechter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:553
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  29. The advent of new disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), resulted in significant changes in the treatment guidelines for Multiple sclerosis (MS) and improvement in the clinic...

    Authors: Mansour A. Alharbi, Fahad Aldosari, Ahmed Hasan Althobaiti, Faris M. Abdullah, Salman Aljarallah, Nuha M. Alkhawajah, Miteb Alanazi and Yazed AlRuthia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:552
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  30. Black cisgender and transgender women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic compared to women of other racial and ethnic identities. Twelve demonstration sites across the United States are adapti...

    Authors: Serena Rajabiun, Corliss Heath, Angela Wangari Walter, Judith C. Scott, Alicia Downes, Esther Jennings, Howard J. Cabral, Cecilia Flores-Rodriguez and Linda Sprague Martinez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:551
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  31. To assess patient and primary care provider (PCP) factors associated with adherence to American Cancer Society (ACS) and United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines for average risk colore...

    Authors: Nicole M. Engel-Nitz, Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson, Lisa Le, Paul Limburg and Deborah A. Fisher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:550
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  32. Shared medical appointments, also known as group visits, are a feasible and well-accepted approach for women receiving antenatal care, yet the feasibility and efficacy of this approach for female-specific repr...

    Authors: Sophia Gerontakos, Matthew Leach, Amie Steel and Jon Wardle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:549
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  33. China’s health system is challenged by complex health problems experienced by different population groups and caused by multiple diseases. This study examined the distribution of curative care expenditure (CCE...

    Authors: Yan Jiang, Xiaowei Man, Xuefeng Shi, Liying Zhao, Wanjin Yang and Wei Cheng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:548
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  34. Malawi, like many other countries, faces challenges in providing accessible, affordable, and quality health services to all people. The Malawian policy framework recognizes the value of communities and citizen...

    Authors: L. van Niekerk, N. Fosiko, A. Likaka, C. P. Blauveldt, B. Msiska and L. Manderson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:547
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  35. Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the most common cause of heel pain in adults, and the number of patients and medical expenses are increasing annually. However, studies on this condition are lacking. There is a need ...

    Authors: Jaeseo Ahn, Jiyoon Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Yeoncheol Park, Bonhyuk Goo and In-Hyuk Ha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:546
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  36. Reproductive behaviors and intentions are affected by several factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This study was conducted with the aim of comparing the intention to reproduce and its causes in Ir...

    Authors: Fatemeh Rezaei, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Shima Haghani, Sally Pezaro and Fereshteh Behmanesh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:545
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  37. Pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic and other severe health care disruptions endanger individuals to miss essential care. Machine learning models that predict which patients are at greatest risk of missing...

    Authors: Anna Reuter, Šime Smolić, Till Bärnighausen and Nikkil Sudharsanan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:544
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  38. The government of Kenya has made progressive efforts towards improving mental health services in the country. However there is little documentation of mental health services in the counties that would support ...

    Authors: Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Matthew Turissini, Julius Barasa, Mercy Kimaiyo, Lily Okeyo, Joash Araka, Faith Njiriri, Richard Matundura and Florence Jaguga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:543
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  39. Evidence on inequalities in the health services use is important for public policy formulation, even more so in a pandemic context. The aim of this study was to evaluate socioeconomic inequities in the special...

    Authors: Yohana Pereira Vieira, Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha, Rinelly Pazinato Dutra, Lorrany da Silva Nunes, Suele Manjourany Silva Duro and Mirelle de Oliveira Saes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:542
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  40. Comprehensive cancer networks have been established to deliver high-quality care for patients with cancer. Logistic challenges are faced, when patients need to be referred for specialized treatments. Despite s...

    Authors: T. Hellingman, M. L.H. van Beneden, C. M. den Bakker, B. M. Zonderhuis and G. Kazemier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:541
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  41. There is scientific evidence that ionizing radiation (IR) can be responsible for various health hazards that are one of the concerns in occupational exposure. This study was performed to evaluate DNA damage an...

    Authors: S. N. Mousavikia, M. T. Bahreyni Toossi, S. Khademi, M. Soukhtanloo and H. Azimian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:540
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  42. Interpersonal Communication Skills (IPCS) are one of the core clinical skills that should be developed by the Public Health Midwives (PHMs), who are grass-root level public healthcare providers in primary heal...

    Authors: S.A.S. Prasanna, H.T.C.S. Abeysena and M.A.A.P. Alagiyawanna
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:539
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  43. Respectful maternity care is an approach that involves respecting women’s belief, choices, emotions, and dignity during the childbirth process. As the workload among maternity care workforce affects intrapartu...

    Authors: Alpha Pokharel, Junko Kiriya, Akira Shibanuma, Ram Chandra Silwal and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:538
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  44. Total recovery from chronic pain is difficult. It is therefore important for those who are suffering from chronic pain to find ways to self-manage their pain in daily life. Several chronic pain self-management...

    Authors: Ragnhild Hestmann, Ola Bratås and Kjersti Grønning
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:537
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  45. A new Health and Wellbeing pathway was introduced into the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in one geographical area of the UK in 2021 to address the wider determinants of mental heal...

    Authors: Esther Louise Curtin, Katrina d’Apice, Alice Porter, Emily Widnall, Matthew Franklin, Frank de Vocht and Judi Kidger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:536
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  46. Studies have reported that men’s uptake of sexual health services is low, that these services make them feel vulnerable, and that they experience sexual healthcare (SHC) as stressful, heteronormative, potentia...

    Authors: Tommy Persson, Jesper Löve, Ellinor Tengelin and Gunnel Hensing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:535
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  47. Assessment of quality of life (QoL) in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may improve healthcare providers’ understanding of the disease burden. This study aimed to investigate the QoL of patients with TB in Alex...

    Authors: Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Wahib Fayez Gobran, Reem Mohamed Tawfeek, Ola Fahmy Esmail, Rasha Ashmawy, Naglaa Youssef and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:534
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  49. Quit for new life (QFNL) is a smoking cessation initiative developed to support mothers of Aboriginal babies to quit smoking during pregnancy. The state-wide initiative provides support for pregnant women and ...

    Authors: Emilie Cameron, Jamie Bryant, Aaron Cashmore, Erin Passmore, Christopher Oldmeadow, Sarah Neill, Andrew Milat, Jo Mitchell, Nicole Gatt, Edwina Macoun, Sally J Ioannides and Carolyn Murray
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:532
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  50. In 2013, the Shanghai Hospital Development Center issued a policy to advocate public hospitals to report their information about costs on diseases. The objective was to evaluate the impact of interhospital dis...

    Authors: Ya-jing Chen, Rui-Xin Wang, Jin-yan Tang and Xiao-hua Ying
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:531
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