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  1. Liver function tests (LFTs) are routinely performed in primary care, and are often the gateway to further invasive and/or expensive investigations. Little is known of the consequences in people with an initial...

    Authors: Peter T Donnan, David McLernon, Douglas Steinke, Stephen Ryder, Paul Roderick, Frank M Sullivan, William Rosenberg and John F Dillon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:54
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  2. Effective clinician-patient communication about health behavior change is one of the most important and most overlooked strategies to promote health and prevent disease. Existing guidelines for specific health...

    Authors: Susan A Flocke, Elizabeth Antognoli, Mary M Step, Sybil Marsh, Theodore Parran and Mary Jane Mason
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:109
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  3. The World Health Assembly has pledged to achieve universal reproductive health (RH) coverage by 2015. Therefore, China has been vigorously promoting the equalisation of basic public health services (i.e. RH se...

    Authors: Huan Liu, Qi Wang, Zuxun Lu and Junan Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:502
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  5. Hospital and pre-hospital emergency nurses are at the forefront of disaster response. Disaster incidents continue to pose a threat to healthcare systems by exposing them to an overwhelming surge of patients.

    Authors: Islam Azizpour, Saeid Mehri and Aghil Habibi Soola
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:934
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  6. COVID-19 has disrupted maternal and child health services. Community Health Workers (CHWs) supported the women by visiting pregnant women's homes and providing the MCH services as required. This study attempts...

    Authors: Preeti Dhillon, Sayeed Unisa, Ajay Gupta, Abhishek Saraswat, Sulaiman KM and Sarang Pedgaonkar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:864
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  7. Peer workers (those with lived/living experience of substance use working in overdose response settings) are at the forefront of overdose response initiatives in British Columbia (BC). Working in these setting...

    Authors: Zahra Mamdani, Sophie McKenzie, Fred Cameron, Mike Knott, Jennifer Conway-Brown, Tracy Scott, Jane A. Buxton and Bernie Pauly
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1279
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  8. To optimize appointment systems, it is necessary to assess their users’ perspectives. This study aims to determine the use of various appointment systems among patients in academic outpatient centers and to in...

    Authors: Fatemeh Bagheri, Farzaneh Behnam, Zahra Galavi and Leila Ahmadian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1344
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  9. To evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of liraglutide versus sitagliptin or exenatide, added to oral antidiabetic drug mono- or combination therapy respectively, in patients with Type 2 diabetes in Greece.

    Authors: Charalampos Tzanetakos, Andreas Melidonis, Christos Verras, Georgia Kourlaba and Nikos Maniadakis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:419
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  10. Telemedicine has been widely used in various medical settings including in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The goal of this study was to assess the possible roles of real-time video communication between par...

    Authors: Roman Sonkin, Eli Jaffe, Oren Wacht, Helena Morse and Yuval Bitan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1049
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  11. We performed a secondary exploratory cluster analysis on the data collected from the validation phase of the study leading to the development of the model care pathway (CP) for Myasthenia Gravis (MG), in which...

    Authors: Matteo Ratti, Osvaldo Milicia, Riccardo Rescinito, Ellen Coeckelberghs, Deborah Seys, Kris Vanhaecht and Massimiliano Panella
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:211
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  12. Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is the most important preventable risk factor for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes and can have lifelong consequences for infants. Smoking during pregnancy is...

    Authors: Alison Pearce, Joanne Scarfe, Matthew Jones, Aaron Cashmore, Andrew Milat, Larisa Barnes and Megan E. Passey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:939
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  14. In the United States, more than 25 million people have diabetes. Medication adherence is known to be important for disease control. However, factors that consistently predict medication adherence are unclear a...

    Authors: Clarissa Hsu, Jaclyn M Lemon, Edwin S Wong, Elizabeth Carson-Cheng, Mark Perkins, Margaret S Nordstrom, Chuan-Fen Liu, Carol Sprague and Christopher L Bryson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:533
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  15. Neck pain is one of the most common reasons for entry into the healthcare system. Recent increases in healthcare utilization and medical costs have not correlated with improvements in health. Therefore there i...

    Authors: Maggie E. Horn, Gerard P. Brennan, Steven Z. George, Jeffrey S. Harman and Mark D. Bishop
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:253
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  16. Continuing Medical Education (CME) is an important part of the training process for health workers worldwide. In China, training in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) not only improves the expertise of medical...

    Authors: Hao Yan, Zhaoran Han, Hanlin Nie, Wanjin Yang, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Weihan Zhao, Yong Yang and Xuefeng Shi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1200
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  17. A high proportion of African women utilize family planning (FP) services. Accordingly, incorporating HIV testing into FP services may strategically target the first WHO 90–90-90 goal of 90% of people living wi...

    Authors: McKenna C. Eastment, George Wanje, Barbra A. Richardson, Faiza Nassir, Emily Mwaringa, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Kenneth Sherr, Kishorchandra Mandaliya, Walter Jaoko and R. Scott McClelland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:665
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  18. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in mental health issues in the UK and worldwide, yet many UK residents have not received the help they have needed. Earlier research has indicated that accommodating cl...

    Authors: Magnus Jørgensen and Guido Makransky
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:957
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  19. Insufficient cost data and limited capacity constrains the understanding of the actual resources required for effective TB control. This study used process maps and time-driven activity-based costing to docume...

    Authors: J. Chirenda, B. Nhlema Simwaka, C. Sandy, K. Bodnar, S. Corbin, P. Desai, T. Mapako, S. Shamu, C. Timire, E. Antonio, A. Makone, A. Birikorang, T. Mapuranga, M. Ngwenya, T. Masunda, M. Dube…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:242
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  20. Interprofessional education in childhood cancer is a multifaceted field involving multiple healthcare professionals with general and specialised knowledge and skills. Complex treatment, care and rehabilitation...

    Authors: Martha Krogh Topperzer, Marianne Hoffmann, Hanne Bækgaard Larsen, Susanne Rosthøj, Jacob Nersting, Louise Ingerslev Roug, Peter Pontoppidan, Liv Andrés-Jensen, Birgitte Lausen, Kjeld Schmiegelow and Jette Led Sørensen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1124
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  21. Mortality amenable to health-care services (‘amenable mortality’) has been defined as “premature deaths that should not occur in the presence of timely and effective health care” and as “conditions for which e...

    Authors: Maria P Fantini, Jacopo Lenzi, Giuseppe Franchino, Cristina Raineri, Alessandra Burgio, Luisa Frova, Gianfranco Domenighetti, Walter Ricciardi and Gianfranco Damiani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:310
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  22. Although Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been rolled-out nationally in several countries since World Health Organization (WHO)‘s landmark 2016 guidelines, there is l...

    Authors: Henry Zakumumpa, Joseph Rujumba, Japheth Kwiringira, Cordelia Katureebe and Neil Spicer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:222
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  23. Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), an alternative to inpatient intravenous antibiotic therapy, has shown benefits in international studies such as increased patient satisfaction. Because OPAT ...

    Authors: Sophie Peter, Charlotte Oberröhrmann, Holger Pfaff, Clara Lehmann, Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Vanessa Brandes, Charlotte Leisse, Christoph Heinrich Lindemann, Peter Ihle, Jutta Küpper-Nybelen, Anna Hagemeier and Nadine Scholten
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:544
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  24. Depression causes significant morbidity, which impacts mental health, overall general health outcomes, everyday functioning and quality of life. This study aims to contribute to knowledge in the field through ...

    Authors: Jessica Jeffrey, Alex Klomhaus, Hilary Aralis, Wendy Barrera, Shanna Rosenberg, Mark Grossman and Patricia Lester
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:703
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  25. Health systems aim to provide a range of services to meet the growing demand of Dubai's heathcare system aims to provide a range of services to meet the growing demand of its population health needs and to ens...

    Authors: Nahed Monsef, Eldaw Suliman, Elham Ashkar and Hamid Yahay Hussain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:468
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  26. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Uganda Ministry of Health recommend differentiated service delivery models (DSDMs) as patient-centered antiretroviral therapy (ART) mechanisms for people living with...

    Authors: Keith Baleeta, Augustin Muhwezi, Nathan Tumwesigye, Betty Nsangi Kintu, Sara Riese, Dathan Byonanebye, Martin Mbonye, Daniel Mwehire, Robert Iriso, Bernard Ayebazibwe, Lauren Bailey, Deborah Lopez, Laura McGough, Michael Etukoit, Dyogo Nantamu, Louisa Nakitende…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:127
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  27. Even though trust is placed at the central point in ensuring proper functioning of the health systems, studies remain scant on how it affects both the implementation and uptake of COVID-19 response measures in...

    Authors: Emmy Metta, Elizabeth H. Shayo, Frida Ngalesoni, Albino Kalolo, Kasusu Nyamuryekung’e, Innocent B. Mboya, Harrieth P. Ndumwa, Belinda J. Njiro and Maryam A. Amour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1077
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  28. Hospitals play a crucial role in responding to disasters and public health emergencies. However, they are also vulnerable to threats such as fire or flooding and can fail to respond or evacuate adequately due ...

    Authors: Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Eric Carlström, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Lina Dahlén Holmqvist, Dhanesh Pitidhammabhorn, Yuwares Sittichanbuncha and Amir Khorram-Manesh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:862
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  29. People living with dementia in care homes frequently exhibit “behaviour that challenges”. Anti-psychotics are used to treat such behaviour, but are associated with significant morbidity. This study researched ...

    Authors: Ian D. Maidment, Garry Barton, Niyah Campbell, Rachel Shaw, Nichola Seare, Chris Fox, Steve Iliffe, Emma Randle, Andrea Hilton, Graeme Brown, Nigel Barnes, Jane Wilcock, Sarah Gillespie and Sarah Damery
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:157
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  30. To describe how longitudinal continuity of care (COC) is measured using claims-based data and to review its association with healthcare use and costs.

    Authors: Anna Nicolet, Muaamar Al-Gobari, Clémence Perraudin, Joël Wagner, Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux and Joachim Marti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:658
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  31. Bridging involves improving knowledge sharing and collaboration across different fields, such as aging and disability. The objectives of this review were to describe: 1) the contexts where bridging has occurre...

    Authors: Emily Joan Nalder, Tyler M. Saumur, Zinnia Batliwalla, Luis Salvador-Carulla, Michelle Putnam, Andria Spindel, Erica Lenton and Hamdi Hussein
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:170
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  32. BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest NGO globally, implemented a community-based comprehensive social behavior communication intervention to increase community resilience through preventi...

    Authors: Fahmida Akter, Malika Tamim, Avijit Saha, Imran Ahmed Chowdhury, Omor Faruque, Animesh Talukder, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Monzur Morshed Patwary, Albaab-Ur Rahman, Morseda Chowdhury and Malabika Sarker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1590
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:60

  33. Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations in radiology offer a potential solution to the increasing demand for imaging tests and the ongoing workforce crisis. Crucial to their adoption is the involvement of dif...

    Authors: Yaru Chen, Charitini Stavropoulou, Radhika Narasinkan, Adrian Baker and Harry Scarbrough
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:813
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  34. Medication management has a key role in the daily tasks of home care professionals delivered to older clients in home care. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of using a robot for medication manag...

    Authors: Satu Kajander-Unkuri, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Jouko Katajisto, Mari Kangasniemi and Riitta Turjamaa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1344
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:75

  35. In Italy many diabetics still lack adequate care in general practice. We assessed the effectiveness of different strategies for the implementation of an evidence-based guideline for the management of non-compl...

    Authors: Carla Perria, Donatella Mandolini, Carmelina Guerrera, Tom Jefferson, Paolo Billi, Virgilio Calzini, Alfonso Fiorillo, Giuseppe Grasso, Sergio Leotta, Walter Marrocco, Concetta Suraci and Amina Pasquarella
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:79
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  36. In Spain, there are substantial variations in the utilization of health resources among regions. Because the need for surgery differs in patients with appropriate surgical indication, introducing a prioritizat...

    Authors: Rubén Román, Mercè Comas, Javier Mar, Enrique Bernal, Alberto Jiménez-Puente, Santiago Gutiérrez-Moreno and Xavier Castells
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:32
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  37. Dentistry in Australia combines business and health care service, that is, the majority of patients pay money for tangible dental procedures such as fluoride applications, dental radiographs, dental fillings, ...

    Authors: Alexandra Sbaraini, Stacy M Carter, R Wendell Evans and Anthony Blinkhorn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:177
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  38. This study aimed to conduct a cost-utility analysis of the “Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)-First” policy in 2008 under a universal health coverage scheme and hemodialysis (HD) in Thai patients with End-stage Kidney ...

    Authors: Montira Assanatham, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Anan Chuasuwan, Kriengsak Vareesangthip, Ouppatham Supasyndh, Adisorn Lumpaopong, Paweena Susantitaphong, Chutatip Limkunakul, Wanchana Ponthongmak, Kamolpat Chaiyakittisopon, Ammarin Thakkinstian and Atiporn Ingsathit
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1384
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  39. Current research demonstrates higher prevalence of mental health related emergency department (ED) presentations in rural areas, despite similar overall prevalence of these conditions in rural and metropolitan...

    Authors: Rishaan Pawaskar, Neha Mahajan, Eklavya Wangoo, Wafa Khan, Jannine Bailey and Robyn Vines
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:87
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  40. Countries with humanitarian crises and fragile conditions contribute to 61% of the global burden of maternal mortality. Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services reduce direct obstetric complicatio...

    Authors: Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Amare Mebrat Delie, Seteamlak Adane Masresha, Semira Muhidin Mustofa, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Tsion Kokeb Kodo and Tadele Fentabil Anagaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:205
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  41. Preventing falls in hospital is a perennial patient safety issue. The University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire initiated a programme to train ward staff in accordance with guidelines. The National Institu...

    Authors: Diane Sheppard, Elaine Clarke, Karla Hemming, James Martin and Richard Lilford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:79
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  42. International evidence suggests that an integrated multidisciplinary approach to diabetic foot management is necessary to prevent ulceration and progression to amputation. Many health systems have introduced p...

    Authors: Jennifer A. Pallin, Karen Buckley-O’Farrell, Fiona Riordan, Niamh McGrath, Kate O’Neill, Doireann MacLoughlin, Sean F. Dinneen, Claire M. Buckley, Sheena McHugh and Patricia M. Kearney
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1157
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  43. There is limited understanding of the drivers of increasing infant accident and emergency (A&E) attendances and emergency hospital admissions across England. We examine variations in use of emergency hospital ...

    Authors: Selina Nath, Ania Zylbersztejn, Russell M. Viner, Mario Cortina-Borja, Kate Marie Lewis, Linda P. M. M. Wijlaars and Pia Hardelid
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:936
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  44. Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the subject of a numerous research projects over the past year. In cases with a severe disease course or threatening long-term impairment due to disease, the ...

    Authors: Mercedes Rutsch, Jördis Frommhold, Heike Buhr-Schinner, Levan Djeiranachvili, Thomas Gross, Per Otto Schüller, Alexander Katalinic and Ruth Deck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:373
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  45. Nigeria is frequently associated with disproportionately high rates of severe neonatal jaundice (NNJ) underpinned by widespread Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Timely and appropriate treat...

    Authors: Chinyere V Ezeaka, Rosemary O Ugwu, Mariya Mukhtar-Yola, Ekanem N Ekure and Bolajoko O Olusanya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:192
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Case management is an important component of structured and evidence-based primary care for chronically ill patients. Its effectiveness and efficiency has been evaluated in numerous clinical trials. This proto...

    Authors: Tobias Freund, Felizitas Kayling, Antje Miksch, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:112
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  48. Frequent and potentially avoidable hospital admission amongst older patients with ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) chronic conditions is a major topic for research internationally, driven by the imperative to u...

    Authors: Jo M Longman, Judy B Singer, Yu Gao, Lesley M Barclay, Megan E Passey, Julie P Pirotta, Kathy E Heathcote, Dan P Ewald, Vahid Saberi, Paul Corben and Geoffrey G Morgan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:265
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  49. The level of health professional work engagement affects retention, burnout, job satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and outcomes; however, there is a paucity of evidence that benefit health professional work ...

    Authors: Temesgen Ginbeto, Ayal Debie, Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Dereje Alemayehu and Endalkachew Dellie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:697
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  50. Asian countries are making efforts to apply the partnership model in doctor-patient communication that has been used effectively in Western countries. However, notable differences between Western and Asian cul...

    Authors: Trung Quang Tran, A. J. J. A. Scherpbier, Jan van Dalen, Dung Do Van and Elaine Pamela Wright
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:946
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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