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  1. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommend that men on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer should receive supervised exercise to manage the side-effects of treatm...

    Authors: Sophie Reale, Rebecca R. Turner, Eileen Sutton, Stephanie J. C. Taylor, Liam Bourke, Dylan Morrissey, Janet Brown, Derek J. Rosario and Liz Steed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:264
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  2. The outbreak of Coronavirus in late 2019 and its continuation in the following years has affected all human societies, government organizations, and health systems. Access to health services is an important is...

    Authors: Zohreh Rezaei, Farhad Lotfi, Mohsen Bayati and Zahra Kavosi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:822
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  3. Low-value care (LVC) is understudied in pediatric populations and in the Military Health System (MHS). This cross-sectional study applies previously developed measures of pediatric LVC diagnostic tests, proced...

    Authors: Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, Cathaleen Madsen, Amanda Banaag, Qiong Li, Andrew J. Schoenfeld and Joel S. Weissman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:770
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  4. This study aims to gain insight into the international development of GP incomes over time through a comparative approach. The study is an extension of an earlier work (1975–1990, conducted in five yearly inte...

    Authors: Madelon W Kroneman, Jouke Van der Zee and Wim Groot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:26
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  5. Pharmacists are viewed as highly trained yet underutilised and there is growing support to extend the role of the pharmacist within the primary health care sector. The integration of a pharmacist into a genera...

    Authors: Christopher Freeman, W Neil Cottrell, Greg Kyle, Ian Williams and Lisa Nissen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:229
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the routine of healthcare workers. This study investigated the impact of the pandemic on dental practice and dentists’ feelings in Latin America.

    Authors: Rafael R. Moraes, Carlos E. Cuevas-Suárez, Wilfredo G. Escalante-Otárola, María R. Fernández, Andrés Dávila-Sánchez, Patricia Grau-Grullon, Eduardo Fernández, Tania M. López, Guillermo Grazioli, Luis A. Arana, Luis F. Rondón, Willy B. Torrez, Giana S. Lima, Helena S. Schuch, Marcos B. Correa and Flavio F. Demarco
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:393
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  7. Anxiety and depression screening and management in cancer settings occurs inconsistently in Australia. We developed a clinical pathway (ADAPT CP) to promote standardized assessment and response to affected pat...

    Authors: Joanne Shaw, Karen Allison, Jessica Cuddy, Toni Lindsay, Peter Grimison, Heather Shepherd, Phyllis Butow, Tim Shaw, Kate Baychek and Brian Kelly
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:132
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  8. The survival benefits of colon cancer surveillance programs are well delineated, but less is known about the magnitude of false positive testing. The objective of this study was to estimate the false positive ...

    Authors: Knut Magne Augestad, Jan Norum, Johnie Rose and Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:137
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  9. Evidence has shown that family and friend caregivers of stroke survivors are significantly and negatively impacted by caregiving. The negative effects of caregiving may persist over time suggesting that caregi...

    Authors: Anna Garnett, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid and Patricia H. Strachan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:433
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  10. While family caregivers provide 70-90% of care for people living in the community and assist with 10-30% of the care in congregate living, most healthcare providers do not meaningfully involve family caregiver...

    Authors: Jasneet K. Parmar, Tanya L’Heureux, Sharon Anderson, Wendy Duggleby, Cheryl Pollard, Lisa Poole, Lesley Charles, Lyn K. Sonnenberg, Myles Leslie, Gwen McGhan, Arlene Huhn, Sandy Sereda, Cecilia Marion, Glenda Tarnowski, Jennifer Mah, Denise Melenberg…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:364
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  11. Over half of global deaths among children under five years of age occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt and consistent access to and utilisation of child healthcare services improves child health outcomes. Howev...

    Authors: Felix Kwasi Nyande, Esmeralda Ricks, Margaret Williams and Sihaam Jardien-Baboo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:289
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  12. Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is a stressful experience for patients and their family members. While the focus of management is primarily on medical care, there can be other areas which are overloo...

    Authors: E-Li Leong, Chii-Chii Chew, Ju-Ying Ang, Sharon-Linus Lojikip, Philip-Rajan Devesahayam and Kit-Weng Foong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:627
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  13. Emergency departments (ED) worldwide have to cope with rising patient numbers. Low-acuity consulters who could receive a more suitable treatment in primary care (PC) increase caseloads, and lack of PC attachme...

    Authors: Lisa Kümpel, Sarah Oslislo, Rebecca Resendiz Cantu, Martin Möckel, Christoph Heintze and Felix Holzinger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:629
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  14. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are the second most common cause of maternal mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accounting for 23% of maternal deaths. This study aimed to assess facility ...

    Authors: Dalau Mukadi Nkamba, Roland Vangu, Moyene Elongi, Laura A. Magee, Gilbert Wembodinga, Pierre Bernard, John Ditekemena and Annie Robert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:926
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  15. Within its reform efforts, the Government of Tajikistan is embracing the essential role of primary health care (PHC) in decreasing out of pocket (OOP) expenditures and increasing equity in access to health ser...

    Authors: Fabienne B. Fischer, Zulfira Mengliboeva, Gulzira Karimova, Nasrullo Abdujabarov, Helen Prytherch and Kaspar Wyss
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:546
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  16. Medication reconciliation (MedRec) is a widely accepted tool for the identification and resolution of unintended medication discrepancies (UMD).

    Authors: Tilaye Arega Moges, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu and Faisel Dula Sema
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1251
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  17. Alabama is one of seven priority states for the National Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative due to a disproportionate burden of rural infections. To reverse growing infection rates, the state must increase its...

    Authors: Kaylee Burgan, C. Greer McCollum, Alfredo Guzman, Brooke Penney, Samantha V. Hill, Kachina Kudroff, Shey Thorn, Toya Burton, Kelly Turner, Michael J. Mugavero, Aadia Rana and Latesha Elopre
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:101
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  18. Diabetic foot infections are common, serious, and varied. Diagnostic and treatment strategies are correspondingly diverse. It is unclear how patients are managed in actual practice and how outcomes might be im...

    Authors: Benjamin G Fincke, Donald R Miller and Robin Turpin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:192
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  19. Limited evidence exists regarding the association of pre-existing mental health conditions in patients with stroke and stroke outcomes such as rehospitalization, mortality, and function. We examined the associ...

    Authors: Almas Dossa, Mark E Glickman and Dan Berlowitz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:311
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  20. Non- communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death, which lead to over 73% of death and 62% of DALYs globally. As an unhealthy diet is the leading behavioral risk factor of NCDs, in line with the na...

    Authors: Mohammad Amerzadeh, Amirhossein Takian, Hamed Pouraram, Ali Akbari Sari and Afshin Ostovar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:79
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  21. An increasing number of falls result in an emergency call and the subsequent dispatch of paramedics. In the absence of physical injury, abnormal physiological parameters or change in usual functional status, i...

    Authors: A Stefanie Mikolaizak, Paul M Simpson, Anne Tiedemann, Stephen R Lord, Gideon A Caplan, Jason C Bendall, Kirsten Howard and Jacqueline CT Close
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:360
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. Patients presenting to academic medical centers (AMC) typically receive primary care, specialty care, or both. Resources needed for each type of care vary, requiring different levels of care coordination. We p...

    Authors: Jacob Lambrecht, Mahshid Abir, Kristian Seiler, Neil Kamdar, Tim Peterson, Paul Lin, Wilson Nham and Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1190
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  23. Household survey data are frequently used to measure reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) service utilisation in low and middle income countries. However, these surveys are typ...

    Authors: Kristine Nilsen, Natalia Tejedor-Garavito, Douglas R. Leasure, C. Edson Utazi, Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, Adelle S. Wigley, Claire A. Dooley, Zoe Matthews and Andrew J. Tatem
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21(Suppl 1):370
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  24. Social integration has been demonstrated to be associated with the health care use among migrants, but few studies have focused on migrant pregnant women. This study aims to explore the association between soc...

    Authors: Lulu Ding, Xinying Li, Xue Tang, Yuejing Feng, Yi Wang, Jiejie Cheng, Mei Sun and Chengchao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:918
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  25. Participatory research is particularly suitable in adressing know-do gaps in health systems. There is a disparity between what is known about the benefits of social participation and home care’s responsibility...

    Authors: Therese Nordin, Anna-Britt Coe and Ingeborg Nilsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1159
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  26. Allied health assistants (AHAs) are support staff who complete patient and non-patient related tasks under the delegation of an allied health professional. Delegating patient related tasks to AHAs can benefit ...

    Authors: David A Snowdon, Olivia A King, Amy Dennett, Jo-Anne Pinson, Michelle M Shannon, Taya A Collyer, Annette Davis and Cylie M Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1280
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  27. Many hospitals in China experience large volumes of emergency department (ED) radiology patients, thereby lengthening the wait times for non-emergency radiology patients. We examine whether an emergency reserv...

    Authors: Li Luo, Yumeng Zhang, Fang Qing, Hongwei Ding, Yingkang Shi and Huili Guo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:452
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Studies that compare Indigenous Australian and non-Indigenous patients who experience a cardiac event or chest pain are inconclusive about the reasons for the differences in-hospital and survival rates. The ad...

    Authors: Yvette L Roe, Christopher J Zeitz and Bronwyn Fredericks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:397
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  29. Patients with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses have a poor prognostic outlook and rates of recovery. Inpatient care is common, but the decision to initiate such care is not solely up to the patient but also in...

    Authors: Maria Skott, Natalie Durbeej, Maria Smitmanis-Lyle, Clara Hellner, Emelie Allenius, Sigrid Salomonsson, Tobias Lundgren, Nitya Jayaram-Lindström and Alexander Rozental
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:598
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  30. Variation in service allocation between municipalities may arise as a result of prioritisation. Both individual and societal characteristics determine service allocation, but previous literature has often inve...

    Authors: Lisa Victoria Burrell, Hanne Marie Rostad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner and Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:801
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  31. Since 2009, the Chinese government has been reforming the healthcare system and has committed to reinforcing increased use of primary care. To date, however, the Chinese healthcare system is still heavily reli...

    Authors: Zhuojun Luo, Yuanzhu Ma, Naiqi Ke, Shuyi Xu, Ruwei Hu, Nan Hu and Li Kuang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:313
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  32. Project ECHO® networks at Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQHHS) are communities of practice designed to mitigate services and systems fragmentation by building collaborative partnershi...

    Authors: Phil Nixon, Chiara Broccatelli, Perrin Moss, Sarah Baggio, Angela Young and Dana Newcomb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:558
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  33. The main objective of this study is to apply autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to make real-time predictions on the number of beds occupied in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, during the recent SA...

    Authors: Arul Earnest, Mark I Chen, Donald Ng and Leo Yee Sin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2005 5:36
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  34. Nearly half of all patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) receive red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions (TFs), despite their associated complications. Restrictive transfusion strategy (Hemoglobin [Hb] < 7 g/dL...

    Authors: Marya D Zilberberg and Andrew F Shorr
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:138
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Patient and public involvement (PPI) is a cornerstone in enhancing healthcare research and delivery, including clinical guideline development. Health outcomes concern changes in the health status of an individ...

    Authors: Alice M. Biggane, Bridget Young, Paula R. Williamson, Erin Whittingham and Jessie Cooper
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:361
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  36. Despite sophisticated risk equalization, insurers in regulated health insurance markets still face incentives to attract healthy people and avoid the chronically ill because of predictable differences in profi...

    Authors: A. A. Withagen-Koster, R. C. van Kleef and F. Eijkenaar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:273
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  37. Newly settled refugee migrants face psychological stressors stemming from pre-, during- and post-migration experiences. In Sweden, mental health promotion is part of the health module in the civic orientation ...

    Authors: Maissa Al-Adhami, Josefin Wångdahl, Raziye Salari and Eva Åkerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:510
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  38. Understanding how to implement innovations in primary care practices is key to improve primary health care. Aiming to contribute to this understanding, we investigate the implementation of a clinical decision ...

    Authors: Alexandra Piotrowski, Jana Coenen, Christian Rupietta, Jale Basten, Christiane Muth, Sara Söling, Viola Zimmer, Ute Karbach, Petra Kellermann-Mühlhoff and Juliane Köberlein-Neu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1161
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  39. Few studies have examined the longitudinal changes in the patterns, selection, and utilization of treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in routine clinical practice since the introduction of imatinib. ...

    Authors: Chao-Sung Chang, Yi-Hsin Yang, Chien-Ning Hsu and Min-Ting Lin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:359
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. At the end of 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic broke out. As front-line health professionals, primary care doctors play a significant role in screening SARS-CoV-2 infection and transferri...

    Authors: Chenbin Yang, Jiana Yin, Jiongjiong Liu, Jinying Liu, Qin Chen, Hui Yang, Yunchao Ni, Bingcan Li, Yanmei Li, Jin Lin, Ziwei Zhou and Zhangping Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1143
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  42. Given the importance of the continuous follow-up of chronic patients, we evaluated the performance of French private practice general practitioners (GPs) practicing in multi-professional group practices (MGP) ...

    Authors: Anna Zaytseva, Pierre Verger and Bruno Ventelou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:519
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  43. Community advisory structures such as Community Advisory Boards (CABs) play an important role of helping researchers to better understand the community at each phase of the clinical trial. CABs can be a source...

    Authors: Andrew Ojok Mijumbi, Levicatus Mugenyi, Mastula Nanfuka, Collins Agaba and Joseph Ochieng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:119
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. The correct implementation of Ambulatory Surgery must be accompanied by an accurate monitoring of the patient post-discharge state. We fit different statistical models to predict the first hours postoperative ...

    Authors: Juan Viñoles, Maía V Ibáñez and Guillermo Ayala
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:269
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Major health inequities between urban and rural populations have resulted in rural health as a reform priority across a number of countries. However, while there is some commonality between rural areas, there ...

    Authors: Amanda Kenny, Nerida Hyett, John Sawtell, Virginia Dickson-Swift, Jane Farmer and Peter O’Meara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:64
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. MedicineInsight is a database containing de-identified electronic health records (EHRs) from over 700 Australian general practices. It is one of the largest and most widely used primary health care EHR databas...

    Authors: Alys Havard, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Jill Thistlethwaite, Benjamin Daniels, Rimma Myton, Karen Tu and Kendal Chidwick
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:551
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  47. To strengthen the implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) programme which is Ghana’s key primary health care delivery strategy, the CHPS+ Project was initiated in 2017. We exa...

    Authors: Margaret Kweku, Hubert Amu, Martin Adjuik, Fortress Yayra Aku, Emmanuel Manu, Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang, Joyce Komesuor, Geoffrey Adebayor Asalu, Norbert Ndaah Amuna, Laud Ampomah Boateng, Justine Sefakor Alornyo, Roland Glover, Ayaga A. Bawah, Timothy Letsa, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:845
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. In Brazil, the health of communities that use pesticides is still neglected due to the lack of greater social understanding of damage to health and an insufficient care network. The objective of the research w...

    Authors: Astrid Merino Silverio, Maristela Casé Costa Cunha and Márlon Vinícius Gama Almeida
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:782
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  49. The medical care for nursing home residents is estimated to be partly inadequate in Germany. The aim of this study is to investigate the needs and utilization of general practitioners (GPs), medical specialist...

    Authors: Ann-Kristin Schröder, Alexander Maximilian Fassmer, Katharina Allers and Falk Hoffmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:332
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  50. Telemedicine improves access to health care services enabling remote care diagnosis and treatment of patients at a distance. However, the implementation of telemedicine services often pose challenges stemming ...

    Authors: Joanna Kho, Nicole Gillespie and Melinda Martin-Khan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:815
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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