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  1. Hospital services in all parts of the world were severely affected by the crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. This was particularly concerning for patients who suffer from chronic diseases. Aim: This st...

    Authors: Raya T. Al-Bataineh, Mohammed M. Al-Hammouri and Wafa’a K. Al-Jaraideh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:895
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  2. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the commonest cause of preventable blindness in working age populations, but up to 98% of visual loss secondary to DR can be prevented with early detection and treatment. In 2012, ...

    Authors: Nicola M. Glasson, Sarah L. Larkins and Lisa J. Crossland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:158
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  3. Multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are an integral component in the delivery of health care. This is particularly evident in the delivery of cancer care, where multidisciplinary teams are internationally recognize...

    Authors: Anna Janssen, Tracy Robinson, Melissa Brunner, Paul Harnett, Kylie E. Museth and Tim Shaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:444
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  4. 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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  5. Quality of care is fundamental to universal health coverage. Perceived quality of medical services is one of the most determining factors of modern health care service utilization. Between 5.7 and 8.4 million ...

    Authors: Legese Utino, Bezawit Birhanu, Nigusu Getachew and Berhane Megerssa Ereso
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:209
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  6. In the US, Quality Indicators (QI's) profiling and comparing the performance of hospitals, health plans, nursing homes and physicians are routinely published for consumer review. We report the results of the l...

    Authors: Vincent Mor, Joseph Angelelli, Richard Jones, Jason Roy, Terry Moore and John Morris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2003 3:20
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  7. In this evaluation, we aim to strengthen Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) through the digitization of data quality assessment (DQA) processes. We leverage electronic data from the Kenya Health Informa...

    Authors: Beryne M. Odeny, Anne Njoroge, Steve Gloyd, James P. Hughes, Bradley H. Wagenaar, Jacob Odhiambo, Lilly M. Nyagah, Ayub Manya, Ooga Wesley Oghera and Nancy Puttkammer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1139
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  8. Globally, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs remain disproportionately affected by HIV, but they have not been the focus of prevention and treatment interventions in many resource-limited se...

    Authors: Sunil S. Solomon, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Allison M. McFall, Elizabeth Ogburn, Lawrence H. Moulton, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, M. Suresh Kumar, Santhanam Anand, Suniti Solomon and Shruti H. Mehta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:652
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Understanding of the needs of people with stroke at hospital discharge and in the first six-months is limited. This study aim was to profile and document the needs of people with stroke at hospital discharge t...

    Authors: Geraldine O’Callaghan, Martin Fahy, Sigrid O’Meara, Mairead Chawke, Eithne Waldron, Marie Corry, Sinead Gallagher, Catriona Coyne, Julie Lynch, Emma Kennedy, Thomas Walsh, Hilary Cronin, Niamh Hannon, Clare Fallon, David J Williams, Peter Langhorne…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:449
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  10. Globally, countries are taking actions to ensure that their population have improved access to people-centred and integrated health services. Attaining this requires improved access to health workers at all le...

    Authors: Sunny C Okoroafor and Christmal Dela Christmals
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:843
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  11. In 2020, Australia, like most countries, introduced restrictions related to the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Frontline services in the domestic and family violence (DFV) sector had t...

    Authors: Rachel Baffsky, Kristen Beek, Sarah Wayland, Janani Shanthosh, Amanda Henry and Patricia Cullen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:337
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  12. RevNatus is a consent-based, nationwide medical quality register that collects data on patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases during pregnancy and one year postpartum. The entering of data takes place i...

    Authors: Hilde Bjørngaard, Hege Svean Koksvik, Bente Jakobsen and Kjersti Grønning
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1291
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  13. Most cancer patients still die in hospital, mainly in medical wards. Many studies in different countries have shown the poor quality of end-of-life care delivery in hospitals. The Program "Liverpool Care Pathw...

    Authors: Massimo Costantini, Simona Ottonelli, Laura Canavacci, Fabio Pellegrini and Monica Beccaro
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:13
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  14. Highly competitive market in the private hospital industry has caused increasing pressure on them to provide services with higher quality. The aim of this study was to determine the different dimensions of the...

    Authors: Asghar Zarei, Mohammad Arab, Abbas Rahimi Froushani, Arash Rashidian and S Mahmoud Ghazi Tabatabaei
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:31
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  15. During the covid-19 pandemic, hospitals have faced several challenges, so they need to identify and address effective management strategies to cope with these challenges that enhance their current knowledge to...

    Authors: Zahra Ebrahimi Rigi, Zakieh Namjoo, Maryam Jabarpour, Mehdi Ahmadinejad, Maryam Ahmadipour, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki and Mahlagha Dehghan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:690
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  17. This study aimed to assess the service quality (SQ) for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension in primary healthcare settings from the perspective of service users in Iran.

    Authors: Shabnam Iezadi, Kamal Gholipour, Jabraeil Sherbafi, Sama Behpaie, Nazli soltani, Mohsen Pasha and Javad Farahishahgoli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:517
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:727

  18. One kind of overutilization of diagnostic imaging is low-value imaging, i.e., imaging that does not lead to altered clinical pathways or improved health outcomes. Despite having well-documented extension and c...

    Authors: Ingrid Øfsti Brandsæter, Eivind Richter Andersen, Bjørn Morten Hofmann and Elin Kjelle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:295
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  19. Although public reporting of hospital performance is becoming common, it remains uncertain whether public reporting leads to improvement in clinical outcomes. This study was conducted to evaluate whether enrol...

    Authors: Hayato Yamana, Mariko Kodan, Sachiko Ono, Kojiro Morita, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Tomoaki Imamura and Hideo Yasunaga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:523
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  20. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is recognized as a key imaging modality to bridge the diagnostic imaging gap in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). POCUS use has been shown to impact patient management ...

    Authors: Grace W. Wanjiku, Gregory Bell, Sonja Kapadia and Benjamin W. Wachira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:212
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  21. Contingent valuation (CV) is used to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of consumers for specific attributes to improve the quality of health care they received in three hospitals in Bangladesh.

    Authors: Md Sadik Pavel, Sayan Chakrabarty and Jeff Gow
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:43
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  22. It has been documented that variations exist in breast cancer treatment despite wide dissemination of clinical practice guidelines. The aim of this population-based study was to evaluate the impact of regional...

    Authors: Carlotta Sacerdote, Rita Bordon, Sabina Pitarella, Maria Piera Mano, Ileana Baldi, Denise Casella, Daniela Di Cuonzo, Alfonso Frigerio, Luisella Milanesio, Franco Merletti, Eva Pagano, Fulvio Ricceri, Stefano Rosso, Nereo Segnan, Mariano Tomatis, Giovannino Ciccone…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:28
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  23. There are currently no global recommendations on a parsimonious and robust set of indicators that can be measured routinely or periodically to monitor quality of hospital care for children and young adolescent...

    Authors: Moise Muzigaba, Tamar Chitashvili, Allysha Choudhury, Wilson M. Were, Theresa Diaz, Kathleen L. Strong, Debra Jackson, Jennifer Requejo, Anne Detjen and Emma Sacks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:887
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  24. Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) adoption is an important strategy to help improve primary care quality within Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) community health centers (CHC), but evidenc...

    Authors: Nathaniel Bell, Rebecca Wilkerson, Kathy Mayfield-Smith and Ana Lòpez-De Fede
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:980
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  25. Primary mental healthcare (PMHC) allows for complex mental health issues in old age to be addressed. India has sought to improve PMHC through legislation, strategies and programmes. This study analyses the cha...

    Authors: Tom Kafczyk and Kerstin Hämel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:206
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  26. Client-centred care serves as the foundation for healthcare policy. Indeed, various instruments for assessing clients’ experiences of care and support are increasingly used to provide insights into the quality...

    Authors: Petri J. C. M. Embregts, Kees Ahaus, Mirella Minkman, Henk Nies and Pauline Meurs
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1307
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  27. Hospital certification is an external assessment mechanism to assure quality and safety systems. Auditors representing the certification body play a key role in certification processes, as they perform the ass...

    Authors: Dag Tomas Sagen Johannesen and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:242
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  28. Inadequate antenatal care (ANC) has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. ANC quality is considered a key component of the right to health and a route to equity and dignity for women and their child...

    Authors: Lina Sofia Morón-Duarte, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Andrea Dâmaso Bertoldi, Marlos R. Domingues, Fernando C. Wehrmeister and Mariangela Freitas Silveira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1070
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  29. Processes such as prior authorization (PA) for medications, implemented by health insurance companies to ensure that safe, appropriate, cost-effective, and evidence-based care is provided to all members, have ...

    Authors: Laney K. Jones, Ilene G. Ladd, Christina Gregor, Michael A. Evans, Jove Graham and Michael R. Gionfriddo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1259
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  30. According to the Donabedian model, the assessment for the quality of care includes three dimensions. These are structure, process, and outcome. Therefore, the present study aimed at assessing the structural qu...

    Authors: Atkure Defar, Theodros Getachew, Girum Taye, Tefera Tadele, Misrak Getnet, Tigist Shumet, Gebeyaw Molla, Geremew Gonfa, Habtamu Teklie, Ambaye Tadesse and Abebe Bekele
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:485
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  31. While the number of medical images has increased substantially, the demand has outpaced access, resulting in long wait times in many countries. Long wait times are a key problem for patient safety and quality ...

    Authors: Bjørn Hofmann, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsaeter and Elin Kjelle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1287
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  32. Knowledge about the relationship between the residents’ Quality of Life (QOL) and the nursing home price is currently lacking. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between 11 dimensions of QOL a...

    Authors: Sarah Raes, Sophie Vandepitte, Delphine De Smedt, Herlinde Wynendaele, Yannai DeJonghe and Jeroen Trybou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:987
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  33. Assessment of the proportion of patients with well controlled cardiovascular risk factors underestimates the proportion of patients receiving high quality of care. Evaluating whether physicians respond appropr...

    Authors: Stefan Weiler, Armin Gemperli, Tinh-Hai Collet, Douglas C Bauer, Lukas Zimmerli, Jacques Cornuz, Edouard Battegay, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Eve A Kerr, Drahomir Aujesky and Nicolas Rodondi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:306
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  34. The service industry has been an evolving sector and a great concern to providers ensuring continuously that clients’ satisfaction is met. Hence, the importance of patient satisfaction in the healthcare sector...

    Authors: Daniel Adjei Amporfro, Michael Boah, Shao Yingqi, Therese Martin Cheteu Wabo, Miaomiao Zhao, Victorine Raissa Ngo Nkondjock and Qunhong Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:722
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:868

  35. Because breast cancer is a major public health issue, it is particularly important to measure the quality of the care provided to patients. Survival rates are affected by the timeliness of care, and waiting ti...

    Authors: Marie Ferrua, Mélanie Couralet, Gérard Nitenberg, Sandrine Morin, Daniel Serin and Etienne Minvielle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:167
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  36. To assess the quality of integrated diabetes care, we should be able to follow the patient throughout the care path, monitor his/her care process and link them to his/her health outcomes, while simultaneously ...

    Authors: Veerle Buffel, Katrien Danhieux, Philippe Bos, Roy Remmen, Josefien Van Olmen and Edwin Wouters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1257
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1548

  37. We identified that Stanford Health Care had a significant number of patients who after discharge are found by the utilization review committee not to meet Center for Mediare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2-midni...

    Authors: Olufolarin Oke, K. Michaela Sullivan, Jason Hom, David Svec, Yingjie Weng and Lisa Shieh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:204
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  38. Q-fever is a zoonotic disease that can lead to illness, disability and death. This study aimed to provide insight into the perspectives of healthcare workers (HCWs) on prerequisites, barriers and opportunities...

    Authors: Iris M. Brus, Inge Spronk, Juanita A. Haagsma, Vicki Erasmus, Annemieke de Groot, Alfons G. M. Olde Loohuis, Madelon B. Bronner and Suzanne Polinder
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:319
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  39. To inform quality improvement and strengthen services provided in the last year of life, measuring quality of care is essential. For Germany, data on care experiences in the last year of life that go beyond di...

    Authors: Gloria Dust, Nicolas Schippel, Stephanie Stock, Julia Strupp, Raymond Voltz and Christian Rietz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1433
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  40. Handover (or 'handoff') is the exchange of information between health professionals that accompanies the transfer of patient care. This process can result in adverse events. Handover 'best practices', with emp...

    Authors: Roy Ilan, Curtis D LeBaron, Marlys K Christianson, Daren K Heyland, Andrew Day and Michael D Cohen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:11
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  41. Primary health care is the entry point to the health-care system and regarded as an essential step to achieving universal health coverage. The present study aimed at evaluating the quality of health-care servi...

    Authors: Tahereh Sharifi, Seyede-Elahe Hosseini, Saeed Mohammadpour, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Hosein Ebrahimipour and Elahe Hooshmand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:397
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  42. 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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  43. Emergency medicine is a complex setting for healthcare delivery which relies on communication, negotiation, teamwork, trust, and shared dialog. The nature of the work comprises dealing with emotionally challen...

    Authors: Peter Dieckmann, Simon Tulloch, Anne Eva Dalgaard and Kirsten Varming
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:307
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  44. Provision of timely care to critically ill children is essential for good outcome. Referral from smaller peripheral hospitals to higher centers for intensive care is common. However, lack of an organized refer...

    Authors: Gopalakrishnan Ezhumalai, Muralidharan Jayashree, Karthi Nallasamy, Arun Bansal and Bhavneet Bharti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:761
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  45. Theories of behaviour change indicate that an analysis of factors that facilitate or impede change is helpful when trying to influence professional practice. The aim of this study was to identify barriers to i...

    Authors: Signe Flottorp and Andrew D Oxman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2003 3:3
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  46. The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) contains 29 evidence-based practices (EBPs) across four pause points spanning admission to discharge. It has been shown to increase EBP uptake and has been tailored to s...

    Authors: Kevin Abidha Achola, Darious Kajjo, Nicole Santos, Elizabeth Butrick, Christopher Otare, Paul Mubiri, Gertrude Namazzi, Rikita Merai, Phelgona Otieno, Peter Waiswa and Dilys Walker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:294
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  47. Adolescents are still getting pregnant and contracting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Rwanda as elsewhere. Quality and comprehensive SRH services and informati...

    Authors: Pacifique Ndayishimiye, Rosine Uwase, Isabelle Kubwimana, Jean de la Croix Niyonzima, Roseline Dzekem Dine, Jean Baptiste Nyandwi and Justin Ntokamunda Kadima
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:697
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  48. Health professionals in Colombian and many parts of the world, in some cases, work in precarious conditions and intend to migrate to other countries in search of better living conditions for themselves and the...

    Authors: Laura del Pilar Quiñones-Rozo and Gladys Eugenia Canaval-Erazo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:582
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  49. Substantial improvements have been observed in coverage and access to maternal health services in Ethiopia. However, the quality of care has been lagging behind. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level...

    Authors: Kiros Fenta Ajemu and Alem Desta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:547
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. This study aimed to examine the reporting quality of existing economic evaluations for negotiated glucose-lowering drugs (GLDs) included in China National Reimbursement Drug List (NRDL) using the Consolidated ...

    Authors: Shi-Yi Bao, Liu Liu, Fu-Ming Li, Yi Yang, Yan Wei, Hui Shao, Jian Ming, Jun-Tao Yan and Ying-Yao Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:562
    Content type: Research Published on:
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