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  1. Acutely ill and frail older adults and their next of kin are often poorly involved in treatment and care decisions. This may lead to either over- or undertreatment and unnecessary burdens. The aim of this proj...

    Authors: Maria Romøren, Karin Berg Hermansen, Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid, Linn Brøderud, Siri Færden Westbye, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Lisbeth Thoresen, Siri Rostoft, Reidun Førde, Marc Ahmed, Eline Aas, May Helen Midtbust and Reidar Pedersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:220
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  2. As coproduction in public services increases, understanding the role of leadership in this context is essential to the tasks of establishing relational partnerships and addressing power differentials among gro...

    Authors: Sofia Kjellström, Sophie Sarre and Daniel Masterson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:219
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:335

  3. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) describes a spectrum of chronic fattening of liver that can lead to fibrosis and cirrhosis. Diabetes has been identified as a major comorbidity that contributes to NAF...

    Authors: Seungwon Lee, Abdel Aziz Shaheen, David J. T. Campbell, Christopher Naugler, Jason Jiang, Robin L. Walker, Hude Quan and Joon Lee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:218
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  4. Promoting appropriate pharmacotherapy requires understanding the factors that influence how clinicians prescribe medications. While prior work has focused on patient and clinician factors, features of the orga...

    Authors: Hyungjin Myra Kim, Julie Strominger, Kara Zivin, Tony Van and Donovan T. Maust
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:217
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  5. The integration of digital technologies holds significant promise in enhancing accessibility to disease diagnosis and treatment at point-of-care (POC) settings. Effective implementation of such interventions n...

    Authors: Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Siphesihle R. Nxele, Kuhlula Maluleke, Evans Mathebula, Musa Marange, Maureen Chilufya, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Evans Duah, Matthias Dzobo, Mable Kekana, Ziningi Jaya, Lehana Thabane, Thobeka Dlangalala, Peter S. Nyasulu, Khumbulani Hlongwana, Thembelihle Dlungwane…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:216
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  6. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presented a significant stressor on the public health system in the United States. While we know the immediate effects of the pandemic on public health programming, no liter...

    Authors: Jessica Gannon and Sarah Moreland-Russell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:215
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  7. 98% of people with surgical conditions living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not receive safe, timely and affordable surgical and anesthesia care. Research exploring barriers to receiving care ...

    Authors: Hanna Negussie, Medhanit Getachew, Andualem Deneke, Amezene Tadesse, Ahmed Abdella, Martin Prince, Andrew Leather, Charlotte Hanlon, Chris Willott and Rosie Mayston
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:214
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  8. Family doctor contract services (FDCS) have been introduced in China in 2009 [1] and rapidly expanded recently. This study sought to investigate factors that influenced the willingness of Chinese residents to use...

    Authors: Ning Zhao, Mei Gu, Jin Li, Haiyan Zhang and Jia Yang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:213
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  9. 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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  10. Take-home buprenorphine/naloxone is an effective method of initiating opioid agonist therapy in the Emergency Department (ED) that requires ED healthcare worker buy-in for large-scale implementation. We aimed ...

    Authors: Katherin Badke, Serena S. Small, Megan Pratt, Julie Lockington, Lara Gurney, Andrew Kestler and Jessica Moe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:211
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  11. In the perioperative care of individuals with obesity, it is imperative to consider the presence of risk factors that may predispose them to complications. Providing optimal care in such cases proves to be a m...

    Authors: Maria Härgestam, Lenita Lindgren and Maritha Jacobsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:210
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  12. Telemedicine in outpatient services for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) was scaled up during the COVID-19 pandemic as services transitioned to remote care. Many studies have reported on...

    Authors: Hege Mari Johnsen, Anita Øgård-Repål, Santiago Gil Martinez, Kim Fangen, Kristin Bårdsen Aas and Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:209
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  13. Authors: Riwan Naït Salem, Michel Rotily, Themistoklis Apostolidis, Sophie Odena, Aurore Lamouroux, Célia Chischportich, Nicolas Persico and Pascal Auquier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:208
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    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:495

  14. In July 2008, Ghana introduced a ‘free’ maternal health care policy (FMHCP) through the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) to provide comprehensive antenatal, delivery and post-natal care services to preg...

    Authors: John Azaare, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Kasim Abdulai, Francis Adane, Robert Bagngmen Bio and Martin Hushie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:207
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  15. 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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  16. To better understand the specific influences of early life on the long-term health and well-being of local Aboriginal children in Alice Springs, high-quality local longitudinal data is required. The Central Au...

    Authors: C. Lloyd-Johnsen, A. Hampton, E. Stubbs, S. Moore, S. Eades, A. D’Aprano and S. Goldfeld
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:205
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  17. 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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  18. The Coordinated medical Care (CoCare) project aimed to improve the quality of medical care in nursing homes by optimizing collaboration between nurses and physicians. We analyze the impact of the CoCare interv...

    Authors: Klaus Kaier, Boris A. Brühmann, Stefan Fetzer, Rieka von der Warth and Erik Farin-Glattacker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:203
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  19. Healthcare systems around the world are facing large challenges. There are increasing demands and costs while at the same time a diminishing health workforce. Without reform, healthcare systems are unsustainab...

    Authors: L. J. Damen, L. H. D. Van Tuyl, J. C. Korevaar, B. J. Knottnerus and J. D. De Jong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:202
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  20. People with substance use disorders smoke cigarettes at much higher rates than the general population in the United States and are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related diseases. Many substance use tr...

    Authors: Anastasia Rogova, Isabel Martinez Leal, Maggie Britton, Tzuan A. Chen, Lisa M. Lowenstein, Bryce Kyburz, Kathleen Casey, Kim Skeene, Teresa Williams and Lorraine R. Reitzel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:201
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  21. The Perinatal Center of the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden has initiated the telemedical healthcare network “SAFE BIRTH” to coordinate and improve specialized care in non-metropolitan regions fo...

    Authors: Helene Hense, Josephine Mathiebe, Sven Helfer, Rick Glaubitz, Mario Rüdiger, Cahit Birdir, Jochen Schmitt and Gabriele Müller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:200
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  22. Leadership styles have often been proven to support employees in performing their duties better and with more efficiency while enabling them to have extended organizational tenures. Staff nurses are an essenti...

    Authors: Surabhila Pattali, Jayendira P. Sankar, Haitham Al Qahtani, Nidhi Menon and Shabana Faizal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:199
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  23. The effectiveness of anastrozole for breast cancer prevention has been demonstrated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of anastrozole for the prevention of breast cancer in wom...

    Authors: XiaoXia Wei, Jiaqin Cai, Huiting Lin, Wenhua Wu, Jie Zhuang and Hong Sun
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:198
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  24. Medical services are among the most urgent needs of the disaster-affected population. Consequently, hospital preparedness -as the main health services provider- is one of the vital factors in effective respons...

    Authors: Behrouz Samei, Javad Babaie, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani, Saber Azami Aghdash, Naser Derakhshani and Ramin Rezapour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:197
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  25. The United States envisions a 90% reduction in HIV infections by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the HIV continuum and disproportionately affected access to social and health services for people...

    Authors: Rogério M. Pinto, Evan Hall, Vitalis Im, Carol A. Lee and Sunggeun (Ethan) Park
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:196
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  26. To assess the barriers and facilitators associated with upscaling the Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM), a multidisciplinary and patient‐centred transmural rehabilitation care model.

    Authors: Julia Ratter, Suzanne Wiertsema, Ilham Ettahiri, Robin Mulder, Anne Grootjes, Julia Kee, Marianne Donker, Edwin Geleijn, Vincent de Groot, Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo, Frank W. Bloemers and Johanna M. van Dongen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:195
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  27. Family doctor contract policy is now run by the State Council as an important move to promote the hierarchical medical system. Whether the family doctor contract policy achieves the initial government’s goal s...

    Authors: Xin Rao, Li Luo and Xingyue Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:194
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  28. Authors: Vanessa Seijas, Roxanne Maritz, Satish Mishra, Renaldo M Bernard, Patricia Fernandes, Viola Lorenz, Barbara Machado, Ana María Posada, Luz Helena Lugo‑Agudelo, Jerome Bickenbach and Carla Sabariego
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:193
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:123

  29. Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of prehabilitation as a new preoperative care pathway to optimise perioperative outcomes, its implementation into routine health care is widely pending. Frail pati...

    Authors: Anna Frederike Sontag, Jörn Kiselev, Stefan J Schaller, Claudia Spies and Tanja Rombey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:192
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  30. Recent investment in UK liaison psychiatry services has focused on expanding provision for acute and emergency referrals. Little is known about the experiences of users and providers of these services. The aim...

    Authors: Daniel Romeu, Elspeth Guthrie, Sonia Saraiva, Carolyn Czoski-Murray, Jenny Hewison and Allan House
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:191
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  31. The unique life situations of older patients with cancer and their family members requires that health care professionals take a holistic approach to achieve quality care. The aim of this study was to assess t...

    Authors: Minna Launonen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Santtu Mikkonen and Tarja Kvist
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:190
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  32. This study aimed to achieve expert consensus regarding key items to be addressed by non-clinical operators using computer-software integrated medical dispatch protocols to manage out-of-hours telephone triage ...

    Authors: Farah Islam, Pieter Heeren, Kelu Yang, Koen Milisen and Marc Sabbe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:189
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  33. Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is an emerging public health issue, leading to severe visual impairment or blindness. Early identification and prompt treatment play a key role in achieving good visual outcomes. The ...

    Authors: Binita Bhattarai, Hari Bahadur Thapa, Sandip Bashyal, Sarasawati Khadka Thapa, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, Varun Agiwal, Hira Pant, Samiksha Singh and Hemant Mahajan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:188
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  34. User involvement and participation in the supervision of the quality of care is an important topic for many healthcare inspectorates. It offers regulators an additional view on quality, increases the legitimac...

    Authors: Sophia M. Kleefstra, Brenda J.M. Frederiks, Adriënne Tingen and Petra G.J. Reulings
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:187
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  35. For adults living with HIV (ALHIV) and comorbidities, access to comprehensive healthcare services is crucial to achieving optimal health outcomes. This study aims to describe lived experiences, challenges, and...

    Authors: Theresia A. Ottaru, Christine V. Wood, Zeeshan Butt, Claudia Hawkins, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Peter Karoli, Elizabeth H. Shayo, Emmy Metta, Pilly Chillo, Hellen Siril and Gideon P. Kwesigabo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:186
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  36. Over time, Uganda has experienced high levels of maternal mortality (435 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2006 to 336 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016). The persistence of high levels of maternal mortal...

    Authors: Moses Festo Towongo, Enock Ngome, Kannan Navaneetham and Gobopamang Letamo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:185
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  37. Climate change is seen as the biggest health threat of the twenty-first century. Making outpatient medical practices resilient is therefore crucial to protect vulnerable groups and maintain quality of care. Aw...

    Authors: Nicola Alexandra Litke, Regina Poß-Doering, Valeska Fehrer, Martina Köppen, Stephanie Kümmel, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:184
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  38. The success of collaborative quality improvement (QI) projects in healthcare depends on the context and engagement of health teams; however, the factors that modulate teams’ motivation to participate in these ...

    Authors: Eliane Pereira da Silva, Pedro Jesus Saturno-Hernández, Marise Reis de Freitas and Zenewton André da Silva Gama
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:183
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  39. Critical illness is a state of ill health with vital organ dysfunction, a high risk of imminent death if care is not provided and potential for reversibility. The burden of critical illness is high, especially...

    Authors: Karima Khalid, Carl Otto Schell, Jacquie Oliwa, Mike English, Onesmus Onyango, Jacob Mcknight, Elibariki Mkumbo, Khamis Awadh, John Maiba and Tim Baker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:182
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  40. Local health protection systems play a crucial role in infectious disease prevention and control and were critical to COVID-19 pandemic responses. Despite this vital function, few studies have explored the liv...

    Authors: Suzanne Rotheram, Stephen Clayton, Ian Buchan, Sam Ghebrehewet and Ben Barr
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:181
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  41. Improving screening and triage practices is essential for early severity assessments at the first point of contact and ensuring timely attention by healthcare workers (HCWs). The main objective of this study w...

    Authors: Bipin Adhikari, Lava Shrestha, Manjita Bajracharya, Nishika Aryal, Anuja Rajbhandari, Ramesh K. Maharjan, Santa K. Das, Jyotshna Sapkota, Kevin K. A. Tetteh and Debashish Das
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:180
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  42. Opioid-involved overdose deaths continue to rise in the US, despite availability of highly effective treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD), in part due to the insufficient number of treatment providers. Bar...

    Authors: Amesika N. Nyaku, Erin A. Zerbo, Clement Chen, Nicole Milano, Barbara Johnston, Randall Chadwick, Stephanie Marcello, Kaitlan Baston, Rachel Haroz and Stephen Crystal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:179
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  43. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between strategies to improve care delivery for older adults in ED and evaluation measures of patient outcomes, patient experience, staff exper...

    Authors: Luke Testa, Lieke Richardson, Colleen Cheek, Theresa Hensel, Elizabeth Austin, Mariam Safi, Natália Ransolin, Ann Carrigan, Janet Long, Karen Hutchinson, Magali Goirand, Mia Bierbaum, Felicity Bleckly, Peter Hibbert, Kate Churruca and Robyn Clay-Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:178
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:304

  44. Electronic clinical decision-making support systems (eCDSS) aim to assist clinicians making complex patient management decisions and improve adherence to evidence-based guidelines. Integrated management of Chi...

    Authors: C. Horwood, L. Haskins, S. Mapumulo, C. Connolly, S. Luthuli, C. Jensen, D. Pansegrouw and N. McKerrow
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:177
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  46. This study aimed to identify strategies for the implementation of a guided internet- and mobile-based intervention (IMI) for infant sleep problems (“Sleep Well, Little Sweetheart”) in well-baby and community ment...

    Authors: Filip Drozd, Hege Pettersen Sandtrø, Turid Skjerve Leksbø, Silje Marie Haga, Heidi Jacobsen and Hege Therese Størksen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:175
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  47. Oral health care is essential, and digital training may influence healthcare professionals’ attitudes to and knowledge of oral health. The aim, therefore, was to evaluate the impact on attitudes to and knowled...

    Authors: Maria Snogren, Kristina Ek, Maria Browall, Irene Eriksson and Ulrika Lindmark
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:174
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  48. Qualitative social research has made valuable contributions to understanding technology-based interventions in global health. However, we have little evidence of who is carrying out this research, where, how, ...

    Authors: Janet Perkins, Sarah Nelson, Emma Birley, Emilie Mcswiggan, Marshall Dozier, Anna McCarthy, Nadege Atkins, Eldad Agyei-Manu, Jasmin Rostron, Koichi Kameda, Ann Kelly, Clare Chandler and Alice Street
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:172
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  49. Severe events during the perinatal period can be experienced as traumatic by pregnant women, their partners or others who are closely involved. This includes maternity care providers who can be affected by bei...

    Authors: Marianne Nieuwenhuijze, Patricia Leahy-Warren, Maria Healy, Songül Aktaş, Ruveyde Aydin, Jean Calleja-Agius, Josefina Goberna-Tricas, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Katharina Hartmann, Lena Henriksen, Antje Horsch, Ute Lange, Margaret Murphy, Annabelle Pierron, Rainhild Schäfers, Zada Pajalic…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:171
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  50. Despite efforts to view electronic health records (EHR) data through an equity lens, crucial contextual information regarding patients’ social environments remains limited. Integrating EHR data and Geographic ...

    Authors: Sang S. Pak, Madeline Ratoza and Victor Cheuy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:170
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