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  1. Patient safety culture is defined as a product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of,...

    Authors: Ryosuke Hayashi, Shigeru Fujita, Shuhei Iida, Yoji Nagai, Yoshiko Shimamori and Tomonori Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:310
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  2. Recently arrived culturally and linguistically diverse migrant mothers in Western Industrialised Nations are less likely to access health care and are more likely to report negative healthcare experiences than...

    Authors: Louise Dougherty, Jane Lloyd, Elizabeth Harris, Paula Caffrey and Mark Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:309
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  3. A reasonable allocation of health resources is often characterized by equity and high efficiency. This study aims to evaluate the equity and efficiency of maternal and child health (MCH) resources allocation i...

    Authors: Minyuan Huang, Dan Luo, Zhanghua Wang, Yongmei Cao, Hua Wang, Fengying Bi, Yunxiang Huang and Luxi Yi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:300
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  4. Evaluation of renal replacement therapy with haemodialysis is essential for its improvement. Remarkably, outcomes vary across centres. In addition, the methods used have important epistemological limitations, ...

    Authors: Eduardo Parra, María Dolores Arenas, María José Fernandez-Reyes Luis, Angel Blasco Forcén, Fernando Alvarez-Ude, Juan Aguarón Joven, Alfredo Altuzarra Casas and José María Moreno-Jiménez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:297
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  5. With demographic change, the number of noncommunicable diseases, chronic diseases and multimorbidity is increasing, and so is the demand for health services. This represents a further challenge for the healthc...

    Authors: Simone Richter, Ibrahim Demirer, Kyung-Eun Choi, Johannes Hartrampf, Holger Pfaff and Ute Karbach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:296
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  6. The phased withdrawal of oral polio vaccine (OPV) and the introduction of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) is central to the polio ‘end-game’ strategy.

    Authors: Ignacio Olivera, Carlos Grau, Hugo Dibarboure, Juan Pablo Torres, Gustavo Mieres, Luis Lazarov, Fabián P. Alvarez and Juan Guillermo López Yescas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:295
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  7. Since stroke survivors are increasingly responsible for managing stroke-related changes in their own health and lifestyle, self-management skills are required. In a recent randomised controlled trial a self-ma...

    Authors: Ghislaine A. P. G. van Mastrigt, Mitchel van Eeden, Caroline M. van Heugten, Nienke Tielemans, Vera P. M. Schepers and Silvia M. A. A. Evers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:294
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  8. The Cypriot healthcare system has undergone a number of major transformations since the induction of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Union over 10 years ago. Currently Cyprus is undergoing a major refor...

    Authors: Elena Pallari, George Samoutis and Anthony Rudd
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:293
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  9. Across the United States, sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy rates are alarmingly high among youth. Schools, due to their proximity and access to youth, can increase student access to sex...

    Authors: Emily Leung, Kathryn J. Wanner, Lindsay Senter, Amanda Brown and Dawn Middleton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:292
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  10. Pay for performance (P4P) schemes provide financial incentives to health workers or facilities based on the achievement of pre-specified performance targets and have been widely implemented in health systems a...

    Authors: Roxanne J. Kovacs, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Søren R. Kristensen, Neha Singh and Josephine Borghi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:291
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  11. South Africa’s divided healthcare system is believed to be inequitable as the population serviced by each sector and the treatment received differs while annual healthcare expenditure is similar. The appropria...

    Authors: Candice-lee Herbst, Jacqueline K. Miot, Shirra L. Moch and Paul Ruff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:290
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  12. Patient safety in home healthcare is largely unexplored. No-harm incidents may give valuable information about risk areas and system failures as a source for proactive patient safety work. We hypothesized that...

    Authors: Marléne Lindblad, Maria Unbeck, Lena Nilsson, Kristina Schildmeijer and Mirjam Ekstedt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:289
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  13. The result from the Life After Stroke (LAST) study showed that an 18-month follow up program as part of the primary health care, did not improve maintenance of motor function for stroke survivors. In this stud...

    Authors: Øystein Døhl, Vidar Halsteinli, Torunn Askim, Mari Gunnes, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Bent Indredavik, Birgitta Langhammer, Ailan Phan and Jon Magnussen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:288
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  14. There is a large “treatment gap” for depression worldwide. This study aimed to better understand the treatment gap in rural India by describing health care use and treatment-seeking for depression.

    Authors: Tessa Roberts, Rahul Shidhaye, Vikram Patel and Sujit D. Rathod
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:287
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  15. The incidence and burden of depressive disorders are increasing in South Korea. There are many differences between pharmaceutically treated depression (PTD) and treatment-resistant depression (TRD), including ...

    Authors: Daun Shin, Nam Woo Kim, Min Ji Kim, Sang Jin Rhee, Christopher Hyung Keun Park, Hyeyoung Kim, Bo Ram Yang, Mi-sook Kim, Gum Jee Choi, Minjung Koh and Yong Min Ahn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:286
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  16. Patient Centred Medical Homes (PCMHs), increasingly evidenced to provide high quality primary care, are new to Australia. To learn how this promising new healthcare model works in an Australian setting we expl...

    Authors: Christine Metusela, Tim Usherwood, Kenny Lawson, Lisa Angus, Walter Kmet, Shahana Ferdousi and Jennifer Reath
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:285
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  17. A new movement towards improved postpartum care calls for restructuring how that care is provided. As professional guidelines evolve, understanding how providers prioritize and practice postpartum care can offer ...

    Authors: Tamar Krishnamurti, Hyagriv N. Simhan and Sonya Borrero
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:284
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  18. As the gatekeepers of rural residents’ health, teams of village doctors play a vital role in improving rural residents’ health. However, the high turnover of village doctors, both individually and collectively...

    Authors: Xuewen Zhang, Liyan Bian, Xue Bai, Dezhong Kong, Li Liu, Qing Chen and Ningxiu Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:283
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  19. Nowadays, irrational use of antimicrobials has threatened public health. It’s necessary to expand the use of clinical practice guideline (CPG) on antimicrobial for facilitating the proper use of antimicrobial....

    Authors: Qingwen Deng and Wenbin Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:282
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  20. To improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health service provision in China, the National Health Commission has emphasised that training of all health service managers is essential. However, the implement...

    Authors: Zhanming Liang, Peter Howard, Jian Wang, Min Xu and Mei Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:281
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  21. Nurses are particularly vulnerable to nosocomial tuberculosis (TB) infection because, being in the frontline of healthcare provision, they are frequently exposed to patients with infectious TB disease. Althoug...

    Authors: Patrick Aboh Akande
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:280
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  24. Management, culture and systems for better quality and patient safety in hospitals have been widely studied in Norway. Nursing homes and home care, however have received much less attention. An increasing numb...

    Authors: Terese Johannessen, Eline Ree, Ingunn Aase, Roland Bal and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:277
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  25. Medical-incident reporting (MIR) ensures patient safety and delivery of quality of care by minimizing unintentional harm among health care providers. We explored medical-incident reporting practices, perceived...

    Authors: Turyahabwe Naome, Mwesigwa James, Atuhairwe Christine and Taremwa Ivan Mugisha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:276
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  26. Tanzania has met only 50.1% of the 90% target for diagnosing HIV in children. The country’s pediatric case finding strategy uses global best practices of index testing, provider-initiated counselling and testi...

    Authors: Amon Exavery, John Charles, Erica Kuhlik, Asheri Barankena, Alison Koler, Levina Kikoyo and Elizabeth Jere
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:275
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  27. The “practice makes perfect” concept considers the more frequent a hospital performs a procedure, the better the outcome of the procedure. We aimed to study this concept by investigating whether patient outcom...

    Authors: Cécile Payet, Stéphanie Polazzi, Jean-Christophe Lifante, Eddy Cotte, Daniel Grinberg, Matthew J. Carty, Stéphane Sanchez, Muriel Rabilloud and Antoine Duclos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:274
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  28. Understanding the features of preventive care uptake is critical for assessing the performance and viability of primary care in any healthcare system. There are gaps in previous studies that focused on primary...

    Authors: Joshua N. T. Ofoli, Timi Ashau-Oladipo, Stephen S. Hati, Lile Ati and Victor Ede
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:273
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  29. In highly segmented and complex healthcare organizations social capital is assumed to be of high relevance for the coordination of tasks in healthcare. So far, comprehensively validated instruments on social c...

    Authors: Lena Ansmann, Kira Isabel Hower, Markus Antonius Wirtz, Christoph Kowalski, Nicole Ernstmann, Lorna McKee and Holger Pfaff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:272
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  30. Due to demographic transition, multimorbidity and high numbers of medicinal products, polypharmacy rates will presumably further increase. This could lead to higher risks of potentially inappropriate medicatio...

    Authors: Christina Dornquast, Mirja Dombrowski, Markus Zabel, Stefan N. Willich and Thomas Reinhold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:271
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  31. Accessibility of health care to students with disabilities is a global concern. This is no less important in Ghana, however, to date, no study has been undertaken regarding access to health care to students wi...

    Authors: Eric Abodey, Irene Vanderpuye, Isaac Mensah and Eric Badu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:270
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  32. This study aims to increase understanding of how patient and family education affects the prevention of medical errors, thereby providing basic data for developing educational contents.

    Authors: Yoon-Sook Kim, Hyuo Sun Kim, Hyun Ah. Kim, Jahae Chun, Mi Jeong Kwak, Moon-Sook Kim, Jee-In Hwang and Hyeran Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:269
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  33. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations are an indirect measure of access to primary care. However, the role and quality of primary care might vary by geographical location. The main objective was to assess the...

    Authors: Gregoire Mercier, Vera Georgescu, Elodie Plancque, Claire Duflos, Annick Le Pape and Catherine Quantin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:268
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  34. Intensive care units represent one of the largest clinical cost centers in hospitals. Mechanical ventilation accounts for a significant share of this cost. There is a relative dearth of information quantifying...

    Authors: Klaus Kaier, Thomas Heister, Jan Wolff and Martin Wolkewitz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:267
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  35. In spite of the promotion of institutional delivery in Ethiopia, home delivery is still common primarily in hard-to-reach areas. Institutional delivery supported to achieve the goal of reducing maternal and ne...

    Authors: Asmamaw Ketemaw, Minale Tareke, Endalkachew Dellie, Getachew Sitotaw, Yonas Deressa, Getasew Tadesse, Desta Debalkie, Mesafinet Ewunetu, Yibeltal Alemu and Daniel Debebe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:266
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  36. Institutional delivery is a delivery that takes place at any medical facility staffed by skilled delivery assistance. It is estimated that using institutional delivery could reduce 16 to 33% of maternal deaths...

    Authors: Metsehet Yoseph, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Fantahun Ayenew Mekonnen, Mekonnen Sisay and Kedir Abdela Gonete
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:265
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  37. In Ethiopia, neonatal mortality accounts for approximately 54% of under-five deaths with the majority of these deaths driven by infections. Possible Severe Bacterial Infection (PSBI) in neonates is a syndromic...

    Authors: Meron D. Asfaha, Dawn L. Comeau, Sydney A. Spangler, Brandon L. Spratt, Lamesgin Alamineh, Abebe G. Gobezayehu and John N. Cranmer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:264
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  38. Under a constrained health care budget, cost-increasing technologies may displace funds from existing health services. However, it is unknown what services are displaced and how such displacement takes place i...

    Authors: Joost Johan Godert Wammes, Geert Frederix, Paulien Govaert, Domino Determann, Silvia Evers, Aggie Paulus, Niek Stadhouders, Patrick Jeurissen, Wija Oortwijn and Eddy M. M. Adang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:263
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  39. Standard monitoring during anaesthesia is a core element of patient safety and practice of safe anesthesia has reduced morbidity and mortality worldwide. The main objective of this study was to assess the prac...

    Authors: Furaha Nzanzu Blaise Pascal, Paulin Kambale Musavuli, Joel Kambale Ketha, Franck Katembo Sikakulya, Andreas Barratt-Due, Thomas Castner and Gregor Pollach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:262
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  40. There is accumulating evidence for the value of collective and shared approaches to leadership. However, relatively little research has explored collective leadership in healthcare and thus, there is a lack un...

    Authors: Aoife De Brún and Eilish McAuliffe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:261
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  41. Individuals with whiplash associated disorder (WAD) frequently experience neck pain in addition to other physical, psychological and social symptoms. Consequently, treatment is sought from a variety of health ...

    Authors: Carrie Ritchie, Ashley Smith and Michele Sterling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:260
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  42. Falls and fall-related injuries are a foremost health concern among older adults aged 60 years and above. Fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) use by older adults is one related cause of falling, and it is frequ...

    Authors: Wuraola Akande-Sholabi, Francis S. Ogundipe and Rasaq Adisa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:259
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  43. Public health resources are limited and best used for effective programs. This study explores associations of mis-implementation in public health (ending effective programs or continuing ineffective programs) ...

    Authors: Peg Allen, Rebekah R. Jacob, Renee G. Parks, Stephanie Mazzucca, Hengrui Hu, Mackenzie Robinson, Maureen Dobbins, Debra Dekker, Margaret Padek and Ross C. Brownson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:258
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  44. Although some advances have been made in recent years, the lack of measures remains a major challenge in the field of implementation research. This results in frequent adaptation of implementation measures for...

    Authors: Justin D. Smith, Miriam R. Rafferty, Allen W. Heinemann, Mariah K. Meachum, Juan Villamar, Richard L. Lieber and C. Hendricks Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:257
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  45. The Aortic Valve Replacement Readmission (AVRre) randomized control trial tested whether a telephone intervention would reduce hospital readmissions following surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). The tele...

    Authors: Stein Ove Danielsen, Philip Moons, Marit Leegaard, Svein Solheim, Theis Tønnessen and Irene Lie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:256
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  46. To help promote a flexible and sustainable workforce in dentistry, it is necessary to access accurate and timely data about the structure and nature of the evolving dental team. This paper considers the result...

    Authors: Richard D. Holmes, Bryan Burford and Gillian Vance
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:255
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  47. One in nine emergency department (ED) visits in Canada are caused by adverse drug events, the unintended and harmful effects of medication use. Medication reviews by clinical pharmacists are interventions desi...

    Authors: Sophie A. Kitchen, Kimberlyn McGrail, Maeve E. Wickham, Michael R. Law and Corinne M. Hohl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:254
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  48. Workplace violence against healthcare workers is a global issue that is on the rise, with Chinese healthcare workers facing growing challenges with hospital violence. Attacks on medical staff have increased in...

    Authors: Yuxian Du, Wenxin Wang, David J. Washburn, Shinduk Lee, Samuel D. Towne Jr, Hao Zhang and Jay E. Maddock
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:253
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  49. Breast cancer (BC) and related treatment are associated with the risk of developing a wide range of persistent disabling impairments. Despite extensive research in the field and an enhanced focus on BC rehabil...

    Authors: Ulrika Olsson Möller, Ing-Marie Olsson, Katarina Sjövall, Ingela Beck, Lisa Rydén and Marlene Malmström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:252
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  50. Despite attempts to improve universal health coverage (UHC) in low income countries like Nepal, most healthcare utilization is still financed by out-of-pocket (OOP) payments, with detrimental effects on the po...

    Authors: Selina Rajan, Sujit D. Rathod, Nagendra P. Luitel, Adrianna Murphy, Tessa Roberts and Mark J. D. Jordans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:250
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