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  1. Documented rates of dementia and cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND) in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples is 3–5 times higher than the rest of the population, and current evidence sugges...

    Authors: Kate Bradley, Robyn Smith, Jo-anne Hughson, David Atkinson, Dawn Bessarab, Leon Flicker, Kylie Radford, Kate Smith, Edward Strivens, Sandra Thompson, Irene Blackberry and Dina LoGiudice
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:208
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  2. The International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anesthesia (ISSPA) were developed on behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists and the World Health Organization. It has been recommen...

    Authors: Kun-ming Tao, Sann Sokha and Hong-bin Yuan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:204
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  3. DOLCE (Improving Decision making On Location of Care with the frail Elderly and their caregivers) was a post-intervention clustered randomised trial (cRT) to assess the effect of training home care teams on in...

    Authors: Rhéda Adekpedjou, Julie Haesebaert, Dawn Stacey, Nathalie Brière, Adriana Freitas, Louis-Paul Rivest and France Légaré
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:203
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  4. Chronic disease is a leading cause of death globally, where inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption and inadequate physical activity are consistently implicated as key contributing risk factors for such dis...

    Authors: Jacqueline M. Bailey, Tara L. Clinton-McHarg, Paula M. Wye, John H. Wiggers, Kate M. Bartlem and Jennifer A. Bowman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:201
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  5. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) negatively impacts the wellbeing of girls and women throughout their lifecycle. In Somalia, FGM/C prevalence is nearly universal (98%) among females aged 15–49 years, ...

    Authors: Mohamed Yussuf, Dennis J. Matanda and Richard A. Powell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:200
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  6. Involving family members in disease management is vital to people with type 2 diabetes. New innovations that support family members’ involvement can help both the person with type 2 diabetes and the relatives ...

    Authors: Tue Helms Andersen and Dan Grabowski
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:198
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  7. Despite the significant variability in the role and integration of midwifery across provincial and territorial health systems, there has been limited scholarly inquiry into whether, how and under what conditio...

    Authors: Cristina A. Mattison, John N. Lavis, Eileen K. Hutton, Michelle L. Dion and Michael G. Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:197
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  8. Large health inequalities exist in the Netherlands among individuals with a high compared to a low socioeconomic position. Worksite health promotion interventions are considered promising to reduce these inequ...

    Authors: Hanneke van Heijster, Jantien van Berkel, Tineke Abma, Cécile R. L. Boot and Emely de Vet
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:196
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  9. The main objectives of this study were as follows: (1) evaluate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among doctors, (2) establish associations with demographic factors in China, and (3) examine the mediating rol...

    Authors: Shu’e Zhang, Jinghui Wang, Fengzhe Xie, Dong Yin, Yu Shi, Min Zhang, Hongyan Yin, Fujun Li, Libin Yang, Depin Cao and Tao Sun
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:193
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  10. In low-income countries such as Zambia, where maternal mortality rates are persistently high, maternity waiting homes (MWHs) represent one potential strategy to improve access to safe delivery, especially for ...

    Authors: Elizabeth G. Henry, Thandiwe Ngoma, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Rachel M. Fong, Taryn Vian, Davidson H. Hamer, Peter C. Rockers, Godfrey Biemba and Nancy A. Scott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:191
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  12. Perinatal depression is a prevalent public health concern. Although preventive interventions exist, there is limited literature on the acceptability and appropriateness of these interventions, especially those...

    Authors: Alicia Diebold, Melissa Segovia, Jessica K. Johnson, Aria Degillio, Dana Zakieh, Hee Jin Park, Kenneth Lim and S. Darius Tandon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:189
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  14. People with young-onset dementia (YOD) can often struggle getting the right treatment. This is because of their frequently different characteristics and needs compared to people with late-onset dementia. The a...

    Authors: Clarissa Giebel, Cassie Eastham, Jacqueline Cannon, John Wilson, Janet Wilson and Anna Pearson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:187
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  15. Determining the optimal number of hospital beds is a complex and challenging endeavor and requires models and techniques which are sensitive to the multi-level, uncertain, and dynamic variables involved. This ...

    Authors: Hamid Ravaghi, Saeide Alidoost, Russell Mannion and Victoria D. Bélorgeot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:186
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  16. Due to increasing bacterial resistance rates choosing a correct empiric antibiotic therapy is getting more and more complex. Often medical doctors use information tools to make the right treatment choice.

    Authors: M. Neugebauer, M. Ebert and R. Vogelmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:185
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  17. The objectives of the study reported in this paper were: (a) to score the coverage of core NCD population-based interventions and individual services in Mauritius; (b) to analyse and score the presence of 15 c...

    Authors: Laurent Musango, Maryam Timol, Premduth Burhoo, Faisal Shaikh, Philippe Donnen and Joses Muthuri Kirigia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:184
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  18. Classical homocystinuria (HCU), an inborn error of homocysteine metabolism, has previously been estimated to affect approximately 1 in 100,000–200,000 people in the United States (US). HCU is poorly detected b...

    Authors: Marcia Sellos-Moura, Frank Glavin, David Lapidus, Kristin Evans, Carolyn R. Lew and Debra E. Irwin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:183
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  19. Competing priorities in health systems necessitate difficult choices on which health actions and investments to fund: decisions that are complex, value-based, and highly political. In light of the centrality o...

    Authors: Tessa Oraro-Lawrence and Kaspar Wyss
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:182
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  20. The Informative System of Nursing Performance was developed to measure complexity of nursing care based on the actual interventions performed by nurses at the point of care. The association of this score with ...

    Authors: Davide Ausili, Davide Paolo Bernasconi, Paola Rebora, Lucia Prestini, Giorgio Beretta, Laura Ferraioli, Anna Cazzaniga, Maria Grazia Valsecchi and Stefania Di Mauro
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:181
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  21. Results-Based Financing (RBF) has proliferated in the health sectors of low and middle income countries, especially those which are fragile or conflict-affected, and has been presented by some as a way of refo...

    Authors: Sophie Witter, Yotamu Chirwa, Pamela Chandiwana, Shungu Munyati, Mildred Pepukai, Maria Paola Bertone and Steve Banda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:180
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  22. District- and county-level maternal and child health hospitals (MCHHs) are positioned to provide primary maternal and child healthcare in rural and urban areas of China. Their efficiencies and productivity lar...

    Authors: Tao Zhang, Wei Lu and Hongbing Tao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:179
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  23. Patients’ understanding of the hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been linked to better diabetes care outcomes (glycemic control, self-care). This is concerning given low documented rates of HbA1c understanding. In this ...

    Authors: Anjali Gopalan, Leah Suttner, Andrea B. Troxel, Kevin McDonough and Marilyn M. Schapira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:178
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  24. Published methods to describe and visualize Care Trajectories (CTs) as patterns of healthcare use are very sparse, often incomplete, and not intuitive for non-experts.

    Authors: Alain Vanasse, Josiane Courteau, Mireille Courteau, Mike Benigeri, Yohann M. Chiu, Isabelle Dufour, Simon Couillard, Pierre Larivée and Catherine Hudon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:177
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  25. Nursing resources can have a protective effect on patient outcomes, but nurses and nursing scope of practice have not been studied in relation to injury outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine wheth...

    Authors: Kristen R. Choi, Sae Takada, Altaf Saadi, Molly C. Easterlin, Liza S. Buchbinder, Shaw Natsui and Frederick J. Zimmerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:176
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  26. Cancer control programs have added patient navigation to improve effectiveness in underserved populations, but research has yielded mixed results about their impact on patient satisfaction. This study focuses ...

    Authors: Russell K. Schutt and Mary Lou Woodford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:175
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  27. Many health professions learners report feeling uncomfortable and underprepared for professional interactions with inner city populations. These learners may hold preconceptions which affect therapeutic relati...

    Authors: Mark McKinney, Katherine E. Smith, Kathryn A. Dong, Oksana Babenko, Shelley Ross, Martina A. Kelly and Ginetta Salvalaggio
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:174
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  28. The UK has experienced significant immigration from Eastern Europe following European Union (EU) expansion in 2004, which raises the importance of equity and equality for the recent immigrants. Previous resear...

    Authors: Viet-Hai Phung, Zahid Asghar, Milika Matiti and A. Niroshan Siriwardena
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:173
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  29. This study presents a way for health services to improve service access for hardly reached people through an exploration of how staff can find and collaborate with citizens (referred to as connectors) who span...

    Authors: Carolyn Wallace, Jane Farmer, Carolynne White and Anthony McCosker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:172
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  30. The objective of this paper is to identify the key conditions that positively affect the use of e-health services in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. CEE countries after the political and economic trans...

    Authors: Marek Ćwiklicki, Francesco Schiavone, Jacek Klich and Kamila Pilch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:171
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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. Weekend admission to the hospital has been found to be associated with higher in-hospital mortality rates, but the cause for this phenomenon remains controversial. US based studies have been limited in their c...

    Authors: Eric Bressman, John C. Rowland, Vinh-tung Nguyen and Beth G. Raucher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:169
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  33. In Canada, access to palliative care is a growing concern, particularly in rural communities. These communities have constrained health care services and accessing local palliative care can be challenging. The...

    Authors: Nadine Schuurman, Michael E. Martin, Valorie A. Crooks and Ellen Randall
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:168
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  34. Building an equitable health care system involves both the promotion of social justice in health and people’s subjective perception of the promotion. This study aimed to analyze the overall status and associat...

    Authors: Hui Lv, Jianqin Gu, Xiangdong Yuan and Yudong Miao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:167
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  35. The look-back period is needed to define baseline population for estimating incidence. However, short look-back period is known to overestimate incidence of diseases misclassifying prevalent cases to incident ...

    Authors: Mira Kim, Kyung-Hee Chae, Youn-Jee Chung, HyeJin Hwang, MinKyung Lee, Hyun-Kyung Kim, Hyun-Hee Cho, Mee-Ran Kim, Chai-Young Jung and Sukil Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:166
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  36. Facilitation is a key strategy that may contribute to successful implementation of healthcare innovations. In blended facilitation, external facilitators (EFs) guide and support internal facilitators (IFs) in ...

    Authors: Samantha L. Connolly, Jennifer L. Sullivan, Mona J. Ritchie, Bo Kim, Christopher J. Miller and Mark S. Bauer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:165
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  37. While interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral collaboration promotes the effectiveness of rehabilitation programmes for persons with low back pain, challenges remain for this process. Few studies have explored chall...

    Authors: Lisbeth Petersen, Regner Birkelund and Berit Schiøttz-Christensen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:164
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  38. Traditional nurse call systems used in residential care facilities rely on patients to summon assistance for routine or emergency needs. Wireless nurse call systems (WNCS) offer new affordances for persons una...

    Authors: Janne Dugstad, Vibeke Sundling, Etty R. Nilsen and Hilde Eide
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:163
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  39. Many high burden countries are scaling-up GeneXpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert) testing for tuberculosis (TB) using a hub-and-spoke model. However, the effect of scale up on reducing TB has been limited. We sought to cha...

    Authors: Talemwa Nalugwa, Priya B. Shete, Mariam Nantale, Katherine Farr, Christopher Ojok, Emma Ochom, Frank Mugabe, Moses Joloba, David W. Dowdy, David A. J. Moore, J. Lucian Davis, Adithya Cattamanchi and Achilles Katamba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:162
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  40. Some patients admitted to acute care hospital require supportive services after discharge. The objective of our review was to identify models and variables that predict the need for supportive services after d...

    Authors: Daniel M. Kobewka, Sunita Mulpuru, Michaël Chassé, Kednapa Thavorn, Luke T. Lavallée, Shane W. English, Benjamin Neilipovitz, Jonathan Neilipovitz, Alan J. Forster and Daniel I. McIsaac
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:161
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  41. Transplant recipients are chronically ill patients, who require lifelong follow-up to manage co-morbidities and prevent graft loss. This necessitates a system of care that is congruent with the Chronic Care Mo...

    Authors: Katia Iglesias, Sabina De Geest, Lut Berben, Fabienne Dobbels, Kris Denhaerynk, L. Cynthia Russell, Remon Helmy and Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:160
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  43. The association between patient satisfaction and survey response is only partly understood. In this study, we describe the association between average satisfaction and survey response rate across hospital surv...

    Authors: Thomas V. Perneger, Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux and Christophe Combescure
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:158
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  44. 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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  45. Residents have to learn to provide high value, cost-conscious care (HVCCC) to counter the trend of excessive healthcare costs. Their learning is impacted by individuals from different stakeholder groups within...

    Authors: Serge B. R. Mordang, Karen D. Könings, Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, Aggie T. G. Paulus, Frank W. J. M. Smeenk and Laurents P. S. Stassen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:156
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  46. In increasingly constrained healthcare budgets worldwide, efforts to improve quality and reduce costs are vital. Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QICs) are often used in healthcare settings to implement pro...

    Authors: Lenore de la Perrelle, Gorjana Radisic, Monica Cations, Billingsley Kaambwa, Gaery Barbery and Kate Laver
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:155
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  47. Electrolyte imbalances (EI) are common among patients. Many patients have repeated hospitalizations with the same EI without being investigated and treated. We established an electrolyte outpatient clinic (EOC...

    Authors: Kiarash Tazmini and Anette Hylen Ranhoff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:154
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  48. Antibiotics are often prescribed inappropriately to patients with upper respiratory infection (URI) in ambulatory care settings; however, the economic burden of such prescription has not been quantitatively as...

    Authors: Shinya Tsuzuki, Yuki Kimura, Masahiro Ishikane, Yoshiki Kusama and Norio Ohmagari
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:153
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  49. Delirium is a frequent diagnosis made by Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (CLP). Numerous studies have demonstrated misdiagnosis prior to referral to CLP. Few studies have considered the factors underlying misd...

    Authors: Catherine Hercus and Abdul-Rahman Hudaib
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:151
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  50. In-hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) occur commonly and are associated with poor survival and variable outcomes. This study aimed to directly survey IHCA responders to understand their perceptions of resuscitati...

    Authors: Samyukta Mullangi, Rohan Bhandari, Porama Thanaporn, Mary Christensen, Steven Kronick and Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:145
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