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  1. The optimal method to collect accurate healthcare utilisation data in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not well established. The aim of this study was to determine feasibility and co...

    Authors: Chantal L. Grimwood, Anne E. Holland, Christine F. McDonald, Ajay Mahal, Catherine J. Hill, Annemarie L. Lee, Narelle S. Cox, Rosemary Moore, Caroline Nicolson, Paul O’Halloran, Aroub Lahham, Rebecca Gillies and Angela T. Burge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1061
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  2. The mechanisms through which the relationships among public institutions, private providers and families affect care and service provision systems are puzzling. How can we understand the mechanisms in these co...

    Authors: Francesco Longo, Elisabetta Notarnicola and Stefano Tasselli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:152
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  3. Enhancing non-clinical home care supports and services for older adults to live well is a strategic priority in developed countries, including Canada. Underpinning these supports and services are structures of...

    Authors: Janice M. Keefe, Laura Funk, Lucy Knight, Michelle Lobchuk, Marilyn Macdonald, Lori Mitchell, Julie Rempel, Grace Warner and Susan Stevens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:535
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  4. Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common disease that can cause multiple organ damage in the whole body. Our aim was to use machine learning (ML) to build an independent polysomnography (P...

    Authors: Shanshan Ge, Kainan Wu, Shuhui Li, Ruiling Li and Caizheng Yang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:706
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  5. A major component of emergency medical care is blood. The Gaza Strip has faced repeated wars over the last few years, emphasizing the importance of blood donation even more. This study aims to assess medical s...

    Authors: Muath Alsarafandi, Abd Al-Karim Sammour, Younis Elijla, Belal Aldabbour, Deema Muhaisen, Heba Abu Shiha, Abdalmajid Alasttal, Nour Dalloul and Anas Abuhaiba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1333
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  6. In 2020, the European Medicines Agency approved infliximab subcutaneous (SC) for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. This new mode of infliximab administration will reduce outpatient visits and costs ...

    Authors: Hyun Kyeong Yoo, Han Geul Byun, Flavio Caprioli, Mathurin Fumery, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Subramanian Sreedhar, James Potter and Minyoung Jang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1319
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  7. This study aimed to assess health facilities’ readiness to provide safe surgical care during Ebola and COVID-19 era in Uganda and in the Eastern DR Congo.

    Authors: Franck Katembo Sikakulya, Robinson Ssebuufu, Albert Ahuka Ona Longombe, Xaviour Francis Okedi, Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu, Moise Muhindo Valimungighe, Furaha Nzanzu Blaise Pascal, Bienfait Mumbere Vahwere, Simon Binezero Mambo, Yusuf Mulumba, Anderson Muhindo Muhasa Muyisa, Fatuma Djuma Sonia, John Sekabira, Jane O. Fualal and Patrick Kyamanywa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:831
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  8. To foster access to care and reduce the burden of health expenditures on people living with HIV (PLHIV), several sub-Saharan African countries, including Cameroon, have adopted a policy of removing HIV-related...

    Authors: Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah, Marie Libérée Nishimwe, Christopher Kuaban and Sylvie Boyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:313
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Several studies have found a so-called weekend effect that patients admitted at the weekends had worse clinical outcomes than patients admitted at the weekdays. We performed this retrospective cohort study to ...

    Authors: Chao-Lun Lai, Raymond Nien-Chen Kuo, Ting-Chuan Wang and K. Arnold Chan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:528
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  10. Due to the multifaceted aspect of child malnutrition, a comprehensive approach, taking social factors into account, has been frequently recommended in health literature. The Alma-Ata declaration explicitly out...

    Authors: Sara Javanparast, John Coveney and Udoy Saikia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:36
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  11. The aim of this study is to address the difficulties encountered by public health workers in the early and middle stages of their efforts to combat COVID-19, compare the gaps among different types of instituti...

    Authors: Zhicheng Du, Hua You, Huan Zhou, Xiaohui Wang, Jingdong Xu, Yan Li, Shan Li, Lina Ma, Jing Gu and Yuantao Hao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:656
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  12. Medications to treat and prevent chronic disease have substantially reduced morbidity and mortality; however, their diffusion has been uneven. Little is known about prescribing of chronic disease medications b...

    Authors: Zachary A. Marcum, Johanna E. Bellon, Jie Li, Walid F. Gellad and Julie M. Donohue
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:312
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  13. Strong cultures of workplace safety and patient safety are both critical for advancing safety in healthcare and eliminating harm to both the healthcare workforce and patients. However, there is currently minim...

    Authors: Brandon Hesgrove, Katarzyna Zebrak, Naomi Yount, Joann Sorra and Caren Ginsberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:568
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  14. Super-utilizers represent approximately 5% of the population in the United States (U.S.) and yet they are responsible for over 50% of healthcare expenditures. Using characteristics of hospital service areas (H...

    Authors: Iben M. Ricket, Todd A. MacKenzie, Jennifer A. Emond, Kusum L. Ailawadi and Jeremiah R. Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:847
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  15. Currently, the detection rates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (MRCoNS) in the blood cultures of neonates with sepsis exceed the national av...

    Authors: Linjun Xie, Leyun Ding, Lian Tang, Zuming Yang, Dan Wu, Wenjuan Wang, Juehui Mao, Lu Shi, Chun Liu, Lufen Duan, Jinhui Xu, Qin Zhou, Jiantong Sun and Xinyuan Ding
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:771
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  16. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, perpetrators and factors associated with workplace violence against nurses in public secondary health care facilities from two health regions in the Gambia.

    Authors: Ebrima J. Sisawo, Saide Yacine Y. Arsène Ouédraogo and Song-Lih Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:311
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  17. Influenced by governmental measures, collaboration in oral health care practices in the Netherlands has increased in recent decades. Previous studies on this subject have mainly concerned the composition of th...

    Authors: Joost C. L. den Boer, Brigitte A. F. M. van Dam, Wil J. M. van der Sanden and Josef J. M. Bruers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:501
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  18. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with adverse health effects and increased healthcare utilization. Systems-level interventions have been shown to be effective in identifying and referring survivor...

    Authors: Cari Jo Clark, Martha Wetzel, Lynette M. Renner and Mary E. Logeais
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:479
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  19. Public assistance programs aim to prevent financial poverty by guaranteeing a minimum income for basic needs, including medical care. However, time poverty also matters, especially in the medical care adherenc...

    Authors: Daisuke Nishioka, Junko Saito, Keiko Ueno and Naoki Kondo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1084
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  20. The restrictions introduced to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus have also had a direct impact on people with chronic diseases and especially on diseases to which lifestyles are relevant in their control a...

    Authors: Liliana Mahuela, Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez, Ana Lear-Claveras, Fátima Méndez-López, Mario Samper-Pardo, Sandra León-Herrera, Rosa Magallón-Botaya and María Antonia Sánchez-Calavera
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1364
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  21. Technology is increasingly transforming the way we interact with others and undertake activities in our daily lives. The healthcare setting has, however, not yet realised the potential of technology solutions ...

    Authors: Kim E. Alexander, Theodora Ogle, Hana Hoberg, Libbie Linley and Natalie Bradford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:141
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  22. Risk stratification is the cornerstone in managing patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes (NSTE-ACS) and can attenuate the unjustified variability in treatment and guide the intervention decis...

    Authors: Zainab Atiyah Dakhil and Hasan Ali Farhan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1015
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The PAGE-B score (Platelet Age GEnder–HBV) selects chronic hepatitis B (cHB) patients showing no relevant 5-year risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We, therefore, explored potential cost reduction follow...

    Authors: Martin F. Sprinzl, Christina Feist, Sandra Koch, Wolfgang M. Kremer, Karl J. Lackner, Arndt Weinmann and Peter R. Galle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:846
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  24. A single-item measure of self-rated mental health (SRMH) is being used increasingly in health research and population health surveys. The item asks respondents to rate their mental health on a five-point scale...

    Authors: Farah Ahmad, Anuroop K Jhajj, Donna E Stewart, Madeline Burghardt and Arlene S Bierman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:398
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  25. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased insurance coverage for people with HIV (PWH) in the United States. To inform health policy, it is useful to investigate how enrollment through ACA Exchanges, deducti...

    Authors: Derek D. Satre, Sujaya Parthasarathy, Michael J. Silverberg, Michael Horberg, Kelly C. Young-Wolff, Emily C. Williams, Paul Volberding and Cynthia I. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1030
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  26. Unemployed people with mental health problems often do not use mental health services and therefore do not benefit from available therapies. As unemployed individuals outside the healthcare system are a hard-t...

    Authors: Tobias Staiger, Tamara Waldmann, Nicolas Rüsch and Silvia Krumm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:39
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  27. Bangladesh outperforms its Least Developed Country (LDC) status on a range of health measures including life expectancy. Its frontline medical practitioners, however, are not formally trained medical professio...

    Authors: Olav Muurlink, Nazim Uzzaman, Rhonda J Boorman, Sarah Binte Kibria, Talitha Best and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:964
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  28. Psychological theories of behaviour may provide a framework to guide the design of interventions to change professional behaviour. Behaviour change interventions, designed using psychological theory and target...

    Authors: Susan Hrisos, Martin Eccles, Marie Johnston, Jill Francis, Eileen FS Kaner, Nick Steen and Jeremy Grimshaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:10
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  29. One of the effective indicators for determining the efficiency and optimal use of hospital resources is the length of stay (LOS). This study aimed to determine the patients’ length of stay and the factors affe...

    Authors: Tayebeh Baniasadi, Kobra Kahnouji, Nasrin Davaridolatabadi and Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:949
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  30. Respiratory diseases represent a significant burden in primary care. Determining the temporal variation of the overall burden of respiratory diseases on the health care system and their potential causes are ke...

    Authors: Rahim Moineddin, Jason X Nie, Gabrielle Domb, Alan M Leong and Ross EG Upshur
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:160
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Episodes of Emergency Department (ED) service use among older adults previously have not been constructed, or evaluated as multi-dimensional phenomena. In this study, we constructed episodes of ED service use ...

    Authors: Brian Kaskie, Maksym Obrizan, Elizabeth A Cook, Michael P Jones, Li Liu, Suzanne Bentler, Robert B Wallace, John F Geweke, Kara B Wright, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Gary E Rosenthal and Fredric D Wolinsky,
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:173
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. In order to assist health service planning, understanding factors that influence higher trauma treatment costs is essential. The majority of trauma costing research reports the cost of trauma from the perspect...

    Authors: Lynsey Willenberg, Kate Curtis, Colman Taylor, Stephen Jan, Parisa Glass and John Myburgh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:267
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. The histological diagnosis of prostate cancer requires a prostate needle biopsy. Little is known about the relationship between information provided to prepare men for transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy (TRU...

    Authors: Julia Wade, Derek J Rosario, Joanne Howson, Kerry N L Avery, C Elizabeth Salter, M Louise Goodwin, Jane M Blazeby, J Athene Lane, Chris Metcalfe, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy and Jenny L Donovan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:80
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. Norwegian municipalities had diverse strategies for handling tasks related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency primary health care services were involved to different extents. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: Vivian Midtbø, Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen and Steinar Hunskaar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:479
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  37. The economic burden of type 2 diabetes has not been adequately investigated in many low- and lower middle-income countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-of-illness of ty...

    Authors: Afsana Afroz, Khurshid Alam, Liaquat Ali, Afsana Karim, Mohammed J. Alramadan, Samira Humaira Habib, Dianna J. Magliano and Baki Billah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:601
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Rural hospitals face unique challenges to adopting Enhanced Recovery protocols after colorectal surgical procedures. There are few examples of successful implementation in the United States, and fewer yet of p...

    Authors: Levi Smucker, Jennifer Victory, Melissa Scribani, Luis Oceguera and Raul Monzon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1120
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. International guidelines recommend patient education as an essential component of optimal asthma management. Since 1990 hospital-based asthma education centres (AECs) have been established in Ontario, Canada. ...

    Authors: Nancy J Garvey, Therese A Stukel, Jun Guan, Yan Lu, Phillip T Bwititi and Astrid Guttmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:561
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  40. VISION 2020 is a global initiative launched in 1999 to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. The objective of this study was to undertake a situation analysis of the Zambian eye health system and assess VISIO...

    Authors: Fiammetta Maria Bozzani, Ulla Kou Griffiths, Karl Blanchet and Elena Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:94
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Cancer diagnosis is known to affect the family; however, administrative claims data are not commonly used to evaluate the broader impact of cancer diagnosis. This study was designed to evaluate the feasibility...

    Authors: Lisa M Hess, Siew Hoong Wong-Jacobson and Patrick M Peterson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:894
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  42. Using the example of secondary prophylaxis of myocardial infarction (MI), our aim was to establish a framework for assessing cost consequences of compliance with clinical guidelines; thereby taking cost trajec...

    Authors: Viktor von Wyl, Agne Ulyte, Wenjia Wei, Dragana Radovanovic, Oliver Grübner, Beat Brüngger, Caroline Bähler, Eva Blozik, Holger Dressel and Matthias Schwenkglenks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1125
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. In the past fifteen years there has been a wave of closures of small maternity services in Canada and other developed nations which results in the need for rural parturient women to travel to access care. The ...

    Authors: Stefan Grzybowski, Kathrin Stoll and Jude Kornelsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:147
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Elderly patients with multiple health problems often experience disease complications and functional failure, resulting in a need for health care across different health care systems during care trajectory. Th...

    Authors: Marianne Kumlin, Geir Vegar Berg, Kari Kvigne and Ragnhild Hellesø
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:595
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Psychiatric pharmaceutical care is the provision of pharmaceutical care services to patients with psychiatric related illnesses or disorders. Several studies have demonstrated the positive influence psychiatri...

    Authors: Aya Ahmed Abousheishaa, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Hasniza Zaman Huri, Siti Fatimah Binti Kamis, Hafizah Hamidi, Wei Chern Ang, Zainol Akbar bin Zainal, Noorasyikin Shamsuddin and Ng Chong Guan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:321
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. UK service structure necessitates a transition out of youth services at a time of increased risk for the development and onset of mental disorders. Little is currently known about the mental health and psychos...

    Authors: Jessica Memarzia, Michelle C St Clair, Matt Owens, Ian M Goodyer and Valerie J Dunn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:185
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. At least 3% of children spend some of their childhood in public care and, as a group, have poor outcomes across a range of education, employment, health and social care outcomes. Research, using social care or...

    Authors: Douglas E Simkiss, Nicholas J Spencer, Nigel Stallard and Margaret Thorogood
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:65
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. COVID-19 isolated home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD) from home care services, respite care, and daytime activities. We aimed to investigate the consequences of these restrictions on informal (family, fri...

    Authors: Maarja Vislapuu, Renira C. Angeles, Line I. Berge, Egil Kjerstad, Marie H. Gedde and Bettina S. Husebo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1003
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  49. There is emerging evidence that context is important for successful transfer of research knowledge into health care practice. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) is a Canadian developed research-based instrument th...

    Authors: Ann Catrine Eldh, Anna Ehrenberg, Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks and Lars Wallin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:68
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  50. For people with Type 2 diabetes (T2D), lifestyle changes may be the most effective intervention. Online groups for people with diabetes holds a great potential to support such changes. However, little is known...

    Authors: Anne Helen Hansen, Silje C. Wangberg and Eirik Årsand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:688
    Content type: Research Published on:
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