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  1. The study took place between January 2011 and April 2014 in the Chandpur and Comilla districts of ... We introduced the international MCCD to all study hospitals. Trained project physicians assigned an underlying...

    Authors: Riley H. Hazard, Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Tim Adair, Adnan Ansar, A. M. Quaiyum Rahman, Saidul Alam, Nurul Alam, Rasika Rampatige, Peter Kim Streatfield, Ian Douglas Riley and Alan D. Lopez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:688
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  2. Proper home medication management plays a role in improving medication adherence, preserving drug efficacy and ensuring safe medication practices, which is crucial to establish positive treatment outcomes. How...

    Authors: Christine Li Ling Lau, Cheah Yen Hor, Siew Ting Ong, Muhammad Fadhlullah Roslan, Xin Yi Beh, Dashnilatha Permal and Shamini Rama
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:726
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  3. Family doctors, serving as gatekeepers, are the core of primary health care to meet basic health needs, provide accessible care, and improve attainable health. The study objective was to evaluate the impact of...

    Authors: Luying Zhang, Peng Zhang and Wen Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:454
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  4. In a robust health care system, at least 80% of a country’s population should be able to access a district hospital that provides surgical care within 2 hours. The objective was to identify the proportion of t...

    Authors: Kathryn M. Chu, Angela J. Dell, Harry Moultrie, Candy Day, Megan Naidoo, Stephanie van Straten and Sarah Rayne
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:744
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  5. The first phase of an enterprise risk management (ERM) program is the identification of risks. Accurate identification is essential to a proactive and effective ERM function. The authors identified a lack of s...

    Authors: Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Veronique Grenon, Ming Lu, Ricardo Bertoglio Cardoso, Joana Siqueira de Souza, Francisco José Kliemann Neto and Elaine Aparecida Felix
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:578
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  6. Because of critical shortage of physician anaesthesiologists, the government of Tanzania adopted a task shifting strategy for provision of anaesthesia services. This paper describes the results of an operation...

    Authors: E. Kweyamba, AS Nyamtema, JC LeBlanc, A. Shayo, RB George, H. Scott, O. Kilume, J. Bulemela, Z. Abel and G. Mtey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1001
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  7. The relationship between healthcare system inputs (e.g., human resources and infrastructure) and mortality has been extensively studied. However, the association between healthcare system inputs and patient-re...

    Authors: Liesbet Van Bulck, Eva Goossens, Koen Luyckx, Silke Apers, Erwin Oechslin, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A. Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L. Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C. Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:496
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  8. Adverse drug events (ADEs) that occur during hospitalization are an ongoing medical concern. Systematic strategies for ADE identification are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential to ide...

    Authors: Nils Kuklik, Jürgen Stausberg, Marjan Amiri and Karl-Heinz Jöckel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:555
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  9. Stomach cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in Japan. The objectives of this study were to estimate and project the economic burden associated with stomach cancer in Japan, and to identify the...

    Authors: Kayoko Haga, Kunichika Matsumoto, Takefumi Kitazawa, Kanako Seto, Shigeru Fujita and Tomonori Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:283
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  10. Affordability and availability of quality medicines to all its citizens has been a key priority area for South Africa since democracy in 1994. In order to introduce transparency in the private market the gover...

    Authors: R. Moodley and F. Suleman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:576
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  11. There is a scarcity of empirical data on institutions devoted to knowledge brokerage and their influence in Africa. Our objective was to describe two pioneering Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTPs) supportin...

    Authors: Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, John N Lavis, Goran Tomson and Nelson K Sewankambo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:612
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  12. Predischarge home assessments (PDHA) aim to support safe discharge from hospital or rehabilitation. There is insufficient evidence on the effectiveness of PDHA. For adults with any diagnosis, we aimed to deter...

    Authors: Uta Kirchner-Heklau, Kai Krause and Susanne Saal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:540
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  14. This study aims to establish a multi-agent system model to provide accurate suggestions for the policy proposal of controlling the unreasonable growth of medical expenses charged by public hospitals in China.

    Authors: Wenya Yu, Xiang Liu, Fangjie Zhao, Meina Li and Lulu Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:490
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  15. Computed tomography (CT) scanning is a relatively high radiation dose diagnostic imaging modality with increasing concerns about radiation exposure burden at the population level in scientific literature. This...

    Authors: David AJ Gibson, Rachael E Moorin and C D’Arcy J Holman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:526
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  16. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in health care personalization and customization (i.e. personalized medicine and patient-centered care). While some positive impacts of these approaches have ...

    Authors: Etienne Minvielle, Aude Fourcade, Thomas Ricketts and Mathias Waelli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:575
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  18. Since 2008, updated perioperative blood management (PoBM) guidelines have been implemented in Zhejiang, China. These guidelines ensure that the limited blood resources meet increasing clinical needs and patien...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Yao, Jun Li, Mingcang Wang, Zhonghua Chen, Weixing Wang, Lipei Lei, Changshun Huang, Ming Yao, Guihua Yuan and Min Yan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:856
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  19. There is general agreement amongst major international policy makers that sustainability is a key component of health interventions in developing countries. However, there is little evidence on the factors ena...

    Authors: Karl Blanchet and Philip James
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:77
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  20. Mortality rates and causes of death among individuals in opioid agonist treatment (OAT) vary according to several factors such as geographical region, age, gender, subpopulations, drug culture and OAT status. ...

    Authors: Anne Berit Bech, Thomas Clausen, Helge Waal, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth and Ivar Skeie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:440
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  21. Forensic psychiatry is often associated with long admissions and has a high cost of care. There is little known about factors influencing length of stay (LOS), and no previous systematic review has synthesised...

    Authors: Aikaterini Dima, Adonis Wazir, Raquel Clark-Castillo, Iordanis Zakopoulos, Shubulade Smith and Fiona Gaughran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:400
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  22. Transparency has become a hottest topic and a growing movement in the health care system worldwide. This study used a quasi-experimental design method to explore whether public reporting of medicine use inform...

    Authors: Xiaopeng Zhang, Lijun Wang and Xinping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:492
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  23. In this era of ubiquitous information, patient record exchange among hospitals still has technological and individual barriers including resistance to information sharing. Most research on user attitudes has b...

    Authors: Jong-Yi Wang, Hsiao-Yun Ho, Jen-De Chen, Sinkuo Chai, Chih-Jaan Tai and Yung-Fu Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:264
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  24. Newborn infants with respiratory failure are often treated with intubation and mechanical ventilation for prolonged periods of time. Our objective was to evaluate whether increasing use of non-invasive respira...

    Authors: Inger Cathrine Kann and Anne Lee Solevåg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:494
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  25. Operating under constrained budgets, payers and providers globally face challenges in enabling appropriate and sustainable access to new medicines. Among payer initiatives aiming to improve preparedness of hea...

    Authors: Love Linnér, Irene Eriksson, Marie Persson and Björn Wettermark
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:410
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  26. A complete enumeration study was conducted to evaluate trends in national practice patterns and direct medical costs for prostate cancer (PCa) in Korea over a 10-year retrospective period using data from the K...

    Authors: Ho Won Kang, Seok-Joong Yun, Jae Il Chung, Hoon Choi, Jae Heon Kim, Ho Song Yu, Yun-Sok Ha, In-Chang Cho, Hyung Joon Kim, Hyun Chul Chung, Jun Sung Koh, Wun-Jae Kim, Jong-Hyock Park, Ji Youl Lee and So-Young Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:408
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  27. Breast cancer mortality rates in the U.S. remain relatively high, particularly among ethnic minorities and low-income populations. Unequal access to quality care, lower follow up rates, and poor treatment adhe...

    Authors: Guzyal Gabitova and Nancy J Burke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:407
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  28. Both diagnosis and treatment of neurological emergencies require neurological expertise and are time-sensitive. The lack of fast neurological expertise in regions with underserved infrastructure poses a major ...

    Authors: J. E. Weber, A. Angermaier, K. Bollweg, H. Erdur, S. Ernst, A. Flöel, C. Gorski, F. I. Kandil, S. Kinze, K. Kleinsteuber, T. Kurth, I. Schmehl, S. Theen, M. Endres and H. J. Audebert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:755
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  29. A hospitalization phase represents a challenge to medication safety especially for multimorbid patients as acute medical needs might interact with pre-existing medications or evoke adverse drug effects. This p...

    Authors: Kevin Migliazza, Caroline Bähler, Daniel Liedtke, Andri Signorell, Stefan Boes and Eva Blozik
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:522
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  30. The ‘resource readiness’ of health facilities to provide effective services is captured in the structure component of the classical Donabedian paradigm often used for assessment of the quality of care in the h...

    Authors: Naomi Muinga, Philip Ayieko, Charles Opondo, Stephen Ntoburi, Jim Todd, Elizabeth Allen and Mike English
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:282
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  31. Electronic health (e-Health) interventions are emerging as an effective alternative model for improving secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to describe the effectiv...

    Authors: Gunhild Brørs, Trond Røed Pettersen, Tina B. Hansen, Bengt Fridlund, Linn Benjaminsen Hølvold, Hans Lund and Tone M. Norekvål
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:364
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  32. Norway introduced 32 priority guidelines for elective health treatment in the specialist health service in the period 2008-9. The guidelines were intended to reduce large differences in waiting times among hos...

    Authors: Lise Lund H’heim and Jon Helgeland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:493
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  33. Delivery of quality healthcare in resource-limited settings is an important, understudied public health priority. Thirty-day (early) hospital readmission is often avoidable and an important indicator of health...

    Authors: Kashmira Satish Chawla, Nora E. Rosenberg, Christopher Stanley, Mitch Matoga, Alice Maluwa, Cecilia Kanyama, Jonathan Ngoma and Mina C. Hosseinipour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:225
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  34. We devised a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of an intervention based on case management care for frequent emergency department users. The aim of the intervention is to...

    Authors: Patrick Bodenmann, Venetia-Sofia Velonaki, Ornella Ruggeri, Olivier Hugli, Bernard Burnand, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Karine Moschetti, Katia Iglesias, Stéphanie Baggio and Jean-Bernard Daeppen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:264
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  35. The COVID-19 pandemic has been recognized as a trigger for redefining supply chains at the global level, and has created an intense debate within the academic community and among policy-makers and practitioner...

    Authors: Manuel F. Morales-Contreras, Marcelo Leporati and Luciano Fratocchi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1170
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  36. The foreign-born population in Norway displays considerable diversity in terms of source country, socioeconomic status and settlement experience. This study assessed the consequences of this diversity for the ...

    Authors: Jon Erik Finnvold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:843
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  37. Providing access to pediatric healthcare services in British Columbia, Canada, presents unique challenges given low population densities spread across large geographic distances combined with a lack of availab...

    Authors: Sina Waibel, Janet Williams, Yasmin Tuff, Joanne Shum, Jennifer Scarr and Maureen O’Donnell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:693
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  38. Management of metastatic melanoma is changing rapidly following the introduction of innovative effective therapies, with consequences for the allocation of healthcare resources. The objective of this study was...

    Authors: Jérôme Fernandes, Bruno Bregman, Patrick Combemale, Camille Amaz, Lucie de Léotoing, Alexandre Vainchtock and Anne-Françoise Gaudin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:542
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  39. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted to enhance access to care primarily among nonelderly and low-income populations; however, several provisions addressed key determinants of emergency department (ED) an...

    Authors: SangNam Ahn, Mustafa Hussein, Asos Mahmood and Matthew Lee Smith
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:77
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  41. Improving healthcare utilization is essential as health systems around the world grapple with the escalating demands for acute hospital resources. Evidence suggests that transitional care programs are effectiv...

    Authors: Lian Leng Low, Farhad Fakhrudin Vasanwala, Lee Beng Ng, Cynthia Chen, Kheng Hock Lee and Shu Yun Tan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:100
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  42. The Collaborative Care Model is a well-established, evidence-based approach to treating depression and other common behavioral health conditions in primary care settings. Despite a robust evidence base, real w...

    Authors: Deborah J. Bowen, Ashley Heald, Erin LePoire, Amy Jones, Danielle Gadbois, Joan Russo and Jay Carruthers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:922
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  43. Despite existing guidelines for managing mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), evidence-based treatments are still scarce and large-scale studies on the provision and impact of specific rehabilitation services a...

    Authors: Emilie Isager Howe, Marina Zeldovich, Nada Andelic, Nicole von Steinbuechel, Silje C. R. Fure, Ida M. H. Borgen, Marit V. Forslund, Torgeir Hellstrøm, Helene L. Søberg, Unni Sveen, Mari Rasmussen, Ingerid Kleffelgaard, Cathrine Tverdal, Eirik Helseth, Marianne Løvstad, Juan Lu…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1536
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  44. Residents’ preference for primary health care (PHC) determined their utilization of PHC. This study aimed to assess the determinants of PHC service preference among the residents and the trend in PHC service p...

    Authors: Guangsheng Wan, Xiaolin Wei, Hui Yin, Zhiwang Qian, Tingting Wang and Lina Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:768
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  45. Early diagnosis and treatment is vital for effective tuberculosis (TB) management especially among migrant populations who are a vulnerable group. We aimed to study factors associated with delay before registr...

    Authors: Tao Li, Hui Zhang, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Kyaw Thu Soe, Lixia Wang and Xin Du
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:786
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  46. Funders of medical research the world over are increasingly seeking, in research assessment, to complement traditional output measures of scientific publications with more outcome-based indicators of societal ...

    Authors: Pavel V Ovseiko, Alis Oancea and Alastair M Buchan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:478
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  47. Infectious waste management has always remained a neglected public health problem in the developing countries, resulting in high burden of environmental pollution affecting general masses. Health workers are t...

    Authors: Ramesh Kumar, Ratana Somrongthong and Babar Tasneem Shaikh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:81
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  48. The scope of implementation research is often restricted to the analysis of organizations that participate voluntarily in implementation interventions. The recruitment of participants for a quality improvement...

    Authors: Jeanny J. A. de Groot, Maite Timmermans, José M. C. Maessen, Bjorn Winkens, Carmen D. Dirksen, Brigitte F. M. Slangen and Trudy van der Weijden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:1011
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  49. Pre-analytical phase of overall laboratory testing system continues to be the major source of errors that affect patient safety and health care system. One of the activities in this phase is venous blood colle...

    Authors: Mulugeta Melkie, Abel Girma and Tsegaye Tsalla
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:88
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  50. Emergency departments handle a large proportion of acute patients. In 2007, it was recommended centralizing the Danish healthcare system and establishing emergency departments as the main common entrance for e...

    Authors: Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Sabina Bay Hermansen, Emil Færk, Tim Alex Lindskou, Marc Ludwig, Jørn Munkhof Møller, Jelena Jonciauskiene and Erika Frischknecht Christensen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:548
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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