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  1. Continuous medical education strategies, including academic detailing (AD), have mixed effects on the quality of prescribing in general practice. Alongside a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to asses...

    Authors: Sibyl Anthierens, Veronique Verhoeven, Olivier Schmitz and Samuel Coenen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:841
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Polypharmacy is a frequent condition, but its prevalence and determinants in the Swiss mid-aged population are unknown. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and determinants of polypharmacy in a large Swiss mid...

    Authors: Julien Castioni, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Nazanin Abolhassani, Peter Vollenweider and Gérard Waeber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:840
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  3. Despite global efforts to increase health workforce capacity through training and guidelines, challenges remain in bridging the gap between knowledge and quality clinical practice and addressing health system ...

    Authors: Anatole Manzi, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Kenneth Sherr, Cindy Chirwa, Colin Baynes and John Koku Awoonor-Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):831
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  4. Well-functioning health systems need to utilize data at all levels, from the provider, to local and national-level decision makers, in order to make evidence-based and needed adjustments to improve the quality...

    Authors: Bradley H. Wagenaar, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Catherine Henley, Artur Gremu, Ntazana Sindano and Roma Chilengi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):830
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  5. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s African Health Initiative supported the implementation of Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnership health system strengthening interventions in de...

    Authors: Hema Magge, Roma Chilengi, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Bradley H. Wagenaar and Almamy Malick Kante
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):829
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  6. High-quality data are critical to inform, monitor and manage health programs. Over the seven-year African Health Initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, three of the five Population Health Implemen...

    Authors: Sarah Gimbel, Moses Mwanza, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Cathy Michel and Lisa Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):828
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  7. Health systems are essential platforms for accessible, quality health services, and population health improvements. Global health initiatives have dramatically increased health resources; however, funding to s...

    Authors: Kenneth Sherr, Quinhas Fernandes, Almamy M. Kanté, Ayaga Bawah, Jeanine Condo and Wilbroad Mutale
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):827
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  8. Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in sub-Saharan Africa will require substantial improvements in the coverage and performance of primary health care delivery systems. Projects supporte...

    Authors: Felix Cyamatare Rwabukwisi, Ayaga A. Bawah, Sarah Gimbel, James F. Phillips, Wilbroad Mutale and Peter Drobac
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):826
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  9. Inadequate research capacity impedes the development of evidence-based health programming in sub-Saharan Africa. However, funding for research capacity building (RCB) is often insufficient and restricted, limi...

    Authors: Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Roma Chilengi, Elizabeth Jackson, Cathy Michel, Manuel Napua, Jackline Odhiambo and Ayaga Bawah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 3):825
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 3

  10. Health extension workers (HEWs) are the frontline health workers for Ethiopia’s primary health care system. The Federal Ministry of Health is seeking to upgrade and increase the number of HEWs, particularly in...

    Authors: Firew Ayalew Desta, Girma Temam Shifa, Damtew WoldeMariam Dagoye, Catherine Carr, Jos Van Roosmalen, Jelle Stekelenburg, Assefa Bulcha Nedi, Adrienne Kols and Young Mi Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:839
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Admission into an intensive care unit (ICU) may result in long-term physical, cognitive, and emotional consequences for patients and their relatives. The care of the critically ill patient does not end upon IC...

    Authors: Margo van Mol, Marjan Nijkamp, Christine Markham and Erwin Ista
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:837
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. International evidence suggests that a key to improving health and attaining more equitable health outcomes for disadvantaged populations is a health system with a strong primary care sector. Longstanding prob...

    Authors: Yuejen Zhao, Deborah J. Russell, Steven Guthridge, Mark Ramjan, Michael P. Jones, John S. Humphreys, Timothy A. Carey and John Wakerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:836
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Social prescribing is targeted at isolated and lonely patients. Practitioners and patients jointly develop bespoke well-being plans to promote social integration and or social reactivation. Our aim was to inve...

    Authors: Dawn Carnes, Ratna Sohanpal, Caroline Frostick, Sally Hull, Rohini Mathur, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Jin Tong, Patrick Hutt and Marcello Bertotti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:835
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Cancer is now viewed as a chronic disease, presenting challenges to follow-up and survivorship care. Models to shift from haphazard, suboptimal and fragmented episodes of care to an integrated cancer care cont...

    Authors: Dominique Tremblay, Catherine Prady, Karine Bilodeau, Nassera Touati, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Martin Fortin, Isabelle Gaboury, Jean Rodrigue and Marie-France L’Italien
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:834
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  16. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is a growing public health concern in Japan. We developed a simulation model to predict the number of people with diabetes and those on dialysis due to diabetic nephropathy....

    Authors: Takehiro Sugiyama, Sayuri Goryoda, Kaori Inoue, Noriko Sugiyama-Ihana and Nobuo Nishi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:833
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  17. The discharge process from hospital to home for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is often complex, and most are in need of tailored and coordinated community services at home. One solution is to disch...

    Authors: Eirik Roos, Ottar Bjerkeset, Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir and Aslak Steinsbekk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:832
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  18. Nurses leaving their jobs and the profession are an issue of international concern, with supply-demand gaps for nurses reported to be widening. There is a large body of existing literature, much of which is al...

    Authors: Mary Halter, Olga Boiko, Ferruccio Pelone, Carole Beighton, Ruth Harris, Julia Gale, Stephen Gourlay and Vari Drennan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:824
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Visual impairment is a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, affecting nearly 5% of the population. Efforts to combat avoidable causes have been hampered by weak health systems and little evidence exist...

    Authors: Emma Jolley, Milka Mafwiri, Joanna Hunter and Elena Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:823
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is regarded as a standard public health approach to lowering child mortality in developing countries. However, little is known about how health workers adhere ...

    Authors: Carsten Krüger, Monika Heinzel-Gutenbrunner and Mohammed Ali
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:822
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Primary care is the principal clinical setting for the management of depression. However, significant shortcomings have been detected in its diagnosis and clinical management, as well as in patient outcomes. W...

    Authors: Enric Aragonès, Diego Palao, Germán López-Cortacans, Antonia Caballero, Narcís Cardoner, Pilar Casaus, Myriam Cavero, José Antonio Monreal, Víctor Pérez-Sola, Miquel Cirera, Maite Loren, Eva Bellerino, Catarina Tomé-Pires and Laura Palacios
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:821
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. While quick and easy access to healthcare services is a reality for some, others experience significant hardships, even for receipt of the most basic health and medical care and attention. To those who effecti...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 4):806
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  23. Challenges abound for healthcare providers engaged in initiatives directed toward disadvantaged populations, with financial constraints representing one of the most prominent hardships. Society’s less fortunat...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 4):805
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  24. Characterized by declining populations, high poverty, reduced employment opportunities, and high numbers of uninsured residents, rural communities pose significant challenges for healthcare providers desirous ...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 4):795
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  26. Health and medical providers dedicated to serving the poor face daunting challenges, with the most obvious one pertaining to the provision of services with little or no expectation of remuneration. This hardsh...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 4):791
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  27. Healthcare communications directed toward the disadvantaged have the potential to elevate the health status of these underprivileged and highly-challenged individuals. From conveying advice which encourages he...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 4):787
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 4

  28. Following publication of the original article [1], an erratum was initiated in order to include supplementary material that was not updated and not included during the online submission of the authors’ correct...

    Authors: Folarin Babatunde, Joy MacDermid and Norma MacIntyre
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:820
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:375

  29. Need for help is perceived as an important first step towards weight related health-care use among overweight and obese individuals and several studies have reported gender as an important predisposing charact...

    Authors: S. N. W. Bunt, S. Y. M. Mérelle, I. H. M. Steenhuis and W. Kroeze
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:819
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Many people with a mental illness are parents caring for dependent children. These children are at greater risk of developing their own mental health concerns compared to other children. Mental health services...

    Authors: Patraporn Tungpunkom, Darryl Maybery, Andrea Reupert, Nick Kowalenko and Kim Foster
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:818
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  31. The health status of refugees is a significant factor in determining their success in resettlement and relies heavily on self-rated measures of refugee health. The selection of robust and appropriate self-rate...

    Authors: Alison Dowling, Joanne Enticott and Grant Russell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:817
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. We examined the association of dialysis facility characteristics with payment reductions and change in clinical performance measures during the first year of the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid S...

    Authors: Milda R. Saunders, Haena Lee and Marshall H. Chin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:816
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  33. World Health Organisation recommends routine Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination for girls when its cost-effectiveness in the country or region has been duly considered. We therefore aimed to evaluate cost...

    Authors: Obinna I. Ekwunife and Stefan K. Lhachimi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:815
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Metabolic syndrome (MetS), the clustering of multiple leading risk factors, predisposes individuals to increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardio-metabolic diseas...

    Authors: Melinda J. Carrington and Paul Zimmet
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:813
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  37. Organization of HIV care and treatment services, including clinic staffing and services, may shape clinical and financial outcomes, yet there has been little attempt to describe different models of HIV care in...

    Authors: Sharon Tsui, Julie A. Denison, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Larry W. Chang, Olivier Koole, Kwasi Torpey, Eric Van Praag, Jason Farley, Nathan Ford, Leine Stuart and Fred Wabwire-Mangen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:811
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. The Million Hearts® initiative aims to prevent heart disease and stroke in the United States by mobilizing public and private sectors around a core set of objectives, with particular attention on improving blo...

    Authors: Priscilla M. Lopez, Jennifer Zanowiak, Keith Goldfeld, Katarzyna Wyka, Ahmad Masoud, Susan Beane, Rashi Kumar, Phoebe Laughlin, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Lorna Thorpe and Nadia Islam
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:810
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  39. An in-depth understanding of how organizational culture is experienced by health workers (HWs), and influences their decisions to leave their jobs is a fundamental, yet under-examined, basis for forming effect...

    Authors: Constance Sibongile Shumba, Karina Kielmann and Sophie Witter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:809
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Evidence for efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in treatment of schizophrenia is growing. CBT is effective and cost efficient in treating positive and negative symptoms. To effectively meet the ne...

    Authors: Muhammed Omair Husain, Imran B. Chaudhry, Nasir Mehmood, Raza ur Rehman, Ajmal Kazmi, Munir Hamirani, Tayyeba Kiran, Ameer Bukhsh, Paul Bassett, Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Farooq Naeem and Nusrat Husain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:808
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. After the publication of this article [1] it has come to our attention that the author Jeph Herrin was incorrectly included as Jeph Henry. The correct spelling is included in this erratum and the original arti...

    Authors: Goitom Gigar Abera, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu and Jeph Herrin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:807
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:713

  42. Poor, Black African males are underrepresented as patients in facilities that treat problem drinking in Cape Town, South Africa. Reasons for this remain unclear, but factors such as the kinds of treatment prov...

    Authors: Amina Saban, Neo Morojele and Leslie London
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):740
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  43. Centralized dispensing of essential medicines is one of South Africa’s strategies to address the shortage of pharmacists, reduce patients’ waiting times and reduce over-crowding at public sector healthcare fac...

    Authors: Bvudzai Priscilla Magadzire, Bruno Marchal, Tania Mathys, Richard O. Laing and Kim Ward
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):724
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  44. Reminder/recall systems are effective ways to improve immunization rates, but their feasibility in primary health care (PHC) settings in Nigeria has not been adequately evaluated. In this study we describe the...

    Authors: Victoria Bolanle Brown and O. Abimbola Oluwatosin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):703
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  45. Health practitioners frequently encounter dying, death and suffering. While providing health care can be stressful, the literature on how different health practitioners cope with the emotional challenges assoc...

    Authors: Bassantéa Lodegaèna Kpassagou and Kokou Messanh Agbémélé Soedje
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):700
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  46. Access to maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries such as Togo is characterized by significant inequalities. Most studies in the Togolese context have examined the total inequality o...

    Authors: Yacobou Sanoussi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):699
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  47. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is characterized by a high prevalence of hypertension (HTN) and a high proportion of uncontrolled HTN, which is indicative of poor HTN management. Effective managemen...

    Authors: Aimée M. Lulebo, Didine K. Kaba, Silvestre E.-H. Atake, Mala A. Mapatano, Eric M. Mafuta, Julien M. Mampunza and Yves Coppieters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):698
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  48. Low and middle income countries face many challenges in meeting their populations’ mental health care needs. Though family caregiving is crucial to the management of severe mental health disabilities, such as ...

    Authors: Yaw Nyarko Opoku-Boateng, Irene A. Kretchy, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Duah Dwomoh, Sybil Decker, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Yesim Tozan, Moses Aikins and Justice Nonvignon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):697
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  49. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiences an acute dearth of well-trained and skilled researchers. This dearth constrains the region’s capacity to identify and address the root causes of its poor social, health, de...

    Authors: Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Caroline W. Kabiru, Djesika Amendah, Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Esso-Hanam Atake, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Stephen Maluka, Joyce N. Mumah, Matilu Mwau, Mollyne Ndinya, Kenneth Ngure, Estelle M. Sidze, Charles Sossa, Abdramane Soura and Alex C. Ezeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):696
    Content type: Introduction Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  50. People with disabilities represent approximately 6% of the Senegalese population. They face significant barriers to accessing health care. Although several initiatives have been implemented to improve access t...

    Authors: Diarra Bousso Senghor, Oumar Diop and Issa Sombié
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17(Suppl 2):695
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

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