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  1. There is a need for information and healthcare support for the fertility desires and contraceptive needs of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in order to provide safer conception support for sero-discordant coupl...

    Authors: Cecilia Milford, Mags Beksinska, Ross Greener, Jacqueline Pienaar, Letitia Rambally Greener, Zonke Mabude and Jennifer Smit
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:509
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  2. In designing, adapting, and integrating mental health interventions, it is pertinent to understand patients’ needs and their own perceptions and values in receiving care. Conjoint analysis (CA) and discrete ch...

    Authors: Anna Larsen, Albert Tele and Manasi Kumar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:589
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  3. Sierra Leone has among the poorest maternal and child health indicators in the world and investments in public health have been predominately to increase demand for services, with fewer initiatives targeting s...

    Authors: Ariel Higgins-Steele, Kathryn Waller, Jean Christophe Fotso and Linda Vesel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 1):S4
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 1

  4. We examined the quality of adult epilepsy care using the Quality Indicators in Epilepsy Treatment (QUIET) measure, and variations in quality based on the source of epilepsy care.

    Authors: Mary Jo Pugh, Dan R Berlowitz, Jaya K Rao, Gabriel Shapiro, Ruzan Avetisyan, Amresh Hanchate, Kelli Jarrett, Jeffrey Tabares and Lewis E Kazis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:1
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  5. Elder abuse is prevalent and associated with morbidity but often goes unnoticed in health care. Research on the health care response to victims calls for valid measurements. This article describes the developm...

    Authors: Johanna Simmons, Marika Wenemark and Mikael Ludvigsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:473
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  6. The level of quality of care of ambulatory services in Switzerland is almost completely unknown. Since health insurance claims are the only nationwide applicable and available data source for this purpose, a s...

    Authors: Eva Blozik, Renato Farcher, Sereina M. Graber and Carola A. Huber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:628
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  7. There is a global drive to promote facility deliveries but unless coupled with concurrent improvement in care quality, it might not translate into mortality reduction for mothers and babies. The World Health O...

    Authors: Alexander Manu, Shams Arifeen, John Williams, Edward Mwasanya, Nabila Zaka, Beth Anne Plowman, Debra Jackson, Priscilla Wobil and Kim Dickson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:531
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. Both conventional health care providers and complementary therapists treat cancer patients. To provide effective treatment, both types of providers should to be familiar with their own as well as alternative t...

    Authors: Trine Stub, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury, Joanne C. Sandberg and Agnete E. Kristoffersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:854
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  9. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) using sulphurdoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is one of key malaria control strategies in Africa. Yet, IPTp coverage rates across Africa are still low ...

    Authors: Godfrey M Mubyazi and Paul Bloch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:15
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  10. The adoption of health information technology has been recommended as a viable mechanism for improving quality of care and patient health outcomes. However, the capacity of health information technology (i.e.,...

    Authors: Jemima A Frimpong, Bradford E Jackson, LaShonda M Stewart, Karan P Singh, Patrick A Rivers and Sejong Bae
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:35
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  12. Dementia is a global public health priority. The World Health Organization adopted a Global Action Plan on Dementia, with dementia awareness a priority. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and self-c...

    Authors: Bich Diep Pham, Bao Giang Kim, Adrian Esterman, Henry Brodaty, Susan Kurrle, Thanh Binh Nguyen, Trong Hung Nguyen, Elizabeth Roughead, Ladson Hinton, Thu Ha Dang, Thi Diem Huong Nguyen, Kham Tran, Maria Crotty, Duc Du and Tuan Anh Nguyen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:86
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  13. In Vietnam and many developing countries, private healthcare is increasingly being leveraged by governments to complement public services and increase health service access and utilisation. Extensive understan...

    Authors: Mai P. Nguyen, Amina Tariq, Reece Hinchcliff and Michael P. Dunne
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:900
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  14. Non-disclosure of known HIV status by people living with HIV but undergoing HIV testing leads to waste of HIV testing resources and distortion of estimates of HIV indicators. In Mozambique, an estimated one-th...

    Authors: Laura Fuente-Soro, Antía Figueroa-Romero, Sheila Fernández-Luis, Orvalho Augusto, Elisa López-Varela, Edson Bernardo, Anna Saura-Lázaro, Paula Vaz, Stanley C. Wei, Peter R. Kerndt, Tacilta Nhampossa and Denise Naniche
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:925
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  15. Healthcare systems (HCS) are challenged in adopting and sustaining comprehensive approaches to spine care that require coordination and collaboration among multiple service units. The integration of clinicians...

    Authors: Wren Burton, Stacie A. Salsbury and Christine M. Goertz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:125
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  16. Despite growing interest and urges by leading experts for the routine collection of patient reported outcome (PRO) measures in all general care patients, and in particular cancer patients, there has not been a...

    Authors: Jack Chen, Lixin Ou and Stephanie J Hollis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:211
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  17. The level of quality of care of ambulatory services in Switzerland is almost completely unknown. By adapting existing instruments to the Swiss national context, the present project aimed to define quality indi...

    Authors: Eva Blozik, Oliver Reich, Roland Rapold and Martin Scherer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:743
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  18. Many women with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy do not receive care during and after pregnancy according to standards recommended in international guidelines. The burden of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy falls dispro...

    Authors: D. MacKay, R. Kirkham, N. Freeman, K. Murtha, P. Van Dokkum, J. Boyle, S. Campbell, F. Barzi, C. Connors, K. O’Dea, J. Oats, P. Zimmet, M. Wenitong, A. Sinha, A. J. Hanley, E. Moore…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:814
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  19. More than 72% of health expenditure in India is financed by individual households at the time of illness through out-of-pocket payments. This is a highly regressive way of financing health care and sometimes l...

    Authors: Narayanan Devadasan, Bart Criel, Wim Van Damme, Kent Ranson and Patrick Van der Stuyft
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:43
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  20. Critically ill children require close monitoring to facilitate timely interventions throughout their hospitalisation. In low- and middle-income countries with a high disease burden, scarce paediatric critical ...

    Authors: Daniel Mwale, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Josephine Langton, Alice Likumbo, Michael Boele van Hensbroek, Job Calis, Wendy Janssens and Christopher Pell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:595
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  21. In 2016 the Malawi government embarked on several interrelated health sector reforms aimed at improving the quality of health services at all levels of care and attain Universal Health Coverage by 2030. Patien...

    Authors: Frank Watson Sinyiza, Paul Uchizi Kaseka, Master Rodgers Okapi Chisale, Chikondi Sharon Chimbatata, Balwani Chingatichifwe Mbakaya, Pocha Samuel Kamudumuli, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu and Alfred Bornwell Kayira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:695
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  22. Electronic medical record software is common in healthcare settings. However, data privacy and security challenges persist and may impede patients’ willingness to disclose health information to their clinician...

    Authors: Kobi V. Ajayi, Samson Olowolaju, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa and Henry Onyeka
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1155
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  23. Care bundles are a set of three to five evidence-informed practices which, when performed collectively and reliably, may improve health system performance and patient care. To date, many studies conducted to i...

    Authors: Befikadu Bitewulign, Dereje Abdissa, Zewdie Mulissa, Abiyou Kiflie, Mehiret Abate, Abera Biadgo, Haregeweyni Alemu, Meseret Zelalem, Munir Kassa, Gareth Parry and Hema Magge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:821
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  24. While unannounced standardized patients (USPs) have been used to assess physicians’ clinical skills in the ambulatory setting, they can also provide valuable information on patients’ experience of the health c...

    Authors: Sondra Zabar, Kathleen Hanley, David Stevens, Jessica Murphy, Angela Burgess, Adina Kalet and Colleen Gillespie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:157
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  25. Several countries have increased patients’ abilities to choose their health care providers, frequently under the assumption that patients are themselves the best agents to make such decisions. In parallel, nat...

    Authors: Emma Wahlstedt and Björn Ekman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:325
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  26. Better communication among field health care teams and points of care, together with investments focused on improving teamwork, individual management, and clinical skills, are strategies for achieving better o...

    Authors: Mario Maia Bracco, Ana Carolina Cintra Nunes Mafra, Alexandre Hannud Abdo, Fernando Antonio Basile Colugnati, Marcello Dala Bernardina Dalla, Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo, Ises Abrahamsohn, Aline Pacífico Rodrigues, Ana Violeta Ferreira de Almeida Delgado, Glauber Alves dos Prazeres, José Carlos Teixeira Jr and Silvio Possa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:380
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  27. Severe underutilization of healthcare facilities and lack of timely, affordable and effective access to healthcare services in resource-constrained, bottom of pyramid (BoP) settings are well-known issues, whic...

    Authors: Vilius Černauskas, Federica Angeli, Anand Kumar Jaiswal and Milena Pavlova
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:473
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  28. In communities with low rates of institutional delivery, little data exist on care-seeking behavior for potentially life-threatening obstetric complications. In this analysis, we sought to describe care-seekin...

    Authors: Shegufta S Sikder, Alain B Labrique, Ian M Craig, Mohammad Abdul Wakil, Abu Ahmed Shamim, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra, Lee Wu, Saijuddin Shaikh, Keith P West Jr and Parul Christian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:166
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  29. The translation of person-centred care concepts into practice requires fulfilment of necessary components, including person-centred values and practice held by the employees and having a supportive system. The...

    Authors: Nur Zahirah Balqis-Ali, Pui San Saw, Jailani Anis-Syakira, Weng Hong Fun, Sondi Sararaks, Shaun Wen Huey Lee and Mokhtar Abdullah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:576
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  30. While it is recommended that records are kept between primary care providers (PCPs) and specialists during patient transitions from hospital to community care, this communication is not currently standardized....

    Authors: Jonathan Yee, Karen Unsworth, Neville Suskin, Robert D Reid, Veronica Jamnik and Sherry L Grace
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:231
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  31. Violence in the healthcare workplace has been a global concern for over two decades, with a high prevalence of violence towards healthcare workers reported. Workplace violence has become a healthcare quality i...

    Authors: Elizabeth Lin, Mais Malhas, Emmanuel Bratsalis, Kendra Thomson, Fabienne Hargreaves, Kayle Donner, Heba Baig, Rhonda Boateng, Rajlaxmi Swain, Mary Benisha Benadict and Louis Busch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:639
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  32. Chronic leg ulcers cause long term ill-health for older adults and the condition places a significant burden on health service resources. Although evidence on effective management of the condition is available...

    Authors: Helen Edwards, Kathleen Finlayson, Mary Courtney, Nick Graves, Michelle Gibb and Christina Parker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:86
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  33. Expenses related to employee’s health benefit packages are rising. Hence, organisations are looking for complementary health financing arrangements to provide more financial protection for employees. This stud...

    Authors: Mohammad Bazyar, Minoo Alipouri Sakha, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Batool Mousavi, Amir Karmi, Reza Maniei, Saeed Attari and Mohammad Ranjbar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1377
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  34. The importance of clinical leadership in ensuring high quality patient care is emphasized in health systems worldwide. Of particular concern are the high costs to health systems related to clinical litigation ...

    Authors: Solange Mianda and Anna Voce
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:747
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  35. Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common causes of pain and disability in the adult population. Several studies have documented discordance between general practioners (GP) practice and management recomme...

    Authors: Gudmund Grønhaug, Nina Østerås and Kåre Birger Hagen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:598
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  36. Homelessness is associated with significant health disparities. Conventional health services often fail to address the unique needs and lived experience of homeless individuals and fail to include participator...

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Miller, Jennie Hutton, Claire Doherty, Shannen Vallesi, Jane Currie, Katrina Rushworth, Matthew Larkin, Matthew Scott, James Morrow and Lisa Wood
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:492
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  37. Male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). MC has not been practiced as a disease prevention measure in Thailand probably be...

    Authors: Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai, Boonlure Pruenglampoo, Kanittha Thaikla, Namtip Srirak, Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul, Jiraporn Khorana, Richard M. Grimes, Deanna E. Grimes, Vipa Danthamrongkul, Suchada Paileeklee and Uraiwan Pattanasutnyavong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:520
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  39. Hypertension-related complications have become more diagnosed at secondary and tertiary care levels, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), probably indicative of poor management of hypertensive patien...

    Authors: Aimée M. Lulebo, Mala A. Mapatano, Patrick K. Kayembe, Eric M. Mafuta, Paulin B. Mutombo and Yves Coppieters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:573
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  40. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature mortality and a major contributor of health inequalities in England. Compared to more affluent and white counterparts, deprived people and ethnic ...

    Authors: Maria Woringer, Elizabeth Cecil, Hillary Watt, Kiara Chang, Fozia Hamid, Kamlesh Khunti, Elizabeth Dubois, Julie Evason, Azeem Majeed and Michael Soljak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:405
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  41. We examined linkage to care for patients with sexually transmitted infection who were diagnosed HIV-positive via the provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) approach, as compared to the voluntary...

    Authors: Natalie Leon, Catherine Mathews, Simon Lewin, Meg Osler, Andrew Boulle and Carl Lombard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:350
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  42. Visits to the primary diabetes care provider play a central role in diabetes care. Therefore, patients should attend their primary diabetes care providers whenever a visit is necessary. Parameters that might a...

    Authors: Uwe Konerding, Tom Bowen, Sylvia G. Elkhuizen, Raquel Faubel, Paul Forte, Eleftheria Karampli, Tomi Malmström, Elpida Pavi and Paulus Torkki
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:800
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  43. Screening and linkage to care are core, foundational strategies for HIV transmission prevention and for identifying People Living with HIV (PLHIV). In Romania – with an atypical experience in the HIV/AIDS epid...

    Authors: Cabiria M. Barbosu, Amanda Radulescu, Carmen Manciuc, Erin Muir, Brooke A. Levandowski and Timothy Dye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:970
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  44. Niger demonstrates high fertility and low contraceptive use that are typical in much of the West and Central African region. The government of Niger has committed to increasing modern contraceptive use as part...

    Authors: Ilene S. Speizer, Hachimou Amani, Jennifer Winston, Souleymane Amadou Garba, Amelia Maytan-Joneydi, Illiassou Chaibou Halidou, Lisa M. Calhoun and Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1075
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  45. Healthcare providers have many health-related risk factors that might contribute to urolithiasis: a heavy workload, a stressful workplace, and an unhealthy quality of life. However, the urolithiasis risk in he...

    Authors: Ming-Hung Chen, Shih-Feng Weng, Chien-Chin Hsu, Hung-Jung Lin, Shih-Bin Su, Jhi-Joung Wang, How-Ran Guo and Chien-Cheng Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:273
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  46. Quality of work life is a vital factor for health care providers. This study aimed to determine the impact of the education program based on dimensions of quality of work life among emergency medical services ...

    Authors: Ali Panahi-Qoloub, Sima Zohari Anboohi, Malihe Nasiri and Parvaneh Vasli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:260
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  48. Smoking cessation quitlines are an effective yet largely untapped resource for clinician referrals. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a fax referral system that links community health centers (...

    Authors: Donna Shelley and Jennifer Cantrell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:25
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  49. The number of patients depending on home mechanical ventilation (HMV) has increased substantially in Germany in recent years. These patients receive long-term care in different nursing facilities (nursing home...

    Authors: Martha Schutzmeier, Lilly Sophia Brandstetter, Stephanie Stangl, Jutta Ahnert, Anna Grau, Laura Gerken, Hanna Klingshirn, Bernd Reuschenbach, Tobias Skazel, Maximilian Kippnich, Thomas Wurmb, Peter Heuschmann and Kirsten Haas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:152
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  50. Understanding perceptions of telehealth  implementation from patients and providers can improve the utility and sustainability of these programs, particularly in under-resourced rural settings. The purpose of ...

    Authors: David Klee, Derek Pyne, Joshua Kroll, William James and Kelly A. Hirko
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:981
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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