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  1. Adolescents living with HIV experience worse HIV care outcomes compared to adults, especially during transition from pediatric to adult care. However, data regarding adolescents are limited. This paper describ...

    Authors: Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Khuondyla Pal, Vohith Khol, Say Sok, Pheak Chhoun, Laura Ferguson and Gitau Mburu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:781
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. The cornerstone of diabetes management is the self-care behavior of diabetics. However, many people with diabetes do not fully engage in these activities. Effective stress management behaviors have a positive ...

    Authors: Akine Eshete, Sadat Mohammed, Tilahun Deresse, Tewodros Kifleyohans and Yibeltal Assefa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:767
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Optimizing the organization of care for community-dwelling frail older people is an important issue in many Western countries. In Belgium, a series of complex, innovative, bottom-up interventions was recently ...

    Authors: Anne-Sophie Lambert, Sophie Ces, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Thérèse Van Durme, Anja Declercq and Jean Macq
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:416
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Organizational features can affect how staff view their quality of work life. Determining staff perceptions about quality of work life is an important consideration for employers interested in improving employ...

    Authors: Paul Krueger, Kevin Brazil, Lynne Lohfeld, H Gayle Edward, David Lewis and Erin Tjam
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2002 2:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Bypassing primary health care (PHC) facilities for maternal health care is an increasing phenomenon. In Ghana, however, there is a dearth of systematic evidence on bypassing PHC facilities for maternal healthc...

    Authors: Valeria Avoayea Amoro, Gilbert Abotisem Abiiro and Kennedy A. Alatinga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:545
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Inpatient experiences with interdisciplinary treatment for substance dependence and mental health care are measured using continuous electronic measurements in Norway. Major changes in data collection from cro...

    Authors: Hilde Hestad Iversen, Mona Haugum, Lina Harvold Ellingsen-Dalskau and Oyvind Bjertnaes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:26
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  7. Although there is evidence with respect to the effectiveness of Chronic Care Model (CCM)-based programs in terms of improved patient outcomes, less attention has been given to the effect of high-quality care o...

    Authors: Lotte Vestjens, Jane M. Cramm and Anna P. Nieboer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:496
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. The unprecedented increase in the nurses’ workload is one of the issues affecting the quality and safety of patient care in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The electronic nursing handover can share sufficient...

    Authors: Azadeh Tataei, Bahlol Rahimi, Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar, Vahid Alinejad, Hossein Jafarizadeh and Naser Parizad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:527
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Continuous professional development (CPD) has been reported to enhance healthcare workers’ knowledge and skills, improve retention and recruitment, improve the quality of patient care, and reduce patient morta...

    Authors: Tumbwene Mwansisya, Columba Mbekenga, Kahabi Isangula, Loveluck Mwasha, Eunice Pallangyo, Grace Edwards, James Orwa, Michaela Mantel, Micheal Mugerwa, Leonard Subi, Secilia Mrema, David Siso, Edna Selestine and Marleen Temmerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:735
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Depression in primary care is common, yet this costly and disabling condition remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Persisting gaps in the primary care of depression are due in part to patients’ reluctance ...

    Authors: Daniel J Tancredi, Christina K Slee, Anthony Jerant, Peter Franks, Jasmine Nettiksimmons, Camille Cipri, Dustin Gottfeld, Julia Huerta, Mitchell D Feldman, Maja Jackson-Triche, Steven Kelly-Reif, Andrew Hudnut, Sarah Olson, Janie Shelton and Richard L Kravitz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:141
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is the second most common MRI examination in Norway after head/brain MRI. Little has been published internationally on trends in the use of knee MRI after 1999. Thi...

    Authors: Ansgar Espeland, Nils L Natvig, Ingard Løge, Lars Engebretsen and Jostein Ellingsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:115
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Moderate and deep sedation are well-established techniques in many developed countries, and several guidelines have been published. However, they have received attention in China only in recent years. The aim ...

    Authors: Bo Li, Ruidong Zhang, Yue Huang, Kan Zhang, Chun Yin Wat, Jie Bai, Mazhong Zhang and Jijian Zheng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:28
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. This study assessed patient satisfaction and its associated factors among male drug-using inmates utilizing a prison detention clinic in Taiwan. A cross-sectional design and structured questionnaire were emplo...

    Authors: Fang-Chun Hsieh, Lan-Ping Lin, Te-Pin Wu, Shang-Wei Hsu, Chao-Ying Lai and Jin-Ding Lin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1255
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Approximately 25% of so-called high utilizers of medical care are estimated to suffer from depression. A large proportion of these individuals remain undiagnosed and untreated. This study aims to examine the e...

    Authors: Anne Berghöfer, Astrid Hartwich, Michael Bauer, Jürgen Unützer, Stefan N Willich and Andrea Pfennig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:298
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with diabetes in remote areas remain poor, including high rates of avoidable complications which could be reduced with better primary level care. We aimed to evaluate...

    Authors: Robyn A McDermott, Barbara Schmidt, Cilla Preece, Vickie Owens, Sean Taylor, Ming Li and Adrian Esterman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:68
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major challenge to health economic cost and residents’ health status. Community health workers (CHWs) are the gatekeeper of primary health care.

    Authors: Jinhua Chen, Guo Yu, Wei Li, Chunyan Yang, Xiaoping Ye, Dan Wu, Yijun Wang, Wen Du, Zhu Xiao, Shuqin Zeng, Honglin Luo, Xiuhua Li, Yuelei Wu and Shuyi Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1097
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Acupuncture is a frequently used but controversial adjunct to the treatment of chronic low back pain (LBP). Acupuncture is now considered to be effective for chronic LBP and health care systems are pressured t...

    Authors: Jean-François Chenot, Annette Becker, Corinna Leonhardt, Stefan Keller, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Erika Baum, Michael Pfingsten, Jan Hildebrandt, Michael M Kochen and Heinz-Dieter Basler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:149
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. This study aimed to assess the influence factors of the mutual-support willingness and identify the mutual-support needs of elderly living in rural areas of Hunan Province, China.

    Authors: Ke-ru Yao, Xin-hong Yin, Qin Luo, Xi Tang and Xiu-zhu Tan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:302
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Family planning services in the post-partum period, termed post-partum family planning (PPFP) is critical to cover the unmet need for contraception, especially when institutional delivery rates have increased....

    Authors: Kusum Thapa, Rolina Dhital, Sameena Rajbhandari, Sangeeta Mishra, Shanti Subedi, Bhogendra Raj Dotel, Sapana Vaidya, Saroja Pande, Emily-Anne Tunnacliffe, Anita Makins and Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:123
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. For young people with long-term conditions, transition from child to adult-oriented health services is a critical period which, if not managed well, may lead to poor outcomes. There are features of transition ...

    Authors: A. Colver, R. Pearse, R. M. Watson, M. Fay, T. Rapley, K. D. Mann, A. Le Couteur, J. R. Parr and H. McConachie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:337
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Since establishing universal free access to antiretroviral therapy in 1996, the Brazilian Health System has increased the number of centers providing HIV/AIDS outpatient care from 33 to 540. There had been no ...

    Authors: Maria Ines Battistella Nemes, Regina Melchior, Cáritas Relva Basso, Elen Rose Lodeiro Castanheira, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves and Shaun Conway
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:51
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Patients with chronic diseases have increased needs for assistance and care. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics and use of primary care (PC) and hospital care (HC) health services ...

    Authors: Jaime Barrio-Cortes, María Soria-Ruiz-Ogarrio, María Martínez-Cuevas, Almudena Castaño-Reguillo, Mariana Bandeira-de Oliveira, María Teresa Beca-Martínez, María Carmen López-Rodríguez and María Ángeles Jaime-Sisó
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1046
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  23. Due to rising health care costs, in 2012 Switzerland introduced SwissDRG, a reimbursement system for hospitals based on lump sum per case. To circumvent possible negative consequences like reduction in length ...

    Authors: Lara Kollbrunner, Michael Rost, Insa Koné, Bettina Zimmermann, Yvonne Padrutt, Tenzin Wangmo and Bernice Elger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:712
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. By examining 2013 County Health Rankings and Roadmaps data from the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this paper seeks to add to the available literature on health variances between ...

    Authors: Timothy J. Anderson, Daniel M. Saman, Martin S. Lipsky and M. Nawal Lutfiyya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:441
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Whilst evidence suggests cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) may be effective for depressed older people in a primary care setting, few studies have examined its cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study was to ...

    Authors: Amanda J Holman, Marc A Serfaty, Baptiste E Leurent and Michael B King
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:33
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Studies aimed at improving the provision of evidence-based care (EBC) for the management of acute whiplash injuries have been largely successful. However, whether EBC is broadly provided and whether delivery o...

    Authors: Alexandra Griffin, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Mohit Arora, Ian D. Cameron, Annette Kifley, Michele Sterling, Justin Kenardy and Trudy Rebbeck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:806
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Depressive disorder is one of the most common disorders, and is highly prevalent in chronically ill patients. The presence of comorbid depression has a negative influence on quality of life, health care costs,...

    Authors: Eva K Horn, Tjeerd B van Benthem, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Aartjan TF Beekman, Frans F Rutten and Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:28
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  28. Overuse of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) and acute bronchitis is a persistent and vexing problem. In the U.S., more than half of all patients with upper respiratory tract infections...

    Authors: Sara L Ackerman, Ralph Gonzales, Melissa S Stahl and Joshua P Metlay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:462
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities in fragile and conflict-affected settings may be severe due to reduced access and use of healthcare, as happened during the 2015 Ebola Virus Disease out...

    Authors: M. A. S. Schots, H. L. S. Coleman, G. W. Lutwama, M. Straetemans and E. Jacobs
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1559
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. Among all cancers, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer and the leading cause of mortality among women in developing countries including Palestine. Community pharmacists are trusted and easily accessible...

    Authors: Ramzi Shawahna and Hiba Awawdeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:429
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Between-center variation in outcome may offer opportunities to identify variation in quality of care. By intervening on these quality differences, patient outcomes may be improved. However, whether observed di...

    Authors: Marzyeh Amini, Nikki van Leeuwen, Frank Eijkenaar, Maxim J. H. L. Mulder, Wouter Schonewille, Geert Lycklama à Nijeholt, Wouter H. Hinsenveld, Robert-Jan B. Goldhoorn, Pieter Jan van Doormaal, Sjoerd Jenniskens, Jan Hazelzet, Diederik W. J. Dippel, Bob Roozenbeek and Hester F. Lingsma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:998
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Vast quantities of electronic data are collected about patients and service users as they pass through health service and other public sector organisations, and these data present enormous potential for resear...

    Authors: David V Ford, Kerina H Jones, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, Ronan A Lyons, Gareth John, Ginevra Brown, Caroline J Brooks, Simon Thompson, Owen Bodger, Tony Couch and Ken Leake
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:157
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  34. Limited literacy is common among patients with chronic conditions and is associated with poor health outcomes. We sought to determine the association between literacy and blood pressure in primary care patient...

    Authors: Benjamin J Powers, Maren K Olsen, Eugene Z Oddone, Carolyn T Thorpe and Hayden B Bosworth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. South Africa endorses the global policy shift from primarily client-initiated voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) to routine/provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC). The reason for this policy sh...

    Authors: N Gladys Kigozi, J Christo Heunis, Edwin Wouters and Henriëtte S van den Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:110
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Traditional “inverted triangle” healthcare resources allocation model in China has wasted a lot of health resources. The Chinese health reform began to strengthens the role of the primary health institutions i...

    Authors: Jingjing Liu, Hui Yin, Tong Zheng, Bykov Ilia, Xing Wang, Ruohui Chen, Yanhua Hao, Hong Sun, Mingli Jiao, Zheng Kang, Lijun Gao and Qunhong Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:852
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Patients presenting to academic medical centers (AMC) typically receive primary care, specialty care, or both. Resources needed for each type of care vary, requiring different levels of care coordination. We p...

    Authors: Jacob Lambrecht, Mahshid Abir, Kristian Seiler, Neil Kamdar, Tim Peterson, Paul Lin, Wilson Nham and Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1190
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. There is a serious shortage of clinical pharmacists in Xinjiang, China. A six-month to one-year on-the-job training programme can rapidly transition nonclinical pharmacists into clinical pharmacists to resolve...

    Authors: Tiantian Kong, Yuankai Huang, Xin Chen and Wenbing Yao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:685
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. The study’s purpose was to examine the effectiveness of different reminder strategies on first-time free mammography screening among middle-aged women in Taiwan.

    Authors: Miao-Ling Lin, Joh-Jong Huang, Shu-Hua Li, Fang-Hsin Lee, Ming-Feng Hou and Hsiu-Hung Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:114
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. The main aim was to investigate the effect of using two brief feedback scales in mental health out-patient treatment six weeks after starting treatment, compared to treatment as usual. Hypotheses were that use...

    Authors: Marit By Rise, Lasse Eriksen, Hilde Grimstad and Aslak Steinsbekk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:348
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Mobile health (mhealth) has emerged as a powerful resource in the medical armamentarium against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We sought to determine among adult caregivers of HIV-exposed/infect...

    Authors: Jean Joel R Bigna, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Claudia S Plottel, Charles Kouanfack and Sinata Koulla-Shiro
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:523
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Long-term use of adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) among women with early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer significantly reduces the risk of hospitalizations, cancer recurrence, and mortality. AET...

    Authors: Andrew J. Paladino, Janeane N. Anderson, Rebecca A. Krukowski, Teresa Waters, Mehmet Kocak, Carolyn Graff, Ryan Blue, Tameka N. Jones, Joanne Buzaglo, Gregory Vidal, Lee Schwartzberg and Ilana Graetz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:977
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  44. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was launched in Ghana in 2003 with the main objective of increasing utilisation to healthcare by making healthcare more affordable. Previous studies on the NHIS have...

    Authors: Ama P. Fenny, Felix A. Asante, Daniel K. Arhinful, Anthony Kusi, Divya Parmar and Gemma Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:174
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. There is a lack of acceptable, reliable, and valid survey instruments to measure conceptual research utilization (CRU). In this study, we investigated the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale (th...

    Authors: Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks, Christine V Newburn-Cook and Mark Gierl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:107
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. The capacity to meet anticipated growth in joint replacement demand requires safe, efficient models of care. While short-stay joint replacement programs are being used internationally, they have not been widel...

    Authors: Ilana N Ackerman, Danielle Berkovic, Sze-Ee Soh, Justine Naylor, Peter Lewis, Richard de Steiger, Rachelle Buchbinder, Zanfina Ademi, Patrick Vallance and Ian A Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1436
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. The National Guideline for Assessment, Treatment and Social Rehabilitation of Persons with Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders, launched in 2012, is to be implemented in mental health services...

    Authors: Monica Stolt Pedersen, Anne Landheim, Merete Møller and Lars Lien
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:71
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. The zero-markup drug policy (also known as the universal zero-markup drug policy (UZMDP)) was implemented in stages beginning with primary healthcare facilities in 2009 and eventually encompassing city public ...

    Authors: Zixuan Peng, Chaohong Zhan, Xiaomeng Ma, Honghui Yao, Xu Chen, Xinping Sha and Peter C. Coyte
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1205
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Clinical practice guidelines have been developed aiming to improve the quality of care. The implementation of the computerized clinical guidelines (CCG) has been supported by the development of computerized cl...

    Authors: Gianfranco Damiani, Luigi Pinnarelli, Simona C Colosimo, Roberta Almiento, Lorella Sicuro, Rocco Galasso, Lorenzo Sommella and Walter Ricciardi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:2
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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