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  1. In the light of “Internet plus”, hospitals are following the trend of using mobile internet and adopting a strategy of spreading public health knowledge through mobile terminals. WeChat is a social media with ...

    Authors: Jie Wang and Lanting Wu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1055
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Research shows that interventions to protect the sensitive physiological process of birth by improving the birthing room design may positively affect perinatal outcomes. It is, however, crucial to understand t...

    Authors: Lisa Goldkuhl, Malin Tistad, Hanna Gyllensten and Marie Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1122
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Protecting the HIV health workforce is critical for continuity of services for people living with HIV, particularly during a pandemic. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, in partn...

    Authors: Elizabeth H. Lee, Ayesha Rashid, Ismail Lawal, Usman Adekanye, Yakubu Adamu, Catherine Godfrey, Patricia A. Agaba, Nathan Okeji and Priyanka Desai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1254
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  4. Post-conflict Liberia has one of the fastest growing populations on the continent and one of the highest maternal mortality rates among the world. However, in the rural regions, less than half of all births ar...

    Authors: Jody R Lori, Michelle L Munro, Jennifer E Moore and Jessica Fladger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:134
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Audit and feedback is an established strategy for improving maternal, neonatal and child health. The Perinatal Problem Identification Programme (PPIP), implemented in South African public hospitals in the late...

    Authors: María Belizán, Anne-Marie Bergh, Carolé Cilliers, Robert C Pattinson and Anna Voce
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:243
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. A timely diagnosis is essential for improving breast cancer patients’ survival and designing targeted therapeutic plans. For this purpose, the screening timing, as well as the related waiting lists, are decisi...

    Authors: Annarita Fanizzi, Elisabetta Graps, Domenica Antonia Bavaro, Marco Farella, Samantha Bove, Francesco Campobasso, Maria Colomba Comes, Cristian Cristofaro, Daniele La Forgia, Martina Milella, Serena Iacovelli, Rossella Villani, Rahel Signorile, Alessio De Bartolo, Vito Lorusso and Raffaella Massafra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:526
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  7. Exploring the effect of different marketing mix strategies on physicians’ prescribing practices is important due to its positive effect on the management of patients’ diseases and improving the health status o...

    Authors: Dana Hisham Al Thabbah, Mohammad Salameh Almahairah, Abdallah Y Naser, Hamzeh Mohammad Alrawashdeh and Mosaab Araidah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1293
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  8. There is a growing interest in redesigning healthcare systems to increase access to and coordination across care settings for people with chronic conditions. We aim to gain a better understanding of the barrie...

    Authors: Tanja Schwarz, Andrea E. Schmidt, Julia Bobek and Joy Ladurner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1037
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. Perinatal (mortality) audit can be considered to be a way to improve the careprocess for all pregnant women and their newborns by creating an opportunity to learn from unwanted events in the care process. In u...

    Authors: Mariet Th van Diem, Albertus Timmer, Klasien A Bergman, Katelijne Bouman, Nico van Egmond, Dennis A Stant, Lida H M Ulkeman, Wenda B Veen and JanJaapHM Erwich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:195
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Chronic diseases represent a major challenge for health care and social services. A number of people with chronic diseases require more services due to characteristics that increase their vulnerability. Given ...

    Authors: Maud-Christine Chouinard, Catherine Hudon, Marie-France Dubois, Pasquale Roberge, Christine Loignon, Éric Tchouaket, Martin Fortin, Éva-Marjorie Couture and Maxime Sasseville
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:49
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is common among women and affects their quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle training is an effective conservative therapy, but only a minority of women seek help. E-health wi...

    Authors: Lotte Firet, Theodora Alberta Maria Teunissen, Rudolf Bertijn Kool, Lukas van Doorn, Manal Aourag, Antoinette Leonarda Maria Lagro-Janssen and Willem Jan Jozef Assendelft
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:574
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. Outpatient services are crucial for strengthening primary healthcare and reducing out-of-pocket spending, which has been one of the major causes of impoverishment. So it is also critical to comprehend the peop...

    Authors: Ambey Kumar Srivastava, Rajan Kumar Gupt, Ruchi Bhargava, Rajesh Ranjan Singh and Dinesh Songara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:387
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. One of the main elements of patient-centered care is an enhancement of patient preparedness. Thus, pre-visit planning assessment tools was emerged to prepare and involve patients in their treatment process.

    Authors: Marsa Gholamzadeh, Hamidreza Abtahi and Marjan Ghazisaeeidi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:458
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. In the scientific literature, many studies describe the application of lean methodology in the hospital setting. Most of the articles focus on the results rather than on the approach adopted to introduce the l...

    Authors: Angelo Rosa, Giuliano Marolla, Federico Lega and Francesco Manfredi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:889
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Managerial Evidence-Based Decision-Making [EBDM] in the primary is a systematic approach that directs the decision-maker in a conscientious, explicit, and judicious utilization of reliable and best evidence ba...

    Authors: Marjan Hedayatipour, Sina Etemadi, Somayeh Noori Hekmat and Alisadat Moosavi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:38
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Mobile-phone reminders have gained traction among policymakers as a way to improve childhood vaccination coverage and timeliness. However, there is limited evidence on the acceptability of mobile-phone reminde...

    Authors: Paul Eze, Sergius Alex Agu, Ujunwa Justina Agu and Yubraj Acharya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1276
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Previous research has documented that across South Asia, as well as in some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the private sector is the primary source of outpatient care for sick infants and children and, in ma...

    Authors: Bharat Ban, Stephen Hodgins, Pranita Thapa, Surakschha Thapa, Deepak Joshi, Adhish Dhungana, Anjana KC, Tanya Guenther, Shilu Adhikari, Elaine Scudder and Pavani K. Ram
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:545
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. The need for rehabilitation in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) is rapidly increasing as more people are living longer with chronic diseases. Primary health care (PHC) is ideally placed to provide the sp...

    Authors: Maria Yvonne Charumbira, Thandi Conradie, Karina Berner and Quinette Abegail Louw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:166
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  20. Implementation and uptake of novel and cost-effective medicines can improve patient health outcomes and healthcare efficiency. However, the uptake of new medicines into practice faces a wide range of obstacles...

    Authors: Kristina Medlinskiene, Justine Tomlinson, Iuri Marques, Sue Richardson, Katherine Stirling and Duncan Petty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1198
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Among the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), three were devoted to health. Two amongst which MDG4 in relation to the reduction of infant mortality has not been achieved in Least Developed Countries (LD...

    Authors: Rodrigue Nda’chi Deffo and Benjamin Fomba Kamga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:953
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Hypertension is a serious public health problem in China and in other developing countries. Our aim is to conduct a systematic review of studies on the effectiveness of community interventions for hypertension...

    Authors: Zuxun Lu, Shiyi Cao, Yun Chai, Yuan Liang, Max Bachmann, Marc Suhrcke and Fujian Song
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:216
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. The management of medical device adverse event (MDAE) is one of the most important aspects of improving medical quality and safety management. Nonetheless, hospitals still lack standardized and unified initiat...

    Authors: Jing Sun, Jin Pan, Yile Jin, Qian Zhang, Yingying Lv and Jingyi Feng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1406
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  24. Lymphoedema is a common, distressing and debilitating condition that can be related to cancer and its treatment or other conditions. Little is known about current practices in the diagnosis, assessment and man...

    Authors: Eric Torgbenu, Tim Luckett, Mark Buhagiar, Cecilia Mauricio Requena and Jane L. Phillips
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:461
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  25. Remote dwelling Aboriginal infants from northern Australia have a high burden of disease and frequently use health services. Little is known about the quality of infant care provided by remote health services....

    Authors: Sarah J Bar-Zeev, Sue G Kruske, Lesley M Barclay, Naor Bar-Zeev and Sue V Kildea
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:250
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. In regard to health service planning and delivery, the use of information at different levels in the health system is vital, ranging from the influencing of policy to the programming of action to the ensuring ...

    Authors: Elaine Byrne and Johan Ivar Sæbø
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1234
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  27. Due to the growing economic pressure, there is an increasing interest in the optimization of operational processes within surgical operating rooms (ORs). Surgical departments are frequently dealing with limite...

    Authors: Martin Schenk, Juliane Neumann, Nadine Adler, Tilo Trommer, Jan Theopold, Thomas Neumuth and Pierre Hepp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1313
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  28. In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define ...

    Authors: Miriam Hartveit, Olav Thorsen, Eva Biringer, Kris Vanhaecht, Benedicte Carlsen and Aslak Aslaksen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:329
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Research has shown unilateral cochlear implants (CIs) significantly improve clinical outcomes and quality of life in adults. However, only 13% of eligible Swedish adults currently use a unilateral CI. The obje...

    Authors: Mutsa Gumbie, Emma Olin, Bonny Parkinson, Ross Bowman and Henry Cutler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:319
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. The strategic aim of universal health coverage (UHC) is to ensure that everyone can use health services they need without risk of financial hardship. Linda Mama (Taking care of the mother) initiative focuses on t...

    Authors: Beverly Marion Ochieng, Margaret Kaseje, Dan Clement Owino Kaseje, Kevin Oria and Monica Magadi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:226
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. In India there is a thrust towards promoting institutional delivery, resulting in problems of overcrowding and compromise to quality of care. Review of near-miss obstetric events has been suggested to be usefu...

    Authors: Sanghita Bhattacharyya, Aradhana Srivastava and Marian Knight
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:553
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Jazan region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been extensively studied regarding access to dental care services, but there is currently no specific study on the distribution of public (primary healthca...

    Authors: Mosa Ali Shubayr, Estie Kruger, Muhammad Mansoor Majeed, Afrah H Hattan, Shoaa Ahmed Jearan and Marc Tennant
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:356
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  33. Internationally, it is expected that health services will involve the public in health service design. Evaluation of public involvement has typically focused on the process and experiences for participants. Le...

    Authors: Nicola Lloyd, Amanda Kenny and Nerida Hyett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:364
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. With the advent of an ageing society and an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases, the role of primary health care has become increasingly important and reliant on multidisciplinary collaboration. As ...

    Authors: Li Ma, Xinwei Wang, Shiyue Zou, Min Lin, Shi Qiu and Weimin Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:327
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is an obstetric emergency that requires effective teamwork under complex conditions. We explored healthcare team performance for women who suffered a PPH, focusing on relationship...

    Authors: Victoria Brazil, Darren McLean, Belinda Lowe, Lada Kordich, Deborah Cullen, Victoria De Araujo, Talia Eldridge and Eve Purdy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1108
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Clients must recall information from contraceptive counseling sessions to properly use their chosen method. Client recall in community-based settings is challenging given the public nature of these events and ...

    Authors: Rebecca E. Rosenberg, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Julie H. Hernandez and Jane T. Bertrand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:784
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Today’s remarkable popularity of value-based health care (VBHC) is accompanied by considerable ambiguity concerning the very meaning of the concept. This is evident within academic publications, and mirrored i...

    Authors: Gijs Steinmann, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Antoinette de Bont and Diana Delnoij
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:862
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. We describe a simple approach we used to identify barriers and tailor an intervention to improve pharmacological management of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia. We also report the results of a post hoc e...

    Authors: Atle Fretheim, Andrew D Oxman and Signe Flottorp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2004 4:23
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Primary health care is recognised as an integral part of a country’s health care system. Measuring hospitalisations, that could potentially be avoided with high quality and accessible primary care, is one indi...

    Authors: Odette R Gibson, Leonie Segal and Robyn A McDermott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:336
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. People with cystic fibrosis are required to adhere to a burdensome daily treatment regimen. Comprehensive adherence protocols can support more consistent use of adherence interventions and improve treatment ad...

    Authors: Bianca Richards, Sonya R. Osborne and Megan Simons
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:109
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. From 1990 to 2015, the number of maternal deaths globally has dropped by 43%. Despite this, progress in attaining MDG 5 is not remarkable in LMICs. Only 52% of pregnant women in LMICs obtain WHO recommended mi...

    Authors: Anam Feroz, Shagufta Perveen and Wafa Aftab
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:704
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Emergency care (EC) describes team-based, multidisciplinary clinical service provision, advocacy and health systems strengthening to address all urgent aspects of illness and injury for all people. In order to...

    Authors: Georgina Phillips, Kathryn Bowman, Trina Sale and Gerard O’Reilly
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:560
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  43. In 2009, the Chinese Central Communist Party and the China State Council started to implement comprehensive healthcare reforms. The first round of reforms, involving Anhui province, was from 2009 to 2011, and ...

    Authors: Qing Liu, Xin Tian, Jiang Tian and Xinping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:268
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Expenditure of healthcare services has been growing over the past decades. Lean and agile are two popular paradigms that could potentially contain cost and improve proficiency of the healthcare system. However...

    Authors: Xueying Li and Ana Lúcia Martins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:307
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  45. Clinicians’ experiences of providing care constitute an important outcome for evaluating care from a value-based healthcare perspective. Yet no currently available instruments have been designed and validated ...

    Authors: Reema Harrison, Elizabeth Manias, Louise Ellis, Laurel Mimmo, Ramesh Walpola, Ben Roxas-Harris, Timothy Dobbins, Rebecca Mitchell, Sharyn Cowie, Glen Maberly, Catherine Chan and Liz Hay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1484
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. While multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) are now considered an essential part of cancer care decision-making, how they perform varies widely. The authors hypothesised that a comprehensive, multipronged improvement...

    Authors: Lynleigh Evans, Yiren Liu, Brendan Donovan, Terence Kwan, Karen Byth and Paul Harnett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:203
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. To implement the “without the need for a second visit” (WNASV) initiative in our hospital by optimizing the outpatient clinic services via an upgraded information system, in order to increase the quality of ou...

    Authors: Jian Shen, Jun Zhang, Qiang He, Haihui Pan, Zhiqiang Wu, Liangming Nie, Hongfang Zhang, Shuning Liu, Yan Sun, Yaoqiang Du and Dongsheng Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:267
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The present study protocol describes the trial design of a primary care intervention cohort study, which examines whether an extended, multi-professional physical activity referral (PAR) intervention is more e...

    Authors: Emelie Stenman, Matti E Leijon, Susanna Calling, Christina Bergmark, Daniel Arvidsson, Ulf-G Gerdtham, Kristina Sundquist and Rickard Ekesbo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:173
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  50. In a healthcare system based on managed competition, it is important that health insurers are able to channel enrollees to preferred providers. This results in incentives for healthcare providers to improve th...

    Authors: Frank J. P. van der Hulst, Anne E. M. Brabers and Judith D. de Jong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:52
    Content type: Research Published on:
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