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  1. Good attitude towards to time management is the backbone to bring a change at individual and organizational levels in different sectors across the globe. But it has been ignored by different institutions, part...

    Authors: Ali Yimer, Mohammed Ahmed, Amare Zewdie and Sefineh Fenta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:976
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  2. Hospital care organization, structured around medical specialties and focused on the separate treatment of individual organ systems, is challenged by the increasing prevalence of multimorbidity. To support the...

    Authors: Marlies Verhoeff, Liann I. Weil, Hung Chu, Yolande Vermeeren, Janke de Groot, Jako S. Burgers, Patrick P. T. Jeurissen, Leslie R. Zwerwer and Barbara C. van Munster
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:975
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  3. Liver transplantation, the last treatment for advanced liver failure, necessitates patient education due to its wide range of complications and subsequent disabilities. The present study was development-applie...

    Authors: Mostafa Langarizadeh, Fateme Moghbeli, Shamim Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Langarizadeh, Mohammadjavad Sayadi, Fatemeh Sarpourian and Seyed Ali Fatemi Aghda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:974
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  4. Blood shortage is a persistent problem affecting Taiwan’s health-care system. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been commonly used in studies of health advocacy. The purpose of this study was to develop...

    Authors: Yu-Han Liao, Kung-Pei Tang, Chih-Yu Chou, Chien-Feng Kuo and Shin-Yi Tsai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:973
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  5. Increased psychological pressure on oral healthcare professionals (OHP) due to COVID-19 has been shown, yet little is known about the long-term psychological impacts. We aimed to study the psychological impact...

    Authors: M. Shabestari, V. E. Ansteinsson, E. A. S. Hovden, L. Stangvaltaite-Mouhat, I. Mdala, R. Skudutyte-Rysstad and M. M. Uhlen-Strand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:972
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  6. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a significant public health burden in Australia. Subsequent strain on healthcare systems is widespread and current models of care may not be adequate to provide optimal h...

    Authors: Gina Absalom, Julia Zinga, Claire Margerison, Gavin Abbott, Sharleen O’Reilly and Paige van der Pligt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:971
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  7. Interventions for non-communicable diseases are increasingly implemented and evaluated in sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known about their medium- to long-term sustainability beyond the end of research fund...

    Authors: David Katende, Norah Nalweyiso, Gertrude Nabulime, Kevin Nakuya, Michael Charles Mubiru, Isaac Sekitoleko, Kathy Baisley, Moffat Nyirenda and Heiner Grosskurth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:970
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  8. Immunization is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions for improving children’s health and survival. In Ethiopia, low immunization coverage and disparity across residences are major public ...

    Authors: Melash Belachew Asresie, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu and Gizachew Worku Dagnew
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:969
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  9. Biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) are highly effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), albeit high drug cost has restricted their use in many countries. ...

    Authors: Alen Brkic, Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Mari Hoff, Espen Andre Haavardsholm, Bjørg Tilde Svanes Fevang, Lene Kristin Brekke, Liz Loli, Camilla Zettel, Gunnstein Bakland, Pawel Mielnik and Glenn Haugeberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:968
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  10. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in the use of telemedicine as a means of delivering healthcare services remotely. Healthcare providers play a key role in the adoption and implementation of telemedicin...

    Authors: Bayou Tilahun Assaye, Muluken Belachew, Aynadis Worku, Sefefe Birhanu, Ayenew Sisay, Mitiku Kassaw and Habtamu Mekonen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:967
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  11. Though over three-fourths of all births receive medical attention in India, the rate of cesarean delivery (22%) is twice higher than the WHO recommended level. Cesarean deliveries entail high costs and may lea...

    Authors: Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Anjali Sharma and Sanjay K. Mohanty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:966
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  12. For patients receiving daily opioid agonist treatment (OAT) for opioid dependence, several countries relaxed treatment guidelines at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This involved longer take-home inter...

    Authors: Rebecca McDonald, Anne Berit Bech and Thomas Clausen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:965
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  13. Bangladesh outperforms its Least Developed Country (LDC) status on a range of health measures including life expectancy. Its frontline medical practitioners, however, are not formally trained medical professio...

    Authors: Olav Muurlink, Nazim Uzzaman, Rhonda J Boorman, Sarah Binte Kibria, Talitha Best and Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:964
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  14. Safe blood is essential for the care of patients with life-threatening anemia and hemorrhage. Low blood donation rates, inefficient testing procedures, and other supply chain disruptions in blood administratio...

    Authors: Alejandro Munoz-Valencia, Jackline O. Aridi, Linda S. Barnes, Kristina E. Rudd, Bopaya Bidanda, Tonny Epuu, Robert Kamu, Tecla Kivuli, Jana Macleod, Cindy M. Makanga, Jennifer Makin, Muthoni Mate, Carolyne Njoki Muiru, Gatwiri Murithi, Abdirahaman Musa, Hellen Nyagol…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:963
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  15. Low adherence is a major challenge in healthcare worldwide, being particularly dangerous for patients with chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and heart failure, where strict adherence is essenti...

    Authors: Piotr Merks, Urszula Religioni, Miłosz Jaguszewski, Agnieszka Barańska, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Justyna Kaźmierczak, Eliza Blicharska, Katarina Fehir Šola and Regis Vaillancourt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:962
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  16. In 2014 a new system for drug expenditures, the Wirkstoffvereinbarung (WSV, English: Active substance agreement) was implemented in Bavaria. In pre-defined indication groups, economic prescription of medications ...

    Authors: Nikoletta Zeschick, Julia Gollnick, Julia Muth, Franziska Hörbrand, Peter Killian, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Thomas Kühlein and Maria Sebastião
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:961
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  17. Mental health (MH) care often exhibits uneven quality and poor coordination of physical and MH needs, especially for patients with severe mental disorders. This study tests a Population Health Management (PHM)...

    Authors: Valeria D. Tozzi, Helen Banks, Lucia Ferrara, Angelo Barbato, Giovanni Corrao, Barbara D’avanzo, Teresa Di Fiandra, Andrea Gaddini, Matteo Monzio Compagnoni, Michele Sanza, Alessio Saponaro, Salvatore Scondotto and Antonio Lora
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:960
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  18. The patient-centred medical home (PCMH) is a model of team-based primary care that is patient-centred, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety. In response to substantial population growth a...

    Authors: Saira Mathew, Federica Barzi, Anton Clifford-Motopi, Renee Brown (Nunuccal), James Ward (Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu), Richard Mills, Lyle Turner, Antoinette White (Palawa and Iningai), Martie Eaton and Danielle Butler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:959
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  19. Lean management (LM) is a continuous improvement methodology originating from manufacturing and is widely adopted in healthcare to improve processes. LM shows promising results in healthcare and research on th...

    Authors: Y. S. Kunnen, O. P. Roemeling and E. Smailhodzic
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:958
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  20. This study evaluated the effects of community engagement through social accountability on service users’ values, attitudes and interactions. We conducted a pre–post study of the community and provider driven s...

    Authors: Victoria Boydell, Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Ndema Habib, My Huong Nguyen, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Sigilbert Mrema and James Kiarie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:957
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  21. The daily increase of infected individuals and mortalities related to COVID-19 in Iran increased public fear and anxiety and affected the job performance of many health workers, including the Iranian Red Cresc...

    Authors: Minoo Mohammadkhani, Mohammad Sadegh Tavakoli Sani, Arezoo Sarani and Narges Khanjani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:956
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  22. The post-acute patient standardized functional items (Section GG) include non-response options such as refuse, not attempt and not applicable. We examined non-response patterns and compared four methods to add...

    Authors: Chih -Ying Li, Hyunkyoung Kim, Brian Downer, Mi Jung Lee, Kenneth Ottenbacher and Yong-Fang Kuo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:955
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  23. Nigeria has one of the highest burdens of maternal deaths globally, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the country. There is a significan...

    Authors: Zainab Mahmoud, Adaego A. Orji, Chukwuebuka F. Okoye, Friday O. Ameh, Erica Jamro-Comer, Aliyu Isah, Bissallah Ekele, Godwin Akaba, Dike B. Ojji and Mark D. Huffman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:954
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  24. Long term care (LTC) services for functionally impaired senior citizens are crucial for addressing the challenges of aging. However, research on eligibility criteria and coverage of LTC in China is lacking. Ou...

    Authors: Mingchao Zhou, Fubing Zha, Fang Liu, Jing Zhou, Xiangxiang Liu, Jiehui Li, Qingqing Yang, Zeyu Zhang, Feng Xiong, Dianrui Hou, Hongyun Weng and Yulong Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:953
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  26. Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) are case-mix adjusted mortality rates per hospital and are used to evaluate quality of care. However, acute care is increasingly organized on a regional level, with more se...

    Authors: Sanne J. den Hartog, Bob Roozenbeek, Sjoukje van der Bij, Marzyeh Amini, Nikki van Leeuwen, Eric Boersma, Clemens M.F. Dirven, Diederik W.J. Dippel and Hester F. Lingsma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:951
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  27. In Australia, the overall prevalence of liver disease is increasing. Maximising uptake of community screening programmes by understanding patient preferences is integral to developing consumer-centred care mod...

    Authors: Michelle J Allen, Rachael Doran, David Brain, Elizabeth E Powell, James O’Beirne, Patricia C Valery, Adrian Barnett, Ruvini Hettiarachchi, Ingrid J Hickman and Sanjeewa Kularatna
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:950
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  28. Video consultations has been suggested to lower the threshold for child and adolescent mental healthcare treatment. This study explores how young people receiving child welfare services experience video consul...

    Authors: Vibeke Krane, Jannike Kaasbøll, Silje L. Kaspersen and Marian Ådnanes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:949
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  29. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is a global public health problem. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the economy of developing countries, including Ethiopia.This study aime...

    Authors: Abdene Weya Kaso, Esmael Mohammed, Gebi Agero, Gemechu Churiso, Taha Kaso, Helen Ali Ewune and Alemayehu Hailu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:948
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  31. Progress on surgical system strengthening has been slow due to a disconnect between evidence generation and the information required for effective policymaking. This systematic mapping review sought to assess ...

    Authors: Meskerem Aleka Kebede, Deng Simon Garang Tor, Tesfamariam Aklilu, Adane Petros, Martilord Ifeanyichi, Ezekiel Aderaw, Maeve Sophia Bognini, Darshita Singh, Rosemary Emodi, Rachel Hargest and Rocco Friebel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:946
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  32. We aimed to conduct a clinical process cost analysis to evaluate all upcoming costs of mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) treatment using the MitraClip and the PASCAL repair system.

    Authors: Jean Marc Haurand, Jafer Haschemi, Daniel Oehler, Yvonne Heinen, Amin Polzin, Malte Kelm and Patrick Horn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:945
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  33. Post-war Japanese tend to avoid discussion of death, resulting in a lack of death communication within clinical settings. However, with the aging of society, the significance of conversations and decisions rel...

    Authors: Kae Ito, Shuji Tsuda, Mayumi Hagiwara and Tsuyoshi Okamura
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:944
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  34. Singapore relies heavily on migrant workers to build its country and harbours a relatively large population of these workers. Importantly, tuberculosis (TB) remains a pernicious threat to the health of these w...

    Authors: Chuan De Foo, Shishi Wu, Fariha Amin, Natarajan Rajaraman, Alex R. Cook and Helena Legido-Quigley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:943
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  35. Managing long-term sickness absence is challenging in countries where employers and managers have the main responsibility to provide return to work support, particularly for workers with poor mental health. Wh...

    Authors: Veronica Varela-Mato, Holly Blake, Joanna Yarker, Kate Godfree, Guy Daly, Juliet Hassard, Caroline Meyer, Charlotte Kershaw, Steven Marwaha, Kristina Newman, Sean Russell, Louise Thomson and Fehmidah Munir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:942
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  36. Nosocomial infections (NCIs) have been associated with several adverse outcomes including extended hospitalization, persistent disability, heightened antimicrobial resistance, amplified socio-economic disrupti...

    Authors: Samuel Salu, Joshua Okyere, Veronica Okwuchi Charles-Unadike and Mark Kwame Ananga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:941
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  37. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to learn about acute health organisations experiences implementing a pandemic response plan in real-time. This study was conducted to explore organisational ...

    Authors: Karen McKenna, Stéphane Bouchoucha, Bernice Redley and Anastasia Hutchinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:940
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  38. Tobacco smoking during pregnancy is the most important preventable risk factor for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes and can have lifelong consequences for infants. Smoking during pregnancy is...

    Authors: Alison Pearce, Joanne Scarfe, Matthew Jones, Aaron Cashmore, Andrew Milat, Larisa Barnes and Megan E. Passey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:939
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  39. The delivery of health services around the world faced considerable disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this has been discussed for a number of conditions in the adult population, related patterns ...

    Authors: Dimitra Panteli, Nicole Mauer, Florian Tille and Ulrike Nimptsch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:938
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  40. The vaccination of the Rohingya refugees and host communities against COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar started in August 2021. Government authorities and Non-Government Organisation partners implemented a project aroun...

    Authors: Anika Tasneem Chowdhury, Satyajit Kundu, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hesham Ali Hijazi and Ahmed Hossain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:937
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  41. Accidents at work are events that endanger the health and life of workers. They are considered a public health problem, being the object of studies and actions in the Brazilian health system. The collapsed of ...

    Authors: Rita de Cássia Costa da Silva, Maykon Anderson Pires de Novais and Paola Zucchi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:936
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  42. The Aboriginal health workforce provide responsive, culturally safe health care. We aimed to co-design a culturally safe course with and for the Aboriginal health workforce. We describe the factors which led t...

    Authors: Kelly Hosking, Teresa De Santis, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Phillip Merrdi Wilson, Linda Bunn, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Shiraline Wurrawilya, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Sandra Nelson, Cheryl Ross, Paula Binks, Phoebe Schroder, Joshua S. Davis, Sean Taylor, Christine Connors and Jane Davies
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:935
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  43. Care transitions have a significant impact on patient health outcomes and care experience. However, there is limited research on how clients receiving care in the home care sector experience the hospital-to-ho...

    Authors: Marianne Saragosa, Sonia Nizzer, Sandra McKay and Kerry Kuluski
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:934
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  44. Delayed access to outpatient care may negatively impact on health outcomes. We aimed to evaluate implementation of the Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) model of access in an epilepsy clinic to re...

    Authors: Annie K. Lewis, Nicholas F. Taylor, Patrick W. Carney, Xia Li and Katherine E. Harding
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:933
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  45. Sepsis, characterized by organ dysfunction due to presumed or proven infection, has a case-fatality over 20% in severe cases in low-and-middle income countries. Early diagnosis and treatment have proven benefi...

    Authors: Edmond C. K. Li, Abner Tagoola, Clare Komugisha, Annette Mary Nabweteme, Yashodani Pillay, J. Mark Ansermino and Asif R. Khowaja
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:932
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  46. The identification of safety incidents and establishment of systematic methodologies in health services to reduce risks and provide quality care was implemented by The World Health Organization. These safety i...

    Authors: Deise Vacario de Quadros, Priscila Wachs, Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães, Isis Marques Severo, Juliana Petri Tavares and Daiane Dal Pai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:931
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  47. Acceptability is a key concept used to analyze the introduction of a health innovation in a specific setting. However, there seems to be a lack of clarity in this notion, both conceptually and practically. In ...

    Authors: Sarah Louart, Gildas Boris Hedible and Valéry Ridde
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:930
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  48. Hearing loss can have a negative impact on individuals’ health and engagement with social activities. Integrated approaches that tackle barriers and social outcomes could mitigate some of these effects for coc...

    Authors: Tolesa Bekele Okuba, Reidar P. Lystad, Isabelle Boisvert, Anne McMaugh, Robyn Cantle Moore, Ramya Walsan and Rebecca J. Mitchell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:929
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  49. We explored the impact of medical service fee adjustments on the choice of medical treatment for hypertensive patients in Beijing. We hope to provide decision-making reference to promote the realization of hie...

    Authors: Danhui Li, Jia Yang, Jin Li, Ning Zhao, Wensheng Ju and Moning Guo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:928
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  50. 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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