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  1. Supporting self-care is being explored across health care systems internationally as an approach to improving care for long term conditions in the context of ageing populations and economic constraint. UK heal...

    Authors: Gillard Steve, Adams Katie, Edwards Christine, Lucock Mike, Miller Stephen, Simons Lucy, Turner Kati, White Rachel and White Sarah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:189
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Internationally, key health care reform elements rely on improved integration of care between the primary and secondary sectors. The objective of this systematic review is to synthesise the existing published ...

    Authors: Caroline Nicholson, Claire Jackson and John Marley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:528
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:569

  3. Childhood vaccination is among the most effective public health interventions available for the prevention of communicable disease, but coverage in many humanitarian settings is sub-optimal. This systematic re...

    Authors: Sharif A. Ismail, Sze Tung Lam, Sadie Bell, Fouad M. Fouad, Karl Blanchet and Josephine Borghi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1277
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  5. Despite an emerging consensus on the importance of resilience as a framework for understanding the healthcare system, the operationalization of resilience in healthcare has become an area of continuous discuss...

    Authors: Hilda Bø Lyng, Carl Macrae, Veslemøy Guise, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Birte Fagerdal, Lene Schibevaag and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:474
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  6. In middle income countries the number of trained health technology assessment specialists is limited and the public budget for health technology assessment is considerably lower compared to developed countries...

    Authors: András Inotai, Márta Pékli, Gabriella Jóna, Orsolya Nagy, Edit Remák and Zoltán Kaló
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:332
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  7. The aim of this study is to investigate the experiences of physicians presented with a knowledge support system while registering data on ankle fractures in the Swedish Fracture Register. The present study aim...

    Authors: Emilia Möller Rydberg, Johan Insulan, Ola Rolfson, Maziar Mohaddes and Linda Ahlstrom
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:382
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  8. Expanding health insurance coverage is a priority under Sustainable Development Goal 3. To address the intersection between poverty and health and remove cost barriers, the government of Ghana established the ...

    Authors: Peter Otieno, Gustavo Angeles, Sarah Quiñones, Vincent van Halsema, Jacob Novignon and Tia Palermo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:599
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Establishing more substantial patient involvement in the health care has become fundamental to Western health care services. Person-centred care (PCC) has been developed as a way of working that involve the pa...

    Authors: Malin Tistad, Lars Wallin and Eric Carlström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:196
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Disruptions to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic are well-recognised problems. However, a dearth of research exists on disabled people’s experiences with accessing these services. A scoping revi...

    Authors: Karen McBride-Henry, Solmaz Nazari Orakani, Gretchen Good, Michael Roguski and Tara N. Officer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:346
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  11. The objective of this article is to describe the design of a study to evaluate the clinical and economic effects of a Disease Management model on functional health, quality of care and quality of life of perso...

    Authors: Marijke Boorsma, Hein PJ van Hout, Dinnus H Frijters, Miel W Ribbe and Giel Nijpels
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:143
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. During a four-year action research project (2003-2007), a program targeting all type 2 diabetes patients was implemented in a well-defined geographical region in Belgium. The implementation of the program resu...

    Authors: Patricia Sunaert, Hilde Bastiaens, Frank Nobels, Luc Feyen, Geert Verbeke, Etienne Vermeire, Jan De Maeseneer, Sara Willems and An De Sutter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:207
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Patient safety culture concerns the values, beliefs and standards shared by an organisation’s health staff and other personnel which influence their care provision actions and conduct. Several countries have m...

    Authors: Claudia Tartaglia Reis, Josué Laguardia, Paola Bruno de Araújo Andreoli, Cassimiro Nogueira Júnior and Mônica Martins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:32
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  14. In the domain of health services, little research has focused on how organizational culture, specifically internal market-oriented cultures (IMOCs), are associated with organizational climate resources, suppor...

    Authors: Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi, Terje Slåtten, Gudbrand Lien and Manel González-Piñero
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:637
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  15. Smoking, physical inactivity, low fruit and vegetable consumption, and obesity are common in Kosovo. Their prevention is a priority to relieve the health system of from costly non-communicable disease treatmen...

    Authors: Ariana Bytyci-Katanolli, Sonja Merten, Marek Kwiatkowski, Katrina Obas, Jana Gerold, Manfred Zahorka, Naim Jerliu, Qamile Ramadani, Nicu Fota and Nicole Probst-Hensch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:647
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  16. 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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  17. Previous studies have investigated process and structure indicators of nutritional care as well as their use in nursing homes (NHs), but the relative weight of these indicators in predicting the risk of malnut...

    Authors: Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Francesca Collini, Mariangela Castagnoli, Mauro Di Bari, Maria Chiara Cavallini, Nicoletta Zaffarana, Pasquale Pepe, Alessandro Mugelli, Ersilia Lucenteforte, Alfredo Vannacci and Chiara Lorini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:223
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  18. Individuals seen in Primary Care with behavioral health concerns who decline behavioral health treatment may benefit from the support of peers (consumers in recovery from behavioral health concerns employed to...

    Authors: Emily M. Johnson, Kyle Possemato, Matthew Chinman, Gala True, Jacob Hedges, Brittany N. Hampton, E. Jennifer Edelman and Stephen A. Maisto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1370
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  19. Sound policy, resource allocation and day-to-day management decisions in the health sector require timely information from routine health information systems (RHIS). In most low- and middle-income countries, t...

    Authors: David R Hotchkiss, Anwer Aqil, Theo Lippeveld and Edward Mukooyo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:188
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  20. In Scandinavia, various public reforms are initiated to enhance trust in the healthcare services and the public sector in general. This study explores experiences from a two-step service innovation project in ...

    Authors: Tom Eide, Monika K. Gullslett, Hilde Eide, Janne H. Dugstad, Brendan McCormack and Etty R. Nilsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1250
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  21. Australian federally-funded cognitive pharmacy services (CPS) (e.g. medication management and reconciliation services) have not been translated into practice consistently. These health services are purportedly...

    Authors: Faith R. Yong, Su-Yin Hor and Beata V. Bajorek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:906
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  22. The person-centred practice framework represents the cornerstone of a middle-range theory. Internationally, person-centredness has become an increasingly common topic. The measurement of the existence of a per...

    Authors: Christoph von Dach, Nanja Schlup, Stefan Gschwenter and Brendan McCormack
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:458
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  23. The detrimental impacts of COVID-19 on healthcare providers’ psychological health and well-being continue to affect their professional roles and activities, leading to compassion fatigue. The purpose of this r...

    Authors: Anna Garnett, Lucy Hui, Christina Oleynikov and Sheila Boamah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1336
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  24. For many countries, especially those outside the USA without incentive payments, implementing and maintaining electronic medical records (EMR) is expensive and can be controversial given the large amounts of i...

    Authors: Kim-Huong Nguyen, Tracy Comans, Thi Thao Nguyen, Digby Simpson, Leanna Woods, Chad Wright, Damian Green, Keith McNeil and Clair Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:694
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  25. The role of visiting health services has been proven to be effective in promoting the health of older populations. Hence, developing a web system for nurses may help improve the quality of visiting health serv...

    Authors: Jakyung Lee, Susan Park, Mi-hee Cho, Ji-Won Kang, Minkyoung Kim, Suhyeon Choi, Seok-gyu Kim, Ji-hee Choi, Keumhee Han, Chang-O Kim, Il-Chul Moon, Moon Choi and Soong-nang Jang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1427
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  26. Some of the advantages of implementing electronic emergency department information systems (EDIS) are improvements in data availability and simplification of statistical evaluations of emergency department (ED...

    Authors: Benjamin Lucas, Peter Schladitz, Wiebke Schirrmeister, Gerald Pliske, Felix Walcher, Martin Kulla and Dominik Brammen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:558
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Access to low-cost essential generic medicines is a critical health policy goal in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Guatemala is an LMIC where there is both limited availability and affordability of th...

    Authors: David Flood, Irène Mathieu, Anita Chary, Pablo García and Peter Rohloff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:27
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Using digital technologies to provide services and supports remotely may improve efficiency and accessibility of healthcare, and support people with disabilities to live independently. This study aimed to expl...

    Authors: Jennifer Fortune, Manjula Manikandan, Sarah Harrington, Owen Hensey, Claire Kerr, Sebastian Koppe, Thilo Kroll, Grace Lavelle, Siobhán Long, Malcolm MacLachlan, Denis Nolan, Meriel Norris, Jason O’Reilly, Mary Owens, Aisling Walsh, Michael Walsh…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:323
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  29. In many high-income countries, primary care practitioners are the main point of referral for specialist mental health services. In England, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are increasingly ...

    Authors: Stephen Rocks, Margaret Glogowska, Melissa Stepney, Apostolos Tsiachristas and Mina Fazel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:623
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Patient experience is an important indicator of quality of health care. In Norway, little is known about the quality of health care for immigrants. The aim of this study was to compare patient-reported experie...

    Authors: Marte Kjøllesdal, Thor Indseth, Hilde Hestad Iversen and Oyvind Bjertnaes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1106
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. Pharmacists are recognized as one of the most accessible healthcare providers and are licensed to advise patients on drugs and health products including dietary and herbal supplements (DHSs). The objective of ...

    Authors: Jeremy Y. Ng, Umair Tahir and Simran Dhaliwal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:499
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Our research programme on fee exemption policies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger involved sensitive topics with strong ideological and political connotations for the decision-makers, for health-workers, and fo...

    Authors: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 3):S4
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 15 Supplement 3

  35. To gain an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of Chinese organ transplant recipients’ perceptions, expectations, and suggestions of pharmacy services to hospital pharmacists.

    Authors: Zhao Yin, Wan Zhang, Xuedong Jia, Xi Yang, Wenzhi Guo, Hang Fu, Shuzhang Du, Xiaojian Zhang, Fangying Si and Jun Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:387
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  37. Low- and middle-income countries often lack access to mental health services, leading to calls for integration within other primary care systems. In sub-Saharan Africa, integration of depression treatment in n...

    Authors: Griffin M. Sansbury, Brian W. Pence, Chifundo Zimba, Juan Yanguela, Kelsey Landrum, Maureen Matewere, MacDonald Mbota, Jullita K. Malava, Harriet Tikhiwa, Abigail M. Morrison, Christopher F. Akiba, Bradley N. Gaynes, Michael Udedi, Mina C. Hosseinipour and Melissa A. Stockton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1413
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  38. Performance evaluation raises several challenges to allied health practitioners and there is no agreed approach to measuring or monitoring allied health service performance. The aim of this review was to exami...

    Authors: Lucylynn Lizarondo, Karen Grimmer and Saravana Kumar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:572
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior (TPB) postulates that individuals’ behavioral intention is influenced by their attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Therefore, it can be used to bro...

    Authors: Łucja Zielińska-Tomczak, Magdalena Cerbin-Koczorowska, Piotr Przymuszała and Ryszard Marciniak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:903
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Belgian hospitals face a growing shortage of physicians and increasingly competitive market conditions. In this challenging environment hospitals are struggling to build effective hospital-physician relationsh...

    Authors: Jeroen Trybou, Paul Gemmel, Yves Van Vaerenbergh and Lieven Annemans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:232
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. In 2013, the Shanghai Hospital Development Center issued a policy to advocate public hospitals to report their information about costs on diseases. The objective was to evaluate the impact of interhospital dis...

    Authors: Ya-jing Chen, Rui-Xin Wang, Jin-yan Tang and Xiao-hua Ying
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:531
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Clinical coordination is considered a health policy priority as its absence can lead to poor quality of care and inefficiency. A key challenge is to identify which strategies should be implemented to improve c...

    Authors: Marta-Beatriz Aller, Ingrid Vargas, Jordi Coderch and Maria-Luisa Vázquez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:842
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. While the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion improved healthcare coverage and access for millions of uninsured Americans, less is known about its effects on the overall accessibility and quality of care ...

    Authors: Aaron Parzuchowski, Carlos Oronce, Rong Guo, Chi-Hong Tseng, A. Mark Fendrick and John N. Mafi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:723
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. WhatsApp (WA) is the most recent and attractive applicative among Smartphone users. The use of WA in healthcare environment has been shown of multiple benefices. Mozambique team involved in 2017 bed nets unive...

    Authors: Jorge A. H. Arroz, Baltazar Neves Candrinho, Figueiredo Mussambala, Marta Chande, Chandana Mendis, Sónia Dias and Maria do Rosário O. Martins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:86
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Social prescribing (SP) is a non-clinical approach, most commonly based in healthcare units, that aims to address non-medical health-related social needs by connecting individuals with community-based services...

    Authors: Andreia Costa, Joana Henriques, Violeta Alarcão, Teresa Madeira, Ana Virgolino, Marie J. Polley, Adriana Henriques, Rodrigo Feteira-Santos, Miguel Arriaga and Paulo Nogueira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:645
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. Facing limited health resources, healthcare providers need to rely on health service delivery models that produce the best clinical outcomes and patient experience. We aimed to contribute to developing a patie...

    Authors: Mahdi Mahdavi, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Shiva Borzouei and Reza Majdzadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:896
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Quality improvement initiatives have expanded recently within the healthcare sector. Studies have shown that less than 40% of these initiatives are successful, indicating the need for an instrument that can me...

    Authors: Ann-Christine Andersson, Mattias Elg, Kent-Inge Perseius and Ewa Idvall
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:48
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. New technology implementation in healthcare must address important challenges such as interdisciplinary approaches. In oncology, molecular tumorboard (MTB) settings require biomedical researchers and clinical ...

    Authors: Nathalie Bot and Mathias Waelli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:922
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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