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  1. Breast cancer (BC) clinical guidelines offer evidence-based recommendations to improve quality of healthcare for patients with or at risk of BC. Suboptimal adherence to recommendations has the potential to neg...

    Authors: Ignacio Ricci-Cabello, Adrián Vásquez-Mejía, Carlos Canelo-Aybar, Ena Niño de Guzman, Javier Pérez-Bracchiglione, Montserrat Rabassa, David Rigau, Ivan Solà, Yang Song, Luciana Neamtiu, Elena Parmelli, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson and Pablo Alonso-Coello
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:920
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  2. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can negatively impact patients’ health status and outcomes. Positive airway pressure (PAP) reverses airway obstruction and may reduce the risk of adverse outcomes. Remote monitori...

    Authors: Nicholas A. Rattray, Andrew Khaw, Mackenzie McGrath, Teresa M. Damush, Edward J. Miech, Adam Lenet, Stephanie Stahl, Jared Ferguson, Jennifer Myers, David Guenther, Barbara J. Homoya and Dawn M. Bravata
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:357
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  4. To describe reported studies of the impact on HbA1C levels, diabetes-related hospitalisations, and other primary care health endpoints of initiatives aimed at improving the management of diabetes in Indigenous...

    Authors: Odette R Gibson and Leonie Segal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:154
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  5. The Icelandic population is aging like other populations in the world, the life expectancy is high, and the national focus is to help people to age in their own homes. The objectives of this research was to de...

    Authors: Solveig A. Arnadottir and Brynjolfur Gauti Jonsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:708
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  6. Navajo community members face high rates of diabetes mellitus and other chronic diseases. The Navajo Community Health Representative Outreach Program collaborated with healthcare providers and academic partner...

    Authors: Calvin Franz, Sidney Atwood, E. John Orav, Cameron Curley, Christian Brown, Letizia Trevisi, Adrianne Katrina Nelson, Mae-Gilene Begay and Sonya Shin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:460
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  7. The impact of new medical graduates on the social dimensions of the rural medical workforce is yet to be examined. Social Network Analysis (SNA) is able to visualize and measure these dimensions. We apply this...

    Authors: Denese E. Playford, Tessa Burkitt and David Atkinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:305
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  8. China has achieved nearly universal coverage of the Social Basic Medical Insurance (SBMI), which aims to reduce the disease burden and improve the utilization of health services. We investigated the associatio...

    Authors: Guorui Fan, Zhaohua Deng, Xiang Wu and Yang Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:553
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  9. Integrated community case management (iCCM) strategies aim to reach poor communities by providing timely access to treatment for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea for children under 5 years of age. Community he...

    Authors: Robin Altaras, Mark Montague, Kirstie Graham, Clare E. Strachan, Laura Senyonjo, Rebecca King, Helen Counihan, Denis Mubiru, Karin Källander, Sylvia Meek and James Tibenderana
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:785
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  10. The pressure on healthcare services worldwide has driven the incorporation of disease state management services within community pharmacies in developed countries. Pharmacists are recognised as the most access...

    Authors: Husna Maulavizada, Lynne Emmerton and Hendrika Laetitia Hattingh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:146
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  11. Since the emergence of social media in 2004, a growing percentage of patients use this technology for health related reasons. To reflect on the alleged beneficial and potentially harmful effects of social medi...

    Authors: Edin Smailhodzic, Wyanda Hooijsma, Albert Boonstra and David J. Langley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:442
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  12. Improved immunization rates have reduced the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in advanced nations. Japan’s unique vaccination system classifies vaccines into routine vaccines ostensibly require...

    Authors: Hiroko Otsuka-Ono, Narumi Hori, Hiroshi Ohta, Yukari Uemura and Kiyoko Kamibeppu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:798
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  13. To develop a quality community-based care management system, it is important to identify the actual use of long-term care insurance (LTCI) services and the most frequent combinations of services. It is also im...

    Authors: Ayumi Igarashi, Tomoaki Ishibashi, Tomohiro Shinozaki and Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:382
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  15. Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood but the attention given to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) h...

    Authors: Angela Akol, Karen Marie Moland, Juliet N. Babirye and Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:258
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  16. To accelerate the expansion of primary healthcare coverage, the Ethiopian government started deploying specially trained community health workers named Health Extension Workers (HEWs) in 2003. HEWs work on six...

    Authors: Fentabil Getnet, Abdiwahab Hashi, Sahardid Mohamud, Hassen Mowlid and Eveline Klinkenberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:193
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  17. The involvement of community first responders (CFRs) in medical emergencies in Scotland, and particularly in remote and rural areas, has expanded rapidly in recent years in response to geographical and organis...

    Authors: Anne Roberts, Amy Nimegeer, Jane Farmer and David J Heaney
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:460
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  18. The 2012 regulatory approval of HIV rapid point of care (RPOC) tests in Australia and a national strategic focus on HIV testing provided a catalyst for implementation of non-clinical HIV testing service models...

    Authors: Kathleen E. Ryan, Alisa Pedrana, David Leitinger, Anna L. Wilkinson, Peter Locke, Margaret E. Hellard and Mark Stoové
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:692
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  19. 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
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  20. Adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality. However, up to three-quarters of women with breast cancer do not take AET as prescribed. Existing interventions to s...

    Authors: Sophie M. C. Green, David P. French, Christopher D. Graham, Louise H. Hall, Nikki Rousseau, Robbie Foy, Jane Clark, Catherine Parbutt, Erin Raine, Benjamin Gardner, Galina Velikova, Sally J. L. Moore, Jacqueline Buxton and Samuel G. Smith
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1081
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  21. To improve and support medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases, especially for long-term medication, it is important to consider both their relationship with healthcare providers and their li...

    Authors: Haruka Ueno, Yoshihiko Yamazaki, Yuki Yonekura, MJ Park, Hirono Ishikawa and Takahiro Kiuchi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:592
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  22. To comprehend the relationship between various indicators of health service equity and patients’ health expenditure poverty in different regions of China, identify areas where equity in health service is lacki...

    Authors: Shaoliang Tang, Ling Yao, Chaoyu Ye, Zhengjun Li, Jing Yuan, Kean Tang and David Qian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:718
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  23. Patient reported outcome measures are frequently used standard questionnaires or tools designed to collect information from patients regarding their health status and care. Their use enables accurate and relev...

    Authors: Bridget Johnston, Kate Flemming, Melanie Jay Narayanasamy, Carolyn Coole and Beth Hardy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:574
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  24. General practice-based (GP) healthcare data have promise, when systematically collected, to support estimating local rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, variations in burden of di...

    Authors: T. Niyonsenga, N. T. Coffee, P. Del Fante, S. B. Høj and M. Daniel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:897
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  26. The American Behaviour Change Consortium (BCC) framework acknowledges patients as active participants and supports the need to investigate the fidelity with which they receive interventions, i.e. receipt. Acco...

    Authors: Lorna Rixon, Justine Baron, Nadine McGale, Fabiana Lorencatto, Jill Francis and Anna Davies
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:663
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  27. There is little research regarding the ability of Black men who have sex with men and women (BMSMW) to access and maintain HIV-related health care and treatment adherence. This population, who often insist on ...

    Authors: Emily A. Arnold, John Weeks, Michael Benjamin, William R. Stewart, Lance M. Pollack, Susan M. Kegeles and Don Operario
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:90
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  28. In Bangladesh, while the infrastructure of public health facilities to provide maternal and newborn care services is adequate, services are not always available due to insufficient staffing. A human resource a...

    Authors: Taposh Kumar Biswas, Anjuman Ara Begum, Shamima Akther, M. Hafizur Rahman, Henry B. Perry, Heidi E. Jones and Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:688
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  29. Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide, making their prevention a major health care challenge. In 2006, a German statutory health insurance company presented a novel individualised preve...

    Authors: Majed Aljutaili, Christian Becker, Sabine Witt, Rolf Holle, Reiner Leidl, Michael Block, Johannes Brachmann, Sigmund Silber, Kurt Bestehorn and Björn Stollenwerk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:263
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  30. Rehabilitation services depend on competent professionals who collaborate effectively. Well-functioning interprofessional teams are expected to positively impact continuity of care. Key factors in continuity o...

    Authors: Merethe Hustoft, Eva Biringer, Sturla Gjesdal, Jörg Aβmus and Øystein Hetlevik
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:719
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  31. Local health departments are the backbone of public health emergency (PHE) response plans. The front line of emergency response preparedness is people. Role perceptions of individual staff members of a given o...

    Authors: Mingli Jiao, Ning Ning, Qunhong Wu, David H. Peters, Yanhua Hao, Ye Li, Xingang Wei and Zheng Kang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:339
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  32. In most societies the health marketplace is pluralistic in character, with a mix of formal and informal providers. In high-income countries, state regulation of the market helps ensure quality and access and m...

    Authors: J. Durham, Marcos Michael, P. S. Hill and E. Paviignani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:424
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  33. Psychiatry has been considered as one of the most stressful medical specialities, and psychiatrists are likely to experience impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, few studies are available ...

    Authors: Chuan Liu, Lie Wang and Qun Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:20
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  34. Insights around second victims (SV) and patient safety has been growing over time. An overview of the available evidence is lacking. This review aims to describe (i) the impact a patient safety incident can ha...

    Authors: Deborah Seys, Massimiliano Panella, Sophia Russotto, Reinhard Strametz, José Joaquín Mira, Astrid Van Wilder, Lode Godderis and Kris Vanhaecht
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:816
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  35. Cancers are a leading cause of death worldwide. People with mental illness are 30 % more likely to die from cancer than the general population. One reason for this may be low uptake of nationally offered cance...

    Authors: Abigail Clifton, Caroline Burgess, Sarah Clement, Ruth Ohlsen, Pras Ramluggun, Jackie Sturt, Paul Walters and Elizabeth A. Barley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:257
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  36. In the Netherlands, disease management programs (DMPs) are used to treat chronic diseases. Their aim is to improve care and to control the rising expenditures related to chronic diseases. A bundled payment was...

    Authors: Apostolos Tsiachristas, Bethany Hipple Waters, Samantha A Adams, Roland Bal and Maureen PMM Rutten-van M’lken
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:518
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  37. The UK National Health Service Emergency Departments (ED) have recently faced increasing attendance rates. This study investigated associations of general practice and practice population characteristics with ...

    Authors: Peter Tammes, Richard W. Morris, Emer Brangan, Kath Checkland, Helen England, Alyson Huntley, Daniel Lasserson, Fiona MacKichan, Chris Salisbury, Lesley Wye and Sarah Purdy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:546
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  39. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) results from incomplete resolution of a pulmonary embolus, leading to pulmonary hypertension and progressive right heart failure and death. We aimed to des...

    Authors: Bernd Schweikert, David Pittrow, Carmine Dario Vizza, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, Marius M Hoeper, Anja Gabriel, Jenny Berg and Mirko Sikirica
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:246
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  40. Mental illness is a leading cause of illness and disability and around 75% of people suffering mental illness do not have access to adequate care. In Australia, nearly half the population experiences mental il...

    Authors: Steven A. Trankle and Jennifer Reath
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:524
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  41. Adequate care for individuals living with chronic illnesses calls for a healthcare system redesign, moving from acute, disease-centered to patient-centered models. The aim of this study was to identify Belgian...

    Authors: Thérèse Van Durme, Jean Macq, Sibyl Anthierens, Linda Symons, Olivier Schmitz, Dominique Paulus, Koen Van den Heede and Roy Remmen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:179
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  42. Telephone triage and advice services (TTAS) are increasingly being implemented around the world. These services allow people to speak to a nurse or general practitioner over the telephone and receive assessmen...

    Authors: Rebecca Lake, Andrew Georgiou, Julie Li, Ling Li, Mary Byrne, Maureen Robinson and Johanna I. Westbrook
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:614
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  43. Persons with dementia receive health care and social services from a wide range of professional care providers during the disease trajectory, presenting risks of miscommunication, duplication and/or missed nur...

    Authors: Christina Bökberg, Gerd Ahlström, Staffan Karlsson, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg and Ann-Christin Janlöv
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:596
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  44. Evidence to inform communication between emergency department clinicians and public health agencies is limited. In the context of diverse, emerging public health incidents, communication is urgent, as emergenc...

    Authors: Yasmin Khan, Sarah Sanford, Doug Sider, Kieran Moore, Gary Garber, Eileen de Villa and Brian Schwartz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:312
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  46. Rising demand of ophthalmology care is increasingly straining Malaysia’s public healthcare sector due to its limited human and financial resources. Improving the effectiveness of ophthalmology service delivery...

    Authors: Chee Yoong Foo, Ka Keat Lim, Sheamini Sivasampu, Kamilah Binti Dahian and Pik Pin Goh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:349
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  47. Cervical cancer significantly affects women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, limited studies have concentrated on cervical screening behaviour among women in SSA. This study aimed to assess the interplay ...

    Authors: Kwamena S. Dickson, Ebenezer N. K. Boateng, Evelyn Acquah, Castro Ayebeng and Isaac Y. Addo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:61
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  48. The health and social care sector (HCS) is currently facing multiple challenges across Europe: against the background of ageing societies, more people are in need of care. Simultaneously, several countries rep...

    Authors: Sebastian Merkel, Mervi Ruokolainen and Daniel Holman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:918
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  49. The time from a referral for suspected lung cancer is received at a hospital until treatment start has been defined as a quality indicator. Current Norwegian recommendation is that ≥70% should start surgery or...

    Authors: Trine Stokstad, Sveinung Sørhaug, Tore Amundsen and Bjørn H. Grønberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:45
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  50. The recent surge of asylum seekers in the European Union (EU) is raising questions about the EU’s ability to integrate newcomers into the economy and into society; particularly those who need specialized servi...

    Authors: Line Bager, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Carit Jacques Andersen and Shr-Jie Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:365
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