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  1. Diabetes is an increasingly prevalent chronic illness that places a huge burden on the individual, the health system and society. Patients with active foot disease and lower limb amputations due to diabetes ha...

    Authors: Sarah Delea, Claire Buckley, Andrew Hanrahan, Gerald McGreal, Deirdre Desmond and Sheena McHugh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:251
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Involuntary care and coercive measures are frequently present in mental healthcare for adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent adolescents perceive or experience coercion during in...

    Authors: Olav Nyttingnes, Torleif Ruud, Reidun Norvoll, Jorun Rugkåsa and Ketil Hanssen-Bauer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:389
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. A large proportion of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are treatable within primary health care (PHC) settings in a cost-effective manner. However, the utilization of PHCs for NCD care is comparatively low in ...

    Authors: Manoj Kumar Pati, Upendra Bhojani, Maya Annie Elias and Prashanth N. Srinivas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:770
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  6. There are discrepancies between evidence-based guidelines for screening and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and implementation in Australian general practice. Quality-improvement (QI) initiatives ai...

    Authors: C. M. Hespe, K. Giskes, M. F. Harris and D. Peiris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:108
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  7. The NHS spends billions of pounds annually on repeat prescriptions in primary care, but data on their extent and use is out of date. Understanding the scale of repeat prescribing and for whom it is prescribed ...

    Authors: Duncan R Petty, Arnold G Zermansky and David P Alldred
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:76
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  8. Interventions aiming to coordinate services for the community-based dementia population vary in components, organisation and implementation. In this review we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-b...

    Authors: Amy Backhouse, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, David A. Richards, Rose McCabe, Ross Watkins and Chris Dickens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:717
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  9. Global health agendas have in common the goal of contributing to population health outcome improvement. In theory therefore, whenever possible, country level policy and program agenda setting, formulation and ...

    Authors: Irene Akua Agyepong, Fredline A. O. M’Cormack-Hale, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Abigail N. C. Derkyi-Kwarteng, Theresa Ethel Darkwa and Wallace Odiko-Ollennu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:476
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  10. The purpose of this research was to perform a scoping review of published literature on the validity of administrative health data for ascertaining health conditions in the pediatric population (≤20 years).

    Authors: Natalie J Shiff, Sadia Jama, Catherine Boden and Lisa M Lix
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:236
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  11. Studies have noted variations in the cost-effectiveness of school-located influenza vaccination (SLIV), but little is known about how SLIV’s cost-effectiveness may vary by targeted age group (e.g., elementary ...

    Authors: Byung-Kwang Yoo, Stanley J. Schaffer, Sharon G. Humiston, Cynthia M. Rand, Nicolas P. N. Goldstein, Christina S. Albertin, Cathleen Concannon and Peter G. Szilagyi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:407
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Community participation is often restricted after stroke, due to reduced confidence and outdoor mobility. Australian clinical guidelines recommend that specific evidence-based interventions be delivered to tar...

    Authors: Annie McCluskey, Louise Ada, Patrick J. Kelly, Sandy Middleton, Stephen Goodall, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Pip Logan, Mark Longworth and Aspasia Karageorge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:296
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  13. Assessment of the proportion of patients with well controlled cardiovascular risk factors underestimates the proportion of patients receiving high quality of care. Evaluating whether physicians respond appropr...

    Authors: Stefan Weiler, Armin Gemperli, Tinh-Hai Collet, Douglas C Bauer, Lukas Zimmerli, Jacques Cornuz, Edouard Battegay, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Eve A Kerr, Drahomir Aujesky and Nicolas Rodondi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:306
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  14. In 2012, approximately 14 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed. As a result of advances in treatment, screening and prevention programmes the number of people surviving cancer globally is also increasing.

    Authors: Lucy Johnston and Karen Campbell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:563
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Primary care is a key element of health care systems and addresses the main health problems of the population. Due to the demographic change, primary care even gains in importance. The knowledge of the patient...

    Authors: Kim-Sarah Kleij, Ulla Tangermann, Volker E. Amelung and Christian Krauth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:476
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  16. Despite growing evidence of the potential of arts-based modalities to translate knowledge and spark discussion on complex issues, applications to health policy are rare. This study explored the potential of a ...

    Authors: Sara A. Kreindler, Mikayla Hunter, Graham W. Lea, Mandy Archibald, Kendra Rieger, Christina West and Shaikh Mehdi Hasan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:13
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  17. Pre-referral treatment aims to stabilize the child’s condition before transferring them to a higher level of healthcare. This study explored pre-referral treatment for diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia in childr...

    Authors: Michael Matte, Moses Ntaro, Jessica Kenney, Andrew Wesuta, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Shem Bwambale, David Ayebare, Stephen Baguma, Fred Bagenda, Geren Stone and Edgar Mulogo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:95
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  18. Many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are moving towards enforcing prescription-only access to antibiotics. This systematic literature review aims to assess the interventions used to enforce existing le...

    Authors: Tom G. Jacobs, Jane Robertson, Hendrika A. van den Ham, Kotoji Iwamoto, Hanne Bak Pedersen and Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:536
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  19. Returning to and continuing work is important to many cancer survivors, but also represents a challenge. We know little about subjective work outcomes and how cancer survivors perceive being returned to work. ...

    Authors: Merel de Jong, Sietske J. Tamminga, Angela G.E.M. de Boer and Monique H.W. Frings-Dresen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:194
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  20. Clinicians at Norwegian community mental health centres assess referrals from general practitioners and classify them into three priority groups (high priority, low priority, and refusal) according to need whe...

    Authors: Sverre Grepperud, Per Arne Holman and Knut Reidar Wangen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:620
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  21. Over the past decade, influenza surveillance has been established in several African countries including Zambia. However, information on the on data quality and reliability of established influenza surveillanc...

    Authors: Paul Simusika, Stefano Tempia, Edward Chentulo, Lauren Polansky, Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba, Idah Ndumba, Quinn K. Mbewe and Mwaka Monze
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:35
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  22. Language is a barrier to many patients from refugee backgrounds accessing and receiving quality primary health care. This paper examines the way general practices address these barriers and how this changed fo...

    Authors: Shoko Saito, Mark F Harris, Katrina M Long, Virginia Lewis, Sue Casey, William Hogg, I-Hao Cheng, Jenny Advocat, Geraldine Marsh, Nilakshi Gunatillaka and Grant Russell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:921
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  23. The Whole Systems Demonstrator was a large, pragmatic, cluster randomised trial that compared telehealth with usual care among 3,230 patients with long-term conditions in three areas of England. Telehealth inv...

    Authors: Adam Steventon, Martin Bardsley, Helen Doll, Elizabeth Tuckey and Stanton P Newman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:334
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  24. A twinning partnership is a formal and substantive collaboration between two districts to improve their performance in providing primary healthcare services. The ‘win-win’ twinning partnership pairs are catego...

    Authors: Mesele Damte Argaw, Binyam Fekadu Desta, Mengistu Asnake Kibret, Melkamu Getu Abebe, Wubishet Kebede Heyi, Elias Mamo, Tesfaye Gebru, Chala Gelan, Bekele Belayhun Tefera and Temesgen Ayehu Bele
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:892
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  25. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increasing prevalence worldwide. Early identification of ASD through developmental screening is critical for early intervention and improved...

    Authors: Mahdis Kamali, Shivajan Sivapalan, Anna Kata, Nicole Kim, Neshanth Shanmugalingam, Eric Duku, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum and Stelios Georgiades
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:426
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  26. Risk adjustment is important in studies using administrative databases. Although utilization of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures can represent patient severity, the usability of procedure records in risk ...

    Authors: Hayato Yamana, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi and Hideo Yasunaga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:261
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  27. Effectiveness and efficiency are part of the quality of care for mental health problems, and treatment should thus be performed at the right level of care. Norwegian guidelines specify which patients should be...

    Authors: Ole Gunnar Tveit, Torleif Ruud, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Ole Rikard Haavet and Ajmal Hussain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:960
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  29. In healthcare research, results diffuse only slowly into clinical practice, and there is a need to bridge the gap between research and practice. This study elucidates how healthcare professionals in a hospital...

    Authors: Nanna Kristensen, Camilla Nymann and Hanne Konradsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:48
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  30. Evidence has shown that family and friend caregivers of stroke survivors are significantly and negatively impacted by caregiving. The negative effects of caregiving may persist over time suggesting that caregi...

    Authors: Anna Garnett, Jenny Ploeg, Maureen Markle-Reid and Patricia H. Strachan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:433
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  31. Results-based financing (RBF) describes health system approaches addressing both service quality and use. Effective coverage is a metric measuring progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Although con...

    Authors: Stephan Brenner, Jacob Mazalale, Danielle Wilhelm, Robin C Nesbitt, Terhi J Lohela, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Julia Lohmann, Adamson S Muula and Manuela De Allegri
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:791
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  32. Higher income population tend to prefer brand-name to generic drugs, which may cause disparity in access to brand-name drugs among income groups. A potential policy that can resolve such disparity is imposing ...

    Authors: Yuki Ito, Konan Hara, Byung-Kwang Yoo, Jun Tomio and Yasuki Kobayashi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:780
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  34. The care organization of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) varies by country according to the health care system. This study used a large sample of French individuals with sev...

    Authors: Karine Baumstarck, Ilyes Hamouda, Marie-Anastasie Aim, Any Beltran Anzola, Sherezad Khaldi-Cherif, Agnès Felce, Kim Maincent, Katia Lind, Pascal Auquier, Thierry Billette de Villemeur and Marie-Christine Rousseau
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:99
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  35. Patient participation is important for improving outcomes, respect for self-determination and legal aspects in care. However, how patients with heart failure view participation and which factors may be associa...

    Authors: Lena Näsström, Tiny Jaarsma, Ewa Idvall, Kristofer Årestedt and Anna Strömberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:633
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  36. Chronic diseases are major causes of disability worldwide with rising prevalence. Most patients suffering from chronic conditions do not always receive optimal care. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) has been devel...

    Authors: Nicolas Krucien, Marc Le Vaillant and Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:269
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  37. The economic burden of asthma, which relates to the degree of control, is €5 billion annually in Italy. Pharmacists could help improve asthma control, reducing this burden. This study aimed to evaluate the eff...

    Authors: Andrea Manfrin, Michela Tinelli, Trudy Thomas and Janet Krska
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:300
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  38. Computerized decision support systems (CDSS) and performance-based incentives (PBIs) can improve health-worker performance. However, there is minimal evidence on the combined effects of these interventions or ...

    Authors: Gifty Apiung Aninanya, John E Williams, Afua Williams, Easmon Otupiri and Natasha Howard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1581
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  39. Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are major causes of pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Limited data exist regarding the health economic impact of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa pneumon...

    Authors: Moe H. Kyaw, David M. Kern, Siting Zhou, Ozgur Tunceli, Hasan S. Jafri and Judith Falloon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:241
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Poor adherence to prescribed medication has major consequences. Managing multiple long-term conditions often involves polypharmacy, potentially increasing complexity and the possibility of poor adherence. As a...

    Authors: Cassandra Kenning, Joanne Protheroe, Nicola Gray, Darren Ashcroft and Peter Bower
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:94
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  41. Client satisfaction is a vital component and main concern intertwined with strategic decisions in service provisions. To improve efficiency of services, eliciting the opinion of users about the available servi...

    Authors: Shewaye Belay Tessema and Mesafint Molla Adane
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:368
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  42. Health care researcher-research user partnerships, referred to as integrated knowledge translation (IKT), have been adopted on an international basis, and are an effective means of co-generating and implementi...

    Authors: Maria Maddalena Zych, Whitney B. Berta and Anna R. Gagliardi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:772
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Peer-review networks aim to help services to improve the quality of care they provide, however, there is very little evidence about their impact. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial of a peer-re...

    Authors: Lina Aimola, Sarah Jasim, Neeraj Tripathi, Paul Bassett, Alan Quirk, Adrian Worrall, Sarah Tucker, Samantha Holder and Mike J. Crawford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:994
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  44. Australia provides health care services for Indigenous peoples as part of its effort to enhance Indigenous peoples’ wellbeing. However, biomedical frameworks shape Australia’s health care system, often without...

    Authors: Rosalie Schultz, Stephen Quinn, Byron Wilson, Tammy Abbott and Sheree Cairney
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:488
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. The primary objective was to estimate the national burden of illness in Canada for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) for 2011. Secondary objectives included estimating the national incidence and prevalence of DFU, and...

    Authors: Robert B Hopkins, Natasha Burke, John Harlock, Jathishinie Jegathisawaran and Ron Goeree
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:13
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  46. Telemedical programs for patients with chronic heart failure have shown inconsistent effects on survival and hospitalization. Few studies analyzed effects of telemedical interventions on health costs, although...

    Authors: Robert Herold, Wolfgang Hoffmann and Neeltje van den Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:271
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  47. As part of their mandate to protect the public, dental regulatory authorities (DRA) in Canada are responsible for investigating complaints made by members of the public. To gain an understanding of the nature ...

    Authors: Monika Roerig, Julie Farmer, Abdulrahman Ghoneim, Noha Gomaa, Laura Dempster, Krystal Evans, Wanda La and Carlos Quiñonez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1083
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The existence and magnitude of socio-economic inequalities in health-seeking behaviours for child curative care in Egypt and mechanisms underlying these associations have not been comprehensively assessed. Thi...

    Authors: Lenka Benova, Oona M. R. Campbell and George B. Ploubidis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:482
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. The aim was to investigate attitudes and stressors related to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among emergency medical services (EMS) workers in Germany. We further aimed to detect possible changes within a 5-week peri...

    Authors: Annegret Dreher, Frank Flake, Reinhard Pietrowsky and Adrian Loerbroks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:851
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  50. Health promotion interventions for older adults are important as they can decrease the onset and evolution of diseases and thus can reduce the medical costs related to those diseases. However, there is no comp...

    Authors: Jelena Arsenijevic, Wim Groot, Marzena Tambor, Stanislawa Golinowska, Christoph Sowada and Milena Pavlova
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16(Suppl 5):288
    Content type: Research Published on:

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