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  1. Difficulty obtaining a dermatological consultation is an obstacle to the early diagnosis of melanoma. On the one hand, patients survival depends on the lesion thickness at the time of diagnosis. On the other h...

    Authors: Céline Bouton, Héloïse Schmeltz, Charlotte Lévèque, Aurélie Gaultier, Gaëlle Quereux, Brigitte Dreno, JM Nguyen and Cédric Rat
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:660
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  2. The increasing number of chronic diseases consumes a large amount of health resources and puts a huge burden on health service system. The integrated management of chronic diseases in Sanming City aims to impr...

    Authors: Li Teng, Yue Dai, Tao Peng, Yuan Su, Lingyi Pan and Yueping Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:477
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  3. Medical documentation is an important part of the medical process as it is an essential way of communication within the health care system. However, medical documentation practice in the private sector is not ...

    Authors: Mulugeta Desalegn Kasaye, Miftah Abdella Beshir, Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu, Binyam Tilahun, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Shekur Mohammed Awol, Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou and Tesfahun Melese Yilma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:465
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  4. General practitioners often diverge from clinical guidelines regarding spine radiography. This study aimed to identify and describe A) factors general practitioners consider may affect their decisions about or...

    Authors: Ansgar Espeland and Anders Baerheim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2003 3:8
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  5. The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) alongside the continuing high burden of HIV poses a serious challenge to middle- and low-income countries’ healthcare systems. Pilot studies of integra...

    Authors: Elizabeth H. Shayo, Jamie Murdoch, Zenais Kiwale, Max Bachmann, Mtumwa Bakari, Doris Mbata, Salma Masauni, Sokoine Kivuyo, Sayoki Mfinanga, Shabbar Jaffar and Marie-Claire Van Hout
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1120
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  6. Kidney failure is common in Ghana. Haemodialysis (HD) is the most common treatment modality for survival. Although, HD has been available in Ghana for 50 years, the majority of patients who develop kidney fail...

    Authors: Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Kojo Hutton-Mensah, Priscilla Opare-Addo, Martin Kofi Agyei, Kwadwo Faka Gyan, Abdul-Jalil Inusah, Beatrice Irene Nyann, Kwabena Amo-Antwi, Valerie Luyckx and Ikechi Okpechi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1170
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  7. The Diversity Working Group was formed in response to Australian Quality and Safety Health Care Standards that require organisations plan service delivery that incorporates information about the diversity of cons...

    Authors: Natasha Roberts, Helene Jacmon, Brighid Scanlon, Chrissy Battersby, Peter Buttrum and Christine James
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:809
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  8. Accurate data on the types of healthcare people seek in the early stages following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in Australia is lacking. We sought to investigate the types of healthcare people seek follo...

    Authors: Jacinta Thorne, Shaun Markovic, HuiJun Chih, Elizabeth Thomas, Amanda Jefferson, Samar Aoun, Melinda Fitzgerald and Sarah Hellewell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:858
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  9. Telemedicine is often promoted as a possible solution to some of the challenges healthcare systems in many countries face, and an increasing number of studies evaluate the clinical effects. So far, the studies...

    Authors: Susanna Sten-Gahmberg, Kine Pedersen, Ingrid Gaarder Harsheim, Hanna Isabel Løyland and Birgit Abelsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:341
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:441

  10. Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in children are an increasingly recognized serious safety problem worldwide, but are often preventable. Central venous catheter bundles have proved eff...

    Authors: Onno Helder, René Kornelisse, Cynthia van der Starre, Dick Tibboel, Caspar Looman, René Wijnen, Marten Poley and Erwin Ista
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:417
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  11. Most wars are fought in poor countries and result in significant proportions of disabilities and mortalities. The consequences of wars and political instability on health workers and access to healthcare remai...

    Authors: Awol Yemane Legesse, Znabu Hadush, Hale Teka, Ephrem Berhe, Bisrat Tesfay Abera, Fasika Amdeselassie, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha, Daniel Gebre and Alessandra N Bazzano
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:292
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  12. Stigma associated with mental health challenges is a major barrier to service seeking among youth. Understanding how stigma impacts service-seeking decisions from the perspectives of youth remains underexplore...

    Authors: Natasha Y. Sheikhan, Jo L. Henderson, Tanya Halsall, Mardi Daley, Samantha Brownell, Jai Shah, Srividya N. Iyer and Lisa D. Hawke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:86
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  13. There is limited research on the economic burden of low back-related leg pain, including sciatica. The aim of this study was to describe healthcare resource utilisation and factors associated with cost and hea...

    Authors: Jesse Kigozi, Kika Konstantinou, Reuben Ogollah, Kate Dunn, Lewis Martyn and Susan Jowett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:406
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  14. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most disabling chronic conditions worldwide, resulting in significant human, social and economic costs and placing huge demands on health care systems. The Inala Chronic ...

    Authors: Deborah A Askew, Claire L Jackson, Robert S Ware and Anthony Russell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:134
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. The COVID-19 pandemic endangered the quality of health care and the safety of patients and health care workers (HCWs). This provided challenges for HCWs’ resilience and for hospital management and probably inc...

    Authors: Veronika Pacutova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Andrea F. de Winter and Sijmen A. Reijneveld
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1127
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  17. When depression accompanies diabetes, it complicates treatment, portends worse outcomes and increases health care costs. A collaborative care case-management model, previously tested in an urban managed care o...

    Authors: Jeffrey A Johnson, Fatima Al Sayah, Lisa Wozniak, Sandra Rees, Allison Soprovich, Constance L Chik, Pierre Chue, Peter Florence, Jennifer Jacquier, Pauline Lysak, Andrea Opgenorth, Wayne J Katon and Sumit R Majumdar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:258
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  19. Shared medical appointments, also known as group visits, are a feasible and well-accepted approach for women receiving antenatal care, yet the feasibility and efficacy of this approach for female-specific repr...

    Authors: Sophia Gerontakos, Matthew Leach, Amie Steel and Jon Wardle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:549
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  20. Worldwide, the current management of knee osteoarthritis appears heterogeneous, high-cost and often not based on current best evidence. The absence of epidemiological data regarding the utilisation of healthca...

    Authors: Daniela Costa, Ana M. Rodrigues, Eduardo B. Cruz, Helena Canhão, Jaime Branco and Carla Nunes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1022
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  21. COVID-19 impacted the mental health of healthcare workers, who endured pressures as they provided care during a prolonged crisis. We aimed to explore whether and how a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) approach was r...

    Authors: Sonia Rose Harris, Alexis Amano, Marcy Winget, Kelley M Skeff and Cati G Brown-Johnson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:515
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  22. In England and Wales women form a small but significant group within the wider, largely male, secure hospital population. Secure hospitals are designed to assess and treat individuals with both mental health p...

    Authors: Nadia Somers and Annie Bartlett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:450
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  23. Literature about participation in health and social services suggests that youth, and more specifically Indigenous youth, are difficult to engage within health and social services. Youth are less likely to acc...

    Authors: Sarah Louise Fraser, Louise Moulin, Dominique Gaulin and Jennifer Thompson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:94
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  25. Interventions in which individual older patients with multi-morbidity participate in formulating goals for their own care are being implemented in several countries. Successful service delivery requires normat...

    Authors: Jannike Dyb Oksavik, Turid Aarseth, Marit Solbjør and Ralf Kirchhoff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:117
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  26. The challenge of including citizen-patient voices in healthcare planning is exacerbated in rural communities by regional variation in priorities and a historical lack of attention to rural healthcare needs. Th...

    Authors: Jude Kornelsen, Christine Carthew, Kayla Míguez, Matilda Taylor, Catherine Bodroghy, Kathryn Petrunia and Delia Roberts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:987
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  27. Because of an expected shrinking supply of medical doctors for hospitalist posts, an increased emphasis on efficiency and continuity of care, and the standardization of many medical procedures, the role of hos...

    Authors: Marijke JC Timmermans, Anneke JAH van Vught, Michel Wensing and Miranda GH Laurant
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:43
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:115

  28. Implementation science and health services outcomes research each focus on many constructs that are likely interrelated. Both fields would be informed by increased understanding of these relationships. However...

    Authors: Christina R. Studts, Bryan Ford and Russell E. Glasgow
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1417
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  29. Risk-appropriate care improves outcomes by ensuring birthing people and infants receive care at a facility prepared to meet their needs. Perinatal regionalization has particular importance in rural areas where...

    Authors: Carly Holman, Annie Glover, Kaitlin Fertaly and Megan Nelson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:601
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  30. Globally, breast cancer is the most common cancer type and the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in developing countries. A high prevalence of late breast cancer diagnosis and treatment has been re...

    Authors: Agani Afaya, Sheena Ramazanu, Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Vida Nyagre Yakong, Richard Adongo Afaya, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Silas Selorm Daniels-Donkor, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya, Jinhee Shin, Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, Martin Amogre Ayanore and Robert Kaba Alhassan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1601
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  31. Evidence-based information is a precondition for informed decision-making and participation in health. There are several recommendations and definitions available on the generation and assessment of so called ...

    Authors: Irene Hirschberg, Gabriele Seidel, Daniel Strech, Hilda Bastian and Marie-Luise Dierks
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:405
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  32. In designing, adapting, and integrating mental health interventions, it is pertinent to understand patients’ needs and their own perceptions and values in receiving care. Conjoint analysis (CA) and discrete ch...

    Authors: Anna Larsen, Albert Tele and Manasi Kumar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:589
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  33. The anticipated growth in number of older people with long-term health problems is associated with a greater need for registered nurses. Home care services needs enough nurses that can deliver high quality ser...

    Authors: Guro Hognestad Haaland, Olaug Øygarden, Marianne Storm and Aslaug Mikkelsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:273
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  34. The extent of healthcare expenditure within households stands as a crucial indicator in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). When out-of-pocket healthcare expenses surpass household income or become unduly...

    Authors: Maryam Hedayati, Mohammadreza Maleki, Iravan Masoudi Asl, Ali Akbar Fazaeli and Salime Goharinezhad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:245
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  35. In Tanzania, the Medical Stores Department is the principal pharmaceutical provider to public health facilities throughout the country. However, growing demand from health facilities has proved difficult to sa...

    Authors: Romuald Mbwasi, Denis Mbepera, William Mfuko, Jason Makanzo, Martha Kikwale, Robert Canavan, Manfred Stoermer and Karin Wiedenmayer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1523
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  36. International debates on improving health system performance and quality of care are strongly coined by systems thinking. There is a surprising lack of attention to the human (worker) elements. Although the ce...

    Authors: Karin Gross, Constanze Pfeiffer and Brigit Obrist
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:55
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. Sepsis is associated with about 20% of deaths worldwide. It often presents with non-specific initial symptoms, making its emergency treatment an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge. Three in four se...

    Authors: Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Norman Rose, Bianka Ditscheid, Lea Draeger, Patrik Dröge, Antje Freytag, Ludwig Goldhahn, Lena Kannengießer, Aurelia Kimmig, Claudia Matthäus-Krämer, Thomas Ruhnke, Konrad Reinhart, Peter Schlattmann, Konrad Schmidt, Josephine Storch, Ruben Ulbrich…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:40
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  38. The need for interprofessional collaboration has been emphasized by health organizations. This study was part of a mixed-methods evaluation of interprofessional teamwork modules implementation in an emergency ...

    Authors: Jenny Liu, Sari Ponzer, Nasim Farrokhnia and Italo Masiello
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:853
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Despite broad agreement on the necessity to improve quality of diabetic care through implementation of clinical guidelines, in Italy many people with diabetes still lack adequate care in general practice. In a...

    Authors: Carla Perria
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2004 4:13
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  40. Fair access to health services is a vital issue in low-and middle-income countries. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the equity in access to primary health care (PHC) services in southea...

    Authors: Hamed Rahimi, Reza Goudarzi, Somayeh Noorihekmat, AliAkbar Haghdoost and Fatemeh Khodabandeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1077
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  41. Families with complex needs face significant challenges accessing and navigating health and social services. For veteran families, these challenges are exacerbated by interactions between military and civilian...

    Authors: Angela M. Maguire, Julieann Keyser, Kelly Brown, Daniel Kivlahan, Madeline Romaniuk, Ian R. Gardner and Miriam Dwyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:74
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  43. Large system transformation in health systems is designed to improve quality, outcomes and efficiency. Using empirical data from a longitudinal study of national policy-driven transformation of maternity servi...

    Authors: Beck Taylor, Alistair Hewison, Fiona Cross-Sudworth and Kevin Morrell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:57
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  44. Economic valuations of health care programs often require using patients as subjects, implying that research methodology should conform to the surrounding social, cultural and ethical context. The significance...

    Authors: Nick Kontodimopoulos and Dimitris Niakas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Ongoing challenges to healthcare integration point toward the need to move beyond structural and process issues. While we know what needs to be done to achieve integrated care, there is little that informs us ...

    Authors: Jenna M Evans, G Ross Baker, Whitney Berta and Jan Barnsley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:222
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Mental health disorders among children and youth are causing significant burden on health care systems. Hence, identifying cost-effective interventions is important for effective mental health care allocation....

    Authors: Sanjeewa Kularatna, Ruvini Hettiarachchi, Sameera Senanayake, Ciara Murphy, Caroline Donovan and Sonja March
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:542
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  47. Knowledge Translation evidence from health care practitioners and administrators implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) care has allowed for the spread and scale of the health care innovation. The...

    Authors: Leah Gramlich, Gregg Nelson, Alison Nelson, Laura Lagendyk, Loreen E. Gilmour and Tracy Wasylak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:361
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. As part of an ongoing service improvement project, a digital ‘joint school’ (DJS) was developed to provide education and support to patients undergoing total hip (THR) and total knee (TKR) replacement surgery....

    Authors: Joanne Gray, Stephen McCarthy, Esther Carr, Gerard Danjoux, Rhiannon Hackett, Andrew McCarthy, Peter McMeekin, Natalie Clark and Paul Baker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:580
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. Patient satisfaction, one of the main components of quality of care, is a crucial phenomenon for the overall health care delivery system. Even though a number of studies have been conducted about patient satis...

    Authors: Teshome Mulisa, Fasil Tessema and Hailu Merga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:441
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. There is a growing number of older adults with cognitive impairment (CI) that require inpatient rehabilitation, and as such patient centred rehabilitation models have been developed. However, implementing evid...

    Authors: Katherine S. McGilton, Alexia Cumal, Dana Corsi, Shaen Gingrich, Nancy Zheng and Astrid Escrig-Pinol
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:204
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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