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  1. Clinical practice guidelines are important for transmitting research findings into practice and facilitating the application of evidence-based practice (EBP). There is a paucity of knowledge about the impact o...

    Authors: Susanne Bernhardsson, Maria EH Larsson, Robert Eggertsen, Monika Fagevik Olsén, Kajsa Johansson, Per Nilsen, Lena Nordeman, Maurits van Tulder and Birgitta Öberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:105
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. The burden of HCV among those living with HIV remains a major public health challenge. We aimed to characterize trends in healthcare-related visits (HRV) of people living with HIV (PLW-HIV) and those living with ...

    Authors: Huiting Ma, Conrado Franco Villalobos, Martin St-Jean, Oghenowede Eyawo, Miriam Ruth Lavergne, Lianping Ti, Mark W. Hull, Benita Yip, Lang Wu, Robert S. Hogg, Rolando Barrios, Jean A. Shoveller, Julio S. G. Montaner and Viviane D. Lima
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:319
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Future demographic and economic changes warrant a better understanding of older persons’ need for health-related long-term care services (LTC). LTC uptake among older people is likely to be influenced by the p...

    Authors: Astri Syse, Alyona Artamonova, Michael Thomas and Marijke Veenstra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:362
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases the probability of survival of a person with cardiac arrest. Repeating training helps staff retain knowledge in CPR and in use of automated external defibrillators...

    Authors: Mostafa A. Abolfotouh, Manal A. Alnasser, Alamin N. Berhanu, Deema A. Al-Turaif and Abdulrhman I. Alfayez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:674
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Team effectiveness is often explained on the basis of input-process-output (IPO) models. According to these models a relationship between organizational culture (input = I), interprofessional teamwork (process...

    Authors: Mirjam Körner, Markus A. Wirtz, Jürgen Bengel and Anja S. Göritz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:243
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death in England, and poor diet and physical inactivity are two of the principle behavioural risk factors. In the context of increasingly constrained financia...

    Authors: Adam D. M. Briggs, Linda J. Cobiac, Jane Wolstenholme and Peter Scarborough
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:485
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:489

  7. Cervical cancer, a preventable disease, is the third leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Since many cervical cancers are linked to human papilloma...

    Authors: Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Daniel Reinharz, Mayfong Mayxay, Keokedthong Phongsavan, Donald E. Marsden, Lynne Moore and Lisa J. White
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:418
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Based on a growing body of epidemiological and biomedical studies, physical activity (PA) is considered a cornerstone in type 2 diabetes treatment. However, it is also a practice embedded in daily life and, as...

    Authors: Mirjam Stuij
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:297
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. To assess the construct validity and responsiveness of the PROMIS Physical Function v1.2 short form 8b (PROMIS-PF), and the PROMIS Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities v2.0 short form 8a (PROM...

    Authors: Eva van der Meij, Johannes R. Anema, Judith A. F. Huirne and Caroline B. Terwee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Since 2021, pharmacists in Poland have been authorised to administer vaccinations against COVID-19, which is of particular significance in the efforts towards preventing the spread of the pandemic. The primary...

    Authors: Piotr Merks, Anna Kowalczuk, Alexandre Wong, Kevin Chung, Urszula Religioni, Dariusz Świetlik, Katarzyna Rotmans-Plagens, Jameason Cameron, Katarina Fehir Sola, Justyna Kazmierczak, Eliza Blicharska, Regis Vaillancourt and Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1339
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Knowledge and understanding of health service usage are necessary for health resource allocation, planning and monitoring the achievement of universal coverage (UHC). There is limited information on patterns o...

    Authors: Ijeoma L Okoronkwo, Obinna E Onwujekwe and Francis O Ani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:132
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. There is limited understanding of how universal health coverage (UHC) schemes such as publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) benefit women as compared to men. Many of these schemes are gender-neutral in desig...

    Authors: Susanne Ziegler, Swati Srivastava, Divya Parmar, Sharmishtha Basu, Nishant Jain and Manuela De Allegri
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:141
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Re-defining the way in which care is delivered, to reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ needs and values, is essential for improving the accessibility of primary healthcare. This study focuse...

    Authors: Carol Davy, Elaine Kite, Leda Sivak, Alex Brown, Timena Ahmat, Gary Brahim, Anna Dowling, Shaun Jacobson, Tania Kelly, Kaylene Kemp, Fiona Mitchell, Tina Newman, Margaret O’Brien, Jason Pitt, Kesha Roesch, Christine Saddler…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:659
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Support with managing medicines at home is a common reason for older people to receive community nursing services. With population ageing and projected nurse shortages, reliance on nurses may not be sustainabl...

    Authors: Cik Yin Lee, Christine Beanland, Dianne Goeman, Ann Johnson, Juliet Thorn, Susan Koch and Rohan A. Elliott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:460
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The standard 11-days IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) training course (standard IMCI) has faced barriers such as high cost to scale up. Distance learning IMCI training program was developed as...

    Authors: Lulu M. Muhe, Nemes Iriya, Felixambrose Bundala, Mary Azayo, Maryam Juma Bakari, Asia Hussein and Theopista John
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:547
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) receiving primary care regularly visit their practice nurses (PNs). By actively participating during medical consultations, patients can better manage their diseas...

    Authors: E. du Pon, A. T. Wildeboer, A. A. van Dooren, H. J. G. Bilo, N. Kleefstra and S. van Dulmen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:814
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Youth in South Africa have been identified as a high-risk group for contracting HIV. In response, the South African Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) has been developed with the aim of guiding the provisi...

    Authors: Michael Strauss, Bruce Rhodes and Gavin George
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:250
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women, with an estimated 530,000 new cases in 2012, representing 7.5% of all female cancer deaths. Of the estimated more than 270,000 deaths from...

    Authors: Edwin Onyango Ochomo, Harrysone Atieli, Sussy Gumo and Collins Ouma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:675
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Health care infrastructure constitutes a major component of the structural quality of a health system. Infrastructural deficiencies of health services are reported in literature and research. A number of instr...

    Authors: Stefan Scholz, Baltazar Ngoli and Steffen Flessa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:183
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  21. For the monitoring of International Normalized Ratio (INR) values, venous thromboembolism (VTE) and atrial fibrillation (AF) patients can visit anticoagulation clinics, laboratories, or physicians for venous p...

    Authors: E. P. W. A. Talboom-Kamp, N. A. Verdijk, I. J. S. H. Talboom, L. M. Harmans, M. E. Numans and N. H. Chavannes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:213
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  22. Diabetes related foot disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes. This is despite the fact that interventions to reduce the burden of diabetic foot disease are estimated to be ...

    Authors: Cornelia Guell and Nigel Unwin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:377
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Over the past decade, the National Action program Diabetes (NAD) was implemented in the Netherlands. Its aim was to introduce the Care Standard (CS) for diabetes by means of a specific implementation plan and ...

    Authors: Lieke G. M. Raaijmakers, Stef P. J. Kremers, Nicolaas C. Schaper, Inge de Weerdt, Marloes K. Martens, Arlette E. Hesselink and Nanne K. de Vries
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:217
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. The Swiss health system is customer-driven with fee-for-service paiement scheme and universal coverage. It is highly performing but expensive and health information systems are scarcely implemented. The Swiss ...

    Authors: Sonja T. Ebert, Valérie Pittet, Jacques Cornuz and Nicolas Senn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:789
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Chronic disease has become one of the leading causes of poverty in China, which posed heavy economic burden on individuals, households and society, and accounts for an estimated 80% of deaths and 70% of disabi...

    Authors: Xin Lan, Zhongliang Zhou, Yafei Si, Chi Shen, Xiaojing Fan, Gang Chen, Dantong Zhao and Xi Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:871
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Swedish National Quality Registries (NQRs) are observational clinical registries that have long been seen as an underused resource for research and quality improvement (QI) in health care. In recent years, NQR...

    Authors: Vibeke Sparring, Emma Granström, Magna Andreen Sachs, Mats Brommels and Monica E. Nyström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:802
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. This article analyzes the historical background of the institutionalization of user fees and their subsequent abolition in West Africa. Based on a narrative review, we present the context that frames the diffe...

    Authors: Valéry Ridde
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15(Suppl 3):S6
    Content type: Research Published on:

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

  28. Despite the attempt to integrate evidence-based practice (EBP) in patient counseling and advocacy, there is limited knowledge on the status quo of this process in the German health care system. Our objective w...

    Authors: Sibel Altin, Anna Passon, Sibylle Kautz-Freimuth, Bettina Berger and Stephanie Stock
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:317
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Patient portals may lead to enhanced disease management, health plan retention, changes in channel utilization, and lower environmental waste. However, despite growing research on patient portals and their eff...

    Authors: Terese Otte-Trojel, Thomas G. Rundall, Antoinette de Bont, Joris van de Klundert and Mary E. Reed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:559
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Wheelchairs for disabled children (≤18 years) can provide health, developmental and social benefits. World Health Organisation and United Kingdom Government reports demonstrate the need for improved access to ...

    Authors: Nathan Bray, Jane Noyes, Rhiannon T Edwards and Nigel Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:309
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Access to tertiary care is a problem common to many small states, especially island ones. Although medical treatment overseas (MTO) may result in cost savings to high income countries, it can be a relatively h...

    Authors: Mariyam Suzana, Anne Mills, Viroj Tangcharoensathien and Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:418
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. China has made great achievements in health insurance coverage and healthcare financing; however, the rate of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) was 13.0% in China in 2008, which is higher than that in some...

    Authors: Xuemei Zhen, Hao Zhang, Xiaoqian Hu, Shuyan Gu, Yuanyuan Li, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Xueshan Sun, Jingming Wei and Hengjin Dong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:844
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Statins are among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their effectiveness is largely acknowledged. The consumption of statins increased four-fold durin...

    Authors: Gianfranco Damiani, Bruno Federico, Angela Anselmi, Caterina Bianca Neve Aurora Bianchi, Giulia Silvestrini, Lanfranco Iodice, Pierluigi Navarra, Roberto Da Cas, Roberto Raschetti and Walter Ricciardi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:6
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Private facilities are the first place of care seeking for many sick children. Involving these facilities in child health interventions may provide opportunities to improve child welfare. The objective of this...

    Authors: Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Esther Buregyeya, Sham Lal, Sîan E. Clarke, Kristian S. Hansen, Pascal Magnussen, Philip LaRussa and Anthony K. Mbonye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:268
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. The Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is a direct financial investment that funds Primary Healthcare (PHC) to improve the quality of services. This study assessed the influence of the BHCPF in improving...

    Authors: Zainab Auwalu Ibrahim, Kennedy Diema Konlan, Yoon Moonsoo, Paul Kwetishe, Jongsoo Ryu, Da Sol Ro and So Yoon Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:885
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. Female sex workers (FSWs) in many settings have restricted access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. We therefore conducted an implementation study to test a ‘diagonal’ intervention which combin...

    Authors: Yves Lafort, Malica Sofia Ismael de Melo, Faustino Lessitala, Sally Griffin, Matthew Chersich and Wim Delva
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:752
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. There is growing evidence of variation in treatment for patients with depression, not only across patient characteristics, but also with respect to the organizational and structural framework of general practi...

    Authors: Sharline Riiser, Valborg Baste, Inger Haukenes, Tone Smith-Sivertsen, Øystein Hetlevik and Sabine Ruths
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1201
    Content type: Research Published on:

  38. Despite high smoking rates, cessation services are largely unavailable in Vietnam. This study explored attitudes and beliefs of community health workers (CHWs) towards expanding their role to include deliverin...

    Authors: Donna Shelley, Linh Nguyen, Hieu Pham, Nancy VanDevanter and Nam Nguyen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:606
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. The study’s purpose was to examine the effectiveness of different reminder strategies on first-time free mammography screening among middle-aged women in Taiwan.

    Authors: Miao-Ling Lin, Joh-Jong Huang, Shu-Hua Li, Fang-Hsin Lee, Ming-Feng Hou and Hsiu-Hung Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:114
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Intervention toolkits are common products of grant-funded research in public health and primary care settings. Toolkits are designed to address the knowledge translation gap by speeding implementation and diss...

    Authors: Melinda M. Davis, Sonya Howk, Margaret Spurlock, Paul B McGinnis, Deborah J. Cohen and Lyle J. Fagnan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:497
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The decision to implement new vaccines should be supported by public health and economic evaluations. Therefore, this study was primarily designed to evaluate the economic impact of switching from partially co...

    Authors: Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Lama Al Bashir, Aniza Binti Ismail, Azimatun Noor Aizuddin, S. A. Zafirah Abdul Rashid and Amrizal Muhammad Nur
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. It is universally accepted that primary healthcare is essential for achieving public health and that assessment of its performance is critical for continuous improvement. The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s...

    Authors: R. Bangalore Sathyananda, A. de Rijk, U. Manjunath, A. Krumeich and C. P. van Schayck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:627
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Adoption of telehealth has been slower than anticipated, and little is known about the service improvements that help to embed telehealth into routine practice or the role of frontline staff in improving adopt...

    Authors: Johanna Taylor, Elizabeth Coates, Bridgette Wessels, Gail Mountain and Mark S. Hawley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:529
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. This is the fourth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. Healthcare decision-makers have sought t...

    Authors: Claire Harris, Henry Ko, Cara Waller, Pamela Sloss and Pamela Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:329
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the roll-out of antiretroviral treatment (ART) has contributed to shifting HIV care towards the management of a chronic health condition. While the balance of professional and lay ta...

    Authors: Fabian Cataldo, Karina Kielmann, Tara Kielmann, Gitau Mburu and Maurice Musheke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:36
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Aged polymedicated patients are particularly vulnerable for drug-related problems. A medication review aims to optimize the medication use of patients and improve health outcomes. In this study, the effect of ...

    Authors: J. Wuyts, J. Maesschalck, I. De Wulf, K. Foubert, K. Boussery, J. De Lepeleire and V. Foulon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:623
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. To examine whether medication related information processing defined as reading of over-the-counter drug labels, understanding prescription instructions, and information seeking—and medication adherence accoun...

    Authors: Sunmi Song, Seung-Mi Lee, Sunmee Jang, Yoon Jin Lee, Na-Hyun Kim, Hye-Ryoung Sohn and Dong-Churl Suh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:661
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans have been enrolling in the health insurance marketplaces. Nearly 20% of them are tobacco users. As part of the ACA, tobacco users may face up to 50% h...

    Authors: Robert T. Braun, Yaniv Hanoch and Andrew J. Barnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:729
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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