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  1. A comprehensive asthma care program (ACP) based on Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines was implemented in 8 primary care sites in Ontario, Canada. A survey was distributed to health care providers' (HCPs) to ...

    Authors: Teresa To, Susan McLimont, Chengning Wang and Lisa Cicutto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:77
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. It is increasingly common for two or more treatments for cancer to be combined as a single regimen. Determining value and appropriate payment for such regimens can be challenging. This study discusses these ch...

    Authors: Nicholas. R Latimer, Daniel Pollard, Adrian Towse, Chris Henshall, Lloyd Sansom, Robyn L Ward, Andrew Bruce and Carla Deakin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:412
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. The Ugandan health system now supports integrated community case management (iCCM) by community health workers (CHWs) to treat young children ill with fever, presumed pneumonia, and diarrhea. During an iCCM pi...

    Authors: Hannah Faye G Mercader, Teddy Kyomuhangi, Denise L Buchner, Jerome Kabakyenga and Jennifer L Brenner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 1):S1
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 14 Supplement 1

  4. Aims of the present study are the following: 1. to describe the rationale and methodology of the Services and Health for Elderly in Long TERm care (SHELTER) study, a project funded by the European Union, aimed...

    Authors: Graziano Onder, Iain Carpenter, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Jacob Gindin, Dinnus Frijters, Jean Claude Henrard, Thorsten Nikolaus, Eva Topinkova, Matteo Tosato, Rosa Liperoti, Francesco Landi and Roberto Bernabei
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Value-based reimbursement programs have become increasingly common. However, little is known about the effect of such programs on patient reported outcomes. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the effect o...

    Authors: Thérèse Eriksson, Hans Tropp, Ann-Britt Wiréhn and Lars-Åke Levin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:805
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:878

  6. Paediatric patients being treated for long-term physical health conditions (LTCs) have elevated mental health needs. However, mental health services in the community are difficult to access in the usual course...

    Authors: Harrison Clarke, Walter Morris, Matteo Catanzano, Sophie Bennett, Anna E. Coughtrey, Isobel Heyman, Holan Liang, Roz Shafran and Neha Batura
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:518
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  7. Although transition care planning can affect the functional status and quality of life after acute hospitalization in older adults, little is known on problems associated with discharge planning in acute car...

    Authors: Chan Mi Park, Seung Jun Han, Jae Hyun Lee, Jin Lim, Sung do Moon, Hongran Moon, Seo-Young Lee, Hyeanji Kim, Il-Young Jang and Hee-Won Jung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:397
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  8. Over the past decade, an increasing number of low- and middle-income countries have reduced or removed user fees for pregnant women and/or children under five as a strategy to achieve universal health coverage...

    Authors: Veronique Plouffe, Frank Bicaba, Abel Bicaba and Thomas Druetz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:982
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Doctors’ health is of importance for the quality and development of health care and to doctors themselves. As doctors are hesitant to seek medical treatment, peer support services, with an alleged lower thresh...

    Authors: Ingrid Marie Taxt Horne, Frode Veggeland, Fredrik Bååthe, Christina Drewes and Karin Isaksson Rø
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:324
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  10. The overlapping epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections prompted the World Health Organisation in 2004 to recommend collaboration between national TB and HIV program...

    Authors: Barnabas N Njozing, Kerstin E Edin, Miguel San Sebastián and Anna-Karin Hurtig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:328
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. The COVID-19 pandemic produced unprecedented demands and rapidly changing evidence and practices within critical care settings. The purpose of this study was to identify factors and strategies that hindered an...

    Authors: Santana Silver, Kayla Christine Jones, Sarah Redmond, Emily George, Sarah Zornes, Amelia Barwise, Aaron Leppin, Yue Dong, Lori A. Harmon, Vishakha K. Kumar, Christina Kordik, Allan J. Walkey and Mari-Lynn Drainoni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:272
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Tinnitus is a common chronic health condition that affects 10% to 20% of the general population. Among severe sufferers it causes disability in various areas. As a result of the tinnitus, quality of life is of...

    Authors: Rilana Cima, Manuela Joore, Iris Maes, Dyon Scheyen, Amr El Refaie, David M Baguley, Johan WS Vlaeyen and Lucien Anteunis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:29
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  13. The Government of The Gambia introduced a national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2021 to promote universal health coverage (UHC). Provider payment systems (PPS) are strategic purchasing arrangements that c...

    Authors: Hassan Njie, Patrick G. C. Ilboudo, Unni Gopinathan, Lumbwe Chola and Knut Reidar Wangen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:853
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Turnover intention is a major cause of reduced team morale and low work efficiency. It hinders work performance and reduces the quality of medical services. This study aimed to investigate the relationship bet...

    Authors: Huosheng Yan, Lingzhi Sang, Hongzhang Liu, Cancan Li, Zijing Wang, Ren Chen, Hong Ding, Zhi Hu and Guimei Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:252
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Continuity is an important aspect of quality of care, especially for complex patients in the community. We explored provider perceptions of continuity through a system’s lens. The circle of care was used as th...

    Authors: Morgan Price and Francis Y Lau
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:309
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries introduced temporary visiting restrictions on the relatives of acute care hospital patients, whether or not they were infected with SARS-CoV-2. This affected relati...

    Authors: N. Tacchini-Jacquier, S. Monnay, E. Bonvin, J. Dubuis and H. Verloo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1008
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. Integrated care has become a central feature of health system reform worldwide. In England, Integrated Care Systems (ICS) are intended to improve integration across public health, the National Health Service (...

    Authors: Steven Hope, Evgenia Stepanova, Oliver Lloyd-Houldey, Frances Hillier-Brown, Dougal Hargreaves, Dasha Nicholls, Carolyn Summerbell, Russell M. Viner, Zainab Dedat, Emily C. Owen and Stephanie Scott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1448
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  18. Emerging countries continue to suffer gravely from insufficient healthcare funding, which adversely affects access to quality healthcare and ultimately the health status of citizens. By using panel data from t...

    Authors: Lulin Zhou, Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Henry Asante Antwi, Xinglong Xu, Muhammad Salman, Maxwell Opuni Antwi and Tordzro Mary Norvienyo Afua
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:774
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) is a method used to elicit participants’ preferences and the relative importance of different attributes and levels within a decision-making process. DCEs have become popular...

    Authors: Aoife De Brún, Darren Flynn, Laura Ternent, Christopher I. Price, Helen Rodgers, Gary A. Ford, Matthew Rudd, Emily Lancsar, Stephen Simpson, John Teah and Richard G. Thomson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:483
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  20. Patients newly diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis (IA) request regular consultations and support from health professionals to manage physiological, emotional, and social challenges. Evidence suggests that p...

    Authors: L. H. Lindgren, T. Thomsen, A. de Thurah, M. Aadahl, M. L. Hetland, S. D. Kristensen and B. A. Esbensen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:123
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. The Taiwan government adopted National Health Insurance (NHI) in 1995, providing universal health care to all citizens. It was financed by mandatory premium contributions made by employers, employees, and the ...

    Authors: Chienhung Lin and Hailun Chao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:339
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Audit and feedback (A/F), which include initiatives like report cards, have an inconsistent impact on clinicians’ prescribing behavior. This may be attributable to their focus on aggregate prescribing measures...

    Authors: Molly Candon, Siyuan Shen, Aileen Rothbard, Abigail Reed, Mia Everett, Neal Demp, Melissa Weingartner and Oluwatoyin Fadeyibi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:574
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  23. In Ethiopia, the proportion of mothers who attend the fourth antenatal care visit is lower than the proportion who attend the first visit. Although the reasons for these dropouts were investigated, few studies...

    Authors: Netsanet Belete Andargie and Gurmesa Tura Debelew
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:466
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  24. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common and deadliest chronic diseases worldwide. Since COPD is a chronic and progressive disease, treatment is necessary throughout life. For peo...

    Authors: Sara Lundell, Ulla-Maija Pesola, André Nyberg and Karin Wadell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1025
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Liver transplantation, the last treatment for advanced liver failure, necessitates patient education due to its wide range of complications and subsequent disabilities. The present study was development-applie...

    Authors: Mostafa Langarizadeh, Fateme Moghbeli, Shamim Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Langarizadeh, Mohammadjavad Sayadi, Fatemeh Sarpourian and Seyed Ali Fatemi Aghda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:974
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  26. The geriatric nursing home population is vulnerable to acute and deteriorating illness due to advanced age, multiple chronic illnesses and high levels of dependency. Although the detriments of hospitalising th...

    Authors: Birgitte Graverholt, Louise Forsetlund and Gro Jamtvedt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:36
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. New pharmacological therapies are challenging the healthcare systems, and there is an increasing need to assess their therapeutic value in relation to existing alternatives as well as their potential budget im...

    Authors: Björn Wettermark, Marie E Persson, Nils Wilking, Mats Kalin, Seher Korkmaz, Paul Hjemdahl, Brian Godman, Max Petzold and Lars L Gustafsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:128
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. Most interventions to improve patient safety (Patient Safety Practices (PSPs)), are introduced without engaging front-line professionals. Administrative staff, managers and sometimes a few professionals, repre...

    Authors: Connie Dekker - van Doorn, Linda Wauben, Jeroen van Wijngaarden, Johan Lange and Robbert Huijsman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:426
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Large healthcare institutions like the Veterans Health Administration (VA) continually seek best practices to improve clinical care. Relational coordination is an evidence-based organizational theory of commun...

    Authors: Brigid Connelly, Catherine Battaglia and Heather M. Gilmartin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1018
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. One of the clinical responsibilities and goals of hospitals is to provide patients with comfort and security. The present study aims to assess patients’ sense of security among patients in Iranian hospitals.

    Authors: Roya Malekzadeh, Ghasem Abedi, Arash Ziapour, Murat Yıldırım and Ehsan Abedini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:259
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  31. Tanzania remains among the countries with the highest burden of infectious diseases (notably HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis) during pregnancy. In response, the country adopted World Health Organization’s (WHO) ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Ghislaine Gatasi and Predrag Duric
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:153
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:676

  32. Primary health care-oriented systems provide better healthcare, especially for chronic diseases. This study analyzed the perspectives of physicians and nurses performing care for patients with chronic diseases...

    Authors: Carolinny Nunes Oliveira, Marcio Galvão Oliveira, Welma Wildes Amorim, Clavdia Nicolaevna Kochergin, Sóstenes Mistro, Danielle Souto de Medeiros, Kelle Oliveira Silva, Vanessa Moraes Bezerra, Vivian Carla Honorato dos Santos de Carvalho, José Patrício Bispo Júnior, José Andrade Louzado, Matheus Lopes Cortes and Daniela Arruda Soares
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:673
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  33. Advance care planning (ACP) involves discussions about patient and families’ wishes and preferences for future healthcare respecting autonomy, improving quality of care, and reducing overtreatment. The Medical...

    Authors: Anastasia A. Mallidou, Coby Tschanz, Elisabeth Antifeau, Kyoung Young Lee, Jenipher Kayuni Mtambo and Holly Heckl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1186
    Content type: Research Published on:

  34. Childhood obesity is a complex disease resulting from the interaction of multiple factors. The effective management of childhood obesity requires assessing the psychosocial and lifestyle factors that may play ...

    Authors: L. W. Koetsier, E. van den Eynde, E. G. A. H. van Mil, M. van der Velde, R. de Vries, C. A. Baan, J. C. Seidell and J. Halberstadt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:125
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. A significant proportion of patients and informal caregivers favor an active role in decisions concerning their health. Simultaneously, governments aim to shift treatment from a professional care setting to a ...

    Authors: Matthijs H. Bosveld, Anne G.M. Smits, Helena J.M.M. Mertens, Michel J.J.M. van Zandvoort, Walther N.K.A. van Mook and Marloes A. van Bokhoven
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:713
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. The importance and potential benefits of introducing patient reported measures (PRMs) into health care service have been widely acknowledged, yet the experience regarding their implementation into practice is ...

    Authors: An Chen, Kirsi Väyrynen, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Seppo Heinonen, Paul Lillrank, Aydin Tekay and Paulus Torkki
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:645
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. A research project, which aims to improve the situation of children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI) is currently underway in the Austrian region of Tyrol. The project aims to strengthen formal and inf...

    Authors: Ingrid Zechmeister-Koss, Melinda Goodyear, Heinz Tüchler and Jean Lillian Paul
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:326
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. While translation of evidence into health policy and practice is recognised as critical to optimising health system performance and health-related outcomes for consumers, mechanisms to effectively achieve thes...

    Authors: Andrew M Briggs, Peter Bragge, Helen Slater, Madelynn Chan and Simon CB Towler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:394
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  39. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a public health problem. Interprofessional collaboration and health promotion interventions such as exercise training, education, and behaviour change are cost e...

    Authors: Sara Lundell, Malin Tistad, Börje Rehn, Maria Wiklund, Åsa Holmner and Karin Wadell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:467
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Universal access to and utilization of malaria prevention measures is defined as every person at malaria risk sleeping under a quality insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) and every pregnant woman at risk re...

    Authors: Susan F Rumisha, Maria M Zinga, Carolyn A Fahey, Dorothy Wei, Veneranda M Bwana, Malongo RS Mlozi, Elizabeth H Shayo, Robert C Malima, Benjamin K Mayala, Grades Stanley, Tabitha Mlacha and Leonard EG Mboera
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:452
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an increasingly dominant disease. Interventions are more effective when carried out by a prepared and proactive team within an organised system — the integrated care (IC) model. The Ch...

    Authors: Katrien Danhieux, Veerle Buffel, Roy Remmen, Edwin Wouters and Josefien van Olmen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:141
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. Health professionals need updated health information from credible sources to improve their knowledge and provide evidence based health care services. Various types of medical errors have occurred in resource-...

    Authors: Mulusew Andualem Asemahagn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:431
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Most studies examining the psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers (HCWs) have assessed well-being during the initial stages or the peak of the first wave of the pandemic. We aimed to measure th...

    Authors: Joanne M Stubbs, Helen M Achat and Suzanne Schindeler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1002
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. Despite evidence that decision and communication aids are effective for enhancing the quality of preference-sensitive decisions, their adoption in the field of orthopaedic surgery has been limited. The purpose...

    Authors: Kevin J Bozic, Kate Eresian Chenok, Jennifer Schindel, Vanessa Chan, James I Huddleston III, Clarence Braddock III and Jeffrey Belkora
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:366
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Adherence to heart failure (HF) self-care behaviours has been found to be effective for alleviating illness symptoms, increasing quality of life and reducing hospital re-admissions and mortality. However, many...

    Authors: Oliver Rudolf Herber, Isabell Ehringfeld, Paula Steinhoff and Amanda Whittal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:585
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. The implementation of Integrated Care Models (ICMs) represents a strategy for addressing the increasing issues of system fragmentation and improving service customization according to user needs. Available ICM...

    Authors: Ida Charlotte Holmen, Sina Waibel and Oddvar Kaarboe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:860
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Stakeholders in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg agreed upon the central aims for healthcare planning. These include a focus on geographical districts; a comprehensive, cross-sectoral perspective on heal...

    Authors: Pamela Wronski, Jan Koetsenruijter, Dominik Ose, Jan Paulus, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:510
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Hospitals worldwide have implemented Rapid Response Systems (RRS) to facilitate early recognition and prompt response by trained personnel to deteriorating patients. A key concept of this system is that it sho...

    Authors: Siri Lerstøl Olsen, Bjørn S Nedrebø, Kristian Strand, Eldar Søreide, Jan Terje Kvaløy and Britt Sætre Hansen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:179
    Content type: Research Published on:

  49. For healthcare workers, working through a pandemic may include both challenges, such as coping with increased demands and a lack of control, and rewards, such as experiencing a sense of achievement and meaning...

    Authors: Kristina Bondjers, Ingebjørg Lingaas, Synne Stensland, Dan Atar, John-Anker Zwart, Hilde Wøien and Grete Dyb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:322
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Limitations in physicians’ knowledge regarding fibrinolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke may contribute to low rate of fibrinolytic therapy in China. Here physicians’ knowledge was surveyed on intravenous...

    Authors: Liansheng Ma, Xiaoyuan Niu, Wei Zhang, Yalan Fang and Jie Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:358
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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