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  1. In South Africa, 60% of female sex workers (FSW) are living with HIV, many of whom experience structural and individual barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and adherence. Community-based decent...

    Authors: Carly A. Comins, Vijayanand Guddera, Lauren E. Parmley, Katherine Young, Mfezi Mcingana, Ntambue Mulumba, Sharmistha Mishra, Deliwe R. Phetlhu, Harry Hausler, Sheree Schwartz and Stefan Baral
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1166
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  2. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a prominent threat to public health. Although many guidelines have been developed over the years to tackle this issue, their impact on health care practice varies. Guidelines ...

    Authors: Stephanie Steels and Tjeerd Pieter van Staa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:942
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:471

  4. Despite economic growth and improved health outcomes over the past few decades, China still experiences striking urban-rural health inequalities. Urban and rural residents distinguished by the hukou system may...

    Authors: Jiajia Li, Leiyu Shi, Hailun Liang, Gan Ding and Lingzhong Xu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:102
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  5. Healthcare reforms initiated in the early 2000s in Québec involved the implementation of new modes of primary healthcare (PHC) delivery and the creation of Health and Social Services Centers (HSSCs) to support...

    Authors: Raynald Pineault, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Alexandre Prud’homme, Michel Fournier, Audrey Couture, Sylvie Provost and Jean-Frédéric Levesque
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:229
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  6. Treatment for patients with breast cancer (BC) is guided by human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status. The patient’s HER2 status is assessed using US Food and Drug Administration-approved in vitro di...

    Authors: Mogens Vyberg, Søren Nielsen, Rasmus Røge, Beth Sheppard, Jim Ranger-Moore, Eric Walk, Juliane Gartemann, Ulrich-Peter Rohr and Volker Teichgräber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:352
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  7. Participatory health approaches are increasingly drawing attention among the scientific community, and could be used for health promotion programmes on diabetes through social media. The main aim of this proje...

    Authors: E. Gabarron, M. Bradway, L. Fernandez-Luque, T. Chomutare, A. H. Hansen, R. Wynn and E. Årsand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:414
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  8. 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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  9. Virtual care has become an increasingly useful tool for the virtual delivery of care across the globe. With the unexpected emergence of COVID-19 and ongoing public health restrictions, it has become evident th...

    Authors: Kayla M. Fitzpatrick, Meagan Ody, Danika Goveas, Stephanie Montesanti, Paige Campbell, Kathryn MacDonald, Lynden Crowshoe, Sandra Campbell and Pamela Roach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:303
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  10. The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) is working to improve the quality of services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) at its health facilities. This study evaluates the impact of an intervention...

    Authors: Young Mi Kim, Maureen Chilila, Hildah Shasulwe, Joseph Banda, Webby Kanjipite, Supriya Sarkar, Eva Bazant, Cyndi Hiner, Maya Tholandi, Stephanie Reinhardt, Joyce Chongo Mulilo and Adrienne Kols
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:345
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  11. Hearing aids (HA) is the primary medical intervention aimed to reduce hearing handicap. This study assessed the cost-effectiveness of HA for older adults who were volunteered to be screened for hearing loss in...

    Authors: Palvinder Kaur, Sheue Lih Chong, Palvannan Kannapiran, W.-S. Kelvin Teo, Charis Ng Wei Ling, Chiang Win Weichen, Gan Ruling, Lee Sing Yin, Tang Ying Leng, Soo Ying Pei, Then Tze Kang, Lim Zhen Han, Lin Peizhen, Lynne Lim Hsueh Yee and Pradeep Paul George
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1112
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  12. Our objective is to estimate the effects of therapeutic oxytocin supply chain factors and social determinants of health on patient access to oxytocin in low-income settings using system dynamics modeling. Post...

    Authors: Devika Nadkarni, Sara Gravelyn, Monica Brova, Sarem Rashid, Randy Yee, Donovan Guttieres, Katie Clifford, Darash Desai and Muhammad Zaman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:645
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  13. Although digital technologies can mitigate the burdens of home healthcare services caused by an ageing population that lives at home longer with complex health problems, research on the impacts and consequence...

    Authors: Sigrid Nakrem, Marit Solbjør, Ida Nilstad Pettersen and Hanne Hestvik Kleiven
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:26
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  14. In spite of the mixed evidence for their impact, survivorship Care Plans (SCPs) are recommended to enhance quality of care for cancer survivors. Data on the feasibility of SCPs in bladder cancer (BC) is sparse...

    Authors: Cheryl T. Lee, Nihal E. Mohamed, Sailaja Pisipati, Qainat N. Shah, Piyush K. Agarwal, Tracy M. Downs, Michael Droller, Scott M. Gilbert, Heather H. Goltz, Simon J. Hall, Mohamed Hendawi, Jean Hoffman-Censits, Michael O’Donnell, Matthew Kaag, Lawrence I. Karsh, Wassim Kassouf…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:686
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  15. In Australia, dementia is a national health priority. With the rising number of people living with dementia and shortage of formal and informal carers predicted in the near future, developing approaches to coo...

    Authors: Emma Renehan, Dianne Goeman and Susan Koch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:501
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  16. A see on cardiovascular diseases and bladder cancer. The changes to the patterns of rosiglitazone and pioglitazone utilisation in Australia following the timing of these various health authority warnings such ...

    Authors: Suvimol Niyomnaitham, Andrew Page, Adam La Caze, Karen Whitfield and Alesha J Smith
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:151
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  17. Internet-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (iCBT) for depression have been implemented in routine care across Europe in varying ways, at various scales and with varying success. This study aimed to advance our...

    Authors: Christiaan Vis, Annet Kleiboer, Mayke Mol, Claus Duedal Pedersen, Tracy Finch, Jan Smit and Heleen Riper
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:720
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  18. The importance of customer satisfaction in business prosperity is undeniable, so many organizations consider customer satisfaction as the main driver of their business growth and try to keep their customers sa...

    Authors: Asma Hamzeh, Nasrin Hozarmoghadam and Mitra Ghanbarzadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1242
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  19. Educational intervention represents an essential element of care for cancer patients; while several single institutions develop their own patient education (PE) programs on cancer, little information is availa...

    Authors: C. Cipolat Mis, I. Truccolo, V. Ravaioli, S. Cocchi, L. Gangeri, P. Mosconi, C. Drace, L. Pomicino, A. Paradiso and P. De Paoli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:298
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  20. Individuals living in rural mountain areas tend to use health services less to manage discomfort or illness. This study aims to identify the variables that best explain the health service utilization of a samp...

    Authors: Pengqian Fang, Shilong Han, Lu Zhao, Zi Fang, Yang Zhang and Xiaoxu Zou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:379
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  21. United States pediatric guidelines recommend that childhood obesity counseling be conducted in the primary care setting. Primary care-based interventions can be effective in improving health behaviors, but als...

    Authors: Davene R Wright, Elsie M Taveras, Matthew W Gillman, Christine M Horan, Katherine H Hohman, Steven L Gortmaker and Lisa A Prosser
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:44
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  22. Understanding health care utilization by neighbourhood is essential for optimal allocation of resources, but links between neighbourhood immigration and health have rarely been explored. Our objective was to u...

    Authors: Alain Vanasse, Josiane Courteau, Maria Gabriela Orzanco, Patrick Bergeron, Alan A Cohen and Théophile Niyonsenga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:146
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  23. There is very little published work on the visual needs of homeless people. This paper is the first study to investigate the visual needs of homeless people in the UK. Although similar work has been done in ot...

    Authors: Penny J. D’Ath, Laura J. Keywood, Elaine C. Styles and Clare M. Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:54
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  24. Many developed countries are reforming healthcare payment systems in order to limit costs and improve clinical outcomes. Knowledge on how different groups of professional stakeholders trade off the merits and ...

    Authors: Roselinde Kessels, Pieter Van Herck, Eline Dancet, Lieven Annemans and Walter Sermeus
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:191
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  25. Timely access is a challenge for providers of outpatient and community-based health services, as seen by the often lengthy waiting lists to manage demand. The Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) mod...

    Authors: Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon, Luke Prendergast, Annie K. Lewis, Bridie Kent, Sandy F. Leggat and Nicholas F. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:968
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  26. The Internet is transforming mental health care services by increasing access to, and potentially improving the quality of, care. Internet-based interventions in mental health can potentially play a role in tr...

    Authors: Monica Strand, Deede Gammon and Cornelia M. Ruland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:257
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  28. Hypertension is an important public health issue in China, but there are few studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients with hypertension in China. This study aims to examine the HRQoL as m...

    Authors: Yulian Zhang, Zhongliang Zhou, Jianmin Gao, Dan Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhiying Zhou, Min Su and Dan Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:277
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  29. eHealth can positively impact the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. Its potential benefits extend to the patient, healthcare provider, and organization. Primary healthcare (PHC) settings may parti...

    Authors: Shadi Saleh, Rawya Khodor, Mohamad Alameddine and Maysa Baroud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:644
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  30. There is no clear evidence as to whether the co-location of primary care professionals in the same facility positively influences their way of working and the quality of healthcare as perceived by patients. Th...

    Authors: M. Bonciani, W. Schäfer, S. Barsanti, S. Heinemann and P. P. Groenewegen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:132
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  31. Uganda halved its maternal mortality to 343/100,000 live births between 1990 and 2015, but did not meet the Millennium Development Goal 5. Skilled, timely and good quality antenatal (ANC) and delivery care can...

    Authors: Lenka Benova, Mardieh L. Dennis, Isabelle L. Lange, Oona M. R. Campbell, Peter Waiswa, Manon Haemmerli, Yolanda Fernandez, Kate Kerber, Joy E. Lawn, Andreia Costa Santos, Fred Matovu, David Macleod, Catherine Goodman, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Freddie Ssengooba and Caroline A. Lynch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:758
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  32. Physician rating websites (PRWs) allow patients to rate, comment and discuss physicians’ quality online as a source of information for others searching for a physician. It is generally assumed that PRWs will o...

    Authors: Stuart McLennan, Daniel Strech and Hannes Kahrass
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:670
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  33. Primary care has a key role to play in the prevention and management of obesity, but there remain barriers to engagement in weight management by primary care practitioners. The aim of this study was to explore...

    Authors: David N. Blane, Sara Macdonald, David Morrison and Catherine A. O’Donnell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:764
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  34. In recent years, the healthcare system in the western world has undergone a structural development caused by changes in demography and pattern of disease. In order to maintain the healthcare system cost-effect...

    Authors: Helle Riisgaard, Jens Søndergaard, Maria Munch, Jette V. Le, Loni Ledderer, Line B. Pedersen and Jørgen Nexøe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:44
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  35. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a growing cause of mortality and morbidity in Tanzania, but contextualized evidence on cost-effective medical strategies to prevent it is scarce. We aim to perform a cost-effect...

    Authors: Frida N. Ngalesoni, George M. Ruhago, Amani T. Mori, Bjarne Robberstad and Ole F. Norheim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:185
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  36. Physician migration has been gaining attention worldwide. In Germany, physician migration became a topic of interest in the context of the discussion about a shortage of physicians, for which one contributing ...

    Authors: Birte Pantenburg, Katharina Kitze, Melanie Luppa, Hans-Helmut König and Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:341
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  37. Measurement of antenatal care (ANC) service coverage is often limited to the number of contacts or type of providers, reflecting a gap in the assessment of quality as well as cost estimations and health impact...

    Authors: Youngji Jo, Kelsey Alland, Hasmot Ali, Sucheta Mehra, Amnesty E. LeFevre, Semee (Esther) Pak, Saijuddin Shaikh, Parul Christian and Alain B. Labrique
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:861
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  38. Many organizations have suggested a minimum standard regarding pharmaceutical counselling for patients, which includes information about the name of the drug, the description the drug, the indication for use, ...

    Authors: Hassan Al Qarni, Tahani Alrahbini, Ayidh M AlQarni and Abdullah Alqarni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:745
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  39. A major concern by the health decision makers in Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries is the burden of financing healthcare. While other GCC countries have been examining different options, Saudi Arabia ha...

    Authors: Abdulwahab Alkhamis, Peter Cosgrove, Gamal Mohamed and Amir Hassan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:56
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  40. Nurse-supported shared care services for patients living with hepatitis C have been implemented in some regional areas of Western Australia to provide access to local treatment and care services for patients a...

    Authors: Roanna Lobo, Lester Mascarenhas, David Worthington, Judith Bevan and Donna B. Mak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:399
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  41. Integrated community case management (iCCM) relies on community health workers (CHWs) managing children with malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and referring children when management is not possible. This study so...

    Authors: Agnes Nanyonjo, Benson Bagorogoza, Frida Kasteng, Godfrey Ayebale, Fredrick Makumbi, Göran Tomson and Karin Källander
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:347
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  42. In South Korea, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service manages the Prescribing Analysis System (PAS) to evaluate the appropriate use of medication. To achieve the system’s goal of changing prescrib...

    Authors: Dong-Sook Kim, Green Bae, Soo Yeon Yoo and Minah Kang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2015 15:397
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  43. Continuous medical education strategies, including academic detailing (AD), have mixed effects on the quality of prescribing in general practice. Alongside a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) to asses...

    Authors: Sibyl Anthierens, Veronique Verhoeven, Olivier Schmitz and Samuel Coenen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:841
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  44. The number of women living in Italy and seeking cross-border reproductive care (CBRC), especially for medically assisted reproduction (MAR), has increased. The purpose of this study was to explore CBRC attitud...

    Authors: Stephanie Meier, Jaziel Ramos-Ortiz, Kelsie Basille, Alyson C. D’Eramo, Adria M. Diaconu, Lesley J. Flores, Savannah Hottle, Kaylee Mason-Yeary, Yumary Ruiz and Andrea L. DeMaria
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:238
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  45. China is the country with the largest elderly population. To actively respond to this ageing population, China has proposed the Community Aged Care Service Centre (CACSC) network as the major elderly care deve...

    Authors: Bo Yu, Yue-Hong Han, Yin Sun and Xu-Dong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:93
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  46. Reimbursement policies for anti-cancer drugs vary among countries even though they rely on the same clinical evidence. We compared the pattern of publicly funded drug programs and analyzed major factors influe...

    Authors: Carol Sunghye Lim, Yun-Gyoo Lee, Youngil Koh and Dae Seog Heo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:595
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  47. Whilst multimorbidity is more prevalent with increasing age, approximately 30% of middle-aged adults (45-64 years) are also affected. Several prescribing criteria have been developed to optimise medication use...

    Authors: Janine A Cooper, Cristín Ryan, Susan M Smith, Emma Wallace, Kathleen Bennett, Caitriona Cahir, David Williams, Mary Teeling, Tom Fahey and Carmel M Hughes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:484
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  48. In 2010, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone launched their Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI) for pregnant and lactating mothers and children under-5. Despite an increase in the update of se...

    Authors: Frédérique Vallières, Emma Louise Cassidy, Eilish McAuliffe, Brynne Gilmore, Allieu S. Bangura and Joseph Musa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:258
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  49. Telephone triage and advice services (TTAS) have become commonplace in western health care systems particularly as an aid to patient access and demand management in the after hours period. In 2011 an after hou...

    Authors: Rosemary McKenzie and Michelle Williamson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:142
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Organizational health care research focuses on describing structures and processes in organizations and investigating their impact on the quality of health care. In the setting of residential long-term care, t...

    Authors: Johannes Michael Bergmann, Armin Michael Ströbel, Bernhard Holle and Rebecca Palm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:646
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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