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  1. The Malawi Ministry of Health implemented a new surveillance activity in April 2019 to detect recent HIV infections using a rapid test for recent infection (RTRI) to identify areas of ongoing transmission and ...

    Authors: Melissa M. Arons, Kathryn G. Curran, Malango Msukwa, Joe Theu, Gabrielle O’Malley, Alexandra Ernst, Ireen Namakhoma, George Bello, Carson Telford, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Bharat Parekh, Evelyn Kim, Trudy Dobbs, Danielle Payne and Salem Gugsa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:341
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:917

  2. Reducing maternal mortality is one of the key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In response to the impact of increased birth rate on maternal and child safety following the implementation of...

    Authors: Jue Liu, Wenzhan Jing and Min Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:335
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  3. Community health centers (CHCs) provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to medically underserved, low-income, and racially/ethnically diverse populations. CHCs also offer enabling services, non-clini...

    Authors: G. Sofia Martinez, Kellee White, Dahai Yue, Luisa Franzini, Craig S. Fryer, Ninet Sinaii and Dylan H. Roby
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:334
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  4. The Health Action for Psychiatric Problems In Nigeria including Epilepsy and SubstanceS (HAPPINESS) project trains non-specialist and primary health care workers in Imo State, Nigeria. This project adapted the...

    Authors: Casey Chu, Nichole Roxas, Chinyere M. Aguocha, Emeka Nwefoh, Katie Wang, Charles Dike and Theddeus Iheanacho
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:333
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  5. Individuals discharged from inpatient psychiatry units have the highest readmission rates of all hospitalized patients. These readmissions are often due to unmet need for mental health care compounded by limit...

    Authors: Ejemai Eboreime, Reham Shalaby, Wanying Mao, Ernest Owusu, Wesley Vuong, Shireen Surood, Kerry Bales, Frank P. MacMaster, Diane McNeil, Katherine Rittenbach, Arto Ohinmaa, Suzette Bremault-Phillips, Carla Hilario, Russ Greiner, Michelle Knox, Janet Chafe…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:332
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  6. Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide challenge for health services and systems alike. To reduce the overuse of antibiotics, multifaceted interventions are often used to achieve sustainable effects. It can b...

    Authors: Annika Queder, Christine Arnold, Michel Wensing and Regina Poß-Doering
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:331
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  7. Pain is a central and distressing experience for children in the emergency department (ED). Despite the harmful effects of pain, ED care often falls short of providing timely and effective pain relief. Knowled...

    Authors: Suzanne Williams, Samantha Keogh, David Herd, Sharonn Riggall, Roselyn Glass and Clint Douglas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:330
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  8. This consensus statement was developed because there are concerns about the appropriate use of opioids for acute pain management, with opposing views in the literature. Consensus statement on policies for syst...

    Authors: Patrice Forget, Champika Patullo, Duncan Hill, Atul Ambekar, Alex Baldacchino, Juan Cata, Sean Chetty, Felicia J. Cox, Hans D. de Boer, Kieran Dinwoodie, Geert Dom, Christopher Eccleston, Brona Fullen, Liisa Jutila, Roger D. Knaggs, Patricia Lavand’homme…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:329
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  9. Adult well visits declined during COVID-19, but literature is inconsistent in regard to whether childhood well visits declined. We determined if the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a change in well visit...

    Authors: Joanne Salas, Leslie Hinyard, Ann Cappellari, Katie Sniffen, Christine Jacobs, Natalie Karius, Richard A. Grucza and Jeffrey F. Scherrer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:328
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  10. In 2011 the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health introduced a new fee-for-service billing code that allowed “Multidisciplinary Care Assessment” (MCA). This change has the potential to change access to and ...

    Authors: Ross Duncan, Lucy Cheng, Michael R. Law, Kam Shojania, Mary A. De Vera and Mark Harrison
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:327
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  11. The South African Ward Based Primary Health Care Outreach Team (WBPHCOT) policy framework states that the distribution of community health workers (CHWs) should be proportional to levels of poverty and disease...

    Authors: G. E. Khumalo, S. Ntuli, E. Lutge and T. P. Mashamba-Thompson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:326
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  12. Authors: Taiwo A. Obembe, Adebisi B. Adenipekun, Oyewale M. Morakinyo and Kehinde O. Odebunmi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:325
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    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:264

  13. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Simon Lafrance, Anthony Demont, Kednapa Thavorn, Julio Fernandes, Carlo Santaguida and François Desmeules
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:324
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1214

  14. Many low and middle- income countries (LMICs) are repositioning community health worker (CHW) programmes to provide a more comprehensive range of promotive and preventive services and referrals to the formal h...

    Authors: Hlologelo Malatji, Frances Griffiths and Jane Goudge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:323
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  15. Mining is a global industry and contributes significantly to international economies. This study seeks to compare the patterns of psychological distress, job demand-control, and associated characteristics betw...

    Authors: Asare-Doku Winifred, Rich Louise Jane, Kelly Brian, Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah and James Carole
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:322
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  16. Psychiatric pharmaceutical care is the provision of pharmaceutical care services to patients with psychiatric related illnesses or disorders. Several studies have demonstrated the positive influence psychiatri...

    Authors: Aya Ahmed Abousheishaa, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Hasniza Zaman Huri, Siti Fatimah Binti Kamis, Hafizah Hamidi, Wei Chern Ang, Zainol Akbar bin Zainal, Noorasyikin Shamsuddin and Ng Chong Guan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:321
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  18. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of consultant presence, volume of patients seen and weekend opening on the health and cost-related outcomes associated with different Early Pregnancy Assess...

    Authors: Edna Keeney, Maria Memtsa, Venetia Goodhart, Davor Jurkovic, Gareth Ambler, Nazim Khan and Jeff Round
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:319
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  19. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause a substantial clinical and economic burden. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs by the public is crucial. In some developed countries like the United States, Canada, consumers hav...

    Authors: Ningsheng Wang, Yue Chen, Biqi Ren, Yufang Xiang, Nan Zhao, Xianyan Zhan and Bianling Feng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:318
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  20. One of the challenging decision-making tasks in healthcare centers is the interpretation of blood gas tests. One of the most effective assisting approaches for the interpretation of blood gas analysis (BGA) ca...

    Authors: Sahar Zare, Zahra Meidani, Maryam Ouhadian, Hosein Akbari, Farid Zand, Esmaeil Fakharian and Roxana Sharifian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:317
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  21. Falls impose significant health and economic burdens among older populations, making their prevention a priority. Health economic models can inform whether the falls prevention intervention represents a cost-e...

    Authors: Joseph Kwon, Hazel Squires, Matthew Franklin, Yujin Lee and Tracey Young
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:316
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  22. Health system approaches to improve hypertension control require an effective referral network. A national referral strategy exists in Kenya; however, a number of barriers to referral completion persist. This ...

    Authors: Aarti Thakkar, Thomas Valente, Josephine Andesia, Benson Njuguna, Juliet Miheso, Tim Mercer, Richard Mugo, Ann Mwangi, Eunice Mwangi, Sonak D. Pastakia, Shravani Pathak, Mc Kinsey M. Pillsbury, Jemima Kamano, Violet Naanyu, Makeda Williams, Rajesh Vedanthan…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:315
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  24. Many older adults are aging-at-home in social housing. However, the lack of integration between housing and health services makes it difficult for older tenants to access needed supports. We examined barriers ...

    Authors: Christine L. Sheppard, Sarah Gould, Sara J. T. Guilcher, Barbara Liu, Elizabeth Linkewich, Andrea Austen and Sander L. Hitzig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:313
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  25. Nonpharmacologic therapies (NPTs) are recommended as first-line treatments for pain, however the impact of expanding professional capacity to deliver these therapies on use has not been extensively studied. We...

    Authors: Rendelle Bolton, Grant Ritter, Krista Highland and Mary Jo Larson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:312
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  27. Mental health conditions are of rising concern due to their increased contribution to the global burden of disease. Mental health issues are inextricably linked with other socio-cultural and health dimensions,...

    Authors: Goutam Kumar Dutta, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Dipika Shankar Bhattacharyya, Md. Musfikur Rahman, Ratna Majumder and Taposh Kumar Biswas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:310
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  28. In Germany, the 2015 mass displacement and resulting population migration exposed regulatory and structural shortcomings with respect to refugee healthcare provision. Existing research on Germany’s crisis resp...

    Authors: Stephan Brenner and Vincent Lok
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:309
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  29. Expansion of healthcare insurance coverage to bariatric surgeries has led to an increased demand from patients for post-bariatric contouring surgeries. This study examined the relationship between the use of c...

    Authors: Ibrahim Al-Sumaih, Michael Donnelly and Ciaran O’Neill
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:308
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  30. Emergency medicine is a complex setting for healthcare delivery which relies on communication, negotiation, teamwork, trust, and shared dialog. The nature of the work comprises dealing with emotionally challen...

    Authors: Peter Dieckmann, Simon Tulloch, Anne Eva Dalgaard and Kirsten Varming
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:307
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  31. The neonatal mortality rate in Uganda has barely changed over the past decades, estimated at 28/1000 and 27/1000 live births in 2006 and 2016 respectively. The survivors have a higher risk of developing neurod...

    Authors: Gertrude Namazzi, Helena Hildenwall, Grace Ndeezi, Paul Mubiri, Christine Nalwadda, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Peter Waiswa and James K. Tumwine
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:306
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  32. The health management information system (HMIS) is an integral component of a strong health care system. Despite its importance for decision-making, the quality of HMIS data remains of concern in low- and midd...

    Authors: Mariame O. Ouedraogo, Madalitso Tolani, Janet Mambulasa, Katie McLaughlin, Diego G. Bassani and Britt McKinnon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:305
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  33. Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) require lifelong blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy. Thus, patients afflicted with TDT often have to undergo blood transfusion and iron chelatio...

    Authors: Shaikha Alshamsi, Samer Hamidi and Hacer Ozgen Narci
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:304
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  34. Although direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have become standard care for patients with chronic hepatitis C worldwide, there is no evidence for their value for money in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed the cost-eff...

    Authors: Sylvie Boyer, Maël Baudoin, Marie Libérée Nishimwe, Melina Santos, Maud Lemoine, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Babacar Sylla, Charles Kouanfack, Patrizia Carrieri, Abbas Mourad, Nicolas Rouveau, Raoul Moh, Moussa Seydi, Alain Attia, Maame Esi Woode and Karine Lacombe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:303
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  35. This study aimed to assess the influence factors of the mutual-support willingness and identify the mutual-support needs of elderly living in rural areas of Hunan Province, China.

    Authors: Ke-ru Yao, Xin-hong Yin, Qin Luo, Xi Tang and Xiu-zhu Tan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:302
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  36. Asymptomatic Cryptococcal Antigenemia (CrAg) patients develop meningitis within a month of testing positive. Pre-emptive antifungal therapy can prevent progression to Cryptococcal meningitis (CM). In April 201...

    Authors: Kagimu Enock, Kiwanuka Julius, Bridget C. Griffith, Derrick Bary Abila, Morris K. Rutakingirwa, John Kasibante, Kiiza Tadeo Kandole, Richard Kwizera, Aggrey Semeere and David B. Meya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:301
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  37. Approximately one-third of women Veterans Health Administration (VHA) users have substance use disorders (SUD). Early identification of hazardous substance use in this population is critical for the prevention...

    Authors: Karleen F. Giannitrapani, Jesse R. Holliday, Andrew W. Dawson, Alexis K. Huynh, Alison B. Hamilton, Christine Timko and Katherine J. Hoggatt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:300
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  38. The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted an unprecedented and universal impact on global health system, resulting in noticeable challenges in traditional chronic disease care, of which diabetes was reported to be mos...

    Authors: Sheng-Lan Tan, Jie Xiao, Hai-Yan Yuan, Lei Chen, Qing Wang, Da-Xiong Xiang, Xia Li, Yan-Gang Zhou, Yan Guo, Hai-Ying Huang, Dan-Hui Zhao, Yue Li, Li Wang, Qun Li, Juan Liu and Ping Xu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:299
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  39. This study evaluates the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy and its effect on implementation leadership, transformational leadership, and implementation climate.

    Authors: Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Nora Braathu, Nadina Peters, Harald Bækkelund, Mathilde Endsjø, Aida Babaii, Randi Hovden Borge, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Mark G. Ehrhart, Marisa Sklar, C. Hendricks Brown, Gregory A. Aarons and Karina M. Egeland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:298
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  40. Increasing spending and use of prescription drugs pose an important challenge to governments that seek to expand health insurance coverage to improve population health while controlling public expenditures. Pa...

    Authors: G. Emmanuel Guindon, Tooba Fatima, Sophiya Garasia and Kimia Khoee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:297
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  43. The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) contains 29 evidence-based practices (EBPs) across four pause points spanning admission to discharge. It has been shown to increase EBP uptake and has been tailored to s...

    Authors: Kevin Abidha Achola, Darious Kajjo, Nicole Santos, Elizabeth Butrick, Christopher Otare, Paul Mubiri, Gertrude Namazzi, Rikita Merai, Phelgona Otieno, Peter Waiswa and Dilys Walker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:294
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  44. Public health systems internationally are under pressure to meet increasing demand for healthcare in the context of increasing financial resource constraint. There is therefore a need to maximise health outcom...

    Authors: James Kenneth Walters, Anurag Sharma, Emma Malica and Reema Harrison
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:293
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  45. In the rehabilitation ward, many elderly patients require continuous use of medication after a stroke or bone fracture, even after discharge. They are encouraged to self-manage their medications from the time ...

    Authors: Ryohei Suzuki, Takako Uchiya, Ayumi Nakamura, Naoki Okubo, Takamasa Sakai, Masaaki Takahashi, Mariko Kaneko, Ikuko Aiba and Fumiko Ohtsu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:292
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  46. Violence and discrimination are common events at work, especially in health care. Moreover, such workplace experiences are considered to have negative impacts and particularly adverse health consequences on he...

    Authors: Alenka Stahl-Gugger and Oliver Hämmig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:291
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  47. Dementia is a public health priority worldwide due to its rapidly increasing prevalence and poses challenges with regard to providing proper care, including end-of-life care. This study is part of a research p...

    Authors: May Helen Midtbust, Eva Gjengedal and Rigmor Einang Alnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:290
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  48. Over half of global deaths among children under five years of age occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt and consistent access to and utilisation of child healthcare services improves child health outcomes. Howev...

    Authors: Felix Kwasi Nyande, Esmeralda Ricks, Margaret Williams and Sihaam Jardien-Baboo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:289
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  49. The cost of maternity care is seen as the barrier in utilizing maternity care, resulting in high maternal deaths. This study focuses on the distress financing and its coping mechanisms associated with maternit...

    Authors: Shalem Balla, Md Illias Kanchan Sk, Mayanka Ambade and Babul Hossain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:288
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  50. The smart hospital's concept of using the Internet of Things (IoT) to reduce human resources demand has become more popular in the aging society.

    Authors: Wen-Shan Jian, Ju-Yu Wang, Annisa Ristya Rahmanti, Shuo-Chen Chien, Chun-Kung Hsu, Chia-Hui Chien, Yu-Chuan Li, Chun-You Chen, Yen-Po Chin and Chen-Ling Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:287
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