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  1. Digital tools for social communication have been deployed in care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate social connectedness between older people and their next of kin in a safe manner. This st...

    Authors: Abeer Badawy, Mads Solberg, Aud Uhlen Obstfelder and Rigmor Einang Alnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:136
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:211

  2. The decision to outsource an activity is one of the most complex organizational decisions. This decision is also influenced by several factors and components. In order to facilitate and optimize it, for the fi...

    Authors: Omid Khosravizadeh, Aisa Maleki, Bahman Ahadinezhad, Saeed Shahsavari, Mohammad Amerzadeh and Nasibeh Mansouran Tazekand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:135
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  4. The health system responsiveness is a concept developed by the World Health Organization that measures patients’ expectations for the non-medical care they receive. The aim of this study is to assess primary c...

    Authors: Valle Coronado-Vázquez, María Josefa Gil-de-Gómez, Eva Rodríguez-Eguizábal, Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Rosa Magallón-Botaya and María Antonia Sánchez-Calavera
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:133
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  5. Anxiety and depression screening and management in cancer settings occurs inconsistently in Australia. We developed a clinical pathway (ADAPT CP) to promote standardized assessment and response to affected pat...

    Authors: Joanne Shaw, Karen Allison, Jessica Cuddy, Toni Lindsay, Peter Grimison, Heather Shepherd, Phyllis Butow, Tim Shaw, Kate Baychek and Brian Kelly
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:132
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  6. Social inequalities in complications associated with diabetes mellitus persist. As a primary care sensitive condition (PCSC), this association could be related to differential access to primary care. Our objec...

    Authors: Rachel McKay, Laurence Letarte, Alexandre Lebel and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:131
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  7. The Cancer Patient Pathway for Non-specific Symptoms and Signs of Cancer (NSSC-CPP) has been implemented in Denmark with regional and intra-regional differences. In some places, the initial diagnostic work-up ...

    Authors: Christina Sadolin Damhus, Volkert Siersma, Anna Rubach Birkmose, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton and John Brodersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:130
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  8. Implementation of digital health (eHealth) generally involves adapting pre-established and carefully considered processes or routines, and still raises multiple ethical and legal dilemmas. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Anna V. Silven, Petra G. van Peet, Sarah N. Boers, Monique Tabak, Aviva de Groot, Djoke Hendriks, Hendrikus J. A. van Os, Tobias N. Bonten, Douwe E. Atsma, Tycho J. de Graaf, Mirjam P. Sombroek, Niels H. Chavannes and María Villalobos-Quesada
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:129
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  9. Many people diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in tertiary and district hospitals in South Africa do not arrive at their primary care clinic for continued care after they are discharged from the hospi...

    Authors: Idriss I. Kallon, Christopher J. Colvin and Zara Trafford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:128
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  10. Self-care behaviors in diabetic patients is considered an important factor for controlling the diabetes. Therefore, diabetic patients need training the self-care behaviors to control this disease. This study a...

    Authors: Tahere Sharifi, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Zahra Asadi and Marzie Zarqi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:127
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  12. Male engagement in HIV programs is a persistent challenge that results in poor utilization of HIV care services. Differentiated service delivery models, such as Community Client-Led Antiretroviral Delivery Gro...

    Authors: Jovaile Kushemererwa, Moses Muwanguzi, Esther C. Atukunda, Halimah Nantambi Kikomeko, Odwee Ambrose, Denis Androdri, Brillian Kembabazi and Josephine Nambi Najjuma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:125
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  13. Authors: Canada Parrish, Anirban Basu, Paul Fishman, Jean Baptiste Koama, Ermane Robin, Kesner Francois, Jean Guy Honoré, Joëlle Deas Van Onacker and Nancy Puttkammer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:124
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:80

  15. Despite the growing interest in transformational performance improvement among nearly all countries, international benchmarking has rarely been used. Cross-comparative research could allow an appreciation of t...

    Authors: Marta Marsilio, Martina Pisarra, Karl Rubio and Stephen Shortell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:122
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  16. This paper measures the impact of introducing a 10% co-payment on secondary care hospitalization costs for Palestine refugees living in Lebanon (PRL) in all UNRWA contracted hospitals, except for the Red Cresc...

    Authors: Sara Valente de Almeida, Gloria Paolucci, Akihiro Seita and Hala Ghattas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:121
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  17. Birth tourism refers to non-resident women giving birth in a country outside of their own in order to obtain citizenship and/or healthcare for their newborns. We undertook a study to determine the extent of bi...

    Authors: Simrit Brar, Mruganka Kale, Colin Birch, Fiona Mattatall and Medini Vaze
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:120
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  18. Understanding how to successfully sustain evidence-based care coordination interventions across diverse settings is critical to ensure that patients continue to receive high quality care even after grant fundi...

    Authors: Mary Ava Nunnery, Heather Gilmartin, Michaela McCarthy, Lexus Ujano-De Motta, Ashlea Wills, Lynette Kelley, Christine D. Jones and Chelsea Leonard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:119
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  19. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease in which the myelin sheaths of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, which are responsible for communication, are destroyed and cause physical signs a...

    Authors: Mehdi Rezaee, Mohammad Hossein Morowvat, Maryam Poursadeghfard, Armin Radgoudarzi and Khosro Keshavarz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:118
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  20. An interest in, and the need for, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the United States is growing exponentially. CHWs possess a unique ability to relate to and build trust with communities in order to improve ...

    Authors: Natalia M. Rodriguez, Yumary Ruiz, Ashley H. Meredith, Carlyn Kimiecik, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Lynnet Francesca Kimera and Jasmine D. Gonzalvo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:117
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  21. Healthcare systems rely heavily upon human resources to ensure high-quality access to care for the general population. With significant health worker shortages predicted worldwide in the coming decades, maximi...

    Authors: D. Bourcier, B. W. Collins, S. M. Tanya, M. Basu, A. P. Sayal, S. Moolla, A. Dong, M. Balas, H. Molcak and G. Punchhi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:116
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  22. Health economic evaluations are comparative analyses of alternative courses of action in terms of their costs and consequences. The Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CH...

    Authors: Don Husereau, Michael Drummond, Federico Augustovski, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Andrew H. Briggs, Chris Carswell, Lisa Caulley, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Dan Greenberg, Elizabeth Loder, Josephine Mauskopf, C. Daniel Mullins, Stavros Petrou, Raoh-Fang Pwu and Sophie Staniszewska
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:114
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  23. Haemophilia A (HA) has been associated with poor health-related quality of life and a large economic burden, accentuated by severity, arthropathy, and inhibitors. To meet global standards of care, the manageme...

    Authors: Inmaculada Soto, José Mateo, Daniel-Aníbal García-Diego, Beatriz Gil, Elena Ruiz-Beato, Yoana Ivanova, Teresa Martín Lorenzo, Paulina Maravilla-Herrera, Álvaro Hidalgo-Vega and María Merino
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:115
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  24. Family focused practice (FFP) is an approach that recognises the inter-related needs of family members and recommends a continuum of activities to support families. While it is recognised that health visitors ...

    Authors: Rachel Leonard, Mark Linden and Anne Grant
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:113
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  25. Pharmaceutical counseling (PC) interventions have been shown to improve adherence to controller medication and asthma control. However, the real-life impact of these PC interventions in difficult-to-control as...

    Authors: Barbara Putman, Louise Coucke, Anna Vanoverschelde, Els Mehuys and Lies Lahousse
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:112
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  26. Although the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 Items (DASS-21) has been used in different countries and translated into different languages, the Persian version of this scale has not been validated for health...

    Authors: Edris Kakemam, Elahe Navvabi, Ahmed Hassan Albelbeisi, Faeze Saeedikia, Amin Rouhi and Soheila Majidi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:111
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  27. District-based public–private mix (DPPM) is a variant of a relatively new PPM strategy of addressing missing cases in the tuberculosis (TB) care cascade in Indonesia. We aimed to determine the readiness of variou...

    Authors: Deni Kurniadi Sunjaya, Cindra Paskaria, Dewi Marhaeni Diah Herawati, Meisera Pramayanti, Rini Riani and Ida Parwati
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:110
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  28. People with cystic fibrosis are required to adhere to a burdensome daily treatment regimen. Comprehensive adherence protocols can support more consistent use of adherence interventions and improve treatment ad...

    Authors: Bianca Richards, Sonya R. Osborne and Megan Simons
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:109
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  29. There are discrepancies between evidence-based guidelines for screening and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and implementation in Australian general practice. Quality-improvement (QI) initiatives ai...

    Authors: C. M. Hespe, K. Giskes, M. F. Harris and D. Peiris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:108
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  30. Waiting time is defined as the total time that a patient spends in a facility from arrival at the registration desk until the time she/he leaves the facility or last service. In Ethiopia, the waiting time in t...

    Authors: Mensur Biya, Matebu Gezahagn, Bezawit Birhanu, Kiddus Yitbarek, Nigusu Getachew and Waju Beyene
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:107
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  31. Despite the availability of a range of contraceptive methods, young people around the world still face barriers in accessing and using them. The use of digital technology for the delivery of health interventio...

    Authors: Ona L McCarthy, Constancia Mavodza, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Ethel Dauya, Mandikudza Tembo, Portia Hlabangana, Regedzai Dembetembe, Nyasha Mpakami, Tsitsi Bandason, Caroline Free, Chris Smith and Rashida A Ferrand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:106
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  32. Pharmaceutical companies spend more than one-third of their sales revenue on marketing and promotion directed toward healthcare professionals. There has been a focus on the relationship between healthcare prof...

    Authors: Karrar Ehsan Ali, Abdallah Y. Naser, Rabaa Al-Rousan, Hassan Alwafi, Amal Khaleel AbuAlhommos, Zahra Khalil Alsairafi, Emad M. Salawati, Mohammed Samannodi and Mohammad S. Dairi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:105
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  33. Evidence based interventions (EBIs) can improve patient care and outcomes. Understanding the process for successfully introducing and implementing EBIs can inform effective roll-out and scale up. The Promoting...

    Authors: Jieya Yue, Jun Liu, Yingxi Zhao, Sarah Williams, Bo Zhang, Lin Zhang, Qiannan Zhang, Xin Liu, Stephen Wall and Gengli Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:104
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  34. eHealth solutions have often been considered favourable for improved effectiveness and quality in healthcare services for wound management. Staff engagement related to organisational changes is a key factor fo...

    Authors: Cecilia Fagerström, Hanna Wickström and Hanna Tuvesson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:103
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  35. Many countries are trying to integrate traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) into their health care systems. However, it is not easy to integrate T&CM within a given health care system. This study aims...

    Authors: Ji-Eun Park, Junhyeok Yi and Ohmin Kwon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:102
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  36. This study aimed to explore the external social capital of social organizations (SOs) providing integrated eldercare services with medical care in Anhui Province, China. Specifically, we studied the current si...

    Authors: Ling Tang, Zhongliang Bai, Kai Ji, Ying Zhu and Ren Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:101
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  37. The aim of the study was a comparative analysis of legislative measures against discrimination in healthcare on the grounds of a) race and ethnicity, b) religion and belief, and c) gender identity and sexual o...

    Authors: Katarzyna Bielińska, Anna Chowaniec, Robert Doričić, Marianne Nowak, Marcin Orzechowski, Mojca Ramšak, Paweł Łuków, Amir Muzur, Zvonka Zupanič-Slavec and Florian Steger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:100
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  38. Global migration trends have led to a more diverse population in health care services everywhere, which in turn has set off a paradigm shift away from medical paternalism toward more patient autonomy. Conseque...

    Authors: Jonas Fiedler, Susanne Pruskil, Christian Wiessner, Thomas Zimmermann and Martin Scherer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:99
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  39. Primary care services in South Africa have been challenged by increasing numbers of people with communicable and non-communicable chronic diseases. There was a need to develop alternative approaches for stable...

    Authors: Robert James Mash, Darcelle Schouw, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Donela Besada and Darrin Roman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:98
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  40. This study analyzed current patterns of service use, referral, and expenditure regarding HIV care under the National Health Insurance Scheme (JKN) to identify opportunities to improve HIV treatment coverage. A...

    Authors: Ery Setiawan, Nurjannah Nurjannah, Kalsum Komaryani, Ryan Rachmad Nugraha, Hasbullah Thabrany, Farah Purwaningrum and Prih Sarnianto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:97
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  41. Health care practitioners (HCPs) play a critical role in identifying and responding to intimate partner abuse (IPA). Despite this, studies consistently demonstrate a range of barriers that prevent HCPs from ef...

    Authors: Naomi Hudspeth, Jacqui Cameron, Surriya Baloch, Laura Tarzia and Kelsey Hegarty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:96
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  42. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in India do not meet recommendations. Community health care workers (CHWs) are often the primary source of information for pregnant and postpartum women about ...

    Authors: Nadia Diamond-Smith, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, Dilys Walker, Lia Fernald, Purnima Menon and Sumeet Patil
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:95
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  43. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are representative methods for promoting healthcare standardization and improving its quality. Previous studies on the CPG (published by 2006) development process in Japan r...

    Authors: Yosuke Hatakeyama, Kanako Seto, Koki Hirata, Ryo Onishi, Kunichika Matsumoto and Tomonori Hasegawa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:94
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  44. 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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  45. Choosing Wisely (CW) is an international movement comprised of campaigns in more than 20 countries to reduce low-value care (LVC). De-implementation, the reduction or removal of a healthcare practice that offe...

    Authors: Gillian Parker, Monika Kastner, Karen Born, Nida Shahid and Whitney Berta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:92
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  46. As most patients are likely to first interface with their community general practitioner (GP) or geriatrician for chronic healthcare conditions, these non-neurologists practitioners are well-placed to diagnose...

    Authors: Isis Claire Z. Y. Lim, Seyed Ehsan Saffari and Shermyn Neo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:91
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  47. Access is an important issue in health equality. Availability of dental services and cost subsidies is an important factor affecting access to denture restoration for the elderly. This study aims to explore ac...

    Authors: Kuan-Yu Chu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:90
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  48. As health care markets in the United States have become increasingly consolidated, the role of market concentration on physician treatment behavior remains unclear. In cardiology, specifically, there has been ...

    Authors: Adam S. Vohra, Sun-Joo Jang, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Parag Goyal, Udhay Krishnan, Christopher Sciria, Jim W. Cheung and Luke K. Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:89
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  49. Current research demonstrates higher prevalence of mental health related emergency department (ED) presentations in rural areas, despite similar overall prevalence of these conditions in rural and metropolitan...

    Authors: Rishaan Pawaskar, Neha Mahajan, Eklavya Wangoo, Wafa Khan, Jannine Bailey and Robyn Vines
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:87
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  50. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is an acute, feverous disease that is caused by tick bites or humans’ direct contact with the blood and tissues of infected livestock and humans. The transmission of the ...

    Authors: Malek Abazari, Davoud Adham, Abedin Saghafipour, Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Javad Asadollahi, Amin Babaei Pouya and Eslam Moradi Asl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:86
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