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  1. Access to outpatient mental healthcare can be challenging for patients. In Germany, a national structural reform was implemented in 2017 to accelerate and enhance access to outpatient psychotherapy and reduce ...

    Authors: Regina Poß-Doering, Martin Hegelow, Milena Borchers, Mechthild Hartmann, Johannes Kruse, Hanna Kampling, Gereon Heuft, Carsten Spitzer, Beate Wild, Joachim Szecsenyi and Hans-Christoph Friederich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1204
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1294

  2. The number of patients with one or more chronic conditions is increasing globally. One strategy to achieve more sustainable care for these patients is by implementing use of home-based eHealth applications. Su...

    Authors: Catharina Carlqvist, Heidi Hagerman, Markus Fellesson, Mirjam Ekstedt and Amanda Hellström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1203
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  3. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of patient delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) with patterns of anxiety symptoms in family caregivers when delirium was determined by clinical ass...

    Authors: Therese G. Poulin, Karla D. Krewulak, Brianna K. Rosgen, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten M. Fiest and Stephana J. Moss
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1202
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  4. To address the maldistribution of healthcare providers and the shortage of physicians in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas of the Philippines, the Philippine National Rural Physician Deployment P...

    Authors: Erika Louise L. Flores, Edric Matthew R. Manahan, Miguel Paulo B. Lacanilao, Isabella Ma. Beatriz T. Ladaw, Mico Martin B. Mallillin, Nikolai Thadeus Q. Mappatao, Juan Alfonso Leonardia and Veincent Christian F. Pepito
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1201
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  5. Healthcare workers (HCW) are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. We assessed healthcare facilities for their TB infection control standards and priorities.

    Authors: Anja Vigenschow, Bayodé Romeo Adegbite, Jean-Ronald Edoa, Abraham Alabi, Akim A. Adegnika, Martin P. Grobusch and Marguerite Massinga-Loembe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1200
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  6. Implementation and uptake of novel and cost-effective medicines can improve patient health outcomes and healthcare efficiency. However, the uptake of new medicines into practice faces a wide range of obstacles...

    Authors: Kristina Medlinskiene, Justine Tomlinson, Iuri Marques, Sue Richardson, Katherine Stirling and Duncan Petty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1198
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  7. Government responses to the pandemic varied in terms of timing, duration, and stringency, seeking to protect healthcare systems, whose pre-pandemic state varied significantly. Therefore, the severity of Covid-...

    Authors: Nikolaos Kapitsinis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1197
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  8. There is increasing awareness of the importance of patient activation (knowledge, skills, and confidence for managing one’s health and health care) among clinicians and policy makers, with emerging evidence sh...

    Authors: Feifei Bu and Daisy Fancourt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1196
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  9. Even as healthcare providers and systems were settling into the processes required for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) under Bill C-14, new legislation was introduced (Bill C-7) that extended assisted death...

    Authors: Barbara Pesut, Sally Thorne, David Kenneth Wright, Catharine Schiller, Madison Huggins, Gloria Puurveen and Kenneth Chambaere
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1195
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  10. In 2012, Alberta Health Services created Strategic Clinical NetworksTM (SCNs) to develop and implement evidence-informed, clinician-led and team-delivered health system improvement in Alberta, Canada. SCNs have h...

    Authors: Rachel Flynn, Kelly Mrklas, Alyson Campbell, Tracy Wasylak and Shannon D. Scott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1194
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  11. The growing globalization has changed the goals and methods of diplomacy. Due to the challenges and complexities of dealing with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) at the national and international levels, policy...

    Authors: Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Ahmad Ahmadi Teymourlouy, Mohammadreza Maleki and Mahnaz Afshari
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1193
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  12. Among older adults, living alone is often associated with higher risk of Emergency Department (ED) admissions. However, older adults living alone are very heterogeneous in terms of health. As more older adults...

    Authors: Jon Barrenetxea, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Rachel Tong, Kevin Chua, Qiushi Feng, Woon-Puay Koh and Cynthia Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1192
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  13. Recent increases in state laws to reduce opioid prescribing have demonstrated a need to understand how they are interpreted and implemented in healthcare systems. The purpose of this study was to explore the s...

    Authors: Natalie A. Blackburn, Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, Maryalice Nocera, Samantha Wooten Dorris, Nabarun Dasgupta, Paul R. Chelminski, Timothy S. Carey, Li-Tzy Wu, David A. Edwards, Stephen W. Marshall and Shabbar I. Ranapurwala
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1191
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  14. Midwives face direct and indirect barriers in their workplaces that have negative consequences on their ability to provide quality care to women and neonates, however, they still carry on with their duties. Th...

    Authors: Yakubu Ismaila, Sara Bayes and Sadie Geraghty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1190
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  15. First investigated in the 1990s, medication therapy management (MTM) is an evidence-based practice offered by pharmacists to ensure a patient’s medication regimen is individualized to include the safest and mo...

    Authors: Kenneth C. Hohmeier, Chelsea Renfro, Kea Turner, Parin Patel, Estrella Ndrianasy, Renee Williams-Clark, Lora Underwood and Justin Gatwood
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1189
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  17. The occurrence of nosocomial infections remains a health threat to patients and hospital staff. This study applied social-cognitive theory for predicting determinants of nosocomial infections control behaviors...

    Authors: Seyed-Mousa Mahdizadeh, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Davood Robat Sarpooshi, Alireza Jafari and Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1187
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  18. Following the ACA, millions of people gained Medicaid insurance. Most electronic health record (EHR) tools to date provide clinical-decision support and tracking of clinical biomarkers, we developed an EHR too...

    Authors: Nathalie Huguet, Steele Valenzuela, Miguel Marino, Laura Moreno, Brigit Hatch, Andrea Baron, Deborah J. Cohen and Jennifer E. DeVoe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1186
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:587

  20. China’s government launched a large-scale healthcare reform from 2009. One of the main targets of this round reform was to improve the primary health care system. Major reforms for primary healthcare instituti...

    Authors: Chi Shen, Zhongliang Zhou, Sha Lai, Wanyue Dong, Yaxin Zhao, Dan Cao, Dantong Zhao, Yangling Ren and Xiaojing Fan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1184
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  21. Mongolia has made significant progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), but there are still challenges ahead with population ageing and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The purpose of this s...

    Authors: Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan, Gantuya Dorj, Jocelyn G Dracakis, Bilegt Batkhorol, Undram Lkhagvaa, Dulamsuren Battsengel, Chimedsuren Ochir, Nirmala Naidoo, Paul Kowal and Robert G Cumming
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1183
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  22. Adaptation, a form of modification that aims to improve an intervention’s acceptability and sustainability in each context, is essential to successful implementation in some settings. Due to the COVID-19 pande...

    Authors: Juliana Baratta, Alexis Amano, Paige K Parsons, Stacie Vilendrer, Shira G. Winter, Mae-Richelle Verano, Cynthia Perez, Lucy Kalanithi, Steven M Asch, Mary Beth Heffernan and Cati Brown-Johnson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1182
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  23. Considerable progress has been made to advance the field of knowledge translation to address the knowledge-to-action gap in health care; however, there remains a growing concern that misalignments persist betw...

    Authors: Euson Yeung, Stephanie Scodras, Nancy M. Salbach, Anita Kothari and Ian D. Graham
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1181
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  24. To elucidate the experience of patients with cancer from diagnosis to early survivorship in Japan using a nationwide questionnaire survey, and to inform the current progress of the cancer control programs.

    Authors: Tomone Watanabe, Yuichi Ichinose, Mei Matsuki, Takafumi Wakita, Tsutomu Toida, Masato Masuda and Takahiro Higashi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1180
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  25. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV can generate costs both within and outside the health sector (i.e. intersectoral costs). This systematic review aims (i) to explore the intersectoral costs associ...

    Authors: Lena Schnitzler, Louise J. Jackson, Aggie T. G. Paulus, Tracy E. Roberts and Silvia M. A. A. Evers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1179
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  26. This cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study analyzed the demographics of patients with peripheral facial palsy in South Korea and their use of healthcare services.

    Authors: Doori Kim, Boyoung Jung, Myoung-Ui Cho, Seong-Bae Song, Seol Hee Chung, Tae-Yong Park and In-Hyuk Ha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1178
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  27. Policymakers advocate extended residence in private homes as people age, rather than relocation to long-term care facilities. Consequently, it is expected that older people living in their own homes will be fr...

    Authors: I. V. Kristinsdottir, P. V. Jonsson, I. Hjaltadottir and K. Bjornsdottir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1177
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  28. Mobile HIV testing approaches are a key to reaching the global targets of halting the HIV epidemic by 2030. Importantly, the number of clients reached through mobile HIV testing approaches, need to remain high...

    Authors: Tonderai Mabuto, Geoffrey Setswe, Nolundi Mshweshwe-Pakela, Dave Clark, Sarah Day, Lerato Molobetsi and Jacqueline Pienaar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1176
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1260

  29. Patient’s awareness and satisfaction towards ward pharmacy services may influence perception towards effectiveness and safety of drugs, affecting medication adherence and clinical outcome. Nevertheless, studie...

    Authors: Chew Beng Ng, Chee Tao Chang, Su Yin Ong, Maslinatasha Mahmud, Lay Chin Lee, Wei Yee Chew, Normi Hamdan, Ros Sakinah Kamaludin, Kah Shuen Thong and Shea Jiun Choo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1175
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  30. Inpatient psychiatric care is unpopular and expensive, and development and evaluation of alternatives is a long-standing policy and research priority around the world. In England, the three main models documen...

    Authors: Christian Dalton-Locke, Sonia Johnson, Jasmine Harju-Seppänen, Natasha Lyons, Luke Sheridan Rains, Ruth Stuart, Amelia Campbell, Jeremy Clark, Aisling Clifford, Laura Courtney, Ceri Dare, Kathleen Kelly, Chris Lynch, Paul McCrone, Shilpa Nairi, Karen Newbigging…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1174
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1319

  31. In the past few decades, a re-evaluation of treatment paradigms of head and neck cancers with a desire to spare patients the treatment-related toxicities of open surgery, has led to the development of new mini...

    Authors: Enea Parimbelli, Federico Soldati, Lorry Duchoud, Gian Luca Armas, John de Almeida, Martina Broglie, Silvana Quaglini and Christian Simon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1173
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  32. Assessments of the culture surrounding patient safety can inform healthcare settings on how their structures and processes impact patient outcomes. This study investigated patient safety culture in Primary Hea...

    Authors: Talal ALFadhalah, Buthaina Al Mudaf, Hanaa A. Alghanim, Gheed Al Salem, Dina Ali, Hythem M. Abdelwahab and Hossam Elamir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1172
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1270

  33. Due to the increasing pressure on hospitals to enhance the quality of services, the participation of physicians in accreditation programs has become more important than ever. The present study was conducted to...

    Authors: Hosein Ebrahimipour, Elahe Hooshmand, Mehdi Varmaghani, Javad Javan-Noughabi and Seyyed Morteza Mojtabaeian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1171
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  34. The COVID-19 pandemic has been recognized as a trigger for redefining supply chains at the global level, and has created an intense debate within the academic community and among policy-makers and practitioner...

    Authors: Manuel F. Morales-Contreras, Marcelo Leporati and Luciano Fratocchi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1170
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  35. Human resources management plays an important role in social development and economic growth. Absence from work due to health problems can make obstacles to the growth of economy. This study conducted aimed to...

    Authors: Ahmad Faramarzi, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Ali Asghar Najafpoor and Aziz Rezapour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1169
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  36. The present study has been undertaken with the aim to evaluate performance and ranking of various universities of medical sciences that are responsible for providing public health services and primary health c...

    Authors: Arash Rashidian, Nader Jahanmehr, Farshad Farzadfar, Ardeshir Khosravi, Mohammad Shariati, Ali Akbari Sari, Soheila Damiri and Reza Majdzadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1168
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  37. Community paramedicine programs (i.e., physician-directed preventive care by emergency medical services personnel embedded in communities) offer a novel approach to community-based health care. Project Swaddle...

    Authors: Laura M. Schwab-Reese, Lynette M. Renner, Hannah King, R. Paul Miller, Darren Forman, Joshua S. Krumenacker and Andrea L. DeMaria
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1167
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  38. Patient navigators have been introduced across various countries to enable timely access to healthcare services and to ensure completion of diagnosis and follow-up of care. There is an increasing evidence on t...

    Authors: Hannah Budde, Gemma A. Williams, Juliane Winkelmann, Laura Pfirter and Claudia B. Maier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1166
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  40. Social Prescribing (SP) is an innovative strategy to respond to the non-clinical health needs of the population. A Social Prescribing Local System (SPLS) can be defined as a set of joined community, health, an...

    Authors: A. Costa, J. Lopes, C. J. Sousa, O. Santos, A. Virgolino, P. Nogueira, A. Henriques, P. Seabra, C. Capitão, R. Martins, M. Arriaga and V. Alarcão
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1164
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  41. The study set out to give an in-depth intersection of geo, eco-socio exposition of the factors relating to geography, healthcare supply and utilization in an island setting. This analysis is informed by what h...

    Authors: Japheth Nkiriyehe Kwiringira, James Mugisha, Mathias Akugizibwe and Paulino Ariho
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1163
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  42. Bouldering-Psychotherapy (BPT) has proven to effectively reduce depressive symptoms, but evidence on its cost-effectiveness is lacking. Corresponding information is paramount to support health policy decision ...

    Authors: Larissa Schwarzkopf, Lisa Dorscht, Ludwig Kraus and Katharina Luttenberger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1162
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  43. Several health care systems internationally have implemented protocolised sepsis recognition and treatment bundles for children to improve outcomes, as recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Successful ...

    Authors: Amanda Harley, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Paula Lister, Debbie Massey, Patricia Gilholm and Amy N. B. Johnston
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1161
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  44. Almost all maternal deaths and related morbidities occur in low-income countries. Childbirth supervised by a skilled provider in a health facility is a key intervention to prevent maternal and perinatal morbid...

    Authors: Quraish Sserwanja, David Mukunya, Milton W. Musaba, Joseph Kawuki and Freddy Eric Kitutu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1160
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  45. Pediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) are nurse-administered clinical assessment tools utilizing vital signs and patient signs and symptoms to screen for patients at risk for clinical deterioration.1–3 When utili...

    Authors: David Mills, Alexis Schmid, Mohammad Najajreh, Ahmad Al Nasser, Yara Awwad, Kholoud Qattush, Michael C. Monuteaux, Joel Hudgins, Zeena Salman and Michelle Niescierenko
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1159
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  46. The SARS-COV-2 pandemic provides a natural intervention to assess practical priority setting and internal evaluation of specific health services, such as radiological services. Norway makes an excellent case a...

    Authors: Bjørn Hofmann, Eivind Richter Andersen and Elin Kjelle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1158
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  47. Demographic changes are leading to an ageing population in Europe. People are becoming more dependent on digital technologies and health ministries invest increasingly in digitalisation. Societal digital deman...

    Authors: Moonika Raja, Jorunn Bjerkan, Ingjerd G. Kymre, Kathleen T. Galvin and Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1157
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  48. Understanding patient preferences in emergency departments (EDs) can provide useful information to enhance patient-centred care and improve patient’s experience in hospitals. This study sought to find evidence...

    Authors: Dorrin Aghajani Nargesi, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Mohammadhasan Javadi Pakdel, Elham Gheysvandi and Enayatollah Homaie Rad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1155
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  50. Diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. As the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise, the burden of disease is divided unevenly among different populations. Racial/ethnic di...

    Authors: Felippe O. Marcondes, David Cheng, Margarita Alegria and Jennifer S. Haas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1150
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