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  1. This study aims to describe the validation and optimization of a new instrument designed to comprehensively measure and evaluate the quality of care in nursing homes; the Quality Evaluation Questionnaires for Nur...

    Authors: Mattanja Triemstra, Juliane Menting and Bellis van den Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:961
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  2. Effectiveness and efficiency are part of the quality of care for mental health problems, and treatment should thus be performed at the right level of care. Norwegian guidelines specify which patients should be...

    Authors: Ole Gunnar Tveit, Torleif Ruud, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Ole Rikard Haavet and Ajmal Hussain
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:960
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  3. The current 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is hitting citizen’s life and health like never before, with its significant loss to human life and a huge economic toll. In this case, the fever clinic...

    Authors: Qing Yong, Dinglong Liu, Guoqi Li, Wanshan Wu, Wenjie Sun and Sijing Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:959
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  4. Online communities for patients with chronic conditions are becoming healthcare providers. They gather to offer support and services, and to become a collective oppositional force. We found, however, that thes...

    Authors: Marie-Georges Fayn, Véronique des Garets and Arnaud Rivière
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:958
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  5. The novel coronavirus SARS-19 produces ‘COVID-19’ in patients with symptoms. COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital require early assessment and care including isolation. The National Early Warning Score (...

    Authors: Muhammad Faisal, Mohammed Amin Mohammed, Donald Richardson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Massimo Fiori and Kevin Beatson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:957
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  6. Recording and reporting health data in facilities is the backbone of routine health information systems which provide data collected by health facility workers during service provision. Data is firstly collect...

    Authors: Amani Siyam, Por Ir, Dararith York, James Antwi, Freddie Amponsah, Ofelia Rambique, Carlos Funzamo, Aderemi Azeez, Leonard Mboera, Claud John Kumalija, Susan Fred Rumisha, Irene Mremi, Ties Boerma and Kathryn O’Neill
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21(Suppl 1):691
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  7. There are limited existing approaches to generate estimates from Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) data, despite the growing interest to these data. We calculated and assessed the consistency of matern...

    Authors: Abdoulaye Maïga, Agbessi Amouzou, Moussa Bagayoko, Cheikh M. Faye, Safia S. Jiwani, Dauda Kamara, Ibrahim B. Koroma and Osman Sankoh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21(Suppl 1):547
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  8. In conflict-affected settings, data on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) are often lacking for priority setting and timely decision-making. We aimed to describe the levels and trends in ...

    Authors: Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Chiara Altare, Rosine Nshobole Bigirinama, Ghislain Bisimwa, Robert Banywesize, Nabil Tabbal and Ties Boerma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21(Suppl 1):195
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  9. South Africa is committed to advancing universal health coverage (UHC). The usefulness and potential of using routine health facility data for monitoring progress towards UHC, in the form of the 16-tracer WHO ...

    Authors: Candy Day, Andy Gray, Annibale Cois, Noluthando Ndlovu, Naomi Massyn and Ties Boerma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21(Suppl 1):194
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 21 Supplement 1

  10. Internationally, elective spinal surgery rates in workers’ compensation populations are high, as are reoperation rates, while return-to-work rates following spinal surgery are low. Little information is availa...

    Authors: AM Lewin, M Fearnside, R Kuru, BP Jonker, JM Naylor, M Sheridan and IA Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:955
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  11. There is emerging interest in person-centred care within a short-lived yet complex medical imaging encounter. This study explored this event from the viewpoint of patients referred for an imaging examination, ...

    Authors: Chandra Rekha Makanjee, Anne-Marie Bergh, Deon Xu and Drishti Sarswat
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:954
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1016

  12. The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated rapid changes in healthcare delivery in the United States, including changes in the care of hospitalized children. The objectives of this study were to identify major cha...

    Authors: Nicole Y. Penwill, Nadia Roessler De Angulo, Priya R. Pathak, Clairissa Ja, Martha J. Elster, Daniela Hochreiter, Jacqueline M. Newton, Karen M. Wilson and Sunitha V. Kaiser
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:953
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  13. The role of an advanced practice physiotherapist has been introduced in many countries to improve access to care for patients with hip and knee arthritis. Traditional models of care have shown a gender bias, w...

    Authors: Susan Robarts, Suzanne Denis, Deborah Kennedy, Patricia Dickson, Shahiroz Juma, Veronica Palinkas, Maria Rachevitz, Dragana Boljanovic-Susic and Paul Stratford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:952
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  14. There is evidence of geographical variation in the use of mental health services in the UK and in international settings. It is important to understand whether this variation reflects differences in the preval...

    Authors: Lucy Maconick, Luke Sheridan Rains, Rebecca Jones, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans and Sonia Johnson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:951
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  15. A disconnect exists between the idealized model of every patient having a family physician (FP) who acts as the central hub for care, and the reality of health care where patients must navigate a network of di...

    Authors: Laurent Perrault-Sequeira, Jacqueline Torti, Andrew Appleton, Maria Mathews and Mark Goldszmidt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:950
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  16. Type 2 diabetes cluster in lower social groups and people with type 2 diabetes from lower social groups experience more complications, benefit less from health services and live shorter lives than people with ...

    Authors: Sofie á Rogvi, Ann Dorrit Guassora, Gitte Wind, Nina Tvistholm, Solveig May-Britt Jansen, Inge Birgitte Hansen, Hans Joergen Duckert Perrild and Ulla Christensen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:949
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  17. Maternal mortality is still a challenge in Uganda, at 336 deaths per 100,000 live births, especially in rural hard to reach communities. Distance to a health facility influences maternal deaths. We explored wo...

    Authors: Ali Ssetaala, Julius Ssempiira, Gertrude Nanyonjo, Brenda Okech, Kundai Chinyenze, Bernard Bagaya, Matt A Price, Noah Kiwanuka and Olivier Degomme
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:948
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  18. Rare diseases are difficult to diagnose. Due to their rarity, heterogeneity, and variability, rare diseases often result not only in extensive diagnostic tests and imaging studies, but also in unnecessary repe...

    Authors: Tina Willmen, Lukas Völkel, Simon Ronicke, Martin C. Hirsch, Jessica Kaufeld, Reinhard P. Rychlik and Annette D. Wagner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:947
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  19. Despite approaches to provide effective dementia training in acute care settings, little is known about the barriers and enablers to implement and embed learning into practice. We were commissioned by Health E...

    Authors: Michelle Heward, Michele Board, Ashley Spriggs, Dina Blagden and Jane Murphy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:946
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  21. Healthcare services have become more complex, globally and nationally. Denmark is renowned for an advanced and robust healthcare system, aiming at a less fragmented structure. However, challenges within the co...

    Authors: Maiken Hjuler Persson, Christian Backer Mogensen, Jens Søndergaard, Helene Skjøt-Arkil and Pernille Tanggaard Andersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:944
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  22. The Gambia has one of the lowest survival rates for breast cancer in Africa. Contributing factors are late presentation, delays within the healthcare system, and decreased availability of resources. We aimed t...

    Authors: Ousman Sanyang, Fidel Lopez-Verdugo, Meghan Mali, Moustafa Moustafa, Jonathan Nellermoe, Justin Sorensen, Mustapha Bittaye, Ramou Njie, Yankuba Singhateh, Ngally Aboubacarr Sambou, Alison Goldsmith, Nuredin I. Mohammed, Kirstyn E. Brownson, Raymond R. Price and Edward Sutherland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:943
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  23. Intense and aggressive treatment regimens for most children’s cancer have achieved vast improvements in survival but are also responsible for both a high number and burden of symptoms. The use of Patient Repor...

    Authors: Natalie Bradford, Paula Condon, Erin Pitt, Zephanie Tyack and Kimberly Alexander
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:942
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  24. Despite prioritization, routine antenatal influenza vaccine coverage is < 16% in South Africa. We aimed to describe maternal influenza vaccine coverage in 27 antenatal clinics (ANCs) in Gauteng and Western Cap...

    Authors: Kate Bishop, Meredith McMorrow, Susan Meiring, Sibongile Walaza, Liza Rossi, Sarona Mhlanga, Stefano Tempia, Azwifarwi Mathunjwa, Jackie Kleynhans, Grace D. Appiah, Johanna M. McAnerney, Heather J. Zar and Cheryl Cohen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:941
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  25. As healthcare systems strive for efficiency, hospital “length of stay outliers” have the potential to significantly impact a hospital’s overall utilization. There is a tendency to exclude such “outlier” stays ...

    Authors: Andrew H. Hughes, David Horrocks Jr, Curtis Leung, Melissa B. Richardson, Ann M. Sheehy and Charles F. S. Locke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:940
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  26. Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is one of the leading nosocomial infections, resulting in increased hospital length of stay and additional treatment costs. Bezlotoxumab, the first monoclonal antibody aga...

    Authors: Florian Jakobs, Sebastian Marcel Wingen-Heimann, Julia Jeck, Anna Kron, Oliver Andreas Cornely and Florian Kron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:939
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  27. Healthcare management faces complex challenges in allocating hospital resources, and predicting patients’ length-of-stay (LOS) is critical in effectively managing those resources. This work aims to map approac...

    Authors: Natália B. Medeiros, Flavio S. Fogliatto, Miriam K. Rocha and Guilherme L. Tortorella
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:938
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  28. Clinical pharmacy interventions (CPI) usually require prior medical authorization. Physicians approve 80% of CPI and reject 20%. If pharmacists show that physicians should authorize all 100% CPI, the professio...

    Authors: Loai M. Saadah, Amer H. Khan, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman and Iman A. Bashiti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:937
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  30. Registered dietitians are rarely employed at community pharmacies in Japan, even though dietetic advice might benefit some patients.

    Authors: Hayato Kizaki, Tomu Ota, Saki Mashima, Yoshimi Nakamura, Shoko Kiyokawa, Hidenori Kominato, Hiroki Satoh, Yasufumi Sawada and Satoko Hori
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:935
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  31. Over the last decade, regulators have taken significant steps towards tackling perceptions that regulatory systems are burdensome. There has been much international research activity in the regulation of healt...

    Authors: Julie Browne, Alison Bullock, Chiara Poletti and Dorottya Cserző
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:934
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  32. In the implementation of standardized cancer patient pathways (CPPs), the investigatory units, endoscopy, radiology and pathology, are crucial to ensure an eventual cancer diagnosis. However, when evaluating t...

    Authors: Jeanette Winterling, Sara Delilovic, Jessica Dervish, Malin Gunarsson, Mårten Åhström and Henna Hasson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:933
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  34. The Norwegian Board of Health Supervision aims to contribute to the improvement of quality and patient safety in the healthcare services. Planned audits were performed to investigate how 12 selected Norwegian ...

    Authors: Lars T. Johansen, Geir Sverre Braut, Ganesh Acharya, Jan Fredrik Andresen and Pål Øian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:931
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  35. There are plenty of studies investigating the disparity of payer status in accessing to care. However, most studies are either disease-specific or cohort-specific. Quantifying the disparity from the level of f...

    Authors: Yanying Zhao, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis and Jianqiang Hu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:930
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  36. Patient participation in decision-making has become a hallmark of responsive healthcare systems. Cancer networks in many countries have committed to involving people living with and beyond cancer (PLC) at mult...

    Authors: Dominique Tremblay, Nassera Touati, Susan Usher, Karine Bilodeau, Marie-Pascale Pomey and Lise Lévesque
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:929
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  37. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are projected to become the leading cause of disability and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030; a vast treatment gap exists. There is a dearth of knowledge on developing e...

    Authors: Tiny Tinashe Kamvura, Jean Turner, Ephraim Chiriseri, Jermaine Dambi, Ruth Verhey and Dixon Chibanda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:928
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  38. The highest risk of maternal and perinatal deaths occurs during and shortly after childbirth and is preventable if functional referral systems enable women to reach appropriate health services when obstetric c...

    Authors: Emma Radovich, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Oona M. R. Campbell, Michael Ezeanochie, Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi, Adedapo B. A. Ande and Lenka Benova
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:927
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  39. End-user involvement in developing evidence-based tools for clinical practice may result in increased uptake and improved patient outcomes. Understanding end-user experiences and perceptions about the co-produ...

    Authors: Leslie Verville, Carol Cancelliere, Gaelan Connell, Joyce Lee, Sarah Munce, Silvano Mior, Robin Kay and Pierre Côté
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:926
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  40. Telemedical care of nursing home residents in Germany, especially in rural areas, is limited to a few pilot projects and is rarely implemented as part of standard care. The possible merits of implementing vide...

    Authors: Susann May, Kai Jonas, Georgia V. Fehler, Thomas Zahn, Martin Heinze and Felix Muehlensiepen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:925
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  41. Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease which can also involve joints. It is often associated with burdensome comorbidities which negatively impact prognosis and quality of life (QoL)....

    Authors: Emanuela Zagni, Luca Bianchi, Gabriella Fabbrocini, Salvatore Corrao, Annamaria Offidani, Luca Stingeni, Antonio Costanzo, Giovanni Pellacani, Ketty Peris, Federico Bardazzi, Giuseppe Argenziano, Silvana Ruffolo, Paolo Dapavo, Carlo Carrera, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, Aurora Parodi…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:924
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  42. Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at significant cost to their own health and wellbeing. There has been increasing recognition of the pote...

    Authors: Jo Billings, Brian Chi Fung Ching, Vasiliki Gkofa, Talya Greene and Michael Bloomfield
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:923
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  43. The Collaborative Care Model is a well-established, evidence-based approach to treating depression and other common behavioral health conditions in primary care settings. Despite a robust evidence base, real w...

    Authors: Deborah J. Bowen, Ashley Heald, Erin LePoire, Amy Jones, Danielle Gadbois, Joan Russo and Jay Carruthers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:922
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  44. Language is a barrier to many patients from refugee backgrounds accessing and receiving quality primary health care. This paper examines the way general practices address these barriers and how this changed fo...

    Authors: Shoko Saito, Mark F Harris, Katrina M Long, Virginia Lewis, Sue Casey, William Hogg, I-Hao Cheng, Jenny Advocat, Geraldine Marsh, Nilakshi Gunatillaka and Grant Russell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:921
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  45. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enabled millions of people to gain coverage that was expected to improve access to healthcare services. However, it is unclear the extent of the policy’s impact on Federally Quali...

    Authors: Angelo Ercia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:920
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  46. Telemedicine offers additional ways of delivering medical care, e.g., in primary care in rural areas. During the last decades, projects including telemedicine are being implemented worldwide. However, implemen...

    Authors: Maja Maria Weißenfeld, Katja Goetz and Jost Steinhäuser
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:919
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  47. Welfare technology has been launched as a concept to accelerate digital transformation in care services, but the deployment of these technologies is still hindered by organisational resistance, lack of infrast...

    Authors: Sanna Kuoppamäki
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:918
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  48. Significant resources are spent on hospital accreditation worldwide. However, documentation of the effects of accreditation on processes, quality of care and outcomes in healthcare remain scarce. This study ai...

    Authors: Maria Daniella Bergholt, Anne Mette Falstie-Jensen, Peter Hibbert, Barbara Joensen Eysturoy, Gunnvá Guttesen, Tóra Róin, Jan Brink Valentin, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Christian von Plessen and Søren Paaske Johnsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:917
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  49. Early identification of people at elevated risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is an important step in preventing or delaying its onset. Pharmacies can serve as a significant channel to reach these people. This stud...

    Authors: Kari Jalkanen, Emma Aarnio, Piia Lavikainen, Jaana Lindström, Markku Peltonen, Tiina Laatikainen and Janne Martikainen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:916
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