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  1. Over the years, the prevalence of prostate cancer (PCa) has been on the increase. Poor prognosis has been a reflection of increased advance-staged diagnosis and inadequate financial assistance. The prioritizat...

    Authors: Ebenezer Wiafe, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Kwaku Addai Arhin Appiah, Frasia Oosthuizen and Varsha Bangalee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1105
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1162

  2. The reimbursement for expensive medicines poses a growing challenge to healthcare worldwide. In order to increase its control over the costs of medicines, the Dutch government introduced the Coverage Lock (CL)...

    Authors: Féline E. V. Scheijmans, Margot L. Zomers, Sina Fadaei, Marthe R. Onrust, Rieke van der Graaf, Johannes J. M. van Delden, W. Ludo van der Pol and Ghislaine J. M. W. van Thiel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1320
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  3. Direct marketing—the delivery of messages via mail, the Internet, and similar routes directly to consumers—is used extensively by healthcare organizations to attract and inform current and prospective patients...

    Authors: James K. Elrod and John L. Fortenberry Jr.
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20(Suppl 1):822
    Content type: Debate Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  4. Parents of children with food allergy, primary care physicians, and members of the general public play a critical role in the health and well-being of food-allergic children, though little is known about their...

    Authors: Ruchi S Gupta, Jennifer S Kim, Elizabeth E Springston, Jacqueline A Pongracic, Xiaobin Wang and Jane Holl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:142
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Whilst treatment for mental health issues has traditionally been conducted in-person, advances in technology has seen a recent growth in the use of online video therapy services to help overcome access-to-care...

    Authors: Samuel D. Muir, Kathleen de Boer, Maja Nedeljkovic and Denny Meyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:999
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  7. Although evidence-based practice (EBP) is largely supported across healthcare professions, its implementation in manual therapy professions such as osteopathy remains limited and debated. There is currently li...

    Authors: Gerard Alvarez, Cristian Justribo, Tobias Sundberg, Oliver P. Thomson and Matthew J. Leach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:130
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Many people experience long-term symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive problems, or shortness of breath after an acute infection with COVID-19. This emerging syndrome, known as long COVID, is new and complex in ...

    Authors: Tim Schmachtenberg, Gloria Königs, Anita Dragaqina, Sascha Roder, Frank Müller, Christina Müllenmeister, Dominik Schröder, Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka, Katharina Vieth and Iman El-Sayed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1160
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  9. The ATICA study was a Hybrid I type randomized effectiveness-implementation trial that demonstrated effectiveness of a multicomponent mHealth intervention (Up to four SMS messages sent to HPV-positive women, a...

    Authors: Cecilia Straw, Victoria Sanchez-Antelo, Racquel Kohler, Melisa Paolino, Kasisomayajula Viswanath and Silvina Arrossi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:47
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  10. There is a need to evaluate if and how telerehabilitation approaches might co-exist within healthcare in the long-term. Our aim was to implement and evaluate a multidisciplinary group-based telerehabilitation ...

    Authors: Suzanne Ackerley, Neil Wilson, Paul Boland, Jessica Read and Louise Connell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:671
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. As part of its ongoing healthcare reform, the Hong Kong Government introduced a voucher scheme, intended for encouraging older patients to use primary healthcare services in the private sector, thereby, reduci...

    Authors: Carrie HK Yam, Su Liu, Olivia HY Huang, EK Yeoh and Sian M Griffiths
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:255
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. Sepsis affects 1.7 million patients in the US annually, is one of the leading causes of mortality, and is a major driver of US healthcare costs. African American/Black and LatinX populations experience higher ...

    Authors: Erika L. Linnander, Adeola Ayedun, Dowin Boatright, Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Natasha Ray, Brita Roy, Steven Simpson and Leslie A. Curry
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:975
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  15. Monitoring treatment patterns is crucial to improving cancer patient care. Our aim was to determine the accuracy of linked routinely collected administrative health data for monitoring colorectal and lung canc...

    Authors: David E Goldsbury, Katie Armstrong, Leonardo Simonella, Bruce K Armstrong and Dianne L O’Connell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:387
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Rwanda has markedly increased the nation’s contraceptive use in a short period of time, tripling contraceptive prevalence in just 5 years between 2005 and 2010. An integral aspect of family planning programs i...

    Authors: Hilary M. Schwandt, Angel Boulware, Julia Corey, Ana Herrera, Ethan Hudler, Claudette Imbabazi, Ilia King, Jessica Linus, Innocent Manzi, Madelyn Merritt, Lyn Mezier, Abigail Miller, Haley Morris, Dieudonne Musemakweli, Uwase Musekura, Divine Mutuyimana…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:293
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. 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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  18. The goal of the study was to investigate patients’ with systemic rheumatic diseases and healthcare professionals’ experiences and preferences regarding self-sampling of capillary blood in rheumatology care.

    Authors: Felix Muehlensiepen, Susann May, Joshua Zarbl, Ekaterina Vogt, Katharina Boy, Martin Heinze, Sebastian Boeltz, Hannah Labinsky, Gerlinde Bendzuck, Marianne Korinth, Corinna Elling-Audersch, Nicolas Vuillerme, Georg Schett, Gerhard Krönke and Johannes Knitza
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1470
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  19. A large proportion of admissions to psychiatric hospitals happen as emergency admissions and many of them occur out of core working hours (during the weekends, on public holidays and during night time). Howeve...

    Authors: Peter M. Kreuzer, Stefan Günther, Jorge Simoes, Michael Ziereis and Berthold Langguth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1041
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Maternal and Child Health is a global priority. Access and utilization of facility-based health services remain a challenge in low and middle-income countries. Evidence on barriers to providing and accessing s...

    Authors: Enyi Etiaba, Ana Manzano, Uju Agbawodikeizu, Udochukwu Ogu, Bassey Ebenso, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Obinna Onwujekwe, Nkoli Ezumah and Tolib Mirzoev
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:903
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. A new movement towards improved postpartum care calls for restructuring how that care is provided. As professional guidelines evolve, understanding how providers prioritize and practice postpartum care can offer ...

    Authors: Tamar Krishnamurti, Hyagriv N. Simhan and Sonya Borrero
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:284
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Clinical pathways (CPs) can improve health outcomes, but to be sustainable, must be deemed acceptable and appropriate by staff. A CP for screening and management of anxiety and depression in cancer patients (t...

    Authors: Phyllis Butow, Heather L. Shepherd, Jessica Cuddy, Marnie Harris, Sharon He, Lindy Masya, Mona Faris, Nicole M. Rankin, Philip Beale, Afaf Girgis, Brian Kelly, Peter Grimison and Joanne Shaw
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:1243
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Recruiting large cohorts efficiently can speed the translation of findings into care across a range of scientific disciplines and medical specialties. Recruitment can be hampered by factors such as financial b...

    Authors: Ashley Honushefsky, Eric S. Wagner, Kathleen Sheridan, Kathleen M. Spickard, William R. LeMasters, Carroll N. Walter, Taryn Beaver, Anne Marie Lennon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Alanna Kulchak Rahm and Adam H. Buchanan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:336
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  24. In the Finnish policy on older people preventive activities, which maintain functional capacity and independent living, are emphasized. The Turku Senior Health Clinic, aimed at maintaining independent coping o...

    Authors: Marika Salminen, Sari Stenholm, Jaana Koskenniemi, Päivi Korhonen, Tiina Pitkänen, Paula Viikari, Maarit Wuorela, Matti Viitanen and Laura Viikari
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:210
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. In an evidence-informed patient choice the patient has access to research-based information about the effectiveness of health care options and is encouraged to use this information in treatment decisions. This...

    Authors: Claire Glenton, Elin S Nilsen and Benedicte Carlsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2006 6:34
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Non-communicable diseases account for a growing proportion of deaths in Armenia, which require early detection to achieve disease control and prevent complications. To increase rates of screening, demand-side ...

    Authors: Estelle Gong, Adanna Chukwuma, Emma Ghazaryan and Damien de Walque
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:1110
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. Despite advances in cancer research and treatment, the burden of cancer is not evenly distributed. People experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of cancer, later stage at diagnoses, and are ...

    Authors: Amber Bourgeois, Tara Horrill, Ashley Mollison, Eleah Stringer, Leah K. Lambert and Kelli Stajduhar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:670
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  28. Despite the abundant availability of effective medication adherence interventions, uptake of these interventions into routine care often lacks. Examples of effective medication adherence interventions include ...

    Authors: Stijn Hogervorst, Marcia Vervloet, Ruby Janssen, Ellen Koster, Marcel C. Adriaanse, Charlotte L. Bekker, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Marcel Bouvy, Eibert R. Heerdink, Jacqueline G. Hugtenburg, Menno van Woerkom, Hanneke Zwikker, Caroline van de Steeg-van Gompel and Liset van Dijk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1030
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. As part of a larger study, and in collaboration with rural primary health care teams, RaDAR (Rural Dementia Action Research) primary care memory clinics have evolved and continue to spread in communities acros...

    Authors: Valerie Elliot, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan E. O’Connell, Chelsie Cameron and Debra Morgan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:725
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  30. The public health service capability of primary healthcare personnel directly affects the utilization and delivery of health services, and is influenced by various factors. This study aimed to examine the stat...

    Authors: Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Wenyong Dong, Dan Guo, Zhanlei Shen, Yi Li, Wanliang Zhang, Dongfang Zhu, Jingbao Zhang, Junwen Bai, Ruizhe Ren, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Jinxin Cui, Xinran Li and Yudong Miao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:627
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. In some cases of diseases, such as infectious, neurological and chronic ones prevention and treatment is complex. Therefore, a single medical specialty alone cannot effectively manage treatment of patients due...

    Authors: Hakimeh Hazrati, Seyed Kamran Soltani Arabshahi, Shoaleh Bigdeli, Mozhgan Behshid and Zohreh Sohrabi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:479
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. More knowledge is needed regarding the perceptions of healthcare professionals when encountering empowered patients and informal caregivers in clinical settings. This study aimed to investigate healthcare prof...

    Authors: Therese Scott Duncan, Sara Riggare, Ami Bylund, Maria Hägglund, Terese Stenfors, Lena Sharp and Sabine Koch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:404
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  34. Little research has been done on patient call light use and staff response time, which were found to be associated with inpatient falls and satisfaction. Nurses' perspectives may moderate or mediate the aforem...

    Authors: Huey-Ming Tzeng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:52
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Community participation in peripheral public health facilities has in many countries focused on including community representatives in Health Facility Management Committees (HFMCs). In Kenya, HFMC roles are be...

    Authors: Evelyn Waweru, Antony Opwora, Mitsuru Toda, Greg Fegan, Tansy Edwards, Catherine Goodman and Sassy Molyneux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:404
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. In Thailand’s northwestern Tak province, contextual conditions along the border with Myanmar pose difficulties for TB control among migrant populations. Incomplete surveillance data, migrant patient mobility, ...

    Authors: Naomi Tschirhart, Sein Sein Thi, Lei Lei Swe, Francois Nosten and Angel M. Foster
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:29
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:215

  37. Despite the rapid uptake of genomic technologies within cancer care, few studies provide detailed information on the costs of sequencing across different applications. The objective of the study was to examine...

    Authors: Louisa G. Gordon, Nicole M. White, Thomas M. Elliott, Katia Nones, Anthony G. Beckhouse, Astrid J. Rodriguez-Acevedo, Penelope M. Webb, Xing J. Lee, Nicholas Graves and Deborah J. Schofield
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:492
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Health care administrators must establish and promote effective partnerships with community agencies to address social determinants of health, including reducing exposure of infants and young children to chron...

    Authors: Julie S. McCrae, Jo Ann L. Robinson, Angeline K. Spain, Kaela Byers and Jennifer L. Axelrod
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:71
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, which place a considerable burden on healthcare resources, can be reduced in a cost-effective manner using a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7). We compare the c...

    Authors: Mustafa Bakır, Özden Türel and Oleksandr Topachevskyi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:386
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Digital interventions in health services often fail due to an underappreciation of the complexity of the implementation. This study develops an approach to address complexity through an evidenced-based, theory...

    Authors: Samantha T. Robertson, Ingrid C. M. Rosbergen, Sandra G. Brauer, Rohan S. Grimley and Andrew Burton-Jones
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1301
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  41. Despite the potential of digital health interventions to improve the delivery of psychoeducation to people with mental health problems and their relatives, and substantial investment in their development, ther...

    Authors: Fiona Lobban, Duncan Appelbe, Victoria Appleton, Julie Billsborough, Naomi Ruth Fisher, Sheena Foster, Bethany Gill, David Glentworth, Chris Harrop, Sonia Johnson, Steven H. Jones, Tibor Zoltan Kovacs, Elizabeth Lewis, Barbara Mezes, Charlotte Morton, Elizabeth Murray…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:219
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Between the years 2000 and 2017, the global maternal mortality rate dropped by 38% however, 94% of maternal deaths still emanated from low-to middle-income countries. Rural women are at a significantly higher ...

    Authors: William Busumani and Paddington T. Mundagowa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:276
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Diabetes self-management education (DSME) is an effective intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM); nevertheless, patient participation in this type of programme is low. Implementation of...

    Authors: Emmanuel Allory, Hélène Lucas, Arnaud Maury, Ronan Garlantezec, Candan Kendir, Anthony Chapron and Laure Fiquet
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2020 20:855
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Prolonged hospitalization leads to poorer health outcomes and consumes limited hospital resources. This study identified factors associated with prolonged length of stay (PLOS) among internal medicine patients...

    Authors: John Jefferson V. Besa, Ella Mae I. Masamayor, Diana R. Tamondong-Lachica and Lia M. Palileo-Villanueva
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:50
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  45. The mental health of medical students is a national and international problem increasing in both demand and acuity. Medical students face barriers to accessing mental health support that is clinically effectiv...

    Authors: Elena Sheldon, Naseeb Ezaydi, Lauren Desoysa, Jasmine Young, Melanie Simmonds-Buckley, Prof Daniel Hind and Prof Chris Burton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:738
    Content type: Research Published on:

  46. Globally, there is recognition of the value of using mobile phones among health providers in improving health systems performance. However, in many Low- and Middle-income countries where there is shortage of h...

    Authors: Akili Kalinga, Michael Munga, Abdallah Ngenya, Winfrida John, William Kisoka, Ndekya Oriyo, Prince Mutalemwa, Wilfred Mandara, Leonard Masagati, John Ogondiek, Patricia Korir, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Sacha Horn, Inge Kroidl, Alex Debrah, Achim Hoerauf…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:924
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. This case study analyses the challenges to providing specialized care in Brazilian remote rural municipalities (RRM). Interviews were conducted with managers from two Brazilian states (Piauí and Bahia). We ide...

    Authors: Fabiely Gomes da Silva Nunes, Adriano Maia dos Santos, Ângela Oliveira Carneiro, Márcia Cristina Rodrigues Fausto, Lucas Manoel da Silva Cabral and Patty Fidelis de Almeida
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2022 22:1386
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  48. A vast array of literature has established that high maternity expenditure precludes women from accessing health services. Further, this maternity expenditure takes catastrophic form, forcing individuals or ho...

    Authors: Niharika Mahajan and Baljit Kaur
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2021 21:76
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. As a result of the new coronavirus pandemic, a highly complex academic hospital in Latin America implemented a telemedicine service for the care of obstetric, pediatric, and adult patients. In 2020, regional e...

    Authors: Laura Libreros-Peña, Jaime A. Quintero, Arnold Gelves, Juliana Alarcón, Sergio Morales, María Fernanda Escobar, Andres M. Valencia, Sara Guzmán and Julio Diez-Sepulveda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:559
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. In Taiwan, the policy of catastrophic illness certificates has benefited some populations with specific diseases, but its effect on the use of medical services and the sequence of public health has not been ex...

    Authors: Yang Nan-Ping, Lee Yi-Hui, Chung Chi-Yu, Hsu Jin-Chyr, Yu I-Liang, Chang Nien-Tzu and Chan Chien-Lung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2013 13:152
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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