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  1. As the popularity and demonstrated effectiveness of Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) continue to grow to address chronic disease prevalence worldwide, delivery of this approach in a group format is gaining t...

    Authors: Ruth Q Wolever, Timothy R Cline, Jocelyn M Weiss, Suzie Carmack, Cindy Schultz, Michael Arloski and Karen Lawson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:392
  2. Independent inquiries have identified that appropriate staffing in maternity units is key to enabling quality care and minimising harm, but optimal staffing levels can be difficult to achieve when there is a s...

    Authors: Lesley Turner, Jane Ball, Paul Meredith, Ellen Kitson-Reynolds and Peter Griffiths
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:391
  3. Despite advances in managing secondary health complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), challenges remain in developing targeted community health strategies. In response, the SCI Health Maintenance Tool (S...

    Authors: John A Bourke, K. Anne Sinnott Jerram, Mohit Arora, Ashley Craig and James W Middleton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:390
  4. Resistant bacterial infections, particularly those caused by gram-negative pathogens, are associated with high mortality and economic burdens. Ceftolozane/tazobactam demonstrated efficacy comparable to meropen...

    Authors: Risako Takaya, Nobuyoshi Mori, Eiko Saito and Sachiko Ohde
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:389
  5. Chronic pain is a leading cause of disability and negatively impacts biological/physical, psychological, and social aspects of life resulting in significant pain interference or disability. This project was pa...

    Authors: Jolie N. Haun, Christopher A. Fowler, Bridget M. Smith, Lishan Cao, Kevin T. Stroupe, William A. Lapcevic, Michael S. Saenger, Rachel C. Benzinger and Dustin D. French
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:388
  6. To gain an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of Chinese organ transplant recipients’ perceptions, expectations, and suggestions of pharmacy services to hospital pharmacists.

    Authors: Zhao Yin, Wan Zhang, Xuedong Jia, Xi Yang, Wenzhi Guo, Hang Fu, Shuzhang Du, Xiaojian Zhang, Fangying Si and Jun Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:387
  7. COVID-19 vaccine was launched in India on January 16, 2021. There is a paucity of robust evidence from qualitative studies on the acceptability and expectations of potential recipients from the COVID-19 vaccin...

    Authors: Mohit N. Makwana, Hiren J. Shekhda and Mihir P. Rupani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:386
  8. Ensuring that evidence-based interventions for people with alcohol use disorders (AUD) are acceptable, effective, and feasible in different socio-cultural and health system contexts is essential. We previously...

    Authors: Dorothy Mushi, Charlotte Hanlon, Candida Moshiro, Joel M Francis, Merga B. Feyasa and Solomon Teferra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:385
  9. Medicine smuggling poses a serious public health threat, limiting patients’ safe and timely access to this essential resource. Thus, this study aims to identify the factors contributing to the vulnerability to...

    Authors: NourolHoda Fakhrzad, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi and Maryam Fakhrzad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:383
  10. Retention in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programs is critical to reduce vertical transmission. To addresses challenges with retention, Mozambique launched a peer-support program in 2018, ...

    Authors: Leila Katirayi, Sozinho Ndima, Amgad Farah, Whitney Ludwig, Atanásio Mabote, Ismail Chiposse, Ana Muteerwa, Jessica Greenberg Cowan and Ivete Meque
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:382
  11. A shortage of healthcare providers, particularly in primary care and mental health, exists in the predominately rural state of Idaho. There are also barriers to retaining healthcare providers to work in rural ...

    Authors: Jonathan D. Moore, Allie M. Lords, Madeline P. Casanova, Ashley J. Reeves, Ann Lima, Cody Wilkinson, Sarah M. Deming and Russell T. Baker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:381
  12. To determine the views of health care professionals (HCPs) in South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) about the effectiveness of implementation strategies used to increase routine height/length and...

    Authors: Slavica Krstic, Sarah Dennis, Faye Southcombe and Elizabeth Denney-Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:380
  13. Although Cotrimoxazole preventive therapy (CPT) has shown to be highly efficacious in reducing morbidity and mortality among people living with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under ‘ideal world’ study cond...

    Authors: Pia Müller, Edna Mabasso, Luís Velez Lapão and Mohsin Sidat
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:379
  14. Community General Practitioners (CGPs) are crucial to primary healthcare worldwide. Their job satisfaction significantly impacts the quality and accessibility of healthcare. However, a comprehensive global per...

    Authors: Qilin Deng, Yifang Liu, Ziyi Cheng, Qi Wang and Junan Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:378
  15. High quality supportive care is fundamental to achieve optimal health outcomes for people affected by cancer. Use of quality indicators provides comparative information for monitoring, management, and improvem...

    Authors: Amelia Hyatt, Karla Gough, Holly Chung, Wendy Wood, Ruth Aston, Jo Cockwill, Spiridoula Galetakis and Meinir Krishnasamy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:377
  16. Appropriate maternal referral system plays an essential role in curbing maternal mortality. Although the occurrence of obstetric complications is often unpredictable, addressing bottlenecks of the referral sys...

    Authors: Betelhem Mengist, Agumasie Semahegn, Shegaye Yibabie, Bezabih Amsalu and Abera Kenay Tura
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:376
  17. The clinical outcomes of diabetes can be influenced by primary care providers’ (PCP) treatment approaches. This study explores the association between PCP approaches to management and performance measured by e...

    Authors: Jamil Alkhaddo, Jillian M. Rung, Ameer Khowaja, Yue Yin, Shannon B. Richards, Charlotte Drury-Gworek, Samina Afreen, Caitlan Rossi and Susan Manzi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:375
  18. Transferring residents from nursing homes (NHs) to emergency care facilities (ECFs) is often questioned as many are terminally ill and have access to onsite care. While some NH to ECF transfers have merit, avo...

    Authors: Arne Bastian Wiik, Malcolm Bray Doupe, Marit Stordal Bakken, Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen and Oddvar Førland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:374
  19. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) interventions are underfunded in Ghana. We explored stakeholder perspectives on innovative and sustainable financing strategies for priority ASRH interventions ...

    Authors: Evans Otieku, Ama P. Fenny, Daniel M. Achala and John E. Ataguba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:373
  20. The number and specificities of telehealth service units that expanded their services and diversified with the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil need to be discovered. The objective of this manuscript is to present ...

    Authors: Angélica Baptista Silva, Ivan Torres Pisa, Luiz Ary Messina, Andréa Pereira Simões Pelogi, Josceli Maria Tenório, Fernando Sequeira Sousa, Daniela Lacerda Santos, Jessi Maia, Ianê Germano de Andrade Filha, Ana Cristina Carneiro Menezes Guedes, Paulo Roberto de Lima Lopes and Paulo Ricardo da Silva Maia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:372
  21. The increased recognition of governance, leadership, and management as determinants of health system performance has prompted calls for research focusing on the nature, quality, and measurement of this key hea...

    Authors: Paul Mubiri, Freddie Ssengooba, Thomasena O’Byrne, Adelaine Aryaija-Keremani, Justine Namakula, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Moses Aikins, Tim Martineau and Frédérique Vallières
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:371
  22. This study evaluates cost reduction in participants of a health awareness program (the Center of Healthy Aging Program, CHAP) in a Japanese rural area, characterized by an annual check-up and personalized inte...

    Authors: Ayako Shoji, Kennichi Kudo, Koichi Murashita, Shigeyuki Nakaji and Ataru Igarashi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:370
  23. To provide better quality healthcare services to patients with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the cross-cultural competence of medical professionals is important. However, assessing and improvi...

    Authors: Chieko Shirai, Daisuke Nonaka and Jun Kobayashi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:369
  24. Individuals with unmet social needs experience adverse health outcomes and are subject to greater inequities in health and social outcomes. Given the high prevalence of unmet needs among Medicaid enrollees, ma...

    Authors: Rachel Hogg-Graham, Allison M. Scott, Emily R. Clear, Elizabeth N. Riley and Teresa M. Waters
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:368
  25. Homecare client services are often distributed across several interdependent healthcare providers, making proper care coordination essential. However, as studies exploring care coordination in the homecare set...

    Authors: Nathalie Möckli, Michael Simon, Kris Denhaerynck, Diana Trutschel, Tania Martins, Carla Meyer-Massetti and Franziska Zúñiga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:367
  26. In Ethiopia, there is a growing concern about improving patients’ safety in healthcare facilities. However, the lack of a valid and reliable instrument sensitive to the Ethiopian culture for measuring health p...

    Authors: Bisrat Tamene Bekele, Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Biniam Yohannes Wotango, Wubet Mihretu Workneh and Nebiyou Wendwessen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:366
  27. Perceived care quality and patient satisfaction have been important care quality indicators in recent decades, and healthcare professionals have been influential on women’s childbirth experience. This study in...

    Authors: Somayeh Abdolalipour, Shamsi Abbasalizadeh, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Kosar Abdollahi and Mojgan Mirghafourvadsnd
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:365
  28. The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the worst health catastrophes of the last century, which caused severe economic, political, and social consequences worldwide. Despite these devastating consequences, lessons le...

    Authors: Ane Fullaondo, Irati Erreguerena and Esteban de Manuel Keenoy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:364
  29. Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is known as a serious complication of diabetes mellitus in patients with diabetes, imposing heavy medical costs on healthcare systems due to its chronic nature. patients with severe d...

    Authors: Reza Hashempour, SeyedHadi MirHashemi, Fariba Mollajafari, Soheila Damiri, Ali ArabAhmadi and Behzad Raei
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:363
  30. Globally, healthcare workers (HCWs) in maternity units are at high risk of developing burnout. Burnout can lead to multiple harmful impacts on HCWs, their patients, and the broader healthcare system. Little is...

    Authors: Tanya Y. Brückner, S. Heemelaar, T. Endjala and T. van den Akker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:362
  31. Besides the scarcity of resources, inefficient utilization of available health service resources has been the bottleneck to deliver quality health services in Ethiopia. However, Information regarding the effic...

    Authors: Anteneh Lamesgen, Belayneh Mengist, Elyas Melaku Mazengia and Bekalu Endalew
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:361
  32. Living in a deprived neighborhood is associated with poorer health, due to factors such as lower socio-economic status and an adverse lifestyle. There is little insight into whether living in deprived neighbor...

    Authors: Eline K. Nanninga, Malou D. Menting, Eric J. E. van der Hijden and France R. M. Portrait
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:360
  33. Authors: Roslyn G. Poulos, Andrew M. D. Cole, Dan R. Hilvert, Kerry N. Warner, Steven G. Faux, Tuan‑Anh Nguyen, Friedbert Kohler, Fey‑Ching Un, Tara Alexander, Jacquelin T. Capell, Claire M. C. O’Connor and Christopher J. Poulos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:358

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:151

  34. Medication discrepancies commonly occur when patients are transferred between care settings. Despite the presence of medication reconciliation services (MRS), medication discrepancies are still prevalent, whic...

    Authors: Konstadina Griva, Zi Yang Chua, Lester Yousheng Lai, Sandra Jialun Xu, Esther Siew Joo Bek and Eng Sing Lee
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:357
  35. Routine health information is the pillar of the planning and management of health services and plays a vital role in effective and efficient health service delivery, decision making, and program improvement. L...

    Authors: Gudeta Ayele, Admas Abera, Angefa Ayele, Daniel Gudina and Dawit Firdisa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:356
  36. Community Health Workers (CHWs) play an essential role in linking communities to facility-based healthcare. However, CHW programmes have often been hampered by low levels of staff motivation, and new tools aim...

    Authors: Maartje Kletter, Bronwyn Harris, Emilia Connolly, Chifundo Namathanga, Basimenye Nhlema, Henry Makungwa, Benson Chabwera, Benson Phiri and Celia Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:355
  37. To provide an assessment of the cost burden of obesity across a spectrum of obesity-related comorbidities (ORCs) for four countries in South-Eastern Europe (SEE).

    Authors: Kostas Athanasakis, Cornelia Bala, Alexander Kokkinos, Gabor Simonyi, Klaudia Hálová Karoliová, Amaury Basse, Miodrag Bogdanovic, Malvin Kang, Kaywei Low and Adrien Gras
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:354
  38. Stigma related to lower-limb lymphoedema poses a major psychosocial burden to affected persons and acts as a barrier to them accessing morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) services. Community ...

    Authors: Abebayehu Tora, Stephen Bremner, Oumer Ali, Mersha Kinfe, Asrat Mengiste, Vasso Anagnostopoulou, Abebaw Fekadu, Gail Davey and Maya Semrau
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:353
  39. The adoption of C-reactive protein point-of-care tests (CRP POCTs) in hospitals varies across Europe. We aimed to understand the factors that contribute to different levels of adoption of CRP POCTs for the man...

    Authors: Juan Emmanuel Dewez, Ruud G. Nijman, Elizabeth J. A. Fitchett, Edmond C. Li, Queena F. Luu, Rebecca Lynch, Marieke Emonts, Ronald de Groot, Michiel van der Flier, Ria Philipsen, Stefanie Ettelt and Shunmay Yeung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:351
  40. Electronic clinical decision support systems (eCDSS), such as the ‘Systematic Tool to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing’ Assistant (STRIPA), have become promising tools for assisting general practitioners (GPs)...

    Authors: Katharina Tabea Jungo, Michael J. Deml, Fabian Schalbetter, Jeanne Moor, Martin Feller, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Johanna Alida Corlina Huibers, Bastiaan Theodoor Gerard Marie Sallevelt, Michiel C Meulendijk, Marco Spruit, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Nicolas Rodondi and Sven Streit
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:350
  41. The job performance of clinicians is a clear indicator of both hospital capacity and the level of hospital service. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the effectiveness and quality of medical care. Clinica...

    Authors: Junlong Li, Lu Ao and Jay Pan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:348
  42. Establishing the most important outcomes for school-based speech-language therapy is essential to guide future research and program evaluation for these services. Many health disciplines have developed core ou...

    Authors: Peter T. Cahill, Mark A. Ferro, Stella Ng, Lyn S. Turkstra and Wenonah N. Campbell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:347
  43. Saudi Arabia is implementing a comprehensive health system transformation in health services provision, governance, and financing. Given the high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD), a key objective of t...

    Authors: Maha Alattas, Sarah Gordon, Lora L. Sabin, Fadi El-jardali and Veronika J. Wirtz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:346
  44. The international scale and spread of evidence-based perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS) services has not yet been fully realised. Implementation science provides a structured app...

    Authors: Margot E Lodge, Jugdeep Dhesi, David JH Shipway, Philip Braude, Catherine Meilak, Judith Partridge, Nadine E Andrew, Velandai Srikanth, Darshini R Ayton and Chris Moran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:345
  45. Chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists (COPs) can assess and manage musculoskeletal conditions with similar manual or physical therapy techniques. This overlap in scope of practice raises questions abo...

    Authors: Joshua Toloui-Wallace, Roma Forbes, Oliver P. Thomson and Nathalia Costa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:344
  46. Critical care nurses (CCNs) are routinely exposed to highly stressful situations, and at high-risk of suffering from work-related stress and developing burnout. Thus, supporting CCN wellbeing is crucial. One a...

    Authors: K. S. Vogt, J. Johnson, R. Coleman, R. Simms-Ellis, R. Harrison, N. Shearman, J. Marran, L. Budworth, C. Horsfield, R. Lawton and A. Grange
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:343
  47. Incorporating perspectives of health consumers, healthcare workers, policy makers and stakeholders through co-design is essential to design services that are fit for purpose. However, the experiences of co-des...

    Authors: Deirdre McGowan, Claire Morley, Emily Hansen, Kelly Shaw and Tania Winzenberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:339
  48. The challenge of implementing evidence into routine clinical practice is well recognised and implementation science offers theories, models and frameworks to promote investigation into delivery of evidence-bas...

    Authors: Stephanie Best, Karin Thursky, Mark Buzza, Marlena Klaic, Sanne Peters, Lisa Guccione, Alison Trainer and Jillian Francis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:338