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  1. Malaria in pregnancy remains a major global public health problem. Intermittent prophylaxis treatment of malaria in pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and co-trimoxazole is efficacious for prevention of...

    Authors: Rita Nakalega, Ruth Nabisere-Arinaitwe, Nelson Mukiza, Cynthia Ndikuno Kuteesa, Denis Mawanda, Paul Natureeba, Ronnie Kasirye, Clemensia Nakabiito, Jane Nabakooza, Emmie Mulumba, Josephine Nabukeera, Joseph Ggita, Abel Kakuru, Lynn Atuyambe, Philippa Musoke, Mary Glenn Fowler…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:484
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  2. COVID-19 has had wide-reaching effects on healthcare services beyond the direct treatment of the pandemic. Most current studies have reported changes in realised service usage, but the dynamics of how patients...

    Authors: Oskar Niemenoja, Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Sari Riihijärvi, Paul Lillrank, Petri Bono and Simo Taimela
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:483
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  3. Eliminating hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant worldwide challenge requiring innovative approaches for vaccination, screening, disease management, and the prevention of related conditions. Programs that ...

    Authors: M. Cabell Jonas, Yi-Shin Sheu, Kara Wright, Lauren Peyton, R. Clayton Bishop, Sundeep Basra, Fariha Sarwar, Grace Winn and Karen Chesbrough
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:482
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  4. Healthcare providers may experience moral distress when they are unable to take the ethically or morally appropriate action due to real or perceived constraints in delivering care, and this psychological stres...

    Authors: Anne Marie Levy, Alisa Grigorovich, Josephine McMurray, Hannah Quirt, Kaitlyn Ranft, Katia Engell, Steven Stewart, Arlene Astell, Kristina Kokorelias, Denise Schon, Kevin Rogrigues, Mario Tsokas, Alastair J. Flint and Andrea Iaboni
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:481
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  5. Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to h...

    Authors: Ramona Hiltensperger, Grace Ryan, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Ashleigh Charles, Ellen Epple, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Yasuhiro Kotera, Richard Mpango, Galia Moran, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Rebecca Nixdorf, Mary Ramesh, Donat Shamba, Mike Slade, Bernd Puschner…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:480
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  6. Audit and Feedback (A&F) interventions based on quality indicators have been shown to lead to significant improvements in compliance with evidence-based care including de-adoption of low-value practices (LVPs)...

    Authors: Blanchard Conombo, Jason R. Guertin, Jeffrey S. Hoch, Jeremy Grimshaw, Mélanie Bérubé, Christian Malo, Simon Berthelot, François Lauzier, Henry T. Stelfox, Alexis F. Turgeon, Patrick Archambault, Amina Belcaid and Lynne Moore
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:479
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  7. High hospital occupancy degrades emergency department performance by increasing wait times, decreasing patient satisfaction, and increasing patient morbidity and mortality. Late discharges contribute to high h...

    Authors: Ryan Bailey, Ankur Segon, Sean Garcia, Saket Kottewar, Ting Lu, Nelson Tuazon, Lisa Sanchez, Jonathan A. Gelfond and Gregory Bowling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:478
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  8. Public health emergencies are characterized by uncertainty, rapid transmission, a large number of cases, a high rate of critical illness, and a high case fatality rate. The intensive care unit (ICU) is the “la...

    Authors: Weiwei Zhang and Xinchun Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:477
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  9. The transition from hospital to outpatient care is a particularly vulnerable period for patients as they move from regular health monitoring to self-management. This study aimed to map and investigate the jour...

    Authors: Léa Solh Dost, Giacomo Gastaldi, Marcelo Dos Santos Mamed and Marie P. Schneider
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:476
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  10. More than 80 countries, including Australia, have made commitments to deliver climate-resilient and low carbon healthcare. Understanding how healthcare workers view their own and their organization’s efforts t...

    Authors: Andrea Huang, Susan Monro Cooke, Christine Garsden, Carol Behne and Erika Borkoles
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:475
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  11. Healthcare workplace mistreatment has been documented globally. Poor workplace behaviour, ranging from incivility to bullying and harassment, is common in healthcare, and contributes significantly to adverse e...

    Authors: Claire Hooker, Aspasia Karageorge, Karen M. Scott, Renee Lim and Louise Nash
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:474
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  12. The Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) operates as a non-governmental organization dedicated to offering family planning and reproductive health services to the Ethiopian population. The gap in the...

    Authors: Niguss Cherie, Yawkal Tsega, Anissa Mohammed, Zinet Abegaz, Abel Endawkie, Yeshimebet Ali Dawed and Natnael Kebede
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:473
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  13. Fee-for-service is a common payment model for remunerating general practitioners (GPs) in OECD countries. In Norway, GPs earn two-thirds of their income through fee-for-service, which is determined by the numb...

    Authors: Kristian B. Kraft, Eivor H. Hoff, Magne Nylenna, Cathrine F. Moe, Arnstein Mykletun and Kristian Østby
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:472
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  14. The accessibility of pharmacies has been associated with overall health and wellbeing. Past studies have suggested that low income and racial minority communities are underserved by pharmacies. However, the li...

    Authors: Abhinav Suri, James Quinn, Raymond R. Balise, Daniel J. Feaster, Nabila El-Bassel and Andrew G. Rundle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:471
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  15. The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled huge challenges in health workforce governance in the context of public health emergencies in Africa. Several countries applied several measures to ensure access to qualified and...

    Authors: Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni and Kasonde Mwinga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:470
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  16. China has piloted Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) to address increasing care demand. However, many cities neglected adjusting LTCI premiums since the pilot, risking the long-term sustainability of LTCI. Theref...

    Authors: Xueying Xu, Yichao Li and Hong Mi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:469
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  18. Public health initiatives require coordinated efforts from healthcare, social services and other service providers. Organisational theory tells us that trust is essential for reaching collaborative effectivene...

    Authors: Eva Krczal and Doris A. Behrens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:467
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  19. Evidence-based programs (EBPs) for older adults effectively improve health outcomes. However, there is a limited understanding of the unique needs of service providers as they consider adopting, implementing, ...

    Authors: Yelba Castellon-Lopez, Savanna L. Carson, Katherine T. Ward, Karina D. Ramirez, Lynn Phan Vo, Tony Kuo, Teresa Seeman, Stefanie D. Vassar, Laura Trejo, Ellen Eidem, María P. Aranda and Arleen F. Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:466
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  20. Early access to care for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) can avoid higher rates of surgery and permanent harm yet is often delayed, particularly for populations more likely to underutilise care.

    Authors: Miranda Bűhler, Carol Atmore, Meredith Perry, Sue Crengle, Pauline Norris and G. David Baxter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:465
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  21. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted peoples’ health-related behaviors, especially those of older adults, who have restricted their activities in order to avoid contact with others. Moreover, the pandemic has ca...

    Authors: Tomoko Ito, Xueying Jin, Makiko Tomita, Shu Kobayashi and Nanako Tamiya
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:464
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  22. Unwarranted temporal and geographical variations are acknowledged as a profound problem for equal access and justice in the provision of health services. Even more, they challenge the quality, safety, and effi...

    Authors: Bjørn Morten Hofmann, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsaeter, Eivind Richter Andersen, Jan Porthun and Elin Kjelle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:463
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  23. Stakeholder engagement in evaluation of medical devices is crucial for aligning devices with stakeholders’ views, needs, and values. Methods for these engagements have however not been compared to analyse thei...

    Authors: Kas Woudstra, Marcia Tummers, Catharina J. M. Klijn, Lotte Sondag, Floris Schreuder, Rob Reuzel and Maroeska Rovers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:462
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  25. Rehabilitation is considered paramount for enhancing quality of life and reducing healthcare costs. As a result of healthcare reforms, Norwegian municipalities have been given greater responsibility for alloca...

    Authors: Maren Ekenes, Olin Oldeide and Eike Wehling
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:460
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  26. Resilience, in the field of Resilience Engineering, has been identified as the ability to maintain the safety and the performance of healthcare systems and is aligned with the resilience potentials of anticipa...

    Authors: John W. Ambrose, Ken Catchpole, Heather L. Evans, Lynne S. Nemeth, Diana M. Layne and Michelle Nichols
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:459
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  27. Due to unidentified geriatric needs, elderly patients have a higher risk for developing chronic conditions and acute medical complications. Early geriatric screenings and assessments help to identify geriatric...

    Authors: Nils Pfeuffer, Franziska Radicke, Maren Leiz, Kilson Moon, Wolfgang Hoffmann and Neeltje van den Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:458
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  28. Preventative spend is a global health and social care strategy. Improving Cancer Journeys (ICJ) is a proactive, holistic, multidisciplinary project consistent with this agenda, currently being rolled out acros...

    Authors: Austyn Snowden, Jenny Young and Jan Savinc
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:457
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  29. Champions play a critical role in implementing technology within healthcare services. While prior studies have explored the presence and characteristics of champions, this review delves into the experiences of...

    Authors: Sissel Pettersen, Hilde Eide and Anita Berg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:456
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  30. Increasing patient loads, healthcare inflation and ageing population have put pressure on the healthcare system. Artificial intelligence and machine learning innovations can aid in task shifting to help health...

    Authors: Weiting Huang, Wen Chong Ong, Mark Kei Fong Wong, Eddie Yin Kwee Ng, Tracy Koh, Chanchal Chandramouli, Choon Ta Ng, Yoran Hummel, Feiqiong Huang, Carolyn Su Ping Lam and Jasper Tromp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:455
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  31. Family doctors, serving as gatekeepers, are the core of primary health care to meet basic health needs, provide accessible care, and improve attainable health. The study objective was to evaluate the impact of...

    Authors: Luying Zhang, Peng Zhang and Wen Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:454
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  32. Persons with severe Multiple Sclerosis (PwsMS) face complex needs and daily limitations that make it challenging to receive optimal care. The implementation and coordination of health care, social services, an...

    Authors: Anne Müller, Fabian Hebben, Kim Dillen, Veronika Dunkl, Yasemin Goereci, Raymond Voltz, Peter Löcherbach, Clemens Warnke and Heidrun Golla
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:453
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  33. The attrition of nursing staff significantly contributes to the shortage of healthcare professionals. This study entailed an examination of the propensity of nurses to sustain employment within Grade-A tertiar...

    Authors: Li-Hong Yue, Lin-Ying Wang, Jin-Li Guo, Wan-Ling Li and Jian-Wei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:452
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  34. Having a good provision of respectful maternity care (RMC) to a woman who gives childbirth is a crucial component of maternal health care to result in positive maternal and neonatal outcomes. Disrespect and la...

    Authors: Dawit Utalo, Eskinder Israel, Tsegaye Lolaso Lenjebo, Amdehiwot Aynalem and Tadele Dana Darebo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:451
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  35. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant physical and psychological impacts for survivors, and for the healthcare professionals caring for patients. Nurses and doctors in critical care faced longer workin...

    Authors: Shirish KC, Tiffany E. Gooden, Diptesh Aryal, Kanchan Koirala, Subekshya Luitel, Rashan Haniffa and Abi Beane
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:450
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  36. Understanding of the needs of people with stroke at hospital discharge and in the first six-months is limited. This study aim was to profile and document the needs of people with stroke at hospital discharge t...

    Authors: Geraldine O’Callaghan, Martin Fahy, Sigrid O’Meara, Mairead Chawke, Eithne Waldron, Marie Corry, Sinead Gallagher, Catriona Coyne, Julie Lynch, Emma Kennedy, Thomas Walsh, Hilary Cronin, Niamh Hannon, Clare Fallon, David J Williams, Peter Langhorne…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:449
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  37. Health outcomes are strongly impacted by social determinants of health, including social risk factors and patient demographics, due to structural inequities and discrimination. Primary care is viewed as a pote...

    Authors: Claire M. Starling, Marjanna Smith, Sadaf Kazi, Arianna Milicia, Rachel Grisham, Emily Gruber, Joseph Blumenthal and Hannah Arem
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:448
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  38. Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat. Therefore, promising new antibacterial technologies that could minimize our dependence on antibiotics should be widely adopted. This study aims to iden...

    Authors: Lieve Vonken, Gert-Jan de Bruijn, Annika Noordink, Stef Kremers and Francine Schneider
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:447
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  39. To examine potential changes and socioeconomic disparities in utilization of telemedicine in non-urgent outpatient care in Nevada since the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Authors: Pearl C. Kim, Lo-Fu Tan, Jillian Kreston, Haniyeh Shariatmadari, Estella Sky Keyoung, Jay J. Shen and Bing-Long Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:446
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  40. With the increasing complexity of health care services, more comprehensive and integrated services need to be designed. Action researchers are encouraged to facilitate multiactor participation and user-centere...

    Authors: Marianne Eliassen, Cathrine Arntzen, Lina Forslund, Morten Nikolaisen, Patrik Alexandersson, Astrid Gramstad and Andreas Hellström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:445
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  41. Only one out of every ten Nigerian adults with hypertension has their blood pressure controlled. Health worker training is essential to improve hypertension diagnosis and treatment. In-person training has limi...

    Authors: Joseph Odu, Kufor Osi, Leander Nguyen, Allison Goldstein, Lawrence J. Appel, Kunihiro Matsushita, Dike Ojji, Ikechukwu A. Orji, Morenike Alex-Okoh, Deborah Odoh, Malau Mangai Toma, Chris Ononiwu Elemuwa, Suleiman Lamorde, Hasana Baraya, Mary T. Dewan, Obagha Chijioke…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:444
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  42. Rape, as an adverse incidence, leads to irreparable complications and consequences in women. Provision of health services to women survivors of rape requires catering for their real needs and identifying curre...

    Authors: Leila Asadi, Mahnaz Noroozi, Hajar Salimi, Sara Jambarsang and Fardin Mardani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:443
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  43. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on healthcare services globally. In care settings such as small rural nursing homes and homes care services leaders were forced to confront, and adapt to, both new and ...

    Authors: Malin Knutsen Glette, Tone Kringeland, Lipika Samal, David W. Bates and Siri Wiig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:442
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  45. Budget constraints, staff shortages and high workloads pose challenges for German hospitals. Magnet® and Pathway® are concepts for implementing organization-wide change and redesigning work environments. There...

    Authors: Joan Kleine, Julia Köppen, Carolin Gurisch and Claudia B. Maier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:440
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  46. Electronic health records (EHR) are becoming an integral part of the health system in many developed countries, though implementations and settings vary across countries. Some countries have adopted an opt-out...

    Authors: Anna Griesser, Manel Mzoughi, Sonja Bidmon and Emna Cherif
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:439
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  47. Quality has been a persistent challenge in the healthcare system, particularly in resource-limited settings. As a result, the utilization of innovative approaches is required to help countries in their efforts...

    Authors: Ayelign Mengesha Kassie, Elizabeth Eakin, Biruk Beletew Abate, Aklilu Endalamaw, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka and Yibeltal Assefa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:438
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  48. Health professionals in home care work in interprofessional teams. Yet most training in decision support assumes a one-on-one relationship with patients. We assessed the impact of an in-person training session...

    Authors: Hajar Taqif, Lionel Adisso, Lucas Gomes Souza, Suélène Georgina Dofara, Sergio Cortez Ghio, Louis-Paul Rivest and France Légaré
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:437
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  49. Transvaginal mesh (TVM) surgeries emerged as an innovative treatment for stress urine incontinency and/or pelvic organ prolapse in 1996. Years after rapid adoption of these surgeries into practice, they are a ...

    Authors: Mina Motamedi, Chris Degeling and Stacy M. Carter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:436
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  50. Physician burnout is rampant, and physician retention is increasingly hard. It is unclear how burnout impacts intent to leave an organization. We sought to determine how physician burnout and professional fulf...

    Authors: R. Thomas Collins II, Aric Schadler, Hong Huang, Scottie B. Day and John A. Bauer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:434
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