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  1. Are creativity and compliance mutually exclusive? In clinical settings, this question is increasingly relevant. Hospitals and clinics seek the creative input of their employees to help solve persistent patient...

    Authors: Sharon H. Kim, Sallie J. Weaver, Ting Yang and Michael A. Rosen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:116
  2. Men surviving prostate cancer report a wide range of unmet needs. Holistic needs assessments (HNA) are designed to capture these, but are traditionally paper-based, generic, and only carried out in secondary c...

    Authors: Amy L. Clarke, Julia Roscoe, Rebecca Appleton, Jeremy Dale and Veronica Nanton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:115
  3. The purpose of this study was to contribute to knowledge about what is regarded as an appropriate governance model in welfare markets in healthcare, from the perspective of government. The study draws on a fra...

    Authors: Anna Häger Glenngård
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:114
  4. Although there has been growing attention to the measurement of unmet need, which is the overall epidemiological burden of disease, current measures ignore the burden that could be eliminated from technologica...

    Authors: Devin Incerti, John Browne, Caroline Huber, Christine L. Baker, Geoff Makinson, Amir Goren, Richard Willke and Warren Stevens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:113
  5. Evidence-based decision on drug list or formulary has been applied worldwide. Although the importance of scientific evidence was emphasized, the decision-making procedures for including medicines into the nati...

    Authors: Wenbin Liu, Lizheng Shi, Monika Sawhney, Xiaoli Gu and Yingyao Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:112
  6. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore, among a sample of patients attending one of four Aboriginal Health Services (ACCHSs), the degree of concordance between self-report and medical records for whether ...

    Authors: Natasha Noble, Christine Paul, Justin Walsh, Kylie Wyndham, Sue Wilson and Jessica Stewart
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:111
  7. Gaining insight into factors influencing the adoption of evidence-based interventions (EBI) is essential to ensuring their sustainability in the mental healthcare setting. This article describes 1) differences...

    Authors: Marte Rye, Oddgeir Friborg and Ingunn Skre
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:110
  8. The continuous migration of Human Resources for Health (HRH) compromises the quality of health services in the developing supplying countries. The ability to increase earnings potentially serves as a strong mo...

    Authors: Gavin George, Bruce Rhodes and Christine Laptiste
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:109
  9. Managing demand for urgent and unscheduled care is a major problem for health services globally. A particular issue is that some patients appear to make heavy use of services, including primary care out of hou...

    Authors: Sarah Stegink, Alison M. Elliott and Christopher Burton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:108
  10. A small percentage of patients relies extensively on hospital-based care and account for a disproportionately high share of health care spending in the United States. Evidence shows that behavioral health cond...

    Authors: Karen G. Rentas, Laura Buckley, Dawn Wiest and Cortney A. Bruno
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:81
  11. The appropriate use of the Partograph allows early identification of labour related complications and prevents deaths. We, therefore, sought to determine the level of Partograph completion and healthcare worke...

    Authors: John Mukisa, Isha Grant, Jonathan Magala, Andrew S. Ssemata, Patrick Z. Lumala and Josaphat Byamugisha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:107
  12. A body of knowledge continues to grow regarding Aboriginal perspectives on current challenges and barriers to health literacy and access to health services. However, less is known from the perspectives of heal...

    Authors: Jordan Stanford, Karen Charlton, Anne-Therese McMahon and Scott Winch
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:106
  13. Especially patients older than 65 years undergoing surgery are prone to develop frailty-related complications that may go far beyond the index hospitalization (e.g., cognitive impairment following postoperativ...

    Authors: Daniel Fürstenau, Claudia Spies, Martin Gersch, Amyn Vogel, Rudolf Mörgeli, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Ursula Müller-Werdan and Felix Balzer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:105
  14. We investigate factors affecting Australian general practitioners’ decisions to adopt novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for the prevention of stroke/systemic embolism among patients with atrial fibrillation. A...

    Authors: Yuting Zhang, Susan J. Méndez and Anthony Scott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:94
  15. Little is known about operative volume, distribution of cases, or capacity of the public sector to deliver essential surgical services in Uganda.

    Authors: Katherine Albutt, Maria Punchak, Peter Kayima, Didacus B. Namanya and Mark G. Shrime
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:104
  16. Language barriers play a decisive role in determining the outcomes of medical consultations between healthcare providers and their foreign patients. This issue is a significant challenge to the German healthca...

    Authors: Ghefar Furaijat, Evelyn Kleinert, Anne Simmenroth and Frank Müller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:103
  17. The use of clinical quality registries as means for data driven improvement in healthcare seem promising. However, their use has been shown to be challenged by a number of aspects, and we suggest some may be r...

    Authors: Cecilie Lindström Egholm, Charlotte Helmark, Patrick Doherty, Per Nilsen, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler and Gitte Bunkenborg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:102
  18. Cancer patients of reproductive age are at risk of infertility as a result of their treatment. Oncofertility decision support resources can assist patients with fertility decision-making before treatment yet a...

    Authors: Brittany Speller, Amanda Sissons, Corinne Daly, Marcia Facey, Erin Kennedy, Kelly Metcalfe and Nancy N. Baxter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:101
  19. Healthcare professionals who experience trauma due to patient safety incidents can be considered second victims, and they also suffer from various difficulties. In order to support second victims, it is necess...

    Authors: Won Lee, Jeehee Pyo, Seung Gyeong Jang, Ji Eun Choi and Minsu Ock
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:100
  20. In French Guiana, health inequalities are patent for a broad range of pathologies for all age groups. The objective of the present study was to quantify the proportion of the population that had renounced care...

    Authors: Astrid Van Melle, Claire Cropet, Marie-Claire Parriault, Leila Adriouch, Hélène Lamaison, Francine Sasson, Hélène Duplan, Jean-Baptiste Richard and Mathieu Nacher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:99
  21. The goal of Lean Enterprise Transformation (LET) is to go beyond simply using Lean tools and instead embed Lean principles and practices in the system so that it becomes a fundamental, collective mindset of th...

    Authors: Anita A. Vashi, Barbara Lerner, Tracy H. Urech, Steven M. Asch and Martin P. Charns
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:98
  22. Health and social care organisations globally are moving towards prevention-focussed community-based, integrated care. The success of this depends on professionals changing practice behaviours. This study expl...

    Authors: Eleanor R Bull, Joanne K Hart, Juliette Swift, Kirstie Baxter, Neil McLauchlan, Sophia Joseph and Lucie M T Byrne-Davis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:97
  23. Home-visiting nurses are expected to enhance their ability to provide adequate nursing care in a relatively isolated work environment. However, the isolated work environment leads to less opportunity to share ...

    Authors: Akiyo Nonogaki, Tomoko Nishida, Kazunari Kobayashi, Kayoko Nozaki, Haruka Tamura and Hisataka Sakakibara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:96
  24. In 2014, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set out a treatment target with the objective to help end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. This was supported by the UNAIDS ’90-90-90’ target that by 20...

    Authors: Vincent Adjetey, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah and Bernard Dornoo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:95
  25. Innovative health promotion strategies are needed to improve access to HIV testing among regional people in Australia, particularly for men who have sex with men (MSM). This project aimed to establish proof of...

    Authors: Amy B. Mullens, Josh Duyker, Charlotte Brownlow, Jime Lemoire, Kirstie Daken and Jeff Gow
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:93
  26. Care coordination has been a common tool for practices seeking to manage complex patients, yet there remains confusion about the most effective and sustainable model. Research exists on opinions of providers o...

    Authors: Mark D. Williams, Gladys B. Asiedu, Dawn Finnie, Claire Neely, Jason Egginton, Lila J. Finney Rutten and Robert M. Jacobson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:92
  27. Millions of Americans are living with hepatitis C, the leading cause of liver disease in the United States. Medication treatment can cure hepatitis C. We sought to understand factors that contribute to hepatit...

    Authors: Avy A. Skolnik, Amanda Noska, Vera Yakovchenko, Jack Tsai, Natalie Jones, Allen L. Gifford and D. Keith McInnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:91
  28. Tobacco use and alcohol abuse are associated with higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, progression to active TB and adverse treatment outcomes among patients with TB. Revised National Tuberculosis Contr...

    Authors: Nagendra Navya, Kathiresan Jeyashree, Akshaya Kibballi Madhukeshwar, Tanu Anand, Abhay Subashrao Nirgude, Badarudeen Mohammad Nayarmoole and Petros Isaakidis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:90
  29. Under- and over nutrition as well as nutrition risk factors such as communicable and non-communicable diseases are a common and major cause of morbidity and mortality in correctional facilities. Consequently, ...

    Authors: Karen M. Davison, Carla D’Andreamatteo and Victoria L. Smye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:89
  30. The literature describes the obstacles to sufficient care faced by people with dementia and their informal caregivers. Although factors influencing access and utilisation are frequently studied, the body of kn...

    Authors: Anja Bieber, Natalie Nguyen, Gabriele Meyer and Astrid Stephan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:88
  31. Few published articles have focused on identifying the gaps in care that follow a malnutrition diagnosis and their effects on length of stay (LOS) and 90-day readmission. We hypothesized that length of stay an...

    Authors: Joanna Bryan Ringel, Deanna Jannat-Khah, Rachel Chambers, Emily Russo, Louise Merriman and Renuka Gupta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:87
  32. WhatsApp (WA) is the most recent and attractive applicative among Smartphone users. The use of WA in healthcare environment has been shown of multiple benefices. Mozambique team involved in 2017 bed nets unive...

    Authors: Jorge A. H. Arroz, Baltazar Neves Candrinho, Figueiredo Mussambala, Marta Chande, Chandana Mendis, Sónia Dias and Maria do Rosário O. Martins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:86
  33. In advanced health services, a main objective is to promote the culture of safety and clinical risk management. In this regard, the reporting of sentinel events fits within a perspective of error analysis, att...

    Authors: Matteo Bolcato, Giacomo Fassina, Daniele Rodriguez, Marianna Russo and Anna Aprile
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:85
  34. The increasing cost on healthcare exposes China’s healthcare budgets and system to financial crisis. To control the excessive growth of healthcare expenditure, China’s healthcare reforms emphasize the control ...

    Authors: Jianzhou Yan, Hui-Heng Lin, Dan Zhao, Yuanjia Hu and Rong Shao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:84
  35. The South African National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2013–2020 was adopted to address the country’s substantial burden and inadequate treatment of mental illness. It outlines measures t...

    Authors: Kathryn L. Lovero, Samantha L. Lammie, André van Zyl, Sharon N. Paul, Phuti Ngwepe, Jennifer J. Mootz, Catherine Carlson, Annika C. Sweetland, Rachel C. Shelton, Milton L. Wainberg and Andrew Medina-Marino
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:83
  36. The Four-Hour Rule or National Emergency Access Target policy (4HR/NEAT) was implemented by Australian State and Federal Governments between 2009 and 2014 to address increased demand, overcrowding and access b...

    Authors: Roberto Forero, Shizar Nahidi, Josephine de Costa, Daniel Fatovich, Gerry FitzGerald, Sam Toloo, Sally McCarthy, David Mountain, Nick Gibson, Mohammed Mohsin and Wing Nicola Man
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:82
  37. Continuity of care (COC) has become a primary point of concern for care providers in both developed and developing countries, which is regarded as the “cornerstone of care” and an “essential element” of good h...

    Authors: Chen Qiu, Shixiang Chen, Ying Yao, Yue Zhao, Yi Xin and Xiaoying Zang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:79
  38. Knowledgeable Health Care Workers (HCWs) are indispensable for the proper management of clients. We investigated retention of HCWs at health facility and retention of knowledge at 18, 24 and 36 months after tr...

    Authors: Nyuyki Clement Kufe, Carole Metekoua, Monkam Nelly, Florence Tumasang and Enow Robinson Mbu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:78
  39. The need for improved research on ill health has been recognized internationally and locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council recently committed to enhancing the status ...

    Authors: Nabeel Al-Yateem, Muna Al-Tamimi, Maria Brenner, Hanan Al Tawil, Alaa Ahmad, Sharon Brownie and Shameran Slewa-Younan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:77
  40. The aim of this study is to understand the determinants of adherence to wrap-around care (WAC) by professional care providers working in child and family services. WAC is a care coordination method targeting f...

    Authors: Noortje M. Pannebakker, Margot A. H. Fleuren, Eline Vlasblom, Mattijs E. Numans, Sijmen A. Reijneveld and Paul L. Kocken
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:76
  41. The purpose of this study was to measure the level of job satisfaction of certified physicians in rural primary health care facilities (PHCFs) in Shandong Province in order to ascertain the key factors affecti...

    Authors: Jingliang Gu, Tianmin Zhen, Yan Song and Lingzhong Xu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:75
  42. HIV, syphilis, malaria and anaemia are leading preventable causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa yet testing coverage for conditions other than HIV is low. Availing point-of-care tests (PO...

    Authors: Nicole Young, Florence Achieng, Meghna Desai, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Jenny Hill, George Aol, Godfrey Bigogo, Kayla Laserson, Feiko Ter Kuile and Miriam Taegtmeyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:74
  43. The growing interest in hospital users’ complaints appears to be consistent with recent changes in health care, which considers the patient’s voice a valuable information source to improve health care. Based o...

    Authors: Béatrice Schaad, Céline Bourquin, Francesco Panese and Friedrich Stiefel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:73
  44. Collective or shared leadership approaches have been associated with team performance outcomes in several sectors. Based on this evidence, there have been calls for more inclusive approaches to leadership in h...

    Authors: Aoife De Brún, Roisin O’Donovan and Eilish McAuliffe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:72
  45. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately impacted by interacting epidemics of tuberculosis (TB) and tobacco consumption. Research indicates behavioural support delivered by health worker...

    Authors: Sahil Warsi, Helen Elsey, Melanie Boeckmann, Maryam Noor, Amina Khan, Deepa Barua, Shammi Nasreen, Samina Huque, Rumana Huque, Sudeepa Khanal, Prabin Shrestha, James Newell, Omara Dogar and Kamran Siddiqi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:71
  46. The number of frail elderly will increase as the world population ageing accelerates. Since frail elders are at risk of falls, hospitalizations and disabilities, they will require more health care and services...

    Authors: Vanessa Fillion, Marie-Josée Sirois, Philippe Gamache, Jason Robert Guertin, Suzanne N. Morin and Sonia Jean
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:70
  47. Treatment of acute malnutrition in infants under 6 months is a relevant topic regarding the global problem of maternal and child malnutrition. While treatment for older age groups has shifted more towards an o...

    Authors: Tabitha D. van Immerzeel, Maty D. Camara, Indou Deme Ly and Rosemarijn J. de Jong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:69
  48. There is little information about the current management of pain after obstetric surgery at Mulago hospital in Uganda, one of the largest hospitals in Africa with approximately 32,000 deliveries per year. The ...

    Authors: Andrew Kintu, Sadiq Abdulla, Aggrey Lubikire, Mary T. Nabukenya, Elizabeth Igaga, Fred Bulamba, Daniel Semakula and Adeyemi J. Olufolabi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:68
  49. When implementing an empirically supported intervention (ESI) arrays of influencing factors operate on the professional and organizational level, but so far dependency between these levels has often been ignor...

    Authors: Daphne Kuiper, Nardi Steverink, Roy E. Stewart, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Robbert Sanderman and Martine M. Goedendorp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:67