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  1. In an attempt to assess the effects of the Ebola viral disease (EVD) on hospital functions in Sierra Leone, the aim of this study was to evaluate changes in provisions of surgery and non-Ebola admissions durin...

    Authors: Håkon A. Bolkan, Alex van Duinen, Mohammed Samai, Donald Alpha Bash-Taqi, Ibrahim Gassama, Bart Waalewijn, Arne Wibe and Johan von Schreeb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:846
  2. Access to primary care is an important determinant of health, and data are sparse on primary care utilization for people who experience imprisonment. We aimed to describe primary care utilization for persons r...

    Authors: Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian, Stephanie Y. Cheng, Kinwah Fung, Stephen Humphreys-Mahaffey, Aaron M. Orkin, Claire Kendall, Lori Kiefer, Flora I. Matheson, Samantha E. Green and Stephen W. Hwang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:845
  3. The foreign-born population in Norway displays considerable diversity in terms of source country, socioeconomic status and settlement experience. This study assessed the consequences of this diversity for the ...

    Authors: Jon Erik Finnvold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:843
  4. Out-of-pocket expenditure constitutes high proportion of healthcare spending in low-income countries. It can affect patients’ adherence to treatments leading to serious health consequences. The objective of th...

    Authors: Fitsum Sebsibe Teni, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Eshetie Melese Birru, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Yonas Getaye Tefera, Befikadu Legesse Wubishet, Bethelhem Hailu Tekleyes and Bilal Tessema Yimer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:842
  5. Generals practitioners (GPs) and district nurses (DNs) play a leading role in providing palliative care at home. Many services and facilities are available to support them in providing this complex care. This ...

    Authors: Ian Koper, H. Roeline W. Pasman and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:841
  6. The referral service is a significant component of healthcare reform in China, and the measurement of patient satisfaction with the referral service process will help to improve the quality of referral medical...

    Authors: Xinli Zhang, Tianjin Wang, Yu Yu and Shuzhen Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:840
  7. The field of acceptability of health services is emerging and growing in coherence. But there are gaps, including relatively little integration of elements of acceptability. This study attempted to analyse col...

    Authors: Blaise Joy Bucyibaruta, John Eyles, Bronwyn Harris, Gaëtan Kabera, Kafayat Oboirien and Benon Ngyende
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:839
  8. Hospitals increasingly make decisions about early development of and investment in innovative medical technologies (IMTs), but at present often without an early assessment of their potential to ensure selectio...

    Authors: Iben Fasterholdt, Anne Lee, Kristian Kidholm, Knud Bonnet Yderstræde and Kjeld Møller Pedersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:837
  9. Addressing family planning (FP) needs of people living with HIV is an effective response to HIV prevention. Healthy timing and spacing of births help ensure the health and well-being of all women and infants, ...

    Authors: Rajani Pokharel, Geeta Bhattarai, Namuna Shrestha and Sharad Onta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:836
  10. Tanzania has witnessed several disasters in the past decade, which resulted in substantial mortality, long-term morbidity, and significant socio-economic losses. Health care facilities and personnel are critic...

    Authors: Philip M. Koka, Hendry R. Sawe, Khalid R. Mbaya, Said S. Kilindimo, Juma A. Mfinanga, Victor G. Mwafongo, Lee A. Wallis and Teri A. Reynolds
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:835
  11. Physician and non-physician leadership development programs aim to improve organizational performance. Although a significant, positive relation between physicians’ leadership skills and patient outcomes, staf...

    Authors: Neree Claes, Hannelore Storms and Valérie Brabanders
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:834
  12. Peru has increased substantially its domestic public expenditure in maternal and child health. Peruvian departments are heterogeneous in contextual and geographic factors, underlining the importance of disaggr...

    Authors: Luis Huicho, Patricia Hernandez, Carlos A. Huayanay-Espinoza, Eddy R. Segura, Jessica Niño de Guzman, Gianfranco Flores-Cordova, Maria Rivera-Ch, Howard S. Friedman and Peter Berman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:833
  13. In a health care system based on managed competition it is important that health insurers are able to channel their enrolees to preferred care providers. However, enrolees are often very negative about financi...

    Authors: Romy E. Bes, Emile C. Curfs, Peter P. Groenewegen and Judith D. de Jong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:832
  14. Clinical pathways can enhance care quality, promote patient safety and optimize resource utilization. However, they are infrequently utilized in intensive care. This study aimed to explain the implementation p...

    Authors: Petronella Bjurling-Sjöberg, Barbro Wadensten, Ulrika Pöder, Inger Jansson and Lena Nordgren
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:831
  15. Dementia presents a significant challenge to health systems and to the person and family affected. Home care is increasingly seen as a key service in addressing this challenge in a person-centred and cost-effe...

    Authors: Fiona Keogh, Maria Pierce, Karen Neylon and Padraic Fleming
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:829
  16. There is a significant deficiency of national health information for Indigenous peoples in Canada. This manuscript describes the Community Profile Survey (CPS), a community-based, national-level survey designe...

    Authors: Jordan W Tompkins, Selam Mequanint, Douglas Edward Barre, Meghan Fournie, Michael E Green, Anthony J Hanley, Mariam Naqshbandi Hayward, Merrick Zwarenstein and Stewart B Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:828
  17. Lack of resources is often cited as a reason for long waiting times and queues in health services. However, recent research indicates these problems are related to factors such as uncoordinated variation of de...

    Authors: Karl Arne Johannessen and Nina Alexandersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:827
  18. The patterns and determinants of long-term income among young people surviving cancer, and differences compared to peers, have not yet been fully explored. The objectives of this paper are to describe long-ter...

    Authors: Paulos Teckle, Stuart Peacock, Mary L. McBride, Colene Bentley, Karen Goddard and Paul Rogers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:826
  19. The Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) item banks evaluate and monitor the physical, mental, and social health of individuals with neurological conditions. Neuro-QoL items can be administere...

    Authors: Guanli Xie, Lidian Chen, Shanli Yang, Jing Tao, Chetwyn C. H. Chan, Allen W. Heinemann, David Cella, Jin-Shei Lai, Helena Correia and Alex W. K. Wong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:825
  20. Systematic screening of all colorectal tumors for Lynch Syndrome (LS) has been recommended since 2009. Currently, implementation of LS screening in healthcare systems remains variable, likely because LS screen...

    Authors: Alanna Kulchak Rahm, Deborah Cragun, Jessica Ezzell Hunter, Mara M. Epstein, Jan Lowery, Christine Y. Lu, Pamala A. Pawloski, Ravi N. Sharaf, Su-Ying Liang, Andrea N. Burnett-Hartman, James M. Gudgeon, Jing Hao, Susan Snyder, Radhika Gogoi, Ilene Ladd and Marc S. Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:824
  21. The engagement of citizens in the development of evidence-based screening programs is internationally supported. The aim of our research was to explore the motivations and reasons of adult citizens in Austria ...

    Authors: Isolde Sommer, Viktoria Titscher and Gerald Gartlehner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:823
  22. Wide recognition that structural factors are important in the HIV epidemic has not generated much evidence of impact of structural interventions. Few randomised controlled trials of structural interventions fo...

    Authors: Anne Cockcroft, Nobantu Marokoane, Leagajang Kgakole, Joseph Kefas and Neil Andersson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:822
  23. Rapid demographic and economic changes have made chronic disease the number one health issue in China, contributing to more than 80% of the country’s 10.3 million annual deaths and nearly 70% of its total dise...

    Authors: Wei Xue-juan, Wu Hao, Ge Cai-ying, Liu Xin-ying, Jia Hong-yan, Wang Li, Guo Xiao-ling, Liu Wan-ying, Gao Wen-juan and Liang Wan-nian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:821
  24. Head and neck cancers are fast growing tumours that are complex to diagnose and treat. Multidisciplinary input into organization and logistics is critical to start treatment without delay. A multidisciplinary ...

    Authors: Lidia S. van Huizen, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Bernard F. A. M. van der Laan, Harry Reintsema, Kees T. B. Ahaus, Hendrik P. Bijl and Jan L. N. Roodenburg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:820
  25. When dependent older persons (carees) experience a fall at home, their carers worry that they will fall again. This ongoing concern affects the carers’ wellbeing, perception of burden and can potentially chang...

    Authors: Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Anthony Paul O’Brien and Amanda Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:819
  26. A relational approach to autonomy refers to the way in which social conditions and relationships shape a person’s self-identity and capacity in decision-making. This article provides an empirical account of ho...

    Authors: Patti Shih, Frances Rapport, Anne Hogden, Mia Bierbaum, Jeremy Hsu, John Boyages and Jeffrey Braithwaite
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:818
  27. Health services research aimed at understanding service use and improving resource allocation often relies on collecting subjectively reported or proxy-reported healthcare service utilization (HSU) data. It is...

    Authors: Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, Nan Luo, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Helen Hoenig, David B. Matchar, Joanne Yoong, Eric A. Finkelstein, Kim En Lee, N. Venketasubramanian, Edward Menon, Kin Ming Chan, Deidre Anne De Silva, Philip Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Effie Chew…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:817
  28. Residents living in nursing homes usually have complex healthcare needs and require a comprehensive care approach to identifying and meeting their care needs. Suboptimal quality of care is reported in nursing ...

    Authors: Hui Feng, Hui Li, Lily Dongxia Xiao, Shahid Ullah, Pan Mao, Yunxia Yang, Hengyu Hu and Yinan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:816
  29. Irrational drug use is a global health challenge in all healthcare settings, such as hospitals. This study evaluated the impact of an intervention by the pharmaceutical care unit on the use pattern of high-val...

    Authors: Afsaneh Vazin, Iman Karimzadeh, Razieh Karamikhah, Zahra Oveisi, Samaneh Mohseni, Maryam Keykhaee, Fatemeh Roshanfard, Elaheh Sabet and Asal Zargari-Samadnejad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:815
  30. Electronic consultation is an emerging mode of specialty care delivery that allows primary care providers and their patients to obtain specialist expertise without an in-person visit. While studies of individu...

    Authors: Delphine S. Tuot, Clare Liddy, Varsha G. Vimalananda, Jennifer Pecina, Elizabeth J. Murphy, Erin Keely, Steven R. Simon, Frederick North, Jay D. Orlander and Alice Hm Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:814
  31. Health assessments (HAs) for newly arrived asylum seekers have become a regular practice in most EU countries, but what is performed, how they are organized, and whether it is mandatory or not to attend varies...

    Authors: Robert Jonzon, Pille Lindkvist and Anna-Karin Hurtig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:813
  32. Changes in the national drug policy always have impact on the drug utilization. In the context of China health care reform, what changes had happened in the trend of drug utilization in public hospitals? Has t...

    Authors: Xuefeng Xie, Xu Jin, Ling Zhang, Huihui Sun, Aizong Shen, Xiaohui Huang and Yehuan Sun
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:812
  33. Almost three quarters of non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths, and 82% of premature NCD deaths, occur in low- and middle-income countries. Bangladesh has an estimated 7 million hypertensives and 10 million di...

    Authors: R Huque, S Nasreen, F Ahmed, J P Hicks, J Walley, J N Newell and H Elsey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:811
  34. The use of measurement instruments in physiotherapy has been recommended in clinical practice guidelines to improve evidence-based practice. The aims of the study were (a) to describe the current use of measur...

    Authors: Tobias Braun, Alina Rieckmann, Franziska Weber and Christian Grüneberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:810
  35. Health services for adolescents are increasingly recognised as a priority in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Adolescent and Youth Friendly Service (AYFS) approach has been promoted in South Afric...

    Authors: Shamagonam James, Pedro T. Pisa, John Imrie, Moira P. Beery, Catherine Martin, Catherine Skosana and Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:809
  36. Drug therapy problem is any undesirable event experienced by a patient during drug therapy that interferes with achieving the desired goals of therapy. Drug therapy problems are common causes of patient morbid...

    Authors: Yaschilal Muche Belayneh, Gedefaye Amberbir and Asrat Agalu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:808
  37. Having ratified the Convention of Istanbul, the Belgian federal government commits itself to the foundation of Sexual Assault Care Centres (SACC). In the light of researching the feasibility of these centres, ...

    Authors: Anke Vandenberghe, Bavo Hendriks, Laura Peeters, Kristien Roelens and Ines Keygnaert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:807
  38. The global scale-up of community health workers (CHWs) depends on supportive management and supervision of this expanding cadre. Existing tools fail to incorporate the perspective of the CHW (i.e. perceived su...

    Authors: Frédérique Vallières, Philip Hyland, Eilish McAuliffe, Ilias Mahmud, Olivia Tulloch, Polly Walker and Miriam Taegtmeyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:806
  39. Traditional, hierarchical government structures have recently been challenged by increased complexity, fragmented services and heavy public demand. When healthcare services become fragmented and decentralised,...

    Authors: Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik, Tom Roar Eikebrokk, Rune Werner Fensli, Elin Thygesen and Åshild Slettebø
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:805
  40. Orthopedic surgeries are usually associated with excessive blood loss which leads surgeons to overestimate need for blood transfusions and over ordering of blood. The cross matched blood, when not used, leads ...

    Authors: Obada Hasan, Eraj Khurshid Khan, Moiz Ali, Sadaf Sheikh, Anam Fatima and Haroon U. Rashid
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:804
  41. Ensuring that selection processes for Community Health Workers (CHWs) are effective is important due to the scale and scope of modern CHW programmes. However they are relatively understudied. While community i...

    Authors: Celia A. Taylor, Richard J. Lilford, Emily Wroe, Frances Griffiths and Ruth Ngechu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:803
  42. Swedish National Quality Registries (NQRs) are observational clinical registries that have long been seen as an underused resource for research and quality improvement (QI) in health care. In recent years, NQR...

    Authors: Vibeke Sparring, Emma Granström, Magna Andreen Sachs, Mats Brommels and Monica E. Nyström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:802
  43. Regional population health management (PHM) initiatives need an understanding of regional patient experiences to improve their services. Websites that gather patient ratings have become common and could be a h...

    Authors: Roy J P Hendrikx, Marieke D Spreeuwenberg, Hanneke W Drewes, Jeroen N Struijs, Dirk Ruwaard and Caroline A Baan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:801
  44. Older persons with cognitive impairment (CI) risk social isolation. Strong evidence shows that perceived loneliness, or inadequate social networks, triggers and increases health problems. How homecare systems ...

    Authors: Ingeborg Nilsson, Mark Luborsky, Lena Rosenberg, Linda Sandberg, Anne-Marie Boström and Lena Borell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:800
  45. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major threat to public health, and surveillance of AMR is essential for successful containment. In 2000, Japan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (JANIS) C...

    Authors: Atsuko Tsutsui and Satowa Suzuki
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:799
  46. Audits are increasingly used for patient safety governance purposes. However, there is little insight into the factors that hinder or stimulate effective governance based on auditing. The aim of this study is ...

    Authors: Saskia C. van Gelderen, Marieke Zegers, Paul B. Robben, Wilma Boeijen, Gert P. Westert and Hub C. Wollersheim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:798
  47. Cost-sharing programs are often too complex to be easily understood by the average insured individual. Consequently, it is often difficult to determine the amount of expenses in advance. This may preclude well...

    Authors: Benjamin H. Salampessy, Maaike M. Alblas, France R. M. Portrait, Xander Koolman and Eric J. E. van der Hijden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:797
  48. In 2003, the Chinese government launched the New Rural Cooperative medical System(NRCMS) for its rural population. In 2007, the Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance Scheme(URBMS) was inaugurated, which aimed...

    Authors: Pei Liu, Wei Guo, Hao Liu, Wei Hua and Linping Xiong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:796