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  1. Primary care has a key role to play in the prevention and management of obesity, but there remain barriers to engagement in weight management by primary care practitioners. The aim of this study was to explore...

    Authors: David N. Blane, Sara Macdonald, David Morrison and Catherine A. O’Donnell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:764
  2. People who struggle with mental health problems can provide valuable insight into understanding and improving the coordination of mental health and welfare services. The aims of the study were to explore servi...

    Authors: Eva Biringer, Miriam Hartveit, Bengt Sundfør, Torleif Ruud and Marit Borg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:763
  3. Recent emphasis on value based care and population management, such as Accountable Care Organizations in the United States, promote patient navigation to improve the quality of care and reduce costs. Evidence ...

    Authors: Michal Horný, Wiljeana Glover, Gouri Gupte, Aruna Saraswat, Varsha Vimalananda and James Rosenzweig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:759
  4. Understanding the implementation of 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection at the facility level provides impo...

    Authors: Julie Ambia, Jenny Renju, Alison Wringe, Jim Todd, Eveline Geubbels, Jessica Nakiyingi-Miiro, Mark Urassa, Tom Lutalo, Amelia C. Crampin, Daniel Kwaro, Catherine Kyobutungi, Natsayi Chimbindi, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Brian Njamwea, Basia Zaba…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:758
  5. eHealth has potential for supporting interdisciplinary care in contemporary traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation practice, yet little is known about whether this potential is being realised, or what nee...

    Authors: M. Hines, M. Brunner, S. Poon, M. Lam, V. Tran, D. Yu, L. Togher, T. Shaw and E. Power
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:757
  6. This study is based on competitive dynamics theory, and discusses competitive actions (including their implementation requirements, strategic orientation, and action complexity) that influence hospitals’ perfo...

    Authors: Chuan-Hui Chang, Yu-Ching Chiao and Yafang Tsai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:756
  7. Quality of working life includes elements such as autonomy, trust, ergonomics, participation, job complexity, and work-life balance. The overarching aim of this study was to investigate if and how quality of w...

    Authors: Gaia Cetrano, Federico Tedeschi, Laura Rabbi, Giorgio Gosetti, Antonio Lora, Dario Lamonaca, Jill Manthorpe and Francesco Amaddeo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:755
  8. In primary care, older patients with multimorbidity (two or more long-term conditions) are especially likely to experience patient safety incidents. Risks to safety in this setting arise as a result of patient...

    Authors: Rebecca Hays, Gavin Daker-White, Aneez Esmail, Wendy Barlow, Brian Minor, Benjamin Brown, Thomas Blakeman, Caroline Sanders and Peter Bower
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:754
  9. While there is increasing support for training youth-serving providers in trauma-informed care (TIC) as a means of addressing high prevalence of U.S. childhood trauma, we know little about the effects of TIC t...

    Authors: April Joy Damian, Joseph Gallo, Philip Leaf and Tamar Mendelson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:750
  10. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, numerous behavior change, risk-reduction, and biomedical interventions have been developed and tested. While some of these interventions have shown to be efficacious in...

    Authors: Brittni N. Howard, Richard Van Dorn, Bronwyn J. Myers, William A. Zule, Felicia A. Browne, Tara Carney and Wendee M. Wechsberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:746
  11. Multimorbidity is becoming increasingly prevalent and presents challenges for healthcare providers and systems. Studies examining the relationship between multimorbidity and quality of care report mixed findin...

    Authors: Michaela L. Schiøtz, Dorte Høst, Mikkel B. Christensen, Helena Domínguez, Yasmin Hamid, Merete Almind, Kim L. Sørensen, Thomas Saxild, Rikke Høgsbro Holm and Anne Frølich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:745
  12. The objective of this study was to explore occupational rehabilitation clinicians’ experiences on how to approach their participants on long-term sick leave in order to facilitate return to work (RTW).

    Authors: M. Eftedal, A. M. Kvaal, E. Ree, I. Øyeflaten and S. Maeland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:744
  13. The organisation of health assessments by preventive health services focusing on children’s health and educational performance needs to be improved due to evolving health priorities such as mental health probl...

    Authors: Janine Bezem, Debbie Heinen, Ria Reis, Simone E. Buitendijk, Mattijs E. Numans and Paul L. Kocken
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:743
  14. Global research suggests that persons with disabilities face barriers when accessing health care services. Yet, information regarding the nature of these barriers, especially in low-income and middle-income co...

    Authors: R. Vergunst, L. Swartz, K.-G. Hem, A. H. Eide, H. Mannan, M. MacLachlan, G. Mji, S. H. Braathen and M. Schneider
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:741
  15. Hospital staff are interested in information on patient satisfaction and patient experience that can help them improve quality of care. Staff perceptions of quality of care have been identified as useful proxi...

    Authors: Sandra G. Leggat, Leila Karimi and Timothy Bartram
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:739
  16. The study objectives were to determine: (1) how statistical outliers exhibiting low rates of diabetes overtreatment performed on a reciprocal measure – rates of diabetes undertreatment; and (2) the impact of d...

    Authors: Brigid Wilson, Chin-Lin Tseng, Orysya Soroka, Leonard M. Pogach and David C. Aron
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:738
  17. Highly active antiretroviral therapy improves the longevity of patients living with HIV/AIDS. We conducted the study in order to assess health related quality of life of HIV/AIDS patients and the association o...

    Authors: Abdrrahman Shemsu Surur, Fitsum Sebsibe Teni, Wondwessen Wale, Yihenew Ayalew and Betel Tesfaye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:737
  18. Some studies have analyzed the association of health care systems variables, such as health service resources or expenditures, with amenable mortality, but the association of types of health care systems with ...

    Authors: Maria Michela Gianino, Jacopo Lenzi, Maria Pia Fantini, Walter Ricciardi and Gianfranco Damiani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:735
  19. Documenting the indication on prescriptions and dispensed medicines labels is not standard practice in Australia. However, previous studies that have focused on the content and design of dispensed medicines la...

    Authors: Mona Garada, Andrew J. McLachlan, Gordon D. Schiff and Elin C. Lehnbom
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:734
  20. In Australia’s Northern Territory, most Aboriginal people primarily speak an Aboriginal language. Poor communication between healthcare providers and Aboriginal people results in adverse outcomes including dea...

    Authors: Anna P. Ralph, Anne Lowell, Jean Murphy, Tara Dias, Deborah Butler, Brian Spain, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, Lauren Campbell, Barbara Bauert, Claire Salter, Kylie Tune and Alan Cass
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:733
  21. Most countries recommend that healthcare workers (HCWs) are vaccinated seasonally against influenza in order to protect themselves and patients. However, in many cases coverage remains low. A range of strategi...

    Authors: Theo Lorenc, David Marshall, Kath Wright, Katy Sutcliffe and Amanda Sowden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:732
  22. Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions are established indicators for the availability and quality of ambulatory care. We aimed to assess the differences between asylum-seeking childre...

    Authors: Célina Lichtl, Thomas Lutz, Joachim Szecsenyi and Kayvan Bozorgmehr
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:731
  23. Chlamydia trachomatis testing is offered to youth in Sweden, through a network of Youth Health Clinics, free at the point of care, in an attempt to bring down the prevalence and incide...

    Authors: Anna Nielsen, Ayesha De Costa, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson and Mariano Salazar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:730
  24. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of Americans have been enrolling in the health insurance marketplaces. Nearly 20% of them are tobacco users. As part of the ACA, tobacco users may face up to 50% h...

    Authors: Robert T. Braun, Yaniv Hanoch and Andrew J. Barnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:729
  25. While previous research establishes an association between social relations, health and use of healthcare services among older people, how to implement this knowledge in real-life settings has received much le...

    Authors: Anne Sophie Bech Mikkelsen, Rikke Lund and Maria Kristiansen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:728
  26. Poor distribution of essential medicines to primary care institutions has attracted criticism since China adopted provincial centralized regional tendering and procurement systems. This study evaluated the imp...

    Authors: Lianping Yang, Cunrui Huang and Chaojie Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:727
  27. Osteopathy is an increasingly popular healthcare approach that uses a wide variety of therapeutic manual techniques to address pain and somatic dysfunction. In Quebec, Canada, osteopathy is the complementary m...

    Authors: Chantal Morin, Johanne Desrosiers and Isabelle Gaboury
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:726
  28. Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the largest of the seven emirates in terms of land mass and population. Abu Dhabi emirate has three different geographical regions: the Central Ca...

    Authors: Marília Silva Paulo, Tom Loney and Luís Velez Lapão
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:725
  29. In 2009, China implemented the National Essential Medicines Policies (NEMPs) as part of a new round of medical system reforms. This study aims to evaluate the impacts of the NEMPs on primary healthcare institu...

    Authors: Zhigang Guo, Xiaodong Guan and Luwen Shi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:723
  30. Falls during hospitalization harbor both clinical and financial outcomes. The modified Morse fall scale [MMFS] is widely used for an in-hospital risk-of-fall assessment. Nevertheless, the majority of patients ...

    Authors: Irina Gringauz, Yael Shemesh, Amir Dagan, Irina Israelov, Dana Feldman, Naama Pelz-Sinvani, Dan Justo and Gad Segal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:721
  31. With the decline in funding for Viet Nam’s response to the HIV epidemic, there is a need for evidence on the criteria to guide the prioritization of HIV programs. There is a gap in the research on the relative...

    Authors: Ali Safarnejad, Milena Pavlova, Vo Hai Son, Huynh Lan Phuong and Wim Groot
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:719
  32. Most previous studies on healthcare service utilization in low-income countries have not used a multilevel study design to address the importance of community-level women’s autonomy. We assessed whether women’...

    Authors: Fentanesh Nibret Tiruneh, Kun-Yang Chuang and Ying-Chih Chuang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:718
  33. Interventions aiming to coordinate services for the community-based dementia population vary in components, organisation and implementation. In this review we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-b...

    Authors: Amy Backhouse, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, David A. Richards, Rose McCabe, Ross Watkins and Chris Dickens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:717
  34. Several stakeholders have undertaken initiatives to propose solutions towards a more sustainable health system and Spain, as an example of a European country affected by austerity measures, is looking for ways...

    Authors: David Cantarero-Prieto, Marta Pascual-Sáez and Noelia Gonzalez-Prieto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:716
  35. Women and children constitute a large proportion of any population. They are the most vulnerable to morbidity and mortality especially in developing countries. In many situations the problem of poor maternal a...

    Authors: C. C. Agunwa, I. E. Obi, A. C. Ndu, I. B. Omotowo, C. A. Idoko, A. K. Umeobieri and E. C. Aniwada
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:715
  36. The prevalence of atrial fibrillation is increasing rapidly; however, to date, population-based data are lacking on the attributable cost of illness of atrial fibrillation from a societal perspective, includin...

    Authors: Søren Paaske Johnsen, Lene Worsaae Dalby, Tomas Täckström, Jens Olsen and Anina Fraschke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:714
  37. Physicians who work in the private sector while also holding a salaried job in a public hospital, known as “dual practice,” is one of the main retention strategies adopted by the government of Ethiopia. Dual p...

    Authors: Goitom Gigar Abera, Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu and Jeph Herrin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:713

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  38. People with chronic pain use a range of healthcare services, but they also report a high degree of dissatisfaction with treatments. One reason for dissatisfaction might be participants’ expectations towards tr...

    Authors: Torunn Hatlen Nøst, Aslak Steinsbekk, Liv Riseth, Ola Bratås and Kjersti Grønning
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:712
  39. Our study aimed to design a tool of evaluating intersectional collaboration on Non-communicable Chronic Disease (NCD) prevention and control, and further to understand the current status of intersectional coll...

    Authors: Xing-ming Li, Alon Rasooly, Bo Peng, JianWang and Shu-yu Xiong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:711
  40. According to the self-control model, self-control works as a protective factor and a psychological resource. Although an understanding of the effect(s) of peripheral neuropathy on quality of life is important ...

    Authors: Yu-Ri Park, Eun-Young Park and Jung-Hee Kim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:710
  41. The unpaid care provided by informal caregivers allows care recipients to live longer in their homes, which often results in fewer unnecessary long term care home (LTCH) admissions. Although the relationship b...

    Authors: Raquel S. D. Betini, John P. Hirdes, Donna S. Lero, Susan Cadell, Jeff Poss and George Heckman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:709
  42. This study centered on differences in medical costs, using the Taiwan diagnosis-related groups (Tw-DRGs) on medical resource utilization in inguinal hernia repair (IHR) in hospitals with different ownership to...

    Authors: Yu-Hua Yan, Chih-Ming Kung and Yi Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:708
  43. Generic medicines are essential to controlling health expenditures. Their market share is still small in France. The discourse and practices of prescribers may play a major role in their use. The purpose of th...

    Authors: Béatrice Riner, Adèle Bussy, Jeannie Hélène-Pelage, Nycrees Moueza, Sébastien Lamy and Philippe Carrère
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:707
  44. Communication between patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and telephone triage services has not been previously explored. The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization characteristics ...

    Authors: Jane W. Njeru, Swathi Damodaran, Frederick North, Debra J. Jacobson, Patrick M. Wilson, Jennifer L. St Sauver, Carmen Radecki Breitkopf and Mark L. Wieland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:706
  45. Understanding individuals’ experience of accessing care and tending to various other needs during chronic illness in a rural context is important for health systems aiming to increase access to healthcare and ...

    Authors: Jovita Amurwon, Flora Hajdu, Dominic Bukenya Yiga and Janet Seeley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:705