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  1. The number of people affected by Parkinson’s disease (PD) is increasing in the United Kingdom driven by population ageing. The treatment of the disease is complex, resource intensive and currently there is no ...

    Authors: Reda Lebcir, Eren Demir, Raheelah Ahmad, Christos Vasilakis and David Southern
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:50
  2. Poor retention in HIV care of mother-baby pairs remains a public health challenge in the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV. We determined the rate of non-retention and time to non-rete...

    Authors: Gerald Obai, Ruth Mubeezi and Fredrick Makumbi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:48
  3. The time from a referral for suspected lung cancer is received at a hospital until treatment start has been defined as a quality indicator. Current Norwegian recommendation is that ≥70% should start surgery or...

    Authors: Trine Stokstad, Sveinung Sørhaug, Tore Amundsen and Bjørn H. Grønberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:45
  4. In recent years, the healthcare system in the western world has undergone a structural development caused by changes in demography and pattern of disease. In order to maintain the healthcare system cost-effect...

    Authors: Helle Riisgaard, Jens Søndergaard, Maria Munch, Jette V. Le, Loni Ledderer, Line B. Pedersen and Jørgen Nexøe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:44
  5. Valvular heart disease, including rheumatic heart disease (RHD), is an important cause of heart disease globally. Management of advanced disease can include surgery and other interventions to repair or replace...

    Authors: E. Anne Russell, Christopher M Reid, Warren F Walsh, Alex Brown and Graeme P Maguire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:43
  6. Discussing deceased organ donation can be difficult not only for families but for health professionals who initiate and manage the conversations. It is well recognised that the methods of communication and com...

    Authors: Julie E. Potter, Robert G. Herkes, Lin Perry, Rosalind M. Elliott, Anders Aneman, Jorge L. Brieva, Elena Cavazzoni, Andrew T. H. Cheng, Michael J. O’Leary, Ian M. Seppelt and Val Gebski
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:42
  7. Poor clinical record keeping hinders health systems monitoring and patient care in many low resource settings. We develop and validate a novel method to impute dates of antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiatio...

    Authors: Mhairi Maskew, Jacob Bor, Cheryl Hendrickson, William MacLeod, Till Bärnighausen, Deenan Pillay, Ian Sanne, Sergio Carmona, Wendy Stevens and Matthew P Fox
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:41
  8. Physician-led home visit care with medical teams (Zaitaku care) has been developed on a national scale to support those who wish to stay at home at the end of life, and promote a system of community-based inte...

    Authors: Kentaro Kinjo, Tomoko Sairenji, Hidenobu Koga, Yasuhiro Osugi, Shin Yoshida, Hidefumi Ichinose, Yasunori Nagai, Hiroshi Imura, Jeannette E. South-Paul, Mark Meyer and Yoshihisa Honda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:40
  9. Unemployed people with mental health problems often do not use mental health services and therefore do not benefit from available therapies. As unemployed individuals outside the healthcare system are a hard-t...

    Authors: Tobias Staiger, Tamara Waldmann, Nicolas Rüsch and Silvia Krumm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:39
  10. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), addressing the high prevalence of mental disorders is a challenge given the limited number and unequal distribution of specialists, as well as scarce resources allo...

    Authors: Jessica Spagnolo, François Champagne, Nicole Leduc, Myra Piat, Wahid Melki, Fatma Charfi and Marc Laporta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:38
  11. We aimed to describe the ecology of medical care on an isolated island with limited access to secondary care, and to evaluate the gatekeeping function of the island’s primary care clinic through comparison wit...

    Authors: Makoto Kaneko, Masato Matsushima and Greg Irving
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:37
  12. Several tools have been developed to measure safety attitudes of health care providers, out of which the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is regarded as one of the most appropriate ones. In 2007, it was ad...

    Authors: Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, Matjaz Maletic, Vesna Stropnik, Ellen Tveter Deilkås, Dag Hofoss and Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:36
  13. Lack of intersectoral collaboration within public health sectors compound efforts to promote effective multidisciplinary post stroke care after discharge following acute phase. A coordinated, primary care-led ...

    Authors: Aznida Firzah Abdul Aziz, Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Mohd Fairuz Ali, Noor Azah Abd Aziz, Saperi Sulong and Syed Mohamed Aljunid
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:35
  14. An integrated care pathway in geriatric rehabilitation was developed to improve coordination and continuity of care for community-living older adults in the Netherlands, who go through the process of hospital ...

    Authors: Irma H. J. Everink, Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt, Jose M. C. Maessen, Jos M. G. A. Schols and Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:34
  15. Reducing avoidable hospitialisation of aged care facility (ACF) residents can improve the resident experience and their health outcomes. Consequently many variations of hospital avoidance (HA) programs continu...

    Authors: Trudy Dwyer, Alison Craswell, Dolene Rossi and Darren Holzberger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:33
  16. Rates of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as type 2 diabetes are escalating in low and middle-income countries such as Brazil. Scalable primary care-based interventions are needed to improve self-managemen...

    Authors: Thais Moura Ribeiro do Valle Nascimento, Ken Resnicow, Marcia Nery, Alexandra Brentani, Elizabeth Kaselitz, Pooja Agrawal, Simanjit Mand and Michele Heisler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:32
  17. The perceived responsiveness of a healthcare system reflects its ability to satisfy reasonable expectations of the public with respect to non-medical services. Recently, there has been increasing attention pai...

    Authors: Jianqian Chao, Boyang Lu, Hua Zhang, Liguo Zhu, Hui Jin and Pei Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:31
  18. It remains an open question how changes in predisposing, enabling, and need factors affect health care use. Consequently, we aimed to investigate how changes in these variables affect health care use in community...

    Authors: André Hajek, Jens-Oliver Bock and Hans-Helmut König
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:30
  19. In Thailand’s northwestern Tak province, contextual conditions along the border with Myanmar pose difficulties for TB control among migrant populations. Incomplete surveillance data, migrant patient mobility, ...

    Authors: Naomi Tschirhart, Sein Sein Thi, Lei Lei Swe, Francois Nosten and Angel M. Foster
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:29

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  20. To be successful, hospitals must increasingly collaborate with their medical staff. One strategic tool that plays an important role is the mission statement of hospitals. The goal of this research was to study...

    Authors: Jeroen Trybou, Paul Gemmel, Sebastian Desmidt and Lieven Annemans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:28
  21. Access to low-cost essential generic medicines is a critical health policy goal in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). Guatemala is an LMIC where there is both limited availability and affordability of th...

    Authors: David Flood, Irène Mathieu, Anita Chary, Pablo García and Peter Rohloff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:27
  22. Patient aggression and violence against staff members and other patients are common concerns in psychiatric units. Many structured clinical risk assessment tools have recently been developed. Despite their sup...

    Authors: Jenni Kaunomäki, Markus Jokela, Raija Kontio, Tero Laiho, Eila Sailas and Nina Lindberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:26
  23. The MODEM project (A comprehensive approach to MODelling outcome and costs impacts of interventions for DEMentia) explores how changes in arrangements for the future treatment and care of people living with demen...

    Authors: Adelina Comas-Herrera, Martin Knapp, Raphael Wittenberg, Sube Banerjee, Ann Bowling, Emily Grundy, Carol Jagger, Nicolas Farina, Daniel Lombard, Klara Lorenz and David McDaid
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:25
  24. There is a trend towards value-based health service, striving to cut costs while generating value for the patient. The overall objective comprises higher-quality health services and improved patient safety and...

    Authors: Marie Elf, Maria Flink, Marie Nilsson, Malin Tistad, Lena von Koch and Charlotte Ytterberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:24
  25. Health information systems are central to strong health systems. They assist with patient and program management, quality improvement, disease surveillance, and strategic use of information. Many donors have w...

    Authors: Corrina Moucheraud, Amee Schwitters, Chantelle Boudreaux, Denise Giles, Peter H. Kilmarx, Ntolo Ntolo, Zwashe Bangani, Michael E St. Louis and Thomas J Bossert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:23
  26. Disability in older adults is associated with loss of independence, institutionalization, and death. The aim of this study was to study the association between the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and all-cause mort...

    Authors: Astrid Bergland, Lone Jørgensen, Nina Emaus and Bjørn Heine Strand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:22
  27. Nurses’ intention to leave their profession is a worldwide concern. Studies have shown that it can take the form of a chain reaction: many nurses first leave the unit, then the hospital, and finally the profes...

    Authors: Daiana Rangel de Oliveira, Rosane Härter Griep, Luciana Fernandes Portela and Lucia Rotenberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:21
  28. In the quest to achieve early HIV treatment goals, national HIV treatment programmes dependent on international funding have been dramatically redesigned over the last 5 years. Bottlenecks in treatment provisi...

    Authors: Thandeka Dlamini-Simelane and Eileen Moyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:20
  29. Navajo Nation Community Health Representatives (CHR) are trained community health workers (CHWs) who provide crucial services for patients and families. The success of the CHRs’ interventions depends on the in...

    Authors: Vikas Gampa, Casey Smith, Olivia Muskett, Caroline King, Hannah Sehn, Jamy Malone, Cameron Curley, Chris Brown, Mae-Gilene Begay, Sonya Shin and Adrianne Katrina Nelson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:19
  30. The South African (SA) public health system has employed an Essential Medicines List (EML) with Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) in the public sector since 1996. To date no studies have reported on the pro...

    Authors: Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay and Fatima Suleman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:17
  31. There is increasing awareness that regardless of the proven value of clinical interventions, the use of effective strategies to implement such interventions into clinical practice is necessary to ensure that p...

    Authors: Ann Catrine Eldh, Joan Almost, Kara DeCorby-Watson, Wendy Gifford, Gill Harvey, Henna Hasson, Deborah Kenny, Sheila Moodie, Lars Wallin and Jennifer Yost
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:16
  32. In 2008, the Swedish government introduced a National Rehabilitation Program, in which the government financially reimburses the county councils for evidence-based multimodal rehabilitation (MMR) interventions...

    Authors: Charlotte Post Sennehed, Sara Holmberg, Kjerstin Stigmar, Malin Forsbrand, Ingemar F. Petersson, Anja Nyberg and Birgitta Grahn
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:15
  33. Birthing in health facilities in India has increased over the last few years, yet maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high. Clinical mentoring with case sheets or checklists for nurses is viewed as es...

    Authors: Janet Bradley, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Souradet Shaw, Troy Cunningham, Elizabeth Fischer, Prem Mony, B. M. Ramesh, Stephen Moses, Lisa Avery, Maryanne Crockett and James F. Blanchard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:14
  34. Despite substantial investment in detection, early intervention and evidence-based treatments, current management strategies for diabetes-associated retinopathy and cardiovascular disease are largely based on ...

    Authors: Laima Brazionis, Alicia Jenkins, Anthony Keech, Chris Ryan and Sven-Erik Bursell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:13
  35. Assessment of the availability of essential medicines, in rural areas of countries with free state health care system, is scarce. Dependence on essential medicines among the population in rural sector is consi...

    Authors: Devarajan Rathish, Indika Premarathna, Thiwanka Jayathilake, Chathurika Kandegedara, Kalani Punchihewa, Lakmali Ananda, Thejani Bandara, Channa Jayasumana and Sisira Siribaddana
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:11
  36. The Papua New Guinea Department of Health recently shifted from a presumptive to a ‘test and treat’ malaria case management policy. This shift was supported by the widespread introduction of malaria rapid diag...

    Authors: Olga P. M. Saweri, Manuel W. Hetzel, Ivo Mueller, Peter M. Siba and Justin Pulford
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:10
  37. Membership in diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural groups is often associated with inequitable health and mental health outcomes for diverse populations. Yet, little is known about how cultural adaptations of ...

    Authors: Priscilla Healey, Megan L. Stager, Kyler Woodmass, Alan J. Dettlaff, Andrew Vergara, Robert Janke and Susan J. Wells
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:8
  38. Although it is well-known that early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) is important for optimal patient survival, the relationship of patient and health system factors with delayed diagnosis are unclear. Th...

    Authors: Khokan C. Sikdar, James Dickinson and Marcy Winget
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:7
  39. Although domestic HIV/AIDS financing is increasing, international HIV/AIDS financing has plateaued. Providing incentives for the health system (i.e. performance-based financing [PBF]) may help countries achiev...

    Authors: Amitabh B. Suthar, Jason M. Nagata, Sabin Nsanzimana, Till Bärnighausen, Eyerusalem K. Negussie and Meg C. Doherty
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:6
  40. Treatment services to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), including those mandated to treatment, needs to be evaluated and evidence based. The Norwegian Municipal Health Care Act (NMHCA) calls for co...

    Authors: Adrian R. Pasareanu, John-Kåre Vederhus, Anne Opsal, Øistein Kristensen and Thomas Clausen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:5
  41. Communication between involved parties is essential to ensure coordinated and safe health care delivery. However, existing literature reveals that the information relayed in the referral process is seen as ins...

    Authors: Miriam Hartveit, Kris Vanhaecht, Olav Thorsen, Eva Biringer, Kjell Haug and Aslak Aslaksen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:4
  42. The performance of activities of daily living (ADL) at home is important for the recovery of older individuals after hip fracture. However, 20–90% of these individuals lose ADL function and never fully recover...

    Authors: Margriet C. Pol, Gerben ter Riet, Margo van Hartingsveldt, Ben Kröse, Sophia E. de Rooij and Bianca M. Buurman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:3
  43. An ongoing service evaluation project was initiated following the establishment of a new, purpose-built, 20-bed sub-acute Intermediate Stay Mental Health Unit (ISMHU). This paper: provides an overview of the t...

    Authors: Barry G. Frost, Megan Turrell, Ketrina A. Sly, Terry J. Lewin, Agatha M. Conrad, Suzanne Johnston, Srinivasan Tirupati, Kerry Petrovic and Sadanand Rajkumar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:2
  44. The Government of India, made TB notification by private healthcare providers mandatory from May 2012 onwards. The National TB Programme developed a case based web based online reporting mechanism called NIKSH...

    Authors: Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Archana Trivedi, Sachi Satapathy, Devendrappa N M and Karuna Devi Sagili
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:1
  45. Preconception care (PCC) is recommended for optimizing a woman’s health prior to pregnancy to minimize the risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the impact of strategy and a novel ...

    Authors: Qiongjie Zhou, Shikun Zhang, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Weidong Tian, Jingqi Chen, Ganesh Acharya and Xiaotian Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:689
  46. Post-stroke healthcare consumption is strongly associated with a mental health diagnosis. This study aimed to identify stroke patients who utilised mental healthcare facilities, explored their mental healthcar...

    Authors: M. van Eeden, G. A. P. G. van Mastrigt, S. M. A. A. Evers, E. P. M. van Raak, G. A. M. Driessen and C. M. van Heugten
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:688