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  1. Globally, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs remain disproportionately affected by HIV, but they have not been the focus of prevention and treatment interventions in many resource-limited se...

    Authors: Sunil S. Solomon, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Allison M. McFall, Elizabeth Ogburn, Lawrence H. Moulton, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, M. Suresh Kumar, Santhanam Anand, Suniti Solomon and Shruti H. Mehta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:652
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  2. Previous evaluations of oncological medicines in the German early benefit assessment (EBA) procedure have demonstrated inconsistent acceptance of endpoints by regulatory authorities and the Federal Joint Commi...

    Authors: Thomas Staab, Georg Isbary, Volker E. Amelung and Jörg Ruof
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:651
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. The need to translate research into policy, i.e. making research findings a driving force in agenda-setting and policy change, is increasingly acknowledged. However, little is known about translation mechanism...

    Authors: Aurore Guieu, Wei-Hong Zhang, Yves Lafort, Peter Decat, Sara De Meyer, Shuchen Wang, Birgit Kerstens and Els Duysburgh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:649
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  4. Many healthcare organizations have developed disclosure policies for large-scale adverse events, including the Veterans Health Administration (VA). This study evaluated VA’s national large-scale disclosure pol...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. Maguire, Barbara G. Bokhour, Todd H. Wagner, Steven M. Asch, Allen L. Gifford, Thomas H. Gallagher, Janet M. Durfee, Richard A. Martinello and A. Rani Elwy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:648
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  5. Neonatal health (NH) remains a major problem in many countries. Children dying before 28 days often suffer from conditions that are preventable or treatable with proven, cost-effective interventions. The knowl...

    Authors: Joanna Raven, Xiaoyun Liu, Dan Hu, Weiming Zhu, Dinh Thi Phuong Hoa, Le Minh Thi, Doan Thi Thuy Duong, Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo and Tim Martineau
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:647
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. Uganda’s under-five mortality is high, currently estimated at 66/1000 live births. Poor referral of sick children that seek care from the private sector is one of the contributory factors. The proposed interve...

    Authors: Esther Buregyeya, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Philip LaRussa and Anthony Mbonye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:646
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  7. Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) provide community-focussed and culturally safe services for First Peoples in Australia, including crisis intervention and health promotion activities, in a...

    Authors: Joyce Doyle, Sharon Atkinson-Briggs, Petah Atkinson, Bradley Firebrace, Julie Calleja, Rachel Reilly, Margaret Cargo, Therese Riley, Tui Crumpen and Kevin Rowley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:645
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  8. eHealth can positively impact the efficiency and quality of healthcare services. Its potential benefits extend to the patient, healthcare provider, and organization. Primary healthcare (PHC) settings may parti...

    Authors: Shadi Saleh, Rawya Khodor, Mohamad Alameddine and Maysa Baroud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:644
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Patient-centered care is now the goal for virtually all healthcare systems. The aim of this research was to evaluate the patient care quality in regard to drug dispensing in four hospitals in southern Ethiopia...

    Authors: Kassa Daka Gidebo, Temesgen Sidamo Summoro, Zewde Zema Kanche and Eskinder Wolka Woticha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:643
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  10. People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are known to have more diseases and are believed to start aging earlier than the general population. The population of older people with ID is growing, but knowledge ...

    Authors: Magnus Sandberg, Gerd Ahlström, Anna Axmon and Jimmie Kristensson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:642
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Public reporting of institution- and individual-level performance data has recently become a popular topic in the health care field. This study (1) evaluated the perceptions of general practitioners on the pub...

    Authors: Xin Du, Xinping Zhang and Yuqing Tang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:641
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  12. Social accountability has to be configured according to the context in which it operates. This paper aimed to identify local contextual factors in two health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and d...

    Authors: Eric M. Mafuta, Lisanne Hogema, Thérèse N. M. Mambu, Pontien B. Kiyimbi, Berthys P. Indebe, Patrick K. Kayembe, Tjard De Cock Buning and Marjolein A. Dieleman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:640
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  13. Over the past decade the healthcare workforce has diversified in several directions with formalised roles for health care assistants, specialised roles for nurses and technicians, advanced roles for physician ...

    Authors: Antoinette de Bont, Job van Exel, Silvia Coretti, Zeynep Güldem Ökem, Maarten Janssen, Kristin Lofthus Hope, Tomasz Ludwicki, Britta Zander, Marie Zvonickova, Christine Bond and Iris Wallenburg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:637
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Studies of chronic diseases are associated with a financial burden on households. We aimed to determine if survivors of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) experience household economic burden and to quantify any po...

    Authors: Karice K. Hyun, Beverley M. Essue, Mark Woodward, Stephen Jan, David Brieger, Derek Chew, Kellie Nallaiah, Tegwen Howell, Tom Briffa, Isuru Ranasinghe, Carolyn Astley and Julie Redfern
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:636
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  15. In 2009, case management interventions were a new social service in France implemented within the framework of the PRISMA-France program (2006–2010). People who had benefitted from case management intervention...

    Authors: Frédéric Balard, Marie-Christine Gely-Nargeot, Aline Corvol, Olivier Saint-Jean and Dominique Somme
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:635
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. Approximately 29 million individuals are expected to enroll in health insurance using the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace by 2022. Those seeking health insurance struggle to unders...

    Authors: A. J. Housten, K. Furtado, K. A. Kaphingst, C. Kebodeaux, T. McBride, B. Cusanno and M. C. Politi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:634
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is prevalent in adulthood, resulting in serious impairment across multiple domains of living. Despite clinical guidance recommendations, the relative infancy of researc...

    Authors: Marios Adamou, Katharine Graham, Joy MacKeith, Sara Burns and Lisa-Marie Emerson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:632
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  19. Intimate partner violence (IPV) during or before pregnancy is associated with many adverse health outcomes. Pregnancy-related complications or poor infant health outcomes can arise from direct trauma as well a...

    Authors: Christina Pallitto, Claudia García-Moreno, Heidi Stöeckl, Abigail Hatcher, Catherine MacPhail, Keneoue Mokoatle and Nataly Woollett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:630
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  21. As primary health care (PHC) centers in Saudi Arabia provide standardized preventive and curative oral health care (OHC) services, challenges remain. In addition, evidence of determinants of OHC seeking behavi...

    Authors: Abeer Al-Jaber and Omar B. Da’ar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:628
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Comprehensive and timely rehabilitation for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is needed to maximize recovery from this elective surgical procedure for hip and knee arthritis. Administrative data do not capture th...

    Authors: C. Allyson Jones, Ruben San Martin, Marie D. Westby and Lauren A. Beaupre
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:627
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. One of the principal goals of any health care system is to improve health through the provision of clinical and public health services. Decentralization as a reform measure aims to improve inputs, management p...

    Authors: Bhuputra Panda and Harshad P. Thakur
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16(Suppl 6):561
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 6

  24. Local decision making is linked to several service quality improvement parameters. Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS) at peripheral decision making health units (DMHU) are composite bodies that are mandated to ensure a...

    Authors: Bhuputra Panda, Sanjay P. Zodpey and Harshad P. Thakur
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16(Suppl 6):554
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 6

  25. Health systems in low and middle income countries are struggling to improve efficiency in the functioning of health units of which workforce is one of the most critical building blocks. In India, Rogi Kalyan S...

    Authors: Bhuputra Panda, Harshad P. Thakur and Sanjay P. Zodpey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16(Suppl 6):550
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 16 Supplement 6

  26. Authors: Liselot Kerpershoek, Marjolein de Vugt, Claire Wolfs, Hannah Jelley, Martin Orrell, Bob Woods, Astrid Stephan, Anja Bieber, Gabriele Meyer, Knut Engedal, Geir Selbaek, Ron Handels, Anders Wimo, Louise Hopper, Kate Irving, Maria Marques…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:620
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:423

  27. In Canada, there has been a disproportionate increase in adults with Class II (BMI 35.0–39.9 kg/m2) or Class III obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2) affecting 9 % of Canadians with increases projected. Individuals affected ...

    Authors: Laurie K. Twells, Deborah M. Gregory, William K. Midodzi, Carla Dillon, Christopher S. Kovacs, Don MacDonald, Kendra K. Lester, David Pace, Chris Smith, Darrell Boone and Raleen Murphy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:618
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  28. The ineffective implementation of evidence based practice guidelines can mean that the best health outcomes are not achieved. This study examined the barriers and enablers to the uptake and implementation of t...

    Authors: E. L. Mc Goldrick, T Crawford, J. A. Brown, K. M. Groom and C. A. Crowther
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:617
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. Using a combination of videos and online short stories, we conducted four face-to-face deliberative workshops in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) with members of the public who later joined additional participants in...

    Authors: P. Lehoux, J. Jimenez-Pernett, F. A. Miller and B. Williams-Jones
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:616
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  30. Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is one of the most burdensome medical conditions. In order to better understand the epidemiology of dementia in Italy, we conducted a systematic search of studies ...

    Authors: Gianluca Bruti, Elisabetta Cavallucci, Michele Mancini, Alessandro Bitossi, Marzia Baldereschi and Sandro Sorbi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:615
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  32. Widespread dissatisfaction among United States (U.S.) clinicians could endanger ongoing reforms. Practitioners in rural/underserved areas withstand stressors that are unique to or accentuated in those settings...

    Authors: Anthony C. Waddimba, Melissa Scribani, Nicole Krupa, John J. May and Paul Jenkins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:613
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Improving access to safe abortion is an essential strategy in the provision of universal access to reproductive health care. Australians are largely supportive of the provision of abortion and its decriminaliz...

    Authors: Angela Dawson, Deborah Bateson, Jane Estoesta and Elizabeth Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:612
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients may be candidates for outpatient treatment or abbreviated hospital stay. There is a need for a claims-based prediction rule that payers/hospitals can use to risk strat...

    Authors: Craig I. Coleman, W. Frank Peacock, Gregory J. Fermann, Concetta Crivera, Erin R. Weeda, Michael Hull, Mary DuCharme, Laura Becker and Jeff R. Schein
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:610
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  36. Healthcare mobility, defined as healthcare utilization in more than one distinct healthcare system, may have detrimental effects on outcomes of care. We characterized healthcare mobility and associated charact...

    Authors: Karen H. Wang, Joseph L. Goulet, Constance M. Carroll, Melissa Skanderson, Samah Fodeh, Joseph Erdos, Julie A. Womack, Erica A. Abel, Harini Bathulapalli, Amy C. Justice, Marcella Nunez-Smith and Cynthia A. Brandt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:609
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  37. Implementing good-quality health and social care requires empowerment of staff members within organizations delivering care. Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) is an intervention using positive video feedback to...

    Authors: Alex Hall, Tracy Finch, Niina Kolehmainen and Deborah James
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:608
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Clinical Pharmacist Practitioners are advanced practicing pharmacists in North Carolina that provide disease-specific management. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to compare the efficacy and ...

    Authors: Michèle M. Kislan, Adam T. Bernstein, Loretta R. Fearrington and Timothy J. Ives
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:607
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:673

  39. Although bodies of evidence on copayment effects on access to care and quality of care in general have not been conclusive, allowing copayment in the case of emergency medical conditions might pose a high risk...

    Authors: Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Wichai Aekplakorn, Samrit Srithamrongsawat, Chaisit Srithongchai, Orawan Prasitsiriphon and Rassamee Tansirisithikul
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:606
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Assessment of quality of care in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) should be based on data that effectively enable determination of quality. With the need to simplify measurement techniques, the questio...

    Authors: Birga Maier, Katrin Wagner, Steffen Behrens, Leonhard Bruch, Reinhard Busse, Dagmar Schmidt, Helmut Schühlen, Roland Thieme and Heinz Theres
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:605
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  42. Transfers of money and help with daily activities by family and friends are important sources of support for older people and contribute to their well being. On the other hand, older adults are not only recipi...

    Authors: Florian Tomini, Wim Groot and Sonila M. Tomini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:603
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Treatment costs for children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency are subsidized by the government in Japan if the children meet clinical criteria, including height limits (boys: 156.4 cm; girls: 145.4 cm). How...

    Authors: Eri Maeda, Takahiro Higashi, Tomonobu Hasegawa, Susumu Yokoya, Takahiro Mochizuki, Tomohiro Ishii, Junko Ito, Susumu Kanzaki, Akira Shimatsu, Koji Takano, Toshihiro Tajima, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yusuke Tanahashi, Akira Teramoto, Toshiro Nagai, Kunihiko Hanew…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:602
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Little is known about the interventions required to build the capacity of mental health policy-makers and planners in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We conducted a systematic review with the primary...

    Authors: Roxanne Keynejad, Maya Semrau, Mark Toynbee, Sara Evans-Lacko, Crick Lund, Oye Gureje, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Emilie Courtin, Jibril O. Abdulmalik, Atalay Alem, Abebaw Fekadu, Graham Thornicroft and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:601
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. The Maternal and Child Health Voucher Scheme (MCHVS) was introduced in Myanmar to address the high rate of maternal and infant mortalities. It aimed to increase access to maternal and child health (MCH) servic...

    Authors: Songyot Pilasant, Wantanee Kulpeng, Pitsaphun Werayingyong, Nattha Tritasavit, Inthira Yamabhai, Yot Teerawattananon, Sangay Wangmo and Sripen Tantivess
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:600
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  46. The prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among key populations in Cambodia continues to rise. To address this issue, KHANA, the largest national HIV organization in the country develope...

    Authors: Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Pheak Chhoun, Khuondyla Pal, Chanrith Ngin, Sok Chamreun Choub and Carinne Brody
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:599
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. To reduce the burden of asthma, chronic disease management (CDM) programmes have been widely implemented and evaluated. Reviews including randomised controlled trials (RCTs) suggest that CDM programmes for ast...

    Authors: Chantal Arditi, Bernard Burnand and Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:598
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Public-private partnership (PPP) has been suggested as a tool to assist governments in lower to middle income countries fulfil their responsibilities in the efficient delivery of health services. In Tanzania, ...

    Authors: Denice Kamugumya and Jill Olivier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:596
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Many countries are developing health mechanisms to pursue the goal of universal coverage. In China, a rural health insurance system entitled New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS) has being developed since 2003...

    Authors: Jianhua Chen, Hai Yu and Hengjin Dong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:593
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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