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  1. Street-connected individuals (SCI) in Kenya experience barriers to accessing HIV care. This pilot study provides proof-of-concept for Enabling Adherence to Treatment (EAT), a combination intervention providing...

    Authors: Mia Kibel, Monicah Nyambura, Lonnie Embleton, Reuben Kiptui, Omar Galárraga, Edith Apondi, David Ayuku and Paula Braitstein
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1331
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  2. In response to COVID-19’s first wave, provincial governments rapidly implemented several public health directives, including isolation measures and care facility visitor restrictions, which profoundly affected...

    Authors: Maria Cherba, Laura Funk, Erin Scott, Bora Salman, Andrea Rounce, Corey Mackenzie, Kelli Stajduhar, Carren Dujela, Marian Krawczyk and S. Robin Cohen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1330
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  3. Unwarranted practice variation refers to regional differences in treatments that are not driven by patients’ medical needs or preferences. Although it is the subject of numerous studies, most research focuses ...

    Authors: Luca Schippa, Katalin Gaspar, Eric van der Hijden and Xander Koolman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1329
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  4. The Saudi Arabian Vision 2030 encompasses the Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP), an initiative aimed at enhancing the accessibility, affordability, and quality of healthcare, with a strong emphasis o...

    Authors: Arwa Abdulrahman Althumairi, Fatmah Muhammad Bukhari, Layan Bassam Awary and Duaa Aljabri
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1328
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  5. Unprofessional behaviours (UB) between healthcare staff are rife in global healthcare systems, negatively impacting staff wellbeing, patient safety and care quality. Drivers of UBs include organisational, situ...

    Authors: Justin Avery Aunger, Jill Maben, Ruth Abrams, Judy M. Wright, Russell Mannion, Mark Pearson, Aled Jones and Johanna I. Westbrook
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1326
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  6. The COVID-19 pandemic brought attention to a need for rapid testing of large populations. Experiences from community-based testing settings show that there can be workload difficulties, logistical challenges a...

    Authors: Sinead Shahrzad, Kirubakaran Balasubramaniam, Marius Brostrøm Kousgaard, Trine Thilsing, Jens Søndergaard and Gritt Overbeck
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1325
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  7. Transitional hospital-to-home care programs support safe and timely transition from acute care settings back into the community. Case-mix systems that classify transitional care clients into groups based on th...

    Authors: Clara Bolster-Foucault and Paul Holyoke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1324
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  8. The World Trade Center Health Program (Program) provides limited health care to those directly affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Because of physical/mental trauma arising from the 9/11 attacks, Program m...

    Authors: Ruiling Liu, Geoffrey M. Calvert, Kristi R. Anderson, Helen Malcolm, Lauren Cimineri, Hannah Dupont and Marisol Martinez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1323
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  9. Informal and unregulated rural medical practitioners (RMPs) provide healthcare services to about two-thirds of people in Bangladesh, although their service is assumed to be substandard by qualified providers. ...

    Authors: Hasnat Sujon, Mohammad Habibur Rahman Sarker, Aftab Uddin, Shakila Banu, Mohammod Rafiqul Islam, Md. Ruhul Amin, Md. Shabab Hossain, Md. Fazle Alahi, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Syed Jafar Raza Rizvi, Mohammad Zahirul Islam and Md. Nazim Uzzaman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1322
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  10. A disproportionate burden of maternal deaths occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and obstetric hemorrhage (OH) is a leading cause of excess mortality. In Zambia, most of maternal deaths are dir...

    Authors: Naomi Medina-Jaudes, Andy E. Carmone, Margaret L. Prust, Lupenshyo Ngosa, Oluwaseun Aladesanmi, Morrison Zulu, Andrew Storey, Beauty Muntanga, Caren Chizuni, Angel Mwiche, Hilda Shakwelele and Aniset Kamanga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1321
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  11. Rheumatoid arthritis is a highly prevalent disease. Patients undergo various medical and pharmacological treatments, which have an economic impact on hospitals. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct...

    Authors: Carlos Fernando Mendoza-Gutierrez, Diana Montiel-Ojeda, Delfino Vargas-Chanes, Nelly Cisneros-González, José Esteban Fernández-Gárate, Blanca Godina-Ortiz and Patricia Clark
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1320
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  13. In China, fragmented and inefficient health care systems are common while quality resources are limited. To promote an organized, efficient system, the government launched a medical consortium policy to vertic...

    Authors: Wenqi Zeng, Wenjuan Tao, Yanlin Yang, Yong Li, Bingqing Lu, Qian Zhao, Zhuyue Li, Miao Wang, Zhanglin Shui and Jin Wen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1318
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  14. Laos has introduced various SHI schemes for multiple groups of the population, such as government officials and other population groups under the NHI schemes. There is no specific health insurance policy for t...

    Authors: Somdeth Bodhisane and Sathirakorn Pongpanich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1317
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  15. In Nigeria, in-service trainings for new family planning (FP) methods have typically been conducted using a combination of classroom-based learning, skills labs, and supervised practicums. This mixed-methods s...

    Authors: Kristen M. Little, Anthony A. Nwala, Eden Demise, Samantha Archie, Ezechukwu I. Nwokoma, Chinedu Onyezobi, Helen Anyasi, Kayode Afolabi, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Kate H. Rademacher, Kendal Danna, Lara Lorenzetti, Jennifer Anyanti and Marya Plotkin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1316
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  16. Vaccination is one of the most important public health interventions to reduce child mortality and morbidity. In Ethiopia, about 472,000 children die each year by vaccine-preventable diseases. A satisfied moth...

    Authors: Eyasu Tesfaye, Ayal Debie, Fasil Sisay and Tesfahun Zemene Tafere
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1315
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  18. Due to the growing economic pressure, there is an increasing interest in the optimization of operational processes within surgical operating rooms (ORs). Surgical departments are frequently dealing with limite...

    Authors: Martin Schenk, Juliane Neumann, Nadine Adler, Tilo Trommer, Jan Theopold, Thomas Neumuth and Pierre Hepp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1313
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  19. In Sweden, older people in residential care had the highest mortality rates, followed by those who received home care, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Staff working in the care of olde...

    Authors: Lena Marmstål Hammar, Moudud Alam, Caroline Eklund, Anne-Marie Boström and Annica Lövenmark
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1312
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  20. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is highly effective, but disparities in PrEP access remain considerable, particularly among Black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM). To address this,...

    Authors: Stefani A. Butts, BreAnne Young, Jakisha Blackmon and Susanne Doblecki-Lewis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1311
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  21. Conventional cognitive interventions to reduce medication errors have been found to be less effective as behavioural change does not always follow intention change. Nudge interventions, which subtly steer one’...

    Authors: Keng Sheng Chew, Say Keat Ooi, Noor Fareen Abdul Rahim, Shirly Siew-Ling Wong, Vanitha Kandasamy and Shin-Shin Teo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1310
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  22. Despite remarkable gains over the past decade, mounting evidence suggests that Ethiopia’s rural health extension program (HEP) is facing serious implementation challenges. We investigated the current and poten...

    Authors: Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Amare Abera Tareke and Sibhatu Biadgilign
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1309
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  23. The early detection and diagnosis of cancer to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity is a challenging task in primary health care. There is a growing evidence base on how to enable earlier cancer diagnosis,...

    Authors: Thomas A Willis, Richard D Neal, Fiona M Walter and Robbie Foy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1308
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  24. Remote care has the potential of improving access to timely care for people with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD), but there is limited knowledge on how this approach is regarded by healthcare professionals (...

    Authors: Emil Eirik Kvernberg Thomassen, Inger Jorid Berg, Eirik Klami Kristianslund, Anne Therese Tveter and Nina Østerås
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1307
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  25. The COVID-19 pandemic involved a rapid change to the working conditions of all healthcare workers (HCW), including those in primary care. Organizational responses to the pandemic, including a shift to virtual ...

    Authors: Eric A. Apaydin, Danielle E. Rose, Michael R. McClean, David C. Mohr, Elizabeth M. Yano, Paul G. Shekelle, Karin M. Nelson, Rong Guo, Caroline K. Yoo and Susan E. Stockdale
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1306
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  26. Considering the high maternal mortality rate, the government of Pakistan has deployed Community Midwives (CMWs) in rural areas of Pakistan. This relatively new cadre of community-based skilled birth attendants...

    Authors: Ramesh Kumar, Vikram Mehraj, Jamil Ahmed, Shahzad Ali Khan, Tariq Mehmood Ali, Saima Batool, Fozia Rashid and Sathirakorn Pongpanich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1305
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  27. Inventory managers in the blood supply chain always endeavor to provide their clients with prompt and appropriate responses. On the other hand, timely and regular blood deliveries to consumers are essential si...

    Authors: Monireh Ahmadimanesh, Hamid Reza Safabakhsh and Sedigheh Sadeghi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1304
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  28. Providing health care in a moving vehicle requires different considerations regarding safety than in other settings. Use of seatbelts are mandatory, and during ambulance transport patients are fastened to the ...

    Authors: Kristin Häikiö, Anne Kristine Bergem, Øyvind Holst and Nina Øye Thorvaldsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1303
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  29. Disparities in uninsured emergency department (ED) use are well documented. However, a comprehensive analysis evaluating how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have reduced racial and ethnic disparities is lack...

    Authors: Benjamin Ukert and Theodoros V. Giannouchos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1302
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  30. Digital interventions in health services often fail due to an underappreciation of the complexity of the implementation. This study develops an approach to address complexity through an evidenced-based, theory...

    Authors: Samantha T. Robertson, Ingrid C. M. Rosbergen, Sandra G. Brauer, Rohan S. Grimley and Andrew Burton-Jones
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1301
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  31. Eldercare workers in nursing homes report high musculoskeletal disorders, stressful work, and sickness absence. Initiatives that can accommodate these issues are needed. Current studies point out that nature c...

    Authors: Sandra Schade Jacobsen, Maja Vilhelmsen, Lene Lottrup and Mikkel Brandt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1300
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  32. With the increased demand for health care services and with simultaneous staff shortages, new work models are needed in primary health care. In November 2015, a Swedish primary health care centre introduced a ...

    Authors: Maria Gelin, Berit Gesar, Ann-Sofie Källberg, Anna Ehrenberg and Catharina Gustavsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1299
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  34. Prompted by recent shocks and stresses to health systems globally, various studies have emerged on health system resilience. Our aim is to describe how health system resilience is operationalised within empiri...

    Authors: Samantha Copeland, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, Federica Fecondo, Esteban Ralon Santizo, Roland Bal and Tina Comes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1297
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  35. Hospitals are considered to be one of the most hazardous environments to work in, and their service workers are exposed to many serious risks. So The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of educ...

    Authors: Maryam Mohammadi, Mohammad Vahedian-sharoodi, Zahra Joghatei, Habibullah Esmaily and Hadi Tehrani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1296
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  36. Older adults are at risk of potentially inappropriate medication use given polypharmacy, multimorbidity, and age-related changes, which contribute to the growing burden associated with opioid use. The objectiv...

    Authors: Carina D’Aiuto, Carlotta Lunghi, Line Guénette, Djamal Berbiche, Karine Bertrand and Helen-Maria Vasiliadis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1295
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  37. In January 2010, the choice reform was instituted in Swedish primary health care establishing free entry for private primary health care providers and enabling patients to choose freely among primary health ca...

    Authors: Hannes Kohnke, Andrzej Zielinski, Anders Beckman and Henrik Ohlsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1294
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  38. As approximately 3/4 of the population lives in county-level divisions in China, the allocation of health resources at the county level will affect the realization of health equity. This study aims to evaluate...

    Authors: Zuobao Wang, Lin Dong, XinYi Xing, Zhe Liu and Yuxiang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1293
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  39. The German Innovation Fund supports projects that aim to improve healthcare through integration and intersectoral collaboration. As is typical for collaborative innovation projects, partners often pursue diffe...

    Authors: Malte Haring, Juliane Schiller, Martin Gersch and Volker Amelung
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1292
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  40. In Norway, primary healthcare has first-line responsibility for all medical emergencies, including traumas and fractures. Normally, patients with suspected fractures are referred to specialist care in hospital...

    Authors: Stein Vabo, Egil Kjerstad, Steinar Hunskaar, Knut Steen, Christina Brudvik and Tone Morken
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1291
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  41. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis contribute significantly to global morbidity and mortality. Researchers are pursuing vaccines for these STIs, and ...

    Authors: T. Valleroy, Colin Garon, Janamarie Perroud and Abram L. Wagner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1290
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  42. We aimed to explore the construct of “high need” and identify common need domains among high-need patients, their care professionals, and healthcare organizations; and to describe the interventions that health...

    Authors: Susanne Hempel, Maria Bolshakova, Michael Hochman, Elvira Jimenez, Gina Thompson, Aneesa Motala, David A. Ganz, Sonya Gabrielian, Samuel Edwards, James Zenner, Ben Dennis and Evelyn Chang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1289
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  43. Rapid diagnostic testing may support improved treatment of COVID patients. Understanding COVID testing and care pathways is important for assessing the impact and cost-effectiveness of testing in the real worl...

    Authors: Gabrielle Bonnet, John Bimba, Chancy Chavula, Harunavamwe N. Chifamba, Titus Divala, Andres G. Lescano, Mohammed Majam, Danjuma Mbo, Auliya A. Suwantika, Marco A. Tovar, Pragya Yadav, Elisabeth L. Corbett, Anna Vassall and Mark Jit
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1288
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  44. While the number of medical images has increased substantially, the demand has outpaced access, resulting in long wait times in many countries. Long wait times are a key problem for patient safety and quality ...

    Authors: Bjørn Hofmann, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsaeter and Elin Kjelle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1287
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  46. Internal medicine (IM) residency is a notoriously challenging time generally characterized by long work hours and adjustment to new roles and responsibilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to multiple emergen...

    Authors: Frederique St-Pierre, Romela Petrosyan, Arjun Gupta, Stephen Hughes, John Trickett, Susan Read, Vanessa Van Doren, Andrew Zeveney and Christiana Shoushtari
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1285
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  48. Despite the benefits attributed to the use of local anesthesia (LA) for open hemorrhoidectomy (OH) in developed countries, this technique is still not considered as the first line technique in low-income count...

    Authors: Franck Katembo Sikakulya, Robinson Ssebuufu, Xaviour Francis Okedi, Moris Baluku, Herman Lule, Sonye Magugu Kiyaka, Joshua Muhumuza, Selamo Fabrice Molen, Godefroy Nyenke Bassara, Musa Abbas Waziri, Stephen Mbae Kithinji, Mugisho Munyerenkana Leocadie, Byamungu Pahari Kagenderezo, Jeannot Baanitse Munihire, Bienfait Mumbere Vahwere, Ahmed Kiswezi…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1283
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  49. Shared Decision-Making to discuss how the benefits and harms of lung cancer screening align with patient values is required by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and recommended by multiple organizations...

    Authors: Abigail N. Herbst, Megan B. McCullough, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Anna M. Barker, Elizabeth M. Maguire and Gemmae M. Fix
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1282
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  50. The low demand for maternal and child health services is a significant factor in Nigeria's high maternal death rate. This paper explores demand and supply-side determinants at the primary healthcare level, hig...

    Authors: Udochukwu U. Ogu, Bassey Ebenso, Tolib Mirzoev, Nkolika Uguru, Enyi Etiaba, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Nkoli Ezumah and Obinna Onwujekwe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:1280
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