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  1. The prevalence of cancer increases every year, leading to a growing population of patients and survivors in need for care. To achieve good quality care, a patient-centered approach is essential. Correct and ti...

    Authors: Bojoura Schouten, Elke Van Hoof, Patrick Vankrunkelsven, Ward Schrooten, Paul Bulens, Frank Buntinx, Jeroen Mebis, Dominique Vandijck, Irina Cleemput and Johan Hellings
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:86
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  2. The increasing burden of chronic illness highlights the importance of self-care and shifts from hierarchical and patriarchal models to partnerships. Primary care providers (PCPs) play an important role in supp...

    Authors: Carmen Alvarez, Jessica Greene, Judith Hibbard and Valerie Overton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:85
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  3. Currently the uptake of the influenza vaccine amongst Australian hospital staff remains low. While some staff members choose not to receive the vaccine, others may feel decisional conflict around whether to re...

    Authors: Holly Seale, Rajneesh Kaur, Kerryn Lajoie, Julie Dixon and Julie Gallard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:84
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  4. In 2010, a national integrated health care standard for (childhood) obesity was published and disseminated in the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the needs of health care providers a...

    Authors: Annemarie A. H. Schalkwijk, Giel Nijpels, Sandra D. M. Bot and Petra J. M. Elders
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:83
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  5. The length of postpartum hospital stay is decreasing internationally. Earlier hospital discharge of mothers and newborns decreases postnatal care or transfers it to the outpatient setting. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Elisabeth Kurth, Katrin Krähenbühl, Manuela Eicher, Susanne Rodmann, Luzia Fölmli, Cornelia Conzelmann and Elisabeth Zemp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:82
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  6. Low back and neck pain are commonly reported in the general population and represent frequent causes for health care consultations. The main aim of this study was to describe the determinants of health care co...

    Authors: Astrid Woodhouse, Kristine Pape, Pål R. Romundstad and Ottar Vasseljen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:81
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  7. In 2000, Ghana launched the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative to improve access to health and family planning services. This initiative was based in part on research, known as the ...

    Authors: Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Allison E. Stone, Abigail R. Krumholz, Abraham R. Oduro, James F. Phillips and Philip B. Adongo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:80
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  8. The involvement of mental health service users and their caregivers in health system policy and planning, service monitoring and research can contribute to mental health system strengthening, but as yet there ...

    Authors: Maya Semrau, Heidi Lempp, Roxanne Keynejad, Sara Evans-Lacko, James Mugisha, Shoba Raja, Jagannath Lamichhane, Atalay Alem, Graham Thornicroft and Charlotte Hanlon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:79
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  9. The early identification of the Breathing Symptoms within the scope of Primary Health Care is recommended, and is also one of the strategies of national sanitary authorities for reaching the elimination of tub...

    Authors: Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Michelle Mosna Touso, Mellina Yamamura, Ludmila Barbosa Bandeira Rodrigues, Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Thais Zamboni Berra, Marcelino Santos Neto, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Francisco Chiaravalotti Neto, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa, Luís Velez Lapão, Inês Fronteira…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:78
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  10. The presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) complicates inpatient hospital care, leading to higher costs and utilization. Multimorbidity also complicates primary care, increasing the likelihood of hospi...

    Authors: Halcyon G. Skinner, Rosanna Coffey, Jenna Jones, Kevin C. Heslin and Ernest Moy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:77
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  11. Breast cancer in the U.S. - estimated at 232,670 incident cases in 2014 - has the highest aggregate economic burden of care relative to other female cancers. Yet, the amount of cost attributed to diagnostic/pr...

    Authors: Tracy Onega, Anna N.A. Tosteson, Julie Weiss, Jennifer Alford-Teaster, Rebecca A. Hubbard, Louise M. Henderson, Karla Kerlikowske, Martha E. Goodrich, Cristina O’Donoghue, Karen J. Wernli, Wendy B. DeMartini and Beth A Virnig
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:76
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  12. There is little evidence of whether or not those who have attended cardiac rehabilitation (CR) are meeting the physical activity guidelines recommended for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. In he...

    Authors: Nicole Freene, Borja del Pozo Cruz and Rachel Davey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:75
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  13. Guideline producers are increasingly producing versions of guidelines for the public. The aim of this study was to explore what patients and the public understand about the purpose and production of clinical g...

    Authors: Naomi Fearns, Joanna Kelly, Margaret Callaghan, Karen Graham, Kirsty Loudon, Robin Harbour, Nancy Santesso, Emma McFarlane, Judith Thornton and Shaun Treweek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:74
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  15. Regulatory authorities focus on promoting compliance of hospitals with a variety of external demands. Due to the amount of these external demands, hospitals might prioritise to cope with the external demands. ...

    Authors: Louise H. K. Blume, Nico J. H. W. van Weert, Jamiu O. Busari and Diana Delnoij
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:72
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  16. Preventive services offered to older Americans are currently under-utilized despite considerable evidence regarding their health and economic benefits. Individuals with low self-efficacy in accessing these ser...

    Authors: Mini E. Jacob, Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic, Laurey R. Simkin-Silverman, Steven M. Albert, Anne B. Newman, Lauren Terhorst, Joni Vander Bilt, Janice C. Zgibor and Elizabeth A. Schlenk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:71
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  17. Poorly managed hospital discharges and care transitions between health care facilities can cause poor outcomes for both patients and their caregivers. Unfortunately, the usual approach to health care delivery ...

    Authors: Jing Li, Jane Brock, Brian Jack, Brian Mittman, Mary Naylor, Joanna Sorra, Glen Mays and Mark V. Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:70
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  18. The Birmingham Free Clinic (BFC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA is a free, walk-in clinic that serves medically uninsured populations through the use of volunteer health care providers and an on-site medicat...

    Authors: Arielle M. Fisher, Mary I. Herbert and Gerald P. Douglas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:69
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  20. Armenians very rarely seek healthcare services and, consequently experience more serious health conditions. With its ongoing reforms, Armenia is focusing on linking health system financing to the quality and v...

    Authors: Pavitra Paul, Mihran Hakobyan and Hannu Valtonen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:67
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  21. There has been considerable interest in normative ethics regarding how and when coercive care can be justified. However, only a few empirical studies consider how professionals reason about ethical aspects whe...

    Authors: Veikko Pelto-Piri, Lars Kjellin, Christina Lindvall and Ingemar Engström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:66
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  22. Understanding the factors affecting the mode and timeliness of breast cancer diagnosis is important to optimizing patient experiences and outcomes. The purposes of the study were to identify factors related to...

    Authors: Yan Yuan, Maoji Li, Jing Yang, Tracy Elliot, Kelly Dabbs, James A. Dickinson, Stacey Fisher and Marcy Winget
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:65
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  23. No instruments, to our knowledge, exist to assess leadership competency in existing and emerging allied health professional (AHP) leaders. This paper describes the development and preliminary exploration of th...

    Authors: Hui-Gek Ang, Jeremy Meng-Yeow Koh, Jeffrey Lee and Yong-Hao Pua
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:64
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  24. Rapid population ageing in China is increasing the numbers of older people who are likely to require health services in response to higher levels of poor perceived health and chronic diseases. Understanding fa...

    Authors: Cathy Honge Gong, Hal Kendig and Xiaojun He
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:63
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  25. Limited research exists on the process of applying knowledge translation (KT) methodology to a rural-based population health intervention.

    Authors: Elsa Dent, Elizabeth Hoon, Alison Kitson, Jonathan Karnon, Jonathan Newbury, Gillian Harvey, Tiffany K. Gill, Lauren Gillis and Justin Beilby
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:62
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  26. Assessing safety outcomes is critical to inform optimal scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs. Clinical trials demonstrated adverse event (AE) rates from 1.5 to 8 %, but we have limit...

    Authors: Pamela K. Kohler, Dorothy Namate, Scott Barnhart, Frank Chimbwandira, Beth A. Tippet-Barr, Tom Perdue, David A. Chilongozi, Lyson Tenthani, Oliver Phiri, Wezi Msungama, King K. Holmes and John N. Krieger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:61
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  27. Homelessness is associated with a very high prevalence of substance use and mental disorders and elevated levels of acute health service use. Among the homeless, little is known regarding the relative impact o...

    Authors: Angela Russolillo, Akm Moniruzzaman, Milad Parpouchi, Lauren B. Currie and Julian M. Somers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:60
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  29. Many people with mental distress are disadvantaged because care is not available or does not address their needs. In order to increase access to high quality primary mental health care for under-served groups,...

    Authors: Christopher Dowrick, Peter Bower, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Karina Lovell, Suzanne Edwards, Jonathan Lamb, Katie Bristow, Mark Gabbay, Heather Burroughs, Susan Beatty, Waquas Waheed, Mark Hann and Linda Gask
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:58
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  30. Understanding the perceptions and attitudes of physicians is important. This knowledge assists in the efforts to reduce the impact of their interactions with the pharmaceutical industry on clinical practice. I...

    Authors: Tamara Lotfi, Rami Z. Morsi, Mhd Hashem Rajabbik, Lina Alkhaled, Lara Kahale, Hala Nass, Hneine Brax, Racha Fadlallah and Elie A. Akl
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:57
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  31. Assessing the long-term cost of colorectal cancer (CRC) increases our understanding of the disease burden. The aim of this paper is to estimate the long-term costs of CRC care by stage at diagnosis and phase o...

    Authors: Julieta Corral, Xavier Castells, Eduard Molins, Pietro Chiarello, Josep Maria Borras and Francesc Cots
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:56
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  32. The implementation of the ACA has improved access to quality health insurance, a necessary first step to improving health outcomes. However, access must be supplemented by education to help individuals make in...

    Authors: Mary C. Politi, Abigail R. Barker, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Timothy McBride, Enbal Shacham and Carey S. Kebodeaux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:55
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  33. There is very little published work on the visual needs of homeless people. This paper is the first study to investigate the visual needs of homeless people in the UK. Although similar work has been done in ot...

    Authors: Penny J. D’Ath, Laura J. Keywood, Elaine C. Styles and Clare M. Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:54
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  34. The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been advocated to reduce the mental health treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study reports findings of a cro...

    Authors: Emily C. Baron, Charlotte Hanlon, Sumaya Mall, Simone Honikman, Erica Breuer, Tasneem Kathree, Nagendra P. Luitel, Juliet Nakku, Crick Lund, Girmay Medhin, Vikram Patel, Inge Petersen, Sanjay Shrivastava and Mark Tomlinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:53
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  35. Beliefs about substance use disorder (SUD) shape how patients, treatment professionals and the general public view addiction and its treatment. A U.S. developed scale exists to assess such beliefs, but it has ...

    Authors: John-Kåre Vederhus, Thomas Clausen and Keith Humphreys
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:52
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  36. Health systems aim to narrow inequality in access to health care across socioeconomic groups and area of residency. However, in low-income countries, studies are lacking that systematically monitor and evaluat...

    Authors: Solomon Tessema Memirie, Stéphane Verguet, Ole F. Norheim, Carol Levin and Kjell Arne Johansson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:51
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  37. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have established guidelines for the treatment and surveillance of colorectal cancer (CRC), respectively. Considering thes...

    Authors: Eric A. Sherer, Deborah A. Fisher, Jeffrey Barnd, George L. Jackson, Dawn Provenzale and David A. Haggstrom
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:50
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  38. In view of the increasing pressure on the UK’s maternity units, new methods of labour induction are required to alleviate the burden on the National Health Service, while maintaining the quality of care for wo...

    Authors: T. Draycott, H. van der Nelson, C. Montouchet, L. Ruff and F. Andersson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:49
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  39. In healthcare research, results diffuse only slowly into clinical practice, and there is a need to bridge the gap between research and practice. This study elucidates how healthcare professionals in a hospital...

    Authors: Nanna Kristensen, Camilla Nymann and Hanne Konradsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:48
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  40. The study aims at investigating the characteristics and the satisfaction determinants of the emerging patient profile. This profile appears to be more demanding and “empowered” compared to the ones traditional...

    Authors: Luca Buccoliero, Elena Bellio, Maria Mazzola and Elisa Solinas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:47
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  41. There has been considerable publicity regarding population ageing and hospital emergency department (ED) overcrowding. Our study aims to investigate impact of one intervention piloted in Queensland Australia, ...

    Authors: Lijun Fan, Xiang-Yu Hou, Jingzhou Zhao, Jiandong Sun, Kaeleen Dingle, Rhonda Purtill, Sam Tapp and Bill Lukin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:46
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  42. With the development of information and communication technologies, telemedicine has been proposed as a way to improve patient management by facilitating access to appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The Pari...

    Authors: Nathanael Charrier, Kevin Zarca, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski and Christine Calinaud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:45
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  43. To explore the factors predicting preventive behaviours among NHS dentists in Camden, Islington and Haringey in London, using constructs from the Theory of Planned Behaviour.

    Authors: Huda Yusuf, Anna Kolliakou, Antiopi Ntouva, Marie Murphy, Tim Newton, Georgios Tsakos and Richard G. Watt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:44
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  44. Antibiotic treatment options for common infections are diminishing due to the proliferation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs seeking to preserve viable ...

    Authors: Alex Broom, Stefanie Plage, Jennifer Broom, Emma Kirby and Jon Adams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:43
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  45. To ensure equity and accessibility of public health care in rural areas, the Chinese central government has launched a series of policies to motivate village doctors to provide basic public health services. Us...

    Authors: Tongtong Li, Trudy Lei, Zheng Xie and Tuohong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:42
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  46. Hepatic steatosis confers an increased risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disease and higher health services use. Associations of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) PNPLA3 rs738409 and TM6SF2 rs58542926 ...

    Authors: Julia Köpp, Steffen Fleßa, Wolfgang Lieb, Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus, Alexander Teumer, Georg Homuth, Henri Wallaschofski, Paul Marschall, Henry Völzke and Sebastian Edgar Baumeister
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:41
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  47. Contemporary casemix systems for health services need to ensure that payment rates adequately account for actual resource consumption based on patients’ needs for services. It has been argued that functioning ...

    Authors: Maren Hopfe, Gerold Stucki, Ric Marshall, Conal D. Twomey, T. Bedirhan Üstün and Birgit Prodinger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:40
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  48. Community paramedicine programs have emerged throughout North America and beyond in response to demographic changes and health system reform. Our aim was to identify and analyse how community paramedics create...

    Authors: Peter O’Meara, Christine Stirling, Michel Ruest and Angela Martin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:39
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  49. Functional decline is common in nursing home residents. Nursing staff can help prevent this decline, by encouraging residents to be more active in functional activities. Questionnaires measuring the extent to ...

    Authors: Nienke O. Kuk, G. A. Rixt Zijlstra, Gerrie J. J. W. Bours, Jan P. H. Hamers and Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:38
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  50. Guideline producers are increasingly producing versions of guidelines for the public, and knowledge of what the public want from them is also increasing. The aim of this study was to user test a patient versio...

    Authors: Naomi Fearns, Karen Graham, Gordon Johnston and Duncan Service
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2016 16:37
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