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  1. As a result of the new coronavirus pandemic, a highly complex academic hospital in Latin America implemented a telemedicine service for the care of obstetric, pediatric, and adult patients. In 2020, regional e...

    Authors: Laura Libreros-Peña, Jaime A. Quintero, Arnold Gelves, Juliana Alarcón, Sergio Morales, María Fernanda Escobar, Andres M. Valencia, Sara Guzmán and Julio Diez-Sepulveda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:559
  2. Low birth weight (LBW) is an important factor influencing infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women should receive a variety of interventions during antenatal care (ANC) that are crucial in improving birt...

    Authors: Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Lin Nan and Lingxia Zeng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:558
  3. 90% of United States’ counties do not have a single clinic offering abortion care, and barriers to care disproportionately affect low-income families. Novel models of abortion care delivery, including provisio...

    Authors: Selina Sandoval, Grace Chen, Sally Rafie, Borsika Rabin, Sheila Mody and Sarah Averbach
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:557
  4. In addition to the common difficulties of ongoing trials, the COVID-19 pandemic posed several challenges to scientists worldwide and created an additional burden for vulnerable patient groups. In the nFC-isPO ...

    Authors: Anna Hagemeier, Anne Adams, Theresia Krieger, Sandra Salm, Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Antje Dresen and Martin Hellmich
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:556
  5. Structured exercise programs provide considerable health benefits for cancer patients. Therefore, various OnkoAktiv (OA) networks were established in Germany with the aim to connect cancer patients with certif...

    Authors: Annelie Voland, Maximilian Köppel, Stefan Peters, Joachim Wiskemann and Hagen Wäsche
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:555
  6. To support public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, oral opioid agonist treatment (OAT) take-home doses were expanded in Western countries with positive results. Injectable OAT (iOAT) take-home dos...

    Authors: Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Sophia Dobischok, José Carvajal, Scott MacDonald, Cheryl McDermid, Piotr Klakowicz, Scott Harrison, Julie LaJeunesse, Nancy Chow, Murray Brown, Sam Gill and Martin Schechter
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:553
  7. The advent of new disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), resulted in significant changes in the treatment guidelines for Multiple sclerosis (MS) and improvement in the clinic...

    Authors: Mansour A. Alharbi, Fahad Aldosari, Ahmed Hasan Althobaiti, Faris M. Abdullah, Salman Aljarallah, Nuha M. Alkhawajah, Miteb Alanazi and Yazed AlRuthia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:552
  8. Black cisgender and transgender women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic compared to women of other racial and ethnic identities. Twelve demonstration sites across the United States are adapti...

    Authors: Serena Rajabiun, Corliss Heath, Angela Wangari Walter, Judith C. Scott, Alicia Downes, Esther Jennings, Howard J. Cabral, Cecilia Flores-Rodriguez and Linda Sprague Martinez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:551
  9. To assess patient and primary care provider (PCP) factors associated with adherence to American Cancer Society (ACS) and United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines for average risk colore...

    Authors: Nicole M. Engel-Nitz, Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson, Lisa Le, Paul Limburg and Deborah A. Fisher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:550
  10. Shared medical appointments, also known as group visits, are a feasible and well-accepted approach for women receiving antenatal care, yet the feasibility and efficacy of this approach for female-specific repr...

    Authors: Sophia Gerontakos, Matthew Leach, Amie Steel and Jon Wardle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:549
  11. China’s health system is challenged by complex health problems experienced by different population groups and caused by multiple diseases. This study examined the distribution of curative care expenditure (CCE...

    Authors: Yan Jiang, Xiaowei Man, Xuefeng Shi, Liying Zhao, Wanjin Yang and Wei Cheng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:548
  12. Malawi, like many other countries, faces challenges in providing accessible, affordable, and quality health services to all people. The Malawian policy framework recognizes the value of communities and citizen...

    Authors: L. van Niekerk, N. Fosiko, A. Likaka, C. P. Blauveldt, B. Msiska and L. Manderson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:547
  13. Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the most common cause of heel pain in adults, and the number of patients and medical expenses are increasing annually. However, studies on this condition are lacking. There is a need ...

    Authors: Jaeseo Ahn, Jiyoon Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Yeoncheol Park, Bonhyuk Goo and In-Hyuk Ha
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:546
  14. Reproductive behaviors and intentions are affected by several factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This study was conducted with the aim of comparing the intention to reproduce and its causes in Ir...

    Authors: Fatemeh Rezaei, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Shima Haghani, Sally Pezaro and Fereshteh Behmanesh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:545
  15. Pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic and other severe health care disruptions endanger individuals to miss essential care. Machine learning models that predict which patients are at greatest risk of missing...

    Authors: Anna Reuter, Šime Smolić, Till Bärnighausen and Nikkil Sudharsanan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:544
  16. The government of Kenya has made progressive efforts towards improving mental health services in the country. However there is little documentation of mental health services in the counties that would support ...

    Authors: Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Matthew Turissini, Julius Barasa, Mercy Kimaiyo, Lily Okeyo, Joash Araka, Faith Njiriri, Richard Matundura and Florence Jaguga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:543
  17. Evidence on inequalities in the health services use is important for public policy formulation, even more so in a pandemic context. The aim of this study was to evaluate socioeconomic inequities in the special...

    Authors: Yohana Pereira Vieira, Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha, Rinelly Pazinato Dutra, Lorrany da Silva Nunes, Suele Manjourany Silva Duro and Mirelle de Oliveira Saes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:542
  18. Comprehensive cancer networks have been established to deliver high-quality care for patients with cancer. Logistic challenges are faced, when patients need to be referred for specialized treatments. Despite s...

    Authors: T. Hellingman, M. L.H. van Beneden, C. M. den Bakker, B. M. Zonderhuis and G. Kazemier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:541
  19. There is scientific evidence that ionizing radiation (IR) can be responsible for various health hazards that are one of the concerns in occupational exposure. This study was performed to evaluate DNA damage an...

    Authors: S. N. Mousavikia, M. T. Bahreyni Toossi, S. Khademi, M. Soukhtanloo and H. Azimian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:540
  20. Interpersonal Communication Skills (IPCS) are one of the core clinical skills that should be developed by the Public Health Midwives (PHMs), who are grass-root level public healthcare providers in primary heal...

    Authors: S.A.S. Prasanna, H.T.C.S. Abeysena and M.A.A.P. Alagiyawanna
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:539
  21. Respectful maternity care is an approach that involves respecting women’s belief, choices, emotions, and dignity during the childbirth process. As the workload among maternity care workforce affects intrapartu...

    Authors: Alpha Pokharel, Junko Kiriya, Akira Shibanuma, Ram Chandra Silwal and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:538
  22. Total recovery from chronic pain is difficult. It is therefore important for those who are suffering from chronic pain to find ways to self-manage their pain in daily life. Several chronic pain self-management...

    Authors: Ragnhild Hestmann, Ola Bratås and Kjersti Grønning
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:537
  23. A new Health and Wellbeing pathway was introduced into the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in one geographical area of the UK in 2021 to address the wider determinants of mental heal...

    Authors: Esther Louise Curtin, Katrina d’Apice, Alice Porter, Emily Widnall, Matthew Franklin, Frank de Vocht and Judi Kidger
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:536
  24. Studies have reported that men’s uptake of sexual health services is low, that these services make them feel vulnerable, and that they experience sexual healthcare (SHC) as stressful, heteronormative, potentia...

    Authors: Tommy Persson, Jesper Löve, Ellinor Tengelin and Gunnel Hensing
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:535
  25. Assessment of quality of life (QoL) in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may improve healthcare providers’ understanding of the disease burden. This study aimed to investigate the QoL of patients with TB in Alex...

    Authors: Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Wahib Fayez Gobran, Reem Mohamed Tawfeek, Ola Fahmy Esmail, Rasha Ashmawy, Naglaa Youssef and Ramy Mohamed Ghazy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:534
  26. Quit for new life (QFNL) is a smoking cessation initiative developed to support mothers of Aboriginal babies to quit smoking during pregnancy. The state-wide initiative provides support for pregnant women and ...

    Authors: Emilie Cameron, Jamie Bryant, Aaron Cashmore, Erin Passmore, Christopher Oldmeadow, Sarah Neill, Andrew Milat, Jo Mitchell, Nicole Gatt, Edwina Macoun, Sally J Ioannides and Carolyn Murray
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:532
  27. In 2013, the Shanghai Hospital Development Center issued a policy to advocate public hospitals to report their information about costs on diseases. The objective was to evaluate the impact of interhospital dis...

    Authors: Ya-jing Chen, Rui-Xin Wang, Jin-yan Tang and Xiao-hua Ying
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:531
  28. The purpose of thispaper is to explore the experiences of parents and carers of children with chronic health conditions in accessing healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic. Children with chronic conditions ty...

    Authors: Dominic Reed, Ingrid Wolfe, Jenny Greenwood and Sapfo Lignou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:530
  29. Febrile neutropenia associated with some chemotherapy regimens can lead to potentially fatal complications and high health care costs. Administration of pegfilgrastim using an On-Body Injector (OBI) may be mor...

    Authors: María Alejandra Larrarte-González, Mariana Pineda-Posada, Álvaro Andrés Gaitán, Jenny Amaya-Amaya and Kelman Ojeda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:529
  30. Emerging Technologies (ETs) have recently acquired great relevance in elderly care. The exceptional experience with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has emphasized the usefulness of ETs in the assistance and remote monitor...

    Authors: Annachiara Fasoli, Giorgia Beretta, Gabriella Pravettoni and Virginia Sanchini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:528
  31. The unprecedented increase in the nurses’ workload is one of the issues affecting the quality and safety of patient care in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The electronic nursing handover can share sufficient...

    Authors: Azadeh Tataei, Bahlol Rahimi, Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar, Vahid Alinejad, Hossein Jafarizadeh and Naser Parizad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:527
  32. A timely diagnosis is essential for improving breast cancer patients’ survival and designing targeted therapeutic plans. For this purpose, the screening timing, as well as the related waiting lists, are decisi...

    Authors: Annarita Fanizzi, Elisabetta Graps, Domenica Antonia Bavaro, Marco Farella, Samantha Bove, Francesco Campobasso, Maria Colomba Comes, Cristian Cristofaro, Daniele La Forgia, Martina Milella, Serena Iacovelli, Rossella Villani, Rahel Signorile, Alessio De Bartolo, Vito Lorusso and Raffaella Massafra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:526
  33. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) aims to ensure universal access to quality healthcare according to health needs. The extent to which population health needs are met should be a key measure for progress on UHC....

    Authors: Alok Ranjan, Sundararaman Thiagarajan and Samir Garg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:525
  34. Online health communities (OHCs) provide platforms for patients to seek advice from physicians and receive professional suggestions online. It can improve the efficiency of patients’ diagnosis of simple diseas...

    Authors: Qianyao Zhang, Runtong Zhang, Xinyi Lu and Xijing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:524
  35. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has created unprecedented havoc among health care workers, resulting in significant psychological strains like insomnia. This study aimed to analyze insomnia prevalence and job ...

    Authors: Farzana Rahman, Koustuv Dalal, Mehedi Hasan, Tariful Islam, Samiha Nahar Tuli, Asma Akter, K M Tanvir, Khairul Islam, Ashikur Rahman, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman and Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:523
  36. Needle stick injury (NSI) is the most common cause of infection with blood-borne pathogens (BBP) among healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aimed to assess the prevalence of NSI and it’s contributing factors ...

    Authors: Jamshid Roozbeh, Leila Malekmakan, Mina Mashayekh, Anahita Dehghani, Soroush Ansari, Hossein Akbarialiabad and Mehdi Mahmudpour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:521
  37. The political instability, economic crisis, and devaluation of the national currency left Lebanese females suffering from a scarcity of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs). Therefore, we aimed to identify the inci...

    Authors: Rania Itani, Hani MJ Khojah, Samar Karout, Rana Abu-Farha, Tareq L. Mukattash, Deema Rahme, Khouloud Housary, Hiam El Achi, Ali O. Safar, Ismail Karam Al Hajj and Abdalla El-Lakany
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:520
  38. Despite the large volume of scientific evidence on the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated high morbidity and mortality, little is known about the sociocultural disruptions which ensued. The c...

    Authors: Dorothy Takyiakwaa, Derek Anamaale Tuoyire, Susanna Aba Abraham, Elizabeth Ama Agyare, John Oti Amoah, Akosua Agyeiwaa Owusu-Sarpong, Kizito Omona, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah and David Teye Doku
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:519
  39. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the prevalence of deaths associated with CVD is higher than the global average, and the incidence...

    Authors: Satish Chandrasekhar Nair, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Karthik Vijayan and Halah Ibrahim
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:518
  40. Personalized Medicine (PM) is one of the main priorities of the research agenda of the European Commission and the focus of the European Coordination and Support Action titled “Integrating China into the Inter...

    Authors: Ilda Hoxhaj, Flavia Beccia, Alisha Morsella, Chiara Cadeddu, Walter Ricciardi and Stefania Boccia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:517
  41. Community Paramedicine is an evolving community-based model that expands paramedic roles from emergency and transport care to a focus on non-emergent and preventive health services tailored to local community ...

    Authors: Chinyere Mma Okoh, Leticia R. Moczygemba, Whitney Thurman, Carolyn Brown, Christopher Hanson and James O. Baffoe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:516
  42. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) decreases rehospitalization for people with COPD. However, less than 2% receive PR, partly due to lack of referral and sparsity of PR facilities. This disparity is particularly pr...

    Authors: Jennifer Polo, Melissa J. Basile, Meng Zhang, Keyla Ordonez, Danielle Rodriguez, Eugenia Boye-Codjoe, Myia Williams, Donna Tsang, Richard Medina, Sonia Jacome, Parvez Mir, Sameer Khanijo, Renee Pekmezaris and Negin Hajizadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:515
  43. The traditional method of taking Chinese Medicine involves creating a decoction by cooking medicinal Chinese herbs. However, this method has become less popular, being replaced by the more convenient method of...

    Authors: Ting-Yu Huang, Wei-Te Huang, Yu-Chuan Lin, Hao-Hsiu Hung, Shi-Chen Ou, Chin-Wei Chang, Hung-En Lin, Ting-Yen Lin, Ching-Wen Chang, Hui-Chun Hung and Sheng-Teng Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:514
  44. COVID-19 pandemic posed a major impact on the availability and affordability of essential medicines. This study aimed to assess the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the supply availability of non-c...

    Authors: Zeleke Mekonnen, Tsegaye Melaku, Gudina Terefe Tucho, Mohammed Mecha, Christine Årdal and Marianne Jahre
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:513
  45. Traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs are centre-based and clinically supervised, with their safety and effectiveness well established. Notwithstanding the established benefits, cardiac rehabilitation re...

    Authors: Sameera Senanayake, Ureni Halahakone, Bridget Abell, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Victoria McCreanor, Steven M. McPhail, Julie Redfern, Tom Briffa and William Parsonage
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:512
  46. Newly settled refugee migrants face psychological stressors stemming from pre-, during- and post-migration experiences. In Sweden, mental health promotion is part of the health module in the civic orientation ...

    Authors: Maissa Al-Adhami, Josefin Wångdahl, Raziye Salari and Eva Åkerman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:510
  47. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions, especially Medicaid expansion, are believed to have “spillover effects,” such as boosting participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) among e...

    Authors: Hyunmin Kim, Asos Mahmood, Cyril F. Chang, Noah E. Hammarlund and Aram Dobalian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:509