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  1. Outpatient care is steadily changing from hospital consultations to other platforms, such as phone consultation and online virtual clinics. It is prudent to maintain quality of care with such initiatives. Curr...

    Authors: Birgith Engelst Grove, Per Ivarsen, Annette de Thurah, Liv Marit Schougaard, Derek Kyte and Niels Henrik Hjøllund
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:631
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  2. Regional variation in medical care costs can indicate heterogeneity in clinical practice, inequities in access, or inefficiencies in service delivery. We aimed to estimate regional variation in medical costs f...

    Authors: Benjamin Enns, Jeong Eun Min, Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Julio S. G. Montaner and Bohdan Nosyk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:626
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  3. Job stress is a strong indicator of presenteeism, but few studies have examined its diverse effects and mediators on presenteeism. This study explored the relationships between job stress, public service motiv...

    Authors: Jianwei Deng, Yaxin Li, Yangyang Sun, Run Lei and Tianan Yang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:625
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  4. A physician shortage is a worldwide problem and foreign-born physicians fill in the shortage of physicians in many developed countries. One problem that is associated with the physician shortage is increased p...

    Authors: Tarja Heponiemi, Laura Hietapakka, Anu Kaihlanen and Anna-Mari Aalto
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:624
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  5. Hospital accreditation is expected to improve health care quality and patient satisfaction. However, little and conflicting evidence is currently available to support its effect on patient outcomes, particular...

    Authors: Ellie Bostwick Andres, Wen Song, Wei Song and Janice Mary Johnston
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:623
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  6. Medical errors are considered as a major threat to patient safety. To clarify medical errors’ status in Iran, a review was conducted to estimate the accurate prevalence of medical errors.

    Authors: Siavash Vaziri, Farya Fakouri, Maryam Mirzaei, Mandana Afsharian, Mohsen Azizi and Morteza Arab-Zozani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:622
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  7. Equity in medical resource utilization is a crucial concern in countries with national health insurance systems. From the perspective of an active aging framework, public health insurance is one of the pillars...

    Authors: Chiao-Lee Chu, Yu-Hua Chu, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yen-Ping Hsieh, Ching-Sung Ho, Yung-Yu Su and Chia-Nien Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:621
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  8. General practitioners (GPs) are among the most important resources of healthcare system and public health is considerably influenced by the function of this group. Income inequality among GPs considerably affe...

    Authors: Mohsen Bayati, Arash Rashidian, Yaser Sarikhani and Saeed Lohivash
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:620
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  9. To establish which major disorders are susceptible to increased mortality following acute admissions on weekends, compared with week days, and how this may be explained.

    Authors: Stephen E. Roberts, Ann John, Keir E. Lewis, Jonathan Brown, Ronan A. Lyons and John G. Williams
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:619
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  10. Client satisfaction is the best indicator of quality service provision and has been found to correlate with continuity of care perceived by the client. The measurement of client satisfaction helps in understan...

    Authors: Aregawi Gebreyesus
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:618
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  11. Long stay in forensic psychiatric hospitals is common in patients who are defined as “not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder”. However, little is known about how these patients experience and...

    Authors: Shaoling Zhong, Huijuan Guo, Yuanyuan Wang, Stephanie Cook, Yanan Chen, Chenyuli Luo, Ke Peng, Fanglan Wang, Xiaoxi Liang, Hui Chen, Qiguang Li, Jiansong Zhou, Xiaoping Wang and Runsen Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:617
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  12. In Germany, antenatal influenza vaccination is recommended since 2010, but uptake remains low. Several countries recently introduced antenatal pertussis vaccination, which is currently under consideration in G...

    Authors: Stefanie Böhm, Marianne Röbl-Mathieu, Burkhard Scheele, Michael Wojcinski, Ole Wichmann and Wiebke Hellenbrand
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:616
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  13. Despite clinical practice guideline recommendations that cardiovascular disease patients participate, cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs are highly unavailable and underutilized. This is particularly true in...

    Authors: Thaianne Cavalcante Sérvio, Raquel Rodrigues Britto, Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Lilian Pinto da Silva, Luciana Duarte Novais Silva, Márcia Maria Oliveira Lima, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira and Sherry L. Grace
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:615
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  14. This study aims to assess geographical distribution of hospitals and extent of inequalities in hospital beds against socioeconomic status (SES) of residents of five metropolitan cities in Iran.

    Authors: Yousef Chavehpour, Arash Rashidian, Abraha Woldemichael and Amirhossein Takian
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:614
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  15. The aim was to determine the feasibility of implementing a patient safety survey which measures patients’ experiences of their own safety relating to a care transition. This included limited-efficacy testing, det...

    Authors: Jason Scott, Emily Heavey, Justin Waring, Aoife De Brún and Pamela Dawson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:613
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  16. Shared decision-making (SDM) is a key principle in asthma management, but continues to be poorly implemented in routine care. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a SDM communication skills training for ...

    Authors: Evamaria Müller, Alice Diesing, Anke Rosahl, Isabelle Scholl, Martin Härter and Angela Buchholz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:612
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  17. This paper examines perinatal death reporting and reviews in Bungoma county, Kenya, where substantial progress has been made, providing important insights for wider scale up to other contexts.

    Authors: Sarah Bandali, Camille Thomas, Phidelis Wamalwa, Shanti Mahendra, Peter Kaimenyi, Osman Warfa and Nicole Fulton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:611
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  18. Even though China launched a series of measures to alleviate several financial burdens (including health insurance scheme, increased government investment, and so on), the economic burden of health expenditure...

    Authors: Ruijie Zhang, Jinghua Li, Xiaochun Du, Tianjiao Ma, Li Zhang, Qian Zhang and Fang Xia
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:610
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  20. Demand for gastrointestinal endoscopy in Australia is increasing as a result of the expanding national bowel cancer screening program and a growing, ageing population. More services are required to meet demand...

    Authors: Hannah E. Carter, Dylan Knowles, Timothy Moroney, Gerald Holtmann, Tony Rahman, Mark Appleyard, Nick Steele, Michael Zanco and Nicholas Graves
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:608
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  22. There is a disparity in the burden of gynaecological cancer for Indigenous women compared with non-Indigenous women in Australia. Understanding how Indigenous women currently experience gynaecological cancer c...

    Authors: Beverley Marcusson-Rababi, Kate Anderson, Lisa J. Whop, Tamara Butler, Nicole Whitson and Gail Garvey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:606
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  23. The number of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and related treatment costs are rapidly increasing. Consequentially, more cost-effective and efficient strategies for the treatment of T2DM are needed. On...

    Authors: Astrid N. van Smoorenburg, Dorijn F. L. Hertroijs, Tessa Dekkers, Arianne M. J. Elissen and Marijke Melles
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:605
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  24. Technology-based self-assessment (TB-SA) benefits patients and providers and has shown feasibility, ease of use, efficiency, and cost savings. A promising TB-SA, the VA eScreening program, has shown promise fo...

    Authors: James O. E. Pittman, Niloofar Afari, Elizabeth Floto, Erin Almklov, Susan Conner, Borsika Rabin and Laurie Lindamer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:604
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  25. Physician assistants/associates (PAs) are a recent innovation in acute hospital teams in England and many other countries worldwide. Although existing evidence indicates generally high levels of patient satisf...

    Authors: Francesca Taylor, Mary Halter and Vari M Drennan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:603
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  26. Primary health care (PHC) is usually the initial point of contact for individuals seeking to access health care and providers of PHC play a crucial role in the healthcare model. However, few studies have asses...

    Authors: Shizheng Du, Yuling Cao, Tong Zhou, Agus Setiawan, Myat Thandar, Virya Koy, Mohd Said Bin Nurumal, Hong Anh, Wipada Kunaviktikul and Yan Hu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:602
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  27. The economic burden of type 2 diabetes has not been adequately investigated in many low- and lower middle-income countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-of-illness of ty...

    Authors: Afsana Afroz, Khurshid Alam, Liaquat Ali, Afsana Karim, Mohammed J. Alramadan, Samira Humaira Habib, Dianna J. Magliano and Baki Billah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:601
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  28. Reuse of injection devices to give healthcare injections decreased from 39.8 to 5.5% between 2000 and 2010, but trends since 2011 have not been described. We reviewed results of Demographic and Health Surveys ...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Hayashi, Yvan J.-F. Hutin, Marc Bulterys, Arshad Altaf and Benedetta Allegranzi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:600
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  29. In Madhya Pradesh, India, the government invited private obstetric hospitals for partnership to provide intrapartum care to poor women, paid for by the state. This statewide program, the Janani Sahayogi Yojana...

    Authors: Vishal Diwan, Sudhir Chandra Joshi, Kate Jehan and Ayesha De Costa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:599
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  30. Although the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in Uganda, data on loss to follow up (LTFU) of patients in care is scanty. We aimed to estimate proportions of patients LTFU and document assoc...

    Authors: Salome Tino, Clara Wekesa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Anthony Makhoba, Raymond Mwebaze, Samuel Bengo, Rose Nabwato, Aisha Kigongo, Edward Ddumba, Billy N. Mayanja, Pontiano Kaleebu, Rob Newton and Moffat Nyerinda
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:598
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  31. Language barriers in doctor-patient interactions are still an understudied phenomenon. This is particularly true concerning interactions with immigrant physicians who are learners of the patient’s language; th...

    Authors: Damaris Borowski, Uwe Koreik, Udo Ohm, Claudia Riemer and Niels Rahe-Meyer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:597
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  32. Providing universal basic public health services (BPHS) for residents is the main goal of the new health reform in China. Lay health workers (LHWs) in primary health care (PHC) sectors play key roles in BPHS d...

    Authors: Shengxiang Liang, Haoyue Deng, Shili Liu, Geng Wang, Li Li, Mei Wang, Jie Pu, Wei Xing, Xingneng Luo, John Ehiri, Yueying Xiang and Ying Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:596
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  33. An adequate and qualified health workforce is critical for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and responding to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Frontline health workers who are mainly women, p...

    Authors: Sreytouch Vong, Bandeth Ros, Rosemary Morgan and Sally Theobald
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:595
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  34. Management for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is challenging and has poor patient outcomes. Peru has a high burden of MDR-TB. The Loreto region in the Peruvian Amazon is worst affected for reasons ...

    Authors: Thomas W. McNally, Gilles de Wildt, Graciela Meza and Connie M. D. Wiskin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:594
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  35. Health systems, globally, are attempting to strengthen primary care to promote a population-health management approach to care provision, incentivising prevention and self-management. This paper evaluates the ...

    Authors: Vishalie Shah, Jonathan Stokes and Matt Sutton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:593
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  36. The ‘Surviving Crying’ study was designed to develop and provisionally evaluate a support service for parents of excessively crying babies, including its suitability for use in the United Kingdom (UK) National...

    Authors: Deborah Bamber, Charlotte Powell, Jaqui Long, Rosie Garratt, Jayne Brown, Sally Rudge, Tom Morris, Nishal Bhupendra Jaicim, Rachel Plachcinski, Sue Dyson, Elaine M. Boyle, Nicole Turney, Joanne Chessman and Ian St. James-Roberts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:592
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  37. The key to the effective management of healthcare wastes is segregation of the waste at the point of generation; no matter what final strategy for treatment and disposal of wastes is selected, it is critical t...

    Authors: Biniyam Sahiledengle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:591
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  38. The first aim was to present descriptive data on the frequency of dental visits among older adults in Germany. The second aim was to identify the determinants of the number of dental visits using a longitudina...

    Authors: K. Spinler, G. Aarabi, R. Valdez, C. Kofahl, G. Heydecke, H.-H. König and A. Hajek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:590
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  39. No validated instruments for the evaluation of patient satisfaction in colposcopy do exist. Therefore, this study reports on the development of a Patient’s Experience and Attitude to Colposcopy questionnaire.

    Authors: Victor J. M. Pop, Tirza Wouters, Ruud L. M. Bekkers, Viola R. M. Spek and Jurgen M. J. Piek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:589
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  40. ‘Cascade training’ or ‘train-the-trainers’ has been widely utilised in the dissemination of information and expertise in health and social care, but with little examination of the work required for optimal del...

    Authors: Linda Gask, Nia Coupe and Gillian Green
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:588
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  41. Despite a growing number of adolescents and adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), little is known about service needs and barriers to services in this population. Existing research shows that y...

    Authors: Mateusz Płatos and Ewa Pisula
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:587
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  42. A number of parents in neonatal care are foreign-born and do not speak the local language, which makes communication between healthcare professionals and parents more difficult. Interpreters can be used when l...

    Authors: Katarina Patriksson, Helena Wigert, Marie Berg and Stefan Nilsson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:586
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  43. Influenza-like illnesses (ILIs) and lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide.

    Authors: Cecilia Trucchi, Chiara Paganino, Andrea Orsi, Daniela Amicizia, Valentino Tisa, Maria Francesca Piazza, Domenico Gallo, Simona Simonetti, Bruno Buonopane, Giancarlo Icardi and Filippo Ansaldi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:585
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  44. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic is growing rapidly among South African adolescents and young adults (AYA). Although HIV counselling and testing, HIV prevention and treatment options are widely ...

    Authors: Philip Smith, Tsidiso Tolla, Rebecca Marcus and Linda-Gail Bekker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:584
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  45. Medication safety in cancer patients receiving complex medication regimens is an important problem in various settings. Medication related events, interceptions and interventions are not well described in this...

    Authors: Marium Azim, Ahmad Khan, Tahir Mehmood Khan and Mohammad Kamran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:583
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  47. In the original publication of this article [1], the first name of the 3rd author is wrong.

    Authors: Gregory M. Peterson, Grant Russell, Jan C. Radford, Nick Zwar, Danielle Mazza, Simon Eckermann, Judy Mullan, Marijka J. Batterham, Athena Hammond and Andrew Bonney
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:581
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    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:529

  48. Care-seeking behavior is widely acknowledged to have strong influences on health outcomes among individuals with chronic conditions including diabetes. Despite its dynamic nature, care seeking behavior are oft...

    Authors: Tzu-Ho Tsai, Nicole Huang, I-Feng Lin and Yiing-Jenq Chou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:580
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  49. Clean Cut is a six month, multi-modal, adaptive intervention aimed at reducing surgical infections through improving six critical perioperative processes: 1) handwashing/skin preparation, 2) surgical gown/drap...

    Authors: Aviva S. Mattingly, Nichole Starr, Senait Bitew, Jared A. Forrester, Tihitena Negussie, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell and Thomas G. Weiser
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:579
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  50. Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune chronic enteropathy of the small intestine caused by exposure to gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. CD is not easy to diagnose due to its unspecific symptomatol...

    Authors: Ricardo Fueyo-Díaz, Rosa Magallón-Botaya, Barbara Masluk, Guillermo Palacios-Navarro, Angela Asensio-Martínez, Santiago Gascón-Santos, Bárbara Olivan-Blázquez and Juan José Sebastián-Domingo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:578
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