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  1. Admitted patients with chronic disease are at high risk of an unplanned hospital readmission, however, little research has examined unplanned readmission among Aboriginal people in Australia. This study aimed ...

    Authors: Amanda Jayakody, Christopher Oldmeadow, Mariko Carey, Jamie Bryant, Tiffany Evans, Stephen Ella, John Attia and Rob Sanson-Fisher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:893
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  2. Uptake of clinical guideline recommendations into routine practice requires changes in attitudes and behaviors of the health care providers. The World Health Organization (WHO) has heavily invested in public h...

    Authors: Edith K. Wakida, Celestino Obua, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, Samuel Maling, Zohray M. Talib and Elialilia S. Okello
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:890
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  3. Delivering interventions is the main task of health systems whose accurate measurement is an essential input into tracking performance. Recently, the concept of effective coverage was introduced by World Healt...

    Authors: Ali Jannati, Vahideh Sadeghi, Ali Imani and Mohammad Saadati
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:886
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  4. Cervical cancer screening (CCS) is an important health service intervention for prevention of morbidity and mortality from invasive cervical cancer. The role of provider recommendation and referral is critical...

    Authors: Jonah Musa, Chad J. Achenbach, Charlesnika T. Evans, Neil Jordan, Patrick H. Daru, Lifang Hou, Robert L. Murphy, Isaac F. Adewole and Melissa A. Simon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:885
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  5. Medication errors have been the largest component of medical errors threatening patient safety worldwide. Several international health bodies advocate measuring safety culture within healthcare organizations a...

    Authors: Fatemah Mohammad Alsaleh, Eman Ali Abahussain, Hamed Hamdi Altabaa, Mohammed Faisal Al-Bazzaz and Noor Barak Almandil
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:884
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  7. Implementation science measures are rarely used by stakeholders to inform and enhance clinical program change. Little is known about what makes implementation measures pragmatic (i.e., practical) for use in co...

    Authors: Cameo F. Stanick, Heather M. Halko, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Bryan J. Weiner, Byron J. Powell, Lawrence A. Palinkas and Cara C. Lewis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:882
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  8. It is essential to study post-stroke healthcare utilization trajectories from a stroke patient caregiver dyadic perspective to improve healthcare delivery, practices and eventually improve long-term outcomes f...

    Authors: Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh, Luo Nan, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Helen Hoenig, David B. Matchar, Joanne Yoong, Eric A. Finkelstein, Kim En Lee, N. Venketasubramanian, Edward Menon, Kin Ming Chan, Deidre Anne De Silva, Philip Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Effie Chew…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:881
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  9. Treatment of stroke patients in stroke units has increased and studies have shown improved outcomes. However, a large share of patients in Germany is still treated in hospitals without stroke unit. The effects...

    Authors: Christoph Pross, Elke Berger, Martin Siegel, Alexander Geissler and Reinhard Busse
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:880
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  10. Even though integrating mental health into maternal and child health (MCH) is widely accepted as a means of closing the treatment gap for maternal mental health conditions in low- and middle-income countries (...

    Authors: Olatunde O. Ayinde, Bibilola D. Oladeji, Jibril Abdulmalik, Keely Jordan, Lola Kola and Oye Gureje
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:879
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  11. Delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation may allow the emergence of new cases by transmission to the community, and is one of the challenges facing programme management of drug resistance in Myanmar. This ...

    Authors: Ye Minn Htun, Tin Mi Mi Khaing, Yin Yin, Zaw Myint, Si Thu Aung, Tin Maung Hlaing, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Udomsak Silachamroon, Yuthichai Kasetjaroen and Jaranit Kaewkungwal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:878
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  12. Health service providers should understand and attend to the health literacy needs of their population in view of the known association between low health literacy and poorer health outcomes. This study aimed ...

    Authors: Allison Bourne, Shehzaad Peerbux, Rebecca Jessup, Margaret Staples, Alison Beauchamp and Rachelle Buchbinder
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:877
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  13. Various actions have been taken during the last decade to increase the number of organs from deceased donors available for transplantation in Switzerland. This study provides an overview on key figures of the ...

    Authors: Julius Weiss, Andreas Elmer, Markus Béchir, Christian Brunner, Philippe Eckert, Susann Endermann, Renato Lenherr, Mathias Nebiker, Kai Tisljar, Christoph Haberthür and Franz F. Immer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:876
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  14. To compare the impact of implementing team-based diabetes care management involving community health workers (CHWs) vs. medical assistants (MA) in community health centers (CHCs) on diabetes care processes, in...

    Authors: Hector P. Rodriguez, Mark W. Friedberg, Arturo Vargas-Bustamante, Xiao Chen, Ana E. Martinez and Dylan H. Roby
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:875
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  15. An interprofessional medication adherence program (IMAP) for chronic patients was developed and successfully implemented in the community pharmacy of the Department of ambulatory care and community medicine (L...

    Authors: Mélanie Lelubre, Olivier Clerc, Marielle Grosjean, Karim Amighi, Carine De Vriese, Olivier Bugnon and Marie-Paule Schneider
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:874
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  16. The development of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) has resulted in rapid advances in the treatment of infertility. However, a systematic assessment of ART and its processes and outcomes in China has nev...

    Authors: Yuan-Yuan Fang, Qi-Jun Wu, Tie-Ning Zhang, Tian-Ren Wang, Zi-Qi Shen, Jiao Jiao, Xiao-Guang Shao, Peng Xu, Shuai-Shuai Guo, Yi-Ming Zhou, Xiu-Xia Wang and Da Li
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:873
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  17. Assessing patients’ experience with primary care complements measures of clinical health outcomes in evaluating service performance. Measuring patients’ experience and satisfaction are among Malawi’s health se...

    Authors: Luckson Dullie, Eivind Meland, Thomas Mildestvedt, Øystein Hetlevik and Sturla Gjesdal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:872
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  18. Chronic disease has become one of the leading causes of poverty in China, which posed heavy economic burden on individuals, households and society, and accounts for an estimated 80% of deaths and 70% of disabi...

    Authors: Xin Lan, Zhongliang Zhou, Yafei Si, Chi Shen, Xiaojing Fan, Gang Chen, Dantong Zhao and Xi Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:871
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  19. The concept of a weekend effect, poorer outcomes for patients admitted to hospitals at the weekend is not new, but is the focus of debate in England. Many studies have been published which consider outcomes fo...

    Authors: Kate Honeyford, Elizabeth Cecil, Michelle Lo, Alex Bottle and Paul Aylin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:870
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  20. Many people wait long periods for community outpatient services. However little is known about the impact of waiting from referral to first visit on patient outcomes. The aim of this systematic review is to in...

    Authors: Annie K. Lewis, Katherine E. Harding, David A. Snowdon and Nicholas F. Taylor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:869
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  21. Patient medicines helplines provide a means of accessing medicines-related support following hospital discharge. However, it is unknown how many National Health Service (NHS) Trusts currently provide a helplin...

    Authors: Matt Williams, Abbie Jordan, Jenny Scott and Matthew D. Jones
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:868
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  22. Strengthening routine information systems for mental health can augment scale up of community mental health services in India and other low- and middle-income countries. Currently little routine data is availa...

    Authors: Shalini Ahuja, Petra C. Gronholm, Rahul Shidhaye, Mark Jordans and Graham Thornicroft
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:867
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  23. International guidance on models of care stress the importance of good quality, continuous patient-provider relationships to support high quality and efficient care and hospital avoidance. However, assessing t...

    Authors: Lauren E. Ball, Katelyn A. Barnes, Lisa Crossland, Caroline Nicholson and Claire Jackson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:866
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  24. Although most pregnant women in Rwanda visit antenatal care (ANC) clinics, little has been studied about the quality of services being provided. We investigated the ANC providers’ (HCPs) current practices in r...

    Authors: Akashi Andrew Rurangirwa, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Kaymarlin Govender and Gunilla Krantz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:865
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  25. Day care services offer meaningful activities, a safe environment for attendees and respite for family caregivers while being expected to delay the need for nursing home (NH) admission. However, previous resea...

    Authors: Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Knut Engedal, Øyvind Kirkevold, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth and Geir Selbæk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:864
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  26. Many studies have investigated the presence of a ‘weekend effect’ in mortality following hospital admission, and these frequently use diagnostic codes from administrative data for information on comorbidities ...

    Authors: Therese Lloyd, Sarah R. Deeny and Adam Steventon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:863
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  28. Much of the research on high-cost patients in healthcare has taken a static approach to studying what is actually a dynamic process. High-cost patients often utilize services across multiple sectors along care...

    Authors: Deborah Cohen, Walter P. Wodchis and Andrew Calzavara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:861
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  29. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat. Primary care physicians are important inducers of the overuse of antimicrobials and inappropriate prescribing. Augmented reality (AR) might pro...

    Authors: Egui Zhu, Uno Fors and Åsa Smedberg
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:860
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  30. Many asylum-seekers to Denmark come from war-torn countries where conflict and insufficient health care infrastructures disrupt vaccine programmes and result in very few children and their families presenting ...

    Authors: Cathrine S. Nakken, Marie Norredam and Morten Skovdal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:859
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  31. Social accountability interventions such as CARE’s Community Score Card© show promise for improving sexual, reproductive, and maternal health outcomes. A key component of the intervention is creation of spaces...

    Authors: Sara Gullo, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Christine Galavotti, Thumbiko Msiska, C. Nathan Marti and Philip Hastings
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:858
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  32. A multitude of theories, models and frameworks relating to implementing evidence-based practice in health care exist, which can be overwhelming for clinicians and clinical researchers new to the field of imple...

    Authors: Elizabeth A. Lynch, Alison Mudge, Sarah Knowles, Alison L. Kitson, Sarah C. Hunter and Gill Harvey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:857
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  33. Since 2008, updated perioperative blood management (PoBM) guidelines have been implemented in Zhejiang, China. These guidelines ensure that the limited blood resources meet increasing clinical needs and patien...

    Authors: Yuanyuan Yao, Jun Li, Mingcang Wang, Zhonghua Chen, Weixing Wang, Lipei Lei, Changshun Huang, Ming Yao, Guihua Yuan and Min Yan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:856
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  34. Diabetes remains a growing public health threat but evidence supports the role that pharmacists can play in improving diabetes medication use and outcomes. To improve the quality of care, the Veterans Health A...

    Authors: Justin D. Gatwood, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Robert Davis, Fridtjof Thomas, Praveen Potukuchi, Adriana Hung, M. Shawn McFarland and Csaba P. Kovesdy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:855
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  35. Both conventional health care providers and complementary therapists treat cancer patients. To provide effective treatment, both types of providers should to be familiar with their own as well as alternative t...

    Authors: Trine Stub, Sara A. Quandt, Thomas A. Arcury, Joanne C. Sandberg and Agnete E. Kristoffersen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:854
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  36. Over the last decade, the vaccination rates amongst the general population in Slovenia were declining. According to the World Health Organisation, the vaccination rates amongst healthcare workers are also low ...

    Authors: Davorina Petek and Kristina Kamnik-Jug
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:853
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  37. Amongst psychiatric patients, the leading causes of reduced quality of life and premature death are chronic viral infections and cardiovascular diseases. In spite of this, there are extremely high levels of di...

    Authors: Dawit Shawel Abebe, Jon Ivar Elstad and Lars Lien
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:852
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  38. Generic drug substitution is a public health policy challenge with high economic potential. Generic drugs are generally cheaper than brand-name drugs. Drugs are a significant part of the total health expenditu...

    Authors: Virgil Beauvais, Annabelle Marque, Guillaume Ferté, Jan Chrusciel, Julie Souille, Pierre Nazeyrollas and Stéphane Sanchez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:850
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  39. To assess antimicrobial prescribing in a Northern Ireland hospital (Antrim Area Hospital (AAH)) and compare them with those of a hospital in Jordan (Specialty Hospital).

    Authors: Feras Darwish Elhajji, Ghaith M. Al-Taani, Lana Anani, Sahar Al-Masri, Haneen Abdalaziz, Su’ad H. Qabba’h, Abdel Qader Al Bawab, Michael Scott, David Farren, Fiona Gilmore, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens and Mamoon A. Aldeyab
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:849
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) have been instrumental in the rapid acceleration of HIV prevention, treatment access, and availability of care and support services for people living with HIV (PLH) in low and ...

    Authors: Julia Dickson-Gomez, Laura A. Glasman, Gloria Bodnar and Molly Murphy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:848
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. Health systems in the United States are increasingly required to become leaders in quality to compete successfully in a value-conscious purchasing market. Doing so involves developing effective clinical teams ...

    Authors: Nancy Pandhi, Sally Kraft, Stephanie Berkson, Sarah Davis, Sandra Kamnetz, Steven Koslov, Elizabeth Trowbridge and William Caplan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:847
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  42. In an attempt to assess the effects of the Ebola viral disease (EVD) on hospital functions in Sierra Leone, the aim of this study was to evaluate changes in provisions of surgery and non-Ebola admissions durin...

    Authors: Håkon A. Bolkan, Alex van Duinen, Mohammed Samai, Donald Alpha Bash-Taqi, Ibrahim Gassama, Bart Waalewijn, Arne Wibe and Johan von Schreeb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:846
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  43. Access to primary care is an important determinant of health, and data are sparse on primary care utilization for people who experience imprisonment. We aimed to describe primary care utilization for persons r...

    Authors: Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian, Stephanie Y. Cheng, Kinwah Fung, Stephen Humphreys-Mahaffey, Aaron M. Orkin, Claire Kendall, Lori Kiefer, Flora I. Matheson, Samantha E. Green and Stephen W. Hwang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:845
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  44. China has made great achievements in health insurance coverage and healthcare financing; however, the rate of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) was 13.0% in China in 2008, which is higher than that in some...

    Authors: Xuemei Zhen, Hao Zhang, Xiaoqian Hu, Shuyan Gu, Yuanyuan Li, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Xueshan Sun, Jingming Wei and Hengjin Dong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:844
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  45. The foreign-born population in Norway displays considerable diversity in terms of source country, socioeconomic status and settlement experience. This study assessed the consequences of this diversity for the ...

    Authors: Jon Erik Finnvold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:843
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  46. Out-of-pocket expenditure constitutes high proportion of healthcare spending in low-income countries. It can affect patients’ adherence to treatments leading to serious health consequences. The objective of th...

    Authors: Fitsum Sebsibe Teni, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Eshetie Melese Birru, Sewunet Admasu Belachew, Yonas Getaye Tefera, Befikadu Legesse Wubishet, Bethelhem Hailu Tekleyes and Bilal Tessema Yimer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:842
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  47. Generals practitioners (GPs) and district nurses (DNs) play a leading role in providing palliative care at home. Many services and facilities are available to support them in providing this complex care. This ...

    Authors: Ian Koper, H. Roeline W. Pasman and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:841
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  48. The referral service is a significant component of healthcare reform in China, and the measurement of patient satisfaction with the referral service process will help to improve the quality of referral medical...

    Authors: Xinli Zhang, Tianjin Wang, Yu Yu and Shuzhen Zhao
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:840
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  49. The field of acceptability of health services is emerging and growing in coherence. But there are gaps, including relatively little integration of elements of acceptability. This study attempted to analyse col...

    Authors: Blaise Joy Bucyibaruta, John Eyles, Bronwyn Harris, Gaëtan Kabera, Kafayat Oboirien and Benon Ngyende
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:839
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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