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  1. Little is known about the contextual factors affecting the uptake of evidence-based chronic disease interventions in the United States and in other countries. This study sought to better understand the context...

    Authors: Elizabeth L. Budd, Anna J. deRuyter, Zhaoxin Wang, Pauline Sung-Chan, Xiangji Ying, Karishma S. Furtado, Tahna Pettman, Rebecca Armstrong, Rodrigo S. Reis, Jianwei Shi, Tabitha Mui, Tahnee Saunders, Leonardo Becker and Ross C. Brownson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:233
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  3. Informal caregivers’ (CGs’) subjective burden is an important aspect of the care situation because it is linked to various outcomes such as health, mortality risk, institutionalization, and caregiving style. T...

    Authors: Anna Pendergrass, Cintia Malnis, Uta Graf, Sabine Engel and Elmar Graessel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:229
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  4. Pain assessment and management in advanced and end-stage dementia are challenging; patients are at risk of under-diagnosis, under-assessment and under-treatment. Previous research has highlighted the importanc...

    Authors: Bannin De Witt Jansen, Kevin Brazil, Peter Passmore, Hilary Buchanan, Doreen Maxwell, Sonja J. McIlfatrick, Sharon M. Morgan, Max Watson and Carole Parsons
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:228
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  5. Implementation of interventions concerning prevention and health promotion in health care has faced particular challenges resulting in a low frequency and quality of these services. In November 2011, the Swedi...

    Authors: Therese Kardakis, Lars Jerdén, Monica E. Nyström, Lars Weinehall and Helene Johansson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:227
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  6. Users of care services are increasingly participating in inspections of the quality of care. In practice, incorporating service users’ views is difficult, as users may have other views on good care than inspec...

    Authors: Suzanne Rutz, Hester van de Bovenkamp, Simone Buitendijk, Paul Robben and Antoinette de Bont
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:226
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  7. Patient’s satisfaction occurs when patients feel their needs and expectations are being meet by the service delivery they receive in health institutions. The Objective of this research was to assess HIV/AIDS p...

    Authors: Kiflay Gebremariam Atsebeha and Daniel Haile Chercos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:223
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  8. The experience of having their new-borns admitted to an intensive care unit (NICU) can be extremely distressing. Subsequent risk of post-incident-adjustment difficulties are increased for parents, siblings, an...

    Authors: Inger Hilde Hagen, Marit Følsvik Svindseth, Erik Nesset, Roderick Orner and Valentina Cabral Iversen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:222
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  10. This study examined access to digital technologies, skills and experience, and preferences for using web-based and other digital technologies to obtain health information and advice among older adults in a lar...

    Authors: Nancy P. Gordon and Mark C. Hornbrook
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:220
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  11. Home-based care is used in many countries to increase quality of life and limit hospital stay, particularly where public health services are overburdened. Home-based care objectives for HIV/AIDS can include me...

    Authors: Elizabeth M. Wood, Babalwa Zani, Tonya M. Esterhuizen and Taryn Young
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:219
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  12. This study aimed to examine the availability, use, and affordability of medicines in urban China following the 2009 Health Care System Reform that included implementation of universal health coverage (UHC).

    Authors: Yunyu Huang, Youfen Jiang, Luying Zhang, Wenhui Mao, Job F. M. van Boven, Maarten J. Postma and Wen Chen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:218
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  13. Patient satisfaction is associated with both individual (patients and health workers) and organizational (health facilities) characteristics. This study aimed to establish a link between patient satisfaction a...

    Authors: Change Xiong, Xiao Chen, Xinyuan Zhao and Chaojie Liu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:217
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  15. Although depression and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are expected to be common among patients presenting to primary health care setting, there is limited research on prevalence of depression and AUD among people...

    Authors: Nagendra P. Luitel, Emily C. Baron, Brandon A. Kohrt, Ivan H. Komproe and Mark J. D. Jordans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:215
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  16. The STarT-Back-Approach (STarT: Subgroups for Targeted Treatment) was developed in the UK and has demonstrated clinical and cost effectiveness. Based on the results of a brief questionnaire, patients with low bac...

    Authors: Sven Karstens, Pauline Kuithan, Stefanie Joos, Jonathan C. Hill, Michel Wensing, Jost Steinhäuser, Katja Krug and Joachim Szecsenyi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:214
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  17. When a patient in a provider network seeks services outside of their community, the community experiences a leakage. Leakage is undesirable as it typically leads to higher out-of-network cost for patient and i...

    Authors: Yuchen Zheng, Kun Lin, Thomas White, Jeremy Pickreign and Gigi Yuen-Reed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:213
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  18. In recent years, an increasing number of states have enacted laws that impose specific requirements for facilities in which abortions are performed. In this study, we sought to understand the processes used to...

    Authors: Nancy F. Berglas and Sarah C. M. Roberts
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:212
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  19. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of a ‘supply on demand’-distribution strategy, compared to an ‘unsolicited supply’-distribution strategy, on the use of a care booklet and...

    Authors: Aniek A. O. M. Claassen, Cornelia H. M. van den Ende, Jorit J. L. Meesters, Sanne Pellegrom, Brigitte M. Kaarls-Ohms, Jacoba Vooijs, Gerardine E. M. P. Willemsen-de Mey and Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:211
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  20. The role of the “debrief” to address issues related to patient safety and systematic flaws in care is frequently overlooked. In our study, we interview surgical leaders who have developed successful strategies...

    Authors: Mary E. Brindle, Natalie Henrich, Andrew Foster, Stanley Marks, Michael Rose, Robert Welsh and William Berry
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:210
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  21. Proper implementation of evidence-based interventions is necessary for their full impact to be realized. However, the majority of research to date has overlooked facilitators and barriers existing outside the ...

    Authors: Dennis P. Watson, Erin L. Adams, Sarah Shue, Heather Coates, Alan McGuire, Jeremy Chesher, Joanna Jackson and Ogbonnaya I. Omenka
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:209
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  22. Hypertension (HT) is a major risk factor, and accessible and effective HT screening services are necessary. The effective coverage framework is an assessment tool that can be used to assess health service perf...

    Authors: Kulpimol Charoendee, Jiruth Sriratanaban, Wichai Aekplakorn and Piya Hanvoravongchai
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:208
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  23. In most health systems, Community Health Workers (CHWs) identify and screen for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the community. This study aimed to investigate the potential of integrating SAM identification...

    Authors: J. L. Alvarez Morán, G. B. Franck Alé, P. Charle, N. Sessions, S. Doumbia and S. Guerrero
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:207
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  24. Despite strong evidence for beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) in chronic heart failure (CHF), they have been under-utilised especially in ...

    Authors: Chong Chyn Chua, Anastasia Hutchinson, Mark Tacey, Sumit Parikh, Wen Kwang Lim and Craig Aboltins
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:206
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  25. Perinatal depression is common in low and middle income countries (LAMICs). Task sharing interventions have been implemented to treat perinatal depression in these settings, as a way of dealing with staff shor...

    Authors: Memory Munodawafa, Sumaya Mall, Crick Lund and Marguerite Schneider
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:205
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  26. Population-based patterns of care studies are important for trauma care but conducting them is expensive and resource-intensive. Linkage of routinely collected administrative health data may provide an efficie...

    Authors: Jane Wu, Steven G. Faux, Christopher J. Poulos and Ian Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:204
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  27. Children and young people (CYP) with learning disabilities (LD) are a vulnerable population with increased risk of abuse and accidental injury and whose parents have reported concerns about the quality, safety...

    Authors: Kate Oulton, Faith Gibson, Lucinda Carr, Angela Hassiotis, Carey Jewitt, Charlotte Kenten, Jessica Russell, Mark Whiting, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne and Jo Wray
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:203
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  28. In special circumstances, establishing public private partnerships for malaria elimination may achieve targets faster than the state sector acting by itself. Following the end of the separatist war in Sri Lank...

    Authors: Deepika Fernando, Pandu Wijeyaratne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Rabindra R. Abeyasinghe, Gawrie N. L. Galappaththy, Renu Wickremasinghe, M. Hapugoda, W. A. Abeywickrema and Chaturaka Rodrigo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:202
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  29. Research in criminology and social-psychology supports the idea that visible signs of disorder, both physical and social, may perpetuate further disorder, leading to neighborhood incivilities, petty violations...

    Authors: Kate Churruca, Louise A. Ellis and Jeffrey Braithwaite
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:201
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  30. A growing number of Local Authorities (LAs) have introduced integrated wellness services as part of efforts to deliver cost effective, preventive services that address the social determinants of health. This s...

    Authors: M. Cheetham, P. Van der Graaf, B. Khazaeli, E. Gibson, A. Wiseman and R. Rushmer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:200
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  31. The aim of this study was to develop a tool to support health workers’ ability to identify patients’ multidimensional health literacy strengths and challenges. The tool was intended to be suitable for administ...

    Authors: Jonathan O’Hara, Melanie Hawkins, Roy Batterham, Sarity Dodson, Richard H. Osborne and Alison Beauchamp
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:199
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  34. The method, Swedish Physical Activity on Prescription (SPAP), has been launched in Swedish healthcare to promote physical activity for prevention and treatment of lifestyle related health disorders. Despite sc...

    Authors: Catharina Gustavsson, Maria Nordqvist, Kristina Bröms, Lars Jerdén, Lena V. Kallings and Lars Wallin
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:196
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  35. Research investigating interprofessional practice (IPP) frameworks has predominately focused on the service delivery of IPP or educating practitioners through interprofessional education. Minimal research has ...

    Authors: G. A. O’Sullivan, Clare Hanlon, T. Dentry, T. Morris and L. Banting
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:195
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  36. Like other sectors, the healthcare sector has to deal with the issue of users’ acceptance of IT. In healthcare, different factors affecting healthcare professionals’ acceptance of software applications have be...

    Authors: Claudio Vitari and Roxana Ologeanu-Taddei
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:194
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  37. The purpose of this correspondence is to describe how the positive-deviance approach can be used to translate evidence into practice, based on successive studies conducted in Ethiopia. In earlier studies, it w...

    Authors: Yibeltal Assefa, Peter S. Hill, Helmut Kloos, Gorik Ooms and Wim Van Damme
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:193
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  38. Complexity thinking is increasingly being embraced in healthcare, which is often described as a complex adaptive system (CAS). Applying CAS to healthcare as an explanatory model for understanding the nature of...

    Authors: Sobia Khan, Ashley Vandermorris, John Shepherd, James W. Begun, Holly Jordan Lanham, Mary Uhl-Bien and Whitney Berta
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:192
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  39. Waiting times for an outpatient appointment in Germany differ between insurants of the statutory and private health insurance schemes, especially for specialised care. The aim of this study was to uncover poss...

    Authors: Andres Luque Ramos, Falk Hoffmann and Ove Spreckelsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:191
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  40. Housing First is an effective intervention to stably house and alter service use patterns in a large proportion of homeless people with mental illness. However, it is unknown whether there are differences in t...

    Authors: Nick Kerman, John Sylvestre, Tim Aubry and Jino Distasio
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:190
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  41. Quality systems are believed to be positively related to quality and safety in healthcare. However, there is no convincing evidence for this relationship in the literature. This study aims to examine the assoc...

    Authors: Steffie M. van Schoten, Janneke Hoogervorst-Schilp, Peter P. Groenewegen, Peter Spreeuwenberg and Cordula Wagner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:189
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  42. Workforce planning in the British healthcare system (NHS) is associated with significant costs of agency staff employment. The introduction of a novel software (ABG) as a ‘people to people economy’ (P2PE) plat...

    Authors: Iakovos Theodoulou, Akshaya Mohan Reddy and Jeremy Wong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:188
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  43. The perception of male involvement (MI) in maternal child health services is multifaceted and differs among varying programs and populations. In the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) context, ...

    Authors: Alinane L. Nyondo-Mipando, Angela F. Chimwaza and Adamson S. Muula
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:187
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  44. Three-quarters of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban population currently live under slum conditions making them susceptible to ill health and diseases. Ghana characterizes the situation in many developing countries w...

    Authors: Adanna Uloaku Nwameme, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong and Philip Baba Adongo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:186
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  45. In almost all healthcare systems, no-shows (scheduled appointments missed without any notice from patients) have a negative impact on waiting lists, costs and resource utilization, impairing the quality and qu...

    Authors: Chiara Anna Parente, Domenico Salvatore, Giampiero Maria Gallo and Fabrizio Cipollini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:185
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  46. Maternal morbidity and mortality is most prevalent in resource-poor settings such as sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is one of the countries still facing particular challenge...

    Authors: Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri, Mary Carolan-Olah, John Koku Awoonor-Williams and Terence V. McCann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:184
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  47. In Switzerland, the issue of young carers and young adult carers - young people under the age of 18 and 24 respectively, who take on significant or substantial caring tasks and levels of responsibility that wo...

    Authors: Agnes Leu, Corinna Jung, Marianne Frech, Joe Sempik, Urs Moser, Martin Verner and Saul Becker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:183
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  48. Smoking cessation services provide support to smokers who desire to quit. Published studies to date have looked at the cost and benefit of service provision but typically focus on clinical trial data. Using ro...

    Authors: Neil Walker, Yaling Yang, Vasiliki Kiparoglou, Subhash Pokhrel, Hayley Robinson and Hugo van Woerden
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:182
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  49. Recently, patient engagement has been identified as a promising strategy for supporting healthcare planning. However, the context and structure of universalistic, “one-size-fits-all” approaches often used for ...

    Authors: M. Elizabeth Snow, Katherine Tweedie and Ann Pederson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:181
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  50. Physician and nursing shortages in acute and critical care settings require research on factors which might drive their commitment, an important predictor of absenteeism and turnover. However, the degree to wh...

    Authors: Felix Miedaner, Ludwig Kuntz, Christian Enke, Bernhard Roth and Anika Nitzsche
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:180
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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