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  1. Improved organization of trauma care in the acute phase has reduced mortality of trauma patients. However, there has been limited attention for the optimal organization of post-clinical rehabilitation of traum...

    Authors: Suzanne H. Wiertsema, Johanna M. van Dongen, Edwin Geleijn, Maaike Schothorst, Frank W. Bloemers, Vincent de Groot and Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:99
  2. The “Triple Aim” – provision of a better care experience and improved population health at a lower cost – may be theoretically sound, but paradoxical in practice as it forces together the logics of management ...

    Authors: Marie Höjriis Storkholm, Pamela Mazzocato, Mairi Savage and Carl Savage
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:98
  3. Indigenous peoples experience worse health and die at younger ages than their non-indigenous counterparts. Ethnicity data enables health services to identify inequalities experienced by minority populations an...

    Authors: Heike Schütze, Lisa Jackson Pulver and Mark Harris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:95
  4. Persons with dementia have described life in nursing home as difficult and lonely. Persons with dementia often reside in nursing homes for several years; therefore, knowledge is needed about how quality of lif...

    Authors: Marit Mjørud, Knut Engedal, Janne Røsvik and Marit Kirkevold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:93
  5. The attention for preconception care (PCC) has grown substantially in recent years, yet PCC is far from routine in daily practice. One of the major challenges for the implementation of PCC is to identify how i...

    Authors: M. Poels, M.P.H. Koster, A. Franx and H.F. van Stel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:92
  6. In spite of a well-developed welfare system in Sweden, there are important health divides between residential areas in Stockholm county, with shorter life expectancy in disadvantaged areas. These socioeconomic...

    Authors: Bo Burström, Anneli Marttila, Asli Kulane, Lene Lindberg and Kristina Burström
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:91
  7. There is little research regarding the ability of Black men who have sex with men and women (BMSMW) to access and maintain HIV-related health care and treatment adherence. This population, who often insist on ...

    Authors: Emily A. Arnold, John Weeks, Michael Benjamin, William R. Stewart, Lance M. Pollack, Susan M. Kegeles and Don Operario
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:90
  8. The use of economic evaluations in healthcare decision-making can potentially help decision-makers in allocating scarce resources as efficiently as possible. Over a decade ago, the use of such studies was foun...

    Authors: Kitty J. Roseboom, Johanna M. van Dongen, Emile Tompa, Maurits W. van Tulder and Judith E. Bosmans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:89
  9. It is increasingly acknowledged that ‘acceptability’ should be considered when designing, evaluating and implementing healthcare interventions. However, the published literature offers little guidance on how t...

    Authors: Mandeep Sekhon, Martin Cartwright and Jill J. Francis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:88
  10. Less than one-third of patients who are estimated to be infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) receive MDR-TB treatment regimens, and only 48% of those who received treatment have successful o...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Lu, Caitlin Smare, Chrispin Kambili, Antoine C. El Khoury and Lara J. Wolfson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:87
  11. Improving safety in care homes is becoming increasingly important. Care home residents typically have multiple physical and/or cognitive impairments, and adverse events like falls often lead to hospital attend...

    Authors: Sarah Damery, Sarah Flanagan, Kiran Rai and Gill Combes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:86
  12. Despite improvements since 1990 to 2014, maternal mortality ratio (MMR) remains high in Ethiopia. One of the key drivers of maternal mortality in Ethiopia is the very low coverage of Skilled Birth attendance (...

    Authors: Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Henok Taddese, Tariku Nigatu, Girma Tenkolu, Joshua P. Vogel, Dina Khan-Neelofur, Sibhatu Biadgilign and Amare Deribew
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:85
  13. The traditional system of routine outpatient follow-up of chronic disease in secondary care may involve a waste of resources if patients are well. The use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) could support more ...

    Authors: Liv Marit Valen Schougaard, Caroline Trillingsgaard Mejdahl, Klaus Hvam Petersen, Anne Jessen, Annette de Thurah, Per Sidenius, Kirsten Lomborg and Niels Henrik Hjollund
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:83
  14. The Child and Youth Mental Health (ChYMH) assessment system was developed by interRAI (i.e., an international collective of researchers and clinicians from over thirty countries) in response to the unprecedent...

    Authors: Shannon L. Stewart and Chloe A. Hamza
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:82
  15. Despite abundant literature on the different aspects of health care complaint management systems in high-income countries, little is known about this area in less developed health care systems and most researc...

    Authors: Gagan Gurung, Sarah Derrett, Robin Gauld and Philip C. Hill
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:81
  16. While current debates on how to deliver sustainable health care recognise socio-economic dimensions to health service use, attention has focussed on how to reduce demand for services. However, the measures of ...

    Authors: Elizabeth Hoon, Clarabelle Pham, Justin Beilby and Jonathan Karnon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:80
  17. Evidence suggests that the process of taking part in health research can improve participants’ health, independent of any intended intervention. However, no research has yet explored whether these effects diff...

    Authors: Annie Quick, Jan R. Böhnke, John Wright and Kate E. Pickett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:79
  18. Diabetes is associated with premature death and a number of serious complications. The presence of comorbid depression makes these outcomes more likely and results in increased healthcare costs. The aim of thi...

    Authors: Ben Kearns, R. Rafia, J. Leaviss, L. Preston, J.E. Brazier, S. Palmer and R. Ara
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:78
  19. The quality standards of the Dutch Society of Intensive Care require monitoring of the satisfaction of patient’s relatives with respect to care. Currently, no suitable instrument is available in the Netherland...

    Authors: Ans Rensen, Margo M. van Mol, Ilse Menheere, Marjan D. Nijkamp, Ellen Verhoogt, Bea Maris, Willeke Manders, Lilian Vloet and Lisbeth Verharen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:77
  20. There have been only limited studies assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS in terms of direct costs, and there has been no published study related to productivity costs in Nepal. Therefore, this study expl...

    Authors: Ak Narayan Poudel, David Newlands and Padam Simkhada
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:76
  21. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used by clinical quality registries to assess patients’ perspectives of care outcomes and quality of life. PROMs can be assessed through a self-administered survey...

    Authors: Dewan Md Emdadul Hoque, Fanny Sampurno, Rasa Ruseckaite, Paula Lorgelly and Sue M. Evans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:75
  22. Prior analyses beyond clinical trials are yet to evaluate the projected lifetime benefit of apixaban treatment compared to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH)/vitamin K antagonist (VKA) for treatment of venous...

    Authors: Tereza Lanitis, Robert Leipold, Melissa Hamilton, Dale Rublee, Peter Quon, Chantelle Browne and Alexander T. Cohen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:74
  23. In-patient suicide prevention is a high priority in many countries, but its practice remains poorly understood. Patients in a suicidal crisis who receive psychiatric care can provide valuable insight into unde...

    Authors: Siv Hilde Berg, Kristine Rørtveit and Karina Aase
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:73
  24. Various barriers exist that preclude individuals from undergoing surgical care in low-income countries. Our study assessed the main barriers in Nepal, and identified individuals most at risk for not receiving ...

    Authors: Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout, Tefera Darge Delbiso, Shailvi Gupta, Kapendra Amatya, Adam L. Kushner, Julita Gil Cuesta and Debarati Guha-Sapir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:72
  25. Orthopaedic procedures, such as total hip replacement and total knee replacement, are among the commonest surgical procedures in England. The Getting it Right First Time project (GIRFT) aims to deliver improve...

    Authors: Helen Barratt, Simon Turner, Andrew Hutchings, Elena Pizzo, Emma Hudson, Tim Briggs, Rob Hurd, Jamie Day, Rachel Yates, Panagiotis Gikas, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop and Rosalind Raine
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:71
  26. Roll-out and implementation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) necessitated many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen their national health laboratory systems (NHLSs) to provide high quality HIV diagnost...

    Authors: Deus S. Ishengoma, Mathias L. Kamugisha, Acleus S. M. Rutta, Gibson B. Kagaruki, Andrew M. Kilale, Amos Kahwa, Erasmus Kamugisha, Vito Baraka, Celine I. Mandara, Godlisten S. Materu, Julius J. Massaga, Stephen M. Magesa, Martha M. Lemnge and Leonard E. G. Mboera
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:70
  27. Understanding Role Stress is important as health service providers, especially nurses experience high levels of Role Stress which is linked to burnout, poor quality of care and high turnover. The current study...

    Authors: Bhaskar Purohit and Paul Vasava
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:69
  28. Despite substantial research on pediatric pain assessment and management, health care professionals do not adequately incorporate this knowledge into clinical practice. Organizational context (work environment...

    Authors: Janet Yamada, Janet E. Squires, Carole A. Estabrooks, Charles Victor and Bonnie Stevens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:68
  29. Early detection of patient deterioration is a key element of patient safety as it allows timely clinical intervention and potential rescue, thus reducing the risks of serious patient safety incidents. Longitud...

    Authors: Marie Ward, Eilish McAuliffe, Abel Wakai, Una Geary, John Browne, Conor Deasy, Michael Schull, Fiona Boland, Fiona McDaid, Eoin Coughlan and Ronan O’Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:67
  30. Patients education is considered a valuable mean to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This cross-sectional study aims to assess declared practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) regard...

    Authors: Marco Bo, Viola Amprino, Paola Dalmasso and Carla M. Zotti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:66
  31. Sub-Saharan Africa is heavily dependent on global health initiatives (GHIs) for funding antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up. There are indications that global investments for ART scale-up are flattening. It ...

    Authors: Henry Zakumumpa, Sara Bennett and Freddie Ssengooba
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:65
  32. Ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in use of breast cancer adjuvant therapy are well documented in many countries including the USA, and are known to contribute to lower breast cancer survival among minority ...

    Authors: Sanjeewa Seneviratne, Ian Campbell, Nina Scott and Ross Lawrenson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:64
  33. While most breast-related research focuses on cancer, presentation of symptomatic persons in non-screened environments requires understanding the spectrum of breast diseases so as to plan services in resource-...

    Authors: Sarah Rayne, Naomi Lince-Deroche, Cheryl Hendrickson, Kate Shearer, Faith Moyo, Pam Michelow, Grace Rubin, Carol Benn and Cynthia Firnhaber
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:63
  34. A program to strengthen general practice care for patients with chronic disease was offered in Germany. Enrollment was a free individual choice for both patients and physicians. This study aimed to examine the...

    Authors: Michel Wensing, Joachim Szecsenyi, Christian Stock, Petra Kaufmann Kolle and Gunter Laux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:62
  35. Growth of neonatal intensive care units in number and size has raised questions towards ability to maintain continuity and quality of care. Structural organization of intensive care units is known as a key ele...

    Authors: Salhab el Helou, Samira Samiee-Zafarghandy, Gerhard Fusch, Muzafar Gani Abdul Wahab, Lynda Aliberti, Ahmad Bakry, Deborah Barnard, Joanne Doucette, Enas el Gouhary, Michael Marrin, Carrie-Lynn Meyer, Amit Mukerji, Anne Nwebube, David Pogorzelski, Edward Pugh, Karen Schattauer…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:61
  36. Having a regular primary care provider (i.e., family physician or nurse practitioner) is widely considered to be a prerequisite for obtaining healthcare that is timely, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, a...

    Authors: Mylaine Breton, Michael Green, Sara Kreindler, Jason Sutherland, Jalila Jbilou, Sabrina T. Wong, Jay Shaw, Valorie A. Crooks, Damien Contandriopoulos, Mélanie Ann Smithman and Astrid Brousselle
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:60
  37. In mental health services what is commonplace across international frontiers is that to prevent aggressive patients from harming themselves, other patients or staff, coercive measures and foremost, violence ma...

    Authors: Seamus Cowman, Anna Björkdahl, Eric Clarke, Georgina Gethin and Jim Maguire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:59
  38. As the emphasis in health reform shifts to value-based payments, especially through multi-payer initiatives supported by the U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, and with the increasing availability...

    Authors: Karl Finison, MaryKate Mohlman, Craig Jones, Melanie Pinette, David Jorgenson, Amy Kinner, Tim Tremblay and Daniel Gottlieb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:58
  39. Participation in daily physical activity and consuming a balanced diet high in fruits and vegetables and low in processed foods are behaviours associated with positive health outcomes during all stages of life...

    Authors: Nazmi Sari, Nazeem Muhajarine and Amanda Froehlich Chow
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:57
  40. A major concern by the health decision makers in Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries is the burden of financing healthcare. While other GCC countries have been examining different options, Saudi Arabia ha...

    Authors: Abdulwahab Alkhamis, Peter Cosgrove, Gamal Mohamed and Amir Hassan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:56
  41. Nursing homes residents (NHR) are frequently transferred to hospitals. There is some evidence that male NHR are more often hospitalized than females, but the influence of age is less clear and predictors might...

    Authors: Falk Hoffmann and Guido Schmiemann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:55
  42. Healthcare systems have difficulty incorporating scientific evidence into clinical practice, especially when science suggests that existing clinical practices are of low-value (e.g. ineffective or harmful to p...

    Authors: Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Daniel J. Niven, Jamie M. Boyd and Henry T. Stelfox
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:54
  43. Recent evidence suggests that an increase in baccalaureate-educated registered nurses (BRNs) leads to better quality of care in hospitals. For geriatric long-term care facilities such as nursing homes, this re...

    Authors: Ramona Backhaus, Erik van Rossum, Hilde Verbeek, Ruud J. G. Halfens, Frans E. S. Tan, Elizabeth Capezuti and Jan P. H. Hamers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:53
  44. Health literacy is simply defined as an individual’s ability to access, understand and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health. Lower health literacy has been found to be associated with ...

    Authors: Rebecca L. Jessup, Richard H. Osborne, Alison Beauchamp, Allison Bourne and Rachelle Buchbinder
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:52
  45. Depression is a prevalent mental health disorder and the fourth leading cause of disability in the world as per the World Health Organization. Use of antidepressants can lead to adverse drug events (ADEs), def...

    Authors: Harish S. Parihar, Hongjun Yin, Jennifer L. Gooch, Shari Allen, Samuel John and Jianwei Xuan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:51
  46. Due to a continuing age shift in the German society hospital providers are concerned about the additional costs associated with the treatment of elderly patients. It is not clear if cardiac catheterization in ...

    Authors: Gunnar Plehn, Thomas Butz, Petra Maagh and Axel Meissner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:49
  47. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of global mortality. Among the CVDs, acute vascular events (AVE) mainly ischemic heart diseases and stroke are the largest contributors. To achieve 25% redu...

    Authors: Shyfuddin Ahmed, Muhammad Ashique Haider Chowdhury, Md. Alfazal Khan, Nafisa Lira Huq and Aliya Naheed
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:47
  48. Multidisciplinary patient management including a clinical pharmacist shows an improvement in patient quality use of medicine. Implementation of a clinical pharmacy service represents a significant novel change...

    Authors: Lelwala Guruge Thushani Shanika, Chandrani Nirmala Wijekoon, Shaluka Jayamanne, Judith Coombes, Ian Coombes, Nilani Mamunuwa, Andrew Hamilton Dawson and Hithanadura Asita De Silva
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:46