A qualitative study finds that a weekly 'pop up, drop in’ outreach service can be highly effective for engaging with homeless people who would otherwise ‘fall through the gaps’ of existing healthcare.
A new step-by-step guide for conducting meta-ethnographies in healthcare research has been published, accompanied by illustrative examples.
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In a new blog, Dr. Emma Ladds, Dr. Sharon Taylor, and Prof. Trish Greenhalgh tell us more about their new qualitative study exploring people's experience of long Covid in the UK and their draft quality principles for services.
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Research data are the foundations of reliable and reproducible science. This month, we would like to highlight different ways authors were able to publish and share their data by choosing the BMC series.
Kaier et al. found substantial variability of intensive care unit (ICU) costs for different underlying diseases, emphasizing that mechanical ventilation is an important driver of ICU costs.
Through a systematic scoping review, Ravaghi et al. characterized models and methods for determining bed numbers at hospital and regional levels, comparing their advantages and challenges.
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