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  1. In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals set targets for social achievements by 2015 including goals related to maternal and child health, with mixed success. Several initiatives supported these goals includi...

    Authors: Jane Briggs, Martha Embrey, Blerta Maliqi, Lisa Hedman and Jennifer Requejo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:952
  2. Family member’s experience and satisfaction of health care in the acute care and in-patient rehabilitation are important indicators of the quality of health care services provided to patients with severe traum...

    Authors: Unn Sollid Manskow, Cathrine Arntzen, Elin Damsgård, Mary Braine, Solrun Sigurdardottir, Nada Andelic, Cecilie Røe and Audny Anke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:951
  3. Despite gains in HIV testing and treatment access in sub-Saharan Africa, patient attrition from care remains a problem. Evidence is needed of real-world implementation of low-cost, scalable, and sustainable so...

    Authors: Caroline E. Boeke, Vennie Nabitaka, Andrea Rowan, Katherine Guerra, Pamela Nawaggi, Vivienne Mulema, Victor Bigira, Eleanor Magongo, Patricia Mucheri, Andrew Musoke and Cordelia Katureebe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:949
  4. Health service providers play a key role in addressing women’s need for pregnancy prevention, especially during the postpartum period. Yet, in Nepal, little is known about their views on providing postpartum f...

    Authors: Mahesh C. Puri, Manju Maharjan, Erin Pearson, Elina Pradhan, Yasaswi Dhungel, Aayush Khadka and Iqbal H. Shah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:948
  5. Most psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence cause impairment in academic performance. Early interventions in school are thought to reduce the burden of disorder and prevent chronicity of disorder, ...

    Authors: Isabel Boege, Julia Herrmann, Julia Katharina Wolff, Ulrike Hoffmann, Michael Koelch, Marc Kurepkat, Steffen Lütte, Alexander Naumann, Hans Dieter Nolting and Jörg Michael Fegert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:947
  6. Changes in Dutch policy towards long-term care led to the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate testing a regulatory framework focusing on care networks around older adults living independently. This regula...

    Authors: Didi Verver, Annemiek Stoopendaal, Hanneke Merten, Paul Robben and Cordula Wagner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:946
  7. Drug overdose is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity amongst people who inject drugs (PWID). Drug overdose surveillance typically relies on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) coding s...

    Authors: Rehana Di Rico, Dhanya Nambiar, Mark Stoové and Paul Dietze
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:945
  8. The Lake and Western Zones of Tanzania that encompass eight regions namely; Kagera, Geita, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Mwanza, Mara Tabora and Kigoma have consistently been reported with the poorest Maternal Newborn an...

    Authors: Edward Maswanya, Projestine Muganyizi, Stella Kilima, Deus Mogella and Julius Massaga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:944
  9. We investigate whether the extent of educational inequalities in the use of Pap smears (cervical cancer screening) and mammograms (breast cancer screening) in Belgium has changed over time in accordance with t...

    Authors: Barbara Willems and Piet Bracke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:943
  10. Hospitals are increasingly parts of larger care collaborations, rather than individual entities. Organizing and operating these collaborations is challenging; a significant number do not succeed, as it is diff...

    Authors: Melissa De Regge, Kaat De Pourcq, Paul Gemmel, Carine Van de Voorde, Koen Van den Heede and Kristof Eeckloo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:942
  11. Globally, neonatal mortality remains high despite interventions known to reduce neonatal deaths. The All Babies Count (ABC) initiative was a comprehensive health systems strengthening intervention designed by ...

    Authors: Jennifer Werdenberg, Francois Biziyaremye, Merab Nyishime, Evrard Nahimana, Christine Mutaganzwa, David Tugizimana, Anatole Manzi, Shalini Navale, Lisa R. Hirschhorn and Hema Magge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:941
  12. Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported the following errors in Table 1 and Table 2.

    Authors: Marie-Rachelle Narcisse, Holly Felix, Christopher R. Long, Teresa Hudson, Nalin Payakachat, Zoran Bursac and Pearl A. McElfish
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:940

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:575

  13. This study aimed to assess the situational capacity for nutrition care delivery in the outpatient hemodialysis (HD) setting in Malaysia by evaluating dietitian accessibility, nutrition practices and patients’ ...

    Authors: Ban-Hock Khor, Karuthan Chinna, Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor, Zaki Morad, Ghazali Ahmad, Sunita Bavanandam, Ravindran Visvanathan, Rosnawati Yahya, Bak-Leong Goh, Boon-Cheak Bee and Tilakavati Karupaiah
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:939
  14. Community-participatory approaches are important for effective maternal and child health interventions. A community-participatory intervention (the Dialogue Model) was implemented in Kwale County, Kenya to enh...

    Authors: Vernon Mochache, Eunice Irungu, Hajara El-Busaidy, Marleen Temmerman and Peter Gichangi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:938
  15. ‘Candidacy’ is concerned with the way people consider their eligibility for accessing health services. We used the Candidacy Framework to explore how the doctor-patient relationship can influence perceived eli...

    Authors: Sara Tookey, Cristina Renzi, Jo Waller, Christian von Wagner and Katriina L. Whitaker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:937
  16. Physiotherapists (PTs) in primary health care manage patients with large variation in medical diagnosis, age, functional status, disability and prognosis. Lack of knowledge and systematically collected data fr...

    Authors: Kari Anne I. Evensen, Hilde Stendal Robinson, Ingebrigt Meisingset, Astrid Woodhouse, Marit Thielemann, Wenche S. Bjorbækmo, Gard Myhre, Anne E. Hansen, Ottar Vasseljen and Nina K. Vøllestad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:936
  17. Early and effective CPR increases both survival rate and post-arrest quality of life. In limited resource countries like Tanzania, there is scarce data describing the basic knowledge of CPR among Healthcare pr...

    Authors: Winfrida T. Kaihula, Hendry R. Sawe, Michael S. Runyon and Brittany L. Murray
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:935
  18. Access to quality hypertension care is often poor in sub-Saharan Africa. Some community pharmacies offer hypertension monitoring services, with and without involvement of medical doctors. To directly connect p...

    Authors: Heleen E. Nelissen, Anne L. Cremers, Tochi J. Okwor, Sam Kool, Frank van Leth, Lizzy Brewster, Olalekan Makinde, René Gerrets, Marleen E. Hendriks, Constance Schultsz, Akin Osibogun and Anja H. van’t Hoog
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:934
  19. The number of people affected by cataract in the United Kingdom (UK) is growing rapidly due to ageing population. As the only way to treat cataract is through surgery, there is a high demand for this type of s...

    Authors: Eren Demir, David Southern, Syed Rashid and Reda Lebcir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:933
  20. Limited research has assessed patient preferences for treatment disposition and antibiotic therapy of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI) in the emergency department (ED). Understanding ...

    Authors: Safa S. Almarzoky Abuhussain, Michelle A. Burak, Kelsey N. Kohman, Gabrielle Jacknin, Serina B. Tart, Athena L. V. Hobbs, Danyel K. Adams, Michael D. Nailor, Katelyn R. Keyloun, David P. Nicolau and Joseph L. Kuti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:932
  21. The UK Equality Act 2010 requires providers of health services to make changes or ‘reasonable adjustments’ to their practices in order to protect disabled people from discrimination or disadvantage when access...

    Authors: Stuart Read, Pauline Heslop, Sue Turner, Victoria Mason-Angelow, Nadine Tilbury, Caroline Miles and Chris Hatton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:931
  22. Successful improvements in health care practice need to be sustained and spread to have maximum benefit. The rationale for embedding sustainability from the beginning of implementation is well recognized; howe...

    Authors: Celia Laur, Jack Bell, Renata Valaitis, Sumantra Ray and Heather Keller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:930
  23. Over the past two decades, there has been a decrease in dental diseases in Australia; however, the number of preventable dental hospital admissions has not diminished. This review reports on the factors associ...

    Authors: Abhinav Acharya, Shahrukh Khan, Ha Hoang, Silvana Bettiol, Lynette Goldberg and Leonard Crocombe
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:921
  24. Antenatal care (ANC) is provided for free in Tanzania in all public health facilities. Yet surveys suggested that long distances to the facilities limit women from accessing these services. Mobile health clini...

    Authors: Nyasule Neke, Antonius Reifferscheid, Barbara Buchberger and Jürgen Wasem
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:920
  25. This study aims to provide insights on how to incorporate the work experience of medical staff into safety climate management based on the relationships among several safety-related constructs such as teamwork...

    Authors: Seung-Hwan Kim and Shao-Jen Weng
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:919
  26. The implementation of strategic health system change is often complicated by the informal politics and power of health systems, such as competing interests and resistant groups. Evidence from other industries ...

    Authors: Justin Waring, Simon Bishop, Jenelle Clarke, Mark Exworthy, Naomi J. Fulop, Jean Hartley and Angus I. G. Ramsay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:918
  27. Previous research has demonstrated the importance of search engines, websites, online discussion groups and social media groups for women in developed countries looking for health and medical information, but ...

    Authors: Sarah Maslen and Deborah Lupton
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:916
  28. The sale of antibiotics without a prescription poses a global public health concern. Antibiotics dispensed without a prescription are largely recognised as a cause of antibiotic misuse and overuse which may re...

    Authors: Faten Alhomoud, Reem Almahasnah and Farah Kais Alhomoud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:915
  29. Throughout the world, emergency departments (ED) are characterized by overcrowding and excessive waiting times. Furthermore, the related delays significantly increase patient mortality and make inefficient use...

    Authors: Giovanni Improta, Maria Romano, Maria Vincenza Di Cicco, Anna Ferraro, Anna Borrelli, Ciro Verdoliva, Maria Triassi and Mario Cesarelli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:914
  30. Individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid coverage are among the sickest patients in the United States. Prior literature has identified a lack of care coordination or even conflicts of interest bet...

    Authors: Brian K. Chen, Y. Tony Yang and Rachelle Gajadhar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:913
  31. The Eastern Cape Province reports among the poorest health service indicators in South Africa with some of its districts standing out as worst performing as regards maternal health indicators. To understand ke...

    Authors: Martina Lembani, Helen de Pinho, Peter Delobelle, Christina Zarowsky, Thubelihle Mathole and Alastair Ager
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:912
  32. The ‘perfect’ journey through an Irish Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programme (MMTP) would have a client engage appropriately with all relevant services available to them, inclusive of psychiatry, counselli...

    Authors: Lisa Moran, Eamon Keenan and Khalifa Elmusharaf
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:911
  33. Along with the ageing of the general population, Europe’s migrant populations are also ageing, thus posing new challenges for dementia care services, particularly if the services are to be adjusted to persons ...

    Authors: Mette Sagbakken, Ragnhild Storstein Spilker and T. Rune Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:910
  34. Adolescents face significant barriers to contraception access and utilization that result in adverse health effects of early pregnancy and childbirth. Unsafe abortions continue to occur partly due to failure t...

    Authors: Margarate Nzala Munakampe, Joseph Mumba Zulu and Charles Michelo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:909

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:441

  35. Use of a claims-based index to identify persons with physical function impairment and at risk for long-term institutionalization would facilitate population health and comparative effectiveness research. The J...

    Authors: Bruce Kinosian, Darryl Wieland, Xiliang Gu, Eric Stallard, Ciaran S. Phibbs and Orna Intrator
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:908
  36. Strong management skills are key to improving performance of health systems. Action learning, a technique to develop management skills, has been used successfully with health managers but not usually among low...

    Authors: Zandile Masango-Muzindutsi, Lyn Haskins, Aurene Wilford and Christiane Horwood
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:907
  37. Practices of power lie at the heart of policy processes. In both devolution and priority-setting, actors seek to exert power through influence and control over material, human, intellectual and financial resou...

    Authors: Rosalind McCollum, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Lilian Otiso, Nelly Muturi, Edwine Barasa, Sassy Molyneux, Tim Martineau and Sally Theobald
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:906
  38. Patients undergoing surgery for bowel cancer now have a routine screening test to assess their genetic predisposition to this and other cancers (Lynch syndrome). A result indicating a high risk should trigger ...

    Authors: Janet C. Long, Deborah Debono, Rachel Williams, Elizabeth Salisbury, Sharron O’Neill, Elizabeth Eykman, Jordan Butler, Robert Rawson, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien, Stephen R. Thompson, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Melvin Chin and Natalie Taylor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:904
  39. The quality of a care relationship between a client and a care professional is seen as fundamental if high-quality care is to be delivered. This study reviews studies about the determinants of the quality of t...

    Authors: Aukelien Scheffelaar, Nanne Bos, Michelle Hendriks, Sandra van Dulmen and Katrien Luijkx
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:903

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:456

  40. Psychological disturbances are prevalent in people with burn injuries; however, psychological services are rarely accessiblepost-burn injury in China. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore and...

    Authors: Zhengjia Ren, PeiChao Zhang, HongTao Wang and Hongyan Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:902
  41. Youth with concurrent substance use and mental health concerns have diverse psychosocial needs and may present to a multitude of clinical and social service sectors. By integrating service sectors at a system ...

    Authors: Rachel McGihon, Lisa D. Hawke, Gloria Chaim and Joanna Henderson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:901
  42. Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) encompasses intensive glycaemic control, along with treatment of comorbidities and complications to handle the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Impr...

    Authors: Sofia Axia Karlsson, Stefan Franzén, Ann-Marie Svensson, Mervete Miftaraj, Björn Eliasson and Karolina Andersson Sundell
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:900
  43. New approaches to control healthcare expenditures and increase access to quality care are required by decision-makers in high-income countries. One strategy is to reallocate tasks from doctors to nurses. Evide...

    Authors: Eli Feiring and Astrid Eidesvik Lie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:899
  44. People with type 1 diabetes who attend structured education training in self-management using flexible intensive therapy achieve improved blood glucose control and experience fewer episodes of severe hypoglyca...

    Authors: Fiona Campbell, Julia Lawton, David Rankin, Mark Clowes, Elizabeth Coates, Simon Heller, Nicole de Zoysa, Jackie Elliott and Jenna P. Breckenridge
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:898
  45. Awareness of the economic cost of physician attrition due to burnout in academic medical centers may help motivate organizational level efforts to improve physician wellbeing and reduce turnover. Our objective...

    Authors: Maryam S. Hamidi, Bryan Bohman, Christy Sandborg, Rebecca Smith-Coggins, Patty de Vries, Marisa S. Albert, Mary Lou Murphy, Dana Welle and Mickey T. Trockel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:851
  46. In Japan, several large healthcare databases have become available for research since the early 2000’s. However, validation studies to examine the accuracy of these databases remain scarce. We conducted a vali...

    Authors: Takashi Ando, Nobuhiro Ooba, Mayumi Mochizuki, Daisuke Koide, Koichi Kimura, Seitetz L. Lee, Soko Setoguchi and Kiyoshi Kubota
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:895
  47. Patient satisfaction (PS) is a key measure of the quality and outcome of healthcare systems which reflects patients’ experiences. The purpose of this study was to assess overall PS with outpatient physical the...

    Authors: Ghadah Algudairi, Einas S. Al-Eisa, Ahmad H. Alghadir and Zaheen Ahmed Iqbal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:888
  48. Patients seek care from physical therapists for neck pain but it is unclear what the association of the timing of physical therapy (PT) consultation is on 1-year healthcare utilization and costs. The purpose o...

    Authors: Maggie E. Horn and Julie M. Fritz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2018 18:887