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  1. Aboriginal Australians have worse cancer survival rates than other Australians. Reasons include fear of a cancer diagnosis, reluctance to attend mainstream health services and discrimination from health profes...

    Authors: Angela Durey, Georgia Halkett, Melissa Berg, Leanne Lester and Marion Kickett
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:660
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Re-defining the way in which care is delivered, to reflect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ needs and values, is essential for improving the accessibility of primary healthcare. This study focuse...

    Authors: Carol Davy, Elaine Kite, Leda Sivak, Alex Brown, Timena Ahmat, Gary Brahim, Anna Dowling, Shaun Jacobson, Tania Kelly, Kaylene Kemp, Fiona Mitchell, Tina Newman, Margaret O’Brien, Jason Pitt, Kesha Roesch, Christine Saddler…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:659
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  3. Significant racial and ethnic health care disparities experienced by Hispanic children with special health care needs (CSHCN) create barriers to enacting culturally competent rehabilitation services. One way t...

    Authors: Kristen E. Arestad, David MacPhee, Chun Y. Lim and Mary A. Khetani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:658
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  4. Technological innovations are strongly promoted to meet the demands posed by increased pressure on home care services and to assist ageing in place in western societies. Although heavily advocated as plug and ...

    Authors: Randi Stokke
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:657
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. While, at its inception in 1993, the health care system in Colombia was publicized as a paradigm to be copied across the developing world, numerous problems in its implementation have led to, what is now, an i...

    Authors: María del Pilar Villamil, David Barrera, Nubia Velasco, Oscar Bernal, Esteban Fajardo, Carlos Urango and Sebastian Buitrago
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:654
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  7. Health-based social enterprises are spun out of the NHS, yet continue to provide NHS-funded services. With the spin-out, however, formal processes for research governance were lost. Patients have a right to ta...

    Authors: Nat M. J. Wright, Philippa Hearty, Linda Harris, Andrew Burnell, Sue Pender, Chris Oxnard and George Charlesworth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:653
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  8. Though ageing is not a disease, it has been associated with the occurrence of conditions which require health service utilisation. Ghana’s population is characterised by a steady growth in the number of older ...

    Authors: Jonathan Bayuo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:652
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. The aim of this study was to analyse the additional treatment costs of acute patients admitted to a Danish hospital who suffered an adverse event (AE) during in-hospital treatment.

    Authors: Jakob Kjellberg, Rasmus Trap Wolf, Marie Kruse, Susanne R. Rasmussen, Jesper Vestergaard, Kent J. Nielsen and Kurt Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:651
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Long-distance truck drivers are occupationally susceptible to poor health outcomes. Their patterns of healthcare utilisation and the suitability of healthcare services available to them are not well documented...

    Authors: Samanta Tresha Lalla-Edward, Sydney Ncube, Paul Matthew, Catherine A. Hankins, W.D. Francois Venter and Gabriela B. Gomez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:649
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  12. There is a distinct difference between what we know and what we do in healthcare: a gap that is impairing the quality of the care and increasing the costs. Quality improvement efforts have been made worldwide ...

    Authors: Aleidis Skard Brandrud, Bjørnar Nyen, Per Hjortdahl, Leiv Sandvik, Gro Sævil Helljesen Haldorsen, Maria Bergli, Eugene C. Nelson and Michael Bretthauer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:648
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Approximately 600,000 persons are released from prison annually in the United States. Relatively few receive sufficient re-entry services and are at risk for unemployment, homelessness, poverty, substance abus...

    Authors: Molly M. Simmons, Benjamin G. Fincke, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Bo Kim, Tom Byrne, David Smelson, Kevin Casey, Marsha L. Ellison, Christy Visher, Jessica Blue-Howells and D. Keith McInnes
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:647
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  14. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is a life-threatening infection of the brain, which has significant physical, cognitive and social consequences for survivors. Despite increasing recognition of the long...

    Authors: Jessie Cooper, Ciara Kierans, Sylviane Defres, Ava Easton, Rachel Kneen and Tom Solomon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:646
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. In Norway, as in many Western countries, a shift from institutional care to home care is taking place. Our knowledge is limited regarding which needs for nursing interventions patients being cared for in their...

    Authors: Gro Næss, Marit Kirkevold, Wenche Hammer, Jørund Straand and Torgeir Bruun Wyller
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:645
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the utilization of formal and informal home care among older patients with cancer (OCP) and to compare this with middle-aged patients with cancer (MCP) and older patient...

    Authors: Abdelbari Baitar, Frank Buntinx, Tine De Burghgraeve, Laura Deckx, Paul Bulens, Hans Wildiers and Marjan van den Akker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:644
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  17. Public Health evaluation is essential to understanding what does and does not work, and robust demonstration of effectiveness may be crucial to securing future funding. Despite this, programs are often impleme...

    Authors: Sarah Denford, Charles Abraham, Margaret Callaghan, Peter Aighton, Frank De Vocht and Steven Arris
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:643
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  18. The quality of pediatric emergency care has been a major concern in health care. Following a series of health system reforms in China, it is important to do this assessment of pediatric emergency care, and to ...

    Authors: I-Anne Huang, Tang-Her Jaing, Chang-Teng Wu, Chee-Jen Chang, Shan-Hsuan Hsia and Nicole Huang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:642
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  19. The Health Extension Program (HEP) is one of the most innovative community based health program launched by the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health to make health services accessible to rural communities by s...

    Authors: Abel Negussie and Gedion Girma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:641
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Oncologists are at high risk of poor mental health. Prior research has focused on burnout, and has identified heavy workload as a key predictor. Compassion fatigue among physicians has generally received less ...

    Authors: Sibyl Kleiner and Jean E. Wallace
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:639
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Poor access to essential medicines is common in many low- and middle-income countries, partly due to an insufficient and inadequately trained workforce to manage the medicines supply chain. We conducted a pros...

    Authors: Joseph B. Babigumira, Solomon J. Lubinga, Alisa M. Jenny, Erin Larsen-Cooper, Jessica Crawford, Charles Matemba and Andy Stergachis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:638
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Implementing evidence-based chronic disease prevention with a practice-wide population is challenging in primary care.

    Authors: Mark Fort Harris, Sharon M. Parker, John Litt, Mieke van Driel, Grant Russell, Danielle Mazza, Upali W. Jayasinghe, Jane Smith, Chris Del Mar, Riki Lane and Elizabeth Denney-Wilson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:637
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  24. While there is an extensive literature on Health System (HS) strengthening and on the performance of specific HSs, there are few exhaustive syntheses of the challenges HSs are facing worldwide. This paper repo...

    Authors: Federico Roncarolo, Antoine Boivin, Jean-Louis Denis, Rejean Hébert and Pascale Lehoux
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:636
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used in health care. To capture the patient’s perspective, patient involvement in PROM development is needed. As earlier research showed varying degre...

    Authors: Bianca Wiering, Dolf de Boer and Diana Delnoij
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:635
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  26. Stroke is a common cause of physical disability but is also strongly associated with cognitive impairment and a risk for future dementia. Despite national clinical guidelines, the service provided for stroke s...

    Authors: Eugene Yee Hing Tang, Christopher Price, Blossom Christa Maree Stephan, Louise Robinson and Catherine Exley
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:634
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  27. This is the ninth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. The disinvestment literature has broadene...

    Authors: Claire Harris, Sally Green, Wayne Ramsey, Kelly Allen and Richard King
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:633
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  28. This is the tenth in a series of papers reporting a program of Sustainability in Health care by Allocating Resources Effectively (SHARE) in a local healthcare setting. After more than a decade of research, the...

    Authors: Claire Harris, Sally Green and Adam G. Elshaug
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:632
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  29. The growing numbers of seniors worldwide and the need for support and services that follow from a higher standard of living have led to an increased focus on scarce benefits and limited human resources. At the...

    Authors: Guro Wisth Øydgard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:631
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Care-managers are responsible for the public administration of individual healthcare decisions and decide on the volume and content of community healthcare services given to a population. The purpose of this s...

    Authors: Siri Tønnessen, Gøril Ursin and Berit Støre Brinchmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:630
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. In Canada, long waiting times for core specialized services have consistently been identified as a key barrier to access. Governments and organizations have responded with strategies for better access manageme...

    Authors: Marie-Pascale Pomey, Nathalie Clavel, Claudia Amar, Juan Carlos Sabogale-Olarte, Claudia Sanmartin, Carolyn De Coster and Tom Noseworthy
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:629
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. In an attempt to deal with the pressures on the health-care system and to guarantee sustainability, changes are needed. This study focuses on a cardiology primary care plus intervention. Primary care plus (PC+...

    Authors: Tessa C.C. Quanjel, Marieke D. Spreeuwenberg, Jeroen N. Struijs, Caroline A. Baan and Dirk Ruwaard
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:628
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  33. The importance of effective translation of health research findings into action has been well recognized, but there is evidence to suggest that the practice of knowledge translation (KT) among health researche...

    Authors: Kathryn M. Sibley, Patricia L. Roche, Courtney P. Bell, Beverley Temple and Kristy D.M. Wittmeier
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:627
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Since in an ageing society more long-term care (LTC) facilities are needed, it is important to understand the main determinants of first-time utilization of (LTC) services.

    Authors: Laurentius C.J. Slobbe, Albert Wong, Robert A. Verheij, Hans A.M. van Oers and Johan J. Polder
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:626
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  35. Emergency Department overcrowding has become a global problem and a growing safety and quality concern. Radiology and laboratory turnaround time, ED boarding and increased ED visits are some of the factors tha...

    Authors: Eveline A. Hitti, Ghada R. El-Eid, Hani Tamim, Rana Saleh, Miriam Saliba and Lena Naffaa
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:625
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  36. Hospital discharge summaries are a key communication tool ensuring continuity of care between primary and secondary care. Incomplete or untimely communication of information increases risk of hospital readmiss...

    Authors: Rajnikant L. Mehta, Bryn Baxendale, Katie Roth, Victoria Caswell, Ivan Le Jeune, Jack Hawkins, Haya Zedan and Anthony J. Avery
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:624
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. In resource-poor settings, the provision of basic maternity care within health centres is often a challenge. Despite the difficulties, Nepal reduced its maternal mortality ratio by 80% from 850 to an estimated...

    Authors: Sarita Panday, Paul Bissell, Edwin van Teijlingen and Padam Simkhada
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:623
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  38. Hospital usage and service demand during an Infectious Disease (ID) outbreak can tax the health system in different ways. Herein we conceptualize hospital surge elements, and lessons learnt from such events, t...

    Authors: Shweta R. Singh, Richard Coker, Hubertus J-M Vrijhoef, Yee Sin Leo, Angela Chow, Poh Lian Lim, Qinghui Tan, Mark I-Cheng Chen and Zoe Jane-Lara Hildon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:622
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. The reasons for low utilisation of maternal health services in settings where the user-fee removal policy has been implemented continue to generate scholarly debates. Evidence of whether user-fee removal benef...

    Authors: Anthony I. Ajayi and Wilson Akpan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:620
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  41. The drive towards patient involvement in health services has been increasingly promoted. The World Health Organisation emphasizes the family’s perspective in comprehensive care. Internationally there is an inc...

    Authors: Ingrid Nyborg, Lars Johan Danbolt and Marit Kirkevold
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:619
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. Patient participation and goal setting appear to be difficult in daily physiotherapy practice, and practical methods are lacking. An existing patient-specific instrument, Patient-Specific Complaints (PSC), was...

    Authors: Anita Stevens, Albère Köke, Trudy van der Weijden and Anna Beurskens
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:618
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme is an approach to the perioperative care of patients which aims to improve outcomes and speed up recovery after surgery. Although the evidence base appears ...

    Authors: Georgia Herbert, Eileen Sutton, Sorrel Burden, Stephen Lewis, Steve Thomas, Andy Ness and Charlotte Atkinson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:617
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Authors: Claire Harris, Kelly Allen, Cara Waller, Sally Green, Richard King, Wayne Ramsey, Cate Kelly and Malar Thiagarajan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:616
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:342

  45. Increasing numbers of blood tests are being ordered in primary care settings and the swift and accurate communication of test results is central to providing high quality care. The process of testing and resul...

    Authors: Ian J. Litchfield, Louise M. Bentham, Richard J. Lilford, Richard J. McManus, Ann Hill and Sheila Greenfield
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:615
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Telephone triage and advice services (TTAS) are increasingly being implemented around the world. These services allow people to speak to a nurse or general practitioner over the telephone and receive assessmen...

    Authors: Rebecca Lake, Andrew Georgiou, Julie Li, Ling Li, Mary Byrne, Maureen Robinson and Johanna I. Westbrook
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:614
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. The Scottish Medicines Consortium evaluates new drugs for use in the National Health Service in Scotland. Reforms in 2014 to their evaluation process aimed to increase patient access to new drugs for end-of-li...

    Authors: Liz Morrell, Sarah Wordsworth, Howell Fu, Sian Rees and Richard Barker
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:613
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Incorporating behavioral health care into patient centered medical homes is critical for improving patient health and care quality while reducing costs. Despite documented effectiveness of behavioral health in...

    Authors: Kara Zivin, Benjamin F. Miller, Bruce Finke, Asaf Bitton, Perry Payne, Edith C. Stowe, Ashok Reddy, Timothy J. Day, Pauline Lapin, Janel L. Jin and Laura L. Sessums
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:612
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Many register studies make use of information about permanent nursing home residents. Statistics Denmark (StatD) identifies nursing home residents by two different indirect methods, one based on reports from t...

    Authors: Anna Bebe, Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen, Tora Grauers Willadsen, Jens Søndergaard, Volkert Siersma, Dagný Rós Nicolaisdóttir, Jakob Kragstrup and Frans Boch Waldorff
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2017 17:607
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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