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BMC Health Services Research

Issue 1/2024

Content (1668 Articles)

Exploring healthcare providers’ perspectives on virtual care delivery: insights into telemedicine services

Israa K. Abdelghany, Ranim AlMatar, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Israa Abdullah, Salah Waheedi

Evidence on bringing specialised care to the primary level—effects on the Quadruple Aim and cost-effectiveness: a systematic review

  • Open Access
  • Research

Maria Lovén, Laura J. Pitkänen, Markus Paananen, Paulus Torkki

Development of a supportive care needs eHealth application for patients with cervical cancer undergoing surgery: a feasibility study

Yongxia Song, Lili Xia, Xiaodi Ju, Wenjing Wang, Xiaoling Ge, Jingfang Hong

Health support of people with intellectual disability and the crucial role of support workers

Kim Nijhof, Fleur H. Boot, Jenneken Naaldenberg, Geraline L. Leusink, Kirsten E. Bevelander

Process evaluation of the 90-90-90 targets of surge project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case study evaluation

Belete Kefyalew Eshetu, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere, Geta Asrade, Tsegaye Gebremedhin Haile

Legal issues in digital oral health: a scoping review

Rodrigo J. Mariño, Carlos Zaror

“I’ll meet you at our bench”: adaptation, innovation and resilience among VCSE organisations who supported marginalised and minoritised communities during the Covid-19 pandemic in Northern England – a qualitative focus group study

S Scott, VJ McGowan, J Wildman, E Bidmead, J Hartley, C Mathews, B James, C Sullivan, C Bambra, S Sowden

Rural and regional maternity managers’ and educators’ views of the Maternity and Newborn Emergencies (MANE) education program in Victoria, Australia: a qualitative descriptive study

  • Open Access
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Stefanie A Zugna, Helen L McLachlan, Meabh Cullinane, Michelle Newton, Della A Forster

Qualitative realist evaluation of an occupational therapy intervention programme (ABLE), addressing ability to perform activities of daily living among persons with chronic conditions

  • Open Access
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Vita Hagelskjær, Eva Ejlersen Wæhrens, Cecilie von Bülow, Kristina Tomra Nielsen

Evaluating consumer self-medication practices, pharmaceutical care services, and pharmacy selection: a quantitative study

  • Open Access
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Lusine Nazaryan, Anush Barseghyan, Maria Rayisyan, Margarit Beglaryan, Marta Simonyan

Mass drug administration campaigns: comparing two approaches for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths prevention and control in selected Southern Malawi districts

Peter Makaula, Sekeleghe Amos Kayuni, Kondwani Chidzammbuyo Mamba, Grace Bongololo, Mathias Funsanani, Lazarus Tito Juziwelo, Janelisa Musaya, Peter Furu

Adaptation of the brainwriting premortem technique to inform the co-creation of COVID-19 testing strategies in underserved communities in South San Diego

Borsika A. Rabin, Kelli L. Cain, Lawrence O. Ayers, Angel Lomeli, Arleth Escoto, Maria Linda Burola, Melanie Aguilar, Stephenie Tinoco Calvillo, Breanna Reyes, Linda Salgin, Robert Tukey, Louise C. Laurent, Nicole A. Stadnick

Lifting the curtain on the emergency department crisis: a multi-method reception study of Larry Saves the Canadian Healthcare System

  • Open Access
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Sara A. Kreindler, Mikayla Hunter, Graham W. Lea, Mandy Archibald, Kendra Rieger, Christina West, Shaikh Mehdi Hasan

Influence of inventory management practices on the availability of emergency obstetric drugs in Rwandan public hospitals: a case of Rwanda Southern Province

Jean Claude Kabera, Marie Françoise Mukanyangezi

Health care providers acceptance of default prescribing of TB preventive treatment for people living with HIV in Malawi: a qualitative study

L. M. De Groot, K. Shearer, C. Sambani, E. Kaonga, R. Nyirenda, K. Mbendera, J. E. Golub, C. J. Hoffmann, C. Mulder

Assessing the contributions of an urban population health initiative to shift political priority towards cardiovascular health: three case studies from Brazil, Mongolia and Senegal

Jasmina Saric, Ann Aerts, Malick Anne, Joseph Barboza, Johannes Boch, Naranjargal Dashdorj, Diana Vaca McGhie, Adela Santana, Jason T. Shellaby, Suely Miya Shiraishi Rollemberg, Mariana Silveira, Peter Steinmann, Daniel Cobos

A pre-implementation examination of barriers and facilitators of an electronic prospective surveillance model for cancer rehabilitation: a qualitative study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Christian J. Lopez, Jennifer M. Jones, Kristin L. Campbell, Jackie L. Bender, Gillian Strudwick, David M. Langelier, Tony Reiman, Jonathan Greenland, Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko

Evaluation of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention ‘eHealth@Hospital-2-Home’ on self-care by patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Marianne Storm, Ingvild Margreta Morken, Rosalynn C. Austin, Oda Nordfonn, Hege Bjøkne Wathne, Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad, Bjørg Karlsen, Ingvild Dalen, Kari Hanne Gjeilo, Alison Richardson, Glyn Elwyn, Edvin Bru, Jon Arne Søreide, Hartwig Kørner, Rune Mo, Anna Strömberg, Hilde Lurås, Anne Marie Lunde Husebø

Revision total knee replacement finances: a detailed cost-analysis of operative practice at a regional tertiary referral centre

Aris Alexiadis, Patrick Reynolds, Louay Al-Mouazzen, Andrew Toms, John Phillips, Ben Waterson

Factors associated with delay or avoidance of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia: results from a nationwide survey

Serine Sahakyan, Diana Muradyan, Aida Giloyan, Tsovinar Harutyunyan

Towards an integrated type 1 diabetes management in low-resource settings: barriers faced by patients and their caregivers in healthcare facilities in Ghana

Bernard Afriyie Owusu, David Teye Doku

An exploration of relocation initiatives deployed within and between nursing homes: a qualitative study

  • Open Access
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Damien S. E. Broekharst, Annerieke Stoop, Wilco P. Achterberg, Monique A. A. Caljouw, Katrien G. Luijkx, Hilde Verbeek, Jan P. H. Hamers, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Bram de Boer, Judith H. J. Urlings, Mara Brouwers, Elleke G. M. Landeweer, Dika H. J. Luijendijk, Miranda C. Schreuder, Sytse U. Zuidema, Marieke Perry, Raymond T. C. M. Koopmans, Wim G. Groen

Dynamic evolution and spatial difference of public health service supply in economically developed provinces of China: typical evidence from Guangdong Province

Yan-Ting He, Yue-Chi Zhang, Rang-Ke Wu, Wen Huang, Ruo-Nan Wang, Luo-Xuan He, Bei Li, Yi-Li Zhang

Caregivers’ experiences of accessing HIV Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) services and its barriers and facilitators, India

Kalyani Nikhare, Nilesh Gawde, Suchit Kamble, Noopur Goel, Sushmita Kamble, Swapna Pawar, Pratik More, Neha Kapoor, Vinita Verma, Bhawani Singh Kushwaha, Chinmoyee Das, Shobini Rajan

Cost and availability of selected medicines after implementation of increased import verification fees

  • Open Access
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Helen Byomire Ndagije, Diana Nakitto Kesi, Kalidi Rajab, Solomon Onen, Allan Serwanga, Leonard Manirakiza, Sheila Ampaire, Joseph Mutasaaga, Denis Mwesigwa, David Nahamya

Reliability and validity of the Patient Experiences Questionnaire for Interdisciplinary Treatment for Substance Dependence – Continuous Electronic Measurement (PEQ-ITSD – CEM)

  • Open Access
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Hilde Hestad Iversen, Mona Haugum, Lina Harvold Ellingsen-Dalskau, Oyvind Bjertnaes

Cracking the code of health security: unveiling the balanced indices through rank-ordered effect analysis

  • Open Access
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Jianping Zhu, Qi Wu, Shiqi Zhang, Boliang Song, Weiwei Wang

First experiences of a hospital-based 3D printing facility – an analytical observational study

  • Open Access
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Christian Kveller, Anders M. Jakobsen, Nicoline H. Larsen, Joakim L. Lindhardt, Thomas Baad-Hansen

Challenges and promising solutions to engaging patients in healthcare implementation in the United States: an environmental scan

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Eva N. Woodward, Andrea Isabel Melgar Castillo, Gala True, Cathleen Willging, JoAnn E. Kirchner

Factors associated with work ability among employees of an Italian university hospital

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Loretta Casolari, Ylenia Curzi, Michele Mastroberardino, Barbara Pistoresi, Erica Poma, Lorenzo Broccoli, Tommaso Fabbri

Characterizing food environments of hospitals and long-term care facilities in the Netherlands: a mixed methods approach

Joline J. Wierda, Emely de Vet, Ellemijn Troost, Maartje P. Poelman

Is loneliness associated with cancellation of medical appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS)

A. Hajek, E. Petersen, I. Schäfer, V. Harth, U. Koch-Gromus, M. Härter, H. Schulz, M. Scherer, H.H. König

Access to automated comparative feedback reports in primary care – a study of intensity of use and relationship with clinical performance among Swedish primary care practices

  • Open Access
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Anders Anell, Eva Arvidsson, Margareta Dackehag, Lina Maria Ellegård, Anna Häger Glenngård

Identifying factors in the provision of intravenous stroke thrombolysis in Malaysia: a multiple case study from the healthcare providers’ perspective

Wen Yea Hwong, Sock Wen Ng, Seng Fah Tong, Norazida Ab Rahman, Wan Chung Law, Sing Keat Wong, Santhi Datuk Puvanarajah, Aisyah Mohd Norzi, Fiona Suling Lian, Sheamini Sivasampu

Assessing nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards promoting female condom use in South African primary healthcare clinics

Enwongo Ettang, Parimalaranie Yogeswaran, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi

New Public Management and hospital efficiency: the case of Norwegian public hospital trusts

  • Open Access
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Nils Arne Lindaas, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Jon Magnussen

Decision analysis framework for predicting no-shows to appointments using machine learning algorithms

  • Open Access
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Carolina Deina, Flavio S. Fogliatto, Giovani J. C. da Silveira, Michel J. Anzanello

Challenges of using evidence in managerial decision-making of the primary health care system

Marjan Hedayatipour, Sina Etemadi, Somayeh Noori Hekmat, Alisadat Moosavi

Navigation programs to support community-dwelling individuals with life-limiting illness: determinants of implementation

  • Open Access
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Sarah Scruton, Grace Warner, Cynthia Kendell, Kathryn Pfaff, Kelli Stajduhar, Linda Patrick, Carren Dujela, Faith Fauteux, Robin Urquhart

Understanding health care pathways of patients with sepsis: protocol of a mixed-methods analysis of health care utilization, experiences, and needs of patients with and after sepsis

Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Norman Rose, Bianka Ditscheid, Lea Draeger, Patrik Dröge, Antje Freytag, Ludwig Goldhahn, Lena Kannengießer, Aurelia Kimmig, Claudia Matthäus-Krämer, Thomas Ruhnke, Konrad Reinhart, Peter Schlattmann, Konrad Schmidt, Josephine Storch, Ruben Ulbrich, Susanne Ullmann, Lisa Wedekind, Enno Swart

Parental satisfaction with paediatric care with and without the support of an eHealth device: a quasi-experimental study in Sweden

Sarah Foldager Jeppesen, Rúnar Vilhjálmsson, Helene Åvik Persson, Inger Kristensson Hallström

Indian Model of Integrated Healthcare (IMIH): a conceptual framework for a coordinated referral system in resource-constrained settings

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Moonis Mirza, Madhur Verma, Arun Aggarwal, Sidhartha Satpathy, Soumya Swaroop Sahoo, Rakesh Kakkar

Implementation considerations for a point-of-care Neisseria gonorrhoeae rapid diagnostic test at primary healthcare level in South Africa: a qualitative study

Lindsey de Vos, Joseph Daniels, Avuyonke Gebengu, Laura Mazzola, Birgitta Gleeson, Benjamin Blümel, Jérémie Piton, Mandisa Mdingi, Ranjana M.S. Gigi, Cecilia Ferreyra, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Remco P.H. Peters

Driving the implementation of hospital examination reservation system through hospital management

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Qi Wang, Yingjie Ma, Jian Mao, Jingyan Song, Mingzhao Xiao, Qinghua Zhao, Fang Yuan, Lei Hu

The needs of healthcare personnel who provide home-based pediatric palliative care: a mixed method systematic review

  • Open Access
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Judith Schröder, Kirsti Riiser, Heidi Holmen

Disentangling organizational levers and economic benefits in transitional care programs: a systematic review and configurational analysis

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Stefano Landi, Maria Martina Panella, Chiara Leardini

Hospital governance accountability structure: a scoping review

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Mohammad Ali Jalilvand, Ahmad Reza Raeisi, Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh

Barriers and facilitators to improving the cascade of HIV care in Ontario: a mixed method study

Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Saranee Fernando, Chloe Lee, Maureen Owino, Cynthia Youssef, M. Elizabeth Snow

Medical tourism among Indonesians: a scoping review

  • Open Access
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Gregorius Abanit Asa, Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Caitlan McLean, Paul Russell Ward

Challenges and solutions for implementing telemedicine in Iran from health policymakers’ perspective

Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, Shiva Abdolahnejad Boushehri, Khalil Alimohammadzadeh

Adjusting advance care planning to older people’s needs: results from focus groups and interviews

  • Open Access
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Heike Gerger, Anneke van Dijk-de Vries, Albine Moser, Inge Jochem, Marja Veenstra, Marieke Perry, Marloes van Bokhoven

Patient level barriers to accessing TB care services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda, a mixed methods study

Mudarshiru Bbuye, Stella Zawedde Muyanja, Isaac Sekitoleko, Roma Padalkar, Nicole Robertson, Madeline Helwig, Dennis Hopkinson, Trishul Siddharthan, Peter Jackson

Commercial provider staff experiences of the NHS low calorie diet programme pilot: a qualitative exploration of key barriers and facilitators

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Susan Jones, Tamara J Brown, Patricia Watson, Catherine Homer, Charlotte Freeman, Chirag Bakhai, Louisa Ells

Key elements and contextual factors that influence successful implementation of large-system transformation initiatives in the New Zealand health system: a realist evaluation

  • Open Access
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Kanchan M Sharma, Peter B Jones, Jacqueline Cumming, Lesley Middleton

Prospects for the development of community-based care in remote rural areas: a stakeholder analysis in Laos

Marco Liverani, Khampheng Phongluxa, Koukeo Phommasone, Rusheng Chew, Arjun Chandna, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Mayfong Mayxay, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Elizabeth Ashley, Yoel Lubell

A closer look at the international health regulations capacities in Lebanon: a mixed method study

  • Open Access
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Maya Hassan, Diana Jamal, Fadi El-Jardali

Exploring community insights on antimicrobial resistance in Nepal: a formative qualitative study

Ayuska Parajuli, Lidis Garbovan, Basudev Bhattarai, Abriti Arjyal, Sushil Baral, Paul Cooke, Sophia Latham, Dani J. Barrington, Jessica Mitchell, Rebecca King

Key factors affecting health promoting behaviors among adolescents: a scoping review

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Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Leila Doshmangir, Najibeh Khoshmaram, Elham Shakibazadeh, Hosein Mashhadi Abdolahi, Roghayeh Khabiri

Evaluation of 17 years of MERIN (Meningitis and Encephalitis register in Lower Saxony, Germany) surveillance system: participants acceptability survey, completeness and timeliness of data

Anna Łuczyńska, Konrad Beyrer, Ina Holle, Armin Baillot, Masyar Monazahian, Johannes Dreesman, Elke Mertens, Sophie Rettenbacher-Riefler

What are the determinants of older people adopting communicative e-health services: a meta-ethnography

Ayse Aslan, Freda Mold, Harm van Marwijk, Jo Armes

Formative research to adapt the ‘Diabetes Prevention Program- Power to Prevent’ for implementation in Bamako, Mali

Lancina Doumbia, Sally Findley, Hamidou Oumar Ba, Bonkana Maiga, Aissata Ba, Rokiatou Koné Béréthé, Hadja Madjè Sangaré, S Patrick Kachur, Stéphane Besançon, Seydou Doumbia

Inpatient healthcare utilization among people with disabilities in Iran: determinants and inequality patterns

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Badriyeh Karami, Satar Rezaei, Hadi Darvishi Gillan, Shahram Akbari, Raheleh Maleki, Fardin Moradi, Faramarz Jalili, Mohammad Karami, Shahin Soltani

Attachment styles and healthcare utilization: exploring the role of the patient-doctor relationship

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I. Schmalbach, G. H. Franke, W. Häuser, B. Strauss, K. Petrowski, Elmar Brähler

Causes and consequences of quack medicine in health care: a scoping review of global experience

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Ali Amir-Azodi, Mohammad Setayesh, Mohammad Bazyar, Mina Ansari, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi

Developing an initial set of quality indicators for chiropractic care: a scoping review

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Robert Vining, Jennifer Smith, Brian Anderson, Zachary Almquist, Danveshka Wong

Engaging stakeholders to level up COPD care in LMICs: lessons learned from the “Breathe Well” programme in Brazil, China, Georgia, and North Macedonia

Genevie Fernandes, Siân Williams, Peymané Adab, Nicola Gale, Corina de Jong, Jaime Correia de Sousa, KK Cheng, Chunhua Chi, Brendan G. Cooper, Andrew P. Dickens, Alexandra Enocson, Amanda Farley, Kate Jolly, Sue Jowett, Maka Maglakelidze, Tamaz Maghlakelidze, Sonia Martins, Alice Sitch, Aleksandra Stamenova, Katarina Stavrikj, Rafael Stelmach, Alice Turner, Zihan Pan, Hui Pang, Jianxin Zhang, Rachel E. Jordan

Optimizing the management of electrophysiology labs in Chinese hospitals using a discrete event simulation tool

Wenjuan Lin, Lin Zhang, Shuqing Wu, Fang Yang, Yueqing Zhang, Xiaoying Xu, Fei Zhu, Zhen Fei, Lihua Shentu, Yi Han

Health professionals’ experience and perceived obstacles with managing patients’ medication information in Norway: cross-sectional survey

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Bo Wang, Unn Sollid Manskow

Post-hospitalization remote monitoring for patients with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an accountable care organization

Samantha Harris, Kayla Paynter, Megan Guinn, Julie Fox, Nathan Moore, Thomas M. Maddox, Patrick G. Lyons

Enrollment and clients’ satisfaction with a community-based health insurance scheme: a community-based survey in Northwest Ethiopia

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Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie, Ayenew Hailu Gebremichael, Melkamu Workie Tadesse

Behavioral sciences applied to acute care teams: a research agenda for the years ahead by a European research network

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Sandra Keller, Judith G. M. Jelsma, Franziska Tschan, Nick Sevdalis, Ruth M. Löllgen, Johan Creutzfeldt, Lauren R. Kennedy-Metz, Walter Eppich, Norbert K. Semmer, Isabelle Van Herzeele, Karin Pukk Härenstam, Martine C. de Bruijne

Establishing a trigger tool based on global trigger tools to identify adverse drug events in obstetric inpatients in China

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Shan Wu, Qinan Yin, Liuyun Wu, Yue Wu, Nan Yu, Junfeng Yan, Yuan Bian

A qualitative study on patients’ and health care professionals’ perspectives regarding care delivered during CIED operation

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Min Zhou, Huilin Zhou, Xiong Zhang, Xiaorong Jin, Xu Su, Yangjuan Bai, Wei Wei, Yimei Zhang, Fang Ma

Sequences of vocational rehabilitation services in Germany: a cohort study

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Annika Sternberg, David Fauser, Hannes Banaschak, Matthias Bethge

Correction: Effect of robot for medication management on home care professionals’ use of working time in older people’s home care: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial

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Satu Kajander-Unkuri, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Jouko Katajisto, Mari Kangasniemi, Riitta Turjamaa

What do primary care providers want to know when caring for patients living with frailty? An analysis of eConsult communications between primary care providers and specialists

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Sathya Karunananthan, Giovanni Bonacci, Celeste Fung, Allen Huang, Benoit Robert, Tess McCutcheon, Deanne Houghton, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Erin Keely, Clare Liddy

A retrospective analysis of adverse events reported by Tunisian intensive care units’ professionals

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Mohamed Ayoub Tlili, Wiem Aouicha, Nikoloz Gambashidze, Asma Ben Cheikh, Jihene Sahli, Matthias Weigl, Ali Mtiraoui, Souad Chelbi, Houyem Said Laatiri, Manel Mallouli

Barriers and facilitators in developing patient versions of clinical practice guidelines - qualitative interviews on experiences of international guideline producers

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Nora Meyer, Julia Hauprich, Jessica Breuing, Irma Hellbrecht, Sarah Wahlen, Nadja Könsgen, Stefanie Bühn, Monika Becker, Susanne Blödt, Günther Carl, Markus Follmann, Stefanie Frenz, Thomas Langer, Monika Nothacker, Corinna Schaefer, Dawid Pieper

Measuring performance in allied health professional role substitution models of care: a clinician survey

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Rumbidzai N. Mutsekwa, Katrina L. Campbell, Russell Canavan, Rebecca L. Angus, Liza-Jane McBride, Joshua M. Byrnes

Patients’ experience of accessing hepatitis C treatment through the Myanmar national hepatitis C treatment program: a qualitative evaluation

Bridget Draper, Win Lei Yee, Anna Bowring, Win Naing, Khin Pyone Kyi, Hla Htay, Jessica Howell, Margaret Hellard, Alisa Pedrana

Quality of health service in the local government authorities in Tanzania: a perspective of the healthcare seekers from Dodoma City and Bahi District councils

  • Open Access
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Richard F. Msacky

Adolescents’ perspectives regarding their communication with reproductive health service providers in Rwanda: an explorative study

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Josephine Uzayisenga, Augustin Nshimiyimana, Gerard Kaberuka, Marie Laetitia Ishimwe Bazakare, Valens Mbarushimana, Madeleine Mukeshimana, Aimable Musafili, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye

Does power distance in healthcare teams linked to patient satisfaction? A multilevel study of interprofessional care teams in a referral hospital in Indonesia

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Susi Afrianti Rahayu, Sunu Widianto, Irma Ruslina Defi, Rizky Abdulah

Postabortion care service availability, readiness, and access in Burkina Faso: results from linked female-facility cross-sectional data

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Yentéma Onadja, Rachidatou Compaoré, Danielle Belemsaga Yugbaré, Haley L. Thomas, Georges Guiella, Siaka Lougué, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Fiacre Bazie, Seni Kouanda, Caroline Moreau, Suzanne O. Bell

Hospital length of stay and readmission after elective surgery: a comparison of current and former smokers with non-smokers

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Gina Arena, Craig Cumming, Natalia Lizama, Hamish Mace, David B. Preen

Knowledge, attitudes and self-confidence with skills required for providing dementia care in physicians at primary healthcare settings in Vietnam

Pham Bich Diep, Kim Bao Giang, Adrian Esterman, Henry Brodaty, Susan Kurrle, Nguyen Thanh Binh, Nguyen Trong Hung, Elizabeth Roughead, Ladson Hinton, Thu Ha Dang, Nguyen Thi Diem Huong, Kham Tran, Maria Crotty, Du Duc, Tuan Anh Nguyen

Development of a complex Interdisciplinary Nurse-coordinated SELf-MAnagement (INSELMA) intervention for patients with inflammatory arthritis

Jette Primdahl, Ann Bremander, Oliver Hendricks, Mikkel Østergaard, Kristine Marie Latocha, Lena Andersen, Kim Vilbaek Jensen, Bente Appel Esbensen

People living with HIV’s perspectives of acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART: a qualitative study

Xolani Ntinga, Franco Musiello, Thembelihle Pita, Nomagugu Mabaso, Connie Celum, Adam Szpiro, Heidi van Rooyen, Ruanne Barnabas, Alastair van Heerden

Experiences of membership in munno mubulwadde (your friend indeed) - a novel community-based health insurance scheme in Luwero district in rural central Uganda

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Christine Nabanoba, Henry Zakumumpa

Impact of medical insurance access negotiation on the utilization of innovative anticancer drugs in China: an interrupted time series analysis

Cui Li, Jingmin Zhu, Linghan Shan, Yingyu Zhou, Gang Liu, Hong Zhu, Qunhong Wu, Yu Cui, Zheng Kang

A systematic scoping review of medicine availability and affordability in Africa

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Jeff Lane, Hilma Nakambale, Asha Kadakia, Yoswa Dambisya, Andy Stergachis, Walter Denis Odoch

Intervention components in the self-management of Parkinson’s: a mixed-methods synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence

Megan Armstrong, Kate Walters, Nathan Davies, Danielle Nimmons, Jennifer Pigott, Joy Read, Anette Schrag

What preconception health services would the public find when searching the internet in Australia?: results from a simulated internet-search study

Amie Steel, Harriet Gibson, Jon Adams, Danielle Schoenaker

Experience of financial toxicity and coping strategies in young and middle-aged patients with stroke: a qualitative study

Ling Xu, Qiong Dong, Aiping Jin, Sining Zeng, Kai Wang, Xiaopei Yang, Xiaoping Zhu

Assessment of pre-referral treatment for malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia by rural community health workers in Southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Michael Matte, Moses Ntaro, Jessica Kenney, Andrew Wesuta, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Shem Bwambale, David Ayebare, Stephen Baguma, Fred Bagenda, Geren Stone, Edgar Mulogo

Does integration with national registers improve the data completeness of local COVID-19 contact tracing tools? A register-based study in Norway, May 2020 - September 2021

Hinta Meijerink, Mohamed Shelil, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Evy Therese Dvergsdal, Elisabeth Henie Madslien, Madeleine Wilberg, Ragnhild Bassøe Gundersen, Johan Ivar Sæbø, Anne Asmyr Thorseng, Bjørn Gunnar Iversen

Evaluation of the implementation of a community health worker-led COVID-19 contact tracing intervention in Chiapas, Mexico, from March 2020 to December 2021

Zeus Aranda, Sandra Vázquez, Anuraag Gopaluni, Laura Martínez, Mayra Ramírez, Ariwame Jiménez, Daniel Bernal, Ana L. Rodríguez, Selene Chacón, Bruno Vargas, Isabel R. Fulcher, Dale A. Barnhart

Physiotherapy-led, community-based airway clearance services for people with chronic lung conditions: a retrospective descriptive evaluation of an existing model of care

Laura Cooper, Kylie Johnston, Marie Williams

Health care management adequacy among French persons with severe profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: a longitudinal study

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Karine Baumstarck, Ilyes Hamouda, Marie-Anastasie Aim, Any Beltran Anzola, Sherezad Khaldi-Cherif, Agnès Felce, Kim Maincent, Katia Lind, Pascal Auquier, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Marie-Christine Rousseau, Narjess Boutalbi, Lionel Dany, Ponha Heng, Patrick Julien, Isabelle Kemlin, Stéphane Lenormand, Stéphane Pietra, Julie Roger, Maria Valkov, Daniel Willocq

A retrospective observational study of vCare: a virtual emergency clinical advisory and transfer service in rural and remote Australia

Kimberley Dean, Cynthia Chang, Erin McKenna, Shannon Nott, Amanda Hunter, Julie A. Tall, Madeline Setterfield, Bridget Addis, Emma Webster

A mixed methods evaluation assessing the feasibility of implementing a PrEP data dashboard in the Southeastern United States

Kaylee Burgan, C. Greer McCollum, Alfredo Guzman, Brooke Penney, Samantha V. Hill, Kachina Kudroff, Shey Thorn, Toya Burton, Kelly Turner, Michael J. Mugavero, Aadia Rana, Latesha Elopre

Cancer screening programs in South-east Asia and Western Pacific

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How COVID-19 has changed the utilization of different health care services in Poland

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Nurses’ perspectives on user-friendly self-sampling interventions for diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections among young women in eThekwini district municipality: a nominal group technique

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Daly/Cost comparison in the management of peripheral arterial disease at 17 Belgian hospitals

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Assembling a population health management maturity index using a Delphi method

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Outer packaging labelling of medicines in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: comparative analysis of requirements and transition terms for harmonisation

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Feasibility of early digital health rehabilitation after cardiac surgery in the elderly: a qualitative study

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Costs and scale-up costs of community-based Oral HIV Self-Testing for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia

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Proposed task shifting integrated with telemedicine to address uncorrected refractive error in Kenya: Delphi study

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Construction and evaluation of a cloud follow-up platform for gynecological patients receiving chemotherapy

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Influences of specialty identity when implementing a new emergency department in Denmark: a qualitative study

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Modelling cost-effectiveness of replacement strategies for ambulance services in the Ministry of Health Malaysia

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Examining rehabilitation access disparities: an integrated analysis of electronic health record data and population characteristics through bivariate choropleth mapping

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Vanessa Seijas, Roxanne Maritz, Satish Mishra, Renaldo M Bernard, Patricia Fernandes, Viola Lorenz, Barbara Machado, Ana María Posada, Luz Helena Lugo‑Agudelo, Jerome Bickenbach, Carla Sabariego

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“I want to see them thrive!”: exploring health service research priorities for young Aboriginal children growing up in Alice Springs – a qualitative study

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C. Lloyd-Johnsen, A. Hampton, E. Stubbs, S. Moore, S. Eades, A. D’Aprano, S. Goldfeld

Challenges and opportunities in strengthening primary mental healthcare for older people in India: a qualitative stakeholder analysis

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Tom Kafczyk, Kerstin Hämel

Maternal health care utilization following the implementation of the free maternal health care policy in Ghana: analysis of Ghana demographic and health surveys 2008–2014

John Azaare, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Kasim Abdulai, Francis Adane, Robert Bagngmen Bio, Martin Hushie

Correction to: Health mediation: an intervention mode for improving emergency department care and support for patients living in precarious conditions

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Riwan Naït Salem, Michel Rotily, Themistoklis Apostolidis, Sophie Odena, Aurore Lamouroux, Célia Chischportich, Nicolas Persico, Pascal Auquier

Patients’ perceptions of use, needs, and preferences related to a telemedicine solution for HIV care in a Norwegian outpatient clinic: a qualitative study

Hege Mari Johnsen, Anita Øgård-Repål, Santiago Gil Martinez, Kim Fangen, Kristin Bårdsen Aas, Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord

Can equity in care be achieved for stigmatized patients? Discourses of ideological dilemmas in perioperative care

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Maria Härgestam, Lenita Lindgren, Maritha Jacobsson

Healthcare provider perspectives on emergency department-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone: a qualitative study

Katherin Badke, Serena S. Small, Megan Pratt, Julie Lockington, Lara Gurney, Andrew Kestler, Jessica Moe

Impact of point-of-care ultrasound use on patient referral decisions in rural Kenya: a mixed methods study

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Grace W. Wanjiku, Gregory Bell, Sonja Kapadia, Benjamin W. Wachira

Factors influencing contracting of residents with family doctors in China: a national cross-sectional survey

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Ning Zhao, Mei Gu, Jin Li, Haiyan Zhang, Jia Yang

“Problems you can live with” versus emergencies: how community members in rural Ethiopia contend with conditions requiring surgery

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Hanna Negussie, Medhanit Getachew, Andualem Deneke, Amezene Tadesse, Ahmed Abdella, Martin Prince, Andrew Leather, Charlotte Hanlon, Chris Willott, Rosie Mayston

A qualitative study examining the impact of COVID-19 on capacity for sustainability of tobacco control programs

Jessica Gannon, Sarah Moreland-Russell

Barriers and enablers for implementation of digital-linked diagnostics models at point-of-care in South Africa: stakeholder engagement

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Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Siphesihle R. Nxele, Kuhlula Maluleke, Evans Mathebula, Musa Marange, Maureen Chilufya, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Evans Duah, Matthias Dzobo, Mable Kekana, Ziningi Jaya, Lehana Thabane, Thobeka Dlangalala, Peter S. Nyasulu, Khumbulani Hlongwana, Thembelihle Dlungwane, Mankgopo Kgatle, Nobuhle Gxekea, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

Relationship between facility number of clinicians and prescribing intensity of psychotropic medications, opioids, and antibiotics in ambulatory practice

Hyungjin Myra Kim, Julie Strominger, Kara Zivin, Tony Van, Donovan T. Maust

Evaluating the coding accuracy of type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Seungwon Lee, Abdel Aziz Shaheen, David J. T. Campbell, Christopher Naugler, Jason Jiang, Robin L. Walker, Hude Quan, Joon Lee

The complexity of leadership in coproduction practices: a guiding framework based on a systematic literature review

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Sofia Kjellström, Sophie Sarre, Daniel Masterson

Implementation of advance care planning in the routine care for acutely admitted patients in geriatric units: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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Maria Romøren, Karin Berg Hermansen, Trygve Johannes Lereim Sævareid, Linn Brøderud, Siri Færden Westbye, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Lisbeth Thoresen, Siri Rostoft, Reidun Førde, Marc Ahmed, Eline Aas, May Helen Midtbust, Reidar Pedersen

Newborn and child health national and provincial clinical practice guidelines in South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi: a scoping review

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Mashudu Mthethwa, Nyanyiwe Masingi Mbeye, Emmanuel Effa, Dachi Arikpo, Ntombifuthi Blose, Amanda Brand, Moriam Chibuzor, Roselyn Chipojola, Solange Durao, Ekpereonne Esu, Idriss Ibrahim Kallon, Gertrude Kunje, Suzgika Lakudzala, Celeste Naude, Trudy D. Leong, Simon Lewin, Denny Mabetha, Michael McCaul, Martin Meremikwu, Per Olav Vandvik, Tamara Kredo

The distribution structure of medical and care resources based on regional characteristics throughout Japan in 2020

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Takuya Kusunoki, Tohru Yoshikawa

Characteristics and risk factors of pharmacist misconduct in New Zealand: a retrospective nationwide analysis

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Yufeng Wang, Sanyogita (Sanya) Ram, Shane Scahill

Value-based healthcare implementation in the Netherlands: a quantitative analysis of multidisciplinary team performance

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Henrike J. Westerink, Gijs Steinmann, Maarten Koomans, Michèle H. van der Kemp, Paul B. van der Nat

Quality indicators for collaborative care networks in persistent somatic symptoms and functional disorders: a modified delphi study

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Nick Mamo, Lineke M. Tak, Manouk A. W. van de Klundert, Tim C. Olde Hartman, Judith G. M. Rosmalen, Denise J. C. Hanssen

Perspectives and experiences of healthcare providers on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in three maternal and neonatal referral hospitals in Guinea in 2020: a qualitative study

Nafissatou Dioubaté, Mamadou Cellou Diallo, Cécé Maomou, Harissatou Niane, Tamba Mina Millimouno, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Telly Sy, Ibrahima Sory Diallo, Aline Semaan, Thérèse Delvaux, Lenka Beňová, Abdoul Habib Béavogui, Alexandre Delamou

The effect of perceived professional benefits on health professionals’ job engagement: the role of psychological availability and future perceived professional benefits

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Jin Wan, Wenjun Zhou, Mingyue Qin, Haiming Zhou

Facilitators and barriers for implementing screening brief intervention and referral for health promotion in a rural hospital in Alberta: using consolidated framework for implementation research

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Sharon S. Mah, Gary F. Teare, Jessica Law, Kamala Adhikari

Spatio-temporal modelling of referrals to outpatient respiratory clinics in the integrated care system of the Morecambe Bay area, England

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Rachael Mountain, Jo Knight, Kelly Heys, Emanuele Giorgi, Timothy Gatheral

Identifying, categorising, and mapping actors involved in resilience in healthcare: a qualitative stakeholder analysis

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Veslemøy Guise, Mary Chambers, Hilda Bø Lyng, Cecilie Haraldseid-Driftland, Lene Schibevaag, Birte Fagerdal, Heidi Dombestein, Eline Ree, Siri Wiig

Development of regional pharmacy intravenous admixture services data reporting and analysis platform for enhanced quality control ability

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Shaowu Tian, Genyu Xie, Fan Xu, Jun Zhang

Management of pain in cancer patients— lessons from practices during the COVID-19: a qualitative study of cancer care providers’ perspectives

Georgina Cornall, Emma Zhao, Tim Luckett, Ertugrul Erciyas, David Monck, Paul Glare, Andy Wang, Yi-Ching Lee

Correction: Health seeking behaviours and private sector delivery of care for non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

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Callum Brindley, Nilmini Wijemunige, Charlotte Dieteren, Judith Bom, Bruno Meessen, Igna Bonfrer

Validation of human immunodeficiency virus diagnosis codes among women enrollees of a U.S. health plan

Gaia Pocobelli, Malia Oliver, Ladia Albertson-Junkans, Gabrielle Gundersen, Aruna Kamineni

Factors predictive of hospital admission for children via emergency departments in Australia and Sweden: an observational cross-sectional study

Julia Crilly, Amy Sweeny, Åsa Muntlin, David Green, Lorelle Malyon, Luke Christofis, Malcolm Higgins, Ann-Sofie Källberg, Sara Dellner, Åsa Myrelid, Therese Djärv, Katarina E. Göransson

Exploring recent trends (2014–21) in preferencing and accepting Queensland medical internships in rural hospitals

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Matthew McGrail, Torres Woolley, Janani Pinidiyapathirage, Kath Paton, Deborah Smith, Kay Brumpton, Peta-Ann Teague

Rewiring care delivery through Digital Therapeutics (DTx): a machine learning-enhanced assessment and development (M-LEAD) framework

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Alessandro Carrera, Stefania Manetti, Emanuele Lettieri

Experiences of an interprofessional follow-up program in primary care practice

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Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit, Bjørg Frøysland Oftedal, Sally Thorne, Kirsten Lomborg, Marit Graue

Simulating the healthcare workforce impact and capacity for pancreatic cancer care in Victoria: a model-based analysis

Lan Gao, Anna Ugalde, Patricia M Livingston, Victoria White, Jennifer J Watts, Hannah Jongebloed, Nikki McCaffrey, David Menzies, Suzanne Robinson

Facilitating and barrier factors to the implementation of a transitional care program: a qualitative study of hospital coordinators in South Korea

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Yukyung Park, Su Mi Jung, Su Kyoung Kim, Heui Sug Jo

Improving care for veterans’ environmental exposure concerns: applications of the consolidated framework for implementation research in program evaluation

Katharine Bloeser, Justin M. Kimber, Susan L. Santos, Chana B. Krupka, Lisa M. McAndrew

Exploring the influence of a financial incentive scheme on early mobilization and rehabilitation in ICU patients: an interrupted time-series analysis

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Yoko Unoki, Sachiko Ono, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Yohei Hashimoto, Hideo Yasunaga, Isao Yokota

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of digital technologies in mental health systems: a qualitative systematic review to inform a policy framework

Chiara Berardi, Marcello Antonini, Zephanie Jordan, Heidi Wechtler, Francesco Paolucci, Madeleine Hinwood

Understanding health systems challenges in providing Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) care in a hub and spoke model: a qualitative analysis to improve AHD care program in Malawi

Thulani Maphosa, Lise Denoeud-Ndam, Lester Kapanda, Sarah Khatib, Lloyd Chilikutali, Eddington Matiya, Boswell Munthali, Rosalia Dambe, Brown Chiwandira, Bilaal Wilson, Rose Nyirenda, Laywell Nyirenda, Bongani Chikwapulo, Owen Madeira Musopole, Appolinaire Tiam, Leila Katirayi

Exploring the driving forces and scenario analysis for catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures in Iran

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Maryam Hedayati, Mohammadreza Maleki, Iravan Masoudi Asl, Ali Akbar Fazaeli, Salime Goharinezhad

A qualitative co-design-based approach to identify sources of workplace-related distress and develop well-being strategies for cardiovascular nurses, allied health professionals, and physicians

Ahlexxi Jelen, Rebecca Goldfarb, Jennifer Rosart, Leanna Graham, Barry B. Rubin

Reducing wait times and avoiding unnecessary use of high-cost mental health services through a Rapid Access and Stabilization Program: protocol for a program evaluation study

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Medard K. Adu, Raquel da Luz Dias, Gloria Obuobi-Donkor, Ngozi Ezeanozie, Sanjana Sridharan, Jason Morrison, Patryk Simon, Bryanne Taylor, Monica MacKinnon, Shiloh Gossen, Mahmoud Awara, Mattew White, Reham Shalaby, Belinda Agyapong, Ejemai Eboreime, JianLi Wang, Cindy Feng, Lori Wozney, Prosper Koto, Jordan Warford, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong

Correction: Disentangling organizational levers and economic benefits in transitional care programs: a systematic review and configurational analysis

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Stefano Landi, Maria Martina Panella, Chiara Leardini

Physician resilience and perceived quality of care among medical doctors with training in psychosomatic medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quantitative and qualitative analysis

Christian Fazekas, Maximilian Zieser, Barbara Hanfstingl, Janika Saretzki, Evelyn Kunschitz, Luise Zieser-Stelzhammer, Dennis Linder, Franziska Matzer

Evaluating a peer-to-peer health education program in Australian public housing communities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jane Oliver, Angeline Ferdinand, Awil Hussein, Ruqiyo Hussein, Jessica Kaufman, Peta Edler, Nicole Allard, Margie Danchin, Katherine B. Gibney

An analysis of the diagnoses and costs of pediatric emergency care visits: a single center study

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Annika Kauppala, Paula Heikkilä, Sauli Palmu

Self-identified barriers to health services among migrants 50 years of age or older: population-based survey study of Russian speakers in Finland

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Nuriiar Safarov, Laura Kemppainen, Sirpa Wrede, Anne Kouvonen

The ENGAGE study: a 3-arm randomized hybrid type 1 effectiveness and implementation study of an in-home, collaborative PCP model of remote telegenetic services to increase uptake of cancer genetic services in childhood cancer survivors

Tara O. Henderson, Mary Ashley Allen, Rajia Mim, Brian Egleston, Linda Fleisher, Elena Elkin, Kevin Oeffinger, Kevin Krull, Demetrios Ofidis, Briana Mcleod, Hannah Griffin, Elizabeth Wood, Cara Cacioppo, Michelle Weinberg, Sarah Brown, Sarah Howe, Aaron McDonald, Chris Vukadinovich, Shani Alston, Dayton Rinehart, Gregory T. Armstrong, Angela R. Bradbury

Preparing healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa for future outbreaks: insights from a multi-country digital self-assessment of COVID-19 preparedness

Gloria P. Gómez-Pérez, Aafke E. de Graaff, John T. Dekker, Bonifacia B. Agyei, Ibironke Dada, Emmanuel Milimo, Marilyn S. Ommeh, Peter Risha, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Nicole Spieker

An integrated primary care service to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in people with severe mental illness: Primrose-A - thematic analysis of its acceptability, feasibility, and implementation

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Philippa Shaw, Annabel Mifsud, David Osborn, Nitisha Nahata, Cerdic Hall, Ian Prenelle, Danielle Lamb

Assertive community treatment for high-utilizing alcohol misuse patients: a before-and-after cohort study protocol

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Juntian Wu, Fahad Javaid Siddiqui, Charles Chia Meng Mak, Ivan Si Yong Chua, Jeevan Raaj Thangayah, Esther Xi Xiang Tan, Huey Ying Seet, Adriel Kailing Rao, Hann Yee Tan, Asif Mohamed, Mikael Hartman, Benjamin Sieu-Hon Leong, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Desmond Renhao Mao

Development and validation of the adolescent behavioural change Counselling Assessment Tool in Indonesia

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Fransisca Handy Agung, Rini Sekartini, Nani Cahyani Sudarsono, Aryono Hendarto, Retno Asti Werdhani, Sri Retno Pudjiati, Lathifah Hanum, Affan Naufal, Susan M Sawyer

Digitally-mediated coordination in healthcare: the effects of teleconsultation on doctor-to-doctor relational coordination

Mattia Vincenzo Olive, Luca Gastaldi, Mariano Corso

Patients’ sense of security from clinical factors in Iran: a cross-sectional study

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Roya Malekzadeh, Ghasem Abedi, Arash Ziapour, Murat Yıldırım, Ehsan Abedini

The impact of the education program based on dimensions of quality of work life among emergency medical services providers

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Ali Panahi-Qoloub, Sima Zohari Anboohi, Malihe Nasiri, Parvaneh Vasli

Activities used by evidence networks to promote evidence-informed decision-making in the health sector– a rapid evidence review

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Germán Andrés Alarcón Garavito, Thomas Moniz, Cristián Mansilla, Syka Iqbal, Rozalia Dobrogowska, Fiona Bennin, Shivangi Talwar, Ahmad Firas Khalid, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros

The development of a novel sexual health promotion intervention for young people with mental ill-health: the PROSPEct project

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Hayley Nolan, Brian O’Donoghue, Magenta Simmons, Isabel Zbukvic, Sophia Ratcliff, Alyssa Milton, Elizabeth Hughes, Andrew Thompson, Ellie Brown

What factors are associated with the research productivity of primary care researchers in Canada? A qualitative study

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Monica Aggarwal, Brian Hutchison, Sabrina T. Wong, Alan Katz, Steve Slade, Deirdre Snelgrove

“We have to change our mindsets”: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators in research collaboration across integrated care system organisations

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Christopher J. Gidlow, Lorna Sams, Kim Buckless, Naomi J. Ellis, Helen C. Duffy, Ruth Lambley-Burke, Paul Campbell, Alison Cooke, Krysia Dziedzic, Matthew Brookes, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Pam Devall, Christian Mallen

Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake in Northwest Syria

Orwa Al-Abdulla, Maher Alaref, Agneta Kallström, Jussi Kauhanen

Perceptions of provider awareness of traditional and cultural treatments among Indigenous people who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada

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Alexa Norton, Fahmida Homayra, Courtney Defriend, Brittany Barker, Louise Meilleur, Kanna Hayashi, Bohdan Nosyk

The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on women’s access to maternal health and family planning services in Egypt: an exploratory study in two governorates

Nahla Abdel Tawab, Salma A. Tayel, Sally M. Radwan, Mohamed A. Ramy

Driving innovation in health care: exploring the impact of ambidextrous leadership on creative performance among frontline health professionals in Norway

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Barbara Rebecca Mutonyi, Manel González-Piñero, Terje Slåtten, Gudbrand Lien

Factors associated with health professionals’ stress reactions, job satisfaction, intention to leave and health-related outcomes in acute care, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes and home care organisations

Karin Anne Peter, Christian Voirol, Stefan Kunz, Andrea Gurtner, Fabienne Renggli, Typhaine Juvet, Christoph Golz

Assessment of the feasibility of a community-based mental health training programme for persons with disabilities by non-specialists from different stakeholders’ perspectives in Bangladesh

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Kamrun Nahar Koly, Jobaida Saba, Enryka Christopher, Anan Nisat Nabela Hossain, Taslima Akter, Zakia Rahman, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Julian Eaton

Do healthcare providers consider the social determinants of health? Results from a nationwide cross-sectional study in the United States

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Jeffrey Glenn, Gwen Kleinhenz, Jenna M.S. Smith, Robert A. Chaney, Victor B.A. Moxley, Paola G. Donoso Naranjo, Sarah Stone, Carl L. Hanson, Alisha H. Redelfs, M. Lelinneth B. Novilla

Use, applicability, and dissemination of patient versions of clinical practice guidelines in oncology in Germany: a qualitative interview study with healthcare providers

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Sarah Wahlen, Jessica Breuing, Monika Becker, Stefanie Bühn, Julia Hauprich, Nadja Könsgen, Nora Meyer, Susanne Blödt, Günther Carl, Markus Follmann, Stefanie Frenz, Thomas Langer, Monika Nothacker, Corinna Schaefer, Dawid Pieper

High-risk pooling for mitigating risk selection incentives in health insurance markets with sophisticated risk equalization: an application based on health survey information

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A. A. Withagen-Koster, R. C. van Kleef, F. Eijkenaar

Patient flow in emergency departments: a comprehensive umbrella review of solutions and challenges across the health system

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Mahnaz Samadbeik, Andrew Staib, Justin Boyle, Sankalp Khanna, Emma Bosley, Daniel Bodnar, James Lind, Jodie A. Austin, Sarah Tanner, Yasaman Meshkat, Barbora de Courten, Clair Sullivan

Association between obtaining injury prevention information and maternal and child health services during COVID-19

Chikako Honda, Natsuki Yamamoto-Takiguchi

The experiences and perceptions of people with chronic and rare diseases during political-economic sanctions in Iran: a qualitative study

Mohammad Mehdi Kiani, Hakimeh Mostafavi, Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Reza Majdzadeh, Efat Mohamadi, Alexander Kraemer, Alireza Olyaeemanesh, Amirhossein Takian

Health care needs, experiences, and satisfaction after terrorism: a longitudinal study of parents of survivors of the Utøya attack

Ida Frugård Strøm, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Synne Stensland, Grete Dyb, Lise Eilin Stene

Exploring the barriers to mental health service utilization in the Bolgatanga Municipality: the perspectives of family caregivers, service providers, and mental health administrators

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Dennis Bomansang Daliri, Gifty Apiung Aninanya, Timothy Tienbia Laari, Nancy Abagye, Richard Dei-Asamoa, Agani Afaya

Cross-sectional analysis of primary care clinics’ policies, practices, and availability of patient support services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, Runqiu Wang, Josiane Kabayundo, Walter Marquez Lavenant, Eleanore Nelson, Muskan Ahuja, Ying Zhang, Hongmei Wang

Optimizing integration of community-based management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants into primary healthcare systems in Ethiopia and Kenya: successes and challenges

Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, George Odwe, Alexandra Haake Kamberos, Kezia K’Oduol, Nebreed Fesseha, Zipporah Moraa, Hellen Gwaro, Dessalew Emaway, Hema Magge, Yasir Bin Nisar, Lisa R. Hirschhorn

Understanding Pathways into Care-homes using Data (UnPiCD study): a two-part model to estimate inpatient and care-home costs using national linked health and social care data

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G. Ciminata, J. K. Burton, T. J Quinn, C. Geue

‘It’s about time’: policymakers’ and health practitioners’ perspectives on implementing fertility care in the Gambian health system

Anna Afferri, Susan Dierickx, Haddijatou Allen, Mustapha Bittaye, Musa Marena, Allan Pacey, Julie Balen

Breast cancer screening among Medicare Advantage enrollees with dementia

Eli Raver, Wendy Y. Xu, Jeah Jung, Sunmin Lee

In-hospital mortality of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after implementation of national health insurance (NHI) in Indonesia

Nurul Qalby, Dian S. Arsyad, Andriany Qanitha, Maarten J. Cramer, Yolande Appelman, Dara R. Pabittei, Pieter A. Doevendans, Idar Mappangara, Akhtar Fajar Muzakkir

Impacts of mining disasters on the ambulatory care of the Brazilian national health system: the cases of Mariana and Brumadinho/Brazil

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Emerson Pessoa Vidal, Rita de Cássia Costa da Silva, Paola Zucchi

Validation of a measure of hospital maternal level of care for the United States

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Jennifer Vanderlaan, Jay J. Shen, Ian K. McDonough

Analysis of patient flow and barriers to timely discharge from general medical wards at a tertiary academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

Mehreen Hunter, Shrikant Peters, Nontuthuko Khumalo, Mary-Ann Davies

Sex differences in cardiologic medication provision for adults with coronary heart disease: an analysis of health claims data from 2018 to 2020 in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Steffen Fleischer, Stephanie Heinrich, Gabriele Meyer, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Sara Lena Lückmann

Non-violent communication as a technology in interpersonal relationships in health work: a scoping review

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Paula Arquioli Adriani, Paula Hino, Mônica Taminato, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno, Odilon Vieira Santos, Hugo Fernandes

Surgical waiting lists and queue management in a Brazilian tertiary public hospital

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Antonio Pazin-Filho, Maria Eulália Lessa do Valle Dallora, Tonicarlo Rodrigues Velasco, Roberto de Oliveira Cardoso dos Santos, Gustavo Jardim Volpe, Diego Marques Moroço, Danilo Arruda de Souza, Claudia Marques Canabrava, Luis Vicente Garcia, Edwaldo Edner Joviliano, Benedito Carlos Maciel

Social determinants of health and treatment center affiliation: analysis from the sickle cell disease implementation consortium registry

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Gustavo G. Mendez, Judith M. Nocek, Donald J. Brambilla, Sara Jacobs, Oladipo Cole, Julie Kanter, Jeffrey Glassberg, Kay L. Saving, Cathy L. Melvin, Robert W. Gibson, Marsha Treadwell, George L. Jackson, Allison A. King, Victor R. Gordeuk, Barbara Kroner, Lewis L. Hsu

Lived experience of healthcare providers amidst war and siege: a phenomenological study of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

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Awol Yemane Legesse, Znabu Hadush, Hale Teka, Ephrem Berhe, Bisrat Tesfay Abera, Fasika Amdeselassie, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha, Daniel Gebre, Alessandra N Bazzano

Governance models for historical hospitals: evidence from Italy

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Martina Giusti, Ilaria Elisa Vannini, Niccolò Persiani

Disruption of hospital care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted socioeconomic groups differently: population based study using routine registration data

Tessa Jansen, Sigur Gouwens, Lotta Meijerink, Iris Meulman, Lisanne H. J. A. Kouwenberg, G. Ardine de Wit, Johan J. Polder, Anton E. Kunst, Ellen Uiters

Physiotherapy and its service in Nepal: implementation and status reported from facility surveys and official registers

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Nishchal Ratna Shakya, Nistha Shrestha, Gillian Webb, Hellen Myezwa, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Ann-Katrin Stensdotter

Tensions experienced by case managers working in home care for older adults in Quebec: first level analysis of an institutional ethnography

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Alexandra Ethier, Marie-France Dubois, Virginie Savaria, Annie Carrier

Practical strategies to achieve resilient health systems: results from a scoping review

David Bishai, Basma M. Saleh, Maryam Huda, Eman Mohammed Aly, Marwa Hafiz, Ali Ardalan, Awad Mataria

Community-embedded follow-up management intervention for geriatric primary care: a mixed-methods study of an integrated health services model

Wenjing Shi, Lingling Wu, Xiaodong Li, Feng Qi, Wanyu Ji

The relationship between community social risk factors and regional hospital-reported cash, negotiated, and chargemaster prices for 14 common services

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Eva Chang, Wayne Psek

External inspection approaches and involvement of stakeholders’ views in inspection following serious incidents - a qualitative mixed methods study from the perspectives of regulatory inspectors

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Sina Furnes Øyri, Siri Wiig, Janet E. Anderson, Inger Johanne Bergerød

Developing a capacity-building intervention for healthcare workers to improve communication skills and awareness of hard of hearing and D/deaf patients: results from a participatory action research study

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Véronique S. Grazioli, Madison Graells, Elodie Schmutz, Odile Cantero, Tanya Sebaï, Vanessa Favre, Jessica Richème-Roos, Kevin Morisod, Michel Jeanneret, Pascal Singy, Patrick Bodenmann

Workforce wellbeing centres and their positive role for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of COVID-Well data

Holly Blake, Helen Mancini, Emma Coyne, Joanne Cooper, Natalia Stanulewicz-Buckley

Implementation of large, multi-site hospital interventions: a realist evaluation of strategies for developing capability

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Janet C Long, Natalie Roberts, Emilie Francis-Auton, Mitchell N Sarkies, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Johanna I Westbrook, Jean-Frederic Levesque, Diane E Watson, Rebecca Hardwick, Kate Churruca, Peter Hibbert, Jeffrey Braithwaite

Correction: Strategies to improve care for older adults who present to the emergency department: a systematic review

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Luke Testa, Lieke Richardson, Colleen Cheek, Theresa Hensel, Elizabeth Austin, Mariam Safi, Natália Ransolin, Ann Carrigan, Janet Long, Karen Hutchinson, Magali Goirand, Mia Bierbaum, Felicity Bleckly, Peter Hibbert, Kate Churruca, Robyn Clay-Williams

Exploring the motivation of health professionals to engage with research at various career stages

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Louisa M. D’Arrietta, Venkat N. Vangaveti, Melissa J. Crowe, Bunmi S. Malau-Aduli

Implementing a new living concept for persons with dementia in long-term care: evaluation of a quality improvement process

Suzanne Portegijs, Adriana Petronella Anna van Beek, Lilian Huibertina Davida van Tuyl, Cordula Wagner

Leagility in the healthcare research: a systematic review

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Xueying Li, Ana Lúcia Martins

Measuring the continuing care needs of inpatients in rural China

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Haoran Liu, Zhifan Wang, Juan Hu, Qiushuang Xu, Lei Yang, Weiyan Jian

Design and validation of a conceptual model regarding impact of open science on healthcare research processes

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Maryam Zarghani, Leila Nemati-Anaraki, Shahram Sedghi, Abdolreza Noroozi Chakoli, Anisa Rowhani-Farid

The role of human capital and stress for cost awareness in the healthcare system: a survey among German hospital physicians

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Christoph Lüdemann, Maike Gerken, Marcel Hülsbeck

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Mid-level managers’ perspectives on implementing isoniazid preventive therapy for people living with HIV in Ugandan health districts: a qualitative study

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Acceptance of assisted partner notification among HIV-positive adults with severe mental illness at a national referral hospital in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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COVID-19-associated costs and mortality in Germany: an incidence-based analysis from a payer’s perspective

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Gap analysis of diabetes-related foot disease management systems in Pacific Islands Countries and Territories

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Patient’s and healthcare provider’s experiences with Opioid Maintenance Treatment (OMT): a qualitative evidence synthesis

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Experiences of participants in the co-design of a community-based health service for people with high healthcare service use

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Access to child developmental assessment services in culturally and linguistically diverse metropolitan Sydney: a retrospective cohort analysis

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Equity and unmet need of non-communicable diseases services in Saudi Arabia using a National Household Survey (2019)

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Core outcomes for speech-language services in Ontario schools: a group concept mapping study and guiding framework

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The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia

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The economic burden of obesity in 4 south-eastern European countries associated with obesity-related co-morbidities

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Pharmacist-led medication reconciliation service for patients after discharge from tertiary hospitals to primary care in Singapore: a qualitative study

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An exploration of service use pattern changes and cost analysis following implementation of community perinatal mental health teams in pregnant women with a history of specialist mental healthcare in England: a national population-based cohort study

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Do women living in a deprived neighborhood have higher maternity care costs and worse pregnancy outcomes? A retrospective population-based study

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Level of technical efficiency and associated factors among health centers in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: an application of the data envelopment analysis

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Healthcare worker burnout: exploring the experiences of doctors working in a maternity unit in Namibia

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Economic burden of diabetic foot ulcer: a case of Iran

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Transforming health care systems towards high-performance organizations: qualitative study based on learning from COVID-19 pandemic in the Basque Country (Spain)

Ane Fullaondo, Irati Erreguerena, Esteban de Manuel Keenoy

Translation and measurement properties of pregnancy and childbirth questionnaire in Iranian postpartum women

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Reduction in all-cause medical and caregiving costs through innovative health awareness projects in a rural area in Japan: a retrospective cohort study

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A new scale to assess health-facility level management: the development and validation of the facility management scale in Ghana, Uganda, and Malawi

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Diagnostic evaluation of institutions as a basis for designing the Brazilian maturity model of telehealth services

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A qualitative evaluation of stakeholder perspectives on sustainable financing strategies for ‘priority’ adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions in Ghana

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Areas of consensus on unwarranted and warranted transfers between nursing homes and emergency care facilities in Norway: a Delphi study

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Treatment approaches and costs associated with diabetes clinical metrics as measured by Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)

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Barriers to proper maternal referral system in selected health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative study

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Global job satisfaction and fluctuation among community general practitioners: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Reasons for implementation success despite health system constraints: qualitative insights on ‘what worked’ for cotrimoxazole preventive therapy

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Implementing routine paediatric height/length and weight screening and weight management advice by clinicians: an evaluation

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Exploring healthcare provider retention in a rural and frontier community in Northern Idaho

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Evaluation of a peer-support, ‘mentor mother’ program in Gaza, Mozambique; a qualitative study

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Drivers of vulnerability to medicine smuggling and combat strategies: a qualitative study based on online news media analysis in Iran

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Linkage to HIV care and early retention in HIV care among men in the ‘universal test-and-treat’ era in a high HIV-burdened district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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A pilot study of implementing an adapted model for integration of interventions for people with alcohol use disorders in Tanzanian primary healthcare facilities

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Dorothy Mushi, Charlotte Hanlon, Candida Moshiro, Joel M Francis, Merga B. Feyasa, Solomon Teferra

Acceptance and expectations of healthcare workers and community during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Bhavnagar city, western India: a qualitative exploration

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“Access to pharmacy services is difficult in China”: a qualitative study from the perspective of transplant recipients to explore their expectations

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Benchmark findings from a veteran electronic patient-reported outcomes evaluation from a chronic pain management telehealth program

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of CTZ/TAZ for the treatment of ventilated hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia in Japan

Risako Takaya, Nobuyoshi Mori, Eiko Saito, Sachiko Ohde

Using the consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to integrate innovation recipients’ perspectives into the implementation of a digital version of the spinal cord injury health maintenance tool: a qualitative analysis

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The association between midwifery staffing and reported harmful incidents: a cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected data

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Group Health & Wellness Coaching: development and validation of the required competencies

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Access to continuous professional development for capacity building among nurses and midwives providing emergency obstetric and neonatal care in Rwanda

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A comprehensive value-based method for new nuclear medical service pricing: with case study of radium [223Ra] bone metastases treatment

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Evaluation of heroin-assisted treatment in Norway: protocol for a mixed methods study

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Rural-urban differences in use of health services before and after dementia diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study

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Factors influencing the length of stay in forensic psychiatric settings: a systematic review

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Co-creation process of an intervention to implement a multiparameter point-of-care testing device in a primary healthcare setting for non-communicable diseases in Peru

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Turnover intention of foreign trained physicians in German rehabilitation facilities—a quantitative study

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Eva Jansen, Johanna Schmidt, Manuela Marquardt

Is the national health insurance scheme a pathway to sustained access to medicines in Nigeria?

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Strategies to implement evidence-informed decision making at the organizational level: a rapid systematic review

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“They seemed to be like cogs working in different directions”: a longitudinal qualitative study on Long COVID healthcare services in the United Kingdom from a person-centred lens

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Workforce strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective online survey at intensive care units in Germany

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Building resilience: analysis of health care leaders’ perspectives on the Covid-19 response in Region Stockholm

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Geographical distribution of emergency obstetric and neonatal care signal functions in Ethiopian health facilities: 2021–2022 Ethiopian service Provision Assessment (SPA)

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Implementing digital sexual and reproductive health care services in youth clinics: a qualitative study on perceived barriers and facilitators among midwives in Stockholm, Sweden

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The trend of dental check-up and prevalence of dental complications following the use of bone modifying agents in patients with metastatic breast and prostate cancer: analysis of data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service

Ah Reum Lim, Wonse Park, Seok Joo Moon, Min Sun Kim, Soohyeon Lee

Correction: A mixed methods analysis of the medication review intervention centered around the use of the ‘Systematic Tool to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing’ Assistant (STRIPA) in Swiss primary care practices

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Shashank Ghai, Kathleen Chassé, Marie-Jeanne Renaud, Lilian Guicherd-Callin, André Bussières, Diana Zidarov

Health workforce incentives and dis-incentives during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences from Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda

Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Ziyada Babirye, Steven N. Kabwama, Andrew K. Tusubira, Susan Kizito, Rawlance Ndejjo, Marc Bosonkie, Landry Egbende, Berthold Bondo, Mala Ali Mapatano, Ibrahima Seck, Oumar Bassoum, Mamadou MM Leye, Issakha Diallo, Olufunmilayo I. Fawole, Segun Bello, Mobolaji M Salawu, Eniola A Bamgboye, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Ayo Steven Adebowale, Rotimi . F Afolabi, Rhoda K. Wanyenze

Early age at menarche and history of sexually transmitted infections significantly predict cervical cancer screening uptake among women aged 25–49 years: evidence from the 2021 Côte d’Ivoire demographic and health survey

Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Awareness of standard precautions, circumstances of occurrence and management of occupational exposures to body fluids among healthcare workers in a regional level referral hospital (Bertoua, Cameroon)

Innocent Takougang, Fabrice Zobel Lekeumo Cheuyem, Billy Ralph Sanding Ze, Forlemu Fabiola Tsamoh, Hortense Mengong Moneboulou

A cross-sectional study on turnover intention of nurses in eastern China

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Haolian Huang, Liping Wang, Ruilian Qian, Yanhong Zhang

Advance directives in the emergency department–a systematic review of the status quo

Vincent Weber, Aurelia Hübner, Sandra Pflock, Lukas Schamberger, Rajan Somasundaram, Lennert Boehm, Wolfgang Bauer, Eva Diehl-Wiesenecker

Adaptation and qualitative evaluation of the BETTER intervention for chronic disease prevention and screening by public health nurses in low income neighbourhoods: views of community residents

Mary Ann O’Brien, Aisha Lofters, Becky Wall, Regina Elliott, Tutsirai Makuwaza, Mary-Anne Pietrusiak, Eva Grunfeld, Bernadette Riordan, Cathie Snider, Andrew D. Pinto, Donna Manca, Nicolette Sopcak, Sylvie D. Cornacchi, Joanne Huizinga, Kawsika Sivayoganathan, Peter D. Donnelly, Peter Selby, Robert Kyle, Linda Rabeneck, Nancy N. Baxter, Jill Tinmouth, Lawrence Paszat

Understanding health system resilience in responding to COVID-19 pandemic: experiences and lessons from an evolving context of federalization in Nepal

Shophika Regmi, Maria Paola Bertone, Prabita Shrestha, Suprich Sapkota, Abriti Arjyal, Tim Martineau, Joanna Raven, Sophie Witter, Sushil Baral

Equitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study

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Justine Davies, Kathryn Chu, Stephen Tabiri, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Abebe Bekele, Junaid Razzak, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Laura Bojke, Lungiswa Nkonki, Christina Laurenzi, Alice Sitch, Irene Bagahirwa, Antonio Belli, Napoleon Bellua Sam, Alemayehu Amberbir, John Whitaker, Denys Ndangurura, Leila Ghalichi, Tamlyn MacQuene, Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Ntezimana Jean Nepomuscene, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Frederick Sarfo-Antwi, Zaheer Babar Chand, Zabin Wajidali, Fazila Sahibjan, Huba Atiq, Yonela Mali, Zola Tshabalala, Faieeza Khalfe, Olwethu Nodo, Ghislaine Umwali, Eric Twizeyimana, Nadine Mugisha, Ngirabeza Oda Munyura, Solange Nakure, Sage Marie Consolatrice Ishimwe, Pascal Nzasabimana, Adams Dramani, Jane Acquaye, Ahmed Tanweer

A service mapping exercise of four health and social care staff mental health and wellbeing services, Resilience Hubs, to describe health service provision and interventions

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Kate Allsopp, Filippo Varese, Paul French, Ellie Young, Hannah White, Priscilla Chung, Jessica Davey, Alysha A. Hassan, Sally-Anne Wright, Alan Barrett, Gita Bhutani, Katherine McGuirk, Gemma Shields, Fay Huntley, Joanne Jordan, Aleix Rowlandson, May Sarsam, Hein Ten Cate, Holly Walker, Ruth Watson, Jenni Willbourn, Daniel Hind

Availability and readiness of healthcare facilities and their effects on antenatal care services uptake in Bangladesh

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Md. Nuruzzaman Khan, Md. Badsha Alam, Atika Rahman Chowdhury, Md. Awal Kabir, Md. Mostaured Ali Khan

The impact of health insurance on maternal and reproductive health service utilization and financial protection in low- and lower middle-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence

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Joseph Kazibwe, Phuong Bich Tran, Andrea Hannah Kaiser, Simon Peter Kasagga, Felix Masiye, Björn Ekman, Jesper Sundewall

Developing a questionnaire to evaluate an automated audit & feedback intervention: a Rand-modified Delphi method

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Ine Van den Wyngaert, Gijs Van Pottelbergh, Kristien Coteur, Bert Vaes, Steve Van den Bulck

Impact of burnout and professional fulfillment on intent to leave among pediatric physicians: The findings of a quality improvement initiative

R. Thomas Collins II, Aric Schadler, Hong Huang, Scottie B. Day, John A. Bauer

Barriers and facilitators to guideline for the management of pediatric off-label use of drugs in China: a qualitative descriptive study

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Min Meng, Jiale Hu, Xiao Liu, Min Tian, Wenjuan Lei, Enmei Liu, Zhu Han, Qiu Li, Yaolong Chen

Patients’ perspectives on quality and patient safety failures: lessons learned from an inquiry into transvaginal mesh in Australia

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Mina Motamedi, Chris Degeling, Stacy M. Carter

Changes in intention to use an interprofessional approach to decision-making following training: a cluster before-and-after study

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Hajar Taqif, Lionel Adisso, Lucas Gomes Souza, Suélène Georgina Dofara, Sergio Cortez Ghio, Louis-Paul Rivest, France Légaré

The use of positive deviance approach to improve health service delivery and quality of care: a scoping review

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Ayelign Mengesha Kassie, Elizabeth Eakin, Biruk Beletew Abate, Aklilu Endalamaw, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Yibeltal Assefa

How do opt-in versus opt-out settings nudge patients toward electronic health record adoption? An exploratory study of facilitators and barriers in Austria and France

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Anna Griesser, Manel Mzoughi, Sonja Bidmon, Emna Cherif

Transformational nurse leadership attributes in German hospitals pursuing organization-wide change via Magnet® or Pathway® principles: results from a qualitative study

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Joan Kleine, Julia Köppen, Carolin Gurisch, Claudia B. Maier

Correction: Experiences with telemedicine-based follow-up of chronic conditions: the views of patients and health personnel enrolled in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Susanna Sten-Gahmberg, Kine Pedersen, Ingrid Gaarder Harsheim, Hanna Isabel Loyland, Birgit Abelsen

A qualitative study of leaders’ experiences of handling challenges and changes induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in rural nursing homes and homecare services

Malin Knutsen Glette, Tone Kringeland, Lipika Samal, David W. Bates, Siri Wiig

A qualitative study on the health system-related needs in women survivors of rape

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Leila Asadi, Mahnaz Noroozi, Hajar Salimi, Sara Jambarsang, Fardin Mardani

On-demand mobile hypertension training for primary health care workers in Nigeria: a pilot study

Joseph Odu, Kufor Osi, Leander Nguyen, Allison Goldstein, Lawrence J. Appel, Kunihiro Matsushita, Dike Ojji, Ikechukwu A. Orji, Morenike Alex-Okoh, Deborah Odoh, Malau Mangai Toma, Chris Ononiwu Elemuwa, Suleiman Lamorde, Hasana Baraya, Mary T. Dewan, Obagha Chijioke, Andrew E. Moran, Emmanuel Agogo, Marshall P. Thomas

Action researchers as “orchestrators” of co-innovation: a theoretical and methodological framework

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Marianne Eliassen, Cathrine Arntzen, Lina Forslund, Morten Nikolaisen, Patrik Alexandersson, Astrid Gramstad, Andreas Hellström

Socioeconomic factors associated with use of telehealth services in outpatient care settings during the COVID-19

Pearl C. Kim, Lo-Fu Tan, Jillian Kreston, Haniyeh Shariatmadari, Estella Sky Keyoung, Jay J. Shen, Bing-Long Wang

Barriers and facilitators of implementation of new antibacterial technologies in patient care: an interview study with orthopedic healthcare professionals at a university hospital

Lieve Vonken, Gert-Jan de Bruijn, Annika Noordink, Stef Kremers, Francine Schneider

Understanding social needs screening and demographic data collection in primary care practices serving Maryland Medicare patients

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Claire M. Starling, Marjanna Smith, Sadaf Kazi, Arianna Milicia, Rachel Grisham, Emily Gruber, Joseph Blumenthal, Hannah Arem

Transitioning to home and beyond following stroke: a prospective cohort study of outcomes and needs

Geraldine O’Callaghan, Martin Fahy, Sigrid O’Meara, Mairead Chawke, Eithne Waldron, Marie Corry, Sinead Gallagher, Catriona Coyne, Julie Lynch, Emma Kennedy, Thomas Walsh, Hilary Cronin, Niamh Hannon, Clare Fallon, David J Williams, Peter Langhorne, Rose Galvin, Frances Horgan

The burden of anxiety, depression, and stress, along with the prevalence of symptoms of PTSD, and perceptions of the drivers of psychological harms, as perceived by doctors and nurses working in ICUs in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic; a mixed method evaluation

Shirish KC, Tiffany E. Gooden, Diptesh Aryal, Kanchan Koirala, Subekshya Luitel, Rashan Haniffa, Abi Beane, Diptesh Aryal, Shirish KC, Kanchan Koirala, Subekshya Luitel, Rohini Nepal, Sushil Khanal, Hem R Paneru, Subha K Shreshta, Sanjay Lakhey, Samina Amatya, Kaveri Thapa, Radhika Maharjan, Roshani Kafle, Anita Bashyal, Reema Shrestha, Dipika Khadka, Nilu Dullewe

Determinants of respectful maternity care among women who gave childbirth in Southern Ethiopia

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Dawit Utalo, Eskinder Israel, Tsegaye Lolaso Lenjebo, Amdehiwot Aynalem, Tadele Dana Darebo

An investigation into the present status and influencing factors of nurse retention in grade-a tertiary general hospitals in Shanxi Province within the framework of the magnet hospital concept

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Li-Hong Yue, Lin-Ying Wang, Jin-Li Guo, Wan-Ling Li, Jian-Wei Zhang

“So at least now I know how to deal with things myself, what I can do if it gets really bad again”—experiences with a long-term cross-sectoral advocacy care and case management for severe multiple sclerosis: a qualitative study

Anne Müller, Fabian Hebben, Kim Dillen, Veronika Dunkl, Yasemin Goereci, Raymond Voltz, Peter Löcherbach, Clemens Warnke, Heidrun Golla, Dirk Müller, Dorthe Hobus, Eckhard Bonmann, Franziska Schwartzkopff, Gereon Nelles, Gundula Palmbach, Herbert Temmes, Isabel Franke, Judith Haas, Julia Strupp, Kathrin Gerbershagen, Laura Becker-Peters, Lothar Burghaus, Martin Hellmich, Martin Paus, Solveig Ungeheuer, Sophia Kochs, Stephanie Stock, Thomas Joist, Volker Limmroth

Can family doctor system improve health service utilization for patients with hypertension and diabetes in China? A difference-in-differences study

Luying Zhang, Peng Zhang, Wen Chen

Applying the UTAUT2 framework to patients’ attitudes toward healthcare task shifting with artificial intelligence

Weiting Huang, Wen Chong Ong, Mark Kei Fong Wong, Eddie Yin Kwee Ng, Tracy Koh, Chanchal Chandramouli, Choon Ta Ng, Yoran Hummel, Feiqiong Huang, Carolyn Su Ping Lam, Jasper Tromp

The role of champions in the implementation of technology in healthcare services: a systematic mixed studies review

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Sissel Pettersen, Hilde Eide, Anita Berg

Can proactive support prevent unscheduled care? A controlled observational retrospective cohort study in cancer patients in Scotland

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Austyn Snowden, Jenny Young, Jan Savinc

Outpatient geriatric health care in the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: a population-based spatial analysis of claims data

Nils Pfeuffer, Franziska Radicke, Maren Leiz, Kilson Moon, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Neeltje van den Berg

Healthcare team resilience during COVID-19: a qualitative study

John W. Ambrose, Ken Catchpole, Heather L. Evans, Lynne S. Nemeth, Diana M. Layne, Michelle Nichols

Allocating municipal services to individuals with complex rehabilitation needs – a discourse analysis of individual administrative decision letters

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Maren Ekenes, Olin Oldeide, Eike Wehling

Stakeholder opinions on perceived sub-standard emergency obstetric and newborn care in Ghana

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Alice Ayawine, Mathias J. A. Asaarik, Roger A. Atinga

Participatory methods used in the evaluation of medical devices: a comparison of focus groups, interviews, and a survey

Kas Woudstra, Marcia Tummers, Catharina J. M. Klijn, Lotte Sondag, Floris Schreuder, Rob Reuzel, Maroeska Rovers

Temporal and geographical variations in diagnostic imaging in Norway

Bjørn Morten Hofmann, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsaeter, Eivind Richter Andersen, Jan Porthun, Elin Kjelle

Changes in long-term care insurance revenue among service providers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tomoko Ito, Xueying Jin, Makiko Tomita, Shu Kobayashi, Nanako Tamiya

Patient experiences and perspectives of health service access for carpal tunnel syndrome in Aotearoa New Zealand: a normalisation process theory-informed qualitative study

Miranda Bűhler, Carol Atmore, Meredith Perry, Sue Crengle, Pauline Norris, G. David Baxter

Understanding the implementation and sustainability needs of evidence-based programs for racial and ethnic minoritized older adults in under-resourced communities with limited aging services

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Yelba Castellon-Lopez, Savanna L. Carson, Katherine T. Ward, Karina D. Ramirez, Lynn Phan Vo, Tony Kuo, Teresa Seeman, Stefanie D. Vassar, Laura Trejo, Ellen Eidem, María P. Aranda, Arleen F. Brown

Trust-building in temporary public health partnerships: a qualitative study of the partnership formation process of a Covid-19 test, trace and protect service

Eva Krczal, Doris A. Behrens

The effect of commuting time on burnout: the mediation effect of musculoskeletal pain

Yong-Hsin Chen, Jia June Lin, Ching-wen Yang, Hsiu-Mei Tang, Gwo-Ping Jong, Tsung-Yuan Yang

Life expectancy, long-term care demand and dynamic financing mechanism simulation: an empirical study of Zhejiang Pilot, China

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Xueying Xu, Yichao Li, Hong Mi

Health workforce strategies during COVID-19 response: insights from 15 countries in the WHO Africa Region

Adam Ahmat, Sunny C Okoroafor, James Avoka Asamani, Millogo Jean, Abdou Illou Mourtala, Jennifer Nyoni, Kasonde Mwinga

Disadvantaged groups have greater spatial access to pharmacies in New York state

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Abhinav Suri, James Quinn, Raymond R. Balise, Daniel J. Feaster, Nabila El-Bassel, Andrew G. Rundle

Time is money: general practitioners’ reflections on the fee-for-service system

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Kristian B. Kraft, Eivor H. Hoff, Magne Nylenna, Cathrine F. Moe, Arnstein Mykletun, Kristian Østby

Client satisfaction and contributing factors towards sexual and reproductive health services delivery system among youth at Family Guidance Association of north Ethiopia (FGAE) clinics, 2023: mixed method study

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Niguss Cherie, Yawkal Tsega, Anissa Mohammed, Zinet Abegaz, Abel Endawkie, Yeshimebet Ali Dawed, Natnael Kebede

Grace Under Pressure: a mixed methods impact assessment of a verbatim theatre intervention to improve healthcare workplace culture

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Claire Hooker, Aspasia Karageorge, Karen M. Scott, Renee Lim, Louise Nash

Transitioning to sustainable, climate-resilient healthcare: insights from a health service staff survey in Australia

Andrea Huang, Susan Monro Cooke, Christine Garsden, Carol Behne, Erika Borkoles

Navigating outpatient care of patients with type 2 diabetes after hospital discharge - a qualitative longitudinal study

Léa Solh Dost, Giacomo Gastaldi, Marcelo Dos Santos Mamed, Marie P. Schneider

A data-driven combined prediction method for the demand for intensive care unit healthcare resources in public health emergencies

Weiwei Zhang, Xinchun Li

Increasing and sustaining discharges by noon – a multi-year process improvement project

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Ryan Bailey, Ankur Segon, Sean Garcia, Saket Kottewar, Ting Lu, Nelson Tuazon, Lisa Sanchez, Jonathan A. Gelfond, Gregory Bowling

Implementation of an audit and feedback module targeting low-value clinical practices in a provincial trauma quality assurance program: a cost-effectiveness study

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Blanchard Conombo, Jason R. Guertin, Jeffrey S. Hoch, Jeremy Grimshaw, Mélanie Bérubé, Christian Malo, Simon Berthelot, François Lauzier, Henry T. Stelfox, Alexis F. Turgeon, Patrick Archambault, Amina Belcaid, Lynne Moore

Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach

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Ramona Hiltensperger, Grace Ryan, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Ashleigh Charles, Ellen Epple, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Yasuhiro Kotera, Richard Mpango, Galia Moran, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Rebecca Nixdorf, Mary Ramesh, Donat Shamba, Mike Slade, Bernd Puschner, Juliet Nakku

Implementation of the Dementia Isolation Toolkit in long-term care improves awareness but does not reduce moral distress amongst healthcare providers

Anne Marie Levy, Alisa Grigorovich, Josephine McMurray, Hannah Quirt, Kaitlyn Ranft, Katia Engell, Steven Stewart, Arlene Astell, Kristina Kokorelias, Denise Schon, Kevin Rogrigues, Mario Tsokas, Alastair J. Flint, Andrea Iaboni

A care coordination program to support patients with hepatitis B virus at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States

M. Cabell Jonas, Yi-Shin Sheu, Kara Wright, Lauren Peyton, R. Clayton Bishop, Sundeep Basra, Fariha Sarwar, Grace Winn, Karen Chesbrough

The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare booking and cancellation patterns: time series analysis of private healthcare service utilisation in Finland

Oskar Niemenoja, Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Sari Riihijärvi, Paul Lillrank, Petri Bono, Simo Taimela

Attitudes and perceptions towards developing a health educational video to enhance optimal uptake of malaria preventive therapy among pregnant women in Uganda: a qualitative study involving pregnant women, health workers, and Ministry of health officials

Rita Nakalega, Ruth Nabisere-Arinaitwe, Nelson Mukiza, Cynthia Ndikuno Kuteesa, Denis Mawanda, Paul Natureeba, Ronnie Kasirye, Clemensia Nakabiito, Jane Nabakooza, Emmie Mulumba, Josephine Nabukeera, Joseph Ggita, Abel Kakuru, Lynn Atuyambe, Philippa Musoke, Mary Glenn Fowler, Zubair Lukyamuzi

A longitudinal cohort study on the use of health and care services by older adults living at home with/without dementia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study

Tanja Louise Ibsen, Bjørn Heine Strand, Sverre Bergh, Gill Livingston, Hilde Lurås, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Richard Oude Voshaar, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Pernille Thingstad, Debby Gerritsen, Geir Selbæk

Quality indicators for hospital burn care: a scoping review

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Denise R. Rabelo Suzuki, Levy Aniceto Santana, Juliana Elvira H. Guerra Ávila, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Guilherme Pacheco Modesto, Leila Bernarda Donato Gottems, Vinicius Maldaner

A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact

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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B Khatri, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Daniel Erku, Eskinder Wolka, Anteneh Zewdie, Yibeltal Assefa

Two-year follow-up of a clustered randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent general practice intervention for people at risk of poor health outcomes

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Richard L. Reed, Leigh Roeger, Billingsley Kaambwa

Diabetic kidney disease screening status and related factors: a cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes in six provinces in China

Zhang Xia, Xuechun Luo, Yanzhi Wang, Tingling Xu, Jianqun Dong, Wei Jiang, Yingying Jiang

“It’s hard to say anything definitive about what severity really is”: lay conceptualisations of severity in a healthcare context

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Mille Sofie Stenmarck, David GT Whitehurst, Hilde Lurås, Jorun Rugkåsa

Development and validation of the hospice professional coping scale among Chinese nurses

Yanting Zhang, Li Zheng, Yanling He, Min Han, Yu Wang, Jinyu Xv, Hui Qiu, Liu Yang

A scoping review examining patient experience and what matters to people experiencing homelessness when seeking healthcare

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Jean-Philippe Miller, Jennie Hutton, Claire Doherty, Shannen Vallesi, Jane Currie, Katrina Rushworth, Matthew Larkin, Matthew Scott, James Morrow, Lisa Wood

Assessment of health literacy in a French emergency department

Pauline Marie, Nicolas Romain-Scelle, Veronique Potinet, Anne Marie Schott, Marion Douplat

Geographic disparities in telemedicine mental health use by applying three way ANOVA on Medicaid claims population data

Benjamin Ukert, Mark Lawley, Hye-Chung Kum

Hidden cost of hospital-based delivery and associated factors among postpartum women attending public hospitals in Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia

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Menen Tilahun Chewaka, Gistane Ayele, Godana Yaya Tessema, Dagne Deresa Dinagde, Hana Tadesse Afework, Bezalem Mekonen Biwota, Habtamu Wana Wada

Comparison of the market share of public and private hospitals under different Medical Alliances: an interrupted time-series analysis in rural China

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Yingbei Xiong, Kunhe Lin, Yifan Yao, Zhengdong Zhong, Li Xiang

Intersectoral cooperation between university hospitals and physicians in private practice in Germany– where the potential for optimization lies

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R. M. Waeschle, T. Epperlein, I. Demmer, E. Hummers, Q. Quintel

Implementation and early effects of medicaid policy interventions to promote racial equity in pregnancy and early childhood outcomes in Pennsylvania: protocol for a mixed methods study

Marian Jarlenski, Evan Cole, Christine McClure, Sarah Sanders, Marquita Smalls, Dara D Méndez

How an increase in income affects the use of dental care services among a low-income population: evidence from the Finnish basic income experiment

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Miska Simanainen

Associations between outpatient care and later hospital admissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a registry study from Norway

Tron Anders Moger, Jon Helgheim Holte, Olav Amundsen, Silje Bjørnsen Haavaag, Anne Edvardsen, Line Kildal Bragstad, Ragnhild Hellesø, Trond Tjerbo, Nina Køpke Vøllestad

Let the records speak: an exploration of rehabilitation services offered in primary healthcare, Johannesburg metropolitan district

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Lebogang Maseko, Fasloen Adams, Hellen Myezwa

Non-dispensing pharmacists integrated into general practices as a new interprofessional model: a qualitative evaluation of general practitioners’ experiences and views

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A.C.M. Hazen, V.M. Sloeserwij, E. de Groot, J.J. de Gier, N.J. de Wit, A.A. de Bont, D.L.M. Zwart

Correction: Health professionals’ experience and perceived obstacles with managing patients’ medication information in Norway: cross-sectional survey

Bo Wang, Unn Sollid Manskow

Between equilibrium and chaos, with little restitution: a narrative analysis of qualitative interviews with clinicians and parent carers of children with medical complexity

Stephanie Hodgson, Kirsten Noack, Ashleigh Griffiths, Michael Hodgins

Barriers and facilitators to collaborative care implementation within the New York State Collaborative Care Medicaid Program

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Erin LePoire, Molly Joseph, Ashley Heald, Danielle Gadbois, Amy Jones, Joan Russo, Deborah J Bowen

Association between body mass index and mental health among nurses: a cross-sectional study in China

Bonan Luan, Xueyan Tian, Chao Wang, Ming Cao, Dongmei Liu

Hospital care direct costs due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions related to diabetes mellitus in the Mexican public healthcare system

Pedro Saturno-Hernández, Estephania Moreno-Zegbe, Ofelia Poblano-Verastegui, Laura del Pilar Torres-Arreola, Arturo C. Bautista-Morales, Cynthya Maya-Hernández, Juan David Uscanga-Castillo, Sergio Flores-Hernández, Patricia María Gómez-Cortez, Waldo Iván Vieyra-Romero

A qualitative study of informal caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early dementia diagnosis

Elyse Couch, Melissa Co, Christopher P. Albertyn, Matthew Prina, Vanessa Lawrence

Feasibility of a quality-improvement program based on routinely collected health outcomes in Dutch primary care physical therapist practice: a mixed-methods study

LSF Smeekens, AC Verburg, MJM Maas, R van Heerde, A van Kerkhof, PJ van der Wees

Transcending technology boundaries and maintaining sense of community in virtual mental health peer support: a qualitative study with service providers and users

Elmira Mirbahaeddin, Samia Chreim

Designing a tool ensuring older patients the right medication at the right time after discharge from hospital– the first step in a participatory design process

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Thorbjørn Hougaard Mikkelsen, Jens Søndergaard, Niels Kristian Kjær, Jesper Bo Nielsen, Jesper Ryg, Lene Juel Kjeldsen, Christian Backer Mogensen

Intraoperative adverse events among surgeons in Singapore: a multicentre cross-sectional study on impact and support

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Clyve Yu Leon Yaow, Qin Xiang Ng, Ryan Ian Houe Chong, Clarence Ong, Nicolette Zy-Yin Chong, Nicole Li Xian Yap, Ashley Shuen Ying Hong, Benita Kiat Tee Tan, Amos Hong Pheng Loh, Andrew Siang Yih Wong, Hiang Khoon Tan

The impacts of national centralized drug procurement policy on drug utilization of medical institutions: an empirical study in a county-level hospital in China

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Haoye Li, Fanyu Lin, Rui Wang, Chenxuan Zhu, Keyao Cao, Yu Chen, Gang Fang, Jiaming Li, Jinxi Ding, Wei Li

Patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical services at primary healthcare centers under the Palestinian Ministry of Health

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Doaa Altarifi, Tahani Harb, Murad Abualhasan

Trauma-Informed Healthcare Leadership? Evidence and opportunities from interviews with leaders during COVID-19

Sonia Rose Harris, Alexis Amano, Marcy Winget, Kelley M Skeff, Cati G Brown-Johnson

Medical specialists’ use and opinion of video consultation in Denmark: a survey study

Olivia Mandal Møller, Sif Sofie Vange, Anne Sofie Borsch, Tomas Norman Dam, Anja MB Jensen, Signe Smith Jervelund

Service quality: perspective of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in rural and urban public primary healthcare centers in Iran

Shabnam Iezadi, Kamal Gholipour, Jabraeil Sherbafi, Sama Behpaie, Nazli soltani, Mohsen Pasha, Javad Farahishahgoli

Cancer care coordination in rural Hawaii: a focus group study

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Shin Chang, Michelle Liu, Christa Braun-Inglis, Randall Holcombe, Izumi Okado

Factors influencing integration of mental health screening and treatment at HIV clinic settings in Cameroon: a qualitative study of health providers’ perspectives

Kathryn E. L. Grimes, Peter Vanes Ebasone, Anastase Dzudie, Denis Nash, Milton L Wainberg, Brian W. Pence, Clare Barrington, Eric Pefura, Marcel Yotebieng, Kathryn Anastos, Denis Nsame, Rogers Ajeh, Annereke Nyenti, Angela M. Parcesepe

Perspectives on supporting Veterans’ social needs during hospital to home health transitions: findings from the Transitions Nurse Program

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Marguerite Daus, Marcie Lee, Lexus L. Ujano-De Motta, Ariel Holstein, Brianne Morgan, Karen Albright, Roman Ayele, Michaela McCarthy, Heidi Sjoberg, Christine D. Jones

Risk management and empirical study of the doctor-patient relationship: based on 1790 litigation cases of medical damage liability disputes in China

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Hui Li, Limin Li, Tong Liu, Meiqiong Tan, Wanwan He, Yuzhu Luo, Xuerong Zhong, Liping Zhang, Jiangjie Sun

Policies in Canada fail to address disparities in access to person-centred osteoarthritis care: a content analysis

Angelina Abbaticchio, Madeline Theodorlis, Deborah Marshall, Crystal MacKay, Cornelia M. Borkhoff, Glen Stewart Hazlewood, Marisa Battistella, Aisha Lofters, Vandana Ahluwalia, Anna R. Gagliardi

Care-receivers with physical disabilities’ perceptions on having humanoid assistive robots as assistants: a qualitative study

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Linda Sørensen, Dag Tomas Johannesen, Helinä Melkas, Hege Mari Johnsen

Assessing the preparedness and future-readiness of Malaysian community pharmacists in Klang Valley regarding the use of medical marijuana

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Fu Wai Kuang, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh

Correction: “They seemed to be like cogs working in different directions”: a longitudinal qualitative study on long COVID healthcare services in the United Kingdom from a person-centred lens

Chao Fang, Sarah Akhtar Baz, Laura Sheard, J. D. Carpentieri

“Access to healthcare is a human right”: a constructivist study exploring the impact and potential of a hospital-community partnered COVID-19 community response team for Toronto homeless services and congregate living settings

Vivetha Thambinathan, Suvendrini Lena, Jordan Ramnarine, Helen Chuang, Luwam Ogbaselassie, Marc Dagher, Elaine Goulbourne, Sheila Wijayasinghe, Jessica Bawden, Logan Kennedy, Vanessa Wright

Development and implementation of a treatment pathway to reduce coronary angiograms - lessons from a failure

Jutta Jung-Henrich, Kathrin Schlößler, Til Uebel, Nino Chikhradze, Anastasia Suslow, Nicole Lindner, Sandra Fahrenkrog, Judith Kraft, Eva Hummers, Horst Christian Vollmar, Ildikó Gágyor, Dirk Heider, Hans-Helmut König, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff

Barriers and enablers for externally and internally driven implementation processes in healthcare: a qualitative cross-case study

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Hilda Bø Lyng, Eline Ree, Torunn Strømme, Terese Johannessen, Ingunn Aase, Berit Ullebust, Line Hurup Thomsen, Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik, Lene Schibevaag, David W. Bates, Siri Wiig

Predictive modeling of initiation and delayed mental health contact for depression

Vanessa Panaite, Dezon K. Finch, Paul Pfeiffer, Nathan J. Cohen, Amy Alman, Jolie Haun, Susan K. Schultz, Shannon R. Miles, Heather G. Belanger, F. Andrew F. Kozel, Jonathan Rottenberg, Andrew R. Devendorf, Blake Barrett, Stephen L. Luther

Needs assessment in long-term care: expression of national principles for priority setting in service allocation

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Ann Katrin Blø Pedersen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Maren Sogstad

Asking about violence and abuse among patients experiencing homelessness: a focus group study with healthcare professionals

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Sophie Nadia Gaber, Ing-Britt Rydeman, Elisabet Mattsson, Åsa Kneck

Systematic review on the frequency and quality of reporting patient and public involvement in patient safety research

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Sahar Hammoud, Laith Alsabek, Lisa Rogers, Eilish McAuliffe

Six in ten female youths in low-income East African countries had problems in accessing health care: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys from 2016–2021

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Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Destaw Endeshaw, Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Ousman Adal, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Natnael Kebede, Amare Mebrat Delie, Eyob Ketema Bogale, Tadele Fentabel Anagaw

Improving medication dispensing and counselling for patients with vision impairment: a qualitative study of pharmacist-reported barriers and facilitators

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Basma Y. Kentab, Heather E. Barry, Sinaa A. Al-Aqeel, Carmel M. Hughes

Clinician and staff experiences with frustrated patients during an electronic health record transition: a qualitative case study

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Sherry L. Ball, Bo Kim, Sarah L. Cutrona, Brianne K. Molloy-Paolillo, Ellen Ahlness, Megan Moldestad, George Sayre, Seppo T. Rinne

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of prehabilitation for elderly frail patients prior to elective surgery: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals

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Tamina Isabel Fuchs, Carina Pfab, Jörn Kiselev, Stefan J Schaller, Claudia Spies, Tanja Rombey

Health extension service utilization in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Misganaw Guadie Tiruneh, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Destaw Endeshaw, Amare Mebrat Delie, Ousman Adal, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Eyob Ketema Bogale, Tadele Fentabel Anagaw

Nurses’ experiences of the attributes of the organizational citizenship behavior: a qualitative content analysis

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Rahimeh Khajoei, Mozhgan Jokar, Parvaneh Vasli

What’s up doc? Physicians’ reflections on their sustainable employability throughout careers: a narrative inquiry

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Iris van de Voort, Irene Grossmann, Ian Leistikow, Jan-Willem Weenink

Integrating a Community-Based Health Information System with a Patient-Centered Medical Home to improve care of patients with hypertension: a longitudinal observational study protocol

Unab I. Khan, Sabeen Shah, Shankar Viswanathan, Asra Qureshi, Yasmeen Noornabi, Mahnoor Niaz, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Ethnic disparities and temporal trends in health resource allocation: a retrospective decadal analysis in Sichuan, a multi-ethnic Province of Southwest China (2009–2019)

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Fang Luo, Yuezhou Huang, Linshan Jiang, Qingqing Fan, Zongchao Gou

Exploring health care providers’ engagement in prevention and management of multidrug resistant Tuberculosis and its factors in Hadiya Zone health care facilities: qualitative study

Bereket Aberham Lajore, Yitagesu Habtu Aweke, Samuel Yohannes Ayanto, Menen Ayele

Palliative care patients in the emergency medical service: a retrospective cohort study from Finland

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Eemil Pesonen, Pauli Vuorinen, Leena Surakka, Juho T. Lehto, Sanna Hoppu

Exploring patients’ perspectives: a mixed methods study on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) experiences

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Sophie Peter, Charlotte Oberröhrmann, Holger Pfaff, Clara Lehmann, Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, Vanessa Brandes, Charlotte Leisse, Christoph Heinrich Lindemann, Peter Ihle, Jutta Küpper-Nybelen, Anna Hagemeier, Nadine Scholten

Supporting first-time parents in their homes: an informal setting enabling interprofessional collaboration

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Cecilia Franzén, Eva-Lotta Nilsson

Effect of social capital on enrolment of informal sector occupational groups in the national health insurance scheme in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

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Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Patricia Akweongo, Justice Nonvignon, Moses Aikins

The experiences and needs of older adults receiving voluntary services in Chinese nursing home organizations: a qualitative study

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Lin Li, Qin Shen, Junxian Wu

Professional attractiveness among long-term care workers in nursing homes in China: a cross-sectional study

Xiaojing Qi, Ziyan Dong, Wen Xie, Liuqing Yang, Jie Li

Barriers and enablers of post-COVID-19 acute care follow-up in Nigeria from service providers’ perspective: a nominal group technique

Justus Uchenna Onu, Iorhen Akase, Justice Ohaka, Ibrahim Musa Kida

Evaluating implementation of a community-focused patient navigation intervention at an NCI-designated cancer center using RE-AIM

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Elizabeth S. Ver Hoeve, Elizabeth Calhoun, Monica Hernandez, Elizabeth High, Julie S. Armin, Leila Ali-Akbarian, Michael Frithsen, Wendy Andrews, Heidi A. Hamann

Correction: Opioid prescriptions among the World Trade Center Health Program population

Ruiling Liu, Geoffrey M. Calvert, Kristi R. Anderson, Helen Malcolm, Lauren Cimineri, Hannah Dupont, Marisol Martinez

Improving linkage to HIV care following a reactive HIV self-testing result among men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Edward Nicol

Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA

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Stephen Harfield, Tara Purcell, Eliza Schioldann, James Ward, Odette Pearson, Peter Azzopardi

Identifying barriers to outpatient appointment attendance in patient groups at risk of inequity: a mixed methods study in a London NHS trust

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Beatrice Sung, Fiona O’Driscoll, Alice Gregory, Kate Grailey, Hannah Franklin, Sharon Poon, Anna Lawrence-Jones, Leila Shepherd, Clare McCrudden, Bob Klaber, Chris Pavlakis, Ara Darzi, Sarah Huf

Reducing time to differentiated service delivery for newly-diagnosed people living with HIV in Kigali, Rwanda: a pilot, unblinded, randomized controlled trial

Jonathan Ross, Kathryn Anastos, Sarah Hill, Eric Remera, Gallican N Rwibasira, Charles Ingabire, Francine Umwiza, Athanase Munyaneza, Benjamin Muhoza, Chenshu Zhang, Denis Nash, Marcel Yotebieng, Gad Murenzi

The cost of keeping patients waiting: retrospective treatment-control study of additional healthcare utilisation for UK patients awaiting elective treatment

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Charlotte James, Rachel Denholm, Richard Wood

Health system lessons from the global fund-supported procurement and supply chain investments in Zimbabwe: a mixed methods study

Abaleng Lesego, Lawrence P. O. Were, Tsion Tsegaye, Rafiu Idris, Linden Morrison, Tatjana Peterson, Sheza Elhussein, Esther Antonio, Godfrey Magwindiri, Ivan Dumba, Cleyland Mtambirwa, Newman Madzikwa, Raiva Simbi, Misheck Ndlovu, Tom Achoki

Healthcare social network research and the ECHO model™: Exploring a community of practice to support cultural brokers and transfer cultural knowledge

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Phil Nixon, Chiara Broccatelli, Perrin Moss, Sarah Baggio, Angela Young, Dana Newcomb

Correction: What barriers could impede access to mental health services for children and adolescents in Africa? A scoping review

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Sabine Saade, Annick Parent-Lamarche, Tatiana Khalaf, Sara Makke, Alexander Legg

Improving routine use of clinical pathway decision support through integration of an EHR with a clinical library resource designed to provide evidence-based guidance within oncology workflows

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Mary Ichiuji, Laura Asakura, Carol Cain, Nancy Aye, Tatjana Kolevska, David Chen, Farah Mohebpour Brasfield, Dinesh Kotak

Hospital performance evaluation indicators: a scoping review

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Shirin Alsadat Hadian, Reza Rezayatmand, Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh, Saeedeh Ketabi, Ahmad Reza Pourghaderi

A systematic review on reporting quality of economic evaluations for negotiated glucose-lowering drugs in China national reimbursement drug list

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Shi-Yi Bao, Liu Liu, Fu-Ming Li, Yi Yang, Yan Wei, Hui Shao, Jian Ming, Jun-Tao Yan, Ying-Yao Chen

A clinical guideline for the Iranian women and newborns in the postpartum period

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Leila Abdoli Najmi, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh, Haniyeh Salehi Poormehr, Fariba Pashazade, Mojgan Mirghafourvand

Barriers and facilitators to implementing a Canadian shared-care ADHD program in pediatric settings in Shanghai: a consolidated framework for implementation research approach

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Sayna Bahraini, Alexander R. Maisonneuve, Danping Wu, Minhui Huang, Mingyu Xu, Li Yang, Fei Li, André Samson, Feng Li, Philippe Robaey

Is patients’ activities of daily living self-care score in Norwegian home care a proxy for workers standing at work?

Fredrik Klæboe Lohne, Marius Steiro Fimland, Charlotte Lund Rasmussen, Ingeborg Frostad Liaset, Heike Fischer, Skender Redzovic

Understanding the value of a doctorate for allied health professionals in practice in the UK: a survey

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Jo Watson, Steven Robertson, Tony Ryan, Emily Wood, Jo Cooke, Susan Hampshaw, Hazel Roddam

Barriers and facilitators of pharmacists’ integration in a multidisciplinary home care team: a qualitative interview study based on the normalization process theory

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Karl-Erik Bø, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Anna Yen-Ngoc Le, Elin C. Lehnbom

Associations between patient safety culture and workplace safety culture in hospital settings

Brandon Hesgrove, Katarzyna Zebrak, Naomi Yount, Joann Sorra, Caren Ginsberg

A stakeholder analysis to prepare for real-world evaluation of integrating artificial intelligent algorithms into breast screening (PREP-AIR study): a qualitative study using the WHO guide

Rumana Newlands, Hanne Bruhn, Magdalena Rzewuska Díaz, Gerald Lip, Lesley A. Anderson, Craig Ramsay

A qualitative study exploring approaches, barriers, and facilitators of the HIV partner notification program in Kerman, Iran

Fatemeh Tavakoli, Mahlagha Dehghan, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Hamid Sharifi

“Being the main character but not always involved in one’s own care transition” - a qualitative descriptive study of older adults’ experiences of being discharged from in-patient care to home

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Emelie Ingvarsson, Kristina Schildmeijer, Heidi Hagerman, Catharina Lindberg

Patient experiences and needs in cancer care– results from a nationwide cross-sectional study in Germany

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Elâ Ziegler, Jens Klein, Christopher Kofahl

Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors’ mental health and wellbeing

Alison Pearson, Daniele Carrieri, Anna Melvin, Charlotte Bramwell, Jessica Scott, Jason Hancock, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Mark Pearson, Geoff Wong, Karen Mattick

Incorporating clinician insight and care plans into an audit and feedback initiative for antipsychotic prescribing to Medicaid-enrolled youth in Philadelphia

Molly Candon, Siyuan Shen, Aileen Rothbard, Abigail Reed, Mia Everett, Neal Demp, Melissa Weingartner, Oluwatoyin Fadeyibi

A survey on the implementation of clinical medication reviews in community pharmacies within a multidisciplinary setting

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S. Hogervorst, M.C. Adriaanse, M. Vervloet, M. Teichert, J.J. Beckeringh, L. van Dijk, J.G. Hugtenburg

Quality of care transition, patient safety incidents, and patients’ health status: a structural equation model on the complexity of the discharge process

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Matthias Marsall, Thorsten Hornung, Alexander Bäuerle, Matthias Weigl

Impact of an innovative bundled payment to TB health care providers in China: an economic simulation analysis

Pengyu Xu, Yazhen Ying, Debin Xu, Shitong Huan, Lindu Zhao, Hong Wang

The role of governance in shaping health system reform: a case study of the design and implementation of new health regions in Ireland, 2018–2023

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Katharine Schulmann, Carlos Bruen, Sarah Parker, Rikke Siersbaek, Luisne Mac Conghail, Sara Burke

The impact of provider-patient communication skills on primary healthcare quality and patient satisfaction in rural China: insights from a standardized patient study

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Qiufeng Gao, Bin Zhang, Qian Zhou, Cuiyao Lei, Xiaofei Wei, Yaojiang Shi

Assessment of Covid-19 vaccine confidence among healthcare personnel in the safety-net sector in the United States and Puerto Rico

Thomas T. Miles, Shang-Ju Li, Tija Danzig, Miguel Marrero, Ivelisse Morales, Saleh Babazadeh

Quality of services in health education nurse-led clinics: an Iranian service providers and service recipients experience

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Zohre Pouresmail, Fatemeh Heshmati Nabavi, Maryam Rassouli

Quality of work life for health professions in Colombia’s adult critical care: An integrative analysis

Laura del Pilar Quiñones-Rozo, Gladys Eugenia Canaval-Erazo

Project ECHO®: a global cross-sectional examination of implementation success

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Perrin Moss, Nicole Hartley, Trevor Russell

A lifestyle screening tool for young children in the community: needs and wishes of parents and youth healthcare professionals

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Anne Krijger, Lieke Schiphof-Godart, Caren Lanting, Liset Elstgeest, Hein Raat, Koen Joosten

Identifying gaps in healthcare: a qualitative study of Ukrainian refugee experiences in the German system, uncovering differences, information and support needs

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Kristin Rolke, Johanna Walter, Klaus Weckbecker, Eva Münster, Judith Tillmann

Postpartum length of hospital stay among obstetric patients in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ikeola A. Adeoye, Blessing U. Aleka, Rotimi F. Afolabi, Timothy A.O Oluwasola

Exploring clinical specialists’ perspectives on the future role of AI: evaluating replacement perceptions, benefits, and drawbacks

Muhammad Daniyal, Moiz Qureshi, Roy Rillera Marzo, Mohammed Aljuaid, Duaa Shahid

Breaking bad news: A mix methods study reporting the need for improving communication skills among doctors in Pakistan

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Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah, Babar Tasneem Shaikh, Kashif Rehman Khan, Muhammad Asif Yasin

Drivers of district-level differences in outpatient antibiotic prescribing in Germany: a qualitative study with prescribers

Benjamin Schüz, Oliver Scholle, Ulrike Haug, Roland Tillmann, Christopher Jones

Crisis leadership behaviors in healthcare: survey validation and influence on staff outcomes in primary care clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michelle Yang, Jenna M. Evans, Sara J. Singer, Jennifer Gutberg, Tracy H. Porter, Agnes Grudniewicz

Social network analysis for medical narcotics in South Korea: focusing on patients and healthcare organizations

Sang-Yoon Kim, Nam-Wook Cho

Delegating care as a double-edged sword for quality of nursing care: a qualitative study

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Tayebeh Moradi, Mahboubeh Rezaei, Negin Masoudi Alavi

Impact of early death recording on international comparison of acute myocardial infarction mortality – administrative hospital data study using the example of Germany and the United States

Ulrike Nimptsch, Thomas Mansky, Reinhard Busse

Stress perception, coping behaviors and work-privacy conflict of student midwives in times of COVID-19 pandemic: the “Healthy MidStudents” study in Germany

Ilona Efimov, Caroline Johanna Agricola, Albert Nienhaus, Volker Harth, Birgit-Christiane Zyriax, Stefanie Mache

The role of healthcare providers and caregivers in monitoring critically ill children: a qualitative study in a tertiary hospital, southern Malawi

Daniel Mwale, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Josephine Langton, Alice Likumbo, Michael Boele van Hensbroek, Job Calis, Wendy Janssens, Christopher Pell

A longitudinal qualitative exploration of Victorian healthcare workers’ and organisations’ evolving views and experiences during COVID-19

Sarah L. McGuinness, Owen Eades, Shannon Zhong, Sharon Clifford, Jane Fisher, Helen L. Kelsall, Maggie Kirkman, Grant Russell, Helen Skouteris, Karin Leder, Peter A. Cameron, Andrew Forbes, Kelsey Grantham, Carol L. Hodgson, Peter Hunter, Jessica Kasza, Philip L. Russo, Malcolm Sim, Kasha Singh, Karen L. Smith, Rhonda L. Stuart, Helena J. Teede, James M. Trauer, Andrew Udy, Sophia Zoungas

‘Counselling is not just providing information’: perceptions of caregivers and stakeholders on the design of nutrition and health counselling interventions for families with young children in rural Kenya

Grace Wothaya Kihagi, Lea-Sophie Hansen, Erick Agure, Erick M.O. Muok, Isabel Mank, Ina Danquah, Raissa Sorgho

The impact of scheduling ketamine as an internationally controlled substance on anaesthesia care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study and key informant interviews

Gaby I. Ooms, Mohammed A. Usman, Tim Reed, Hendrika A. van den Ham, Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse

Access to early diagnosis for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among children and adolescents in Mexico City at specialized mental health services

María Magdalena Martínez-Jaime, Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Ixchel Peyrot-Negrete, Mauricio Sebastián Barrientos-Álvarez

Exploring the experiences of adults with stroke in virtual community-based stroke programs: a qualitative descriptive study

Amy Cruickshank, Emma D’Andrea Brooks, Christina Sperling, Michelle LA Nelson, Hardeep Singh

Lower comorbidity scores and severity levels in Veterans Health Administration hospitals: a cross-sectional study

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Matthew P. Dizon, Adam Chow, Michael K. Ong, Ciaran S. Phibbs, Megan E. Vanneman, Yue Zhang, Jean Yoon

Does health voucher intervention increase antenatal consultations and skilled birth attendances in Cameroon? Results from an interrupted time series analysis

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Isidore Sieleunou, Roland Pascal Enok Bonong

A systematic review of workplace triggers of emotions in the healthcare environment, the emotions experienced, and the impact on patient safety

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Raabia Sattar, Rebecca Lawton, Gillian Janes, Mai Elshehaly, Jane Heyhoe, Isabel Hague, Chloe Grindey

Facilitators of and barriers to County Behavioral Health System Transformation and Innovation: an interview study

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Xin Zhao, Rachel Varisco, Judith Borghouts, Elizabeth V. Eikey, David Safani, Dana B. Mukamel, Stephen M. Schueller, Dara H. Sorkin

Analysis of factors influencing hospitalization cost of patients with distal radius fractures: an empirical study based on public traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in two cities, China

Mengen Chen, Jingyu Yang, Haojia Hou, Baozhu Zheng, Shiji Xia, Yuhan Wang, Jing Yu, Guoping Wu, Henong Sun, Xuan Jia, Hao Ning, Hui Chang, Xiaoxi Zhang, Youshu Yuan, Zhiwei Wang

Examining the feasibility of assisted index case testing for HIV case-finding: a qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to implementation in Malawi

Caroline J. Meek, Tiwonge E. Mbeya Munkhondya, Mtisunge Mphande, Tapiwa A. Tembo, Mike Chitani, Milenka Jean-Baptiste, Dhrutika Vansia, Caroline Kumbuyo, Jiayu Wang, Katherine R. Simon, Sarah E. Rutstein, Clare Barrington, Maria H. Kim, Vivian F. Go, Nora E. Rosenberg

Perceptions and outcomes of an embedded Alzheimer Society First Link Coordinator in rural primary health care memory clinics

Debra G. Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly

Exploring factors affecting the unsafe behavior of health care workers’ in using respiratory masks during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: a qualitative study

Azadeh Tahernejad, Sanaz Sohrabizadeh, Somayeh Tahernejad

Getting an outsider’s perspective - sick-listed workers’ experiences with early follow-up sessions in the return to work process: a qualitative interview study

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Martin Inge Standal, Vegard Stolsmo Foldal, Lene Aasdahl, Egil A. Fors, Marit Solbjør

Overlooked by the obstetric gaze – how women with persistent health problems due to severe perineal trauma experience encounters with healthcare services: a qualitative study

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Katharina Tjernström, Inger Lindberg, Maria Wiklund, Margareta Persson

Implementation of an integrated primary care prevention and management program for chronic low back pain (LBP): patient-reported outcomes and predictors of pain interference after six months

Sara Ahmed, Regina Visca, Amede Gogovor, Owis Eilayyan, Roderick Finlayson, Marie-France Valois, Mark A. Ware

Mid-level healthcare workers knowledge on non-communicable diseases in Tanzania: a district-level pre-and post-training assessment

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Peter Karoli, Mary Mayige, Gibson Kagaruki, Amani Mori, Edgar Macha, Reuben Mutagaywa, Arafa Momba, Harrieth Peter, Ritha Willilo, Pilly Chillo, Aidan Banduka, Bruno Sunguya, Kaushik Ramaiya, Edna Majaliwa, Stella Malangahe, Renatus Nyarubamba, Esther Mtumbuka, Elizabeth Mallya, Deogratias Soka, Sarah Urasa, Willfredius Rutahoile, Best Magoma, Emiliana Donald, David Mwenesano, Kajiru Kilonzo

Barriers to equitable healthcare services for under-five children in Ethiopia: a qualitative exploratory study

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Hailu Fekadu, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Aynalem Adugna, Helmut Kloos, Damen Hailemariam

The role of perceived quality of care on outpatient visits to health centers in two rural districts of northeast Ethiopia: a community-based, cross-sectional study

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Mohammed Hussien

Analysis of onset-to-door time and its influencing factors in Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke during the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic: a preliminary, prospective, multicenter study

Yuqi Liao, Wenwei Qi, Shuting Li, Xin Shi, Xiaohong Wu, Feng Chi, Runyu Xia, Limin Qin, Liming Cao, Lijie Ren

Implementation of a clinical breast exam and referral program in a rural district of Pakistan

Russell Seth Martins, Aiman Arif, Sahar Yameen, Shanila Noordin, Taleaa Masroor, Shah Muhammad, Mukhtiar Channa, Sajid Bashir Soofi, Abida K. Sattar

Activities of the oral health teams in primary health care: a time-motion study

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Lorrayne Belotti, Sofia Maito, Andrea Liliana Vesga-Varela, Leticia Yamawaka de Almeida, Maira Tamires da Silva, Ana Estela Haddad, Danielle da Costa Palacio, Daiana Bonfim

Low selection of HIV PrEP refills at private pharmacies among clients who initiated PrEP at public clinics: findings from a mixed-methods study in Kenya

Katrina F. Ortblad, Alexandra P. Kuo, Peter Mogere, Stephanie D. Roche, Catherine Kiptinness, Njeri Wairimu, Stephen Gakuo, Jared M. Baeten, Kenneth Ngure

Psychometric properties of the experiences of maternity care scale among Iranian women

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Elham Jafari, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi

Patient medication management, understanding and adherence during the transition from hospital to outpatient care - a qualitative longitudinal study in polymorbid patients with type 2 diabetes

Léa Solh Dost, Giacomo Gastaldi, Marie P. Schneider

“We might not have been in hospital, but we were frontline workers in the community”: a qualitative study exploring unmet need and local community-based responses for marginalised groups in Greater Manchester during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stephanie Gillibrand, Ruth Watkinson, Melissa Surgey, Basma Issa, Caroline Sanders

Care fragmentation and readmission mortality and length of stay before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the National Readmissions Database, 2018–2020

Sara Turbow, Tiffany Walker, Steven Culler, Mohammed K. Ali

Implementation of a multi-site neonatal simulation improvement program: a cost analysis

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Xiao Xu, John Yao, Janine Bohnert, Nicole Yamada, Henry C. Lee

Healthcare workers' attitudes toward and factors influencing their acceptance of an annual COVID-19 booster vaccine: a cross-sectional study in Palestine

Beesan Maraqa, Zaher Nazzal, Hassan Baroud, Mahmoud Douden, Yousef El Hamshary, Tala Jalamneh

Health systems challenges, mitigation strategies and adaptations to maintain essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: learnings from the six geopolitical regions in Nigeria

Segun Bello, Rachel Neill, Ayodele S Jegede, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Rotimi Felix Afolabi, Charles Nzelu, Ngozi Azodo, Anthony Adoghe, Munirat Ogunlayi, Saudatu Umma Yaradua, William Wang, Anne Liu, Olufunmilayo I. Fawole

Perceptions of vision care following neurological impairment: a qualitative study

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Kerry Hanna, Elizabeth Lomas, Stephen Rimmer, Fiona Rowe

Assessing public health service capability of primary healthcare personnel: a large-scale survey in Henan Province, China

Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Wenyong Dong, Dan Guo, Zhanlei Shen, Yi Li, Wanliang Zhang, Dongfang Zhu, Jingbao Zhang, Junwen Bai, Ruizhe Ren, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Jinxin Cui, Xinran Li, Yudong Miao

Developing comprehensive woman hand-held case notes to improve quality of antenatal care in low-income settings: participatory approach with maternal health stakeholders in Malawi

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Leonard Mndala, Chifundo Kondoni, Luis Gadama, Catherine Bamuya, Annie Kuyere, Bertha Maseko, Fannie Kachale, Mtisunge Joshua Gondwe, David Lissauer, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando

“I do not know the advantages of having a general practitioner” - a qualitative study exploring the views of low-acuity emergency patients without a regular general practitioner toward primary care

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Lisa Kümpel, Sarah Oslislo, Rebecca Resendiz Cantu, Martin Möckel, Christoph Heintze, Felix Holzinger

Follow-up after major traumatic injury: a survey of services in Australian and New Zealand public hospitals

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Elizabeth Wake, Jamie Ranse, Don Campbell, Belinda Gabbe, Andrea P. Marshall

Drawing up the public national Rational Pharmacotherapy Action Plan as part of social and health services reform in Finland: a bottom-up approach involving stakeholders

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Heidi Tahvanainen, Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, Katri Hämeen-Anttila, Ulla Närhi, Taina Mäntyranta, Anna-Riia Holmström, Marja Airaksinen

Correction: Co-development of a training programme on disability for healthcare workers in Uganda

Tracey Smythe, Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Sande Slivesteri, Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Hannah Kuper

Responsible coordination of municipal health and care services for individuals with serious mental illness: a participatory qualitative study with service users and professionals

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Jorunn Nærland Skjærpe, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iakovleva, Marianne Storm

Nurturing transformative local structures of multisectoral collaboration for primary health care: qualitative insights from select states in India

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Shalini Singh, Emily Miller, Svea Closser

Experiences of UK clinical scientists (Physical Sciences modality) with their regulator, the Health and Care Professions Council: results of a 2022 survey

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Mark McJury

Key issues in Japan’s public health centers to prepare for future pandemics: a text mining study using a topic model

Kosuke Sakai, Yu Igarashi, Shuji Tounai, Chika Shirai, Yoko Tsurugi, Fumihiko Kakuno, Yukako Komasa, Maya Fujimura, Mika Uruha, Koji Mori, Seiichiro Tateishi

Epidemiology and comprehensive economic impact of atrial fibrillation and associated stroke in Slovakia

Robert Babela, Anna Baráková, Robert Hatala

Does a GP service package matter in addressing the absence of health management by the occupational population? A modelling study

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Jing Guo, Ying Qian, Chen Chen, Hong Liang, Jiaoling Huang

Behavioral skills training for teaching safety skills to mental health service providers compared to training-as-usual: a pragmatic randomized control trial

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Elizabeth Lin, Mais Malhas, Emmanuel Bratsalis, Kendra Thomson, Fabienne Hargreaves, Kayle Donner, Heba Baig, Rhonda Boateng, Rajlaxmi Swain, Mary Benisha Benadict, Louis Busch

Determinants of appropriate antibiotic and NSAID prescribing in unscheduled outpatient settings in the veterans health administration

Michael J. Ward, Michael E. Matheny, Melissa D. Rubenstein, Kemberlee Bonnet, Chloe Dagostino, David G. Schlundt, Shilo Anders, Thomas Reese, Amanda S. Mixon

The impact of humanitarian aid on financial toxicity among cancer patients in Northwest Syria

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Orwa Al-Abdulla, Aliye Aslı Sonsuz, Maher Alaref, Bakor Albakor, Jussi Kauhanen

Psychometric properties and criterion related validity of the Norwegian version of hospital survey on patient safety culture 2.0

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Espen Olsen, Seth Ayisi Junior Addo, Susanne Sørensen Hernes, Marit Halonen Christiansen, Arvid Steinar Haugen, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen

Factors influencing adoption of sexual and reproductive health intervention for adolescents in Ebonyi, Nigeria

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Aloysius Odii, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe

A comprehensive assessment of quality management methods in the SMESH study

Bruna Vieira Fernandes, Natália Luiza Kops, Luana Giongo Pedrotti, Tássia Rolim Camargo, Eliana Marcia Wendland

“You get out of the house, you talk to each other, you laugh…And that’s fantastic” – a qualitative study about older people’s perceptions of social prescribing in mainland Portugal

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Andreia Costa, Joana Henriques, Violeta Alarcão, Teresa Madeira, Ana Virgolino, Marie J. Polley, Adriana Henriques, Rodrigo Feteira-Santos, Miguel Arriaga, Paulo Nogueira

Long-term care staffs’ experience in facilitating the use of videoconferencing by cognitively impaired long-term care residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study

Marie-Soleil Hardy, Chaimaa Fanaki, Camille Savoie, Machelle Wilchesky, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Maude Laberge, Vincent Couture, André Côté, Clémence Dallaire, Philippe Voyer, Maria Cecilia Gallani, Bernadette Dallaire, Éric Gagnon

Measuring intersectional HIV, sexual diversity, and gender non-conformity stigma among healthcare workers in Ghana: scale validation and correlates of stigma

Emmanuel A. Oga, Melissa A. Stockton, Gamji R. Abu-Ba’are, Richard Vormawor, Emmanuel Mankattah, Stacy Endres-Dighe, Ryan Richmond, Sangchoon Jeon, Carmen H. Logie, Emma Baning, Khalida Saalim, Kwasi Torpey, Laron E. Nelson, Laura Nyblade

Variations in healthcare utilization for mental health problems prior to suicide by socioeconomic status: a Norwegian register-based population study

Carine Øien-Ødegaard, Solveig Tobie Glestad Christiansen, Lars Johan Hauge, Kim Stene-Larsen, Sissel Marguerite Bélanger, Espen Bjertness, Anne Reneflot

Post-diagnostic support for persons with young-onset dementia – a retrospective analysis based on data from the Swedish dementia registry SveDem

Fanny Kårelind, Deborah Finkel, Steven H Zarit, Helle Wijk, Therese Bielsten, Linda Johansson

Physicians’ irrational attitudes on the antibiotic prescribing for the treatment of COVID-19 in Turkey: A multicenter survey

Demet Polat Yuluğ, Berker Öztürk, Oya Baydar Toprak, Ebru Öztürk, Nurdan Köktürk, Sibel Naycı

Patient self-referral patterns in a developing country: characteristics, prevalence, and predictors

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Mohammad Jahid Hasan, Md. Abdur Rafi, Nahida Hannan Nishat, Ima Islam, Nusrat Afrin, Bikona Ghosh, Etminan Kabir, Samiha Zaman Akhter, Maisha Zaman Poushi, Saadi Abdullah Bin Shahnoor, Jannatul Fardous, Tamanna Tabassum, Sadia Islam, Sumiya Bent Kalam, Mehjabeen Tasnuva Aslam, Taufique Joarder

Are recent health, welfare and care graduates part of a rural and remote workforce solution? Evidence from Tasmania, Australia

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Belinda Jessup, Fiona Proudfoot, Merylin Cross, Tony Barnett

The mediating role of perceived social support on the relationship between lack of occupational coping self-efficacy and implicit absenteeism among intensive care unit nurses: a multicenter cross‑sectional study

Qin Lin, Mengxue Fu, Kun Sun, Linfeng Liu, Pei Chen, Ling Li, Yanping Niu, Jijun Wu

Exploring disaster preparedness in an obstetric unit in a district hospital in the Western Cape Province

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Carla Horn, Nokwanda Edith Bam, Molekodi Jacob Matsipane

Standing together at the helm – how employees experience employee-driven innovation in primary care

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Sarah Samuelson, Sandra Pennbrant, Ann Svensson, Irene Svenningsson

Co-creating a continuous leadership development program in rural municipal healthcare – an action research study

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Trude Anita Hartviksen, Rita Solbakken, Lars Strauman, Inger-Lise Magnussen

Infection prevention practice in home healthcare: a mixed-method study in two Swiss home healthcare organisations

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Lisa Brockhaus, Claudia Lötscher, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

30 years of youth system of care lessons learned – a qualitative study of Hawaiʻi’s partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Kelsie H. Okamura, David Jackson, Danielle L. Carreira Ching, Da Eun Suh, Tia L. R. Hartsock, Puanani J. Hee, Scott K. Shimabukuro

Association between characteristics of employing healthcare facilities and healthcare worker infection rates and psychosocial experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jay B. Lusk, Pratik Manandhar, Laine E. Thomas, Emily C. O’Brien

Early diagnosis of melanoma: a randomized trial assessing the impact of the transmission of photographs taken with a smartphone from the general practitioner to the dermatologist on the time to dermatological consultation

Céline Bouton, Héloïse Schmeltz, Charlotte Lévèque, Aurélie Gaultier, Gaëlle Quereux, Brigitte Dreno, JM Nguyen, Cédric Rat

Considerations, barriers and enablers of deprescribing among healthcare professionals in Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey

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Sule Ajibola Saka, Tolulope Ruth Osineye

Turnover intention and its associated factors among nurses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Eshetu Elfios, Israel Asale, Merid Merkine, Temesgen Geta, Kidist Ashager, Getachew Nigussie, Ayele Agena, Bizuayehu Atinafu, Eskindir Israel, Teketel Tesfaye

Non-uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and reasons for non-uptake among healthcare workers in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Nasimu Kyakuwa, Andrew Abaasa, Simon Mpooya, Hamza Kalutte, Christine Atuhairwe, Laurent Perez, Bernard Kikaire

Utilization of reproductive health services among undergraduate regular class students in Assosa University, BGRS: a comparison among three varieties of multilevel binary logistic regression models

Molalign Gualu Gobena, Yihenew Mitiku Alemu

Who is your prenatal care provider? An algorithm to identify the predominant prenatal care provider with claims data

Songyuan Deng, Samantha Renaud, Kevin J. Bennett

Understanding patient-related barriers to hydroxyurea use among adolescent and adult patients with sickle cell disease in Mulago and Kiruddu hospitals, Uganda, a qualitative study

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Priscilla Namaganda, Patience Nantume, Kelvin Roland Mubiru, Adelliine Twimukye, Christine Sekaggya Wiltshire

Correction: Areas of consensus on unwarranted and warranted transfers between nursing homes and emergency care facilities in Norway: a Delphi study

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Arne Bastian Wiik, Malcolm Bray Doupe, Marit Stordal Bakken, Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Oddvar Førland

Situational analysis of hypertension management at primary health care level in São Paulo, Brazil: population, healthcare professional and health system perspectives

Marta S. Palmeirim, Yara C. Baxter, Mariana Silveira, Rafael V. Maggion, Beatriz Aquino, Álvaro Avezum, Jasmina Saric, Louise Morgan, Luciano F. Drager, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Suely Miya S. Rollemberg, Marcia M. C. de Lima, Edmir P. R. Albuquerque, Olivia Jones, Peter Steinmann, Theresa Reiker, Johannes Boch

Parental experiences of caring for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, Limpopo Province: a descriptive qualitative study exploring the cultural determinants

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Madimetja J. Nyaloko, Welma Lubbe, Salaminah S. Moloko-Phiri, Khumoetsile D. Shopo

Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in high-income countries: a scoping review

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Amber Bourgeois, Tara Horrill, Ashley Mollison, Eleah Stringer, Leah K. Lambert, Kelli Stajduhar

Neonatal jaundice detection in low-resource Mexican settings: possibilities and barriers for innovation with mobile health

Gabriela Jiménez-Díaz, Anders Aune, Jesús Elizarrarás-Rivas, Lobke M. Gierman, Martina Keitsch, Anna Marcuzzi, Jennifer J. Infanti

Perceived barriers and opportunities for implementing an integrated psychological intervention for depression in adolescents living with HIV in Tanzania

Tasiana Njau, Dorkasi L. Mwakawanga, Bruno Sunguya, Agape Minja, Sylvia Kaaya, Abebaw Fekadu

Epidemic preparedness and innovations in digital healthcare: enhancing post-pandemic speech-language pathology services for child and adolescent mental health in Qatar

Abdullah Amro, Hanan Abdallah Kotkot, Yahia Albobali, Prem Chandra, Yasser Saeed Khan

Leadership in intellectual disability practice: design, development, and evaluation of a programme to support practice

Owen Doody, Maeve O’Halloran, Eileen Carey, Marie Kilduff, Ann Gilmartin, Ruth Ryan

The first national pediatric immune thrombocytopenia registry in Iran: research protocol and preliminary study results

Sharareh Kamfar, Sabahat Haghi, Vahide Zeinali, Parastoo Molaei Tavana, Reza Arjmand, Fatemeh Malek

Cost-effectiveness analysis of tislelizumab vs. camrelizumab for the treatment of second-line locally advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Pingyu Chen, Chang Fu, Lin Shen, Zhengyang Fei, Mengjie Luo, Yanqiu Chen, Hongchao Li

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary healthcare practitioners regarding pharmacist clinics: a cross-sectional study in Shanghai

Xinyue Zhang, Zhijia Tang, Yanxia Zhang, Wai Kei Tong, Qian Xia, Bing Han, Nan Guo

Paramedics’ experiences of barriers to, and enablers of, responding to suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases: a qualitative study

Ursula Howarth, Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Thea F. van de Mortel, Nigel Barr

Association between regulator inspection and ratings on primary care prescribing: an observational study in England 2014 to 2019

Thomas Allen, Kieran Walshe, Nathan Proudlove, Matt Sutton

The implementation of person-centred plans in the community-care sector: a qualitative study of organizations in Ontario, Canada

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Samina Idrees, Gillian Young, Brian Dunne, Donnie Antony, Leslie Meredith, Maria Mathews

Exploring the use of body worn cameras in acute mental health wards: a mixed-method evaluation of a pilot intervention

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Una Foye, Keiran Wilson, Jessica Jepps, James Blease, Ellen Thomas, Leroy McAnuff, Sharon McKenzie, Katherine Barrett, Lilli Underwood, Geoff Brennan, Alan Simpson

The implications of using maternity care deserts to measure progress in access to obstetric care: a mixed-integer optimization analysis

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Meghan E. Meredith, Lauren N. Steimle, Stephanie M. Radke

Person-centred care and the work-related health and job satisfaction of health and social care professionals: protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study combined with qualitative studies (the PCC@Work project)

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Cornelia van Diepen, Qarin Lood, Kristoffer Gustavsson, Malin Axelsson, Monica Bertilsson, Gunnel Hensing, Andreas Fors

Long COVID clinics and services offered by top US hospitals: an empirical analysis of clinical options as of May 2023

Alyson Haslam, Vinay Prasad

Utility of a virtual small group cognitive behaviour program for autistic children during the pandemic: evidence from a community-based implementation study

Vivian Lee, Nisha Vashi, Flora Roudbarani, Paula Tablon Modica, Ava Pouyandeh, Teresa Sellitto, Alaa Ibrahim, Stephanie H. Ameis, Alex Elkader, Kylie M. Gray, Connor M. Kerns, Meng-Chuan Lai, Johanna Lake, Kendra Thomson, Jonathan A. Weiss

Physicians’ understanding of antibiotic intravenous-to-oral switching—a qualitative study in Suzhou, China

Hui Zhang, Junjie Pan, Zhanhong Hu, Jie Pan, Hua Zhang

Early development of local data dashboards to depict the substance use care cascade for youth involved in the legal system: qualitative findings from end users

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Allyson L. Dir, Lauren O’Reilly, Casey Pederson, Katherine Schwartz, Steven A. Brown, Khairi Reda, Logan Gillenwater, Sami Gharbi, Sarah E. Wiehe, Zachary W. Adams, Leslie A. Hulvershorn, Tamika C.B. Zapolski, Malaz Boustani, Matthew C. Aalsma

Healthcare use and costs in the last six months of life by level of care and cause of death

Yvonne Anne Michel, Eline Aas, Liv Ariane Augestad, Emily Burger, Lisbeth Thoresen, Gudrun Maria Waaler Bjørnelv

Challenges and advantages of electronic prescribing system: a survey study and thematic analysis

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Hamid Bouraghi, Behzad Imani, Abolfazl Saeedi, Ali Mohammadpour, Soheila Saeedi, Taleb Khodaveisi, Tooba Mehrabi

Care challenges and silver linings in HIV and behavioral health service delivery for individuals living with HIV and severe mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Priya Dahiya, Nicholas S. Riano, James W. Dilley, Mark Olfson, Francine Cournos, Christina Mangurian, Emily A. Arnold

Healthcare resource utilization and costs in patients with a newly confirmed diagnosis of lupus nephritis in the United States over a 5-year follow-up period

Christopher F. Bell, Benjamin Wu, Shirley P. Huang, Bernard Rubin, Carlyne M. Averell, Benjamin Chastek, Erin M. Hulbert

Effects of a special continuous quality improvement in nursing on the management of adverse care events: a retrospective study

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Qing Ouyang, Guixiang Zhang, Ying Xie, Hongman Yuan, Fangqun Cheng, Qiyun Huang

Impact of the universal health insurance benefits on cervical cancer mortality in Colombia

Almira G.C Lewis, Diana M. Hernandez, Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio, Amr S. Soliman

Cashing in: cost-benefit analysis framework for digital hospitals

Kim-Huong Nguyen, Tracy Comans, Thi Thao Nguyen, Digby Simpson, Leanna Woods, Chad Wright, Damian Green, Keith McNeil, Clair Sullivan

Application of the FRAME-IS to a multifaceted implementation strategy

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Antoinette Schoenthaler, Franze De La Calle, Elaine De Leon, Masiel Garcia, Doreen Colella, Jacalyn Nay, Isaac Dapkins

Can performance-based financing improve efficiency of health centers in Ethiopia? A Malmquist Productivity Index analysis

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Mideksa Adugna, Girmaye Dinsa, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

Offering extended use of the contraceptive implant via an implementation science framework: a qualitative study of clinicians’ perceived barriers and facilitators

Nicole Rigler, Gennifer Kully, Marisa C. Hildebrand, Sarah Averbach, Sheila K. Mody

Integrated care model for patients with functional somatic symptom disorder – a co-produced stakeholder exploration with recommendations for best practice

Frank Röhricht, Carole Green, Maria Filippidou, Simon Lowe, Nicki Power, Sara Rassool, Katherine Rothman, Meera Shah, Nina Papadopoulos

The introduction of video-enabled directly observed therapy (video-DOT) for patients with drug-resistant TB disease in Eswatini amid the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective cohort study

Bernhard Kerschberger, Michelle Daka, Bhekiwe Shongwe, Themba Dlamini, Siphiwe Ngwenya, Clara Danbakli, Bheki Mamba, Bongekile Nxumalo, Joyce Sibanda, Sisi Dube, Lindiwe Mdluli Dlamini, Edwin Mabhena, Esther Mukooza, Iona Crumley, Iza Ciglenecki, Debrah Vambe

Actions for mitigating the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety: a qualitative study

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Michael Van der Voorden, Arie Franx, Kees Ahaus

Understanding the integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare organisations and systems through the NASSS framework: a qualitative study in a leading Canadian academic centre

Hassane Alami, Pascale Lehoux, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Sara E. Shaw, Richard Fleet, Jean-Paul Fortin

“Let’s put it this way: you can’t really live without it” - digital technologies in routine palliative care delivery: an explorative qualitative study with patients and their family caregivers in Germany

Susann May, Anne Gehlhaar, Kerstin Stahlhut, Marcel-Alexander Kamp, Martin Heinze, Matthew Allsop, Felix Muehlensiepen

Burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic among nurses in Taiwan: the parental role effect on burnout

Yong-Hsin Chen, Mohsen Saffari, Chung-Ying Lin, Hsiu-Mei Tang, Ching-wen Yang, Chiu-Hsian Lee, Wei-Yao Wang, Gwo-Ping Jong

Impact of an educational intervention on patient safety culture among gynecology-obstetrics’ healthcare professionals

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Latifa Lassoued, Ines Gharssallah, Mohamed Ayoub Tlili, Jihene Sahli, Mouna Kouira, Skender Abid, Anouar Chaieb, Hedi Khairi

Navigating the future of Alzheimer’s care in Ireland - a service model for disease-modifying therapies in small and medium-sized healthcare systems

Iracema Leroi, Helena Dolphin, Rachel Dinh, Tony Foley, Sean Kennelly, Irina Kinchin, Rónán O’Caoimh, Sean O’Dowd, Laura O’Philbin, Susan O’Reilly, Dominic Trepel, Suzanne Timmons

Machine learning methods for adult OSAHS risk prediction

Shanshan Ge, Kainan Wu, Shuhui Li, Ruiling Li, Caizheng Yang

Spatiotemporal dynamics and determinants of medical service efficiency in China

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Ting Yang, Yiyi Li, Mingzhen Sun, Jingjing Meng

A quality improvement study on how a simulation model can help decision making on organization of ICU wards

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Danielle Sent, Delanie M. van der Meulen, Andres Alban, Stephen E. Chick, Ilse J.A. Wissink, Alexander P.J. Vlaar, Dave A. Dongelmans

“I probably have access, but I can’t afford it”: expanding definitions of affordability in access to contraceptive services among people with low income in Georgia, USA

Anna Newton-Levinson, Kelsey Griffin, Sarah C- Blake, Andrea Swartzendruber, Michael Kramer, Jessica M- Sales

An evaluation and refinement of the “Hep B Story” app, tailored to meet the community’s cultural needs

Paula Binks, Sudharsan Venkatesan, Anngie Everitt, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Roslyn Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Cheryl Ross, Tiana Alley, Kelly Hosking, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Melita McKinnon, Richard P. Sullivan, Joshua S. Davis, Marita Hefler, Jane Davies

Community health workers’ dissemination of COVID-19 information and services in the early pandemic response: a systematic review

Jane Oliver, Angeline Ferdinand, Jessica Kaufman, Nicole Allard, Margie Danchin, Katherine B. Gibney

Identifying training needs of practising community pharmacists in Jordan—a self-assessment study

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Saja A. Alnahar, Rula M. Darwish, Shatha Z. Al Qasas, Mayada M. Al Shabani, Ian Bates

Patients and informal caregivers in the lead: a qualitative study on the experiences of patients, informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals with involvement in treatment, e-health and self-management programs

Matthijs H. Bosveld, Anne G.M. Smits, Helena J.M.M. Mertens, Michel J.J.M. van Zandvoort, Walther N.K.A. van Mook, Marloes A. van Bokhoven

Impact of health spending on hospitalization rates in Baltic countries: a comparative analysis

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Huan Jiang, Alexander Tran, Inese Gobiņa, Janina Petkevičienė, Rainer Reile, Mindaugas Štelemėkas, Ricardas Radisauskas, Shannon Lange, Jürgen Rehm

Translating lessons to reinforce national stillbirth response; multi-stakeholder perspectives regarding priorities and opportunities to deliver quality evidence-based interventions within a limited-resource context in Uganda

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Eric Ssegujja, Michelle Andipatin

The relationship between ambulance team’s professional commitment, occupational anxiety, and resilience levels

İbrahim Uysal, Güneş Korkmaz, Çetin Toraman

Supporting whānau during COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand: a systems thinking case study

Sudesh Sharma, Cheryl Davies, Helena Rattray-Te Mana, Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig, Mat Walton

The effectiveness of visual-based interventions on health literacy in health care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Elisa Galmarini, Laura Marciano, Peter Johannes Schulz

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation in Germany

Klaus Kaier, Jakob Knecht, Lukas Nalbach, Mirjam Körner

Screening tools for employment in clinical healthcare delivery systems: a content analysis

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Mina Colon, Julia M. Goodman

A rapid mixed-methods assessment of Libya’s primary care system

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Luke N. Allen, Arian Hatefi, Mohini Kak, Christopher H. Herbst, Jacqueline Mallender, Ghassan Karem

Evaluation of a culture change program to reduce unprofessional behaviours by hospital co-workers in Australian hospitals

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Johanna I. Westbrook, Rachel Urwin, Ryan McMullan, Tim Badgery-Parker, Antoinette Pavithra, Kate Churruca, Neil Cunningham, Erwin Loh, Peter Hibbert, Guy Maddern, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Ling Li

Factors influencing senior care and living preferences among older adults in Jiangsu, China: a cross-sectional survey study

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Yanan Wang, Yaning Wang, Yitong Liu, Wenkun Xu, Zhuoya Yang, Zhongying Xu, Yaqin Zhong

Navigating the challenges of imposter participants in online qualitative research: lessons learned from a paediatric health services study

Pakhi Sharma, Steven M McPhail, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Sameera Senanayake, Bridget Abell

Services for older adults in rural primary care memory clinic communities and surrounding areas: a qualitative descriptive study

Valerie Elliot, Julie Kosteniuk, Megan E. O’Connell, Chelsie Cameron, Debra Morgan

Spatial distribution patterns of human resources allocation in maternal and child healthcare institutions in China from 2016 to 2021

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Xiaohui Li, Mei Su, Li He, Jianjun Yang, Fangyuan Wu

Correction: Service quality: perspective of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in rural and urban public primary healthcare centers in Iran

Shabnam Iezadi, Kamal Gholipour, Jabraeil Sherbafi, Sama Behpaie, Nazli Soltani, Mohsen Pasha, Javad Farahishahgoli

Development of an outcome indicator framework for a universal health visiting programme using routinely collected data

Margaret Horne, Louise Marryat, D. Helen Corby, Lawrence Doi, Ruth Astbury, Ruth Jepson, Kathleen Morrison, Rachael Wood

Videoconferencing in mental health services for children and adolescents receiving child welfare services: a scoping review

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Marian Ådnanes, Jannike Kaasbøll, Silje L. Kaspersen, Vibeke Krane

Gender Differences in Family Caregiving. Do female caregivers do more or undertake different tasks?

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Diana Pacheco Barzallo, Aline Schnyder, Claudia Zanini, Armin Gemperli

Association between multiple dimensions of access to care and cervical cancer screening among Kenyan women: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic Health Survey

Xiaowan Li, Sanmei Chen, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku

Care needs of chronically ill patients with intellectual disabilities in Dutch general practice: patients’ and providers’ perspectives

Milou van den Bemd, Monique Koks-Leensen, Maarten Cuypers, Geraline L. Leusink, Bianca Schalk, Erik W. M. A. Bischoff

Inequalities in patients’ experiences with cancer care: the role of economic and health literacy determinants

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Vladimir Jolidon, Manuela Eicher, Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, Chantal Arditi

Job satisfaction, professional competence, and self-efficacy: a multicenter cross-sectional study among registered nurses in Sweden and Norway

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Stina Kallerhult Hermansson, Fredrik Norström, Yvonne Hilli, Jonas Rennemo Vaag, Karin Bölenius

Patient-driven research priorities for patient-centered measurement

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A. Fuchsia Howard, Linda Warner, Lena Cuthbertson, Richard Sawatzky

Word-of-mouth among blood service employees who also donate blood: a qualitative investigation of advantages and challenges for dual-role donors

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Kathleen Chell, Michael Polonsky, Barbara Masser, Melissa K. Hyde

Did the organization of primary care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic influence quality and safety? – an international survey

Mats Eriksson, Karin Blomberg, Eva Arvidsson, Esther Van Poel, Sara Ares-Blanco, Maria Pilar Astier-Peña, Claire Collins, Jonila Gabrani, Neophytos Stylianou, Victoria Tkachenko, Sara Willems

Barriers to help-seeking, accessing and providing mental health support for medical students: a mixed methods study using the candidacy framework

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Elena Sheldon, Naseeb Ezaydi, Lauren Desoysa, Jasmine Young, Melanie Simmonds-Buckley, Prof Daniel Hind, Prof Chris Burton

Cost-utility analysis of an alcohol policy in Thailand: a case study of a random breath testing intervention

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Polathep Vichitkunakorn, Roongnapa Khampang, Pattara Leelahavarong, Jiraluck Nontarak, Sawitri Assanangkornchai

Healthcare professionals’ experiences of video consultations in palliative care in rural areas: an intervention study in community care

Margareta Brännström, Johan Philipsson, Sofia Andersson

Implementation of an “opt-out” tobacco treatment program in six hospitals in South Carolina

K. Michael Cummings, Vincent Talbot, Avery Roberson, Asia A. Bliss, Emily Likins, Naomi C. Brownstein, Stephanie Stansell, Demetress Adams-Ludd, Bridget Harris, David Louder, Edward McCutcheon, Rami Zebian, Alana M. Rojewski, Benjamin A. Toll

Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) concept and access to healthcare delivery in Sefwi Wiawso Municipal, Ghana

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Abraham D. Koyaara, Benjamin Noble Adjei, Eric Adjei Boadu, Edward T. Dassah

Medication error rates in Iranian hospitals: a meta-analysis

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Parvaneh Isfahani, Aliyeh Bazi, Samira Alirezaei, Somayeh Samani, Mohammad Sarani, Fatemeh Boulagh, Mahdieh Poodineh Moghadam, Mahnaz Afshari

Adapting and testing measures of organizational context in primary care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Hannah H. Leslie, Sheri A. Lippman, Alastair van Heerden, Mbali Nokulunga Manaka, Phillip Joseph, Bryan J. Weiner, Wayne T. Steward

Use of Self-Efficacy Scale in Mass Casualty Incidents During Drill Exercises

María Carmen Cardós-Alonso, Miguel Inzunza, Lina Gyllencreutz, Salvador Espinosa, Tatiana Vázquez, Maria Aranzazu Fernandez, Alberto Blanco, Ana María Cintora-Sanz

Impact of a multi-disciplinary team-based care model for patients living with diabetes on health outcomes: a mixed-methods study

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Jacquelyn Jacobs, Alyn Dougherty, Banita McCarn, Nazia S. Saiyed, Stacy Ignoffo, Christina Wagener, Cindy San Miguel, Linda Martinez

Unveiling the interplay between rational, psychological and functional factors in continuous glucose monitoring early adoption: Novel evidence from the Dexcom ONE case in Italy

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Francesca Zoccarato, Martina Manzoni, Davide Minotti, Emanuele Lettieri, Andrea Boaretto

New insights into physician burnout and turnover intent: a validated measure of physician fortitude

Laurence Weinzimmer, Stephen Hippler

Sustaining our rural allied health workforce: experiences and impacts of the allied health rural generalist pathway

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Alison Dymmott, Stacey George, Narelle Campbell, Chris Brebner

Does assistive technology contribute to safety among home-dwelling older adults?

Mariya Bikova, Eliva Atieno Ambugo, Trond Tjerbo, Djenana Jalovcic, Oddvar Førland

Patient, supporter and primary healthcare professional perspectives on health risks in over 16s with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England: a national survey study

John H. Ward, Kieran Becker, Jane Smith, Anna Price, Tamsin Newlove-Delgado

Enabling tobacco treatment for gastroenterology patients via a novel low-burden point-of-care model

Suha Abushamma, Li-Shiun Chen, Jingling Chen, Nina Smock, Giang Pham, Chien-Huan Chen

Risk factors and service gaps affecting a sustainable work: a qualitative multi-stakeholder analysis in the context of persons with acquired brain injury living in Switzerland

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Katarzyna Karcz, Urban Schwegler, Barbara Schiffmann, Monika E. Finger

The association between emotional abuse in childhood and healthcare utilization in adulthood among sami and non-sami: the SAMINOR 2 questionnaire survey

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Farhiyo A. Osman, Astrid M.A. Eriksen, Anja M. Davis Norbye

Accuracy assessment of patient safety incident (PSI) codes and present-on-admission (POA) indicators: a cross-sectional analysis using the Patient Safety Incidents Inquiry (PSII) in Korea

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Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Seung Gyeong Jang, Won Lee, Minsu Ock

Exploring hot topics and evolutionary paths in the Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) field: a comparative study using LDA modeling

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Xinrui Chen, Meng Zhang, Qingqing Bu, Bo Tan, Peng Peng, Yilin Zhou, Yuqin Tang, Xiaoqin Tian, Dan Deng

Responding to health literacy of refugees in Australian primary health care settings: a qualitative study of barriers and potential solutions

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Prince Peprah, Jane Lloyd, Mark Harris

Well-being approaches targeted to improve child and youth health post-COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Stephana Julia Moss, Cynthia Sriskandarajah, Rebecca Brundin-Mather, Michal S. Cherak, Sara J. Mizen, Maia Stelfox, Donna Halperin, Scott Halperin, Sofia B. Ahmed, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Stacie Smith, Micaela Harley, Perri R. Tutelman, Kathryn A. Birnie, Melanie C. Anglin, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten M. Fiest, Nicole Racine, Jeanna Parsons Leigh

COVID-19 healthcare success or failure? Crisis management explained by dynamic capabilities

Ritva Rosenbäck, Kristina M. Eriksson

Reducing economic burden through split-shared care model for people living with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and polypharmacy: a multi-center randomized controlled trial

Zheng Kang Lum, Jia Yeong Tan, Cynthia Sze Mun Wong, Zi Yin Kok, Sing Cheer Kwek, Keith Yu Kei Tsou, Paul John Gallagher, Joyce Yu-Chia Lee

Impact of digital infrastructure construction on the migrants’ utilization of basic public health services in China

Haowen Jia

The relationships between precarious employment, having a calling, and occupational well-being among young nurses: a cross-sectional study

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Tanja Pesonen, Anu Nurmeksela, Marja Hult

Complex management and descriptive cost analysis of kidney transplant candidates: a descriptive cross-sectional study

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Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Paloma Garcimartín, María José Pérez-Sáez, Anna Bach-Pascual, Marta Crespo, Victoria Morín-Fraile

Health care accessibility and mobility in breast cancer: a Latin American perspective

André Ferreira Azeredo-da-Silva, Bruna Stella Zanotto, Flavia Martins, Nádia Navarro, Rafaela Alencar, Clarissa Medeiros

Patient and family engagement in patient safety in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a scoping review

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Zhaleh Abdi, Hamid Ravaghi, Samaneh Sarkhosh, Hamideh Nafar, Sedigheh Khani, Mondher Letaief

Health care workers’ self-perceived meaning of residential care work

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Sui Yu Yau, Yin King Linda Lee, Siu Yin Becky Li, Sin Ping Susan Law, Sze Ki Veronica Lai, Shixin Huang

WHO, WHEN, HOW: a scoping review on flexible at-home respite for informal caregivers of older adults

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Maude Viens, Alexandra Éthier, Véronique Provencher, Annie Carrier

Incident of violence escalation of patients with psychiatric emergencies boarding in the emergency department in the central region of Thailand and its association: a prospective observational study

Aungsana Khlaisuk, Acharaporn Seeherunwong, Ketsarin Utriyaprasit, Autchariya Poungkaew, Sasima Tongsai

Exploring the safety reporting culture among healthcare practitioners in Saudi hospitals: a comprehensive 2022 national study

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Dyma Alkahf, Wadi Alonazi

Collecting routine and timely cancer stage at diagnosis by implementing a cancer staging tiered framework: the Western Australian Cancer Registry experience

Shantelle J. Smith, Rachael Moorin, Karen Taylor, Jade Newton, Stephanie Smith

The vacated space of volume/price of the drugs centralized procurement with quantity in secondary and above public hospitals of China

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Jingliang Wang, Siyu Zhang, Canghong Wang, Jun Li, Rui Wang, Liang Zhu

Understanding the challenges of identifying, supporting, and signposting patients with alcohol use disorder in secondary care hospitals, post COVID-19: a qualitative analysis from the North East and North Cumbria, England

Katherine Jackson, Rosie Baker, Amy O’Donnell, Iain Loughran, William Hartrey, Sarah Hulse

Is palliative care a utopia for older patients with organ failure, dementia or frailty? A qualitative study through the prism of emergency department admission

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Delphine Bourmorck, Benoit Pétré, Marie de Saint-Hubert, Isabelle De Brauwer

Lived experience, social support, and challenges to health service use during the COVID-19 pandemic among HIV key populations in Indonesia

Evi Sukmaningrum, Judith Levy, Made Diah Negara, Devika Devika, Brigitta Dhyah K. Wardhani, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Pande Putu Januraga

Developing a quality and safety assessment framework for Iran’s military hospitals

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Nader Markazi-Moghaddam, Mojgan Mohammadimehr, Mahdi Nikoomanesh, Ramin Rezapour, Sanaz Zargar Balaye Jame

The association between primary care appointment lengths and opioid prescribing for common pain conditions

John C. Matulis III, Kristi Swanson, Rozalina McCoy

Efficiency evaluation and promoter identification of primary health care system in China: an enhanced DEA-Tobit approach

Zhi Zeng, Xiru Yu, Wenjuan Tao, Wei Feng, Wei Zhang

Incorporating patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) into a clinical quality registry (CQR) for ovarian cancer: considerations and challenges

Yael R Lefkovits, Natalie Heriot, Alice Sporik, Sharnel Perera, Michael Friedlander, Cyril Dixon, Paul A Cohen, Yeh Chen Lee, Simon Hyde, Gary Richardson, Penelope Webb, Robert Rome, Madeleine King, John Zalcberg, Penelope Schofield

The cost of delivering COVID-19 vaccines in Vietnam

Van Minh Nguyen, Flavia Moi, Laura Boonstoppel, Hong Thi Duong, Chien Chinh Vien, Minh Van Hoang

Trends in heart failure costs for commercially insured patients in the United States (2006–2021)

Jianwei Zheng, Islam Abudayyeh, Cyril Rakovski, Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Ahmad Rezaie Mianroodi, Jay N Patel, Alomari Ihab, Chizobam Ani

The association of travel burden with prenatal care utilization, what happens after provider-selection

Songyuan Deng, Yuche Chen, Kevin J. Bennett

The interplay between patients and healthcare professionals in a cross-sectoral setting in connection with the treatment and care of patients with diabetic foot ulcers: a realistic evaluation

Susanne Friis Søndergaard, Jørn Fryd Christensen, Marie Dahl, Milica Drejer, Annette Høgh

Implementation of social needs screening for minoritized patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer: a mixed methods evaluation in a pragmatic patient navigation trial

Stephenie C. Lemon, Amy M. LeClair, Erika Christenson, Deborah Amburgey, Madyson FitzGerald, Howard Cabral, Chris Lloyd-Travaglini, Cheryl R. Clark, Feng Qing Wang, Joellen Ross, Ellen Ohrenberger, Jennifer S. Haas, Karen N. Freund, Tracy A. Battaglia, Ted A. James, Jessica Shenkel, Susan T. Gershman, Mark Kennedy, Anne Levine, Erica T. Warner, Naomi Y. Ko, Debi Amburgey, Julia Vance, Victoria Xiao, Tony Zhao, Howard J. Cabral, Clara Chen, Christine Lloyd-Travaglini, Julianne Dugas, Magnolia Contreras, Rachel A. Freedman, Karen Burns White, Christine Gunn, Beverly Moy, Caylin Marotta, Amy J Wint, Susan K. Parsons, Serena Rajabiun

Cost-utility analysis of early reconstruction surgery versus conservative treatment for anterior cruciate ligament injury in a lower-middle income country

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Romy Deviandri, Hugo C. van der Veen, Abdul Khairul R. Purba, Ajeng V. Icanervilia, Andri MT. Lubis, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Maarten J. Postma

Outcome evaluation of technical strategies on reduction of patient waiting time in the outpatient department at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre—Northern Tanzania

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Manasseh J. Mwanswila, Henry A. Mollel, Lawrencia D. Mushi

Perceived barriers and opportunities of providing quality family planning services among Palestinian midwives, physicians and nurses in the West Bank: a qualitative study

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Sahar Hassan, Hadeel Masri, Isra’ Sawalha, Berit Mortensen

Adolescent girls and young women’s (AGYW) access to and use of contraception services in Cape Town: perspectives from AGYW and health care providers

Tsidiso Tolla, Kate Bergh, Zoe Duby, Nandipha Gana, Catherine Mathews, Kim Jonas

Identifying the challenges of policy content related to high-risk sexual behaviors, stimulant drugs, and alcohol consumption in adolescents

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Saeid Mirzaei, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Abbas Jahanara, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Nadia Oroomiei

Patient-centered discharge summaries to support safety and individual health literacy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial in Austria

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Christine Maria Schwarz, Magdalena Hoffmann, Christian Smolle, Andrea Borenich, Stefan Fürst, Alexandru-Cristian Tuca, Anna Katharina Holl, Markus Gugatschka, Victor Grogger, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Gerald Sendlhofer

Assessing LLIN distribution implementation using evidence-informed intervention core elements: a qualitative study in a resource-constrained setting

Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Emmanuel Asampong, Franklin N. Glozah, Ruby Hornuvo, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, David Gittelman, Adanna Nwameme, Benjamin Oteng, Nana Yaw Peprah, Gloria M. Chandi, Philip B. Adongo

Costs and healthcare use of patients with chronic kidney disease in the Northern Territory, Australia

Winnie Chen, Kirsten Howard, Gillian Gorham, Asanga Abeyaratne, Yuejen Zhao, Oyelola Adegboye, Nadarajah Kangaharan, Mohammad Radwanur Rahman Talukder, Sean Taylor, Alan Cass

Cost-effectiveness of approaches to cervical cancer screening in Malawi: comparison of frequencies, lesion treatment techniques, and risk-stratified approaches

Petra W. Rasmussen, Risa M. Hoffman, Sam Phiri, Amos Makwaya, Gerald F. Kominski, Roshan Bastani, Agnes Moses, Corrina Moucheraud

Development and validity testing of a matrix to evaluate maturity of clinical pathways: a case study in Saskatchewan, Canada

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Crystal Lynn Larson, Jason Robert Vanstone, Taysa-Rhea Mise, Susan Mary Tupper, Gary Groot, Amir Reza Azizian

Primary health care response to noncommunicable diseases: an assessment of Wellness Clinics in Ghana

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Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Judith William, Deborah Esaa Larbi-Sarpong, Mary Akua Ampomah, Prince Owusu Adoma, Kennedy T. C. Brightson, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor

Ready to leave? – Adolescents’ and parents’ perceptions of transition from paediatric to adult rheumatology care

A. Vermé, Marika Wenemark, J. Granhagen Jungner, E. Broström, C. Bartholdson

Prediction of COVID-19 patients’ participation in financing informal care using machine learning methods: willingness to pay and willingness to accept approaches

Vajihe Ramezani-Doroh, Somayeh Najafi-Ghobadi, Faride Karimi, Maryam Rangchian, Omid Hamidi

Barriers to and facilitators of implementing colorectal cancer screening evidence-based interventions in federally qualified health centers: a qualitative study

Emanuelle M. Dias, Joe R. Padilla, Paula M. Cuccaro, Timothy J. Walker, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Lara S. Savas, Melissa A. Valerio-Shewmaker, Roshanda S. Chenier, Maria E. Fernandez

Unveiling the factors influencing public knowledge and behaviours towards medication errors in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

Sura Al Zoubi, Lobna Gharaibeh, Enas A. Amaireh, Husam AlSalamat, Mohammad Ghassab Deameh, Amjad Almansi, Yaqeen Majed Al Asoufi, Hadeel Alshahwan, Zaha Al-Zoubi

Access to colorectal cancer screening for Pakistani immigrants in Norway – a qualitative study

Nadia Iqbal, Paula Berstad, Marit Solbjør, Esperanza Diaz, Elżbieta Czapka, Solveig Hofvind, Sameer Bhargava

The implementation and impacts of the Comprehensive Care Standard in Australian acute care hospitals: a survey study

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Beibei Xiong, Christine Stirling, Daniel X. Bailey, Melinda Martin-Khan

Healthcare workers’ views on decentralized primary health care management in Lesotho: a qualitative study

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Ermyas Birru, Melino Ndayizigiye, George Wanje, Tholoana Marole, Patrick D. Smith, Masebeo Koto, Ryan McBain, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Mathabang Mokoena, Annie Michaelis, Joel Curtain, Emily Dally, Afom T. Andom, Joia Mukherjee

Access to essential and innovative anti-cancer medicines: a longitudinal study in Nanjing, China

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Zhaoliu Cao, Lili Wang, Rui Ma, Yun Hu, Baiyi Bao, Xiaohua Liu, Mengyuan Li, Xiao Wang, Pingyu Liu, Xin Li

Challenges of pre-hospital emergency care at Addis Ababa Fire and Disaster Risk Management Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a qualitative study

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Feleku Yimer Seid, Birhanu Chekol Gete, Amanuel Sisay Endeshaw

Specialist care visits outside the hospital by South Australian older adults

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Dennis Asante, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Paul Worley, Gloria Essilfie, Vivian Isaac

Hospital personnel perspectives on factors influencing acute care patient outcomes: a qualitative approach to model refinement

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Jessica Ziemek, Natalie Hoge, Kyla F. Woodward, Emily Doerfler, Alison Bradywood, Alix Pletcher, Abraham D. Flaxman, Sarah J. Iribarren

Information management of full-cycle inpatient bed reservation for cancer patients under the normalised prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic

Yang Yang, Yang Bin, Ma Yanping, Zhao Jinping, Zhou Xin, Cheng Chunjun, Zhai Zhenhua

Disparities in satisfaction among insured and uninsured adult outpatient department service users in Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a comparative cross-sectional study

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Mulugeta Hailu Rad, Tekle Ejajo, Legesse Tesfaye Elilo, Selamu Abose Nedamo , Dawit Sullamo, Aklilu Habte Hailegebireal, Belay Erchafo

Characterizing physician directory data quality: variation by specialty, state, and insurer

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Neel M. Butala, Kuldeep Jiwani, Emily M. Bucholz

Revolutionising health and social care: innovative solutions for a brighter tomorrow – a systematic review of the literature

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Jennifer Kosiol, Tracey Silvester, Helen Cooper, Stewart Alford, Linda Fraser

A retrospective cohort study to evaluate disease burden, health care resource utilization, and costs in patients with breast cancer in Dubai, UAE

DMM Hamza, MWA Zayed, N Tahoun, M Farghaly, S Kumaresan, BC Ramachandrachar, A Ali

Patient safety culture and associated factors of regional public hospitals in Addis Ababa

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Teshome Yayehrad, Yeneneh Getachew, Workineh Muluken

New models of health and social care for people in later life: mapping of innovation in services in two regions of the United Kingdom using a mixed method approach

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Helen Frost, Tricia R. Tooman, Navneet Aujla, Bruce Guthrie, Barbara Hanratty, Eileen Kaner, Amy O’Donnell, Margaret E. Ogden, Helen G. Pain, Susan D. Shenkin, Stewart W. Mercer

No improvement in AUDIT-C screening and brief intervention rates among wait-list controls following support of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: evidence from a cluster randomised trial

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James H. Conigrave, K. S. Kylie Lee, Timothy Dobbins, Scott Wilson, José Padarian, Rowena Ivers, Kirsten Morley, Paul S. Haber, Julia Vnuk, Kushani Marshall, Kate Conigrave

Bridging the gaps in pediatric complex healthcare: the case for home nursing care among children with medical complexity

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Caitlin Koob, Sarah F. Griffin, Mackenzie Stuenkel, Kathleen Cartmell, Lior Rennert, Kerry Sease

Barriers and facilitators of improved nutritional support for patients newly diagnosed with cancer: a pre-implementation study

Benedicte Beichmann, Christine Henriksen, Ingvild Paur, Mari Mohn Paulsen

Impact of decentralized management on sickness absence in hospitals: a two-wave cohort study of frontline managers in Danish hospital wards

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Thim Prætorius, Thomas Clausen, Ann Dyreborg Larsen, Jonas Kirchheiner Rasmussen, Lykke Margot Ricard, Peter Hasle

How well prepared are hospitals for future crises? Board members perceive their hospitals as resilient for acute crises

Caroline Schlinkert, Laura Muns, Lilian van Tuyl, Cordula Wagner

Video based educational intervention in waiting area to improve awareness about health screening among patients visiting family medicine clinics

Rabeeya Saeed, Farah Ahmed, Syed Hasan Danish, Mohammad Talha, Maha Usmani, Noureen Durrani, Noman Ali

A thematic content analysis of the structure and effects of good doctor abilities in China

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Zhongguang Yu, Xiang Hu, Hongjin Li, Ning Hu, Yanping Li

Health-economic evaluation of orthogeriatric co-management for patients with forearm or humerus fractures: an analysis of insurance claims data from Germany

Espen Henken, Hans-Helmut König, Clemens Becker, Gisela Büchele, Thomas Friess, Andrea Jaensch, Kilian Rapp, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Claudia Konnopka

Health care workers’ experiences of calling-for-help when taking care of critically ill patients in hospitals in Tanzania and Kenya

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Elibariki Godfrey Mkumbo, Tamara Mulenga Willows, Onesmus Odongo Onyango, Karima Khalid, John Maiba, Carl Otto Schell, Jacquie Oliwa, Jacob McKnight, Tim Baker

Costs and cost drivers of comprehensive sexual reproductive health services to female sex workers in Kenya

Griffins O. Manguro, Urbanus Mutuku Kioko, Gerald Githinji, Patricia Owira, Lillian Langat, Dan Okoro, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters

Stigmatization experiences of healthcare workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Reza Negarandeh, Mehraban Shahmari, Leily Zare

Identifying innovations produced by primary health care centers and evaluating their scalability: the SPRINT Occitanie cross-sectional study in France

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Alexis Vandeventer, Grégoire Mercier, Christophe Bonnel, Joana Pissarra, Grégory Ninot, François Carbonnel

Mental health care use and quality among Medicaid adults with serious mental illness receiving care at Federally Qualified Health Centers vs. other settings

Catherine Myong, Zhiyou Yang, Caroline Behr, Vicki Fung

Rural veteran perception of healthcare access in South Carolina and Florida: a qualitative study

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Maria Mercedes Rossi, Heidi L. Radunovich, Michelle A. Parisi

Process evaluation of the implementation of the assessment of burden of chronic conditions tool in Dutch primary care – lessons from a qualitative implementation study

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Danny Claessens, Marcia Vervloet, Esther A. Boudewijns, Lotte C.E.M. Keijsers, Annerika H.M. Gidding-Slok, Onno C.P. van Schayck, Bjorn Winkens, Liset van Dijk

Content validity of patient-reported measures evaluating experiences of the quality of transitions in healthcare settings—a scoping review

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Sisse Walløe, Stine Gundtoft Roikjær, Sebrina Maj-Britt Hansen, Graziella Zangger, Sofie Rath Mortensen, Christoffer Bruun Korfitsen, Charlotte Simonÿ, Henrik Hein Lauridsen, Lars Morsø

Learning health systems on the front lines to strengthen care against future pandemics and climate change: a rapid review

Samantha Spanos, Genevieve Dammery, Lisa Pagano, Louise A. Ellis, Georgia Fisher, Carolynn L. Smith, Darran Foo, Jeffrey Braithwaite

Equality of healthcare resource allocation between impoverished counties and non-impoverished counties in Northwest China: a longitudinal study

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Liang Zhu, Wei Gao, Siyu Zhang, Fei Yu, Jiaxue Li, Junqiang Feng, Rui Wang

Unveiling the heterogeneous utilisation of the same digital patient management platform: case studies in primary healthcare in Sweden

Susanne Frennert, Christofer Rydenfält, Mirella Muhic, Gudbjörg Erlingsdóttir

General practitioners and palliative care practices: a better knowledge of specific services is still needed

Daouda Niaré, Guillaume Robert, Auriane Rocquevieille, Loïc De Geyer, Maguy Frin, Sophie Pennec, Thomas Hanslik, Thierry Blanchon, Louise Rossignol, Vincent Morel

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the utilization of hospital services and development of optimal pandemic control strategy in Chinese tertiary hospitals during the Omicron wave

Dan Yu, Dong Wang, Yi Chen, Ting Dong, Yinchu Zhang, Mengjun Huang, Anhua Wu, Yi Ouyang, Wendong Chen, Zhaoxin Qian

“Somewhere along the line, your mask isn’t going to be fitting right”: institutional racism in Black narratives of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation across the practice continuum

Samira Omar, Charmaine C. Williams, Laura B. Bugg, Angela Colantonio

Identifying cost-based quality and performance indicators for home care: a modified delphi method study

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Max Jajszczok, Cathy A. Eastwood, Mingshan Lu, Ceara Cunningham, Danielle A. Southern, Hude Quan

Predictors of successful transition of adolescents and young adults living with HIV from pediatric to adult-oriented care in southern Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Gelila Abay, Abebe Gedefaw Belete, Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Wei Ma

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in household out of pocket health expenditures in Pakistan (2010-11–2018-19)

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Muhammad Zubair, Lubna Naz, Shyamkumar Sriram

A self-assessment maturity matrix to support large-scale change using collaborative networks in the New Zealand health system

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Kanchan M. Sharma, Peter B. Jones, Jacqueline Cumming, Lesley Middleton

Strategies used to detect and mitigate system-related errors over time: A qualitative study in an Australian health district

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Madaline Kinlay, Wu Yi Zheng, Rosemary Burke, Ilona Juraskova, Lai Mun Ho, Hannah Turton, Jason Trinh, Melissa T. Baysari

Process evaluation of comprehensive sexuality education programme in Zambia: a focus on contextual factors, mechanisms of impact, quality of development and implementation process

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Bright Mukanga, Siyabonga Blessing Dlamini, Myra Taylor

Strategies to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Mahnaz Afshari, Parvaneh Isfahani, Farahnaz Ezzati, Mahdi Abbasi, Shahrzad Akhavan Farahani, Maryam Zahmatkesh, Leila Eslambolchi

Acceptability and feasibility of using a blended quality improvement strategy among health workers to monitor women engagement in Option B+ program in Lilongwe Malawi

Wiza Kumwenda, Angela M. Bengtson, Shaphil Wallie, Tarsizious Chikaonda, Mitch Matoga, Agatha K. Bula, Jimmy Ba Villiera, Edith Kamanga, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Victor Mwapasa

Efficacy of educational interventions on improving medical emergency readiness of rural healthcare providers: a scoping review

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Anju Sreeram, Ram Nair, Muhammad Aziz Rahman

Providing care in underresourced areas: contribution of the physician assistant/associate workforce

Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Bettie Coplan, Kasey Puckett, Andrzej Kozikowski

Expanding vaccination competencies to community pharmacists: modelling the organizational and economic impacts of new human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine pathways in France

Bruno Julia, Claire Foerst, Sarah Akarkoub, Sarah Azzazene, Nathalie Grémaud, Romain Olivier Sénégas, Benoit Mourlat, Carole Mamane, Lionel Bensimon, Gaëlle Farge

Motivation to work and attitudes towards retirement among physicians

Franziska U. Jung, Erik Bodendieck, Melanie Luppa, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller

Scaling up noncommunicable disease care in a resource-limited context: lessons learned and implications for policy

Yoseph Mamo, Mirchaye Mekoro, David I. W. Phillips, Andrew Mortimore

The evaluation of health, disability and aged care-sector engagement with resources designed to support optimisation of the allied health assistant workforce: a qualitative study

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Lucy Whelan, Sharon McLean, Alexandra Edwards, Jessica Huglin, Melanie K. Farlie

Pharmacists’ attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration to optimise medication use in older patients in Switzerland: a survey study

Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Damien Cateau, Stephen Philip Jenkinson, Sven Streit, Katharina Tabea Jungo

Availability and readiness of health facilities providing services for other infectious diseases to treat neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia: implications for service integration in high burden areas

Getahun Asmamaw, Tefera Minwagaw, Mastewal Samuel, Wondim Ayenew

What could improve surgical data system at health facilities with high surgical volume in Ethiopia?

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Melaku Godebo, Dawit Bete, Seye Minass, Tewodros Liyew, Ftalew Gebreyesus, Emily Bryce, John Varallo, Tigistu Ashengo

Improving Clerkship to Enhance Patients’ Quality of care (ICEPACQ): a baseline study

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Kennedy Pangholi, Enid Kawala Kagoya, Allan G Nsubuga, Irene Atuhairwe, Prossy Nakattudde, Brian Agaba, Bonaventure Ahaisibwe, Esther Ijangolet, Eric Otim, Paul Waako, Julius Wandabwa, Milton Musaba, Antonina Webombesa, Kenneth Mugabe, Ashley Nakawuki, Richard Mugahi, Faith Nyangoma, Jesca Atugonza, Elizabeth Ajalo, Alice Kalenda, Ambrose Okibure, Andrew Kagwa, Ronald Kibuuka, Betty Nakawuka, Francis Okello, Proscovia Auma

Prevalence, response and associated factors of needlestick injury among health care workers in Orotta National Referral Hospital, Eritrea

Feven Beletse Negash, Amanuel Hailemichael, Enabi Haileslassie, Eyob Hawaz, Samuel Zerai, Zerabruk Tesfamariam, Laban Lebahati

Challenges and solutions of medical residency: the example of Iran

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Behrooz Rahimi, Ali Nemati, Behzad Tadayon, Mahmood Samadpour, Amin Biglarkhani

A qualitative study of the barriers and facilitators impacting the implementation of a quality improvement program for emergency departments: SurgeCon

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Nahid Rahimipour Anaraki, Meghraj Mukhopadhyay, Jennifer Jewer, Christopher Patey, Paul Norman, Oliver Hurley, Holly Etchegary, Shabnam Asghari

A rapid realist review on leadership and career advancement interventions for women in healthcare

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Doreen Mucheru, Eilish McAuliffe, Anosisye Kesale, Brynne Gilmore

Costs of the COVID-19 vaccination programme: estimates from the West Rand district of South Africa, 2021/2022

Ijeoma Edoka, Lineo Marie Matsela, Khumo Modiba, Yolandie Luther, Sharlene Govender, Thapelo Maotoe, Heena Brahmbhatt, Pedro T. Pisa, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Jacqui Miot

Development of an admission criterion framework for high-cost medical consumables in governmental hospitals: a systematic review

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Tianshu Chu, Yahui Han, Haiyin Wang

Understanding patient perspectives on digital therapeutics and its platform for insomnia: insights from focused group interviews

Jinhyun Kim, Kyung Mee Park, Suonaa Lee, Sooji Park, Minji Hong, Jaeyong Shin, Eun Lee

Predicting hospital length of stay using machine learning on a large open health dataset

Raunak Jain, Mrityunjai Singh, A. Ravishankar Rao, Rahul Garg

Factors associated with health CEO turnover - a scoping review

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Nebu Varughese Mathew, Chaojie Liu, Hanan Khalil

Does randomised evidence alter clinical practise? The react qualitative study

Samuel Lawday, Karen Mattick, Rob Bethune

Using a novel methodology to map Post-COVID services for children and young people in England: a web-based systematic search

Fiona Newlands, Lana Fox-Smith, Sonia Balakrishnan, Gareth Lord, Trudie Chalder, Emma Dalrymple, Tamsin Ford, Anthony Harnden, Isobel Heyman, Shamez N Ladhani, Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Terry Y Segal, Terence Stephenson, Elizabeth Whittaker, Roz Shafran

Use of an electronic wellness instrument in the integrated health and social care of older adults: a group concept mapping study

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Melissa Northwood, Margaret Saari, George Heckman, Ted Alexander, Bill Eastway, Patricia Gerantonis, Deanne Gillies, Susie Gregg, Jane McKinnon Wilson, Adam Morrison, Heebah Sultan, Luke Turcotte

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Unspoken expectations and situational participation: a qualitative study exploring the instantiation of next of kin involvement within the trust model

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Ruth-Ellen Slåtsveen, Torunn Wibe, Liv Halvorsrud, Anne Lund

Readiness of and barriers for community pharmacy professionals in providing and implementing vaccination services

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Integrating trauma- and violence-informed care for adolescent mothers in Rwanda: a qualitative study with community health workers

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Readiness to provide comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care: a cross-sectional study in 30 health facilities in Tanzania

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Revealing the significance of early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from healthy lung initiative data at COP27 conference

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The cultural safety of research reports on primary healthcare use by Indigenous Peoples: a systematic review

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Nonpneumatic anti-shock garment utilization for obstetric hemorrhage management and its predictors among obstetric care providers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Eyob Shitie Lake, Mulat Ayele, Gizachew Yilak, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Besfat Berihun Erega, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Getinet Kumie

The justification and practice of the patient rights charter from the perspective of patients admitted to surgical wards during COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Southern Iran

Foozieh Rafati, Farzad Abaszadeh, Fatemeh Amiri Ghanatsaman, Fatemeh Mashayekhi, Neda Dastyar

Barriers and facilitators for strengthening physiotherapy services in Nepal: perspectives from physiotherapists and health providers

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A Bayesian approach to reveal the role of psychological factors on turnover intention among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The role of workday characteristics on perceived stress and time pressure among nurses in Finnish long-term care – a cross-sectional study

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Visa Väisänen, Salla Ruotsalainen, Laura Hietapakka, Juhani Sulander, Timo Sinervo

Enhancing patient informed consent in elective skin cancer surgeries: a comparative study of traditional and digital approaches in a German public hospital

Alexandra Schulz, Sabine Bohnet-Joschko

“I didn’t even wonder why I was on the floor” – mixed methods exploration of stroke awareness and help-seeking behaviour at stroke symptom onset

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Jasleen Grewal, Cole J. Kennedy, Rinni Mamman, Janelle Breese Biagioni, Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera, Julia Schmidt

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Patient safety culture in a tertiary care hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, a cross-sectional study

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Faiza Algethami, Abdulrahman Saad Alasmari, Mohammed Khalid Alessa, Abdullah Anwar Alhamid, Muhannad Khalid Ateeq, Hasheema Alsulami, Soha Aly Elmorsy, Sultan Fatil Alruwaili

India Hypertension Control Initiative: decentralization of hypertension care to health wellness centres in Punjab and Maharashtra, India, 2018–2022

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The digital readiness of future physicians: nurturing the post-pandemic medical education

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Assessment of expanded programme on immunization routine data quality in the upper east region of Ghana

Louis Jean Piu, Joseph Owusu-Marfo, Yaa Nyarko Agyeman, Augusta Soninour Kolekang, Jonathan Kissi

Unraveling the effects of DIP payment reform on inpatient healthcare: insights into impacts and challenges

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Ying Zhang, Shu-yi Xu, Guang-ming Tan

Workplace support for physicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Did it affect burnout?

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Understanding the predictors of health professionals' intention to use electronic health record system: extend and apply UTAUT3 model

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Transformation of primary care settings implementing a co-located team-based care model: a scoping review

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Yasmine Frikha, Andrew R. Freeman, Nancy Côté, Claudèle Charette, Maxime Desfossés

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The impact of medical insurance and old-age security on the utilization of medical services by the older population with disabilities

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Xiaomeng Tao, Yanbing Zeng, Weiping Jiao

Federal opioid agonist therapy policy: interrupted time series analysis of the impact of the methadone exemption removal across eight provinces in Canada

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Tahereh Bano Borzuoi, Fereshteh Kordestani, Tahereh Ashktorab, Yalda Delgoshaei, Baharak Shirzad Kebria

Care models for individuals with chronic multimorbidity: lessons for low- and middle-income countries

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Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments related to non-communicable disease multimorbidity and associated factors, evidence from a public referral hospital in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

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Mizan Habtemichael, Meseret Molla, Berhan Tassew

A retrospective analysis of e-prescriptions for non-communicable diseases on a telehealth platform in Malaysia

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Personalized care for complex lives: initial outcomes of a behaviorally-informed complex care intervention

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Trygve Dolber, Ryan Muskin, Patrick Runnels

Starting continuous improvement; creating a common understanding of stroke care delivery in a general hospital

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Video and phone visit use differed by language preference among U.S. Latino and Chinese adults during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional electronic health record study

Nancy P. Gordon, Teresa Y. Lin, Antonia Torreblanca, Mary E. Reed

Factors influencing long-term care facility performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Eric Nguemeleu Tchouaket, Katya Kruglova, Josiane Létourneau, Emilie Bélanger, Stephanie Robins, Maripier Jubinville, Fatima El-Mousawi, Shiyang Shen, Idrissa Beogo, Drissa Sia

Extending mechanical thrombectomy service provision to 24/7: a break-even analysis

Joyce S. Balami, Gary A. Ford, Alastair M. Buchan, Alastair Gray, Andrea Francesconi, Paolo Collini, Paolo Candio

Challenges and coping strategies for providing maternal health care services among health care professionals in rural health facilities in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Netsanet Demissie Milku, Diriba Wakjira Abose, Kelemu Abebe Gelaw, Taklu Marama Mokonnon, Makeda Sinaga Teshome

Management training programs in healthcare: effectiveness factors, challenges and outcomes

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Lucia Giovanelli, Federico Rotondo, Nicoletta Fadda

Evaluating barriers to reaching women with public health information in remote communities in Mali

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Robert T. Jones, Freya I. Spencer, Laura A. Paris, Diarra Soumaïla, Nanthilde Kamara, Alexandra Hiscox, James G. Logan

Relationship between patient safety culture and patient experience in hospital settings: a scoping review

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Adel Alabdaly, Reece Hinchcliff, Deborah Debono, Su-Yin Hor

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 management on the workload of human resources working in India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Program

Christina Mergenthaler, Aarushi Bhatnagar, Di Dong, Vimal Kumar, Chantale Lakis, Ronald Mutasa, Shankar Dapkekar, Agrima Sahore, Sapna Surendran, Gyorgy Fritsche, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Marjolein Dieleman

Factors critical for the successful delivery of telehealth to rural populations: a descriptive qualitative study

Rebecca Barry, Elyce Green, Kristy Robson, Melissa Nott

Exploring the link between physicians’ caffeine use disorders with sleep quality and professional burnout: a cross-sectional study

Büşra Sağlam, Egemen Tural, Akın Dayan

A comprehensive perspective on local drivers in community-based health tourism industry development: a qualitative study of Mazandaran Province, Iran

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Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Tahereh Pashaei, Hossein Rastegar, Koen Ponnet

2022 insights on hospital bed distribution in Saudi Arabia: evaluating needs to achieve global standards

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Waleed Kattan, Noor Alshareef

Information literacy and intention to adopt e-pharmacy: a study based on trust and the theory of reasoned action

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Mingyue Fan, Oscar Chidiebere Ukaegbu

Job satisfaction and intent to stay in neonatal nursing in England and Wales: a study protocol

Kathy Chant, Jos M. Latour, Nicola Booth, Lisa Viola, Kelly Crofts, Yoko Nishimura, Katie Gallagher

Construct validity and reliability of Amharic version of DASS-21 scale among Ethiopian Defense University College of Health Science students

Bitew Sintayehu Tsegaye, Meseret Molla Asemu, Habtamu Belay Hailu

Strategies for scaling up pre-ART advanced HIV disease screening at a secondary referral hospital—Malawi: a qualitative study

Brany Mithi, Evanson Z. Sambala, Agatha Bula, Ziliro Jere, Emily Kumilonde, Grant Gondwe, Marion M. Chikuse, Simion Manda, Adamson S. Muula

The landscape of Medicare policies for gender-affirming surgeries in Canada: an environmental scan

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Dave Gwun, Brennan Snow, Emery Potter, Rachel Loewen Walker, Alexandra L. Millman, Yonah Krakowsky, Gianni R. Lorello, Janice Du Mont, Lucy C. Barker, Percy Lezard, Marudan Sivagurunathan, David R. Urbach, Kathleen Armstrong

Patient-resident physician communication – a qualitative study to assess the current state, challenges and possible solutions

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Noreen Afzal, Asma Altaf Hussain Merchant, Namra Qadeer Shaikh, Ali Aahil Noorali, Rida Ahmad, Shahnoor Ahmed, Adnan Ali Khan, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Komal Abdul Rahim, Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Adil H. Haider

Detection and management of localized prostate cancer in Nigeria: barriers and facilitators according to patients, caregivers and healthcare providers

Musliu Adetola Tolani, Christian A. Agbo, Alan Paciorek, Shehu S. Umar, Rufus W. Ojewola, Faruk Mohammed, Ernie Kaninjing, Muhammed Ahmed, Rebecca DeBoer

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) after four years of implementation – is it making an impact on quality of inpatient care and financial protection in India?

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Samir Garg, Kirtti Kumar Bebarta, Narayan Tripathi

Reducing sickness absence: a work environment intervention in Norwegian hospitals

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Andreas Lillebråten, Anne Grete Tøge, Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm

Healthcare staff experiences on the impact of COVID-19 on emergency departments: a qualitative study

Ahmet Butun

Patient responsiveness as a safewards fidelity indicator: a qualitative interview study on an acute psychiatric in-patient ward

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Veikko Pelto-Piri, Lars Kjellin, Gabriella Backman, Karoline Carlsson, Anna Björkdahl

Mental health service use and shortages among a cohort of women living with HIV in Canada

Seerat Chawla, Angela Kaida, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Bluma Kleiner, Danièle Dubuc, Lashanda Skerritt, Ann N. Burchell, Danielle Rouleau, Mona Loutfy, Alexandra de Pokomandy

Exploring the acceptability, barriers, and facilitators to psychosis screening in the integrated behavioral health primary care setting: a qualitative study

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Mark Savill, Rachel L Loewy, Sarah Gobrial, Julianna Kirkpatrick, A. Jonathan Porteus, Tyler A Lesh, J. Daniel Ragland, Tara A Niendam, Cameron S Carter

Moral distress, coping mechanisms, and turnover intent among healthcare providers in British Columbia: a race and gender-based analysis

Jorge Andrés Delgado-Ron, Muhammad Haaris Tiwana, Alice Murage, Rosemary Morgan, Simran Purewal, Julia Smith

Integrating point-of-care diabetes detection with lifestyle counselling in community settings: outcomes from Western Sydney, Australia

Jaybee Serrano, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Janine Dawson, Aruni Ratnayake, Sumathy Ravi, Helen Dick, Sian Bramwell, Mark Scott, Rajini Jayaballa, Glen Maberly

Multilevel determinants of antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention in the test-and-treat era of Nepal: a qualitative study

Archana Shrestha, Lisasha Poudel, Soniya Shrestha, Niharika Jha, Bihari Sharan Kuikel, Prakash Shakya, Rajya Shree Kunwar, Lok Raj Pandey, Man Bahadur KC, Erin C. Wilson, Keshab Deuba

Financial hardship screening among Native American patients with cancer: a qualitative analysis

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Amber S. Anderson-Buettner, Amanda E. Janitz, Mark P. Doescher, Stefanie D. Madison, Michaela A. Khoussine, Keri L. Harjo, Marvin B. Bear, Stephnie Dartez, Sheryl K. Buckner, Dorothy A. Rhoades

Effect of cancer waiting time standards in the English National Health Service: a threshold analysis

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Laura Quinn, Paul Bird, Richard Lilford

Designing an mHealth application for informal carers concerning the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a need analysis survey

Thilanka Jagoda, Samath D. Dharmaratne, Sarath Rathnayake

Enhancing radiation safety awareness and practices among female radiographers: a comprehensive approach

Huda I. Almohammed, Wiam Elshami, Zuhal Y. Hamd, Mohamed M. Abuzaid

Experiences of informal caregivers supporting individuals with upper gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review

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Melinda Furtado, Dawn Davis, Jenny M. Groarke, Lisa Graham-Wisener

Developing a roadmap to reach and sustain 90% full immunization coverage through a cross-sectoral system strengthening strategy in Bihar, India

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Manish Ratna, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Narendra Kumar Sinha, Mandar Kannure, Mehak Bhatia, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, Suresh Kumar Dalpath, Saurabh Sharma, Vama Shah

Spatiotemporal trends and geographic disparities in spatial accessibility to maternal and child health services in Nanning, China: impact of two-child policies

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Qinglian Qin, Bin Xu, Xinxuan Hu, Xue Wei, Yulu Su, Xianyan Tang

Utilizing technology for diet and exercise change in complex chronic conditions across diverse environments (U-DECIDE): feasibility randomised controlled trial

Riley C. C. Brown, Shelley E. Keating, Dev K. Jegatheesan, Hannah L. Mayr, Amandine Barnett, Marguerite M. Conley, Lindsey Webb, Jaimon T. Kelly, Centaine L. Snoswell, Heidi M. Staudacher, Graeme A. Macdonald, Nicola W. Burton, Jeff S. Coombes, Katrina L. Campbell, Nicole M. Isbel, Ingrid J. Hickman

Impact of restricted family presence during the COVID-19 pandemic on critically ill patients, families, and critical care clinicians: a qualitative systematic review

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Karla D. Krewulak, Natalia Jaworska, Laurie Lee, Julia St. Louis, Olesya Dmitrieva, Madison P. Leia, Christopher Doig, Daniel J. Niven, Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, Bram Rochwerg, Andrew West, Henry T. Stelfox, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Kirsten M. Fiest

Emergency infection prevention and control training in fragile, conflict-affected or vulnerable settings: a scoping review

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Julii Brainard, Isabel Catalina Swindells, Joanna Wild, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Emilio Hornsey, Hibak Osman Mahamed, Victoria Willet

Assessment of work safety analysis performance among rural hospitals of Chirumanzu district of midlands province, Zimbabwe

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Tapiwa Shabani, Steven Jerie, Takunda Shabani

Assessing hypertension care quality in Brazil: gender, race, and socioeconomic intersection in public and private services, 2013 and 2019 national health surveys

Paulo Victor Cesar de Albuquerque, Elaine Tomasi

Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of a locally produced alcohol-based handrub and hand hygiene behaviour among health workers in Sierra Leone: a longitudinal hospital-based intervention study

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Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Christiana Kallon, Rugiatu Kamara, Innocent Nuwagira, Robert Musoke, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Sulaiman Lakoh, Musa Mustapha Korjie, Bockarie Sheriff, Anna Maruta, Victoria Katawera, Abibatu Kamara, Binyam Getachew Hailu, Joseph Sam Kanu, Tendai Makamure, Charles Njuguna, Landry Kabego

Implementation of COVID-19 infection control best practices in nursing homes amid the pandemic

Gail C. D’Souza, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, Erica Francis, Emily Heilbrunn, Lan Kong, Erik Lehman, Nicole Osevala, Jennifer Urso, Linda Chamberlain, Kim M. Suda, Laura McNeil, William A. Calo

Factors associated with the non-retention of health sector employees recruited in Iran: a survival analysis

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Behrooz Rahimi, Faeze Ghasemi Seproo, Roghayeh Khalilnezhad, Mahmoud Khodadost, Tahereh Kashkalani, Fatemeh Younesi, Behzad Tadayon, Mahmood Samadpour, Mahboubeh Bayat

Financial hardship after COVID-19 infection among US Veterans: a national prospective cohort study

Diana J. Govier, David P. Bui, Katrina E. Hauschildt, Tammy L. Eaton, Holly McCready, Valerie A. Smith, Thomas F. Osborne, C. Barrett Bowling, Edward J. Boyko, George N. Ioannou, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Ann M. O’Hare, Elizabeth M. Viglianti, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Denise M. Hynes, Theodore J. Iwashyna

Second-line pharmacotherapy intensification after metformin monotherapy in type 2 diabetes: a nationwide register study from Finland during 2011–2022

Hanna Rättö, Terhi Kurko, Pia Pajunen, Helena Kastarinen

Migrant workers’ perception and awareness of health insurance coverage in Brunei Darussalam

Alice Lai, Noorfaizah Mohammad, Ashish Trivedi, Zaidah Murang, Nik Tuah

Process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention designed to improve rehabilitation services for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: the Healing Right Way Trial

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Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Jane White, Melanie Robinson, Sandra C. Thompson, Amy Epstein, Mandy Stanley, Jane Klobas, Emma Haynes, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Juli Coffin, Rachel Skoss

Level of patient contact and Impact of Event scores among Canadian healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Iris Gutmanis, Ayodele Sanni, Allison McGeer, Robert Maunder, Nicole Robertson, Curtis Cooper, Kevin Katz, Mark Loeb, Shelly McNeil, Matthew Muller, Jeff Powis, Robyn Harrison, Joanne Langley, Samira Mubareka, Jeya Nadarajah, Louis Valiquette, Marek Smieja, Brenda L Coleman

Demographic and socioeconomic disparity in knowledge, attitude, and practice towards tuberculosis in Northwest, China: evidence from multilevel model study

Ning Ma, Lu Zhang, Linlin Chen, Jiayu Yu, Yaogeng Chen, Yu Zhao

Primary care performance measurement in Brazil (Previne Brasil Program), 2022–2023

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, André Luis Oliveira do Nascimento, Carlos Alberto José de Souza, Michael Ferreira Machado, Maria Deysiane Porto Araújo, Roberta de Albuquerque Wanderley, Carla Pacheco Teixeira, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo

Declining number of general practitioners can impair influenza vaccination uptake among Italian older adults: Results from a panel analysis

Alexander Domnich, Francesco Lapi, Andrea Orsi, Ignazio Grattagliano, Alessandro Rossi, Claudio Cricelli, Giancarlo Icardi

An evaluation of a multi-partner approach to increase routine immunization coverage in six northern Nigerian States

Leanne Dougherty, Mayokun Adediran, Akinwumi Akinola, Matthew Alabi, Eno-Obong Etim, Jane Ohioghame, Adebola Adedimeji

Awareness, knowledge, attitude, and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among health workers in primary health centres participating in seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in Nigeria in 2022: a cross-sectional survey

Kunle Rotimi, Babatunde Fagbemi, Grace Omole, Aminu Ahmed Biambo, Taiwo Ibinaiye, Azuka Iwegbu, Olabisi Ogunmola, Chibuzo Oguoma, Olusola Oresanya

Adherence to integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) guidelines by community health workers in Kano State, Nigeria through use of a clinical decision support (CDS) platform

Megan McLaughlin, Loveth Metiboba, Aisha Giwa, Olufunke Femi-Ojo, Nirmal Ravi, Nasir Mamoud Mahmoud, Ezra Mount-Finette, Ollin Langle-Chimal, Dina Abbas, Barry Finette

Perceptions of hospital electronic health record (EHR) training, support, and patient safety by staff position and tenure

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Joanne Campione, Helen Liu

Assessment of multi-professional primary healthcare center quality by patients with multimorbidity

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Antoine Dany, Paul Aujoulat, Floriane Colin, Jean-Yves Le Reste, Delphine Le Goff

Healthcare providers’ communication experience in the pediatric intensive care unit: a phenomenological study

Jooyoung Cheon, Hyojin Kim, Dong Hee Kim

Patient perspectives on systematic client feedback in Dutch outpatient mental healthcare, a qualitative case reports study

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Bram Bovendeerd, Kim de Jong, Erik de Groot, Jos de Keijser

Implementation of a patient reminder system in Haiti in a socio-political crisis context: evaluation of outcomes

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Marcmy Presume, Charles Patrick Almazor, Mathias Altmann

Has cross-level clinical coordination changed in the context of the pandemic? The case of the Catalan health system

Daniela Campaz-Landazabal, Ingrid Vargas, Elvira Sánchez, Francesc Cots, Pere Plaja, Joan Manuel Perez-Castejón, Antonio Sánchez-Hidalgo, María Luisa Vázquez

Patient perspectives on the Tailored intervention for Anxiety and Depression Management in COPD (TANDEM): a qualitative evaluation

Ratna Sohanpal, Kristie-Marie Mammoliti, Amy Barradell, Moira Kelly, Sian Newton, Liz Steed, Vari Wileman, Vickie Rowland, Clarisse Dibao-Dina, Anna Moore, Hilary Pinnock, Stephanie J. C. Taylor

Implementing the organizational readiness for change survey during a novel midwifery preceptor program in Sierra Leone: stakeholder results

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Brittney J. van de Water, Ashley H. Longacre, Jenny Hotchkiss, Mustapha Sonnie, Julie Mann, Elizabeth Lemor

Comparing the effectiveness of mind–body practices (MBPs) and various psychological methods on occupational stress among healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yinjuan Zhang, Jicheng Sun, Chao Wu, Yue Fei, Wendong Hu, Hongjuan Lang

Primary health care in Nigeria: best practices and quality of care in Nigeria

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Phyllis O Ogah, Nkolika Uguru, Chinyere Okeke, Nurudeen Mohammed, Oritseweyimi Ogbe, Wende G Ashiver, Muyiwa Aina

Bridging the gap: evaluation of preoperative patients’ education by comparing expectations and real-perioperative surgical experiences: a mixed-methods descriptive cross-sectional study

Zeeshan Ali, Zainab Ahsan, Nazneen Liaqat, Israr ud Din

Pediatric head injury guideline use in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey on determinants for successful implementation of a clinical practice guideline

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Fredrik Wickbom, William Berghog, Susanne Bernhardsson, Linda Persson, Stefan Kunkel, Johan Undén

Unveiling the dynamics of older person care: a qualitative exploration of the intersection between formal and informal caregiving from the perspectives of registered nurses in Greece

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Lamprini Maria Xiarchi, Kristina Nässén, Lina Palmér, Fiona Cowdell, Elisabeth Lindberg

Using the behaviour change wheel to develop a tailored intervention to overcome general practitioners’ perceived barriers to referring insomnia patients to digital therapeutic sleepio

Ohoud Alkhaldi, Brian McMillan, John Ainsworth

What happens at two? Immunisation stakeholders’ perspectives on factors influencing sub-optimal childhood vaccine uptake for toddlers in regional and remote Western Australia

Samantha J. Carlson, Sian Tomkinson, Adam Hannah, Katie Attwell

Factors influencing fidelity to guideline implementation strategies for improving pain care at cancer centres: a qualitative sub-study of the Stop Cancer PAIN Trial

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Tim Luckett, Jane Phillips, Meera Agar, Linda Richards, Najwa Reynolds, Maja Garcia, Patricia Davidson, Tim Shaw, David Currow, Frances Boyle, Lawrence Lam, Nikki McCaffrey, Melanie Lovell

A mixed method study exploring similarities and differences in general and social services-specific barriers to treatment-seeking among individuals with a problematic use of alcohol, cannabis, or gambling

Greta Schettini, Philip Lindner, Veronica Ekström, Magnus Johansson

Halting and re-issuing of the Zambia community health strategy (2017–2021): a retrospective analysis of the policy process and implications for community health systems

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Malizgani Paul Chavula, Adam Silumbwe, Margarate Nzala Munakampe, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Wanga Zulu, Charles Michelo, Chama Mulubwa

Evaluating the impact of the 2010 Swedish choice reform in primary health care on avoidable hospitalization and socioeconomic inequities: an interrupted time series analysis using register data

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Per E. Gustafsson, Osvaldo Fonseca-Rodríguez, Miguel San Sebastián, Bo Burström, Paola A. Mosquera

Analysing the intra and interregional components of spatial accessibility gravity model to capture the level of equity in the distribution of hospital services in Italy: do they influence patient mobility?

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Fabrizio Pecoraro, Marco Cellini, Daniela Luzi, Fabrizio Clemente

Identification of implementation enhancement strategies for national comprehensive care standards using the CFIR-ERIC approach: a qualitative study

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Beibei Xiong, Daniel X. Bailey, Christine Stirling, Paul Prudon, Melinda Martin-Khan

Medication reviews by emergency department pharmacists in patients hospitalised for an adverse drug event: a cost study

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Rehana N. Rahman, Suzanne Polinder, Bojan Nikolik, Amber E. Hoek, Marjo J. A. Janssen, Stephanie C. E. Schuit, Patricia M.L.A. van den Bemt, Fatma Karapinar-Çarkit

Implementing care-related services in care units - an interview study

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Dorothea Reichert, Karl Gummesson, Lars Wallin, Tobias Dahlström

Unveiling missed nursing care: a comprehensive examination of neglected responsibilities and practice environment challenges

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Somayeh Babaei, Kourosh Amini, Farhad Ramezani-Badr

Family member and service provider experiences and perspectives of a digital surveillance and service navigation approach in multicultural context: a qualitative study in identifying the barriers and enablers to Watch Me Grow-Electronic (WMG-E) program with a culturally diverse community

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Karlen R. Barr, Patrick Hawker, Teresa Winata, Si Wang, Melissa Smead, Hilda Ignatius, Jane Kohlhoff, Virginia Schmied, Bin Jalaludin, Kenny Lawson, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Raghu Lingam, Andrew Page, Christa Lam-Cassettari, Katherine Boydell, Ping-I Lin, Ilan Katz, Ann Dadich, Shanti Raman, Rebekah Grace, Aunty Kerrie Doyle, Tom McClean, Blaise Di Mento, John Preddy, Susan Woolfenden, Valsamma Eapen, S. T. Liaw, Daniel P. Lin, Rebecca Grace, Sara Cibralic, Anthony Mendoza Diaz, Jodie Bruce, Nicole Myers, Joseph Descallar, Cathy Kaplun, Amit Arora, Victoria Blight, Angela Wood

Sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with psychological resilience in South African healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

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Thandokazi Mcizana, Shahieda Adams, Saajida Khan, Itumeleng Ntatamala

Technical efficiency and its determinants in health service delivery of public health centers in East Wollega Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: Two-stage data envelope analysis

Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama, Adisu Ewunetu Desisa, Wase Benti Hailu, Wolkite Olani, Melese Chego Cheme, Matiyos Lema

Economic implications of step-down outpatient management for fever and neutropenia episodes in pediatric cancer patients: a cost minimization analysis

Martha J. Avilés-Robles, Alfonso Reyes-López

Modelling efficiency in primary healthcare using the DEA methodology: an empirical analysis in a healthcare district

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Silvia González-de-Julián, David Vivas-Consuelo, Isabel Barrachina-Martínez

Identification of mothers with mental health problems is accidental: perceptions of health care providers on availability, access, and support for maternal mental health care for adolescent mothers in Malawi

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Chimwemwe Tembo, Linda Portsmouth, Sharyn Burns

The job burnout of tuberculosis healthcare workers and associated factors under integrated tuberculosis control model: a mixed-method study based on the two-factor theory

Geng Wang, Quan Yuan, Xinyu Feng, Ting Zhang, Qingya Wang, Qingning Huang, Shili Liu, Yong Chen, Jiani Zhou, Wen Zhang, Ying Li

Solid health care waste management practice in Ethiopia, a convergent mixed method study

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Yeshanew Ayele Tiruneh, L. M. Modiba, S. M. Zuma

Candidacy 2.0 (CC) – an enhanced theory of access to healthcare for chronic conditions: lessons from a critical interpretive synthesis on access to rheumatoid arthritis care

Sharon Koehn, C Allyson Jones, Claire Barber, Lisa Jasper, Anh Pham, Cliff Lindeman, Neil Drummond

Leveraging implementation science theories to develop and expand the use of a penicillin allergy de-labeling intervention

Esra Alagoz, Megan Saucke, Prakash Balasubramanian, Tyler Liebenstein, Sujani Kakumanu

Cost-consequence analysis of computer vision-based skin prick tests: implications for cost containment in Switzerland

Jean Pierre Uwitonze

Health care needs and barriers to care among the transgender population: a study from western Rajasthan

Tanvi Kaur Ahuja, Akhil Dhanesh Goel, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Nitin Joshi, Annu Choudhary, Swati Suman, Kajal Taluja, Madhukar Mittal, Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Navratan Suthar, Pankaj Bhardwaj

Regional differences in pediatric pneumococcal vaccine schedules for Indigenous children in Canada: an environmental scan

Sarah Mahon, Laura Reifferscheid, Lisa Kenzie, Shannon E. MacDonald

Parent and healthcare professional experiences of critical congenital heart disease in New Zealand to advance health equity

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Simone Watkins, Kim Ward, Rachel Brown, Sue Crengle, Monique WM de Laat, Teuila Percival, Lynn Sadler, Elza Cloete, Ruth Gorinski, Thomas Gentles, Frank H. Bloomfield

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Iranian health care workers about infodemic management: a cross-sectional descriptive study

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Fatemeh Zarei, Arezoo Dehghani, Farshid Rezaei, Afrouzeh Kazemi, Gholamreza Masoumi

Continuity of medication information transfer and continuous medication supply during hospital-to-home transitions - nationwide surveys in hospital and community pharmacies after implementing new legal requirements in Germany

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Sophia Klasing, Frank Dörje, Heike Hilgarth, Nadine Metzger, Ina Richling, Hanna M. Seidling

Effect evaluation of outpatient long-term video EEGs for people with seizure disorders – study protocol of the ALVEEG project: a randomized controlled trial in Germany

Pauline Sarah Münchenberg, Ricarda Sophia Schulz, Kerstin Wainwright, Imke Mayer, Martin Holtkamp, Christian Meisel, Tobias Kurth, Bernd Vorderwülbecke, Mirja Steinbrenner, Matthias Endres, Claudia Gorski, Fabian Prasser, Angela Kaindl, Bernhard Weschke, Cornelia Potratz, Pascal Fenske, Felix von Podewils, Astrid Bertsche, Sarah Mai Viebahn, Bernadette Gaida, Norbert Utzig, Juliane Schulz, Thomas Mayer, Peter Hopp, Nils Holert, Miriam Wienecke, Georg Leonhardt, Peggy Müller, Petra Knobelsdorf, Antke Wolter, Anne Klinker, Mara Brandebusemeyer, Uwe Nussbaum, Jannis Seemann

A qualitative study exploring how vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis can be integrated within existing healthcare services in the United Kingdom

Blanca De Dios Perez, Vicky Booth, Roshan das Nair, Nikos Evangelou, Juliet Hassard, Helen L. Ford, Ian Newsome, Kate Radford

Pre-implementation planning for a sepsis intervention in a large learning health system: a qualitative study

Tara A. Eaton, Marc Kowalkowski, Ryan Burns, Hazel Tapp, Katherine O’Hare, Stephanie P. Taylor

Emergency care in Brazil: factors leading to clinically inappropriate use of emergency care among young adult users in the Brazilian context

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Lara Mauch, Thiago Dias Sarti, Keren Cristina Madeira de Abreu, Ana Paula Santana Coelho Almeida

Facilitators and barriers of midwife-led model of care at public health institutions of dire Dawa city, Eastern Ethiopia, 2022: a qualitative study

Mickiale Hailu, Aminu Mohammed, Daniel Tadesse, Neil Abdurashid, Legesse Abera, Samrawit Ali, Yesuneh Dejene, Tadesse Weldeamaniel, Meklit Girma, Tekleberhan Hailemariam, Netsanet Melkamu, Tewodros Getnet, Yibekal Manaye, Tariku Derese, Muluken Yigezu, Natnael Dechasa, Anteneh Atle

A mixed methods study of early childhood providers’ perceptions of the acceptability and feasibility of parenting for lifelong Health tip sheets in Ontario, Canada

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Mari Dumbaugh, Susan M. Jack, Jenna Ratcliffe, Amanda Sim, Jacinda Burns, Teresa Bennett, Harriet L. MacMillan, Andrea Gonzalez

Team-based care in specialist practice: a path to improved physician experience in British Columbia

Eric R. Young, Garth Vatkin, Jason Kur, Erin E. Sullivan

International aid management in Afghanistan’s health sector from the perspective of national and international managers

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Noorullah Rashed, Hamidreza Shabanikiya, Leili Alizamani, Jamshid Jamali, Fatemeh Kokabisaghi

Situation and associated factors of needle stick and sharps injuries among health-care workers in a tertiary hospital: a cross-sectional survey

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Xiaona Li, Qian He, Hong Zhao

Beyond medical errors: exploring the interpersonal dynamics in physician-patient relationships linked to medico-legal complaints

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Mehrnaz Mostafapour, Jeffrey D. Smith, Jacqueline H. Fortier, Gary E. Garber

Cross-provincial inpatient mobility patterns and their determinants in China

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Jintao Yang, Bin Yan, Shenggen Fan, Zhenggang Ni, Xiao Yan, Gexin Xiao

Trends in the integration of medical corporation hospitals in Japan: a national wide longitudinal study between 2017 and 2021

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Satoshi Funada, Yan Luo, Hirotaka Kato, Takashi Yoshioka, Shunsuke Uno, Kimiko Honda, Yoko Akune, Rei Goto

A scoping review of stroke services within the Philippines

Angela Logan, Lorraine Faeldon, Bridie Kent, Aira Ong, Jonathan Marsden

Integrating causal pathway diagrams into practice facilitation to address colorectal cancer screening disparities in primary care

Brooke Ike, Ashley Johnson, Rosemary Meza, Allison Cole

Factors associated with patients’ experience of accessibility to general practice: results from a national survey in Norway

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Elma Jelin, Oyvind Bjertnaes, Rebecka Maria Norman

Mobile solution and chronic diseases: development and implementation of a mobile application and digital platform for collecting, analyzing data, monitoring and managing health care

Emily de Souza Ferreira, Ary Henrique Morais de Oliveira, Mateus Araújo Dias, Glauce Dias da Costa, José Pedro Toledo Januário, Glenda Michele Botelho, Rosângela Minardi Mitre Cotta

Suggested solutions to barriers in accessing healthcare by persons with disability in Uganda: a qualitative study

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Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Tracey Smythe, Slivesteri Sande, Abdmagidu Menya, Shaffa Hameed, Peter Waiswa, Femke Bannink Mbazzi, Hannah Kuper

The right care in the right place: a scoping review of digital health education and training for rural healthcare workers

Leanna Woods, Priya Martin, Johnson Khor, Lauren Guthrie, Clair Sullivan

Evaluation of a digital patient education programme in patients with coronary artery disease, a survey-based study

Anna Sandberg, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Annika Johnsson, Maria Lachonius, Maria Bäck

Building a learning health care community in rural and remote areas: a systematic review

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Shabnam Asghari, Jennifer Bent, Ali Modir, Alison MacDonald, Alison Farrell, Cheri Bethune, Wendy Graham

Knowledge of antimicrobial stewardship and the Access, Watch and Reserve (AWaRe) classification of antibiotics among frontline healthcare professionals in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

Mary R. Akpan, Idongesit L. Jackson, Unyime I. Eshiet, Sediong A. Mfon, Ekpema A. Abasiattai

Falls in focus: an analysis of the rate of falls in 25 Australian residential aged care facilities from 2019 to 2021, pre- and during COVID-19 lockdowns

Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Nasir Wabe, Magdalena Z. Raban, Karla Seaman, Johanna Westbrook

Leadership support and satisfaction of healthcare professionals in China’s leading hospitals: a cross-sectional study

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Jinhong Zhao, Tingfang Liu, Yuanli Liu

Developing community-based physical activity interventions and recreational programming for children in rural and smaller urban centres: a qualitative exploration of service provider and parent experiences

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Emma Ostermeier, Jason Gilliland, Jennifer D. Irwin, Jamie A. Seabrook, Patricia Tucker

Spatial patterns of maternal and neonatal continuum of care use and its correlations with women’s empowerment

Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Daniel Demant, Angela Dawson, Andrew Hayen

Strategies to enhance risk communication about medicines in Malaysia: a Delphi study among multinational experts

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Rema Panickar, Zoriah Aziz, Chin Hai Teo, Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Quality improvement in medicines regulation: a retrospective analysis of the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone before and during quality management system implementation

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Michael Lahai, Laurie Lake, Ahmed Vandy, Bondu Sebba, Mohamed Sesay, Onome T. Abiri, Joy Johnson, Tamba Buffa, Abdulai Kanu, Mohamed Bawoh, James P. Komeh, Wiltshire C.N Johnson

Readiness for non-communicable disease service delivery in Ethiopia: an empirical analysis

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Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, Rohina Joshi, Seye Abimbola, Alemnesh H. Mirkuzie, Daria Berlina, Tea Collins, David Peiris

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of community paramedicine programs in achieving vaccination equity: a qualitative study

Monica L. Kasting, Alfu Laily, Sidney J. Smith, Sathveka Sembian, Katharine J. Head, Bukola Usidame, Gregory D. Zimet, Laura M. Schwab-Reese

Perspectives on a peer-driven intervention to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among men who have sex with men in southern New England: a qualitative study

Jun Tao, Hannah Parent, Ishu Karki, Harrison Martin, Sarah Alexandra Marshall, Jhanavi Kapadia, Amy S. Nunn, Brandon D. L. Marshall, Henry F. Raymond, Leandro Mena, Philip A. Chan

Public health care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of job demands and work functioning between temporary and permanent staff

Ylse van Dijk, Sarah I. M. Janus, Michiel R. de Boer, Sytse U. Zuidema, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Corne A. M. Roelen

Barriers of access to primary healthcare services by National Health Insurance Fund capitated members in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya

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Barbara Nawire Were, Eunice Muthoni Mwangi, Lillian Wambui Muiruri

Trends and inequalities in antenatal care coverage in Benin (2006–2017): an application of World Health Organization’s Health Equity Assessment Toolkit

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Richard Gyan Aboagye, Joshua Okyere, Josephine Akua Ackah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Patient satisfaction with quality of care at out-patient departments in selected health facilities in Kumasi, Ghana

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Abigail Anima Owusu, Kingsley Boakye, Daniel Boateng, Christa Osei-Mensah, Peter Agyei-Baffour

Household economic burden of type-2 diabetes and hypertension comorbidity care in urban-poor Ghana: a mixed methods study

Samuel Amon, Moses Aikins, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Leonard Baatiema, Raphael Baffour Awuah, Vida Asah-Ayeh, Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Sedzro Kojo Mensah, Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Ann Blandford, Hannah Jennings, Kwadwo Koram, Publa Antwi, Ethan Gray, Edward Fottrell

The creation of a pediatric surgical checklist for adult providers

Diana Ioana Rapolti, Phyllis Kisa, Martin Situma, Elsa Nico, Thom Lobe, Thomas Sims, Doruk Ozgediz, Greg Klazura

Exploring the use of social network analysis methods in process improvement within healthcare organizations: a scoping review

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Troy Francis, Morgan Davidson, Laura Senese, Lianne Jeffs, Reza Yousefi-Nooraie, Mathieu Ouimet, Valeria Rac, Patricia Trbovich

Application of the behaviour-centred design to understand facilitators and deterrents of hand hygiene among healthcare providers: findings from a formative phase of a cluster randomised trial in the Kampala Metropolitan area

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Tonny Ssekamatte, Richard K. Mugambe, John Bosco Isunju, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Aisha Nalugya, Christine Adyedo, Solomon T. Wafula, Esther Buregyeya, Rebecca Nuwematsiko, Joann Bateman, Julie Balen, Lynnette Lusenaka, Habib Yakubu, Christine L. Moe

Improving colorectal cancer in Alberta, Canada: a qualitative study of patients and close contacts’ perceptions on diagnosis following an emergency department presentation

Anna Pujadas Botey, Ashley J. Watson, Paula J. Robson

The transformation of Jordan’s healthcare system in an area of conflict

Ahmad Tamimi, Mousa Al-Abbadi, Iskandar Tamimi, Malik Juweid, Muayyad Ahmad, Faleh Tamimi

Wealth disparities in maternal health service utilization among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: findings from the mini-EDHS 2019

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Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Natnael Kebede, Atrsaw Dessie, Setegn Mihret, Yawkal Tsega

Self-perceived barriers to healthcare access for patients with post COVID-19 condition

Iris M. Brus, Inge Spronk, Suzanne Polinder, Alfons G. M. Olde Loohuis, Peter Tieleman, Stella C. M. Heemskerk, Sara Biere-Rafi, Juanita A. Haagsma

Mobile phone call reminders to improve oral rehydration salt and zinc adherence for acute diarrhea in children: a single-center, randomized controlled trial

Titilayo Funmilayo Kayode-Alabi, Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Kayode Olusegun Alabi, Aishat Oluwatoyin Bolakale, Samuel Kolade Ernest

The state of decentralization of the healthcare system and nutrition programs in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: an organizational study

Phonevilay Viphonephom, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Daniel Reinharz

Employers most desirable attributes in early-career physiotherapists: a content analysis of job advertisements

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R. McAleer, L. Hanson, A. Kenny

Determining the minimum data set of geriatric assessment at the Iran primary health care referral system: shifting from fragmentation to integration care for older people

Razieh Mirzaeian, Mohsen Shafiee, Mohammad Reza Afrash, Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi

Iranian experts’ perspectives on facilitators and barriers influencing the infectious disease knowledge network:  A qualitative study

Mina Mahami-Oskouei, Leila Nemati-Anaraki, Sirous Panahi, Shadi Asadzandi

A qualitative study of providers’ perspectives on cross-institutional care coordination for pancreatic cancer: challenges and opportunities

Matthew J. DePuccio, Karen Shiu-Yee, Natasha A. Kurien, Angela Sarna, Brittany L. Waterman, Laura J. Rush, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Aslam Ejaz

Patient satisfaction and associated factors with inpatient health services at public hospitals in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Ayenew Takele Alemu, Eyob Ketema Bogale, Solomon Ketema Bogale, Eyob Getachew Desalew, Getnet Alemu Andarge, Kedir Seid, Gebeyehu Lakew, Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Mitiku Tefera, Amare Mebrat Delie, Mahider Awoke Belay

Improving access to tuberculosis preventive treatment for children in Ethiopia: designing a home-based contact management intervention for the CHIP-TB trial through formative research

Nicole Salazar-Austin, Alanna J. Bergman, Christiaan Mulder, Carrie Tudor, Fiseha Mulatu, Gidea Conradie, Richard E. Chaisson, Jonathan E. Golub, Gavin Churchyard, Ahmed Bedru, Deanna Kerrigan

Patient perspectives on adverse event investigations in health care

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Rachel I. Dijkstra-Eijkemans, Linda J. Knap, Nieke A. Elbers, Roland D. Friele, Antony Pemberton

Associations among claims-based care fragmentation, self-reported gaps in care coordination, and self-reported adverse events

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Lisa M. Kern, Jennifer D. Lau, Mangala Rajan, J. David Rhodes, Lawrence P. Casalino, Lisandro D. Colantonio, Laura C. Pinheiro, Monika M. Safford

Experiences of central child health services teams regarding a special governmental investment in child health services

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Sergio Flores, Anna Sarkadi

Perspectives on improving wound care for Aboriginal health workers in rural and remote communities in Queensland, Australia

Helena J. King, Eliza J. Whiteside, Raelene Ward, Kate Kauter, Martin Byrne, Vicki Horner, Helen Nutter, Jackie Lea

Investigating the sterile surgical supply waste in laparotomy surgery

Mahmoud Bakhshi, Sanaz Mollazadeh, Mehdi Alkhan, Reza Salehinia, Mohammad Parvizi, Zahra Ebrahimi

Physician retention and migration in rural clinics designated for areas without physicians in Japan: descriptive epidemiological study using the national physicians’ survey

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Hiroyuki Teraura, Kazuhiko Kotani, Soichi Koike

Implementing peer support into practice in mental health services: a qualitative comparative case study

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Steve Gillard, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah White, Rahul Bhattacharya, Paul Binfield, Rachel Eborall, Sarah L Gibson, Daniella Harnett, Alan Simpson, Mike Lucock, Jacqueline Marks, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi, Anthony Salla, Jessica Worner

To explore the application value of nursing staff involved multidisciplinary continuous nursing in stroke patients with limb dysfunction

Yuan Deng, Yufei Sang, Yunfeng Shang, Chao Wu, Xiaofeng Xu

Motivation for patient engagement in patient safety: a multi-perspective, explorative survey

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Caroline Raab, Nikoloz Gambashidze, Larissa Brust, Matthias Weigl, Amelie Koch

What does ‘safe care’ mean in the context of community-based mental health services? A qualitative exploration of the perspectives of service users, carers, and healthcare providers in England

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Phoebe Averill, Bryher Bowness, Claire Henderson, Nick Sevdalis

Quality indicators for occupational therapy: a scoping review

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Thomas Ballmer, Sara Frey, Andrea Petrig, Brigitte E. Gantschnig

Variations in out-of-pocket spending and factors influencing catastrophic health expenditure of households with patients suffering from chronic conditions in four districts in Sri Lanka

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Anuji Gamage, Nuwan Darshana, Therani Gunasekara, Deepika Attygalle, S. Sridharan

Vaccination governance in protracted conflict settings: the case of northwest Syria

Ronja Kitlope Baatz, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Yasser Najib, Munzer Alkhalil, Mohammad Salem, Mohammed Ayman Alshiekh, Preeti Patel

Support network: the challenges of ensuring myocardial infarction patients comfort in the critical care unit: a qualitative study

Simin Hojjatoleslami, Seyed Reza Borzou, Reza Negarandeh, Ali Reza Soltanian, Amir Sadeghi

A trial of a chat service for patients and their family members in an emergency department

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Sejin Heo, Song-Hee Kim, Se Uk Lee, Sung Yeon Hwang, Hee Yoon, Tae Gun Shin, Hansol Chang, Taerim Kim, Won Chul Cha

Ohpikihâwasowin (grounding and guiding on the path to be a healthy parent): virtual adaptation of an Elders mentoring program to support maternal and child wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Denise Young, Luwana Listener, Maria Fernanda Torres Ruiz, Winnie Chow-Horn, Muriel Lee, Lena Cutknife, Sophie Bruno, Mandi Gray, Rhonda C. Bell, Richard T. Oster

The conceptualisation of cardiometabolic disease policy model in the UK

Septiara Putri, Giorgio Ciminata, Jim Lewsey, Bhautesh Jani, Nicola McMeekin, Claudia Geue

Perceived outcomes of medical teaching institute reforms: insights from management, faculty, and administration in Pakistani tertiary health care

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Wajiha Qamar, Mehran Qayum, Waqar-un Nisa, Asma Ali

Household financial burden associated with out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Iran: insights from a cross-sectional survey

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Satar Rezaei, Maryam Karimi, Shahin Soltani, Eshagh Barfar, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Gharehghani, Abbas Badakhshan, Nasim Badiee, Mohsen Pakdaman, Heather Brown

Quality of antenatal care services received by women of reproductive age prior to delivery in selected public health facilities in the northern zone of Ghana

Michael Boah, Emmanuel Akolgo Abanga, Martin Nyaaba Adokiya

Assessing cost and cost savings of teleconsultation in long-term care facilities: a time-driven activity-based costing analysis within a value-based healthcare framework

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Véronique Nabelsi, Véronique Plouffe

Physicians and nurses experiences of providing care to patients within a mobile care unit – a qualitative interview study

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Christofer Teske, Ghassan Mourad, Micha Milovanovic

Evaluating the implementation of the Pediatric Acute Care Education (PACE) program in northwestern Tanzania: a mixed-methods study guided by normalization process theory

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Joseph R. Mwanga, Adolfine Hokororo, Hanston Ndosi, Theopista Masenge, Florence S. Kalabamu, Daniel Tawfik, Rishi P. Mediratta, Boris Rozenfeld, Marc Berg, Zachary H. Smith, Neema Chami, Namala P. Mkopi, Castory Mwanga, Enock Diocles, Ambrose Agweyu, Peter A. Meaney

A qualitative analysis of health service problems and the strategies used to manage them in the COVID-19 pandemic: exploiting generic and context-specific approaches

Hania Rahimi-Ardabili, Farah Magrabi, Brenton Sanderson, Thilo Schuler, Enrico Coiera

Supporting recovery, healing and wellbeing with Aboriginal communities of the southeast coast of Australia: a practice-based study of an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation’s response to cumulative disasters

Lynne Keevers, Maria Mackay, Sue-Anne Cutmore, Kristine Falzon, Summer May Finlay, Samantha Lukey, Julaine Allan, Chris Degeling, Ruth Everingham, Mim Fox, Padmini Pai, Katarzyna Olcon

The remote provision of pharmaceutical products and services by retail pharmacies in Kampala, Uganda; practices and challenges

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Ibrahim Ali Fauzi, Jafari Kintu, Martin Luyima, Henry Kyeyune, Kalidi Rajab, Paul Kutyabami, Lydia Irene Asiimwe, Isah Bukenya, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Fredrick Wadulo Mwawule

“You close the door, wipe your sadness and put on a smiling face”: a qualitative study of the emotional labour of healthcare professionals providing palliative care in nursing homes in France

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Benoite Umubyeyi, Danièle Leboul, Emmanuel Bagaragaza

The variations in health cost based on the traditional obesity parameters among patients with coronary artery diseases undergoing cardiac catheterization

Islam M. Alhusban, Audai A. Hayajneh, Mohammad Rababa, Raghad Tawalbeh, Esraa A. Al-Nusour, Khalid Al-Mugheed, Samira Ahmed Alsenany, Sally Mohammed Abdelaliem, Eman S. Alsatari

A community health-coaching referral program following discharge from treatment for chronic low back pain – a qualitative study of the patient’s perspective

Katharine Roberts, Melissa Baysari, Emma Ho, Paula Beckenkamp, Ye Tian, Matthew Jennings, Anita Amorim, Katherine Maka, Rachael Morton, Dragana Ceprnja, Mark Halliday, Manuela Ferreira, Paulo Ferreira

Transcultural adaptation and validation of Persian Version of Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC-5As) Questionnaire in Iranian older patients with type 2 diabetes

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Sahar Maroufi, Leila Dehghankar, Ahad Alizadeh, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi

Disparities in healthcare costs of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada in the post COVID-19 pandemic era: a matched cohort study

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Lucie Richard, Brooke Carter, Rosane Nisenbaum, Michael Brown, Mikaela Gabriel, Suzanne Stewart, Stephen W. Hwang

Hospital overcrowding and care of stroke patients: Irish national audit of stroke

Joseph Harbison, Joan McCormack, Olga Brych, Ronan Collins, Tim Cassidy

Health expenditure trajectory and gastric cancer incidence in the National Health Insurance Senior Cohort: a nested case-control study

Woo-Ri Lee, Ki-Bong Yoo, Jin-Won Noh, Minjee Lee

Has socioeconomic inequality in perceived access to health services narrowed among older adults in China?

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Jiaoli Cai, Yue Li, Ruoxi Li, Peter C. Coyte

No medication prescription and residential distance from the hospital are important factors associated with nonsurgical weight-loss treatment discontinuance in Japanese patients with high-degree obesity: a retrospective study

Masahiro Ohira, Sayaka Tsuji, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Shuhei Yamaoka, Shoko Nakamura, Rena Oka, Shou Tanaka, Naoyuki Kawagoe, Takashi Yamaguchi, Daiji Nagayama, Ichiro Tatsuno, Atsuhito Saiki

Identification of emergencies in the telephone queue and routing to a fast track (FAST): study protocol for a prospective, two-armed cohort study

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Sarah Eichler, Tobias Herrmann, Uta Weidlich-Wichmann, Kodjo Vissiennon, Thorsten Pollmann, Lisa Weller, Christopher Pommerenke, Lars Kroll, Nicolas Alix, Tanja Dietsch, Dominik von Stillfried, Sebastian Carnarius

Cardiovascular disease management and healthcare delivery for people experiencing homelessness: a scoping review

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Jillian Macklin, Bethel Samson, Alex Zsager, Heather Ross, Andrew Pinto, Jennifer L. Gibson

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen NCD care and policy in humanitarian settings: a mixed methods study exploring humanitarian actors’ experiences

Éimhín Ansbro, Olivia Heller, Lavanya Vijayasingham, Caroline Favas, Jacqueline Rintjema, Alyssa Chase-Vilchez, Claire Stein, Rita Issa, Leah Sanga, Adrianna Murphy, Pablo Perel

Barriers to pharmaceutical care provision in the community and hospital pharmacies of Motta town, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

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Mekdes Kiflu, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Helen Abebaw Alem, Abebaw Abie Gedif, Melese Getachew, Fisseha Nigussie Dagnew, Aysheshim Belaineh Haimanot, Endalamaw Aschale Mihiretie, Tilaye Arega Moges

User profiles in digitalized healthcare: active, potential, and rejecting — a cross-sectional study using latent class analysis

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Anja Knöchelmann, Karl Healy, Thomas Frese, Eva Kantelhardt, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Gabriele Meyer, Jan Schildmann, Anke Steckelberg, Max Herke

Clients’ and providers’ perspectives in informing a digital health intervention to improve linkage to care after Index HIV self-testing in Hai and Moshi Districts, Tanzania

Frank Mhando, Stella E. Mushy, Marwa Nyankomo, Frederick Haraka, Werner Maokola, Zeye Masunga, Thomas Machalo, Catherine Nnko, Michelle M. Gill, Sajida Kimambo, Samuel Janson, Samara Toussaint, Marie J. Bourgeau, Mamaswatsi Kopeka, Ivan Teri, Christa Hall, Zhao Ni, Genae Hatcher, Mgolegrace S. Mabusi, Donaldson F. Conserve

Level of institutional delivery service utilization and associated factors among women who gave birth in the past 12 months, Ga’an libah district, Marodijeh region, Somaliland: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Mustakim Mohamed, Barkhad Aden Abdeeq, Ahmed Ismail Mohamed, Hassan Abdi Jama, Fikru Tafese, Muluneh Getachew

An evaluation of the quality care for type 2 diabetes patients in the primary healthcare using the lot quality assurance sampling technique

Ali Kazemiathar, Hosein Azizi, Parvin Bastani, Fariba Abbasi, Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Sheida Ghorbani, Shahriyar Ghanbarzadeh Javid

Routine preoperative assessment for cataract surgery is a source of frustration for primary care providers

Donna Ron, Michael Zegans, Catherine L. Chen

Toward a roadmap for sustainable lean adoption in hospitals: a Delphi study

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Maria M. Van Zyl-Cillié, Desirée H. van Dun, Hanneke Meijer

A national-wide survey on clinical implementation of PGx testing into precision therapeutics for Chinese children: a long way before standard clinical practice

Wen-wen Wu, Hong-Li Guo, Yue Li, Ya-Hui Hu, Huan He, Jing Xu, Xiao-ling Wang, Feng Chen

Oral healthcare beliefs among home care services personnel; a cross-sectional study in south-eastern Norway

Hero Ibrahim Hassan, V. E. Ansteinsson, E. T. Dalbak, R. Skudutyte-Rysstad, R. Hellesø, I. Mdala, E. A. Sz. Hovden

Clinicians’ perspectives of immersive tools in clinical mental health settings: a systematic scoping review

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Jessica Cushnan, Paul McCafferty, Paul Best

Structural validation of two person-centred practice inventories PCPI-S and PCPI-C - French version

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Cedric Mabire, Marie Piccot-Crezollet, Vaibhav Tyagi, Brendan McCormack, Joanie Pellet

Factors associated with completion of intensive adherence counseling among people living with HIV at a large referral hospital in Uganda: a retrospective analysis

Solomom Paul Okot, Jonathan Izudi, Ronald Ssenyonga, Juliet Ndimwibo Babirye

Evaluating diagnostic and management agreement between physiotherapists and ear, nose and throat specialist in a primary contact physiotherapy-led vestibular clinic: A prospective blinded inter-rater agreement pilot study

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Tamsin Smith, Jennifer Eakin, Christopher L. Payten, Fritha Noonan, Kelly Weir, Vicky Stewart

Musculoskeletal patients’ preferences for care from physiotherapists or support workers: a discrete choice experiment

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Panos Sarigiovannis, Luis Enrique Loría-Rebolledo, Nadine E. Foster, Sue Jowett, Benjamin Saunders

Strengthening rural healthcare outcomes through digital health: qualitative multi-site case study

Leanna Woods, Rebekah Eden, Sophie Macklin, Jenna Krivit, Rhona Duncan, Helen Murray, Raelene Donovan, Clair Sullivan

Understanding the influences on hospital discharge decision-making from patient, carer and staff perspectives

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Kristel Ward-Stockham, Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Peteris Darzins, Clinton Kitt, Evan Newnham, Nicholas F. Taylor, Julie Considine

Clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes for elderly patients in a dedicated Covid-19 ward at a primary health care facility in western Norway: a retrospective observational study

Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Ane Tveiten Øien, Einar Engtrø, Marian Skjellanger, Kjell Krüger

The impact of eHealth use on general practice workload in the pre-COVID-19 era: a systematic review

Jelle Keuper, Lilian H. D. van Tuyl, Ellemarijn de Geit, Corinne Rijpkema, Elize Vis, Ronald Batenburg, Robert Verheij

Measuring and optimizing the spatial accessibility of primary health care in remote and rural areas: a case study of Liannan Yao Autonomous County in China

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Lulu Liu, Yaowen Chen, Haiqing Xiang, Jiawei Zhong, Peng Zhou, Yu Xiao, Lan Wang, Ying Sun

Barriers and facilitators of the nurse providing evidence-based preoperative visit-care for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a mixed-methods study based on an evidence application setting

GuanXing Wei, JunYang Tan, Fang Ma, Han Yan, XiTing Wang, QiuLan Hu, Wei Wei, MingFang Yang, YangJuan Bai

An organisation working mainly reactively instead of proactively: a qualitative study of how frail users of home care services and their next of kin experience crises

Janne Myhre, Sverre Bergh, Øyvind Kirkevold, Bjørn Lichtwarck

Co-producing and co-assessing a new service solution for enhancing health and social care integration: a participatory research protocol

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Eleonora Gheduzzi, Mariarosaria Savarese, Alberto Mangini, Silvia Mitidieri, Michele Paleologo, Cristina Masella, Guendalina Graffigna

Facilitators and challenges of implementing a digital patient education programme for rheumatoid arthritis into clinical practice

Line Raunsbaek Knudsen, Kirsten Lomborg, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge, Annette de Thurah

Implementation of Healthy Heart Ambassador to improve blood pressure control at community health centers in Texas

Natalia I. Heredia, Ella R. Garza, Fernanda Velasco-Huerta, Tracy L. Swoboda, Pierre Fwelo, Patenne D. Mathews, Maria E. Fernandez

Implementing an early-life nutrition intervention through primary healthcare: staff perspectives

Natalie Garzon Osorio, Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Christine Helle, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Nina Cecilie Øverby, Sissel H. Helland, Penelope Love, Mary Elizabeth Barker, Wim van Daele, Marianne Hope Abel, Harry Rutter, Tormod Bjørkkjær, Mekdes Kebede Gebremariam, Henrik Lian, Anine Christine Medin

Assessing the impact of Delta and Omicron in German intensive care units: a retrospective, nationwide multistate analysis

Matthäus Lottes, Marlon Grodd, Linus Grabenhenrich, Martin Wolkewitz

Registered nurse case managers’ work experiences with a person-centered collaborative healthcare model: an interview study

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Markus Hjelm, Anna Andersson, Venera Ujkani, Ewa Kazimiera Andersson

Development of a maturity model for demand and capacity management in healthcare

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Karin Myrberg, Malin Wiger, Annica Björkman

Implementing telemedicine with 5G technologies in a nursing home for reducing emergency admissions– study protocol of a mixed-methods study

Johanna Sophie Lubasch, Patrick Andreas Eder, Christian Kaiser, Andrea Diana Klausen, Daniel Overheu, Anja Partheymüller, Asarnusch Rashid, Simon Thomas Schäfer, Maximilian Scharonow, Insa Seeger

Leaving the profession as a medical assistant: a qualitative study exploring the process, reasons and potential preventive measures

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Viola Mambrey, Annegret Dreher, Adrian Loerbroks

Barriers of Ukrainian refugees and migrants in accessing German healthcare

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Karina Davitian, Peter Noack, Katharina Eckstein, Jutta Hübner, Emadaldin Ahmadi

Clicks and checks: investigating the association between internet usage frequency and women’s uptake of clinical breast examination in Ghana

Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson

Landscape of healthcare transition services in Canada: a multi-method environmental scan

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Lin Li, Alice Kelen Soper, Dayle McCauley, Jan Willem Gorter, Shelley Doucet, Jon Greenaway, Alison Luke

Optimising remote health workforce retention: protocol for a program of research

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Prabhakar Veginadu, Deborah J Russell, Supriya Mathew, April Robinson, Karrina DeMasi, Yuejen Zhao, Mark Ramjan, Michael P Jones, John Boffa, Renee Williams, Sean Taylor, Leander Menezes, Sinon Cooney, Kristal Lawrence, John Humphreys, John Wakerman, Alan Cass

Narrative Medicine: theory, clinical practice and education - a scoping review

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Ilaria Palla, Giuseppe Turchetti, Stefania Polvani

Doctors’ experience providing primary care for refugee women living with chronic pain: a qualitative study

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Areni Altun, Helen Brown, Elizabeth Sturgiss, Grant Russell

Examining determinants of control of metabolic syndrome among older adults with NCDs receiving service at NCD Plus clinics: multilevel analysis

Nongnuch Suapumee, Acharaporn Seeherunwong, Napaporn Wanitkun, Natkamol Chansatitporn

Cost savings from medication reviews in community pharmacies for nursing home residents in Estonia: a case study

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Jürgen Jänese, Lauris Žēpers, Ágnes Lublóy

Development and validation of the Health Activation Scale for Children (HAS-C): an important intermediate outcome measure for health promotion initiatives

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Lixia Ge, Joseph Molina, Ramakrishnan Karthigayan, Hui Ting Foo, Marcus Tang, Rochelle Chua, Chin Fung Ong

Reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections using Lean Six Sigma methodology

Xiwen Feng, Qihua Huang, Li Yuan, Fuhua Lu, Rujia Deng, Ping Xia

Healthcare delivery in Lebanon: a critical scoping review of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

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Nour Aoun, Maryam Tajvar

Budget impact analysis of high-priced orphan medicinal products intended for the treatment of rare diseases in China: evidence from a densely populated metropolis of Chengdu

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Xiaoxing Zhang, Tingting Zhou, Jing Zhou, Doudou Zhang, Yili Yang, Jay Pan

Assessing the reliability and readability of migraine treatment information on Turkish websites

Tuba Tanyel Saraçoğlu, Gizem Gürsoy

COVID-19 inpatient care performance in the unified health system, São Paulo state, Brazil: an application of standardized mortality ratio for hospitals’ comparisons

Marla Presa Raulino Schilling, Margareth Crisóstomo Portela, Mariana Vercesi de Albuquerque, Mônica Martins

Electronic monitoring versus manual paper-based monitoring for hand hygiene compliance: a comprehensive health economic assessment analysis

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Xiaolin Cheng, Yan Li, Nuo Chen, Wenbin He, Hanzhi Peng, Xiaoyan Chen, Fan Cheng, Yibin Tan, Lina Yu, Wenwen Wu, Ying Wang, Bilong Feng

Cost-effectiveness of MLC601 in post-stroke functional recovery compared with placebo - the CHIMES & CHIMES-E studies

Christopher Li Hsian Chen, Jia Hui Chai, Yogesh Mahadev Pokharkar, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian

Awareness of, willingness to use, and experiences with Pre-exposure prophylaxis among youth in Nigeria

Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Nora E. Rosenberg, Mesoma Igbokwe, David Oladele, Adesola Z. Musa, Ifeoma Idigbe, Donaldson Conserve, Suzanne Day, Kadija Tahlil, Jason Ong, Kathryn Muessig, Susan Nkengasong, Hong Xian, Joseph D. Tucker, Oliver Ezechi, Juliet Iwelunmor

Factors influencing the formation of balanced care teams: the organisation, performance, and perception of nursing care teams and the link with patient outcomes: a systematic scoping review

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Senne Vleminckx, Peter Van Bogaert, Kim De Meulenaere, Lander Willem, Filip Haegdorens

Acceptance and use of mobile health technology in post-abortion care

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Zahra Zolfaqari, Haleh Ayatollahi, Fahimeh Ranjbar, Arezoo Abasi

What influences the use of HR analytics in Human Resource management in Norwegian municipal health care services?

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Kirsti Sarheim Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Erna Håland, Monica Lillefjell

Seeking the aim – perspectives of asylum seekers, nurses, and authorities on the objectives of the asylum seekers’ initial health assessment: a qualitative study

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K-L Mustonen, M. Ismail, T. Mäki-Opas, A.E. Castaneda, J. Kauhanen, S. Atkins, N. Skogberg

Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of integrated childhood obesity care

Emma van den Eynde, Bibian van der Voorn, Leandra Koetsier, Hein Raat, Jaap C. Seidell, Jutka Halberstadt, Erica L. T. van den Akker

Securing human resources for Japan’s aging population: a mixed methods study of job satisfaction and well-being among Southeast Asian long-term care workers in Japan

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Niaya Harper Igarashi, Junko Kiriya, Rogie Royce Carandang, Ken Ing Cherng Ong, Akira Shibanuma, Masamine Jimba

Economic burden of patients with leading cancers in China: a cost-of-illness study

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Ziting Wu, Yiwen Yu, Feng Xie, Qiushi Chen, Zhong Cao, Simiao Chen, Gordon G. Liu

Analyzing health service employees’ intention to use e-health systems in southwest Ethiopia: using UTAUT-2 model

Wasihun Admassu, Kasahun Gorems

The research activities of Ontario’s large community hospitals: an updated scoping review

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Kian Rego, Jane Jomy, Prey Patel, Giulio DiDiodato, Ashton Nademi, Alexandra Binnie, Jennifer Tsang

Providers’ perspectives of barriers and facilitators to scale-up of mental health care in the public health delivery system of Mozambique: a qualitative inquiry

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Jennifer J. Mootz, Lindsey de Vos, Melissa Stockton, Annika C. Sweetland, Bianca Kann, Chariz Seijo, Charl Bezuidenhout, Antonio Suleman, Paulino Feliciano, Palmira F. dos Santos, Rachel Shelton, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Milton L. Wainberg

Qualitative perspectives of Medicaid-insured patients on ambulatory care at an academic medical center: challenges and opportunities

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Mariah B. Blegen, Jessica Faiz, Daniel Gonzalez, Vanessa Nuñez, Nina Harawa, Medell Briggs-Malonson, Gery Ryan, Katherine L. Kahn

Filling the gaps in the COVID-19 pandemic response: medical personnel in the US military health system

Vivitha Mani, Alysa Pomer, Sharon Pritchett, Christian L. Coles, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Joel S. Weissman, Tracey Pèrez Koehlmoos

Analysis of the structure of Basic Health Units in Brazil to conduct telehealth actions: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies

Denise Oliveira Franco, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães Abreu, Rafaela Silveira Pinto, Antônio Thomaz Gonzaga Matta-Machado, Renata Castro Martins

A meta-ethnography of shared decision-making in mental health care from the perspective of staff and service users

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Claire Cartwright, Beth Greenhill, Alys Wyn Griffiths, John Harrison

Exploring challenges and innovation in memory assessment services in England and Wales – a national survey and case study approach

Sarah Jane Smith, Claire Surr

Learning experiences from an online QI fellowship programme during COVID-19 – a qualitative study

Richard A. Powell, Kandazi Sisya, Vimal Sriram, Rowan Myron

Criteria-based outpatient scheduling at a nephrology clinic: prospective evaluation of patient pre-assessment and its corresponding adaptive scheduling strategy

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Ruben Klaas, Jedidja Lok-Visser, Joan Doornebal, Ton Roelofs, Sebastian Rachuba, Gréanne Leeftink

The implementation of telemedicine in wound care: a qualitative study of nurses’ and patients’ experiences

Kjersti Marie Blytt, Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit, Marit Graue, Mari Robberstad, Thomas Ternowitz, Siri Carlsen, Marjolein Memelink Iversen

Prescription drug monitoring program in Australia: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of a state-wide implementation

Emma Tay, Meredith Makeham, Andrew Hargreaves, Tracey-Lea Laba, Melissa Baysari

Impact of NHI copayment adjustments on healthcare seeking behavior: the mediating role of health facility identification

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Liang-Hsi Kung, Chih-Ming Kung, Chien Chih Chen, Yu-Hua Yan

Strategic analysis of Iran’s climate resilient health system

Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Mahnaz Afshari, Hamed Dehnavi, Iman Keliddar, Maryam Zahmatkesh, Parvaneh Isfahani, Tahere Sharifi, Abbas Shahsavani, Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh, Masoumeh Abbasabadi-Arab, Masud Yunesian

Cost minimisation analyses of birth care in low-risk women in Norway: a comparison between planned home birth and birth in a standard obstetric unit

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Pål Joranger, Anette Schaumburg Huitfeldt, Stine Bernitz, Ellen Blix

Perceived environmental uncertainty and job involvement: the mediating role of digital technology and organizational trust - a cross-sectional study in primary care facilities in the UK

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Liliana Hawrysz, Magdalena Kludacz-Alessandri, Anna Zabłocka- Kluczka, Katarzyna Żak

Does younger children’s social health insurance alleviate household impoverishment due to illness?

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Jiali Zhou, Yong Zhan, Huashuai Chen, Sijie Chen

Patient and professional perspectives on physical activity promotion in routine cancer care: a qualitative study

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Kadia Saint-Onge, Jany St-Cyr, Isabelle Doré, Lise Gauvin

Provision of prostate cancer services in Tanzania: perspectives from five tertiary hospitals

Obadia Nyongole, Nathanael Sirili, Gasto Frumence, Daudi Simba, David Urassa, Bruno Sunguya

Identification of interventions to improve patient experienced quality of care in transitions between healthcare settings: a scoping review

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Natasia Hindsbak, Lars Morsø, Dorte Hvidtjørn, Sisse Walløe

Community-engaged implementation of a safety bundle for pregnancy-related severe hypertension in the outpatient setting: protocol for a type 3 hybrid study with a multiple baseline design

Jennifer Leeman, Catherine L. Rohweder, Feng-Chang Lin, Alexandra F. Lightfoot, Jennifer Medearis Costello, Narges Farahi, Kimberly Harper, Johanna Quist-Nelson, E. Nicole Teal, Maihan B. Vu, Sarahn Wheeler, M. Kathryn Menard

Resilience for working in Ontario home and community care: registered practical nurses need the support of themselves, family and clients, and employers

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Denise M. Connelly, Anna Garnett, Kristin Prentice, Melissa E. Hay, Nicole A. Guitar, Nancy Snobelen, Tracy Smith-Carrier, Sandra M. McKay, Emily C. King, Jen Calver, Samir Sinha

Inclusion of phase III clinical trial costs in health economic evaluations

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Afschin Gandjour

Healthcare system navigation difficulties among informal caregivers of older adults: a logistic regression analysis of social capital, caregiving support and utilization factors

Boah Kim, Andrew Wister, Barbara Mitchell, Lun Li, Laura Kadowaki

Improving TRansitions ANd outcomeS for heart FailurE patients in home health CaRe (I-TRANSFER-HF): a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial: study protocol

Madeline R. Sterling, Cisco G. Espinosa, Daniel Spertus, Michelle Shum, Margaret V. McDonald, Miriam B. Ryvicker, Yolanda Barrón, Jonathan N. Tobin, Lisa M. Kern, Monika M. Safford, Samprit Banerjee, Parag Goyal, Joanna Bryan Ringel, Mangala Rajan, Alicia I. Arbaje, Christine D. Jones, John A. Dodson, Crystal Cené, Kathryn H. Bowles

Access to healthcare services and factors associated with unmet needs among migrants in Phuket Province, Thailand, 2023: a cross-sectional mixed-method study

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Saruttaya Wongsuwanphon, Suthat Chottanapund, Barbara Knust, Nuttapong Wongjindanon, Rapeepong Suphanchaimat

A modified Delphi survey to build expert consensus on the structure and content of an enhanced care pathway for cognitive changes after stroke in the UK

Georgina Hobden, Eugene Yee Hing Tang, Nele Demeyere

Marketing mental health services: a mixed-methods analysis of racially and ethnically diverse college students’ engagement with and perspectives on U.S. university mental health clinics’ websites

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Yesenia Aguilar Silvan, Sarah Hamza, Sara Fardeheb, Christine Bird, Lauren C. Ng

The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) embedded in the new Mobility Screening and Solutions Tool (MSST): addressing inaccuracies

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Teresa Boynton

Nurses’ perceptions of compassionate care in pediatric oncology: a qualitative interview study

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Mahnaz Ghaljeh, Marjan Mardani-Hamooleh, Sally Pezaro

Development and feasibility of the peer and nurse-led HIV Self-Testing Education and Promotion (STEP) intervention among social networks of men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: application of the ADAPT-ITT model

Donaldson F. Conserve, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Samuel Janson, Frank Mhando, Grace V. Munisi, Busara Drezgic, Abubakar Rehani, Wynton Sims, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Augustine T. Choko, Stella E. Mushy, Cheryl Johnson, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Albert Komba, Peris Urasa, LaRon E. Nelson, Gaspar Mbita

Application of association rules and simulated annealing algorithms in optimizing traditional Chinese medicine placement schemes

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Fu-Xian Zou, Jian-Xiang Huang, Shu-Ming Lin, Dong-Hong Wang, Xiao-Lan Zhou, Qiu-Ping Huang, Jian-Feng Cai

Routine health data use for decision making and its associated factors among primary healthcare managers in dodoma region

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Fatuma Yusuph, Julius Edward Ntwenya, Ally Kinyaga, Nyasiro Sophia Gibore

Exploring influencing factors to clinical leadership development: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals in Flemish nursing homes

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Sabrina Nachtergaele, Nele De Roo, Jolien Allart, Patricia De Vriendt, Mieke Embo, Elise Cornelis

Reducing low-value imaging - stakeholders’ assessment of an intervention to improve imaging services

Elin Kjelle, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsæter, Eivind Richter Andersen, Bjørn Morten Hofmann

Assessment of the COVID-19 impact on the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) financing: an analysis of the financing dynamics of 2020 and 2021

Ana Carolina Costa Corrêa, Maria Luísa Oliveira Rigotti, Hugo Dilhermando Souza Lacerda, Bruno Pérez Ferreira

Searching for effective strategies to reach boys and young men; a mixed-methods study protocol for youth clinics in Sweden

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Mazen Baroudi

Quality of neonatal health care in comprehensive specialized hospitals, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a retrospective study with neonatal death audit

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Abraraw Tadesse, Gebiyaw Wudie, Girum Meseret Ayenew, Yilkal Tiruneh, Gebeyehu Tsega, Gashu Kindu

Indigenous Peoples’ evaluation of health risks when facing mandatory evacuation for birth during the COVID-19 pandemic: an indigenous feminist analysis

Melanie Murdock, Erika Campbell, Sarah Durant, Carol Couchie, Carmel Meekis, Charitie Rae, Julie Kenequanash, Arthi Erika Jeyamohan, Jacob Barry, Lisa Boivin, Karen Lawford

The effect of guided group reflection on the ability and convenience of breaking bad news in pre-hospital emergency staff

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Mohammad Reza Zarezadeh, Samaneh Mirzaei, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mirjalili, Khadijeh Nasiriani

Matrix Support: interface between Specialty Dental Centers and primary oral health care in Brazil

Thaislaine Gonçalves Martins Santos, Livia Fernandes Probst, Rafaela da Silveira Pinto, Edilson José Zafalon, Alessandro Diogo De-Carli

Patient flow management in biological events: a scoping review

Zoya Hadinejad, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Mohammad Saatchi, Shokoufeh Ahmadi, Hamidreza Khankeh

Implementing a new multidisciplinary, remote, dementia staff training program for Veterans affairs nursing homes

Nikita R. Shirsat, Jennifer Ann Lee, Catherine Pham, Matthew J. Miller, Margaret A. Chesney, Francesca M. Nicosia, Linda Chao, Deborah E. Barnes

Gender dynamics in nursing profession: impact on professional practice and development in Tanzania

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Racheal Mukoya Masibo, Stephen M. Kibusi, Golden M. Masika

Pathways to social integration among homeless-experienced adults with serious mental illness: a qualitative perspective

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Melissa Chinchilla, Aaron Lulla, Dylan Agans, Stephanie Chassman, Sonya E. Gabrielian, Alexander S. Young

Innovation bundles and platforms – a qualitative analysis of health system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Hania Rahimi-Ardabili, Farah Magrabi, Brenton Sanderson, Thilo Schuler, Enrico Coiera

Insights and networks: methodological assessment and scientometric analysis of economic evaluations in dentistry

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Nighat Naved, Abhishek Lal, Fahad Umer

Motherhood penalty for female physicians in Japan: evidence from a medical school’s alumni data

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Sachiyo Nishida, Emiko Usui, Takashi Oshio, Naoya Masumori, Kazufumi Tsuchihashi

Older adults’ preferences in the utilization of digital health and social services: a qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions

Elina Laukka, Sanna Lakoma, Marja Harjumaa, Suvi Hiltunen, Henna Härkönen, Miia Jansson, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Susanna Martikainen, Paula Pennanen, Anastasiya Verho, Paulus Torkki

Toward hospital resilience: a qualitative study on the identification of hospital shocks during disruption era in Indonesia

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Nurmala Sari, Mayeh Omar, Syahrir A Pasinringi, Andi Zulkifli, Andi Indahwaty Sidin, Irwandy Irwandy, Yahya Thamrin, Lalu Muhammad Saleh, Dumilah Ayuningtyas

Strategies and sacrifices of family caregiving in the Somali-American community: a qualitative study

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Kamal Suleiman, Elizabeth Lightfoot, Rajean Moone

Applicability of a digital health application for cancer patients: a qualitative non-participation analysis

Klara Pfeifer, Mitra Tewes, Stefan Kasper, Jörg Hense, Jan Franco, Martin Schuler, Christoph Schöbel, Gülay Ates

Effect of community based health insurance on healthcare services utilization in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Fekade Demeke Bayou, Mastewal Arefaynie, Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie, Shimels Derso Kebede, Natnael Kebede, Mengistu Mera Mihiretu, Ermias Bekele Enyew, Kokeb Ayele, Lakew Asmare

Personal responsibility for health in Bulgarian public health law and social legislation

Silviya Aleksandrova-Yankulovska, Florian Steger

Policy, system and service design influence on healthcare inequities for people with end-of-life chronic obstructive airways disease, their support people and health professionals

Amanda Landers, Suzanne G. Pitama, Suetonia C. Green, Lutz Beckert

Imbalances in the oral health workforce: a Canadian population-based study

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Neeru Gupta, Pablo Miah

Workplace dignity scale in Iranian nurses: translation and psychometric evaluation

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MohammadHossein Khorasanizadeh, Zahra Tagharrobi, Mohammad Zare

Comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of close-type county medical alliance in Shandong Province using entropy weight TOPSIS method and non-integer rank sum ratio method

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Qi Zhang, Zhihong Lu, Shanshan Jing, Dong Guo, Lijun Wang

Clinicians’ use of Health Information Exchange technologies for medication reconciliation in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: a qualitative analysis

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The Implementation Process Assessment Tool: translation, contextualization, and psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version in a municipal elderly care context

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Cost analysis of adding hypertension and diabetes management into routine HIV care in Mbarara and Ibanda districts, Uganda

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Higher interest to continue COVID-19 practice recommendations in non-pandemic times among German GPs with better crisis leadership skills (egePan study)

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Uchenna Igbokwe, Raihanah Ibrahim, Muyi Aina, Musa Umar, Muhammed Salihu, Efosa Omoregie, Firdausi Umar Sadiq, Benson Obonyo, Rilwanu Muhammad, Salisu Idris Isah, Natsah Joseph, Babagana Wakil, Faruk Tijjani, Abubakar Ibrahim, Mohammed Nura Yahaya, Eric Aigbogun Jr

Impact of structured checklist-based preoperative counseling versus standard counseling on postoperative patient-reported outcomes after elective surgery

Moh’d S. Dawod, Mohammad N. Alswerki, Ahmad Alelaumi, Moath G. Shaqar, Farah M. Al-Habashneh, Saif A. Alshloul, Mustafa Burghol, Samer F. Al-Rawashdah, Mohammad W. Amir, Mahmoud H. Alkhasawneh

The digitalization of emergency department triage: the perspectives of health professionals and patients

Chiara Morlotti, Mattia Cattaneo, Stefano Paleari, Filippo Manelli, Francesco Locati

Financial implications of unpaid clinical placements for allied health, dentistry, medical, and nursing students in Australia: a scoping review with recommendations for policy, research, and practice

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Hannah Beks, Sandra Walsh, Suzanne Clayden, Lucinda Watson, Joyti Zwar, Laura Alston

Why are organisational approvals needed for low-risk staff studies in the UK? Procedures, barriers, and burdens

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Lesley Dunleavy, Ruth Board, Seamus Coyle, Andrew Dickman, John Ellershaw, Amy Gadoud, Jaime Halvorsen, Nick Hulbert-Williams, Liz Lightbody, Stephen Mason, Amara Callistus Nwosu, Andrea Partridge, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston, Brooke Swash, Vanessa Taylor, Catherine Walshe

A new normal in primary care: the rapid normalization of a major eHealth program in public health centers

Karl Maack, Nanna Gillberg, Ewa Wikström

Factors associated with access and utilization of sexual abuse emergency healthcare services among street children in Zomba, Malawi: a qualitative study

Susan Mphatso Kacheyo, Lot Nyirenda

Effectiveness of training on health care workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 infection prevention and control, Yemen, 2021

Abdulkareem Ali Hussein Nassar, Abdulwahed Abduljabar Al Serouri, Ahmed Hamod Al-Shahethi, Khaled Abdullah Almoayed

Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine by patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis for chronic kidney disease in Taiwan: a descriptive investigation

Ming-Yen Tsai, Chieh-Ying Chin, Wen-Chin Lee, Yu-Chuen Huang, Yu-Chen Cheng

Turnover intention among healthcare workers in Shenzhen, China: the mediating effect of job satisfaction and work engagement

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Ke Xu, Lin Lei, Zhuang Guo, Xiaoying Liu, Yu Shi, Guiyuan Han, Kaihao Lin, Weicong Cai, Chenxi Lu, Xinying Li, Yichong Li, Ke Peng

Assessing the performance of non-specialised private hospitals in Malaysia - an upper-middle-income medical tourism destination country using the Pabón-Lasso model

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Mohd Fauzy Samsudin, Yin Cheng Lim, Thinni Nurul Rochmah, Maznah Dahlui

A novel way to integrate economic information into clinical practice guidelines

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Juha E. Ahonen, Elisa Rissanen, Raija Sipilä, Jorma Komulainen, Eila Kankaanpää

A consensus-based agreement on a definition of a process variable: findings from a New Zealand nominal group technique study

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Daniel Harvey, Steve White, Duncan Reid, Chad Cook

Health service provider views on measuring patient involvement in healthcare: an interview study with researchers, clinicians, service managers, and policymakers

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Bente Skovsby Toft, Trine Ellegaard, Berit Kjærside Nielsen, Camilla Blach Rossen, Jens Thusgaard Hørlück, Mette Spliid Ludvigsen, Hilary Louise Bekker, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær

Assessing the interdependency among effectiveness, satisfaction and efficient use of the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS) by health professionals in Ghana

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Edward Agyemang, Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Emmanuel Kusi Achampong, Kobina Esia-Donkoh

Predictors of the continuous use of an infectious disease self-management app for epidemiological investigations: a survey of young and middle-aged adults in South Korean citizens

Mi Jung Rho, Jihwan Park

Perspectives of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes on barriers to diabetes care: a qualitative study

Sweta Shrestha, Sujata Sapkota, Khagendra Acharya, Sabin Chaulagain, Matina Sayami, Abhinav Dahal, Rajani Shakya, Biraj Man Karmacharya

Forecasting the future of smart hospitals: findings from a real-time delphi study

Florian Jovy-Klein, Susan Stead, Torsten Oliver Salge, Jil Sander, Anke Diehl, David Antons

Multi-faceted strategies to advance health equity in colorectal cancer screening in primary care setting: quality improvement project

Einas Batarseh, Elizabeth Onyechi, Omar Arman, Gregory Gudleski, Jessica L. Reynolds, Smita Bakhai

Exploring what works well and less well in a community-based drop-in hub providing health and wellbeing services for people experiencing homelessness: a participatory action evaluation of service coordination

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Emma A. Adams, Sheena E. Ramsay

The impact of direct health facility financing on MNCH service provision: results from a comparative, before-after study in Pwani Region, Tanzania

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Kyoung Kyun Oh, Joy G. Ferdinand, Ntuli A. Kapologwe, Benedicto M. Ngaiza, Joyce M. Gordon, Doowon Lim, Alfred E. Ngowi, Swabaha A. Yusuph, Hayoung Kim, Hansol Park, Sooyoung Ahn, Bok Hyun Nam, Chang-yup Kim

Amplifying youth voices: young people’s recommendations for policy and practice to enhance vaccine acceptability

Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Marisa Casale, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie, Joshua Sumankuuro, Olagoke Akintola, Chris Desmond, Lucie Cluver

Health technology assessment to support health benefits package design: a systematic review of economic evaluation evidence in Zambia

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Warren Mukelabai Simangolwa, Kaymarlin Govender, Josue Mbonigaba

Physiotherapists as first-contact practitioners for patients with low back pain in French primary care: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

Amélie Kechichian, François Desmeules, Pauline Girard, Hugo Terrisse, Céline Vermorel, Nicolas Pinsault

Impact of encounters on patient app use: results of a tethered mobile personal health record usage pattern analysis

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Yae Won Tak, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Ho Lee, Yura Lee

Hospital nurses and physicians’ experiences practicing patient safety work to recognize deteriorating patients: a qualitative study

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Astrid Marie Nysted Berg, Anne Werner, Ingrid Ruud Knutsen, Anne-Kari Johannessen

Social innovation in access to healthcare: community-based health insurance among Senegalese migrants in Spain

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Modou Diop, Rita Sobczyk

Regulation, modification, and evolution of remote sign language interpreting in Sweden – a service in progress

Camilla Warnicke, Marie Matérne

Clinician attitudes towards adoption of evidence-based practice: a nationwide multiprofessional cross-sectional study of child and adolescent mental health services in Sweden

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Anna Helena Elisabeth Santesson, Robert Holmberg, Martin Bäckström, Peik Gustafsson, Håkan Jarbin, Sean Perrin

Facilitators and barriers of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use among four key populations in Iran

Hossein Moameri, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Parya Saberi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Reza Goudarzi, Hamid Sharifi

Availability, price, and affordability of diabetes mellitus and thyroid dysfunction medicines in South Wollo zone, Northeast Ethiopia

Solomon Ahmed Mohammed, Haile Yirga Mengesha, Abel Andualem, Elham Seid, Getnet Mengistu Assefa

The relation between resident-related factors and care problems in nursing homes: a multi-level analysis

Suleyman Bouchmal, Yvonne M. J. Goërtz, Coen Hacking, Bjorn Winkens, Sil Aarts

Access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in Chile: qualitative analysis of perceived patient barriers and facilitators in five regions of the country

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Carla Castillo-Laborde, Isabel Matute, Ximena Sgombich, Daniel Jofré

Distribution and predictors of haemophilia-related costs in the United Kingdom: analysis of the CHESS I and CHESS II burden of illness studies

Ione Woollacott, Amit Chhabra, Tom Burke, Jack Brownrigg, Lucy Richardson, Enrico Ferri Grazzi, Jamie O’Hara, Josie Godfrey, Michael Laffan

Negotiating care in organizational borderlands: a grounded theory of inter-organizational collaboration in coordination of care

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Ann-Therese Hedqvist, Catharina Lindberg, Heidi Hagerman, Ann Svensson, Mirjam Ekstedt

Equity and efficiency of health resource allocation in Sichuan Province, China

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Minghua Zhou

How to assess doctor managers’ managerial attitude: results from an e-Delphi process

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Americo Cicchetti, Federica Morandi, Ilaria Valentini, Fausto di Vincenzo

Integrating dermatologists in primary care: impact on delays, patient and professional experiences

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Maria Lovén, Amanda Eklund, Laura Huilaja, Markus Paananen, Paulus Torkki

Medical dispatchers’ experience with live video during emergency calls: a national questionnaire study

Natascha H Bohnstedt-Pedersen, Gitte Linderoth, Barbara Helios, Helle C Christensen, Britta K Thomsen, Lisbeth Bekker, Jannie K B Gram, Ulla Vaeggemose, Tine B Gehrt

Exploring the experiences of resident doctors in child and adolescent psychiatry with virtual reality-based simulation training: a qualitative study

Siv Lena Birkheim, Giovanna Calogiuri, Mette Hvalstad, Randi Martinsen

Affordability of health services and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus under regular follow-up at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Wubale Gashaw, Asnakew Molla Mekonen, Anissa Mohammed, Yawkal Tsega, Endalkachew Mesfin Gebeyehu

Violence against healthcare professionals: perspective of local focal points in the south of Portugal

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Maria Otília Zangão, Isaura Serra, Dulce Cruz, Maria da Luz Barros, Anabela Coelho, Maria Antónia Chora, Carolina Santos, Laurência Gemito

Barriers and facilitators to high-volume evidence-based innovation and implementation in a large, community-based learning health system

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Cimone Durojaiye, Stephanie Prausnitz, Jennifer L. Schneider, Tracy A. Lieu, Julie A. Schmittdiel, Smita Rouillard, Yi-Fen Chen, Kristine Lee, Douglas A. Corley

Subgroup differences in public attitudes, preferences and self-reported behaviour related to deceased organ donation before and after the introduction of the ‘soft’ opt-out consent system in England: mixed-methods study

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Paul Boadu, Leah McLaughlin, Jane Noyes, Stephen O’Neill, Mustafa Al-Haboubi, Lorraine Williams, Jennifer Bostock, Nicholas Mays

Applications of geographical information system and spatial analysis in Indian health research: a systematic review

Anupama Chandran, Pankaj Roy

Perception and experience of HIV-induced stigma among people with HIV seeking healthcare in Ghana

Aliyu Mohammed, Benjamin Spears Ngmekpele Cheabu, Jerry Amoah-Larbi, Francis Adjei Osei, Georgina Benyah, Robert Asampong, Samuel Frimpong Odoom, Eugene Acheampong Owusu, Ernest Amanor, Jacob Solomon Idan, Douglas Aninng Opoku, Kingsley Boakye, Peter Yeboah

Breaking barriers: a qualitative exploration of healthcare access for crack cocaine users in Limerick

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Yaa Asuaba Duopah, Lisa Moran, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Dervla Kelly

Intention to use mobile text message reminders for medication adherence among hypertensive patients in North West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Ehite Melaku Zewdu, Adina Demessie, Araya Mesfin Nigatu, Nebebe Demis Baykemagn

Walking a tightrope: perspectives of non-degree allopathic providers (NDAPs) on providing diabetes and hypertension care in urban informal settlements of Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Manjula Bahuguna, Jennifer Spencer, Sudha Ramani, Sweety Pathak, Sushma Shende, Shanti Pantvaidya, Vanessa D’Souza, Anuja Jayaraman

Quality-assured treatment in certified cancer center networks in upper Franconia, Germany: a population-centered retrospective cohort analysis based on data of the Bavarian cancer registry

Martin Emmert, Ingrid Gorodiscan, Andrea Thater, Doris Buchner, Alexander Kiani, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Stefan Rohrbacher

A tailored intervention for the detection of patients with coronary heart disease and mental or cognitive comorbidities in the German primary care setting: qualitative evaluation of implementation success

Christin Herrmann, Belinda Werner, Florian Wurster, Ute Karbach, Charlotte Leikert, Laura Nordmeyer, Adriana Meixner, Lena Sannemann, Christian Albus, Frank Jessen, Ludwig Kuntz, Frank Schulz-Nieswandt, Holger Pfaff, Ingo Meyer, Nadine Scholten, Stephanie Stock, Julia Strupp, Raymond Voltz

Qualitative exploration of 3D printing in Swedish healthcare: perceived effects and barriers

Olivya Marben Sag, Xiang Li, Beatrice Åman, Andreas Thor, Anders Brantnell

Decarbonizing surgical care: a qualitative systematic review guided by the Congruence Model

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Leonard Kloevekorn, Oskar Roemeling, Amal Fakha, Eveline Hage, Edin Smailhodzic

Australian and Canadian clinicians’ views and application of ‘carbon health literacy’: a qualitative study

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Michelle Lynch, Kirsten McCaffery, Alexandra Barratt, Katy Bell, Fiona A. Miller, Forbes McGain, Philomena Colagiuri, Kristen Pickles

Dimensions and components of hospital-at-home care: a systematic review

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Parniyan Nikmanesh, Jalal Arabloo, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji

Challenges facing physicians in death certification of under-five mortality in Egypt

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Mirette M Aziz, Nevein Dous

Decolonization in sexual and reproductive health research methods: a scoping review

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Maya Stevens-Uninsky, Aisha Barkhad, Tonya MacDonald, Alexander Perez, Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Formulating recommendations to improve care for persons living with dementia: deliberative dialogues with multiple stakeholders in the province of Quebec, Canada

Alexandra Lemay-Compagnat, Deniz Cetin-Sahin, Laura Rojas-Rozo, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Yves Couturier, Howard Bergman, Isabelle Vedel

Effectiveness of the community paramedicine at home (CP@home) program for frequent users of emergency medical services in Ontario: a randomized controlled trial

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Gina Agarwal, Ricardo Angeles, Jasdeep Brar, Melissa Pirrie, Francine Marzanek, Brent McLeod, Lehana Thabane

Implementation, barriers, solving strategies and future perspectives of reimbursed community pharmacy services - a nationwide survey for community pharmacies in Germany

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Ann-Christin Kroenert, Thilo Bertsche

Leaving the Norwegian opioid maintenance treatment program - patient experiences

Sverre Nesvåg, Per Bergqvist, Ingrid Elin Dahlberg, James R. McKay

Medical liability claims in gynaecologic care: retrospective analysis of claims related to gynaecology in the Netherlands (2005–2022) – Is there a connection between treatment indication, phase of treatment and the risk of medical malpractice claims?

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Désirée Klemann, Rankie ten Hoopen, Helen Mertens, Frits van Merode

Costs of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy compared to conventional radiotherapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer – a micro-costing study using Time-Driven Activity Based Costing (TDABC)

Fernando Henrique de Albuquerque Maia, Karina Gondim Moutinho da Conceição Vasconcelos, Heloisa de Andrade Carvalho, Patrícia Coelho de Soárez

Male partner involvement in delivery care service and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Chalie Mulugeta, Tadele Emagneneh, Getinet Kumie, Assefa Sisay, Abebaw Alamrew

Estimating the cost of chronic kidney disease in Australia

Sean Randall, Crystal M. Y. Lee, Elizabeth Thomas, Aron Chakera, Kevin E. K. Chai, Richard Varhol, Kanika Mehta, Ashley Irish, Johan Conradie, Narelle Hadlow, Delia Hendrie, James H. Boyd, Suzanne Robinson

Identifying persistent high-cost patients in the hospital for care management: development and validation of prediction models

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Ursula W. de Ruijter, Z. L. Rana Kaplan, Frank Eijkenaar, Carolien C. H. M. Maas, Agnes van der Heide, Willem A. Bax, Hester F. Lingsma

Vital lessons from struggling partnerships and potential partnerships: an international study with leaders across the health sector

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Greg Zwisler, Christopher Martin Sauer, David Shoultz

I love my job. But it’s physically, mentally, and emotionally draining”: a cross-sectional survey exploring midwives’ intentions of leaving the profession in Melbourne, Australia

Robyn P Matthews, Michelle S Newton, Rebecca L Hyde, Touran Shafiei, Fleur Llewelyn, Della A Forster

Effects of a national checklist on recommended procedures among patients with type 2 diabetes

Øyvind Snilsberg, Tor Iversen, Anne Karen Jenum, Yuting Zhang

Factors influencing provider deviation from national HIV and nutritional guidelines for HIV-exposed children in western Kenya: a qualitative study

Megan M. Coe, Emily Yoshioka, Damaris Odhiambo, Mary Masheti, Phlona Amam, Julius Nyaoke, Emmanuel Oduor, Marline Serede, Agnes Ndirangu, Benson Singa, Arianna Rubin Means

An economic evaluation of first-line cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation from a German healthcare payer perspective

Malte Kuniss, Lucy Hillcoat, Joe Moss, Florian Straube, Jason Andrade, Oussama Wazni, Gian Battista Chierchia, Lukas Schwegmann, Eleni Ismyrloglou, Alicia Sale, Stuart Mealing, Tom Bromilow, Emily Lane, Damian Lewis, Andreas Goette

Implementation facilitators and barriers of stress first aid to protect mental health of frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Shreya S. Huilgol, Lu Dong, Nabeel Qureshi, Kathryn Bouskill, Lisa S. Meredith, Courtney Gidengil

Improving medication safety for intensive care patients transitioning to a hospital ward: development of a theory-informed intervention package

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Richard S. Bourne, Mark Jeffries, Jennifer K. Jennings, Darren M. Ashcroft, Paul Norman

Implementation and sustainability of systems change for mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention: a qualitative study

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Ashlyn Burns, Haleigh Kampman, Lauren Magee, Justin Blackburn, Madison Alton, Bernice Pescosolido

Patient satisfaction survey in a public hospital: Remera Rukoma District Hospital, Rwanda, 2023

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Emile Sebera, Celestin Hagenimana, Emile Twagirumukiza

The impact of reform of medical insurance payment method on medical service pricing—based on empirical analysis of matched medical finance comprehensive data

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Lele Li, Qiao Yu

The impact of the pandemic on female physicians: “I just don’t think I will ever feel the same”

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Huma Farid, Elizabeth Gagliardi, Kathryn M. Atkins

Understanding the effectiveness and quality of virtual cancer multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs): a systematic scoping review

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Anjola Onifade, Samantha L. Quaife, David Holden, Donna Chung, Martin Birchall, Michael D. Peake, Muntzer Mughal, Daisy McInnerney

Creating a sense of place when implementing a new emergency department in Denmark: a qualitative study

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Jeanette Wassar Kirk, Per Nilsen, Ove Andersen, Nina Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Mette Bendtz Lindstrøm, Byron J. Powell, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen

Australian general practice registrars’ billing patterns: a cross-sectional analysis from the Registrars Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) study

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Katie Fisher, Amanda Tapley, Anna Ralston, Andrew Davey, Elizabeth Holliday, Jason Dizon, Susan Wearne, Alison Fielding, Mieke van Driel, Neil Spike, Lisa Clarke, Parker Magin

Modelling the cost-effectiveness and budget impact of pay-for-performance programs in health care

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Afschin Gandjour

School-Based Health Centers Addressing Health Equity for LGBTQ + Patients (SBHCs HELP): protocol for a stepped-wedge trial to implement innovations promoting structural competency

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Cathleen E. Willging, Daniel Shattuck, Marisa Sklar, Rachel A. Sebastian, Robert L. Stout, Mary M. Ramos

The effect of incentive factors on turnover intention of PHC workforce in rural China—from the perspective of two-factor theory

Lingzhi Sang, Xin Zheng, Guimei Chen, Zhongliang Bai, Ren Chen

A cost effectiveness analysis of a quality improvement intervention to increase preferential balanced fluid prescribing

Michelle C. Spiegel, Kit N. Simpson, Annie N. Simpson, Andrew J. Goodwin

Advancing scaling science in health and social care: a scoping review and appraisal of scaling frameworks

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Anita Kothari, Ian D. Graham, Madeline Dougherty, Roberta de Carvalho Corôa, Diogo G. V. Mochcovitch, Christine Cassidy, Amy Etherington, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Lesley Gittings, Amede Gogovor, France Légaré, Elsa-Lynn Nassar, Oluwabambi Tinuoye, Heinrich Cyril Volmink, Robert K. D. McLean

Estimating the impact of the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes in Southeastern City in Iran: an interrupted time series analysis of the preceding 10 years of ecological data

Mehdi Sharafi, Maryam TalebiMoghaddam, Sakineh Narouee, Alireza Heiran, Mohsen Khaleghi, Ali Mouseli, Zahra Amiri

National-wide survey of ophthalmic human resources in China in 2021

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Jin-Da Wang, Chang-Xi Chen, Mei-Rui Liu, Li-Jun Zhang, Yan Sun, Kai Cao

Individual and unit level insights from hospital staff ratings on structural empowerment, leadership-management performance, well-being, and quality of care

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Karin Lundin, Maria Engström, Bernice Skytt, Annika Strömberg, Marit Silén

Service quality evaluation of county-level public hospitals in Chongqing under smart healthcare

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Yuantang Qiu, Chun Xiao, Jing Li

Factors influencing the intention of doctors to emigrate: a cross-sectional study of Ghanaian doctors

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Baleng Mahama Wutor, Francisca Nyarko Sarfo, Louisa Afia Nkrumah, Luki Daniel Bakuoru, Chinenye Nneoma Amanze, Isaac Osei

Patient pathways in primary health care – an interview study across various health care personnel in a Canadian and a Norwegian county

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Vivian Nystrøm, Arto Ohinmaa, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen

Medicare’s comprehensive care for joint replacement model increased public hospitals' inpatient length of stay

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Narae Kim, Mireille Jacobson

Factors contributing to hospitalization expenditures for patients with COPD in Yunnan Province, China: a path analysis

Aihan Wen, Jinliang Meng, Guohong Luo, Geyi Wen, Wenlong Cui, Songyuan Tang, Yunhui Zhang

Costing curative outpatient care for the poorest in Burkina Faso: informing universal health coverage and leaving no one behind

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Yvonne Beaugé, Valéry Ridde, Sidibé Souleymane, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Emmanuel Bonnet, Manuela De Allegri

Workplace culture for forensic mental health services: a mixed methods descriptive study

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Trentham Furness, Anne Bardoel, Nikola Djurkovic, Rachael Fullam, James R. P. Ogloff

Leveraging local health system resources to address quality healthcare gaps in sub-Saharan African: lessons from the SafeCare quality improvement programme in Ghana

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Robert Kaba Alhassan, Maxwell Akwasi Antwi, Gifty Sunkwa-Mills, Bonifacia Benefo Agyei, Aafke de Graaff, Tobias F Rinke de Wit, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah

Perception, concerns, and practice of ChatGPT among Egyptian pharmacists: a cross-sectional study in Egypt

Taha Abd-ElSalam Ashraf Taha, Derar H. Abdel-Qader, Kareem R. Alamiry, Zeyad A. Fadl, Aya Alrawi, Nada K. Abdelsattar

Assessing women’s stated preferences for breast cancer screening: a systematic review and a meta-analysis

Shirin Nosratnejad, Shiva Rahmani, Mahmood Yousefi, Roghayeh Khabiri

Adolescents’ involvement in mental health treatment and service design: a systematic review

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Petter Viksveen, Nicole Elizabeth Cardenas, Siv Hilde Berg, Anita Salamonsen, Julia Rose Game, Stig Bjønness

Let this be a safe place: a qualitative study into midwifery care for forcibly displaced women in the Netherlands

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J. B. Tankink, A. E. H. Verschuuren, J. P. de Graaf, E. I. Feijen-de Jong, P. J. A. van der Lans, M. E. T. C. van den Muijsenbergh, A. Franx, B. Goodarzi

The impact of insurance status on psoriasis patients’ healthcare-seeking behavior: a population-based study in the United States

Kaviyon Sadrolashrafi, Audrey Hao, Rebecca K. Yamamoto, Lily Guo, Robin Kikuchi, Hannah C. Tolson, Sara N. Bilimoria, Danielle K. Yee, April W. Armstrong

Attitudes towards Telemedicine Services and Associated Factors among health professionals in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alex Ayenew Chereka, Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Berihun Agegn Mengistie, Eyob Getachew, Gebeyehu Lakew, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil

Improving medical certification of cause of death in Assiut University Children Hospital: an intervention study

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Omaima El-Gibaly, Mohamed Gamil Mohamed Abo Elela, Yasser Farouk Abdel-Raheem Rizk, Shimaa Hosny Hassan Mahmoud

Investigation of treatment delay in a complex healthcare process using physician insurance claims data: an application to symptomatic carotid artery stenosis

Stephen Christopher van Gaal, Arshia Alimohammadi, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Wei Zhang, Jason Sutherland

Are trauma and orthopaedic consultant posts decreasing in frequency and increasing in subspecialisation?

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James Andrew Kennedy, Saif Akhter Ansari, Sophie Rogers, Ben Irwin, Neil Jain

Public perception of the physician associate profession in the UK: a systematic review

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Rhys Swainston, Yingxi Zhao, Eli Harriss, Attakrit Leckcivilize, Mike English, Shobhana Nagraj

A look back at the strike by Mozambican doctors in 2013: what can we learn?

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Alexandre Lourenço Jaime Manguele, Isabel Craveiro, Mohsin Sidat, Dulnério Barbosa Sengo, António Jorge Rodrigues Cabral, Paulo Ferrinho

Feeling valued at work: a qualitative exploration of allied health profession support workers

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Abigail J. Hall, Victoria A. Goodwin, Lorraine Allchurch, Luke Capon, Vicky Farrell, Oludare Olufunmilayo, Richard Griffin

Correlates associated with health insurance on cervical cancer screening in Tanzania: a comparison between the insured and uninsured women using demographic and health survey 2022

Malale Tungu, Pankras Luoga, Amani Anaeli, Tumaini Nyamhanga

The emergency medical service dispatch recommendation system using simulation based on bed availability

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Yeong-Yuh Xu, Shao-Jen Weng, Ping-Wen Huang, Lee-Min Wang, Chih-Hao Chen, Yao-Te Tsai, Ming-Che Tsai

Analysis of the impact of China Healthcare Security diagnosis-related groups payment reform on the hospitalization costs for uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in obstructive sleep apnea patients at Hospital C

Mengying Li, Jing Yang, Jiyong Shen, Jinkun Xu, Debin Gu

Effect of WhatsApp Messenger-based education on the knowledge of health ambassadors about home care for minor illnesses

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Fatemeh Abbasian, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Leila Ahmadian

Revealing disparities in representation in knowledge generation and guideline development

Carlos P. B. Almeida, Afom T. Andom, Alain Casseus, Jacquelyn-My Do, Alain Gelin, Leonid Lecca, Maxo Luma, Michael Mazzi, Carole D. Mitnick, Jean Claude Mugunga, Melino Ndayizigiye, Natalie Nguyen, Meseret Tamirat, Girum Tefera, Sterman Toussaint, Marco Tovar, Christine Tzelios

Challenges and executive requirements of advanced health system governance based on general health policies in Iran: qualitative research

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Masoud Aboulhallaj, Seyed Masood Mousavi, Mehdi Jafari, Abbas Vosoogh-Moghaddam, Sajjad Bahariniya, Shabnam Ghasemyani, Sedighe Sadat Tabatabaei Far

A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence-based practice and its associated factors among health professionals in Ethiopia

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Tolesa Gemeda Gudeta, Ayana Benti Terefe, Girma Teferi Mengistu, Seboka Abebe Sori

Preferences of cancer survivors for follow-up care: a systematic review of discrete choice experiments

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Rongyu Hua, Huanying Fu, Guanmian Liang, Fangying Yang

Transition for people with dementia from day respite services to permanent residential care: a realist synthesis

Claudia Meyer, Xanthe Golenko, Ron Sinclair, Judy Lowthian

Acute remote home monitoring of acutely ill patients with COVID-19: how Dutch home monitoring initiatives were organized during the pandemic

Karin Smit, Rick T. van Uum, Stella Rijks, Alma C. van de Pol, Abeer Ahmad, Roderick P. Venekamp, Frans H. Rutten, Dorien L. M. Zwart

Flourishing and job satisfaction in employees working in UK clinical trial units: a national cross-sectional survey

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Sophie S. Hall, Evgenia Riga, Kirsty Sprange, Pamela Hagan, Lucy Carr, Jodi Taylor, Louise Thomson, Eleanor J. Mitchell

Incorporating clinical and demographic data into the Elixhauser Comorbidity Model: deriving and validating an enhanced model in a tertiary hospital’s internal medicine department

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Gideon Leibner, David E. Katz, Yaakov Esayag, Nechama Kaufman, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Adam J. Rose

The South African Competition Commission COVID-19 easing of competition rules for private healthcare to facilitate public-private interaction - a media content analysis

Amina Abdullah, Thatohatsi Sefuthi, Mapato Ramokgopa, Sharon Fonn, Lungiswa Nkonki

Co-developing a theory of change for a personalised multimodal cancer prehabilitation programme in South Wales

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Jack Walklett, Alex Christensen, Charlotte N. B. Grey, Rachael C. Barlow, Rhiannon McDonald, Alisha R. Davies, Esther Mugweni

Transforming nursing work environments: the impact of organizational culture on work-related stress among nurses: a systematic review

Evans Kasmai Kiptulon, Mohammed Elmadani, Godfrey Mbaabu Limungi, Klara Simon, Lívia Tóth, Eva Horvath, Anna Szőllősi, Dahabo Adi Galgalo, Orsolya Maté, Adrienn Ujváriné Siket

Further analysis of determinants of Pentavalent and Measles immunizations dropouts among children under five years of age in Ethiopia from Mini-EDHS 2019

Moti Tolera, Abdi Birhanu, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Tamirat Getachew, Abraham Negash, Usmael Jibro, Alemayehu Deressa, Dureti Abdurahman, Aboma Motuma, Mulugeta Gamachu, Fethia Mohammed, Bikila Balis, Ibsa Mussa

Integration of psychological interventions in multi-sectoral humanitarian programmes: a systematic review

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Jacqueline N. Ndlovu, Jonna Lind, Andrés Barrera Patlán, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Marx R. Leku, Josephine Akellot, Morten Skovdal, Jura L. Augustinavicius, Wietse A. Tol

Illness perception and self-care in hypertension treatment: a scoping review of current literature

João Pedro de Santana Silva, Helen Rainara Araujo Cruz, Gabriely Azevedo Gonçalo Silva, Lucien Peroni Gualdi, Íllia Nadinne Dantas Florentino Lima

A mixed methods study of the postnatal care journey from birth to discharge in a maternity service in New South Wales, Australia

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Virginia Schmied, Karen Myors, Elaine Burns, Joanne Curry, Jacqueline Pangas, Hannah G. Dahlen

The impact of digital technology on health inequality: evidence from China

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Zhang Zhen, Daisheng Tang, Xinyuan Wang, Qiushi Feng

Collaborative extended home-visits as a key to facilitating early support within the frame of a family centre in Sweden

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Marie Golsäter, Ann-Christine Andersson

Exploring disparities in post-cancer treatment instructions: an analysis of rural vs. urban breast cancer survivors in Missouri using BRFSS data

Allison B. Anbari, Knoo Lee, Jennifer M. Hulett, Lada Micheas, Zewei Ren, Anthony Belenchia, Suhwon Lee

Awareness of healthcare workers regarding the healthcare sector transformation program in Saudi Arabia

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Amro K. Bin Abdulrahman, Alanoud Alshalawi, Sultan Saad Alamri, Elsir Abdelmutaal Mohammed

Health care costs and service utilization in the first year following moderate to severe traumatic injury

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Mari Storli Rasmussen, Yuan Zhang, Nada Andelic, Eline Aas

The evaluation of a lean healthcare concept to improve the implementation of Digital Health innovations in secondary health care: a qualitative study within a Dutch hospital setting

Hanna A. Kellner, Eric R. Edelman, Nicole van Eldik, Perry Hunen, Marieke Spreeuwenberg

Economic evaluation of low-dose computed tomography for lung cancer screening among high-risk individuals – evidence from Hungary based on the HUNCHEST-II study

Péter Rózsa, Anna Kerpel-Fronius, Mátyás Péter Murányi, Ágnes Rumszauer, Gabriella Merth, Zsolt Markóczy, Péter Csányi, Krisztina Bogos

Examining nurses’ awareness level and compliance between defined and required access levels to core functionalities of hospital information system : an observational and survey study

Farzad Salmanizadeh, Arefeh Ameri, Reza Khajouei, Leila Ahmadian

Challenged by patients: a qualitative study of clinical supervisions of endocrinologists conducted by psychiatric liaison clinicians

Nedjma Mazouni, Friedrich Stiefel, Céline Bourquin, Gundula Ludwig, Laurent Michaud

Implementing an enhanced recovery from surgery pathway to reduce hospital length of stay for primary hip or knee arthroplasty: a budget impact analysis

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Melanie Lloyd, Zanfina Ademi, Ian A. Harris, Justine Naylor, Peter Lewis, Richard de Steiger, Rachelle Buchbinder, Anthony Wan, Ilana N. Ackerman

Exploring key challenges for healthcare providers and stakeholders in delivering adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and information during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe: a qualitative study

Margarate Nzala Munakampe, Tulani Francis L. Matenga, Mwimba Chewe, Anise Gold-Watts, Reza Lahidji

Determinants of non-testing for HIV among women during antenatal care follow up in sub-saharan Africa: a hierarchical analysis of recent Demographic and Health Survey datasets

Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Bikis Liyew, Belayneh Shetie Workneh

Healthcare providers’ and community stakeholders’ perception of using drones for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal: an exploratory qualitative study

Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Govind Majhi, Rajan Paudel, Raghu Dhital, Shraddha Acharya, Ganga Ram Budhathoki, Puskar Poudel, Suman Chandra Gurung, Bishal Subedi, Pravin Lamsal, Uttam Pudasaini, Peter Small, Patrick Meier, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Maxine Caws

The portfolio effect: an opportunity for improving handoffs quality in ICU

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Céline Monard, Josselin Carrere, Paul Abraham, Valerie Cerro, Stephanie Polazzi, Cécile Payet, Thomas Rimmelé, Antoine Duclos

Evaluation of a pediatric navigation program within primary care: a quantitative analysis guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework

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Mackenzie Stuenkel, Caitlin Koob, Sarah F. Griffin, Kerry K. Sease

Evaluating a transitional housing program for people who use substances (PWUS) who experience homelessness and live with a mental health issue: a mixed-methods study protocol in Sudbury Ontario

Kristen A. Morin, Daniel Molke, Natalie Aubin, Shannon Knowlan, Tara Leary

Individualized participatory care planning for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a qualitative descriptive study

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Megann Y. Dong, Leslie Meredith, Rachel Forrester-Jones, Anita Kothari, Dana Ryan, Bridget L. Ryan, Maria Mathews, Shannon L. Sibbald

A qualitative exploration of the coordinator’s role in an intersectoral childhood overweight prevention programme in the Netherlands: ‘a lot is expected from one person’

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Irma Huiberts, Jorien Slot-Heijs, Amika Singh, Dorine Collard

Barriers accessing specialty care in the United States: a patient perspective

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Robert Schuldt, Kimberly Jinnett

General practitioners’ attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for patients with depression in Norway – a cross-sectional study

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Øystein Hetlevik, Sabine Ruths, Ina Grung, Stein Nilsen, Berit Bringedal

Impact of pay-for-performance on hospital readmissions in Lebanon: an ARIMA-based intervention analysis using routine data

Jade Khalife, Walid Ammar, Fadi El-Jardali, Maria Emmelin, Björn Ekman

Improving Lynch syndrome detection: a mixed-methods process evaluation of a hybrid type III effectiveness-implementation trial

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April Morrow, Rachel Baffsky, Kathy Tucker, Bonny Parkinson, Julia Steinberg, Priscilla Chan, Elizabeth Kennedy, Deborah Debono, Emily Hogden, Natalie Taylor

Prescribing patterns before the initiation of novel antidiabetic medicines in public, occupational, and private healthcare: a register study reflecting the guidelines of care in type 2 diabetes

Hanna Rättö, Mikko Nurminen, Katri Aaltonen

Barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising sexual and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Clifford Odimegwu, Kobi V. Ajayi, Tosin Olajide Oni, Rajeeb Kumar Sah, Akanni Akinyemi

Values of welfare technologies: a qualitative study of how employees in Swedish care for older adults understand and justify the use of new technology

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Doris Lydahl, Anna Davidsson

‘We tried our best... it wasn’t great’: a qualitative study of clinician experiences on child psychiatry wards at the height of COVID-19

Rachel Kronick, Isabella Kakish, Ana Gomèz-Carrillo

Technology frustration in healthcare – does it matter in staff ratings of stress, emotional exhaustion, and satisfaction with care? A cross-sectional correlational study using the job demands-resources theory

Maarit Wirkkala, Katarina Wijk, Agneta C. Larsson, Maria Engström

It is a matter of convenience: why welfare technologies have become domesticated in Swedish eldercare

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Susanne Frennert, Katrin Skagert, Anna Williamsson

Facilitating person-centered patient participation in kidney care—a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study incorporating a tool and training of local implementation teams

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Liselott Årestedt, Fredrik Uhlin, Ann Catrine Eldh

Feasibility of a Pharmabuddy Care Service for patients with Parkinson’s disease

C. C. M. Stuijt, F. Karapinar-Çarkit, C. van de Steeg – van Gompel, T. van Laar, B. J. F. van den Bemt, M. Heringa

EGHRIN conclusions on pandemic preparedness: no whole-of-society approach without society

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Marie Stockman, Antonio Plasència, Heidi Larson, Leesa Lin, Ana Antic, Janharmen Drost, Guenter Froeschl, Jolene Skordis, Anne-Mieke Vandamme

Development of a psychometrically valid and reliable measure of primary care providers’ willingness to engage with value based payments and innovations in care coordination

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Adam Atherly, Eline van den Broek-Altenburg, Alicia Jacobs, Josiah Mueller, Carrie Wulfman, Constance van Eeghen

Client experiences of a task-shifting supported self-management intervention for depression in Vietnam

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Leena W. Chau, Hayami Lou, Jill K. Murphy, Vu Cong Nguyen, Will Small, Hasina Samji, John O’Neil

Pharmacist-led interventions for vascular surgery patients: a prospective study on reducing drug-related problems

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Slavka Porubcova, Kristina Szmicsekova, Kristina Lajtmanova, Veronika Slezakova, Michal Jakubik, Eva Drobna, Jan Tomka, Zuzana Kobliskova, Lucia Masarykova, Lubica Lehocka, Tomas Tesar

On the move: understanding home care workers’ experiences of using various modes of transportation at work in an occupational health perspective

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Ingeborg Frostad Liaset, Marius Steiro Fimland, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Skender Redzovic

Assessing patients’ experience of care in four referral hospitals: a cross-sectional survey of outpatients in two South African rural provinces

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Wezile W. Chitha, Onke R. Mnyaka, Akhona Ncinitwa, Olona Giwu, Teboho Mashao, Kuhle Mabophe, Sibusiso C. Nomatshila, Itumeleng Funani, Vivien Essel, Xolelwa Ntlongweni, Kedibone Maake, Nomfuneko Sithole, Ntiyiso Khosa, Maphoko Masemola, Ziyanda Ngcobo, Murendeni Mulamu, Bongiwe Mkabela, Siyabonga Sibulawa, Buyiswa Swartbooi, Godfrey Mokobane, Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda

How do citizens with low health insurance literacy choose a health insurance policy in the Netherlands? An interview study

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Laurens Holst, Anne Brabers, Jany Rademakers, Judith de Jong

Knowledge and perceptions of the roles of anesthesiologists as providers of healthcare services: toward better-educated patients

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Anwar Zahran, Firas Besharieh, Yazan Hamdan, Taysir Alsadder, Mohammad Jaber, Ramzi Shawahna

Examining patient choice and provider competition under the National Health Insurance Fund outpatient cover in Kenya: does it enhance access and quality of care?

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Jacob Kazungu, Edwine Barasa, Matthew Quaife, Justice Nonvignon

How to deliver person-centred care for people living with heart failure: a multi stakeholder interview study with patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in Thailand

Alessandra Giusti, Panate Pukrittayakamee, Kamonporn Wannarit, Lakkana Thongchot, Satit Janwanishstaporn, Kennedy Nkhoma, Sridhar Venkatapuram, Richard Harding

Changes in provision of extended community pharmacy services in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2018 to 2022

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Tara Officer, Janet McDonald, Mona Jeffreys, Jacqueline Cumming, Lynne Russell, Eileen McKinlay, Jonathan Kennedy, Ausaga Fa’asalele Tanuvasa, Caroline Morris

Are urban residents seeking appropriate care for malaria? evidence from an exploratory qualitative study in two cities in nigeria

Akintayo Ogunwale, IkeOluwapo Ajayi, Eniola Bamgboye, Al-Mukhtar Adamu, Musa Bello, Morenikeji Olawuwo, Adeniyi Fagbamigbe, Joshua Akinyemi, Ifeoma Ozodiegwu

Burden of invasive pneumococcal disease, non-invasive all-cause pneumonia, and acute otitis media in hospitalized US children: a retrospective multi-center study from 2015 to 2020

Salini Mohanty, Nicole Cossrow, Meghan White, Kalvin C. Yu, Gang Ye, Kristen A. Feemster, Vikas Gupta

Abortion care preferences and trade-offs when traveling out-of-state for facility-based services: findings from a discrete choice experiment

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Gracia Sierra, Klaira Lerma, Gabriela Alvarez Perez, Anitra Beasley, Kari White

Norwegian adaptation of the Quality in Psychiatric Care – In-Patient instrument: psychometric properties and factor structure

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Siri Ødegaard Fossum, Marianne Thorsen Gonzalez, Lars-Olov Lundqvist, Øyfrid Larsen Moen, Agneta Schröder, Hege Skundberg-Kletthagen

An exploratory qualitative study of inter-agency health and social service partnerships focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients

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Anna P. Dawson, Eugene Warrior, Odette Pearson, Mark Boyd, Judith Dwyer, Kim Morey, Tina Brodie, Kurt Towers, Sonia Waters, Cynthia Avila, Courtney Hammond, Katherine Lake, Uncle Frank Lampard, Uncle Frank Wanganeen, Olive Bennell, Darrien Bromley, Toni Shearing, Nathan Rigney, Schania Czygan, Nikki Clinch, Andrea Pitson, Alex Brown, Natasha J. Howard

Poor access to breastfeeding counseling services and associated factors among lactating mothers who had optimal antenatal care follow-up in Sub-saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent Demographic and Health Survey

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Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Deresse Abebe Gebrehana, Selamawit Abrha Bezabih, Seble Ayana Mengistu, Kassaw Chekole Adane, Ayenew Molla Lakew

Evaluating maternal death surveillance and response system in Sunyani Municipality of Bono region in Ghana from 2017-2021

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Amara S. Ngegbai, George Khumalo Kuma, Charles L. Noora, Ernest Tei Maya, Chris Guure

Reducing dropout rates in cardiac rehabilitation among cardiac patients in a vulnerable situation: systematic development and feasibility testing of the Heart Priority Programme

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Charlotte Ibsen, Kirstine Kold Katholm, Anja Jakobsen, Gitte Bastrup Eriksen, Lene Lysdal, Ulla Kirkegård Nielsen, Maiken Bay Ravn, Thomas Maribo

Aging in (a meaningful) place – appropriateness and feasibility of Outdoor Reablement in a rural Arctic setting

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Marianne Eliassen, Trude Anita Hartviksen, Solrun Holm, Bodil Anita Sørensen, Magnus Zingmark

Incentive affects physicians’ willingness to continue participating in urban–rural medical consortia: a comparative study of county and provincial hospitals in Central China

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Bowen Zhang, Liang Ma, Wenjie Ma, Dingding Kang, Yiqing Mao

The co-design of a digitally supported intervention for selecting implementation tools and actions for standards (SITAS)

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Yvonne Kelly, Niamh O’Rourke, Josephine Hegarty, Judy Gannon, Rachel Flynn, Laura M. Keyes

Patient characteristics and healthcare use for high-cost patients with musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: a cohort study

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Olav Amundsen, Tron Anders Moger, Jon Helgheim Holte, Silje Bjørnsen Haavaag, Line Kildal Bragstad, Ragnhild Hellesø, Trond Tjerbo, Nina Køpke Vøllestad

Estimating the incremental population health impact of a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test to complement existing screening among elevated risk populations with multiple cancer risk factors: a mathematical modeling study

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Ashley Kim, Ze Cong, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, Timothy R. Church, Heidi Reichert, Gina Nicholson, Jon Fryzek, Sarah S. Cohen

Implementation of an advanced practice role for oxygen prescription by physiotherapists in pulmonary rehabilitation: an explanatory sequential mixed-method quality evaluation

Thomas F. Riegler, Thimo Marcin, Patrick Brun

Availability and affordability of diabetes healthcare services associated with the frequency of diabetes-related complications

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Mehran Alijanzadeh, Sima Hashemipour, Fereshteh Attaran, Samira Saremi, Leila Modarresnia, Hamidreza Ghafelehbashi, Mark D. Griffiths, Zainab Alimoardi

Stakeholder analysis of banning unhealthy product advertisement in Iran

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Marziyeh Najafi, Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Mohammad Arab

Access and coverage of malaria services in Haiti in the context of elimination: a scoping review of the literature

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Kenny Moise, Aude Melody Achille, Roubens Duvilaire, Jimmy Fedna, Roody Thermidor, Bertiny Bourdeau, Jessica Maureen Nestor, Gérald Lerebours, Jean Hugues Henrys, Christian Raccurt

Human resource management in homecare in England: managing people for safe care during crisis

Thoai Le, Simon Bishop, Carl Macrae

An integrated, multidisciplinary management team intervention to improve patient-centeredness, HIV, and maternal-child outcomes in Lesotho: formative research on participatory implementation strategies

Laura K. Beres, Mammatli Chabela, Matseliso Masitha, Zachary Catanzarite, Vincent J. Tukei, Lynne Mofenson, Appolinaire Tiam, Lauren Greenberg, Majoalane Mokone, Ramatlapeng Thabelo, Masepeli Nchephe, Tsietso Mots’oane, Laura Guay, Amy R. Knowlton

Health benefits package selection in oncology: a clinical audit of palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer in an Indian health insurance scheme

Sebastian Bauhoff, Manju Sengar, C. S. Pramesh, Anamika Dhiman, Abha Mehndiratta

Defining the transition from new to normal: a qualitative investigation of the clinical change process

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Santana R. Silver, Kayla Christine Jones, Kimberly Hook, Erika L. Crable, Emily R. George, Janet R. Serwint, Kirsten Austad, Allan Walkey, Mari-Lynn Drainoni

Dietitians as innovators: a deductive-inductive qualitative analysis

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Sarah J. Hewko, Julia Freeburn

Exploring machine learning algorithms to predict not using modern family planning methods among reproductive age women in East Africa

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Tirualem Zeleke Yehuala

What are the priorities for improving quality for community pharmacy professional services? Nominal group technique discussions with multiple stakeholders

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Ali M. K. Hindi, Ellen I. Schafheutle, Stephen M. Campbell

Trends and changes in the relationship between quality and price in tenders for healthcare services in the Israeli health system, 2013–2023

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Adi Niv-Yagoda, Hadar Goldshtein

Obstacles to effective communication between physical/occupational therapists and patients in the Saudi Arabian context: a cross-sectional study

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Turki Aljuhani, Abrar M. Al-Mutairi, Abdullah Alfraih, Mohammed Alharbi, Turki AlAmri, Ali Alahmari, Abdulaziz Alotaibi, Mohammed Senitan

Inequalities in the geographic access to delivery services in Brazil

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Valdemar Pinho Neto, Cecilia Machado, Felipe Lima, Soraya Roman, Gilson Dutra

Exploring lack of trust and its impact on access and utilization of primary healthcare services among African immigrant women in the United States: a qualitative study of Ethiopian immigrant women

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Gashaye Melaku Tefera

Experiences of older adult Filipino-Americans surrounding eye surgery and factors in health decision-making: a qualitative study

Marycon C. Jiro, Michael Sigua, Migel Dio, Lauren Hennein, Jennifer Cocohoba

Narratives of health-promoting experiences by older husbands and wives providing care to their home-dwelling spouses receiving home-care services in Norway

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Hege Stokmo Melilla, Beate Lie Sverre, Grethe Eilertsen, Siri Tønnessen

Effective coverage of maternal and neonatal healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

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Ayelign Mengesha Kassie, Elizabeth Eakin, Aklilu Endalamaw, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Yibeltal Assefa

Patients' sense of medical gain on family doctor contracting services in China: scale development and preliminary validation

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Jiaqi Zhang, Cuihong Ou, Yuxi Liu, Yufeng Chen, Tufen He, Ruiming Liu

Addressing concerns of access and distribution of health workforce: a discrete choice experiment to develop rural attraction and retention strategies in southwestern Ethiopia

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Abdela Alite Hilo, John McPeak

Barriers and facilitators in the acquisition of diabetes knowledge among tertiary-care nurses in central and southern Malawi: an exploratory-descriptive qualitative study

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McDonald William Nyalapa, Belinda Thandizo Gombachika, Rodwell Gundo, Lignet Chepuka

Attitudes toward the adoption of eHealth amongst healthcare professionals in trauma surgery – the new digital normal?

Jelle Friso Spierings, Gijs Johan Antoon Willinge, Bas Anne Twigt, Sjoerd Repping, Marike Cornelia Kokke, Ruben van Veen, Detlef van der Velde

A benchmarking and evidence-informed gap analysis of the hemodialysis care provision in Iran

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Leila Zhianfar, Haidar Nadrian, Abdolreza Shaghaghi

Associations of care continuity and care coordination with the overuse of healthcare services: a nationwide population-based study

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Guann-Ming Chang, Hsien-Yen Chang, Wen-Yu Kuo, Yu-Chi Tung

Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16–25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings from a randomised controlled trial

Nicole Stone, Cynthia Graham, Stephen Bremner, Nuala McGrath, Rowena Bedford, Katherine E Brown, Katie Newby, Amanda Clarke, Louise Jackson, Leanne Morrison, Tom Nadarzynski, Ye To

Key performance indicators of hospital supply chain: a systematic review

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Meysam Fallahnezhad, Mostafa Langarizadeh, Afshin Vahabzadeh

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare workers towards healthcare- associated infections in Jimma University Medical Center, southwestern Ethiopia: using structural equation model

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Etagegn Shacho, Argaw Ambelu, Daniel Yilma

The Michigan men’s diabetes project: perspectives on a peer-led diabetes self-management and support intervention for Black men with type 2 diabetes

Alana M. Ewen, Jaclynn M. Hawkins, Katherine A. Kloss, Srijani Sengupta, Hannah Burgess, Robin Nwankwo, Martha Funnell, Jamie Mitchell, Gretchen Piatt

From applause to disappointment – appreciation among healthcare providers that provided end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on well-being – a longitudinal mixed methods study (the CO-LIVE study)

Masha S. Zee, Bregje D. Onwuteaka Philipsen, Erica Witkamp, Yvonne N. Becqué, Anne Goossensen, H. Roeline Pasman

Methodological report of a cross-sectional survey of abortion-related knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst health professionals in Britain, strategies adopted and lessons learned: evidence from the SACHA Study

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R. S. French, M. J. Palmer, O. McCarthy, N. Salaria, R. Meiksin, J. Shawe, M. Lewandowska, R. Scott, K. Wellings, A. Aronsson, P. Baraitser, S. Cameron, C. Free, L. Keogh, P. A. Lohr, C. Murphy, W. V. Norman, J. Reiter, S. Sheldon, G. Wong

Impact of policy reforms on hospital-at-home services: an interrupted time series analysis of Shanghai

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Sixian Du, Fei Luo

Computer-assisted medical history taking prior to patient consultation in the outpatient care setting: a prospective pilot project

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Roman Hauber, Maximilian Schirm, Mirco Lukas, Clemens Reitelbach, Jonas Brenig, Margret Breunig, Susanne Brenner, Stefan Störk, Frank Puppe

How bereaved families conceptualise good care and communication in intensive care in South Australia

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Drew Carter, Stewart Moodie, Benjamin Reddi, Nikki Yeo, Heylen Laver, Krishnaswamy Sundararajan

Health systems responsiveness towards needs of pregnant women in Vietnam

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Le Thi Vui, Luu Xuan Quy, Le Minh Thi, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Ana Manzano, Kimberly Lakin, Sumit Kane, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Joseph Hicks, Tolib Mirzoev, Nguyen Thanh Ha, Do Thi Hanh Trang, Nguyen Thai Quynh Chi

Utility of colposcopy for the screening and management of cervical cancer in Africa: a cross-sectional analysis of providers’ training and practices

Joël Fokom Domgue, Issimouha Dille, Freddy Gnangnon, Sharon Kapambwe, Celine Bouchard, Nomonde Mbatani, Elodie Gauroy, Nathalie Ledaga Ambounda, Robert Yu, Fatoumata Sidibe, Joseph Kamgno, Bangaly Traore, Pierre-Marie Tebeu, Gregory Halle-Ekane, Mohenou Isidore Diomande, Jean-Marie Dangou, Fabrice Lecuru, Isaac Adewole, Marie Plante, Partha Basu, Sanjay Shete

Developing a theory of change to guide the design and implementation of a caregiver-centric support service

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Ling Ting Wu, George Frederick Glass Jr, Esther Yin Hui Chew, Emmalene Joo Yong Ng, Ee Yuee Chan

Collaborative design of a care pathway for pharmacy-based PrEP delivery in Nigeria: insights from stakeholder consultation

Obinna I. Ekwunife, Theodora C. Omenoba, Ugochi Eyong, Valentine Okelu, Michael Alagbile, Ifeanyi Ume, Ambrose Eze, Aderinola Fisayo, Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, Farah Shroff, Chimezie Anyakora

Team Time as a wellbeing intervention for NHS staff: a qualitative evaluation of implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Magdalena Zasada, Suzanne van Even, Jill Maben, Jennifer Oates, Cath Taylor

Meanings and senses of Hansen’s disease for health workers from a Vygotskian perspective: a qualitative study

Karen da Silva Santos, Marlene Fagundes Carvalho Gonçalves, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Priscila Norié Araujo-Betetti, Poliana Silva de Oliveira, Marcela Gonçalves, Patricia Bessaoud-Alonso, Cinira Magali Fortuna

A cross-sectional study on socio-demographic correlates of self-reported self-care practices for hypertension and type 2 diabetes among adults living in rural Kenya

MacKenna Schwarz, Bishal Gyawali, Dorothy Mwari Nkonge-Ngumba, Sylvia Khamati Anekha, Miriam Ngure, Tania Aase Dræbel

Exploring experiences and perspectives of patients on hypertension management in Southern Ethiopia: a phenomenological study

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Advancing public health through technological rehabilitation: insights from a national clinician survey

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