BMC Health Services Research

• Open Access
• Telemedicine
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Cervical Cancer
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Disorders of Intellectual Development
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Telemedicine
• Research

Legal issues in digital oral health: a scoping review

Rodrigo J. Mariño, Carlos Zaror

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

“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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Lusine Nazaryan, Anush Barseghyan, Maria Rayisyan, Margarit Beglaryan, Marta Simonyan

• Open Access
• Schistosomiasis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Misoprostol
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Tuberculosis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Hypertension
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Heart Failure
• Study Protocol

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

• Open Access
• Knee-TEP
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Insulins
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Public Health
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Jianping Zhu, Qi Wu, Shiqi Zhang, Boliang Song, Weiwei Wang

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Nutrition
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Cerebral Ischemia
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Research

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

Enwongo Ettang, Parimalaranie Yogeswaran, Oladele Vincent Adeniyi

• Open Access
• Research

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

Nils Arne Lindaas, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Jon Magnussen

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Public Health
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Septicemia
• Study Protocol

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

• Open Access
• Digital Health
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Sexually Transmitted Infection
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

Driving the implementation of hospital examination reservation system through hospital management

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Judith Schröder, Kirsti Riiser, Heidi Holmen

• Open Access
• Research

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

Stefano Landi, Maria Martina Panella, Chiara Leardini

• Open Access
• Research

Hospital governance accountability structure: a scoping review

Mohammad Ali Jalilvand, Ahmad Reza Raeisi, Nasrin Shaarbafchizadeh

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

Medical tourism among Indonesians: a scoping review

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

• Open Access
• Telemedicine
• Research

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

Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, Shiva Abdolahnejad Boushehri, Khalil Alimohammadzadeh

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Tuberculosis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Kanchan M Sharma, Peter B Jones, Jacqueline Cumming, Lesley Middleton

• Open Access
• Malaria
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Maya Hassan, Diana Jamal, Fadi El-Jardali

• Open Access
• Antibiotic
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Meningitis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Telemedicine
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Diabetes Prevention
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Bo Wang, Unn Sollid Manskow

• Open Access
• Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie, Ayenew Hailu Gebremichael, Melkamu Workie Tadesse

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

Sequences of vocational rehabilitation services in Germany: a cohort study

Annika Sternberg, David Fauser, Hannes Banaschak, Matthias Bethge

• Open Access
• Correction

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Hepatitis C
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Richard F. Msacky

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

• Open Access
• Dementia
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Arthritis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Christine Nabanoba, Henry Zakumumpa

• Open Access
• Osimertinib
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

A systematic scoping review of medicine availability and affordability in Africa

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

• Open Access
• Parkinson Disease
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Fertility
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Cerebral Ischemia
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Malaria
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Bronchiectasis
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

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

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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

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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

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Cancer screening programs in South-east Asia and Western Pacific

Hwee-Lin Wee, Karen Canfell, Han-Mo Chiu, Kui Son Choi, Brian Cox, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Kate T Simms, Chisato Hamashima, Qianyu Shen, Brandon Chua, Niyomsri Siwaporn, Esther Toes-Zoutendijk

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Drivers for low-acuity pediatric emergency department visits in two tertiary hospitals in Switzerland: a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study

Manon Jaboyedoff, Carl Starvaggi, Joan-Carles Suris, Claudia E. Kuehni, Mario Gehri, Kristina Keitel

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“Hospitals respond to demand. Public health needs to respond to risk”: health system lessons from a case study of northern Queensland’s COVID-19 surveillance and response

Alexandra Edelman, Tammy Allen, Susan Devine, Paul F. Horwood, Emma S. McBryde, Julie Mudd, Jeffrey Warner, Stephanie M Topp

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

Magdalena Mrożek-Gąsiorowska, Marzena Tambor

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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

Ziningi N. Jaya, Witness Mapanga, Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson

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Employees’ experiences of a large-scale implementation in a public care setting: a novel mixed-method approach to content analysis

My Säfström, Ulrika Löfkvist

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An assessment of public experiences and expectations with physicians: a cross sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan

Hammad Atif Irshad, Muhammad Umar Mahar, Arshia Jahangir, Syed Roohan Aamir, Muhammad Abdullah Jamil, Khizer Ahsan, Maliha Taufiq, Abdullah Ahmed, Shilpa Golani, Sehba Amir, Wasila Gul Kakar, Abida Ali, Asaad Ahmed Nafees

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

Benoît Rondelet, Fabian Dehanne, Julie Van Den Bulcke, Dimitri Martins, Asmae Belhaj, Benoît Libert, Pol Leclercq, Magali Pirson

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Assembling a population health management maturity index using a Delphi method

A. F. T. M. van Ede, K. V. Stein, M. A. Bruijnzeels

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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

K. Narsai, F. B. Masekela, H. G.M Leufkens, A. K. Mantel-Teeuwisse

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A patient activation intervention in primary care for patients with chronic pain on long term opioid therapy: results from a randomized control trial

Monique B. Does, Sara R. Adams, Andrea H. Kline-Simon, Catherine Marino, Nancy Charvat-Aguilar, Constance M. Weisner, Andrea L. Rubinstein, Murtuza Ghadiali, Penney Cowan, Kelly C. Young-Wolff, Cynthia I. Campbell

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

Bente Skovsby Toft, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Lotte Sørensen, Marianne Rørbæk Saugbjerg, Hilary Louise Bekker, Ivy Susanne Modrau

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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

Wayan Citra Wulan Sucipta Putri, Luh Putu Sinthya Ulandari, Ivy Cerelia Valerie, Bagus Rahmat Prabowo, Donny Hardiawan, Estro Dariatno Sihaloho, Riki Relaksana, Brigitta Dhyah Kunthi Wardhani, Ngakan Putu Anom Harjana, Nur Wulan Nugrahani, Adiatma Yudistira Manogar Siregar, Pande Putu Januraga

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

Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo, Rekha Hansraj

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

Xin Dan, Ya-Lin He, Yan Huang, Jian-Hua Ren, Dan-Qing Wang, Ru-Tie Yin, Ya-Lin Tian

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Quality in care requires kindness and flexibility – a hermeneutic-phenomenological study of patients’ experiences from pathways including transitions across healthcare settings

Sisse Walløe, Malene Beck, Henrik Hein Lauridsen, Lars Morsø, Charlotte Simonÿ

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Development of service standards and manpower calculation criteria for hospital clinical pharmacies in South Korea: a survey-based study

Mirinae Lee, Seung-Eun Kim, Jee-Hye Jeong, Yoon-Hee Park, Hye-Won Han

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Evaluating the impact of ‘Ask the Specialist Plus’: a training program for improving cultural safety and communication in hospital-based healthcare

Vicki Kerrigan, Stuart Yiwarr McGrath, Cassandra Doig, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman, Shannon Daly, Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri, Bilawara Lee, Marita Hefler, Anna P. Ralph

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A qualitative study of the factors impacting implementation of the national action plan to contain antimicrobial resistance (2016–2020) in medical institutions

Yun Tao, Ying Wang, Yu Zhang, Yong Han, Jiajia Feng, Hong Cheng, Likai Lin

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Cost of implementing CAR-T activity and managing CAR-T patients: an exploratory study

Maria Caterina Cavallo, Marianna Cavazza, Francesca Bonifazi, Beatrice Casadei, Ilaria Cutini, Barbara Tonietti, Riccardo Saccardi, PierLuigi Zinzani, Claudio Jommi

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Imprisonment for South Ethiopian people living with HIV presents a double health burden: lived experiences of prisoners

Terefe Gone Fuge, George Tsourtos, Emma R Miller

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Rehabilitation in primary care for an ageing population: a secondary analysis from a scoping review of rehabilitation delivery models

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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Exploring effective implementation pathways to become an excellent chief financial officer in public hospital: a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) from China

Hongzhi Wang, Junjun Li, Xin Xiang

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Healthcare provider perspectives on integrating a comprehensive spine care model in an academic health system: a cross-sectional survey

Wren Burton, Stacie A. Salsbury, Christine M. Goertz

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Exploring key components and factors that influence the use of clinical decision- support tools for prescribing to older patients with kidney disease: the perspective of healthcare providers

N Alsalemi, CA Sadowski, K Kilpatrick, N Elftouh, SKD Houle, JP Lafrance

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

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

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Effective strategies for Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) programs to improve colorectal cancer screening uptake among populations with limited access to the healthcare system: a rapid review

Ana Paula Belon, Emily McKenzie, Gary Teare, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Laura Nieuwendyk, Minji (Olivia) Kim, Bernice Lee, Kamala Adhikari

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The impact of public leadership on collaborative administration and public health delivery

Muhammad Zia ud din, Xu Yuan yuan, Naqib Ullah Khan, Christophe Estay

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Contributing to health system resilience during pandemics via purchasing and supply strategies: an exploratory system dynamics approach

Paula Götz, Willem L. Auping, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels

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Access to quality care after injury in Northern Malawi: results of a household survey

John Whitaker, Abena S. Amoah, Albert Dube, Rory Rickard, Andrew J. M. Leather, Justine Davies

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Implementation framework for income generating activities identified by community health volunteers (CHVs): a strategy to reduce attrition rate in Kilifi County, Kenya

Roselyter Monchari Riang’a, Njeri Nyanja, Adelaide Lusambili, Eunice Muthoni Mwangi, Joshua R. Ehrlich, Paul Clyde, Cyprian Mostert, Anthony Ngugi

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A collaboratively produced model of service design for children and young people with common mental health problems

Steven Pryjmachuk, Susan Kirk, Claire Fraser, Nicola Evans, Rhiannon Lane, Jodie Crooks, Rose McGowan, Georgia Naughton, Liz Neill, Elizabeth Camacho, Peter Bower, Penny Bee, Tim McDougall

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A comparison of factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in people with disabilities before and after COVID-19: a nationally representative population-based study

Sujin Lee, Han Nah Park, Hye Jin Nam, Bohye Kim, Ju Young Yoon

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Development of the Conversational Health Literacy Assessment Tool for maternity care (CHAT-maternity-care): participatory action research

Evi M.E. Vlassak, Elina Miteniece, Judit K.J. Keulen, Marjolein Gravendeel, Irene Korstjens, Luc Budé, Marijke J.C. Hendrix, Marianne J. Nieuwenhuijze

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Availability of antimalarial medicines and inventory management at the community level: a case study of Bugesera district in Rwanda

Godelive Umulerwa Gakinahe, Eugene Rutungwa, Francois Mbonyinshuti, Egide Kayitare

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The neurosurgical outpatient clinic: comparison between accesses in public and private activities

Marta Menegatti, Nunzia Del Villano, Alba Scerrati, Francesco Travaglini, Luca Ricciardi, Giorgio Lofrese, Michele Alessandro Cavallo, Pasquale De Bonis

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Macro level system mapping of the provision of mental health services to young people living in a conflict context in Colombia

Sarah-Jane Fenton, Juan Roberto Rengifo Gutiérrez, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio, German Casas, Francy Carranza, Sanne Weber, Paul Jackson, Juan Pablo Aranguren Romero

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Effect of the Japanese medical office system on job satisfaction, loyalty, engagement, and organizational commitment of medical practitioners: a survey of cardiologists in the acute care setting

Satoru Hashimoto, Yoshihiro Motozawa, Toshiki Mano

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Theories used to develop or evaluate social prescribing in studies: a scoping review

Sinah Evers, Kerryn Husk, Hendrik Napierala, Lydia Wendt, Ansgar Gerhardus

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A step closer towards achieving universal health coverage: the role of gender in enrolment in health insurance in India

Susanne Ziegler, Swati Srivastava, Divya Parmar, Sharmishtha Basu, Nishant Jain, Manuela De Allegri

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An integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach to advancing community-based depression care in Vietnam: lessons from an ongoing research-policy collaboration

Jill K. Murphy, Leena W. Chau, Vu Cong Nguyen, Harry Minas, Duong Viet Anh, John O’Neil

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The health service perspective on determinants of success in allied health student research project collaborations: a qualitative study guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

Rebecca L. Angus, H. Laetitia Hattingh, Kelly A. Weir

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The Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) global scale-up using a cascading facilitation framework: a qualitative process evaluation

Elizabeth McInnes, Simeon Dale, Kathleen Bagot, Kelly Coughlan, Jeremy Grimshaw, Waltraud Pfeilschifter, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Thomas Fischer, Jan van der Merwe, Sandy Middleton

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Implementation of remote home care: assessment guided by the RE-AIM framework

Lina Oelschlägel, Anne Moen, Alfhild Dihle, Vivi L. Christensen, Kristin Heggdal, Jane Österlind, Simen A. Steindal

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The financial impact on people with coeliac disease of withdrawing gluten-free food from prescriptions in England: findings from a cross-sectional survey

Thavapriya Sugavanam, Helen Crocker, Mara Violato, Michele Peters

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“Whatever journey you want to take, I’ll support you through”: a mixed methods evaluation of a peer worker program in the hospital emergency department

Meghan O’Neill, Camilla Michalski, Kate Hayman, Jennifer Hulme, Florencia Leston, Amber Kellen, Lorie Steer, Sané Dube, Lori M. Diemert, Kathy Kornas, Alice Schoffel, Laura C. Rosella, Andrew Boozary

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Economic burden and coping mechanisms by tuberculosis treatment supporters: a mixed method approach from Bono Region, Ghana

Robert Bagngmen Bio, Patricia Akweongo, Augustina Koduah, Augustine Adomah-Afari

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The impact of the affordable care act on perinatal mood and anxiety disorder diagnosis and treatment rates among Michigan Medicaid enrollees 2012–2018

Stephanie V. Hall, Kara Zivin, Gretchen A. Piatt, Addie Weaver, Anca Tilea, Xiaosong Zhang, Cheryl A. Moyer

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Integrating accompanying patients into clinical oncology teams: limiting and facilitating factors

Marie-Pascale Pomey, Jesseca Paquette, Monica Iliescu Nelea, Cécile Vialaron, Rim Mourad, Karine Bouchard, Louise Normandin, Marie-Andrée Côté, Mado Desforges, Pénélope Pomey-Carpentier, Israël Fortin, Isabelle Ganache, Catherine Régis, Zeev Rosberger, Danielle Charpentier, Marie-France Vachon, Lynda Bélanger, Michel Dorval, Djahanchah P. Ghadiri, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Antoine Boivin, Jean-François Pelletier, Nicolas Fernandez, Alain M. Danino, Michèle de Guise

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Cost modelling rehabilitation in the home for reconditioning in the Australian context

Roslyn G. Poulos, Andrew M. D. Cole, Dan R. Hilvert, Kerry N. Warner, Steven G. Faux, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Friedbert Kohler, Fey-Ching Un, Tara Alexander, Jacquelin T. Capell, Claire M. C. O’Connor, Christopher J. Poulos

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Development and pilot-testing of an evidence-based quality indicator set for home mechanical ventilation care: the OVER-BEAS project

Martha Schutzmeier, Lilly Sophia Brandstetter, Stephanie Stangl, Jutta Ahnert, Anna Grau, Laura Gerken, Hanna Klingshirn, Bernd Reuschenbach, Tobias Skazel, Maximilian Kippnich, Thomas Wurmb, Peter Heuschmann, Kirsten Haas

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Exploring patient safety risk in an emergency ward for substance use through a mixed-method analysis

Jakob Svensson

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Five years of Hospital at Home adoption in Catalonia: impact, challenges, and proposals for quality assurance

Rubèn González-Colom, Gerard Carot-Sans, Emili Vela, Mireia Espallargues, Carme Hernández, Francesc Xavier Jiménez, David Nicolás, Montserrat Suárez, Elvira Torné, Eulalia Villegas-Bruguera, Fernando Ozores, Isaac Cano, Jordi Piera-Jiménez, Josep Roca

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End-of-life and bereavement support to families in cancer care: a cross-sectional survey with bereaved family members

Qëndresa Thaqi, Marco Riguzzi, David Blum, Simon Peng-Keller, Anja Lorch, Rahel Naef

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A national program to advance dementia research in Vietnam

Huyen Thi Thanh Vu, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Thu Thi Hoai Nguyen, Anh Trung Nguyen, Duyen Tran, Huong Nguyen, Ladson Hinton, Thang Pham

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Barriers and facilitators to accessing adolescents’ mental health services in Karachi: users and providers perspectives

Zainab Mubeen, Zafar Fatmi, Waqas Hameed, Muhammad Asim

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Implementation of community health care services to counter the SARS-CoV2 pandemic

Assunta De Luca, Luca Provvidenti, Mario Muselli, Giacinto Di Gianfilippo, Massimiliano Angelucci, Michele Ciro Totaro, Mauro Pitorri, Marzia Marcelli, Marinella D’Innocenzo, Maria Scatigna, Riccardo Mastrantonio, Stefano Necozione, Leila Fabiani

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Perspectives of key informants before and after implementing UPSIDES peer support in mental health services: qualitative findings from an international multi-site study

Maria Haun, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Cerdic Hall, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Galia Moran, Annabel S. Müller-Stierlin, Jackline Niwemuhwezi, Rebecca Nixdorf, Bernd Puschner, Mary Ramesh, Ashleigh Charles, Silvia Krumm

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Optimizing the medical equipment investment in primary care centres in rural China: evidence from a panel threshold model

Wanchun Xu, Zijing Pan, Liang Zhang, Shan Lu

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Effectiveness of prime vendor system on availability of medicines and medical supplies in the selected public health facilities in Arusha district council

Liberatus Elias, Lawrencia Mushi

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

Jeanette Wassar Kirk, Mette Bendtz Lindstroem, Nina Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Ove Andersen, Byron J. Powell, Per Nilsen, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen

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An integrated understanding of the impact of hospital at home: a mixed-methods study to articulate and test a programme theory

Hong Chen, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Magdalena Skrybant, Daniel Lasserson

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Implementation outcomes of the integrated district evidence to action (IDEAs) program to reduce neonatal mortality in central Mozambique: an application of the RE-AIM evaluation framework

Aneth Dinis, Quinhas Fernandes, Bradley H Wagenaar, Sarah Gimbel, Bryan J Weiner, Grace John-Stewart, Ermyas Birru, Stephen Gloyd, Ruth Etzioni, Dorlim Uetela, Isaías Ramiro, Artur Gremu, Orvalho Augusto, Stélio Tembe, Jaime L Mário, Jalilo E Chinai, Alfredo F Covele, Cassimo M Sáide, Nélia Manaca, Kenneth Sherr

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Developing criteria for a profession to be considered as profession of allied health in Malaysia: a qualitative study from the Malaysian perspective

L Mageswary Lapchmanan, Duratul Ain Hussin, Naji Arafat Mahat, Aik Hao Ng, Nurul Huda Bani, Salina Hisham, Wai Siew Teh, Mohd Azmarul A Aziz, Saravanakumar Maniam, Pauzilah Dollah, Nur Atiqah Hasbullah, Salini Manimaran, Hazirah Hassan, Farina Zulkernain

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Bridging the chasm between patients’ needs and current rehabilitation care: perceptions of adults presenting for primary care in the Eastern Cape

Maria Yvonne Charumbira, Thandi Conradie, Karina Berner, Quinette Abegail Louw

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Impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency on healthcare professional delivery of opportunistic behaviour change interventions: a retrospective cohort study

Chris Keyworth, Mark Conner, Judith Johnson, Tracy Epton, Katharina S. Vogt, Christopher J. Armitage

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

Nor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan, Mohd Shahri Bahari, Sivaraj Raman, Farhana Aminuddin, Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran, Nur Amalina Zaimi, Min Fui Wong, Marhaini Mostapha, Ahmad Tajuddin Mohamad Nor, Mohd Ridzwan Shahari

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Patient activation levels and socioeconomic factors among the Amazonas population with diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Elisa Brosina de Leon, Hércules Lázaro Morais Campos, Natália Barbeiro Santos, Fabiana Almeida Brito, Fabio Araújo Almeida

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

Sang S. Pak, Madeline Ratoza, Victor Cheuy

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The impact of severe perinatal events on maternity care providers: a scoping review

Marianne Nieuwenhuijze, Patricia Leahy-Warren, Maria Healy, Songül Aktaş, Ruveyde Aydin, Jean Calleja-Agius, Josefina Goberna-Tricas, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Katharina Hartmann, Lena Henriksen, Antje Horsch, Ute Lange, Margaret Murphy, Annabelle Pierron, Rainhild Schäfers, Zada Pajalic, Corine Verhoeven, Dolores Ruiz Berdun, Sheima Hossain

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Is qualitative social research in global health fulfilling its potential?: a systematic evidence mapping of research on point-of-care testing in low- and middle-income contexts

Janet Perkins, Sarah Nelson, Emma Birley, Emilie Mcswiggan, Marshall Dozier, Anna McCarthy, Nadege Atkins, Eldad Agyei-Manu, Jasmin Rostron, Koichi Kameda, Ann Kelly, Clare Chandler, Alice Street

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Prevalence of pressure injury on the medical wards of public general hospitals in Kuwait: a national cross-sectional study

Talal ALFadhalah, Marjan Lari, Gheed Al Salem, Shaimaa Ali, Hamad Al Kharji, Hossam Elamir

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Impacts on oral health attitude and knowledge after completing a digital training module among Swedish healthcare professionals working with older adults

Maria Snogren, Kristina Ek, Maria Browall, Irene Eriksson, Ulrika Lindmark

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Identifying and developing strategies for implementation of a guided internet- and mobile-based infant sleep intervention in well-baby and community mental health clinics using group concept mapping

Filip Drozd, Hege Pettersen Sandtrø, Turid Skjerve Leksbø, Silje Marie Haga, Heidi Jacobsen, Hege Therese Størksen

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A cost-effectiveness analysis of a universal, preventative-focused, parent and infant programme

Gráinne E. Crealey, Gráinne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway

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Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (eIMCI): a randomized controlled trial to evaluate an electronic clinical decision-making support system for management of sick children in primary health care facilities in South Africa

C. Horwood, L. Haskins, S. Mapumulo, C. Connolly, S. Luthuli, C. Jensen, D. Pansegrouw, N. McKerrow

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

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

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A survey of barriers and facilitators to the adoption of buprenorphine prescribing after implementation of a New Jersey-wide incentivized DATA-2000 waiver training program

Amesika N. Nyaku, Erin A. Zerbo, Clement Chen, Nicole Milano, Barbara Johnston, Randall Chadwick, Stephanie Marcello, Kaitlan Baston, Rachel Haroz, Stephen Crystal

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Triage practices for emergency care delivery: a qualitative study among febrile patients and healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

Bipin Adhikari, Lava Shrestha, Manjita Bajracharya, Nishika Aryal, Anuja Rajbhandari, Ramesh K. Maharjan, Santa K. Das, Jyotshna Sapkota, Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Debashish Das

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‘A system that is struggling’: understanding health protection resilience in England during the COVID-19 pandemic through the experiences of local health protection responders

Suzanne Rotheram, Stephen Clayton, Ian Buchan, Sam Ghebrehewet, Ben Barr

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Hospital readiness for the provision of care to critically ill patients in Tanzania– an in-depth cross-sectional study

Karima Khalid, Carl Otto Schell, Jacquie Oliwa, Mike English, Onesmus Onyango, Jacob Mcknight, Elibariki Mkumbo, Khamis Awadh, John Maiba, Tim Baker

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Motivational drivers for health professionals in a large quality improvement collaborative project in Brazil: a qualitative study

Eliane Pereira da Silva, Pedro Jesus Saturno-Hernández, Marise Reis de Freitas, Zenewton André da Silva Gama

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Building climate resilience: awareness of climate change adaptation in German outpatient medical practices

Nicola Alexandra Litke, Regina Poß-Doering, Valeska Fehrer, Martina Köppen, Stephanie Kümmel, Joachim Szecsenyi, Michel Wensing

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Individual and community-level factors associated with women’s utilization of postnatal care services in Uganda, 2016: a multilevel and spatial analysis

Moses Festo Towongo, Enock Ngome, Kannan Navaneetham, Gobopamang Letamo

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“I only seek treatment when I am ill”: experiences of hypertension and diabetes care among adults living with HIV in urban Tanzania

Theresia A. Ottaru, Christine V. Wood, Zeeshan Butt, Claudia Hawkins, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Peter Karoli, Elizabeth H. Shayo, Emmy Metta, Pilly Chillo, Hellen Siril, Gideon P. Kwesigabo

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The value of experts by experience in social domain supervision in the Netherlands: results from a ‘mystery guests’ project

Sophia M. Kleefstra, Brenda J.M. Frederiks, Adriënne Tingen, Petra G.J. Reulings

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Structured Counselling and Regular Telephonic follow up to improve Referral flow and compliance in Nepal for Diabetic Retinopathy(SCREEN-D Study): a randomised controlled trial

Binita Bhattarai, Hari Bahadur Thapa, Sandip Bashyal, Sarasawati Khadka Thapa, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, Varun Agiwal, Hira Pant, Samiksha Singh, Hemant Mahajan

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Identifying key items to be addressed by non-clinical operators to manage out-of-hours telephone triage services for older adults seeking non-urgent unplanned care in Belgium: an e-Delphi study

Farah Islam, Pieter Heeren, Kelu Yang, Koen Milisen, Marc Sabbe

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Care quality and satisfaction at the cancer hospital – a questionnaire study of older patients with cancer and their family members

Minna Launonen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Santtu Mikkonen, Tarja Kvist

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Experiences of delivering and receiving mental healthcare in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study

Daniel Romeu, Elspeth Guthrie, Sonia Saraiva, Carolyn Czoski-Murray, Jenny Hewison, Allan House

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Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of prehabilitation for frail patients into routine health care: a realist review

Anna Frederike Sontag, Jörn Kiselev, Stefan J Schaller, Claudia Spies, Tanja Rombey

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Correction: Rehabilitation in primary care for an ageing population: a secondary analysis from a scoping review of rehabilitation delivery models

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Klaus Kaier, Boris A. Brühmann, Stefan Fetzer, Rieka von der Warth, Erik Farin-Glattacker

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

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Tom Kafczyk, Kerstin Hämel

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

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

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Takuya Kusunoki, Tohru Yoshikawa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Alessandro Carrera, Stefania Manetti, Emanuele Lettieri

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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Stefano Landi, Maria Martina Panella, Chiara Leardini

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

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

Annika Kauppala, Paula Heikkilä, Sauli Palmu

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

Nuriiar Safarov, Laura Kemppainen, Sirpa Wrede, Anne Kouvonen

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Governance models for historical hospitals: evidence from Italy

Martina Giusti, Ilaria Elisa Vannini, Niccolò Persiani

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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The impact of a regionally based translational cancer research collaborative in Australia using the FAIT methodology

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Florian Brandt, Giancarlo Simone, Jörg Loth, Daniel Schilling

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Exploring cross-boundary collaboration for youth mental health in Sweden – a qualitative study using the integrative framework for collaborative governance

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

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Maarten Butink, Shari Hooper, Annelies Boonen, Vera Baadjou, Tim Boymans, Marieke Pierik, Angelique de Rijk

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Assessing catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in adult asthma care: a cross-sectional study of patients attending six public health clinics in Klang District, Malaysia

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Unveiling spatial disparities in basic medical and health services: insights from China’s provincial analysis

Dainan Hou, Xin Wang

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Views and experiences of healthcare professionals and patients on the implementation of a 23-hour accelerated enhanced recovery programme: a mixed-method study

Misha A. T. Sier, Eva Godina, Thaís T. T. Tweed, Imane Daher, Jan H. M. B. Stoot

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Comparing risk-adjusted inpatient fall rates internationally: validation of a risk-adjustment model using multicentre cross-sectional data from hospitals in Switzerland and Austria

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Asbjørn Steiro, Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Ashley Elizabeth Muller

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

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Real-time evaluation and adaptation to facilitate rapid recruitment in a large, prospective cohort study

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Aligning organisational priorities and implementation science for cancer research

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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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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 Løyland, Birgit Abelsen

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

Sibella E. Bentley, Pankaj Garg, Ori Gudes, Romy Hurwitz, Sinthu Vivekanandarajah, Lydia Y.L. So

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Can the Reboot coaching programme support critical care nurses in coping with stressful clinical events? A mixed-methods evaluation assessing resilience, burnout, depression and turnover intentions

K. S. Vogt, J. Johnson, R. Coleman, R. Simms-Ellis, R. Harrison, N. Shearman, J. Marran, L. Budworth, C. Horsfield, R. Lawton, A. Grange

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Fluid professional boundaries: ethnographic observations of co-located chiropractors, osteopaths and physiotherapists

Joshua Toloui-Wallace, Roma Forbes, Oliver P. Thomson, Nathalia Costa

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The implementation of a perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery service: a qualitative case study

Margot E Lodge, Jugdeep Dhesi, David JH Shipway, Philip Braude, Catherine Meilak, Judith Partridge, Nadine E Andrew, Velandai Srikanth, Darshini R Ayton, Chris Moran

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

Maha Alattas, Sarah Gordon, Lora L. Sabin, Fadi El-jardali, Veronika J. Wirtz

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

Peter T. Cahill, Mark A. Ferro, Stella Ng, Lyn S. Turkstra, Wenonah N. Campbell

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Satisfaction with clinical pathway implementation versus job performance of clinicians: empirical evidence on the mediating role of work engagement from public hospitals in Sichuan, China

Junlong Li, Lu Ao, Jay Pan

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Correction: Trajectories of primary health care utilization: a 10-year follow-up after the Swedish Patient Choice Reform of primary health care

Hannes Kohnke, Andrzej Zielinski, Anders Beckman, Henrik Ohlsson

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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

Katharina Tabea Jungo, Michael J. Deml, Fabian Schalbetter, Jeanne Moor, Martin Feller, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Corlina Johanna Alida Huibers, Bastiaan Theodoor Gerard Marie Sallevelt, Michiel C Meulendijk, Marco Spruit, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Nicolas Rodondi, Sven Streit

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Adoption of C-reactive protein rapid tests for the management of acute childhood infections in hospitals in the Netherlands and England: a comparative health systems analysis

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Unfinished nursing care in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

Aysun Bayram, Stefania Chiappinotto, Alvisa Palese

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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

Kostas Athanasakis, Cornelia Bala, Alexander Kokkinos, Gabor Simonyi, Klaudia Hálová Karoliová, Amaury Basse, Miodrag Bogdanovic, Malvin Kang, Kaywei Low, Adrien Gras

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Mixed method evaluation of a learning from excellence programme for community health workers in Neno, Malawi

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Utilization of routine health data and its determinants among healthcare workers in public health facilities of harari region, eastern Ethiopia

Gudeta Ayele, Admas Abera, Angefa Ayele, Daniel Gudina, Dawit Firdisa

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

Konstadina Griva, Zi Yang Chua, Lester Yousheng Lai, Sandra Jialun Xu, Esther Siew Joo Bek, Eng Sing Lee

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Correction: Cost modelling rehabilitation in the home for reconditioning in the Australian context

Roslyn G. Poulos, Andrew M. D. Cole, Dan R. Hilvert, Kerry N. Warner, Steven G. Faux, Tuan‑Anh Nguyen, Friedbert Kohler, Fey‑Ching Un, Tara Alexander, Jacquelin T. Capell, Claire M. C. O’Connor, Christopher J. Poulos

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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

Emma Tassie, Julia Langham, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Jan van der Meulen, Louise M Howard, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Helen Sharp, Antoinette Davey, Heather O’Mahen, Margaret Heslin, Sarah Byford

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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

Eline K. Nanninga, Malou D. Menting, Eric J. E. van der Hijden, France R. M. Portrait

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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

Anteneh Lamesgen, Belayneh Mengist, Elyas Melaku Mazengia, Bekalu Endalew

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

Tanya Y. Brückner, S. Heemelaar, T. Endjala, T. van den Akker

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Economic burden of diabetic foot ulcer: a case of Iran

Reza Hashempour, SeyedHadi MirHashemi, Fariba Mollajafari, Soheila Damiri, Ali ArabAhmadi, Behzad Raei

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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

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

Somayeh Abdolalipour, Shamsi Abbasalizadeh, Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh, Shayesteh Jahanfar, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Kosar Abdollahi, Mojgan Mirghafourvadsnd

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Validation study of the Amharic version Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Bisrat Tamene Bekele, Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Biniam Yohannes Wotango, Wubet Mihretu Workneh, Nebiyou Wendwessen

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How external and agency characteristics are related to coordination in homecare – findings of the national multicenter, cross-sectional SPOTnat study

Nathalie Möckli, Michael Simon, Kris Denhaerynck, Diana Trutschel, Tania Martins, Carla Meyer-Massetti, Franziska Zúñiga

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Technology, data, people, and partnerships in addressing unmet social needs within Medicaid Managed Care

Rachel Hogg-Graham, Allison M. Scott, Emily R. Clear, Elizabeth N. Riley, Teresa M. Waters

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Chieko Shirai, Daisuke Nonaka, Jun Kobayashi

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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

Ayako Shoji, Kennichi Kudo, Koichi Murashita, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Ataru Igarashi

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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

Paul Mubiri, Freddie Ssengooba, Thomasena O’Byrne, Adelaine Aryaija-Keremani, Justine Namakula, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Moses Aikins, Tim Martineau, Frédérique Vallières

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

Angélica Baptista Silva, Ivan Torres Pisa, Luiz Ary Messina, Andréa Pereira Simões Pelogi, Josceli Maria Tenório, Fernando Sequeira Sousa, Daniela Lacerda Santos, Jessi Maia, Ianê Germano de Andrade Filha, Ana Cristina Carneiro Menezes Guedes, Paulo Roberto de Lima Lopes, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Maia

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

Evans Otieku, Ama P. Fenny, Daniel M. Achala, John E. Ataguba

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

Arne Bastian Wiik, Malcolm Bray Doupe, Marit Stordal Bakken, Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Oddvar Førland

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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

Betelhem Mengist, Agumasie Semahegn, Shegaye Yibabie, Bezabih Amsalu, Abera Kenay Tura

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

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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

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

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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

John A Bourke, K. Anne Sinnott Jerram, Mohit Arora, Ashley Craig, James W Middleton

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

Mathias Gakwerere, Jean Pierre Ndayisenga, Anaclet Ngabonzima, Thiery Claudien Uhawenimana, Assumpta Yamuragiye, Florien Harindimana, Bernard Ngabo Rwabufigiri

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A collaborative endeavour to integrate leadership and person-centred ethics: a focus group study on experiences from developing and realising an educational programme to support the transition towards person-centred care

Qarin Lood, Eric Carlström, Charlotte Klinga, Emmelie Barenfeld

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“These are just finishing our medicines”: older persons’ perceptions and experiences of access to healthcare in public and private health facilities in Uganda

Stephen Ojiambo Wandera, Valerie Golaz, Betty Kwagala, James P. M. Ntozi, David Otundo Ayuku

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

Haode Wang, Hui Sun, Yuyan Fu, Wendi Cheng, Chunlin Jin, Hongcheng Shi, Yashuang Luo, Xinjie Xu, Haiyin Wang

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

Lars Henrik Myklebust, Desiree Eide, Espen A. Arnevik, Omid Dadras, Silvana De Pirro, Rune Ellefsen, Lars T. Fadnes, Morten Hesse, Timo L. Kvamme, Francesca Melis, Ann Oldervoll, Birgitte Thylstrup, Linda E.C. Wusthoff, Thomas Clausen

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

Julie Kosteniuk, Beliz Acan Osman, Meric Osman, Jacqueline Quail, Naorin Islam, Megan E. O’Connell, Andrew Kirk, Norma Stewart, Chandima Karunanayake, Debra Morgan

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

Aikaterini Dima, Adonis Wazir, Raquel Clark-Castillo, Iordanis Zakopoulos, Shubulade Smith, Fiona Gaughran

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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

Leonardo Albitres-Flores, Silvana Perez-Leon, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Maria Kathia Cardenas, Beatrice Vetter, Elvis Safary, Ricardo Gamboa, Vicente Cordova, Reena Gupta, Andrew Moran, David Beran, María Lazo-Porras

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

Eva Jansen, Johanna Schmidt, Manuela Marquardt

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

Nkolika Uguru, Udochukwu Ogu, Chibuzo Uguru, Ogochukwu Ibe

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Barriers and facilitators to implementing a multilevel, multicomponent intervention promoting colorectal cancer screening in health centers: a qualitative study of key informant perspectives

V. M. Telles, S. Rodriguez, M. Torres, J. Schneider, J. Haughton, M. Maldonado, E. Arredondo

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

Emily C. Clark, Trish Burnett, Rebecca Blair, Robyn L. Traynor, Leah Hagerman, Maureen Dobbins

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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

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

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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

Lara C. Stroth, Franziska Jahns, Berit Bode, Maike Stender, Michelle Schmidt, Heiko Baschnegger, Nurith Epstein, Benedikt Sandmeyer, Carla Nau

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

Carl Savage, Leonard Tragl, Moa Malmqvist Castillo, Louisa Azizi, Henna Hasson, Carl Johan Sundberg, Pamela Mazzocato

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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)

Dagne Deresa Dinagde, Habtamu Wana Wada

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The use of medical health applications by primary care physicians in Israel: a cross-sectional study

Menashe Meni Amran, Avital Bilitzky, Mattan Bar-Yishay, Limor Adler

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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

Linn Zettergren, Elin C. Larsson, Lovisa Hellsten, Kyriaki Kosidou, Anna Maria Nielsen

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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

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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

Katharina Tabea Jungo, Michael J. Deml, Fabian Schalbetter, Jeanne Moor, Martin Feller, Renata Vidonscky Lüthold, Corlina Johanna Alida Huibers, Bastiaan Theodoor Gerard Marie Sallevelt, Michiel C. Meulendijk, Marco Spruit, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Nicolas Rodondi, Sven Streit

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Empowerment of individuals in Iranian health systems: a qualitative study using the Z-cognitive map approach

Mostafa Izadi, Hamidreza Seiti

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Trends in antidiabetic drug use and expenditure in public hospitals in Northwest China, 2012-21: a case study of Gansu Province

Wenxuan Cao, Hu Feng, Yaya Yang, Lei Wang, Xuemei Wang, Yongheng Ma, Defang Zhao, Xiaobin Hu

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Patterns and determinants of healthcare utilization and medication use before and during the COVID-19 crisis in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and India

Md Tauhidul Islam, Mieghan Bruce, Khurshid Alam

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Cost-effectiveness of intraoperative radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy for the treatment of early breast cancer: a disinvestment analysis

Carlos Muñoz-Montecinos, Catalina González-Browne, Felipe Maza, Diego Carreño-Leiton, Pablo González, Badir Chahuan, Camila Quirland

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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

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Is it possible to make ‘living’ guidelines? An evaluation of the Australian Living Stroke Guidelines

Louise Wiles, Peter D Hibbert, Yvonne Zurynski, Carolynn L. Smith, Gaston Arnolda, Louise A. Ellis, Rebecca Lake, Brona Nic Giolla Easpaig, Charlotte Molloy, Sandy Middleton, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kelvin Hill, Tari Turner

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Capturing artificial intelligence applications’ value proposition in healthcare – a qualitative research study

Jasmin Hennrich, Eva Ritz, Peter Hofmann, Nils Urbach

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Transition of care from post-acute services for the older adults in Quebec: a pilot impact evaluation

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

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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

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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

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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

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

Haolian Huang, Liping Wang, Ruilian Qian, Yanhong Zhang

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

Mina Motamedi, Chris Degeling, Stacy M. Carter

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

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

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

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

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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

Anna Griesser, Manel Mzoughi, Sonja Bidmon, Emna Cherif

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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“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

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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

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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

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

Sissel Pettersen, Hilde Eide, Anita Berg

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

Austyn Snowden, Jenny Young, Jan Savinc

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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

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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

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

Maren Ekenes, Olin Oldeide, Eike Wehling

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

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

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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

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Temporal and geographical variations in diagnostic imaging in Norway

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

Xueying Xu, Yichao Li, Hong Mi

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

Weiwei Zhang, Xinchun Li

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Quality indicators for hospital burn care: a scoping review

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

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

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

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

Richard L. Reed, Leigh Roeger, Billingsley Kaambwa

• Open Access
• Type 2 Diabetes
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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

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

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

• Open Access
• Coping Skills
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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

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

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

• Open Access
• Public Health
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Assessment of health literacy in a French emergency department

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

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

Benjamin Ukert, Mark Lawley, Hye-Chung Kum

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• Prenatal Care
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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

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

Miska Simanainen

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• Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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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

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

Lebogang Maseko, Fasloen Adams, Hellen Myezwa

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

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

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

Bo Wang, Unn Sollid Manskow

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• Pediatrics
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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

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

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

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• Mood Disorders
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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

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• Diabetes
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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

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• Dementia
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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

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• Physical Therapy
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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

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• COVID-19
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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doaa Altarifi, Tahani Harb, Murad Abualhasan

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• COVID-19
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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

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• Telemedicine
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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

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• Hypertension
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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

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Cancer care coordination in rural Hawaii: a focus group study

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

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• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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

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

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

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

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• Osteoarthrosis
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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

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

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

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

Fu Wai Kuang, Muhammad Junaid Farrukh

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• Long-COVID Syndrome
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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

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• COVID-19
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“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

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• Coronary Heart Disease
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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

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

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

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• Mood Disorders
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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

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

Ann Katrin Blø Pedersen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Maren Sogstad

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

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

• Open Access
• Systematic Review

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

Sahar Hammoud, Laith Alsabek, Lisa Rogers, Eilish McAuliffe

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Open Access
• Systematic Review

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

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

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

Rahimeh Khajoei, Mozhgan Jokar, Parvaneh Vasli

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

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

• Open Access
• Hypertension
• Study Protocol

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

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

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

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• Tuberculosis
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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

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

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

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

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

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

Cecilia Franzén, Eva-Lotta Nilsson

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

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

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

Lin Li, Qin Shen, Junxian Wu

• Open Access
• Elderly Care
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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

• Open Access
• Post-COVID Syndrome
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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

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

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

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• Opioids
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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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Study Protocol

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

Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Edward Nicol

• Open Access
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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

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

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

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

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• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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

Charlotte James, Rachel Denholm, Richard Wood

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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

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

• Open Access
• Correction

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

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

• Open Access
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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

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

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Hospital performance evaluation indicators: a scoping review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• Musculoskeletal Pain
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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

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

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

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

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

• Open Access
• Burnout Syndrome
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Associations between patient safety culture and workplace safety culture in hospital settings

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

• Open Access
• Artificial Intelligence
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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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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“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

Emelie Ingvarsson, Kristina Schildmeijer, Heidi Hagerman, Catharina Lindberg

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

Elâ Ziegler, Jens Klein, Christopher Kofahl

• Open Access
• Burnout Syndrome
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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

• Open Access
• Antipsychotics
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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

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

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

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

Matthias Marsall, Thorsten Hornung, Alexander Bäuerle, Matthias Weigl

• Open Access
• Tuberculosis
• Research

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

• Open Access
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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

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

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

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19 Vaccination
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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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Zohre Pouresmail, Fatemeh Heshmati Nabavi, Maryam Rassouli

• Open Access
• Fatigue
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Research

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

Perrin Moss, Nicole Hartley, Trevor Russell

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

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

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

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

• Open Access
• Sectio Caesarea
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Postpartum length of hospital stay among obstetric patients in Ibadan, Nigeria

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

• Open Access
• Artificial Intelligence
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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

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

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

• Open Access
• Antibiotic
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Anesthetics
• Research

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

Sang-Yoon Kim, Nam-Wook Cho

• Open Access
• Research

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

Tayebeh Moradi, Mahboubeh Rezaei, Negin Masoudi Alavi

• Open Access
• Myocardial Infarction
• Research

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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
• Research

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

• Open Access
• Pediatric Intensive Care
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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

Isidore Sieleunou, Roland Pascal Enok Bonong

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

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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

Katharina Tjernström, Inger Lindberg, Maria Wiklund, Margareta Persson

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

Mohammed Hussien

• Open Access
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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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• Type 2 Diabetes
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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

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“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

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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

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

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

• Open Access
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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

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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

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Perceptions of vision care following neurological impairment: a qualitative study

Kerry Hanna, Elizabeth Lomas, Stephen Rimmer, Fiona Rowe

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• Public Health
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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

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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

Leonard Mndala, Chifundo Kondoni, Luis Gadama, Catherine Bamuya, Annie Kuyere, Bertha Maseko, Fannie Kachale, Mtisunge Joshua Gondwe, David Lissauer, Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando

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“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

Lisa Kümpel, Sarah Oslislo, Rebecca Resendiz Cantu, Martin Möckel, Christoph Heintze, Felix Holzinger

• Open Access
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Follow-up after major traumatic injury: a survey of services in Australian and New Zealand public hospitals

Elizabeth Wake, Jamie Ranse, Don Campbell, Belinda Gabbe, Andrea P. Marshall

• Open Access
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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

Heidi Tahvanainen, Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, Katri Hämeen-Anttila, Ulla Närhi, Taina Mäntyranta, Anna-Riia Holmström, Marja Airaksinen

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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

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Responsible coordination of municipal health and care services for individuals with serious mental illness: a participatory qualitative study with service users and professionals

Jorunn Nærland Skjærpe, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iakovleva, Marianne Storm

• Open Access
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Nurturing transformative local structures of multisectoral collaboration for primary health care: qualitative insights from select states in India

Shalini Singh, Emily Miller, Svea Closser

• Open Access
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Experiences of UK clinical scientists (Physical Sciences modality) with their regulator, the Health and Care Professions Council: results of a 2022 survey

Mark McJury

• Open Access
• Public Health
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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

• Open Access
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Epidemiology and comprehensive economic impact of atrial fibrillation and associated stroke in Slovakia

Robert Babela, Anna Baráková, Robert Hatala

• Open Access
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Does a GP service package matter in addressing the absence of health management by the occupational population? A modelling study

Jing Guo, Ying Qian, Chen Chen, Hong Liang, Jiaoling Huang

• Open Access
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Behavioral skills training for teaching safety skills to mental health service providers compared to training-as-usual: a pragmatic randomized control trial

Elizabeth Lin, Mais Malhas, Emmanuel Bratsalis, Kendra Thomson, Fabienne Hargreaves, Kayle Donner, Heba Baig, Rhonda Boateng, Rajlaxmi Swain, Mary Benisha Benadict, Louis Busch

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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

• Open Access
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The impact of humanitarian aid on financial toxicity among cancer patients in Northwest Syria

Orwa Al-Abdulla, Aliye Aslı Sonsuz, Maher Alaref, Bakor Albakor, Jussi Kauhanen

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Psychometric properties and criterion related validity of the Norwegian version of hospital survey on patient safety culture 2.0

Espen Olsen, Seth Ayisi Junior Addo, Susanne Sørensen Hernes, Marit Halonen Christiansen, Arvid Steinar Haugen, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen

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Factors influencing adoption of sexual and reproductive health intervention for adolescents in Ebonyi, Nigeria

Aloysius Odii, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe

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• Human Papillomavirus
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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

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“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

Andreia Costa, Joana Henriques, Violeta Alarcão, Teresa Madeira, Ana Virgolino, Marie J. Polley, Adriana Henriques, Rodrigo Feteira-Santos, Miguel Arriaga, Paulo Nogueira

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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

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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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

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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

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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

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Patient self-referral patterns in a developing country: characteristics, prevalence, and predictors

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

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Are recent health, welfare and care graduates part of a rural and remote workforce solution? Evidence from Tasmania, Australia

Belinda Jessup, Fiona Proudfoot, Merylin Cross, Tony Barnett

• Open Access
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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

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Exploring disaster preparedness in an obstetric unit in a district hospital in the Western Cape Province

Carla Horn, Nokwanda Edith Bam, Molekodi Jacob Matsipane

• Open Access
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Standing together at the helm – how employees experience employee-driven innovation in primary care

Sarah Samuelson, Sandra Pennbrant, Ann Svensson, Irene Svenningsson

• Open Access
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Co-creating a continuous leadership development program in rural municipal healthcare – an action research study

Trude Anita Hartviksen, Rita Solbakken, Lars Strauman, Inger-Lise Magnussen

• Open Access
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Infection prevention practice in home healthcare: a mixed-method study in two Swiss home healthcare organisations

Lisa Brockhaus, Claudia Lötscher, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

• Open Access
• Substance Abuse
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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

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• Burnout Syndrome
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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

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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

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Considerations, barriers and enablers of deprescribing among healthcare professionals in Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey

Sule Ajibola Saka, Tolulope Ruth Osineye

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Turnover intention and its associated factors among nurses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Eshetu Elfios, Israel Asale, Merid Merkine, Temesgen Geta, Kidist Ashager, Getachew Nigussie, Ayele Agena, Bizuayehu Atinafu, Eskindir Israel, Teketel Tesfaye

• Open Access
• COVID-19 Vaccination
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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

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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

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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

• Open Access
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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

Priscilla Namaganda, Patience Nantume, Kelvin Roland Mubiru, Adelliine Twimukye, Christine Sekaggya Wiltshire

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

Arne Bastian Wiik, Malcolm Bray Doupe, Marit Stordal Bakken, Bård Reiakvam Kittang, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Oddvar Førland

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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

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Parental experiences of caring for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, Limpopo Province: a descriptive qualitative study exploring the cultural determinants

Madimetja J. Nyaloko, Welma Lubbe, Salaminah S. Moloko-Phiri, Khumoetsile D. Shopo

• Open Access
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Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in high-income countries: a scoping review

Amber Bourgeois, Tara Horrill, Ashley Mollison, Eleah Stringer, Leah K. Lambert, Kelli Stajduhar

• Open Access
• Neonatal Jaundice
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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

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• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

• Open Access
• Telemedicine
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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

• Open Access
• Disorders of Intellectual Development
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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

• Open Access
• Thrombocytopenia
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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

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• Cytostatic Therapy
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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

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• Public Health
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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

• Open Access
• COVID-19
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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

• Open Access
• Naproxen
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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

• Open Access
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The implementation of person-centred plans in the community-care sector: a qualitative study of organizations in Ontario, Canada

Samina Idrees, Gillian Young, Brian Dunne, Donnie Antony, Leslie Meredith, Maria Mathews

• Open Access
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Exploring the use of body worn cameras in acute mental health wards: a mixed-method evaluation of a pilot intervention

Una Foye, Keiran Wilson, Jessica Jepps, James Blease, Ellen Thomas, Leroy McAnuff, Sharon McKenzie, Katherine Barrett, Lilli Underwood, Geoff Brennan, Alan Simpson

• Open Access
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The implications of using maternity care deserts to measure progress in access to obstetric care: a mixed-integer optimization analysis

Meghan E. Meredith, Lauren N. Steimle, Stephanie M. Radke

• Open Access
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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)

Cornelia van Diepen, Qarin Lood, Kristoffer Gustavsson, Malin Axelsson, Monica Bertilsson, Gunnel Hensing, Andreas Fors

• Open Access
• Long-COVID Syndrome
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Long COVID clinics and services offered by top US hospitals: an empirical analysis of clinical options as of May 2023

Alyson Haslam, Vinay Prasad

• Open Access
• Anxiety
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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

• Open Access
• Antibiotic
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Physicians’ understanding of antibiotic intravenous-to-oral switching—a qualitative study in Suzhou, China

Hui Zhang, Junjie Pan, Zhanhong Hu, Jie Pan, Hua Zhang

• Open Access
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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

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

• Open Access
• Dementia
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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

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Challenges and advantages of electronic prescribing system: a survey study and thematic analysis

Hamid Bouraghi, Behzad Imani, Abolfazl Saeedi, Ali Mohammadpour, Soheila Saeedi, Taleb Khodaveisi, Tooba Mehrabi

• Open Access
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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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

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• Lupus Nephritis
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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

• Open Access
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Effects of a special continuous quality improvement in nursing on the management of adverse care events: a retrospective study

Qing Ouyang, Guixiang Zhang, Ying Xie, Hongman Yuan, Fangqun Cheng, Qiyun Huang

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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

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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

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Application of the FRAME-IS to a multifaceted implementation strategy

Antoinette Schoenthaler, Franze De La Calle, Elaine De Leon, Masiel Garcia, Doreen Colella, Jacalyn Nay, Isaac Dapkins

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Can performance-based financing improve efficiency of health centers in Ethiopia? A Malmquist Productivity Index analysis

Mideksa Adugna, Girmaye Dinsa, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

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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

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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

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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

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Actions for mitigating the negative effects of patient participation in patient safety: a qualitative study

Michael Van der Voorden, Arie Franx, Kees Ahaus

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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

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“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

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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

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Impact of an educational intervention on patient safety culture among gynecology-obstetrics’ healthcare professionals

Latifa Lassoued, Ines Gharssallah, Mohamed Ayoub Tlili, Jihene Sahli, Mouna Kouira, Skender Abid, Anouar Chaieb, Hedi Khairi

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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

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Machine learning methods for adult OSAHS risk prediction

Shanshan Ge, Kainan Wu, Shuhui Li, Ruiling Li, Caizheng Yang

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Spatiotemporal dynamics and determinants of medical service efficiency in China

Ting Yang, Yiyi Li, Mingzhen Sun, Jingjing Meng

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A quality improvement study on how a simulation model can help decision making on organization of ICU wards

Danielle Sent, Delanie M. van der Meulen, Andres Alban, Stephen E. Chick, Ilse J.A. Wissink, Alexander P.J. Vlaar, Dave A. Dongelmans

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“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

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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

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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

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Identifying training needs of practising community pharmacists in Jordan—a self-assessment study

Saja A. Alnahar, Rula M. Darwish, Shatha Z. Al Qasas, Mayada M. Al Shabani, Ian Bates

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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

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Impact of health spending on hospitalization rates in Baltic countries: a comparative analysis

Huan Jiang, Alexander Tran, Inese Gobiņa, Janina Petkevičienė, Rainer Reile, Mindaugas Štelemėkas, Ricardas Radisauskas, Shannon Lange, Jürgen Rehm

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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

Eric Ssegujja, Michelle Andipatin

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The relationship between ambulance team’s professional commitment, occupational anxiety, and resilience levels

İbrahim Uysal, Güneş Korkmaz, Çetin Toraman

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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

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The effectiveness of visual-based interventions on health literacy in health care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elisa Galmarini, Laura Marciano, Peter Johannes Schulz

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the effectiveness of psychosomatic rehabilitation in Germany

Klaus Kaier, Jakob Knecht, Lukas Nalbach, Mirjam Körner

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Screening tools for employment in clinical healthcare delivery systems: a content analysis

Mina Colon, Julia M. Goodman

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A rapid mixed-methods assessment of Libya’s primary care system

Luke N. Allen, Arian Hatefi, Mohini Kak, Christopher H. Herbst, Jacqueline Mallender, Ghassan Karem

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Evaluation of a culture change program to reduce unprofessional behaviours by hospital co-workers in Australian hospitals

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

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Factors influencing senior care and living preferences among older adults in Jiangsu, China: a cross-sectional survey study

Yanan Wang, Yaning Wang, Yitong Liu, Wenkun Xu, Zhuoya Yang, Zhongying Xu, Yaqin Zhong

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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

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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

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Spatial distribution patterns of human resources allocation in maternal and child healthcare institutions in China from 2016 to 2021

Xiaohui Li, Mei Su, Li He, Jianjun Yang, Fangyuan Wu

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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

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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

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Videoconferencing in mental health services for children and adolescents receiving child welfare services: a scoping review

Marian Ådnanes, Jannike Kaasbøll, Silje L. Kaspersen, Vibeke Krane

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Gender Differences in Family Caregiving. Do female caregivers do more or undertake different tasks?

Diana Pacheco Barzallo, Aline Schnyder, Claudia Zanini, Armin Gemperli

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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

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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

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Inequalities in patients’ experiences with cancer care: the role of economic and health literacy determinants

Vladimir Jolidon, Manuela Eicher, Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, Chantal Arditi

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Job satisfaction, professional competence, and self-efficacy: a multicenter cross-sectional study among registered nurses in Sweden and Norway

Stina Kallerhult Hermansson, Fredrik Norström, Yvonne Hilli, Jonas Rennemo Vaag, Karin Bölenius

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Patient-driven research priorities for patient-centered measurement

A. Fuchsia Howard, Linda Warner, Lena Cuthbertson, Richard Sawatzky

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Word-of-mouth among blood service employees who also donate blood: a qualitative investigation of advantages and challenges for dual-role donors

Kathleen Chell, Michael Polonsky, Barbara Masser, Melissa K. Hyde

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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

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Barriers to help-seeking, accessing and providing mental health support for medical students: a mixed methods study using the candidacy framework

Elena Sheldon, Naseeb Ezaydi, Lauren Desoysa, Jasmine Young, Melanie Simmonds-Buckley, Prof Daniel Hind, Prof Chris Burton

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Cost-utility analysis of an alcohol policy in Thailand: a case study of a random breath testing intervention

Polathep Vichitkunakorn, Roongnapa Khampang, Pattara Leelahavarong, Jiraluck Nontarak, Sawitri Assanangkornchai

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Healthcare professionals’ experiences of video consultations in palliative care in rural areas: an intervention study in community care

Margareta Brännström, Johan Philipsson, Sofia Andersson

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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

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Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) concept and access to healthcare delivery in Sefwi Wiawso Municipal, Ghana

Abraham D. Koyaara, Benjamin Noble Adjei, Eric Adjei Boadu, Edward T. Dassah

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Medication error rates in Iranian hospitals: a meta-analysis

Parvaneh Isfahani, Aliyeh Bazi, Samira Alirezaei, Somayeh Samani, Mohammad Sarani, Fatemeh Boulagh, Mahdieh Poodineh Moghadam, Mahnaz Afshari

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Adapting and testing measures of organizational context in primary care clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Hannah H. Leslie, Sheri A. Lippman, Alastair van Heerden, Mbali Nokulunga Manaka, Phillip Joseph, Bryan J. Weiner, Wayne T. Steward

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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

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Impact of a multi-disciplinary team-based care model for patients living with diabetes on health outcomes: a mixed-methods study

Jacquelyn Jacobs, Alyn Dougherty, Banita McCarn, Nazia S. Saiyed, Stacy Ignoffo, Christina Wagener, Cindy San Miguel, Linda Martinez

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Unveiling the interplay between rational, psychological and functional factors in continuous glucose monitoring early adoption: Novel evidence from the Dexcom ONE case in Italy

Francesca Zoccarato, Martina Manzoni, Davide Minotti, Emanuele Lettieri, Andrea Boaretto

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New insights into physician burnout and turnover intent: a validated measure of physician fortitude

Laurence Weinzimmer, Stephen Hippler

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Sustaining our rural allied health workforce: experiences and impacts of the allied health rural generalist pathway

Alison Dymmott, Stacey George, Narelle Campbell, Chris Brebner

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Does assistive technology contribute to safety among home-dwelling older adults?

Mariya Bikova, Eliva Atieno Ambugo, Trond Tjerbo, Djenana Jalovcic, Oddvar Førland

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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

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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

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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

Katarzyna Karcz, Urban Schwegler, Barbara Schiffmann, Monika E. Finger

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The association between emotional abuse in childhood and healthcare utilization in adulthood among sami and non-sami: the SAMINOR 2 questionnaire survey

Farhiyo A. Osman, Astrid M.A. Eriksen, Anja M. Davis Norbye

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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

Jeehee Pyo, Eun Young Choi, Seung Gyeong Jang, Won Lee, Minsu Ock

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Exploring hot topics and evolutionary paths in the Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) field: a comparative study using LDA modeling

Xinrui Chen, Meng Zhang, Qingqing Bu, Bo Tan, Peng Peng, Yilin Zhou, Yuqin Tang, Xiaoqin Tian, Dan Deng

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Responding to health literacy of refugees in Australian primary health care settings: a qualitative study of barriers and potential solutions

Prince Peprah, Jane Lloyd, Mark Harris

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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

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COVID-19 healthcare success or failure? Crisis management explained by dynamic capabilities

Ritva Rosenbäck, Kristina M. Eriksson

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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

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Impact of digital infrastructure construction on the migrants’ utilization of basic public health services in China

Haowen Jia

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The relationships between precarious employment, having a calling, and occupational well-being among young nurses: a cross-sectional study

Tanja Pesonen, Anu Nurmeksela, Marja Hult

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Complex management and descriptive cost analysis of kidney transplant candidates: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Paloma Garcimartín, María José Pérez-Sáez, Anna Bach-Pascual, Marta Crespo, Victoria Morín-Fraile

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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

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Patient and family engagement in patient safety in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a scoping review

Zhaleh Abdi, Hamid Ravaghi, Samaneh Sarkhosh, Hamideh Nafar, Sedigheh Khani, Mondher Letaief

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Health care workers’ self-perceived meaning of residential care work

Sui Yu Yau, Yin King Linda Lee, Siu Yin Becky Li, Sin Ping Susan Law, Sze Ki Veronica Lai, Shixin Huang

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WHO, WHEN, HOW: a scoping review on flexible at-home respite for informal caregivers of older adults

Maude Viens, Alexandra Éthier, Véronique Provencher, Annie Carrier

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• Psychiatric Emergency
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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

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Exploring the safety reporting culture among healthcare practitioners in Saudi hospitals: a comprehensive 2022 national study

Dyma Alkahf, Wadi Alonazi

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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

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The vacated space of volume/price of the drugs centralized procurement with quantity in secondary and above public hospitals of China

Jingliang Wang, Siyu Zhang, Canghong Wang, Jun Li, Rui Wang, Liang Zhu

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• Post-COVID Syndrome
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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

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Is palliative care a utopia for older patients with organ failure, dementia or frailty? A qualitative study through the prism of emergency department admission

Delphine Bourmorck, Benoit Pétré, Marie de Saint-Hubert, Isabelle De Brauwer

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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

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Developing a quality and safety assessment framework for Iran’s military hospitals

Nader Markazi-Moghaddam, Mojgan Mohammadimehr, Mahdi Nikoomanesh, Ramin Rezapour, Sanaz Zargar Balaye Jame

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• Opioids
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The association between primary care appointment lengths and opioid prescribing for common pain conditions

John C. Matulis III, Kristi Swanson, Rozalina McCoy

• Open Access
• Psychodynamic Regression
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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

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• Ovarian Cancer
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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

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• Vaccination
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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

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• Heart Failure
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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

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• Prenatal Care
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The association of travel burden with prenatal care utilization, what happens after provider-selection

Songyuan Deng, Yuche Chen, Kevin J. Bennett

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• Diabetic Foot
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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

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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

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