BMC Health Services Research

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Real world challenges in integrating electronic medical record and administrative health data for regional quality improvement in diabetes: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis

Rukia Swaleh, Taylor McGuckin, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Brock Setchell, Peter Senior, Roseanne O. Yeung

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“They go hand in hand”: a patient-oriented, qualitative descriptive study on the interconnectedness between chronic health and mental health conditions in transition-age youth

Brooke Allemang, Susan Samuel, Karina Pintson, Megan Patton, Katelyn Greer, Marcela Farias, Keighley Schofield, Kathleen C. Sitter, Scott B. Patten, Andrew S. Mackie, Gina Dimitropoulos

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Prerequisites of sexual health literacy promoting service: a qualitative study in Iran

Raziyeh Maasoumi, Bita Jamali, Fatemeh Zarei, Mahmood Tavousi

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Effect of an educational intervention for telephone triage nurses on out-of-hours attendance: a pragmatic randomized controlled study

Bent Håkan Lindberg, Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord, Sigurd Høye

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Interprofessional collaboration and patient-reported outcomes: a secondary data analysis based on large scale survey data

Laura Kaiser, Edmund A. M. Neugebauer, Dawid Pieper

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How health care professionals handle limited resources in primary care – an interview study

Suzana Holmér, Ann- Charlotte Nedlund, Kristin Thomas, Barbro Krevers

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Applications, benefits and challenges of telehealth in India during COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a systematic review

Eslavath Rajkumar, Aswathy Gopi, Aditi Joshi, Aleena Elizabeth Thomas, N. M. Arunima, Gosetty Sri Ramya, Prachi Kulkarni, P. Rahul, Allen Joshua George, John Romate, John Abraham

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Feasibility issues impacting optimal levels of maternity care in rural communities: implementing the Rural Birth Index in British Columbia

Jude Kornelsen, Glenys Webster, Stephanie Lin, Nicky Cairncross, Erin Lindstrom, Stefan Grzybowski

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Primary care patients’ experiences of video consultations for depression and anxiety: a qualitative interview study embedded in a randomized feasibility trial

Markus W. Haun, Lydia Oeljeklaus, Mariell Hoffmann, Justus Tönnies, Michel Wensing, Joachim Szecsenyi, Frank Peters-Klimm, Regina Krisam, Dorothea Kronsteiner, Mechthild Hartmann, Hans-Christoph Friederich

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The role of cannabis clinics in the health system: a qualitative study of physicians’ views in New Zealand

Vinuli Withanarachchie, Marta Rychert, Chris Wilkins

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What do consumer and providers view as important for integrated care? A qualitative study

Ann Carrigan, Natalie Roberts, Robyn Clay-Williams, Peter Hibbert, Elizabeth Austin, Diana Fajardo Pulido, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Mitchell Sarkies, Sarah Hatem, Katherine Maka, Graeme Loy, Jeffrey Braithwaite

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Introduction and implementation of an immunization information system in the Indonesian province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta: lessons for scaling-up

Sulistyawati Sulistyawati, Trisno Agung Wibowo, Rokhmayanti Rokhmayanti, Andri Setyo Dwi Nugroho, Tri Wahyuni Sukesi, Siti Kurnia Widi Hastuti, Surahma Asti Mulasari, Marta Feletto

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Costs and outcomes of colorectal cancer screening program in Isfahan, Iran

Farimah Rahimi, Reza Rezayatmand, Javad Shojaeenejad, Elham Tabesh, Zahra Ravankhah, Peyman Adibi

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Weaving rapport: doctors’ strategies towards patients’ noncompliance

Yinong Tian, Jing Zhang, Haiyang Che, Yonggang Su

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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP)

Anas Hamad, Shereen Elazzazy, Salha Bujassoum, Kakil Rasul, Javid Gaziev, Honar Cherif, Zakiya Al-Boloshi, Yolande Hanssens, Ayman Saleh, Hadi Abu Rasheed, Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Ahmed Babiker, Amid Abu Hmaidan, Moza Al-Hail

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Mobile Money and the importance of timely, complete payments to frontline health campaign workers in the fight to eradicate polio: pilot experience from a World Health Organization digital payment platform in Africa

Ahmed Hamani, Idil Hussein Jama, Mian Amoakon Yves Roland, Leah Wanjeri, Abena Aboagyewaa Oppon-Kusi, Dorcas Karimi, Patsy Kiconco, Oromena Edwin Akpotu, Mahafous Saka

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Solutions for improved hospital-wide patient flows – a qualitative interview study of leading healthcare providers

Philip Åhlin, Peter Almström, Carl Wänström

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Establishing community mental health facilities: a comparative review of Hong Kong and international jurisdictions

Xiaoting Ou, Vincent W. P. Lee, Daniel W. L. Lai

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Operational flexibility impact on hospital performance through the roles of employee engagement and management capability

Main Naser Alolayyan, Mohammad Sharif Alyahya

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“After all, we are all sick”: multi-stakeholder understanding of stigma associated with integrated management of HIV, diabetes and hypertension at selected government clinics in Uganda

Mathias Akugizibwe, Flavia Zalwango, Chaka Moreen Namulundu , Ivan Namakoola, Josephine Birungi, Joseph Okebe, Max Bachmann, Murdoch Jamie, Shabbar Jaffar, Marie Claire Van Hout

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Still in the shadows: a national study of acute mental health unit location across New Zealand hospitals

Anne Lian, Gawen Carr, Debbie Peterson, Gabrielle Jenkin, Helen Lockett, Susanna Every-Palmer, Ruth Cunningham

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Readiness of rural health facilities to provide immediate postpartum care in Uganda

Mariam Namutebi, Gorrette K. Nalwadda, Simon Kasasa, Patience A. Muwanguzi, Cynthia Kuteesa Ndikuno, Dan K. Kaye

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Outlier identification and monitoring of institutional or clinician performance: an overview of statistical methods and application to national audit data

Menelaos Pavlou, Gareth Ambler, Rumana Z. Omar, Andrew T. Goodwin, Uday Trivedi, Peter Ludman, Mark de Belder

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Do health service contacts with community health workers influence the intention to use modern contraceptives among non-users in rural communities? Findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria

Bola Lukman Solanke, Olufemi O. Oyediran, Abayomi Folorunso Awoleye, Oluwayemisi Elizabeth Olagunju

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Factors associated with pregnancy and induced abortion among street-involved female adolescents in two Nigerian urban cities: a mixed-method study

Mary O. Obiyan, Atinuke O. Olaleye, Funmilola F. Oyinlola, Morenike O. Folayan

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Struggling with the governance of interprofessional elderly care in mandated collaboratives: a qualitative study

Rabab Chrifou, Hanna Stalenhoef, Kor Grit, Jozé Braspenning

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“They are gaining experience; we are gaining extra hands”: a mixed methods study to assess healthcare worker perceptions of a novel strategy to strengthen human resources for HIV in South Africa

Deanna Tollefson, Nasiphi Ntombela, Sarah Reeves, Salome Charalambous, Gabrielle O’Malley, Geoffrey Setswe, Ann Duerr

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Surgeons’ involvement in COVID-19 treatment: a practice by a regional core hospital in Japan to avoid physician burnout

Yugo Matsui, Siyuan Yao, Takashi Kumode, Keisuke Tanino, Ryosuke Mizuno, Yusuke Ogoshi, Shusaku Honma, Teppei Murakami, Takatsugu Kan, Sanae Nakajima, Takehisa Harada, Koji Oh, Takehiro Nakamura, Hiroki Konishi, Shigeki Arii

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Disruptions of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections testing services during the COVID-19 pandemic: accounts of service providers in Ontario, Canada

Heeho Ryu, Ezra Blaque, Mackenzie Stewart, Praney Anand, Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Catherine Worthington, Mark Gilbert, Daniel Grace

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Challenges of using e-health technologies to support clinical care in rural Africa: a longitudinal mixed methods study exploring primary health care nurses’ experiences of using an electronic clinical decision support system (CDSS) in South Africa

Christiane Horwood, Silondile Luthuli, Sphindile Mapumulo, Lyn Haskins, Cecilie Jensen, Deidre Pansegrouw, Neil McKerrow

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Impact of removing prescription co-payments on the use of costly health services: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Pauline Norris, Kim Cousins, Simon Horsburgh, Shirley Keown, Marianna Churchward, Ariyapala Samaranayaka, Alesha Smith, Carlo Marra

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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2.0 – Brazilian version

Claudia Tartaglia Reis, Josué Laguardia, Paola Bruno de Araújo Andreoli, Cassimiro Nogueira Júnior, Mônica Martins

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Equity and efficiency of medical and health service system in China

Na Zhao, Kai Chen

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A framework to improve quality of hospital-based physiotherapy: a design-based research study

Rudi A. Steenbruggen, Marjo J. M. Maas, Thomas J. Hoogeboom, Paul L. P. Brand, Philip J. van der Wees

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How to scale-up: a comparative case study of scaling up a district health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda

Susan Bulthuis, Maryse Kok, Olivier Onvlee, Thomasena O’Byrne, Samuel Amon, Justine Namakula, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Jana Gerold, Wesam Mansour, Joanna Raven, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Marjolein Dieleman

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of gemtuzumab ozogamicin for the treatment of de novo CD33-positive Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in Italy

Roberto Cairoli, Gianluca Furneri, Roberto Di Virgilio, Barbara Veggia, Felicetto Ferrara

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Approaches to clinical guideline development in healthcare: a scoping review and document analysis

Annemarie De Leo, Dianne Bloxsome, Sara Bayes

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Common hierarchies, varied rules - the problem of governing community first responders in prehospital care for quality standards: documentary discourse analysis

Gupteswar Patel, Viet-Hai Phung, Ian Trueman, Roderick Orner, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena

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Impacts of language barriers on healthcare access and quality among Afaan Oromoo-speaking patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Amanti Baru Olani, Ararso Baru Olani, Takele Birhanu Muleta, Dame Habtamu Rikitu, Kusa Gemeda Disassa

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Predictors of delayed Anti-Retroviral Therapy initiation among adults referred for HIV treatment in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Micheal Kiyingi, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Joan Nangendo, John M. Kiweewa, Anne R. Katahoire, Fred C. Semitala

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Disparities in routine healthcare utilization disruptions during COVID-19 pandemic among veterans with type 2 diabetes

Samrachana Adhikari, Andrea R. Titus, Aaron Baum, Priscilla Lopez, Rania Kanchi, Stephanie L. Orstad, Brian Elbel, David C. Lee, Lorna E. Thorpe, Mark D. Schwartz

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Implementation gaps in culturally responsive care for refugee and migrant maternal health in New South Wales, Australia

Katarzyna Olcoń, Delia Rambaldini-Gooding, Chris Degeling

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Changing dynamics of caregiving: a meta-ethnography study of informal caregivers’ experiences with older immigrant family members in Europe

Sunita Shrestha, Sanjana Arora, Alistair Hunter, Jonas Debesay

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A scoping review of community health needs and assets assessment: concepts, rationale, tools and uses

Hamid Ravaghi, Ann-Lise Guisset, Samar Elfeky, Naima Nasir, Sedigheh Khani, Elham Ahmadnezhad, Zhaleh Abdi

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Payment systems for dialysis and their effects: a scoping review

Zahra Emrani, Mohammadreza Amiresmaili, Rajabali Daroudi, Mohammad Taghi Najafi, Ali Akbari Sari

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The intervention strategies and service model for pharmacist-led diabetes management: a scoping review

Fahmi Hassan, Ernieda Hatah, Adliah Mhd Ali, Chong Wei Wen

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Implementation and scaling-up of an effective mHealth intervention to increase adherence to triage of HPV-positive women (ATICA study): perceptions of health decision-makers and health-care providers

Cecilia Straw, Victoria Sanchez-Antelo, Racquel Kohler, Melisa Paolino, Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Silvina Arrossi

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Assessing the use of constructs from the consolidated framework for implementation research in U.S. rural cancer screening promotion programs: a systematic search and scoping review

Jennifer L. Moss, Kelsey C. Stoltzfus, Madyson L. Popalis, William A. Calo, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski

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Cost-effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition and targeted treatment in combination as adjuvant treatment of patient with BRAF-mutant advanced melanoma

Si Ni Li, Xiaomin Wan, Liu Bao Peng, Ya Min Li, Jian He Li

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Prevalence and predictors of prolonged length of stay among patients admitted under general internal medicine in a tertiary government hospital in Manila, Philippines: a retrospective cross-sectional study

John Jefferson V. Besa, Ella Mae I. Masamayor, Diana R. Tamondong-Lachica, Lia M. Palileo-Villanueva

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Inequities in access to directly-funded home care in Canada: a privilege only afforded to some

Christine Kelly, Lisette Dansereau, Maggie FitzGerald, Yeonjung Lee, Allison Williams

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The relation between trust and the willingness of enrollees to receive healthcare advice from their health insurer

Frank J. P. van der Hulst, Anne E. M. Brabers, Judith D. de Jong

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How to become an excellent pediatric resident: a qualitative comparative study from China

Xingmiao Feng, Yujia Wang, Linjiang Wei, Kai Meng

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Pandemic preparedness and management in European out-of-hours primary care services – a descriptive study

Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord, Guri Rortveit, Linda Huibers, Jonas Nordvik Dale, Marleen Smits, Tone Morken

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Impact of community-based health insurance on health services utilisation among vulnerable households in Amhara region, Ethiopia

Essa Chanie Mussa, Tia Palermo, Gustavo Angeles, Martha Kibur, Frank Otchere, Maja Gavrilovic, Elsa Valli, Jennifer Waidler, Sarah Quiñones, Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan, Vincenzo Vinci, Lisa-Marie Ouedraogo, Getachew Berhanu Kebede, Getinet Tadele, Sewareg Adamu, Teketel Abebe, Yenenesh Tadesse, Feredu Nega, Mesay Kebede, Fekadu Muluye, Alene Matsentu, Daniel Aklilu

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Implementation of distance learning IMCI training in rural districts of Tanzania

Kahabi Isangula, Esther Ngadaya, Alexander Manu, Mary Mmweteni, Doreen Philbert, Dorica Burengelo, Gibson Kagaruki, Mbazi Senkoro, Godfather Kimaro, Amos Kahwa, Fikiri Mazige, Felix Bundala, Nemes Iriya, Francis Donard, Caritas Kitinya, Victor Minja, Festo Nyakairo, Gagan Gupta, Luwei Pearson, Minjoon Kim, Sayoki Mfinanga, Ulrika Baker, Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel

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Assessment of integrated community case management of childhood illness (ICCM) practices by trained patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Ebonyi and Kaduna states, Nigeria

Akpu Blessing Oko, Anyanti Jennifer, Adizue Jane Chinyere, Nwankwo Jehosephat Nelson, Idogho Omokhudu, Onyezobi Chinedu Edward, Aizobu Dennis

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A qualitative description of barriers to visual rehabilitation experienced by stroke survivors with visual impairment in Alberta, Canada

Kiran Pohar Manhas, Katelyn Brehon, Jennis Jiang, Karim F. Damji, Fiona Costello

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Feasibility and acceptability of integrating hepatitis B care into routine HIV services: a qualitative study among health care providers and patients in West Nile region, Uganda

Joan Nankya Mutyoba, Claude Wandera, David Ejalu, Emmanuel Seremba, Rachel Beyagira, Jacinto Amandua, Kaggwa Mugagga, Andrew Kambugu, Alex Muganzi, Philippa Easterbrook, Ponsiano Ocama

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Correction: Implementation barriers and facilitators to a COVID-19 intervention in Bangladesh: The benefits of engaging the community for the delivery of the programme

Fahmida Akter, Malika Tamim, Avijit Saha, Imran Ahmed Chowdhury, Omor Faruque, Animesh Talukder, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir Chowdhury, Monzur Morshed Patwary, Albaab-Ur Rahman, Morseda Chowdhury, Malabika Sarker

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Screening for cervical cancer among women in five countries in sub-saharan Africa: analysis of the role played by distance to health facility and socio-demographic factors

Kwamena S. Dickson, Ebenezer N. K. Boateng, Evelyn Acquah, Castro Ayebeng, Isaac Y. Addo

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Patients' attitudes towards switching to national volume-based procurement (NVBP) Drugs—a qualitative investigation in Wuhan, China

Jinyi Tao, Shihong Li, Qiling Xu, Shiwei Gong, Fang Zeng

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Intersection between health, health literacy and local government: a mixed methods approach to identifying ways to better connect people to place-based primary health care in Western Australia

Lynne Millar, Ranila Bhoyroo, Yesid Pineda Molina, Jessica Watts, Antoinette Geagea, Jennifer Murphy, Christina M Pollard

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Barriers and facilitators in the referral pathways to low vision services from the perspective of patients and professionals: a qualitative study

M. L. Stolwijk, R. M. A. van Nispen, A. J. van der Ham, E. Veenman, G. H. M. B. van Rens

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Association between hospital internal medicine physician workforce and patient admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Seiji Hamada, Takuhiro Moromizato, Masashi Narita, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Kenji Shibuya, Yasuharu Tokuda

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Patient and health worker perspectives on quality of HIV care and treatment services in Haiti

Nancy Puttkammer, Joseph Adrien Emmanuel Demes, Witson Dervis, Jean Marcxime Chéry, Josette Elusdort, Elizabeth Haight, Jean Guy Honoré, Jane M. Simoni

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The impact of community-based health insurance on health service utilization and financial risk protection in Ethiopia

Yibeltal Kiflie Alemayehu, Ermias Dessie, Girmay Medhin, Negalign Birhanu, David R. Hotchkiss, Alula M. Teklu, Mizan Kiros

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Family physicians collaborating for health system integration: a scoping review

Colleen Grady, Han Han, Da Hye Kim, Angela M. Coderre-Ball, Nadia Alam

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Correction: The role of cannabis clinics in the health system: a qualitative study of physicians’ views in New Zealand

Vinuli Withanarachchie, Marta Rychert, Chris Wilkins

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Non-hospital healthcare center’s preparedness assessment toolbar for providing basic emergency care: a sequential exploratory mixed-method study

Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mehrdad Amir-Behghadami, Ali Janati, Farzad Rahmani

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A qualitative study of healthcare providers’ attitudes toward assisted partner notification for people with HIV in Indonesia

Judith A. Levy, Valerie A. Earnshaw, Ariesta Milanti, Agung Waluyo, Gabriel J. Culbert

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Adaptations in the role of pharmacists under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dan Kambayashi, Toshie Manabe, Masayoshi Hirohara

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Narcotics information management system in South Korea: system development and innovation

Sang-Yoon Kim, Nam-Wook Cho, Myung-Sik Yoo, Soon-Young Han, Jeong-Wyan Oh

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Contraceptive stockouts in Western Kenya: a mixed-methods mystery client study

Katherine Tumlinson, Laura E. Britton, Emilia Goland, Stephanie Chung, Brooke W. Bullington, Caitlin R. Williams, Debborah Muthoki Wambua, Dickens Otieno Onyango, Leigh Senderowicz

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Describing the evidence-base for research engagement by health care providers and health care organisations: a scoping review

Sze Lin Yoong, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Kathryn Reilly, Christopher Williams, Luke Wolfenden, Alice Grady, Melanie Kingsland, Meghan Finch, John Wiggers

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Public stigma and treatment preferences for alcohol use disorders

Sara Wallhed Finn, Anna Mejldal, Anette Søgaard Nielsen

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Access to hip and knee arthroplasty in England: commissioners’ policies for body mass index and smoking status and implications for integrated care systems

Joanna McLaughlin, Joshua Elsey, Ruth Kipping, Amanda Owen-Smith, Andrew Judge, Hugh McLeod

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Implementation strategies for telemental health: a systematic review

Rebecca Appleton, Phoebe Barnett, Norha Vera San Juan, Elizabeth Tuudah, Natasha Lyons, Jennie Parker, Emily Roxburgh, Spyros Spyridonidis, Millie Tamworth, Minnie Worden, Melisa Yilmaz, Nick Sevdalis, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans, Justin J. Needle, Sonia Johnson

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Policy analysis of nutrition stewardship for prevention and control of Non-communicable diseases in Iran

Mohammad Amerzadeh, Amirhossein Takian, Hamed Pouraram, Ali Akbari Sari, Afshin Ostovar

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Patient attitudes and beliefs associated with self-referral to physical therapy for musculoskeletal complaints: a qualitative study

Noor Alshareef, Melanie Cozad, Mark Macauda, Jan Ostermann, Charles Thigpen

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Comparison of experiences of nursing staff and patients before and after move to 100% single-bed room hospital in Australia: mixed methods

Lynette Cusack, Rebecca Munt, Naomi Verdonk, Tim Schultz, Jill Maben

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Factors associated with general practitioners' routines and comfortability with assessing female genital cutting: a cross-sectional survey

Mai Mahgoub Ziyada, R. Elise B Johansen, Mona Berthelsen, Inger-Lise Lien, Bothild Bendiksen

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Mixed methods instrument validation: Evaluation procedures for practitioners developed from the validation of the Swiss Instrument for Evaluating Interprofessional Collaboration

Jean Anthony Grand-Guillaume-Perrenoud, Franziska Geese, Katja Uhlmann, Angela Blasimann, Felicitas L. Wagner, Florian B. Neubauer, Sören Huwendiek, Sabine Hahn, Kai-Uwe Schmitt

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Practitioners’ views on community implementation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the UK: a qualitative interview study

Joseph N.A Akanuwe, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Luc Bidaut, Pauline Mitchell, Paul Bird, Daniel Lasserson, Patricia Apenteng, Richard Lilford

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The Swiss Health Insurance Literacy Measure (HILM-CH): Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Validation

Tess L. C. Bardy

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Stigma as a barrier to early intervention among youth seeking mental health services in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study

Natasha Y. Sheikhan, Jo L. Henderson, Tanya Halsall, Mardi Daley, Samantha Brownell, Jai Shah, Srividya N. Iyer, Lisa D. Hawke

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Association of Medicaid expansion and 1115 waivers for substance use disorders with hospital provision of opioid use disorder services: a cross sectional study

Ji Eun Chang, Cory E. Cronin, Zoe Lindenfeld, José A. Pagán, Berkeley Franz

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Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based interventions in the context of a randomized clinical trial in the United States: a qualitative study

Elise Trott Jaramillo, Cathleen E Willging, Lisa Saldana, Shannon Self-Brown, Erin A. Weeks, Daniel J. Whitaker

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Medical insurance payment schemes and patient medical expenses: a cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients in urban China

Hanxu Hu, Liying Zhao, Yang Yong, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Weihan Zhao, Hao Yan, Yong Ma, Xuefeng Shi

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Correction: Systematic surveillance of patient-reported symptoms of viral respiratory tract infectious Syndromes in diverse populations

Jennifer C. Gander, Ella Chrenka, Lee Cromwell, Anjali R. Truitt, Musu Sesay, Marni Segall, Sandra A. Amouzou, Alexander F. Hudgins, Prasanthi Kodthala, Douglas Roblin, Adrienne N. Deneal, Thomas Whiting, John H. Powers, Brian C. Martinson

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Correction: Legal advice and care-effective use of care and case management: limits, risks and need for change

Thomas Ruppel, Max Georg Hügel, Simone Gloystein, Neeltje van den Berg

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Disparities in the medical expenditures of patients with cancer and concomitant mental disorder: analyzing the effects of diagnosis sequence order

Kai-Jie Ma, Shu-Yuan Su, Daniel Nie, Wei-Sheng Chung, Chi-Yu Yao, Jong-Yi Wang

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Using cognitive interviews to improve a measure of organizational readiness for implementation

Maria McClam, Lauren Workman, Emanuelle M. Dias, Timothy J. Walker, Heather M. Brandt, Derek W. Craig, Robert Gibson, Andrea Lamont, Bryan J. Weiner, Abraham Wandersman, Maria E. Fernandez

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A landscape assessment of the use of patient reported outcome measures in research, quality improvement and clinical care across a healthcare organisation

David A. Snowdon, Velandai Srikanth, Richard Beare, Lucy Marsh, Emily Parker, Kim Naude, Nadine E. Andrew

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Incidents related to safety in mental health facilities in Kenya

Kamaru Edith Kwobah, Sitienei Robert Kiptoo, Florence Jaguga, Felicita Wangechi, Saina Chelagat, Francis Ogaro, WK Aruasa

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Analysing the global and local spatial associations of medical resources across Wuhan city using POI data

Qiao Chen, Jianquan Cheng, Jianguang Tu

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“I think we still do too little”: measures to prevent violence and aggression in German emergency departments – a qualitative study

Sonja Reißmann, Tanja Wirth, Vanessa Beringer, David A. Groneberg, Albert Nienhaus, Volker Harth, Stefanie Mache

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COVID-19’s impact on care practice for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency patients

Myriam Calle Rubio, José Luis López-Campos, Marc Miravitlles, Francisco Javier Michel de la Rosa, José María Hernández Pérez, Carmen Montero Martínez, José Bruno Montoro Ronsano, Francisco Casas Maldonado, Juan Luis Rodríguez Hermosa, Eva María Tabernero Huguet, José Manuel Martínez Sesmero, Carlos Martínez Rivera, Francisco Javier Callejas González, María Torres Durán

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Understanding integrated service delivery: a scoping review of models for noncommunicable disease and mental health interventions in low-and-middle income countries

Alma J. Adler, Laura Drown, Chantelle Boudreaux, Matthew M. Coates, Andrew Marx, Oyetayo Akala, Temo Waqanivalu, Hongyi Xu, Gene Bukhman

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Influencing factors on the health of nurses—a regression analysis considering individual and organizational determinants in Germany

Jasmin Lützerath, Hannah Bleier, Gerrit Stassen, Andrea Schaller

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Effectiveness of a diabetes program based on digital health on capacity building and quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study

Daniela Moraes Morelli, Fernando Rubinstein, Marilina Santero, Luz Gibbons, Daniela Moyano, Analia Nejamis, Andrea Beratarrechea

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Rural and urban differences in quality of dementia care of persons with dementia and caregivers across all domains: a systematic review

Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Tammy X. Bui, Mélanie Le Berre, Howard Bergman, Isabelle Vedel

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Effect of a computerized decision support system on the treatment approach of stage III or IV pressure injury in patients with spinal cord injury: a feasibility study

Anke Scheel-Sailer, Kamran Koligi, Patricia Lampart, Carina Fähndrich, Hans Peter Gmünder, Stefan Metzger, Dirk Schaefer, Klaus Schmitt, Stefan Stalder, Reto Wettstein, Armin Gemperli

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Postabortion and safe abortion care coverage, capacity, and caseloads during the global gag rule policy period in Ethiopia and Uganda

Melissa Stillman, Simon P. S. Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lilian Ha, Margaret Giorgio

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Cultural competence among nursing students and nurses working in acute care settings: a cross-sectional study

Selvedina Osmancevic, Franziska Großschädl, Christa Lohrmann

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Opening the “black box” of organizational coaching for implementation

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Perceived quality of medical services at outpatient department of public hospitals in Dawro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Legese Utino, Bezawit Birhanu, Nigusu Getachew, Berhane Megerssa Ereso

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Senior Health Clinic for 75-year-old home-dwelling Finns – study design, clinic protocol and non-response analysis

Marika Salminen, Sari Stenholm, Jaana Koskenniemi, Päivi Korhonen, Tiina Pitkänen, Paula Viikari, Maarit Wuorela, Matti Viitanen, Laura Viikari

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The determinants of expert opinion in the development of care pathways: insights from an exploratory cluster analysis

Matteo Ratti, Osvaldo Milicia, Riccardo Rescinito, Ellen Coeckelberghs, Deborah Seys, Kris Vanhaecht, Massimiliano Panella

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Legitimizing neglect - a qualitative study among nursing home staff in Norway

Stine Borgen Lund, John-Arne Skolbekken, Laura Mosqueda, Wenche K. Malmedal

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Comparison of 30-day planned and unplanned readmissions in a tertiary teaching hospital in China

Mengjiao Zhang, Siru Liu, Yongdong Bi, Jialin Liu

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Oral health providers’ views of oral health promotion in Jazan, Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study

Mosa Ali Shubayr, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant

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Facilitators and barriers to the delivery of palliative care to patients with Parkinson’s disease: a qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of stakeholders using the socio-ecological model

Yiping Chen, Ru Zhang, Yan Lou, Wei Li, Hui Yang

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Understanding the Cures Act Information Blocking Rule in cancer care: a mixed methods exploration of patient and clinician perspectives and recommendations for policy makers

Joanna Veazey Brooks, Carli Zegers, Christian T. Sinclair, Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, Amanda R. Thimmesch, Daniel English, Heather V. Nelson-Brantley

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Determinants of timing, adequacy and quality of antenatal care in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study using demographic and health surveys data

Gerard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Lin Nan, Lingxia Zeng

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An assessment of the performance of the national health research system in Mauritius

Laurent Musango, Ajoy Nundoochan, Yogendranath Ramful, Joses Muthuri Kirigia

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How do urban public health services affect rural migrant women's fertility intentions? A study based on the Mobile Population Dynamics Monitoring Survey in China

He Jiang, Yanshuo Huang

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The research interest, capacity and culture of NHS staff in South East Scotland and changes in attitude to research following the pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

David J Chinn, Magdalena Pribanova, Frances Quirk

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Germans’ awareness of refugees’ information barriers regarding health care access: a cross-sectional study

Saskia Schubert, Ulrike Kluge, Felix Klapprott, Tobias Ringeisen

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Undiagnosed hypertension and its determinants among hypertensive patients in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia: a mediation analysis

Destaw Fetene Teshome, Shitaye Alemu Balcha, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Asmamaw Atnafu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye

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Exploration of how primary care models influence job satisfaction among primary care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick: a descriptive and comparative study

Claire Johnson, Dominique Bourgoin, Jérémie B. Dupuis, Jenny Manuèle Félix, Véronique LeBlanc, Danielle McLennan, Luveberthe St-Louis

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Utilising telehealth to support exercise and physical activity in people with Parkinson disease: a program evaluation using mixed methods

Allyson Flynn, Elisabeth Preston, Sarah Dennis, Colleen G. Canning, Natalie E. Allen

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An environmental scan of Ontario Health Teams: a descriptive study

Claire Sethuram, Tess McCutcheon, Clare Liddy

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Infliximab versus ciclosporin in steroid resistant acute severe ulcerative colitis: a model-based cost-utility analysis of data from CONSTRUCT pragmatic trial

Mohammed Fasihul Alam, Mirella Longo, David Cohen, Sam Groves, Laith Alrubaiy, Hayley A. Hutchings, Alan Watkins, Shaji Sebastain, John G. Williams

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Correction: Mental health service accessibility, development and research priority setting in Cambodia - a post-conflict nation

Alan Maddock, Nil Ean, Anne Campbell, Gavin Davidson

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Effectiveness of digital care platform CMyLife for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: results of a patient-preference trial

Lynn Verweij, Geneviève I. C. G. Ector, Yolba Smit, Bas van Vlijmen, Bert A. van der Reijden, Rosella P. M. G. Hermens, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens

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Cost consequences of task-shifting intravitreal injections from physicians to nurses in a tertiary hospital in Norway

Stine Bolme, Dordi Austeng, Tora Sund Morken, Turid Follestad, Vidar Halsteinli

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Patient characteristics associated with the acceptability of teleconsultation: a retrospective study of osteoporotic patients post-COVID-19

Benedetta Pongiglione, Flaminia Carrone, Alessandra Angelucci, Gherardo Mazziotti, Amelia Compagni

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A comparative analysis of non-invasive prenatal testing in Ontario and Quebec: the role of governing style in health technology innovation & adoption

Lena Saleh, Gillian Parker, Michael Stevenson, Fiona A. Miller

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Experience of living with multimorbidity and health workers perspectives on the organization of health services for people living with multiple chronic conditions in Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Fantu Abebe Eyowas, Marguerite Schneider, Shitaye Alemu, Fentie Ambaw Getahun

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Living through uncertainty: a qualitative study on leadership and resilience in primary healthcare during COVID-19

Soila Karreinen, Henna Paananen, Laura Kihlström, Kristiina Janhonen, Moona Huhtakangas, Marjaana Viita-aho, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen

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Upscaling cervical cancer screening and treatment for women living with HIV at a rural referral hospital in Tanzania: protocol of a before-and-after study exploring HPV testing and novel diagnostics

Ivana Di Salvo, Dorcas Mnzava, Giovanni Jacopo Nicoletti, Elizabeth Senkoro, Robert C. Ndege, Dorothy J. Huang, Nathalia Tobias Makunja, George I. Kassiga, Andreas M. Kaufmann, Maja Weisser, André B. Kind

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Correction: Postabortion and safe abortion care coverage, capacity, and caseloads during the global gag rule policy period in Ethiopia and Uganda

Melissa Stillman, Simon P. S. Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lilian Ha, Margaret Giorgio

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Readmission outcomes following infectious hospitalization: same-care unit performed better than different-care unit

Yi-Chin Pu, Hsiao-Chen Chou, Chun-Ta Huang, Wang-Huei Sheng

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A systematic review of the evidence of how hospitals capture financial benefits of process improvement and the impact on hospital financial performance

Jane Evans, Sandra G. Leggat, Danny Samson

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Recall of substandard medicines in Brazil during the period 2010–2018

Cristiani Lopes Capistrano Gonçalves Oliveira, Virgínia Freire Machado, Heitor de Freitas Tavares, Gabriel Lucas Marques Ribeiro, Paulo Sérgio Dourado Arrais

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Effect of mobile phone-based health insurance contribution payment system on retention of coverage in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: an evaluation study

Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Mariam Musah, Collins Danso Akuamoah, Francis Asenso-Boadi, Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei, Bernard Okoe Boye

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Cost and outcomes of routine HIV care and treatment: public and private service delivery models covering low-income earners in South Africa

L. C. Long, S. Girdwood, K. Govender, G. Meyer-Rath, J. Miot

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Implementation through translation: a qualitative case study of translation processes in the implementation of quality improvement collaboratives

Kathrine Carstensen, Anne Mette Kjeldsen, Stina Lou, Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen

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Reliability and validity of an innovative high performing healthcare system assessment tool

Anwer Aqil, Kelly Saldana, Naeem uddin Mian, Mary Ndu

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Correction: Impact of removing prescription co-payments on the use of costly health services: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Pauline Norris, Kim Cousins, Simon Horsburgh, Shirley Keown, Marianna Churchward, Ariyapala Samaranayaka, Alesha Smith, Carlo Marra

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Health system characteristics and COVID-19 performance in high-income countries

Iris Moolla, Heikki Hiilamo

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Intervention-related, contextual and personal factors affecting the implementation of an evidence-based digital system for prevention and treatment of malnutrition in elderly institutionalized patients: a qualitative study

Cecilie Varsi, Lene Frost Andersen, Gunhild Tellebon Koksvik, Frida Severinsen, Mari Mohn Paulsen

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Stakeholder perspectives on social screening in US healthcare settings

Benjamín Aceves, Emilia De Marchis, Vishalli Loomba, Erika M. Brown, Laura M. Gottlieb

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A study of primary health care service efficiency and its spatial correlation in China

Kangni Mei, Ruxin Kou, Yuqing Bi, Yuzhuo Liu, Jingwen Huang, Wei Li

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Evolution of public health policy on healthcare self-management: the case of Ontario, Canada

Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Craig Kuziemsky, Bruno J. Battistini, Jeffrey W. Jutai

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Correction: The feasibility and acceptability of implementing video reflexive ethnography (VRE) as an improvement tool in acute maternity services

Siobhan McHugh, Laura Sheard, Jane O’Hara, Rebecca Lawton

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A self-monitoring wellbeing screening methodology for keyworkers, ‘My Personal Wellbeing’, using an integrative wellbeing model

Garry Elvin, Zeyneb Kurt, Angela Kennedy, Petia Sice, Lee Walton, Paras Patel

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Determinants and economic burden of HIV/AIDS in Iran: a prospective study

Tahmineh Reshadat-Hajiabad, Alireza Khajavi, Ali Mohammad Hosseinpour, Amin Bojdy, Amir Hashemi-Meshkini, Mehdi Varmaghani

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study

Amina M. Al Marzouqi, Michael Ekubu Otim, Leena S. Kehail, Ramsha A. Kamal

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of infection prevention and control among healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic: a descriptive cross-sectional study in three Nigerian states

Bright Orji, Elizabeth Oliveras, Bartholomew Odio, Charity Anoke, Herbert Onuoha, Emmanuel Ugwa, Madeleine Howard, Ibrahim Idris, Edima Akpan, Festus Okoh, Chinyere Nwani, Oniyire Adetiloye, Nwankwo Lawrence, Chioma Oduenyi, Emmanuel Ogharu, Joseph Enne, Folayan W. Abolaji, Rosemary S. Adegbulu, Emily Bryce

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Provider implicit and explicit bias in person-centered maternity care: a cross-sectional study with maternity providers in Northern Ghana

Patience A. Afulani, Jaffer Okiring, Raymond A. Aborigo, Jerry John Nutor, Irene Kuwolamo, John Baptist K. Dorzie, Sierra Semko, Jason A. Okonofua, Wendy Berry Mendes

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Ethical considerations of the vaccine development process and vaccination: a scoping review

Habib Jalilian, Mahdi Amraei, Elnaz Javanshir, Khosro Jamebozorgi, Farzad Faraji-Khiavi

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A cost-effectiveness analysis of surgical care delivery in Eastern Uganda-a societal perspective

Obieze Nwanna–Nzewunwa, Esther Agwang, Melissa Carvalho, Mary-Margaret Ajiko, Rasheedat Oke, Christopher Yoon, Mohamed M Diab, Fred Kirya, Elliot Marseille, Catherine Juillard, Rochelle A. Dicker

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Mental health outcomes before psychotropic medications: a retrospective case series of one state hospital records from 1945 to 1954

Ann Chapleau, Jennifer Harrison, Stephen Love, David Sherman

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Level of job satisfaction and associated factors among rural health extension workers in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Abayneh Tamene, Dansamo Tediso, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik

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Maternal and perinatal outcomes in mixed antenatal care modality implementing telemedicine in the southwestern region of Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic

María Fernanda Escobar, Juan Carlos Gallego, María Paula Echavarria, Paula Fernandez, Leandro Posada, Shirley Salazar, Isabella Gutierrez, Juliana Alarcon

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Outcomes and process evaluation of a cluster-randomised participatory organisational intervention among German healthcare workers

Diego Montano, Marco Kuchenbaur, Richard Peter

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Factors influencing the timeliness of care for patients with lung cancer in Bangladesh

Adnan Ansar, Virginia Lewis, Christine Faye McDonald, Chaojie Liu, Muhammad Aziz Rahman

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Urip iku urup (life is lit) by service to others: a qualitative study of frontline healthcare workers’ lived experiences providing patient care in Indonesia’s COVID-19-designated hospital

Ayu Puspita Ningrum, Malene Missel

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Predicting health services utilization using a score of perceived barriers to medical care: evidence from rural Senegal

Marion Coste, Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah

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Factors associated with the choice of supplementary hospital insurance in Switzerland – an analysis of the Swiss Health Survey

Szilvia Altwicker-Hámori, Michael Stucki

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A survival analysis approach to determine factors associated with non-retention of newly hired health workers in Iran

Vahid Ghavami, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee

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Relationship between changes in the public health nurses’ workforce and the empirical Bayes estimates of standardized mortality ratio: a longitudinal ecological study of municipalities in Japan

Shimpei Kodama, Futoshi Uwatoko, Chihaya Koriyama

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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of heat-stable carbetocin compared to oxytocin and misoprostol for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in women giving birth in India

John R. Cook, Kunal Saxena, Catharine Taylor, Jeffrey L. Jacobs

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Health economic evaluation of preventive digital public health interventions using decision-analytic modelling: a systematized review

Oliver Lange

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The association between receipt of home care rehabilitation services and acute care hospital utilization in clients with multimorbidity following an acute care unit discharge: a retrospective cohort study

Amanda Mofina, Jordan Miller, Joan Tranmer, Wenbin Li, Catherine Donnelly

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The relationships between patient safety culture and sentinel events among hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a national descriptive study

Samar Binkheder, Yasser A. Alaska, Alia Albaharnah, Rawan Khalid AlSultan, Nawaf Mubarak Alqahtani, Anas Ahmad Amr, Nawfal Aljerian, Rabab Alkutbe

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The state of diabetes care and obstacles to better care in Aceh, Indonesia: a mixed-methods study

Hizir Sofyan, Farah Diba, Suryane S. Susanti, Marthoenis Marthoenis, Ichsan Ichsan, Novi Reandy Sasmita, Till Seuring, Sebastian Vollmer

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Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of new critical care practices during COVID-19: a multicenter qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

Santana Silver, Kayla Christine Jones, Sarah Redmond, Emily George, Sarah Zornes, Amelia Barwise, Aaron Leppin, Yue Dong, Lori A. Harmon, Vishakha K. Kumar, Christina Kordik, Allan J. Walkey, Mari-Lynn Drainoni

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Understanding registered nurses’ career choices in home care services: a qualitative study

Guro Hognestad Haaland, Olaug Øygarden, Marianne Storm, Aslaug Mikkelsen

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Validation of algorithms to identify colorectal cancer patients from administrative claims data of a Japanese hospital

Takahiro Hirano, Makiko Negishi, Yoshiki Kuwatsuru, Masafumi Arai, Ryozo Wakabayashi, Naoko Saito, Ryohei Kuwatsuru

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Initial treatment approaches and healthcare utilization among veterans with low back pain: a propensity score analysis

Catherine Schmidt, Matthew Borgia, Tingting Zhang, Perman Gochyyev, Theresa I. Shireman, Linda Resnik

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Reports from the frontline: health workers describe COVID-19 risks and fears in five cities in Brazil

Carl Kendall, Ana Ecilda Lima Ellery, Nivaldo Carneiro Junior, Rosane da Silva Santana, Luciane Nascimento Cruz, Mírian Cohen, Marto Leal, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque , Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr

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Patient satisfaction with telemedicine in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study

Alicia Victoria G. Noceda, Lianne Margot M. Acierto, Morvenn Chaimek C. Bertiz, David Emmanuel H. Dionisio, Chelsea Beatrice L. Laurito, Girrard Alphonse T. Sanchez, Arianna Maever Loreche

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Optimizing naloxone distribution to prevent opioid overdose fatalities: results from piloting the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach within syringe service programs

Sheila V. Patel, Lynn D. Wenger, Alex H. Kral, Kenneth Sherr, Anjuli D. Wagner, Peter J. Davidson, Barrot H. Lambdin

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Use of health services one year before primary colorectal cancer

Elina Hermiö, Karri Seppä, Heidi Ryynänen, Elli Hirvonen, Liisa Pylkkänen, Jutta Järvelin, Nea Malila, Janne Pitkäniemi

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Development of a patients’ satisfaction analysis system using machine learning and lexicon-based methods

Shiva Khaleghparast, Majid Maleki, Ghasem Hajianfar, Esmaeil Soumari, Mehrdad Oveisi, Hassan Maleki Golandouz, Feridoun Noohi, Maziar Gholampour dehaki, Reza Golpira, Saeideh Mazloomzadeh, Maedeh Arabian, Samira Kalayinia

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Information and communication technology-based interventions for suicide prevention implemented in clinical settings: a scoping review

Hwayeon Danielle Shin, Keri Durocher, Lydia Sequeira, Juveria Zaheer, John Torous, Gillian Strudwick

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Decision-makers’ experiences with rapid evidence summaries to support real-time evidence informed decision-making in crises: a mixed methods study

Ahmad Firas Khalid, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Nandana D. Parakh, Rana Charide, Faiza Rab, Salim Sohani

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The pre-analytical process management status and influencing factors of laboratory test before prescribing antimicrobial in developing country

Feiyang Zheng, Kang Wang, Qianning Wang, Tiantian Yu, Xinping Zhang

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Using telehealth to support community health workers in Uganda during COVID-19: a mixed-method study

Maarten Olivier Kok, Tosca Terra, Raymond Tweheyo, Marinka van der Hoeven, Maiza Campos Ponce, Marceline Tutu van Furth, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

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Strengthening open disclosure after incidents in maternity care: a realist synthesis of international research evidence

Mary Adams, Julie Hartley, Natalie Sanford, Alexander Edward Heazell, Rick Iedema, Charlotte Bevan, Maria Booker, Maureen Treadwell, Jane Sandall

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Inter-professional collaboration and associated factors among nurses and physicians in specialized public hospitals, the northwest, Ethiopia: mixed method multi-centered cross-sectional study

Tadele Degu, Eden Amsalu, Awoke Kebede, Ousman Adal

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Severity of illness and risk of mortality in Mayo Clinic’s virtual hybrid advanced care at home program: a retrospective cohort study

Margaret R. Paulson, Ricardo A. Torres-Guzman, Francisco R. Avila, Karla C. Maita, John P. Garcia, Antonio J. Forte, Gautam V. Matcha, Ricardo J. Pagan, Michael J. Maniaci

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A case study of HIV/AIDS services from community-based organizations during COVID-19 lockdown in China

Jennifer Z.H. Bouey, Jing Han, Yuxuan Liu, Myriam Vuckovic, Keren Zhu, Kai Zhou, Ye Su

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Parents’ recalled experiences of the child centred health dialogue in children with overweight: a qualitative study

Malin Åsberg, Mariette Derwig, Charlotte Castor

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Understanding of healthcare professionals towards the roles and competencies of clinical pharmacists in South Africa

L Crafford, RA Kusurkar, E Bronkhorst, AGS Gous, A Wouters

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A qualitative study to explore the healthcare-seeking experiences of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Rwanda

Sandra Isano, Tsion Yohannes, Gloria Igihozo, Grace Iliza Ndatinya, Rex Wong

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Physicians’ views on optimal use and payment system for telemedicine: a qualitative study

Sarah Raes, Lieven Annemans, Ruben Willems, Jeroen Trybou

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Healthcare provider perceptions on the implementation of the universal test-and-treat policy in South Africa: a qualitative inquiry

Edward Nicol, Vuyelwa Mehlomakulu, Ngcwalisa Amanda Jama, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Wisdom Basera, Desiree Pass, Debbie Bradshaw

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Improving heart failure care with an Experience-Based Co-Design approach: what matters to persons with heart failure and their family members?

Anne-Marie Suutari, Johan Thor, Annika Nordin, Kristina Areskoug Josefsson

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Drivers for low-value imaging: a qualitative study of stakeholders’ perspectives in Norway

Ingrid Øfsti Brandsæter, Eivind Richter Andersen, Bjørn Morten Hofmann, Elin Kjelle

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Organizational culture and barriers to change in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Cardiac Unit

Missaye M Mengstie, Gashaw A Biks, Emily J Cherlin, Leslie A Curry

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Characterizing the lack of diversity in musculoskeletal urgent care website content

Chloe C. Dlott, Tanner Metcalfe, Anchal Bahel, Sanjana Jain, Claire A. Donnelley, Jehanzeb Kayani, Daniel H. Wiznia

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Women on the frontline of Covid-19: understanding local women village health volunteers in the northern province of Thailand

Rangsan Sukhampha, Prin Khwanriang, Krisana Vaisamruat

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How do stroke early supported discharge services achieve intensive and responsive service provision? Findings from a realist evaluation study (WISE)

Niki Chouliara, Trudi Cameron, Adrian Byrne, Sarah Lewis, Peter Langhorne, Thompson Robinson, Justin Waring, Marion Walker, Rebecca Fisher

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The association between patient safety culture and adverse events – a scoping review

Magnhild Vikan, Arvid Steinar Haugen, Ann Kristin Bjørnnes, Berit Taraldsen Valeberg, Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås, Stein Ove Danielsen

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Characteristics of telemedicine workflows in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic

James H Ford II, Sally A Jolles, Dee Heller, Christopher Crnich

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The co-development of a linguistic and culturally tailored tele-retinopathy screening intervention for immigrants living with diabetes from China and African-Caribbean countries in Ottawa, Canada

Valerie Umaefulam, Mackenzie Wilson, Marie Carole Boucher, Michael H. Brent, Maman Joyce Dogba, Olivia Drescher, Jeremy M. Grimshaw, Noah M. Ivers, John G. Lawrenson, Fabiana Lorencatto, David Maberley, Nicola McCleary, Sheena McHugh, Olivera Sutakovic, Kednapa Thavorn, Holly O. Witteman, Catherine Yu, Hao Cheng, Wei Han, Yu Hong, Balkissa Idrissa, Tina Leech, Joffré Malette, Isabelle Mongeon, Zawadi Mugisho, Marlyse Mbakop Nguebou, Sara Pabla, Siffan Rahman, Azaratou Samandoulougou, Hasina Visram, Richard You, Junqiang Zhao, Justin Presseau

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Understanding virtual primary healthcare with Indigenous populations: a rapid evidence review

Kayla M. Fitzpatrick, Meagan Ody, Danika Goveas, Stephanie Montesanti, Paige Campbell, Kathryn MacDonald, Lynden Crowshoe, Sandra Campbell, Pamela Roach

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Perceived impacts of COVID-19 responses on routine health service delivery in Liberia and UK: cross-country lessons for resilient health systems for equitable service delivery during pandemics

Yussif Alhassan, Zeela Zaizay, Laura Dean, Rosalind McCollum, Victoria Watson, Karsor Kollie, Helen Piotrowski, Olivia Hastie, Colleen Parker, Russell Dacombe, Sally Theobald, Miriam Taegtmeyer

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Prevention of invasive ventilation (PRiVENT)—a prospective, mixed-methods interventional, multicentre study with a parallel comparison group: study protocol

Julia D. Michels, Jan Meis, Noemi Sturm, Florian Bornitz, Selina von Schumann, Aline Weis, Benjamin Neetz, Martina Bentner, Johanna Forstner, Nicola Litke, Michel Wensing, Stella Erdmann, Thomas Grobe, Timm Frerk, Axel Kempa, Claus Neurohr, Armin Schneider, Michael Müller, Felix J. F. Herth, Joachim Szecsenyi, Franziska C. Trudzinski, Franziska Christina Trudzinski, Gabriele Iberl, Beatrice Müller, Elena Biehler, Thomas Fleischhhauer, Gerhard Fuchs, Markus Qreini, Janina Schubert-Haack, Anja Klingenberg, Alex Kempa, Biljana Joves, Andreas Rheinhold, Alessandro Ghiani, Nina Lutz, Swenja Walcher, Konstantinos Tsitouras, Joanna Paderewska, Selina Briese, Christoph Andritschky, Patrick Gehrig, Joachim Sugg, Susanne Hirschmann, Simone Britsch, Christa Straub, Claude Jabbour, Michael Hahn, Jörg Krebs, Peter-Tobias Graf, Petra Denzer, Mascha O. Fiedler, Miriane Bomeken, Sebastian Stier, Tom Terboven, Uta Merle, Jens Regula, Jens Müller, Ute Oltmanns, Marcus Hennersdorf, Neslihan Satir, Mathias Borst, Brigitte Mayer, Wolfgang Reikow, Markus Kredel, Konstantin Frey, Holger Wolff, Florian Seidlitz, Stefanie Bientzle, Boris Nohé, Sebastian Allgäuer, Alexej Schöpp, Christoph Schlegel, Imke Hübner, Andrezj Kuzniar, Helene Häberle, Reimer Riessen, Benjamin Schempf, Ingo Rebenschütz, Andreas Straub, Marc Kollum, Markus Winter, Paul Hartveg, Andreas Junginger, Helmut Beck, Mathias Vogel

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Investigating rapid diagnostic testing in Kenya’s health system, 2018–2020: validating non-reporting in routine data using a health facility service assessment survey

Angela K Moturi, Bibian N Robert, Felix Bahati, Peter M Macharia, Emelda A Okiro

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Getting the pieces to fit: NHS and third sector collaboration to enhance crisis mental health service provision for young people

Bobbie Dutton, Neil Humphrey, Pamela Qualter

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Caregiver, secondary victim: outcome of caring for patients with COVID -19: a qualitative content analysis study

Safieh Faghani, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Eesa Mohammadi

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“How do I keep this live in my mind?” Allied Health Professionals’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to implementing good clinical practice principles in research: a qualitative exploration

Rachel Wenke, Shelley Roberts, Rebecca Angus, Maame Amma Owusu, Kelly Weir

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Medical device regulation (MDR) in health technology enterprises – perspectives of managers and regulatory professionals

Juhamatti Huusko, Ulla-Mari Kinnunen, Kaija Saranto

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Maternal vaccination against pertussis as part of the national immunization program: a qualitative evaluation among obstetric care providers one year after the implementation in December 2019

Maarten M. Immink, Kim van Zoonen, Nina M. Jager, Anne J.M. Pluijmaekers, Hester E. de Melker, Nicoline A.T. van der Maas, Mireille N. Bekker

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Judicial and legislative practice and related suggestions on off-label drug use in China

Wenjie Si, Panpan Ma

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Overcoming the struggle of living with type 2 diabetes – diabetes specialist nurses’ and patients’ perspectives on digital interventions

Frida Jarl, Anna Davelid, Katarina Hedin, Andreas Stomby, Christina Petersson

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Telemedicine for the management of diabetic patients in a high-complexity Latin American hospital

Luz Angela Casas, Juliana Alarcón, Alejandra Urbano, Evelyn E. Peña-Zárate, Saveria Sangiovanni, Laura Libreros-Peña, María Fernanda Escobar

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Cost-effectiveness of improvement strategies for reperfusion treatments in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review

Chi Phuong Nguyen, Willemijn J. Maas, Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Maarten Uyttenboogaart, Erik Buskens, Maarten M. H. Lahr

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Video consultation in general practice: a scoping review on use, experiences, and clinical decisions

Magnus Repstad Wanderås, Eirik Abildsnes, Elin Thygesen, Santiago Gil Martinez

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Factors that shape recurrent miscarriage care experiences: findings from a national survey

Caragh Flannery, Marita Hennessy, Rebecca Dennehy, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Con Lucey, Jennifer Ui Dhubhgain, Keelin O’Donoghue

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Health system readiness to manage maternal death data and avail evidence for decision-making through the Maternal Death Surveillance System in Ethiopia, 2020

Abduilhafiz A. Endris, Tizita Tilahun

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Prerequisites, barriers and opportunities in care for Q-fever patients: a Delphi study among healthcare workers

Iris M. Brus, Inge Spronk, Juanita A. Haagsma, Vicki Erasmus, Annemieke de Groot, Alfons G. M. Olde Loohuis, Madelon B. Bronner, Suzanne Polinder

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Family caregivers as essential partners in care: examining the impacts of restrictive acute care visiting policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Stephanie Montesanti, Gail MacKean, Kayla M. Fitzpatrick, Carol Fancott

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Unfolding alignment – How top management work to align demand and capacity: an ethnographic study of resilience in a Swedish healthcare region

Ingrid Svensson, Mia von Knorring, Heidi Hagerman, Cecilia Fagerström, Mirjam Ekstedt, Lisa Smeds Alenius

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“I’ve kept going” – a multisite repeated cross-sectional study of healthcare workers’ pride in personal performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kristina Bondjers, Ingebjørg Lingaas, Synne Stensland, Dan Atar, John-Anker Zwart, Hilde Wøien, Grete Dyb

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Lessons learnt while integrating services for children: qualitative interviews with professional stakeholders

Vanessa Baxter, Ewen Speed, Vasilios Ioakimidis, Matthew Ross

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Understanding peer support: a qualitative interview study of doctors one year after seeking support

Ingrid Marie Taxt Horne, Frode Veggeland, Fredrik Bååthe, Christina Drewes, Karin Isaksson Rø

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Telehealth for management of chronic non-cancer pain and opioid use disorder in safety net primary care

Alexis Cooke, Stacy Castellanos, Celeste Enriquez, Pamela Olsen, Christine Miaskowski, Margot Kushel, Kelly Ray Knight

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The results of clinician-focused implementation strategies on uptake and outcomes of Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in general mental health care

Maartje A. M. S. van Sonsbeek, Giel J. M. Hutschemaekers, Jan W. Veerman, Ad Vermulst, Bea G. Tiemens

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A structural equation modelling analysis: interprofessional team collaboration, organizational career management, and post competency of community nurses

Li Ma, Xinwei Wang, Shiyue Zou, Min Lin, Shi Qiu, Weimin Li

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eHealth policy framework in Low and Lower Middle-Income Countries; a PRISMA systematic review and analysis

Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste, Konstantinos Antypas, Marius Rohde Johannessen, Jörn Klein, Gholamhossein Kazemi

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Development and implementation of work-oriented clinical care to empower patients with kidney disease: an adapted intervention mapping approach

Haitze J. de Vries, Wim S. Sipma, Ron T. Gansevoort, Sandra Brouwer, Annemieke Visser

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The application of spatial measures to analyse health service accessibility in Australia: a systematic review and recommendations for future practice

Sarah M. Wood, Laura Alston, Hannah Beks, Kevin Mc Namara, Neil T. Coffee, Robyn A. Clark, Anna Wong Shee, Vincent L. Versace

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Effect of improvement measures in reducing interruptions in a Japanese hospital pharmacy using a synthetic approach based on resilience engineering and systems thinking

Takahiro Kojima, Noriyasu Kinoshita, Harumi Kitamura, Koji Tanaka, Ayumi Tokunaga, Satoshi Nakagawa, Takeru Abe, Kazue Nakajima

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Sociodemographic and geographic inequalities in diagnosis and treatment of older adults’ chronic conditions in India: a nationally representative population-based study

Sanjay K. Mohanty, Abhilasha, Radhe Shyam Mishra, Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Owen O’Donnell, Jürgen Maurer

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Acceptability of integration of cervical cancer screening into routine HIV care, associated factors and perceptions among HIV-infected women: a mixed methods study at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda

Mackline Ninsiima, Agnes Nyabigambo, Joseph Kagaayi

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Facility-led community based approach in Mamfe health district, Cameroon: a differentiated service delivery option in complex humanitarian settings

Enongene Julius Mekolle, Kate Ivo Keumami, Omeichu Agwenam Amadeus, Agbor Nyenty Agbornkwai, Ismaila Esa, Aseh Christian Chuyum

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Patient perspectives on data sharing regarding implementing and using artificial intelligence in general practice – a qualitative study

Josefine Graabaek Mikkelsen, Natasha Lee Sørensen, Camilla Hoffmann Merrild, Martin Bach Jensen, Janus Laust Thomsen

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The willingness and attitudes of speech-language pathologists towards the use of mobile health technology: a survey study

Soheila Saeedi, Marjan Ghazisaeedi, Maryam Ebrahimi, Mohammad-Sadegh Seifpanahi, Hamid Bouraghi

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Estimating the cost of HIV services for key populations provided by the LINKAGES program in Kenya and Malawi

Marjorie Opuni, Jorge Eduardo Sanchez-Morales, Jose Luis Figueroa, Andrea Salas-Ortiz, Louis Masankha Banda, Alice Olawo, Spy Munthali, Julius Korir, Meghan DiCarlo, Sergio Bautista-Arredondo

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“There’s nothing like a good crisis for innovation”: a qualitative study of family physicians’ experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lindsay Hedden, Sarah Spencer, Maria Mathews, Emily Gard Marshall, Julia Lukewich, Shabnam Asghari, Judith Belle Brown, Paul S. Gill, Thomas R. Freeman, Rita K. McCracken, Bridget L. Ryan, Crystal Vaughan, Eric Wong, Richard Buote, Leslie Meredith, Lauren Moritz, Dana Ryan, Madeleine McKay, Gordon Schacter

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Diagnostic groups of hospital stays and outpatient visits during 10 years before Alzheimer’s disease

Kiira Mäklin, Pasi Lampela, Julian Lin, Hartikainen Sirpa, Anna-Maija Tolppanen

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Optimizing communication strategies and designing a comprehensive program to facilitate cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolemia

Gemme Campbell-Salome, Laney K. Jones, Nicole L. Walters, Kelly M. Morgan, Andrew Brangan, Ilene G. Ladd, Mary P. McGowan, Katherine Wilemon, Tara J. Schmidlen, Emilie Simmons, Marci L. B. Schwartz, Megan N. McMinn, Eric Tricou, Alanna K. Rahm, Catherine D. Ahmed, Amy C. Sturm

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Telehealth in remote Australia: a supplementary tool or an alternative model of care replacing face-to-face consultations?

Supriya Mathew, Michelle S. Fitts, Zania Liddle, Lisa Bourke, Narelle Campbell, Lorna Murakami-Gold, Deborah J Russell, John S. Humphreys, Edward Mullholand, Yuejen Zhao, Michael P. Jones, John Boffa, Mark Ramjan, Annie Tangey, Rosalie Schultz, John Wakerman

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Factors associated with the closure of obstetric units in German hospitals and its effects on accessibility

Jan Hoffmann, Till Dresbach, Carsten Hagenbeck, Nadine Scholten

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Understanding Uganda’s early adoption of novel differentiated HIV treatment services: a qualitative exploration of drivers of policy uptake

Henry Zakumumpa, Japheth Kwiringira, Cordelia Katureebe, Neil Spicer

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The associations of continuity of care with inpatient, outpatient, and total medical care costs among older adults with urinary incontinence

Eunkyung Han, Wankyo Chung, Antonio Trujillo, Joel Gittelsohn, Leiyu Shi

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The Intervention Selection Toolbox to improve patient-relevant outcomes: an implementation and qualitative evaluation study in colorectal cancer surgery

Bo Smalbroek, Joanna Vijverberg, Milad Fahim, Lea Dijksman, Douwe Biesma, Anke Smits, Frits van Merode, Paul van der Nat

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Disabled people’s experiences accessing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

Karen McBride-Henry, Solmaz Nazari Orakani, Gretchen Good, Michael Roguski, Tara N. Officer

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The effectiveness of clinical guideline implementation strategies in oncology—a systematic review

Ana-Mihaela Bora, Vanessa Piechotta, Nina Kreuzberger, Ina Monsef, Andreas Wender, Markus Follmann, Monika Nothacker, Nicole Skoetz

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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

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Transformative dimensions of resilience and brittleness during health systems’ collapse: a case study in Brazil using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method

Paulo Victor Rodrigues de Carvalho, Hugo Bellas, Jaqueline Viana, Paula de Castro Nunes, Rodrigo Arcuri, Valéria da Silva Fonseca, Ana Paula Morgado Carneiro, Alessandro Jatobá

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Prevalence and correlates of workplace violence against medical assistants in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Viola Mambrey, Stefanie Ritz-Timme, Adrian Loerbroks

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A scale to measure the perceived quality of mHealth by elderly patients with hypertension in China

Minjiang Guo, Lanting Lyu

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The influence of demographic, health and psychosocial factors on patient uptake of the English NHS diabetes prevention programme

David Reeves, Adrine Ablitt Woodham, David French, Peter Bower, Fiona Holland, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Sarah Cotterill

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A qualitative study on the feasibility and acceptability of institutionalizing health technology assessment in Malawi

Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Faless Jeremiah, Florence Kasende-Chinguwo, Wingston Ng’ambi, Nthanda Nkungula, Isabel Kazanga-Chiumia, Mercy Juma, Marlen Chawani, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Pakwanja Twea, Emily Chirwa, Kate Langwe, Gerald Manthalu, Lucky Gift Ngwira, Dominic Nkhoma, Tim Colbourn, Paul Revill, Mark Sculpher

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Having to manage: culturally and linguistically diverse mothers’ lived experiences with sustained nurse home visiting programs

Mehrnoush Bonakdar Tehrani, Kelly Baird, Suza Trajkovski, Lynn Kemp

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Examining the influence of health sector coordination on the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya

Lizah Nyawira, Rebecca G Njuguna, Benjamin Tsofa, Anita Musiega, Joshua Munywoki, Kara Hanson, Andrew Mulwa, Sassy Molyneux, Isabel Maina, Charles Normand, Julie Jemutai, Edwine Barasa

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Distribution of dental practices in Jazan of Saudi Arabia: a GIS-based approach

Mosa Ali Shubayr, Estie Kruger, Muhammad Mansoor Majeed, Afrah H Hattan, Shoaa Ahmed Jearan, Marc Tennant

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Mental health service use and associated predisposing, enabling and need factors in community living adults and older adults across Canada

Helen-Maria Vasiliadis, Jessica Spagnolo, Marie-Josée Fleury, Jean-Philippe Gouin, Pasquale Roberge, Mary Bartram, Sébastien Grenier, Grace Shen-Tu, Jennifer E. Vena, JianLi Wang

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Counseling regarding the care of people with dementia with a focus on §7a SGB XI in Germany: a "gray-shaded" scoping review

Mike Rommerskirch-Manietta, Christina Manietta, Daniel Purwins, Martina Roes

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The development of the Dutch “National model integrated care for childhood overweight and obesity”

J. Halberstadt, L. W. Koetsier, M. Sijben, J. Stroo, M. van der Velde, E. G. A. H. van Mil, J. C. Seidell

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Community knowledge, attitude and practices regarding zoonotic viral haemorrhagic fevers in five geo-ecological zones in Tanzania

Sima Rugarabamu, Calvin Sindato, Susan F. Rumisha, Gaspary O. Mwanyika, Gerald Misinzo, Hee Young Lim, Leonard E. G. Mboera

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Immunosuppressive therapy for progressive idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a cost-effectiveness analysis in China

Wanyi Xu, Zhiqi Zhang, Dandan Li, Wendi Dai, Chen Pan, Mingxing Guo, Ying Zhao, Xiangli Cui

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Perceptions of the primary health care team about the implementation of integrated care of patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in Slovenia: qualitative study

Nataša Stojnić, Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš, Majda Mori Lukančič, Črt Zavrnik, Antonija Poplas Susič

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Associations between the stringency of COVID-19 containment policies and health service disruptions in 10 countries

Tarylee Reddy, Neena R. Kapoor, Shogo Kubota, Svetlana V Doubova, Daisuke Asai, Damen Haile Mariam, Wondimu Ayele, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Roody Thermidor, Jaime C. Sapag, Paula Bedregal, Álvaro Passi-Solar, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Mahesh Dulal, Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka, Suresh Mehata, Paula Margozzini, Borwornsom Leerapan, Thanitsara Rittiphairoj, Phanuwich Kaewkamjornchai, Adiam Nega, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Margaret E. Kruk, Catherine Arsenault

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The prescription drug monitoring program in a multifactorial approach to the opioid crisis: PDMP data, Pennsylvania, 2016–2020

Jenna R. Adalbert, Amit Syal, Karan Varshney, Brandon George, Jeffrey Hom, Asif M. Ilyas

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The effect of the hospital working environment on the work limitation of the employees in Turkey: a multivariable analysis

Mahmut Kiliç, Güllü Uslukiliç, Sevda Yaman

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Determining the effect of selected mental factors on turnover intention through two modulators - stress and resilience over COVID-19 period

Seyed mahdi mousavi, Saeid Yazdanirad, Mahsa Jahadi naeini, Amirhossien khoshakhlagh, Mojtaba Haghighat

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Clinician acceptability of an antibiotic prescribing knowledge support system for primary care: a mixed-method evaluation of features and context

Ruth Hurley, Francine Jury, Tjeerd P. van Staa, Victoria Palin, Christopher J. Armitage

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Patients’ views on health promotion and disease prevention services provided by healthcare workers in a South African tertiary hospital

Herbert I. Melariri, Chester Kalinda, Moses J. Chimbari

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Evidence requirements of permanently listed digital health applications (DiGA) and their implementation in the German DiGA directory: an analysis

Melanie Mäder, Patrick Timpel, Tonio Schönfelder, Carsta Militzer-Horstmann, Sandy Scheibe, Ria Heinrich, Dennis Häckl

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Experiences of patients at high risk of opioid overdose accessing emergency department and behavioral health interventions: a qualitative analysis in an urban emergency department

Alexandra B. Collins, Janette Baird, Evelyn Nimaja, Yokabed Ashenafi, Melissa A. Clark, Francesca L. Beaudoin

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Management of chronic non-communicable diseases in Ghana: a qualitative study of patients’ coping strategies and the role of caregivers

Robert Kokou Dowou, Hubert Amu, Farrukh Ishaque Saah, Lordina Ewurabena Arthur, Priscilla Aku Nuna Dotse, Luchuo Engelbert Bain

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The effect of medical innovation on the cost-effectiveness of Covid 19-related policies in the United States using a SIR model

Adam J. Atherly, Eline M. van den Broek-Altenburg

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Description of the nationally implemented National Health Service digital diabetes prevention programme and rationale for its development: mixed methods study

Lisa M Miles, Rhiannon E Hawkes, David P French

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Development and initial validation of the addressing client needs with social determinants of health scale (ACN: SDH)

Kaprea F. Johnson

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“But at home, with the midwife, you are a person”: experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of women in vulnerable family situations

Bettina Schwind, Elisabeth Zemp, Kristen Jafflin, Anna Späth, Monika Barth, Karen Maigetter, Sonja Merten, Elisabeth Kurth

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Organizational resilience in healthcare: a review and descriptive narrative synthesis of approaches to resilience measurement and assessment in empirical studies

Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Carolyn Tarrant, Russell Mannion, Dena El-Sawy, Simon Conroy, Daniel Lasserson

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Implementation analysis of a case management intervention for people with complex care needs in primary care: a multiple case study across Canada

Catherine Hudon, Mathieu Bisson, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Alannah Delahunty-Pike, Mireille Lambert, Dana Howse, Charlotte Schwarz, Olivier Dumont-Samson, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Fred Burge, Shelley Doucet, Vivian R. Ramsden, Alison Luke, Marilyn Macdonald, André Gaudreau, Judy Porter, Donna Rubenstein, Cathy Scott, Mike Warren, Linda Wilhelm

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Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance based on the Australian Consensus Guidelines: a health economic modelling study

Anh Le Tuan Nguyen, Lei Si, John S Lubel, Nicholas Shackel, Kwang Chien Yee, Mark Wilson, Jane Bradshaw, Kerry Hardy, Andrew John Palmer, Christopher Leigh Blizzard, Barbara de Graaff

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Patient-centered care and geriatric knowledge translation among healthcare providers in Vietnam: translation and validation of the patient-centered care measure

Oluwarantimi Adetunji, David Bishai, Cuong Viet Pham, Janiece Taylor, Ngan Tran Thi, Zainab Khan, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani

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Ear and hearing care programs for First Nations children: a scoping review

Kai Nash, Rona Macniven, Liesa Clague, Harvey Coates, Mark Fitzpatrick, Hasantha Gunasekera, Kylie Gwynne, Luke Halvorsen, Samantha Harkus, Leanne Holt, Noeleen Lumby, Katie Neal, Neil Orr, Elizabeth Pellicano, Boe Rambaldini, Catherine McMahon

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“Quality teaches you how to use water. It doesn’t provide a water pump”: a qualitative study of context and mechanisms of action in an Ethiopian quality improvement program

F Procureur, AS Estifanos, DW Keraga, AK Kiflie Alemayehu, NW Hailemariam, J Schellenberg, H Magge, Z Hill

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Effectiveness of a screening tool to assess prevention and rehabilitation needs of 45 to 59 years old in primary care – study protocol of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (PReHa45)

Jennifer Marie Burchardi, Karla Spyra, Martin Brünger

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Use of anti-viral therapies in hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates: a cost-effectiveness and health-care resource use analysis

Ahmad Subhi, Amin Mohamed El Shamy, Saeed Abdullah Mohammed Hussein, James Jarrett, Sam Kozma, Camille Harfouche, Sara Al Dallal

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Behavioural change interventions encouraging clinicians to reduce carbon emissions in clinical activity: a systematic review

Carys Batcup, Matilde Breth-Petersen, Thomas Dakin, Alexandra Barratt, Forbes McGain, Ben R. Newell, Kristen Pickles

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Investigating attitudes, skills, and use of evidence-based practice among Norwegian chiropractors; a national cross-sectional study

Birgitte Lawaetz Myhrvold, Iben Axén, Matthew J Leach, Tobias Sundberg, Anne Marie Gausel

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Cost of exome analysis in patients with intellectual disability: a micro-costing study in a French setting

AL Soilly, C Robert-Viard, C Besse, AL Bruel, B Gerard, A Boland, A Piton, Y Duffourd, J Muller, C Poë, T Jouan, S El Doueiri, L Faivre, D Bacq-Daian, B Isidor, D Genevieve, S Odent, N Philip, M Doco-Fenzy, D Lacombe, ML Asensio, JF Deleuze, C Binquet, S Arpin, P Blanchet, S Blesson, O Boute-Benejean, T Busa, E Colin, C Coubes, F Devillard, P Edery, S El Chehadeh, M Fradin, A Goldenberg, A-M Guerrot, Y Herenger, N Houcinat, N Jean-Marcais, P. S. Jouk, L Lambert, A Lavillaureix, M Legendre, B Leheup, S Manouvrier, S Mercier, S Moutton, M Nizon, L Pasquier, F Petit, L Pinson, C Poirsier, L Pons, A Putoux, C Quelin, M Renaud, M Rossi, A Sorlin, M Spodenkiewicz, J Thevenon, A Toutain, J Van-Gils, C Vanlerberghe, A Verloes, M Vincent, C Vincent-Delorme, M Willems, A Ziegler, C Thauvin-Robinet, C Lejeune

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Utilisation of rural primary health centers for outpatient services - a study based on Rajasthan, India

Ambey Kumar Srivastava, Rajan Kumar Gupt, Ruchi Bhargava, Rajesh Ranjan Singh, Dinesh Songara

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Slack resources and individual performance of clinicians: the mediating role of job satisfaction and empirical evidence from public hospitals in Beijing, China

Wei Lu, Xinrui Song, Junli Zhu, Yao Zhang, Changmin Hou

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Explanations for variations in hospital expenditures among four large California counties

Aimee J. Lansdale, Robert M. Kaplan

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Barriers to breast and cervical cancer screening uptake among Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic women in the United Kingdom: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review

Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, Nicole Holt

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Perceptions of the key components of effective, acceptable and accessible services for children and young people experiencing common mental health problems: a qualitative study

Susan Kirk, Claire Fraser, Nicola Evans, Rhiannon Lane, Jodie Crooks, Georgia Naughton, Steven Pryjmachuk

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Insurance status and traumatized patients’ outcomes: a report from the national trauma registry of Iran

Khatereh Isazadehfar, Payman Salamati, Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Moein Khormali, Vali Baigi

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How do healthcare providers use national audit data for improvement?

Grazia Antonacci, Julie Whitney, Matthew Harris, Julie E. Reed

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Knowledge and perceptions of primary healthcare providers towards integration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) services at departmental levels at selected health facilities Lira district, Uganda

Sean Steven Puleh, Emmanuel Asher Ikwara, Syliviah Namutebi, Lakeri Nakero, Godfrey Mwesiga, Rogers Isabirye, Joy Acen, Maxson Kenneth Anyolitho

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Identifying strategies for implementing a clinical guideline for cancer-related fatigue: a qualitative study

Elizabeth J. Pearson, Linda Denehy, Lara Edbrooke

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Mapping the effectiveness of integrating mental health in HIV programs: a scoping review

Ndeshiteelela K Conteh, Ashley Latona, Ozayr Mahomed

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Parental help-seeking behaviour for, and care of, a sick or injured child during the COVID-19 pandemic: a European online survey

Chantal D. Tan, Silvia Bressan, Rachel Carter, Mia Hylén, Inger Kristensson, Monica Lakhanpaul, Santiago Mintegi, Henriette A. Moll, Sarah Neill

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Economic burden of acute otitis media, pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the United States after the introduction of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines during 2014–2018

Tianyan Hu, Yan Song, Nicolae Done, Salini Mohanty, Qing Liu, Eric M. Sarpong, Esteban Lemus-Wirtz, James Signorovitch, Thomas Weiss

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Safe acceptance in the nurses’ cultural care of medical tourists in Iran: a qualitative study

Hero Hamzehpour, Tahereh Ashktorab, Maryam Esmaeili

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Patients values regarding primary health care: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence

Agnes Bhakti Pratiwi, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Joko Mulyanto, Dick L. Willems

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Factors influencing catastrophic health expenditure of households with people with diabetes in Northwest China-an example from Gansu Province

Ying Dang, Yinan Yang, Aimin Yang, Shuting Cao, Jia Zhang, Xiao Wang, Jie Lu, Xiaobin Hu

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COVID-19 severity scale for claims data research

Trudy Millard Krause, Raymond Greenberg, Lopita Ghosh, Joseph S. Wozny, Regina M. Hansen, Caroline Schaefer

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Associations among socioeconomic status, multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases, and the risk of household catastrophic health expenditure in China: a population-based cohort study

Yaping Wang, Min Du, Chenyuan Qin, Qiao Liu, Wenxin Yan, Wannian Liang, Min Liu, Jue Liu

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Empowered patients and informal care-givers as partners?—a survey study of healthcare professionals’ perceptions

Therese Scott Duncan, Sara Riggare, Ami Bylund, Maria Hägglund, Terese Stenfors, Lena Sharp, Sabine Koch

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Psychological wellbeing of Australian community health service staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study

Sara Holton, Karen Wynter, Anna Peeters, Alexandra Georgalas, Ann Yeomanson, Bodil Rasmussen

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Evaluation of Ethiopia’s field epidemiology training program – frontline: perspectives of implementing partners

Tolcha Kebebew, Mahlet A. Woldetsadik, Jordan Barker, Angelina Cui, Aisha A. Abedi, David E. Sugerman, Desmond E. Williams, Reina M. Turcios-Ruiz, Tariku Takele, Neima Zeynu

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Undervalued professionals: placement of nutritionist in the Ecuadorian health system

A. C. Román, M. A. Villar, P. Belmont-Guerron, M. B. Ocampo

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Improving measurement-based care implementation in adult ambulatory psychiatry: a virtual focus group interview with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals

Hayoung Ko, Alyssa J. Gatto, Sydney B. Jones, Virginia C. O’Brien, Robert S. McNamara, Martha M. Tenzer, Hunter D. Sharp, Anita S. Kablinger, Lee D. Cooper

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The resiliency of noncommunicable diseases services during the public health crisis: a lesson from Bangkok, Thailand

Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Nanapas Bhagaman, Korravarn Yodmai, Nattaya Thangsirikul, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul

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Feedback on clinical team performance: how does it work, in what contexts, for whom, and for what changes? A critical realist qualitative multiple case study

Joachim Rapin, Sylvie Gendron, Cédric Mabire, Carl-Ardy Dubois

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“More” work for nurses: the ironies of eHealth

Susanne Frennert, Lena Petersson, Gudbjörg Erlingsdottir

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Facilitators and barriers of the implementation of point-of-care devices for cardiometabolic diseases: a scoping review

Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Patricia Busta-Flores, María Lazo-Porras, Beatrice Vetter, Elvis Safary, Andrew E. Moran, Reena Gupta, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz

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Effect of hospital assignment on mortality for AMI patients

Mari Grøsland, Kjetil E. Telle, Henning Øien

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A coordinated approach for managing polypharmacy among children with medical complexity: rationale and design of the Pediatric Medication Therapy Management (pMTM) randomized controlled trial

Lucas E. Orth, Chris Feudtner, Allison Kempe, Megan A. Morris, Kathryn L. Colborn, R. Mark Gritz, Sunny A. Linnebur, Anowara Begum, James A. Feinstein

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Can we optimize locations of hospitals by minimizing the number of patients at risk?

Pasi Fränti, Radu Mariescu-Istodor, Awais Akram, Markku Satokangas, Eeva Reissell

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Integrating consumer perspectives into a large-scale health literacy audit of health information materials: learnings and next steps

Julie Ayre, Carissa Bonner, Jemma Gonzalez, Teresa Vaccaro, Michael Cousins, Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle M. Muscat

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Adapting SARS-CoV-2 vaccination delivery in England to population needs: a thematic analysis of providers and commissioner’s perceptions

Sharif Ismail, Tracey Chantler, Pauline Paterson, Louise Letley, Sadie Bell, Sandra Mounier-Jack

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Encountering suffering in digital care: a qualitative study of providers’ experiences in telemental health care

Jill W. Åhs, Albertine Ranheim, Henrik Eriksson, Monir Mazaheri

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Exploring healthcare staff narratives to gain an in-depth understanding of changing multidisciplinary team power dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lisa Rogers, Aoife De Brún, Eilish McAuliffe

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Baseline status regarding compliance with neo-BFHI recommendations in South African neonatal wards: a cross-sectional survey

Welma Lubbe, Lisa Springer, Ragnhild Maastrup, Laura N. Haiek, Madimetja Nyaloko

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Guidance for management competency identification and development in the health context: a systematic scoping review

Edris Kakemam, Zhanming Liang

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Low agreement among patients and clinicians about urgency and safety to wait for assessment in primary care after hours medical care: results of cross-sectional matched surveys

Katelyn Barnes, Caitlin Arpel, Kirsty Douglas

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Supporting US healthcare providers for successful vaccine communication

Amanda J Pierz, Lauren Rauh, Dima Masoud, Alanna Kate Cruz, P. Christopher Palmedo, Scott C Ratzan, Ruth Parker

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Burnout and coping strategies among health system pharmacists in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study

Rosa Abilmona, Hani Dimassi, Rafah Aboulhosn, Nibal Chamoun

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Defining ready for discharge from sub-acute care: a qualitative exploration from multiple stakeholder perspectives

Kate Gledhill, Tracey K Bucknall, Natasha A Lannin, Lisa Hanna

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Use telehealth as needed: telehealth substitutes in-person primary care and associates with the changes in unplanned events and follow-up visits

Ying (Jessica) Cao, Dandi Chen, Maureen Smith

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Health outcomes, health services utilization, and costs consequences of medicare uninsurance among migrants in Canada: a systematic review

Sophiya Garasia, Valerie Bishop, Stephanie Clayton, Genevieve Pinnington, Chika Arinze, Ezza Jalil

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The management of healthcare employees’ job satisfaction: optimization analyses from a series of large-scale surveys

Paola Cantarelli, Milena Vainieri, Chiara Seghieri

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Differences in family caregiver experiences and expectations of end-of-life heart failure care across providers and settings: a systematic literature review

Alessandro Valleggi, Claudio Passino, Michele Emdin, Anna Maria Murante

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of HIV/AIDS-related services in Iran: a qualitative study

Zahra Jaafari, Hossein Mirzaei, Yousef Moradi, Naser Nasiri, Soheil Mehmandoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Samaneh Abbaszadeh, Hamid Sharifi

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Empower Veterans Program (EVP): a chronic pain management program demonstrates positive outcomes among veterans

Jolie N. Haun, Christopher A. Fowler, Hari H. Venkatachalam, Michael S. Saenger, Amy C. Alman, Bridget M. Smith, Tali Schneider, Rachel Benzinger, Kevin Stroupe, Dustin D. French

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Measuring provider well-being: initial validation of a brief engagement survey

Megan Call, Fares Qeadan, Benjamin Tingey, Ellen Morrow, David Webber, Blake Hamilton, Amy Locke

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Development of a framework and research impact capture tool for nursing, midwifery, allied health professions, healthcare science, pharmacy and psychology (NMAHPPs)

Lisa Newington, Mary Wells, Samina Begum, Andy J. Lavender, Sarah Markham, Oliver Tracy, Caroline M. Alexander

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Sustainability of community health programme using community-based organizations: a challenge for stakeholders

F. M. Gisèle Donessouné, G. Olivier Sossa, Seni Kouanda

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Conceptualising engagement with HIV care for people on treatment: the Indicators of HIV Care and AntiRetroviral Engagement (InCARE) Framework

Claire M. Keene, Jonathan Euvrard, K . Rivet Amico, Ayesha Ragunathan, Mike English, Jacob McKnight, Catherine Orrell, Anna Grimsrud, Beth Harley, Erin von der Heyden, Ingrid Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid Katz, Kirsten Arendse, Laura Beres, Michael Mugavero, Tali Cassidy, Tamsin Phillips

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Launching continuous kangaroo mother care through participatory action research in Iran

Marzieh Mohammadi, Anne-Marie Bergh, Niloufar Sattarzadeh Jahdi, Leila Valizadeh, Mohammadbagher Hosseini, Sevil Hakimi

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Iranian researchers’ perspective about concept and effect of open science on research publication

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

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Drug shortages in China: a cross-sectional study

Yinyin Song, Jianchun Li, Fei Zhao, Pengfei Jin

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Evaluation of the implementation progress through key performance indicators in a new multimorbidity patient-centered care model in Chile

Teresita Varela, Paula Zamorano, Paulina Muñoz, Carolina Rain, Esteban Irazoqui, Jaime C. Sapag, Alvaro Tellez

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Implementation of a referral pathway for cancer survivors to access allied health services in the community

Lahiru Russell, Rebecca McIntosh, Carina Martin, Wee Kheng Soo, Anna Ugalde

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Readiness of health facilities to manage individuals infected with COVID-19, Uganda, June 2021

Patience Mwine, Immaculate Atuhaire, Sherry R. Ahirirwe, Hilda T. Nansikombi, Shaban Senyange, Sarah Elayeete, Veronicah Masanja, Alice Asio, Allan Komakech, Rose Nampeera, Edirisa J. Nsubuga, Petranilla Nakamya, Andrew Kwiringira, Stella M. Migamba, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Lillian Bulage, Paul E. Okello, Sandra Nabatanzi, Fred Monje, Irene B. Kyamwine, Alex R. Ario, Julie R. Harris

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Continuous usage intention of mobile health services: model construction and validation

Li Nie, Brian Oldenburg, Yingting Cao, Wenjie Ren

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Correction: What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: a mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)

Carly M Webb, Simon M Collin, Toity Deave, Andrew Haig-Ferguson, Amy Spatz, Esther Crawley

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Causes of stress and poor wellbeing among paramedic students in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom: a cross-cultural qualitative study

Adnan Alzahrani, Chris Keyworth, Caitlin Wilson, Judith Johnson

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Policy analysis of the protection of Iranian households against catastrophic health expenditures: a qualitative analysis

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

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Task shifting roles, interventions and outcomes for kidney and cardiovascular health service delivery among African populations: a scoping review

Ikechi G. Okpechi, Ijezie I. Chukwuonye, Udeme Ekrikpo, Jean Jacques Noubiap, Yemi R. Raji, Yusuf Adeshina, Samuel Ajayi, Zunaid Barday, Malini Chetty, Bianca Davidson, Emmanuel Effa, Stephen Fagbemi, Cindy George, Andre P. Kengne, Erika S. W. Jones, Hamidu Liman, Mohammad Makusidi, Hadiza Muhammad, Ikechukwu Mbah, Kwazi Ndlovu, Grace Ngaruiya, Chimezie Okwuonu, Ugochi Samuel-Okpechi, Elliot K. Tannor, Ifeoma Ulasi, Zulkifilu Umar, Nicola Wearne, Aminu K. Bello

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The long-term effect of generic price competition on the Hungarian statin market

Balázs Répásy, Tibor Gazsó, Diána Elmer, Dalma Pónusz-Kovács, Fanni Luca Kajos, Tímea Csákvári, Bettina Kovács, Imre Boncz

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The Alberta Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Mother-Baby Care ImprovEmeNT (NASCENT) program: protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial of a hospital-level Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome rooming-in intervention

Osnat Wine, Deborah McNeil, Seija K. Kromm, Karen Foss, Vera Caine, Denise Clarke, Nathaniel Day, David W. Johnson, Katherine Rittenbach, Stephen Wood, Matt Hicks

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Health workforce governance and professions: a re-analysis of New Zealand’s primary care workforce policy actors

Gareth H. Rees

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Effectiveness of system navigation programs linking primary care with community-based health and social services: a systematic review

Kylie Teggart, Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Abbira Nadarajah, Amy Wang, Caroline Moore, Nancy Carter, Janet Adams, Kamal Jain, Penelope Petrie, Aref Alshaikhahmed, Shreya Yugendranag, Rebecca Ganann

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Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: health care disturbances and telemedicine as an alternative rheumatology practice in Indonesia

Faisal Parlindungan, Sumariyono Sumariyono, Rudy Hidayat, Suryo Anggoro Kusumo Wibowo, Anna Ariane, Johanda Damanik, Abirianty Priandani Araminta, Khadijah Cahya Yunita

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Perceived barriers to effective use of telehealth in managing the care of patients with cardiovascular diseases: a qualitative study exploring healthcare professionals’ views in Jordan

Ibtisam A. Alarabyat, Nezam Al-Nsair, Intima Alrimawi, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Raed Mohammad Shudifat, Ahmad Rajeh Saifan

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An assessment of information needs and workflows for emergency service providers and caregivers of children with medical complexity

Aubree Honcoop, Russell J. McCulloh, Ellen Kerns, Bethany Lowndes, Tiffany Simon, Natalie McCawley, Ricky Flores, Martina Clarke

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Time optimization in primary care – chronic prescription cost

Tiffany Leite-Costa, Daniel Rodrigues, Fernando Sá, Ricardo Cruz Correia

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How to adjust the expected waiting time to improve patient’s satisfaction?

Hui Zhang, Wei-Min Ma, Jing-Jing Zhu, Li Wang, Zhen-Jie Guo, Xiang-Tang Chen

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Patient-level predictors of temporal regularity of primary care visits

Adam J. Rose, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Faige Spolter, Maram Khazen, Avivit Golan-Cohen, Shlomo Vinker, Ilan Green, Ariel Israel, Eugene Merzon

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Community engagement processes in low- and middle-income countries health research settings: a systematic review of the literature

Zinhle Mthembu, John J. O. Mogaka, Moses J. Chimbari

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German translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Person-Centred Practice Inventory—Staff (PCPI-S)

Christoph von Dach, Nanja Schlup, Stefan Gschwenter, Brendan McCormack

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Quality of obstetric and newborn care in health centers of Addis Ababa City: using the WHO quality framework

Amaha Haile Abebe, Rose Mmusi-Phetoe

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Assessing the agreement between the partners at care transitions measure and the care transitions measure for elderly patients with chronic diseases

La-mei Liu, Meng-jie Sun, Meng-ting Liu, Jia-nan Wang, Yi-zhen Zhang, Ronnell D Dela Rosa

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Factors related to the waiting time for scheduling an oral biopsy in Brazil: a multilevel analysis

Alessandro Diogo De-Carli, Amanda Ramos da Cunha, Gleyson Kleber do Amaral-Silva, Jader Vasconcelos, Mara Lisiane de Moraes dos Santos, Livia Fernandes Probst

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Exploring quality improvement for diabetes care in First Nations communities in Canada: a multiple case study

Meghan Fournie, Shannon L. Sibbald, Stewart B. Harris

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Mind the gap: analysis of two pilot projects of a home telehealth service for persons with complex conditions in a Swedish hospital

Carla Sacchi, Karolina Andersson, Marta Roczniewska, Jamie Linnéa Luckhaus, Moa Malmqvist, Lars Peter Rodmalm, Karin Lodin, Rebecca Mosson, Petra Danapfel, Carolina Wannheden, Pamela Mazzocato

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Correction: The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross-sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database

Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley, Margaret T May, Jonathan AC Sterne, William Hollingworth

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The managerial role of healthcare professionals in public hospitals: a time-driven analysis of their activities

Lorenzo Pratici, Andrea Francesconi, Gianluca Lanza, Antonello Zangrandi, Simone Fanelli

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Community Health Teams: a qualitative study about the factors influencing the decision-making process

Lisa W. Natkin, Eline van den Broek-Altenburg, Jamie S. Benson, Adam Atherly

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Patient safety in home health care: a grounded theory study

Sahar Keyvanloo Shahrestanaki, Forough Rafii, Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani, Zahra Amrollah Majdabadi Kohne

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Healthcare services gap analysis: a supply capture and demand forecast modelling, Dubai 2018–2030

Nahed Monsef, Eldaw Suliman, Elham Ashkar, Hamid Yahay Hussain

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Medical and public health professionals’ perceived facilitators and barriers of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among African American adolescents in Shelby County, Tennessee

Seok Won Jin, Daniel Cruz Lattimore, Eric Harlin, Levonna Davis, Virginia Erholtz, Heather M. Brandt

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Transitions in mental health and addiction care for youth and their families: a scoping review of needs, barriers, and facilitators

Roula Markoulakis, Hinaya Cader, Samantha Chan, Sugy Kodeeswaran, Tracey Addison, Cathy Walsh, Amy Cheung, Jocelyn Charles, Deepy Sur, Michael Scarpitti, David Willis, Anthony Levitt

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Perspectives on consciousness in patients with disorders of consciousness from brain injury: group concept mapping study across clinic, research, and families

Niklas Blond, Lise Marie Andersen, Eva Elisabeth Wæhrens, Mette Terp Høybye

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Cancer patients as parents: implementation of a cross sector service for families with adolescent and young adult children

X. Skrabal Ross, F.E.J. McDonald, S. Konings, E. Schiena, J. Phipps-Nelson, F. Hodgson, P. Patterson

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Perspectives of stakeholders regarding the value of maternal and newborn health interventions and practices supported by UNICEF and other partners in the West Nile region of Uganda: a qualitative study

Simon Muhumuza, Xavier Nsabagasani, Cinderella Ngonzi Muhangi, Grace Latigi, Patricia Pirio, Chimwemwe Msukwa, Fabian Mwanyumba, Fatima Gohar, Tedbabe Degefie Hailegebriel, Atnafu Getachew Asfaw, Anne-Marie Bergh

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The relationship between succession and intellectual capital with entrepreneurship in hospitals

Shoaib Rafiei, Mohammad Mehrtak, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Sima Rafiei, Saeideh Moosavi, Rohollah Kalhor

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Clinicians’ satisfaction with laboratory services and associated factors at public health facilities in Northeast Ethiopia

Daniel Dagne Abebe, Minwuyelet Maru Temesgen, Addisu Tesfie Abozin

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Feasibility and acceptability of involving bilingual community navigators to improve access to health and social care services in general practice setting of Australia

Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Elizabeth Harris, Xue Li, Mark F. Harris

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Explaining the intention and behaviours of interinstitutional collaboration in chronic disease management among health care personnel: a cross-sectional study from Fujian Province, China

Li Teng, Yue Dai, Tao Peng, Yuan Su, Lingyi Pan, Yueping Li

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An eConsultant versus a hospital-based outpatient consultation for general (internal) medicine: a costing analysis

Jenny Job, Caroline Nicholson, Maria Donald, Claire Jackson, Joshua Byrnes

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The association between municipal pandemic response and COVID-19 contacts to emergency primary health care services: an observational study

Vivian Midtbø, Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen, Steinar Hunskaar

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Age and gender patterns in health service utilisation: Age-Period-Cohort modelling of linked health service usage records

Koen Simons, Owen Bradfield, Matthew J. Spittal, Tania King

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Mental distress of physicians in the outpatient care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: emotional and supportive human relations matter – Cross-sectional results of the VOICE-study

Sabine Mogwitz, Christian Albus, Petra Beschoner, Yesim Erim, Franziska Geiser, Lucia Jerg-Bretzke, Eva Morawa, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Kerstin Weidner

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Sociodemographic structure and health care-related outcomes of community-dwelling dementia caregiving dyads: a latent class replication study

Henrik Wiegelmann, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Niels Janssen, Hein van Hout, Janet L. MacNeil Vroomen, Farhad Arzideh

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Virtual visits at the Helsinki Head and Neck Center during the COVID-19 pandemic: patient safety incidents and the experiences of patients and staff

Morag Tolvi, Lotta-Maria Oksanen, Lasse Lehtonen, Ahmed Geneid, Pia Männikkö, Hellevi Ruokonen, Anna Majander, Susan Arminen, Leena-Maija Aaltonen

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How are health technology assessment bodies responding to the assessment challenges posed by cell and gene therapy?

Michael Drummond, Oriana Ciani, Giulia Fornaro, Claudio Jommi, Eva Susanne Dietrich, Jaime Espin, Jean Mossman, Gerard de Pouvourville

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Value of information analysis for pandemic response: intensive care unit preparedness at the onset of COVID-19

Peter U. Eze, Nicholas Geard, Christopher M. Baker, Patricia T. Campbell, Iadine Chades

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Impact of the value driven outcomes program among cataract surgery patients in Singapore: an interrupted time series analysis

Jian Ming Hoong, Brent Gibbons, Benedict Loh, Clement Tan, Cynthia Chen

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Symptoms and risk factors for long COVID in Tunisian population

Souhir Chelly, Sourour Rouis, Olfa Ezzi, Asma Ammar, Sami Fitouri, Asma Soua, Ines Fathallah, Mansour Njah, Mohamed Mahjoub

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Scaling-up problem management plus for refugees in Switzerland - a qualitative study

Julia Spaaij, Daniela C. Fuhr, Aemal Akhtar, Luisa Casanova, Tobias Klein, Matthis Schick, Sonja Weilenmann, Bayard Roberts, Naser Morina

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The sexuality experience of stoma patients: a meta-ethnography of qualitative research

Siting Lin, Guo Yin, Linghui Chen

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Behavioral deviations: healthcare-seeking behavior of chronic disease patients with intention to visit primary health care institutions

Shiyin Wu, Shanshan Du, Ruimei Feng, Wenbin Liu, Weimin Ye

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Safety culture in the operating room: translation, validation of the safety attitudes questionnaire – operating room version

Teodor Pevec, Tit Albreht, Eva Turk

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The role of local context for managers’ strategies when adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norwegian homecare services: a multiple case study

Camilla Seljemo, Siri Wiig, Olav Røise, Eline Ree

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Examining public health practitioners’ perceptions and use of behavioural sciences to design health promotion interventions

Ariane Bélanger-Gravel, Isidora Janezic, Sophie Desroches, Marie-Claude Paquette, Frédéric Therrien, Tracie Barnett, Kim L. Lavoie, Lise Gauvin

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Mental health and substance use screening in HIV primary care before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Alexandra N. Lea, Tory M. Levine, Thibaut Davy-Mendez, Amy Leibowitz, Andrea Altschuler, Jason Flamm, C. Bradley Hare, Mitchell N. Luu, Michael J. Silverberg, Derek D. Satre

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

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

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Policies enacted during COVID-19 came with unintended health benefits: why go back?

Linda Sprague Martinez, Judith C. Scott, Melanie Rocco, Serena Rajabiun, Cecilia Flores Rodriguez, Ramona Cummings, Erin McKinney-Prupis, Malika Minott, Joy Walker-Jones, Alicia Downes, Angela Wangari Walter

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Cost-utility analysis of different venous access devices in breast cancer patients: a decision-based analysis model

Na Chen, Qing Yang, Yin Feng Li, Qin Guo, De Yu Huang, Jia Ling Peng

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Adaptation and psychometric testing of the end-of-life professional caregiver survey in Jamaica

Rebecca L. Edwards, Marie Bakitas, Peng Li, Dingle Spence, Eulalia Kahwa, Mark Stoltenberg, Nataliya V. Ivankova, Kaesha Thomas, Kammar Segree, Syed Matthew Kodilinye, Adelais Markaki

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Family caregiver involvement and role in hospital at home for adults: the patients’ and family caregivers’ perspective - a Norwegian qualitative study

Lillian Karlsen, Bente Prytz Mjølstad, Bjarte Bye Løfaldli, Anne-Sofie Helvik

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Understanding caregiver burden with accessing sickle cell care in the Midwest and their perspective on telemedicine

Seethal A. Jacob, Jillian Bouck, Roua Daas, Meghan Drayton Jackson, Julia E. LaMotte, Aaron E. Carroll

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Effects of care of multimorbid patients in general practices by advanced practice nurses (FAMOUS): study protocol for a nonrandomized controlled trial

Renate Stemmer, Britta Büchler, Matthias Büttner, Christina Dera-Ströhm, Joachim Klein, Emilio Gianicolo

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Infectious disease hotlines to provide advice to general practitioners: a prospective study

Anna Luce Sette, Patrice François, Philippe Lesprit, Virginie Vitrat, Olivier Rogeaux, Emma Breugnon, Marion Baldeyrou, Véronique Mondain, Bertrand Issartel, Solen Kerneis, Sylvain Diamantis, Delphine Poitrenaud, Bastien Boussat, Patricia Pavese

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Rapid start antiretroviral therapies for improved engagement in HIV care: implementation science evaluation protocol

Beth Bourdeau, Starley B. Shade, Kimberly A. Koester, Greg M. Rebchook, Wayne T. Steward, Bruce M. Agins, Janet J. Myers, Son H. Phan, Marlene Matosky

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“That was our afterparty”: a qualitative study of mobile, venue-based PrEP for MSM

Grace Chamberlin, Mairead Day Lopes, Surabhi Iyer, Christina Psaros, Ingrid V. Bassett, Susana Medeiros, Catherine O’Connor, Kevin L. Ard

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Determinants of awareness, value perception, and societal support for sexual and reproductive health services among in-school adolescents in South-eastern Nigeria

Irene Ifeyinwa Eze, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Ifunanya Clara Agu, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Godstime Eigbiremolen, Obinna Onwujekwe

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Evaluating person-centered care in residential care facilities from the perspective of caregivers in South Korea: a survey

Young-Ran Chin, Hyo Young Lee

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Improving the quality of care in nursing home organizations with urgent quality issues: design and effectiveness of a Dutch government-funded support programme

Paulien Vermunt, Yael Reijmer, Clariska van Biessum, Valerie de Groot, Bellis van den Berg, Henk Nies

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Assessing the quality of hospital outpatient services in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pouria Farrokhi, Rafat Bagherzadeh, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Ehsan Zarei

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Impact of the Affordable Care Act on participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program among low-income older Medicare beneficiaries

Hyunmin Kim, Asos Mahmood, Cyril F. Chang, Noah E. Hammarlund, Aram Dobalian

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”Putting words to their feelings”– civic communicators’ perceptions and experiences of an in-depth course on mental health for newly settled refugee migrants in Sweden

Maissa Al-Adhami, Josefin Wångdahl, Raziye Salari, Eva Åkerman

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Implementation fidelity to HIV assisted partner services (aPS) during scale-up in western Kenya: a convergent mixed methods study

Beatrice Wamuti, Mercy Owuor, Wenjia Liu, David Katz, Harison Lagat, George Otieno, Edward Kariithi, Paul Macharia, Sarah Masyuko, Mary Mugambi, Carey Farquhar, Bryan Weiner

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Hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation for coronary artery disease in Australia: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Sameera Senanayake, Ureni Halahakone, Bridget Abell, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Victoria McCreanor, Steven M. McPhail, Julie Redfern, Tom Briffa, William Parsonage

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The knock-on effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the supply and availability of generic medicines in Ethiopia: mixed methods study

Zeleke Mekonnen, Tsegaye Melaku, Gudina Terefe Tucho, Mohammed Mecha, Christine Årdal, Marianne Jahre

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Chinese Intelligence Prescription System improves prescription accuracy while decreasing labor and drug costs

Ting-Yu Huang, Wei-Te Huang, Yu-Chuan Lin, Hao-Hsiu Hung, Shi-Chen Ou, Chin-Wei Chang, Hung-En Lin, Ting-Yen Lin, Ching-Wen Chang, Hui-Chun Hung, Sheng-Teng Huang

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Application of the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the implementation of telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation in a randomized controlled trial among African-American and Hispanic patients with advanced stage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Jennifer Polo, Melissa J. Basile, Meng Zhang, Keyla Ordonez, Danielle Rodriguez, Eugenia Boye-Codjoe, Myia Williams, Donna Tsang, Richard Medina, Sonia Jacome, Parvez Mir, Sameer Khanijo, Renee Pekmezaris, Negin Hajizadeh

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An examination of the emerging field of community paramedicine: a national cross-sectional survey of community paramedics

Chinyere Mma Okoh, Leticia R. Moczygemba, Whitney Thurman, Carolyn Brown, Christopher Hanson, James O. Baffoe

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A survey of experts on personalized medicine landscape in European Union and China

Ilda Hoxhaj, Flavia Beccia, Alisha Morsella, Chiara Cadeddu, Walter Ricciardi, Stefania Boccia

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Estimation of health literacy levels in patients with cardiovascular diseases in a Gulf country

Satish Chandrasekhar Nair, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Karthik Vijayan, Halah Ibrahim

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Culture and pandemic control at cross-roads: navigating the burial guidelines for COVID-19-related deaths in a Ghanaian setting

Dorothy Takyiakwaa, Derek Anamaale Tuoyire, Susanna Aba Abraham, Elizabeth Ama Agyare, John Oti Amoah, Akosua Agyeiwaa Owusu-Sarpong, Kizito Omona, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, David Teye Doku

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Oral contraceptive pills shortage in Lebanon amidst the economic collapse: a nationwide exploratory study

Rania Itani, Hani MJ Khojah, Samar Karout, Rana Abu-Farha, Tareq L. Mukattash, Deema Rahme, Khouloud Housary, Hiam El Achi, Ali O. Safar, Ismail Karam Al Hajj, Abdalla El-Lakany

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Exposure to needle stick injuries among health care workers in hemodialysis units in the southwest of Iran: a cross-sectional study

Jamshid Roozbeh, Leila Malekmakan, Mina Mashayekh, Anahita Dehghani, Soroush Ansari, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Mehdi Mahmudpour

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Factors influencing loyalty to online health consultation platform: a cross-strait cultural perspective

Li-Yun Huang, Wen-Ming Shiau, Pei Chin Chou

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Insomnia and job stressors among healthcare workers who served COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh

Farzana Rahman, Koustuv Dalal, Mehedi Hasan, Tariful Islam, Samiha Nahar Tuli, Asma Akter, K M Tanvir, Khairul Islam, Ashikur Rahman, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

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What drives the adoption of online health communities? An empirical study from patient-centric perspective

Qianyao Zhang, Runtong Zhang, Xinyi Lu, Xijing Zhang

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Measurement of unmet healthcare needs to assess progress on universal health coverage - exploring a novel approach based on household surveys

Alok Ranjan, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Samir Garg

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Assessing the cost-effectiveness of waiting list reduction strategies for a breast radiology department: a real-life case study

Annarita Fanizzi, Elisabetta Graps, Domenica Antonia Bavaro, Marco Farella, Samantha Bove, Francesco Campobasso, Maria Colomba Comes, Cristian Cristofaro, Daniele La Forgia, Martina Milella, Serena Iacovelli, Rossella Villani, Rahel Signorile, Alessio De Bartolo, Vito Lorusso, Raffaella Massafra

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The effects of electronic nursing handover on patient safety in the general (non-COVID-19) and COVID-19 intensive care units: a quasi-experimental study

Azadeh Tataei, Bahlol Rahimi, Hadi Lotfnezhad Afshar, Vahid Alinejad, Hossein Jafarizadeh, Naser Parizad

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Mapping emerging technologies in aged care: results from an in-depth online research

Annachiara Fasoli, Giorgia Beretta, Gabriella Pravettoni, Virginia Sanchini

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Health professionals’ preferences with the use of pegfilgrastim on-body injector at oncology centers in 8 cities in Colombia

María Alejandra Larrarte-González, Mariana Pineda-Posada, Álvaro Andrés Gaitán, Jenny Amaya-Amaya, Kelman Ojeda

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Accessing healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative exploration of the experiences of parents and carers of children with chronic illness to inform future policies in times of crisis

Dominic Reed, Ingrid Wolfe, Jenny Greenwood, Sapfo Lignou

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Does information disclosure among public hospitals stimulate medical cost change efforts? A pilot study in Shanghai

Ya-jing Chen, Rui-Xin Wang, Jin-yan Tang, Xiao-hua Ying

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A mixed methods evaluation of Quit for new life, a smoking cessation initiative for women having an Aboriginal baby

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Impact of prescription length supply policy on patient medication adherence in Thailand

Inthorn Jarujumrus, Suthira Taychakhoonavudh

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Survey to measure the quality of life of patients with tuberculosis in Alexandria, Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Wahib Fayez Gobran, Reem Mohamed Tawfeek, Ola Fahmy Esmail, Rasha Ashmawy, Naglaa Youssef, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

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Healthcare professionals discourses on men and masculinities in sexual healthcare: a focus group study

Tommy Persson, Jesper Löve, Ellinor Tengelin, Gunnel Hensing

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Perspectives on an enhanced ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ (IAPT) service addressing the wider determinants of mental health: a qualitative study

Esther Louise Curtin, Katrina d’Apice, Alice Porter, Emily Widnall, Matthew Franklin, Frank de Vocht, Judi Kidger

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Chronic pain self-management interventions in primary care – does it make any difference? A qualitative study

Ragnhild Hestmann, Ola Bratås, Kjersti Grønning

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Association of workload and practice of respectful maternity care among the healthcare providers, before and during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in South Western Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Alpha Pokharel, Junko Kiriya, Akira Shibanuma, Ram Chandra Silwal, Masamine Jimba

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Development and validation of the interpersonal communication assessment tool for assessing the interpersonal communication skills of public health midwives

S.A.S. Prasanna, H.T.C.S. Abeysena, M.A.A.P. Alagiyawanna

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Evaluation of micronuclei and antioxidant status in hospital radiation workers occupationally exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation

S. N. Mousavikia, M. T. Bahreyni Toossi, S. Khademi, M. Soukhtanloo, H. Azimian

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Perspectives of patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases on e-consultation in transmural care: a qualitative study

T. Hellingman, M. L.H. van Beneden, C. M. den Bakker, B. M. Zonderhuis, G. Kazemier

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Socioeconomic inequities in specialized health services use following COVID-19 in individuals from Southern Brazil

Yohana Pereira Vieira, Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha, Rinelly Pazinato Dutra, Lorrany da Silva Nunes, Suele Manjourany Silva Duro, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes

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Mental healthcare services in Kenyan counties: a descriptive survey of four counties in Western Kenya

Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Matthew Turissini, Julius Barasa, Mercy Kimaiyo, Lily Okeyo, Joash Araka, Faith Njiriri, Richard Matundura, Florence Jaguga

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Predicting missed health care visits during the COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning methods: evidence from 55,500 individuals from 28 European countries

Anna Reuter, Šime Smolić, Till Bärnighausen, Nikkil Sudharsanan

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Comparing reproductive intentions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Fatemeh Rezaei, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Shima Haghani, Sally Pezaro, Fereshteh Behmanesh

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Healthcare usage and cost for plantar fasciitis: a retrospective observational analysis of the 2010–2018 health insurance review and assessment service national patient sample data

Jaeseo Ahn, Jiyoon Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Yoon Jae Lee, Yeoncheol Park, Bonhyuk Goo, In-Hyuk Ha

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From idea to systems solution: enhancing access to primary care in Malawi

L. van Niekerk, N. Fosiko, A. Likaka, C. P. Blauvelt, B. Msiska, L. Manderson

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Who consumes curative care expenditure of medical institutions in Beijing: a case study based on System of Health Accounts 2011

Yan Jiang, Xiaowei Man, Xuefeng Shi, Liying Zhao, Wanjin Yang, Wei Cheng

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Feasibility and efficacy of implementing group visits for women’s health conditions: a systematic review

Sophia Gerontakos, Matthew Leach, Amie Steel, Jon Wardle

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Patient and provider factors associated with colorectal cancer screening among average risk health plan enrollees in the US, 2015–2018

Nicole M. Engel-Nitz, Lesley-Ann Miller-Wilson, Lisa Le, Paul Limburg, Deborah A. Fisher

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The Black women first initiative: using implementation science to examine bundled interventions to improve care and treatment coordination for Black women with HIV

Serena Rajabiun, Corliss Heath, Angela Wangari Walter, Judith C. Scott, Alicia Downes, Esther Jennings, Howard J. Cabral, Cecilia Flores-Rodriguez, Linda Sprague Martinez

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Clinical and economic evaluations of natalizumab, rituximab, and ocrelizumab for the management of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in Saudi Arabia

Mansour A. Alharbi, Fahad Aldosari, Ahmed Hasan Althobaiti, Faris M. Abdullah, Salman Aljarallah, Nuha M. Alkhawajah, Miteb Alanazi, Yazed AlRuthia

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Clients’ experiences on North America’s first take-home injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) program: a qualitative study

Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Sophia Dobischok, José Carvajal, Scott MacDonald, Cheryl McDermid, Piotr Klakowicz, Scott Harrison, Julie LaJeunesse, Nancy Chow, Murray Brown, Sam Gill, Martin Schechter

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Longitudinal care continuity and avoidable hospitalization: the application of claims-based measures

Shou-Hsia Cheng, Chi-Chen Chen, Yueh-Yun Lin

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Exploring the organisational structure of networks for exercise oncology provision: a social network analysis of OnkoAktiv

Annelie Voland, Maximilian Köppel, Stefan Peters, Joachim Wiskemann, Hagen Wäsche

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The impact of COVID-19 on the interpretation of psycho-oncological support trial results: a quasi-experimental approach using the data from the new form of care “Integrated cross-sectoral psycho-oncology (nFC-isPO)”

Anna Hagemeier, Anne Adams, Theresia Krieger, Sandra Salm, Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Antje Dresen, Martin Hellmich

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A qualitative analysis of pharmacists’ attitudes towards provision of medication abortion

Selina Sandoval, Grace Chen, Sally Rafie, Borsika Rabin, Sheila Mody, Sarah Averbach

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Association between quality antenatal care and low birth weight in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study design using the Rwanda demographic and health surveys data

Gérard Uwimana, Mohamed Elhoumed, Mitslal Abrha Gebremedhin, Mougni Mohamed Azalati, Lin Nan, Lingxia Zeng

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Telemedicine consultation for emergency patients’ attention: a clinical experience from a high complex university hospital from Latin America

Laura Libreros-Peña, Jaime A. Quintero, Arnold Gelves, Juliana Alarcón, Sergio Morales, María Fernanda Escobar, Andres M. Valencia, Sara Guzmán, Julio Diez-Sepulveda

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Facilitation of team-based care to improve HTN management and outcomes: a protocol for a randomized stepped wedge trial

Donna R. Shelley, Dominique Brown, Charles M. Cleland, Hang Pham-Singer, Dina Zein, Ji Eun Chang, Winfred Y. Wu

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Cost-utility analysis of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs) and biosimilar DMARDs (bsDMARDs) combined with methotrexate for Thai rheumatoid arthritis patients with high disease activity

Juthamas Prawjaeng, Pattara Leelahavarong, Nuttakarn Budtarad, Songyot Pilasant, Chonticha Chanjam, Wanruchada Katchamart, Pongthorn Narongroeknawin, Tasanee Kitumnuaypong

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Social prescribing practices and learning across the North West Coast region: essential elements and key challenges to implementing effective and sustainable social prescribing services

Shaima M. Hassan, Adele Ring, Mark Goodall, Katharine Abba, Mark Gabbay, Nadja van Ginneken

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Implementing six multi-month dispensing of antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: perspectives of clients and healthcare workers

Joanne E. Mantell, Jennifer M. Zech, Tsitsi B. Masvawure, Tamrat Assefa, Mitike Molla, Laura Block, Dereje Duguma, Zenebe Yirsaw, Miriam Rabkin

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Assessing needs-based supply of physicians: a criteria-led methodological review of international studies in high-resource settings

Isabel Geiger, Laura Schang, Leonie Sundmacher

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Facilitating implementation of primary care mental health over time and across organizational contexts: a qualitative study of role and process

Mona J. Ritchie, Louise E. Parker, JoAnn E. Kirchner

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Effect of an app for promoting advance care planning and motivating patients to write their advance directives

Céline Schöpfer, Catherine Bollondi, Mohamed Amir Moussa, Johanna Sommer, Christine Clavien

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Telehealth services for global emergencies: implications for COVID-19: a scoping review based on current evidence

Jonathan Kissi, Caleb Annobil, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Joseph Owusu-Marfo, Ernest Osei, Zenobia Wooduwa Asmah

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Variations in the impact of the new case-based payment reform on medical costs, length of stay, and quality across different hospitals in China: an interrupted time series analysis

Xue Tang, Xinyu Zhang, Yajing Chen, Jiaqi Yan, Mengcen Qian, Xiaohua Ying

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Client retention in the continuum of maternal health services in Ethiopia

Frehiwot Birhanu, Kiddus Yitbarek, Mirkuzie woldie

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Implementing integrated care clinics for HIV-infection, diabetes and hypertension in Uganda (INTE-AFRICA): process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Marie Claire Van Hout, Flavia Zalwango, Mathias Akugizibwe, Moreen Namulundu Chaka, Josephine Birungi, Joseph Okebe, Shabbar Jaffar, Max Bachmann, Jamie Murdoch

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The role of family doctors in the management of domestic violence cases – a qualitative study in Portugal

Diana Nadine Moreira, Mariana Pinto da Costa

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Impact of physical activity on healthcare costs: a systematic review

Marjolein Duijvestijn, G. Ardine de Wit, Paul F. van Gils, G. C. Wanda Wendel-Vos

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Family physicians’ experiences with an innovative, community-based, hybrid model of in- person and virtual care: a mixed-methods study

Jonathan Fitzsimon, Kush Patel, Cayden Peixoto, Christopher Belanger

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SDG indicator 3.b.3 – an analysis of its robustness and challenges for measuring access to medicines for children

I. R. Joosse, V. J. Wirtz, A. T. van Mourik, B. A. Wagner, A. K. Mantel-Teeuwisse, F. Suleman, H. A. van den Ham

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Area-specific covid-19 effects on health services utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo using routine health information system data

Gustavo Angeles, Hannah Silverstein, Matt Worges, David R. Hotchkiss, Janna M. Wisniewski, Paul Samson Lusamba Dikassa, William Weiss, Karar Zunaid Ahsan

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Five-year fidelity assessment of an evidence-based parenting program (GenerationPMTO): inter-rater reliability following international implementation

Margrét Sigmarsdóttir, Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Abigail Gewirtz, Laura Rains, Jolle Tjaden, Marion S. Forgatch

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Associations between long-term care-service use and service- or care-need level progression: a nationwide cohort study using the Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance Claims database

Kohei Hasegawa, Teruomi Tsukahara, Tetsuo Nomiyama

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Implementing interprofessional video consultations with general practitioners and psychiatrists in correctional facilities in Germany: results from a mixed-methods study

Miriam Giovanna Colombo, Stefanie Joos, Roland Koch

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Slack in the infrastructure of intensive care units: resilience management in the post-pandemic era

Carlos Emilio Stigler Marczyk, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin, Iamara Rossi Bulhões, Riccardo Patriarca, Federico Bilotta

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The influence of government policies on the nurse practitioner and physician assistant workforce in the Netherlands, 2000–2022: a multimethod approach study

Ellen J. C. M. Dankers-de Mari, Anneke J. A. H. van Vught, Hetty C. Visee, Miranda G. H. Laurant, Ronald Batenburg, Patrick P. T. Jeurissen

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Patient safety and sense of security when telemonitoring chronic conditions at home: the views of patients and healthcare professionals - a qualitative study

Mirjam Ekstedt, Espen S. Nordheim, Amanda Hellström, Susanna Strandberg, Heidi Hagerman

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Positive attitudes toward adoption of a multi-component intervention strategy aimed at improving HIV outcomes among adolescents and young people in Nampula, Mozambique: perspectives of HIV care providers

Phepo Mogoba, Maia Lesosky, Elton E. Mukonda, Allison Zerbe, Joana Falcao, Ricardino Zandamela, Landon Myer, Elaine J. Abrams

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Matching medical staff to long term care facilities to respond to COVID-19 outbreak

Hamid Reza Zarei, Mahsa Ghanbarpour Mamaghani, Ozlem Ergun, Patricia Yu, Leanne Winchester, Elizabeth Chen

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Retrospective analysis of factors influencing the implementation of a program to address unprofessional behaviour and improve culture in Australian hospitals

Kate Churruca, Johanna Westbrook, Kathleen L Bagot, Ryan D McMullan, Rachel Urwin, Neil Cunningham, Rebecca Mitchell, Peter Hibbert, Neroli Sunderland, Erwin Loh, Natalie Taylor

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Organizational attributes that contribute to the learning & improvement capabilities of healthcare organizations: a scoping review

Kees de Kok, Wilma van der Scheer, Corry Ketelaars, Ian Leistikow

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Nurses’ discursive construction of older adult immigrant patients in hospitals

Lisbeth Alnes Vestgarden, Elisabeth Dahlborg, Jeanne Strunck, Elin Margrethe Aasen

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Improving difficult peripheral intravenous access requires thought, training and technology (DART3): a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial protocol

Jessica A Schults, Nicole Marsh, Amanda J Ullman, Tricia M Kleidon, Robert S Ware, Joshua Byrnes, Emily Young, Lisa Hall, Gerben Keijzers, Louise Cullen, Pauline Calleja, Steven McTaggart, Nathan Peters, Stuart Watkins, Amanda Corley, Christine Brown, Zhen Lin, Frances Williamson, Luke Burgess, Fiona Macfarlane, Marie Cooke, Callan Battley, Claire M Rickard

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Impact of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Rebate (MBSR) freeze on General Practice (GP) use: multivariable regression analysis

Shalika Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, Sithara Wanni Arachchige Dona, Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Jennifer J Watts

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The somatic care of patients with comorbid mental disorders: protocol of a mixed-methods study aiming to identify barriers to and enablers of utilization of somatic healthcare (SoKo)

Sophie E. Groß, Isabell Schellartz, Jürgen Zielasek, Lara Schlomann, Inna Klee, Careen Ritschel, Sandra Engemann, Barbara Steffens, Michaela Jänner, Oliver Funken, Georg Juckel, Euphrosyne Gouzoulis-Mayfrank

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Balancing burdens of infection control: Norwegian district medical officers’ ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Linn Brøderud, Reidar Pedersen, Morten Magelssen

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Applying a data-driven population segmentation approach in German claims data

Carolina Pioch, Cornelia Henschke, Hendrikje Lantzsch, Reinhard Busse, Verena Vogt

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Cost-effectiveness of hypofractionated versus conventional fractionated radiotherapy for the treatment of men with early glottic cancer: a study in the Brazilian public and private health system

Marina Lourenção, Gustavo Viani Arruda, Lucas Penna Rocha, Julia Simões Corrêa Galendi, Jorge Caldeira de Oliveira, Alexandre Arthur Jacinto

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Which value aspects are relevant for the evaluation of medical devices? Exploring stakeholders’ views through a Web-Delphi process

Liliana Freitas, Ana C. L. Vieira, Mónica D. Oliveira, Helena Monteiro, Carlos A. Bana e Costa

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‘Survivorship care is one big gap’: a qualitative study of post-treatment supportive care in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jerram Bateman, Richard Egan, Karyn Maclennan

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Living with type 1 diabetes in Neno, Malawi: a qualitative study of self-management and experiences in care

Laura Drown, Alma J Adler, Leah N. Schwartz, Junious Sichali, Francis Valeta, Chantelle Boudreaux, Celina Trujillo, Todd Ruderman, Gene Bukhman

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Moderators of the cost-effectiveness of transdiagnostic CBT for anxiety disorders over an 8-month time horizon using a net-benefit regression framework

Alexandra Chapdelaine, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis, Martin D. Provencher, Peter J. Norton, Pasquale Roberge

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Disparities in modern health service utilization across socio-demographic and economic inequalities among households in Gida Ayana district, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Abebe Wakjira, Wase Benti Hailu

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Evaluation of accessibility and equity to hospitals by public transport: evidence from six largest cities of Ohio

M. S. Alam, N. J. Tabassum, A. I. Tokey

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Developing quality indicators for cross-sectoral psycho-oncology in Germany: combining the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method with a Delphi technique

Lisa Derendorf, Stephanie Stock, Dusan Simic, Clarissa Lemmen

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Factors affecting the implementation of employee whole health in the veterans health administration: a qualitative evaluation

Omonyêlé L. Adjognon, Adena Cohen-Bearak, Jenesse Kaitz, Barbara G. Bokhour, Leslie Chatelain, Martin P. Charns, David C. Mohr

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Operationalizing risk-appropriate perinatal care in a rural US State: directions for policy and practice

Carly Holman, Annie Glover, Kaitlin Fertaly, Megan Nelson

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Exploring the psychological impact of contact tracing work on staff during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hugh Fulham-McQuillan, Róisín O’Donovan, Claire M. Buckley, Philip Crowley, Brynne Gilmore, Jennifer Martin, Eilish McAuliffe, Gregory Martin, Gemma Moore, Mary Morrissey, Emma Nicholson, Éidín Ní Shé, Mary Clare O’Hara, Ricardo Segurado, Mary Rose Sweeney, Patrick Wall, Aoife De Brún

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Children’s, parents’, and teachers’ experiences of the feasibility of a telerehabilitation intervention for children with acquired brain injury in the chronic phase – a qualitative study of acceptability and participation in the Child In Context Intervention (CICI)

Edel Jannecke Svendsen, Eli Marie Killi, Nina Rohrer-Baumgartner, Ingvil Laberg Holthe, Maria Sandhaug, Ida M. H. Borgen, Shari L. Wade, Solveig Laegreid Hauger, Marianne Løvstad, Line Kildal Bragstad

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Discharge interventions for First Nations people with a chronic condition or injury: a systematic review

Julieann Coombes, Andrew J.A Holland, Courtney Ryder, Summer May Finlay, Kate Hunter, Keziah Bennett-Brook, Phillip Orcher, Michele Scarcella, Karl Briscoe, Dale Forbes, Madeleine Jacques, Deborah Maze, Bobby Porykali, Elizabeth Bourke, Camila A. Kairuz Santos

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Does using the sociodental approach in oral health care influence use of dental services and oral health of adolescents living in deprived communities? a one-year follow up study

Andressa Coelho Gomes, Mario Vianna Vettore, Larissa Neves Quadros, Maria Augusta Bessa Rebelo, Janete Maria Rebelo Vieira

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Understanding collaborative implementation between community and academic partners in a complex intervention: a qualitative descriptive study

Rebecca Clark, Jessica Gaber, Julie Datta, Samina Talat, Sivan Bomze, Sarah Marentette-Brown, Cherie Gagnon, Doug Oliver, Larkin Lamarche, Pamela Forsyth, Tracey Carr, David Price, Dee Mangin

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Prospective application of theoretical implementation frameworks to improve health care in hospitals — a systematic review

Rebecca Barnden, David A. Snowdon, Natasha A. Lannin, Elizabeth Lynch, Velandai Srikanth, Nadine E. Andrew

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Validation of the accident and emergency experience questionnaire: a cross-sectional survey

Eliza Lai-Yi Wong, Annie Wai-Ling Cheung, Hong Qiu, Jonathan Chun-Hei Ma, Eng-Kiong Yeoh

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Regulation of dental consultations in primary health care and performance of services in dental speciality centers

Bárbara Campos da Silva, Giovana Soares Buzinaro, Jhenyffer Andrade Viana Cabral, Inara Pereira da Cunha, Valéria Rodrigues de Lacerda, Rafael Aiello Bomfim

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Impact of PSA testing on secondary care costs in England and Wales: estimates from the Cluster randomised triAl of PSA testing for Prostate cancer (CAP)

Joanna C. Thorn, Emma L. Turner, Eleanor I. Walsh, Jenny L. Donovan, David E. Neal, Freddie C. Hamdy, Richard M. Martin, Sian M. Noble

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The effects of mHealth interventions on improving institutional delivery and uptake of postnatal care services in low-and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Reta Tsegaye Gayesa, Fei Wan Ngai, Yao Jie Xie

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Ethnic minority women’s experiences of accessing antenatal care in high income European countries: a systematic review

Esther Sharma, Pei-Ching Tseng, Angela Harden, Leah Li, Shuby Puthussery

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Process and costs for readiness to safely implement immediate kangaroo mother care: a mixed methods evaluation from the OMWaNA trial at five hospitals in Uganda

Melissa M. Medvedev, Victor Tumukunde, Charity Kirabo-Nagemi, Giulia Greco, Ivan Mambule, Kenneth Katumba, Peter Waiswa, Cally J. Tann, Diana Elbourne, Elizabeth Allen, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Catherine Pitt, Joy E. Lawn

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Implementing a text message-based intervention to support type 2 diabetes medication adherence in primary care: a qualitative study with general practice staff

Karen Butler, Yvonne Kiera Bartlett, Nikki Newhouse, Andrew Farmer, David P. French, Cassandra Kenning, Louise Locock, Rustam Rea, Veronika Williams, Jenny Mc Sharry

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Satisfaction of health informatics professionals with Ethiopian health system: the case of three zones in Ethiopia

Girma Gilano, Sewunet Sako, Belachew Boranto, Firehiwot Haile, Hadiya Hassen

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Frequent hospital presenters’ use of health information during COVID-19: results of a cross-sectional survey

Rebecca L. Jessup, Cassandra Bramston, Polina Putrik, Cilla Haywood, Mark Tacey, Beverley Copnell, Natali Cvetanovska, Yingting Cao, Anthony Gust, Donald Campbell, Brian Oldenburg, Hala Mehdi, Michael Kirk, Emiliano Zucchi, Adam I. Semciw, Alison Beauchamp

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Predictors of readmission in a medical department of a tertiary university hospital in the Philippines

Janika Adrienne L. Balane, Celina Daia DG. Yap, Cary Amiel G. Villanueva, Lia Aileen M. Palileo-Villanueva, Diana R. Tamondong-Lachica

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Knowledge support for environmental information on pharmaceuticals: experiences among Swedish Drug and Therapeutics Committees

Elkanah Linder, Björn Wettermark, Marie-Louise Ovesjö, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong, Helena Ramström

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Outpatient healthcare costs associated with overweight and obesity in Italy

Vincenzo Atella, Federico Belotti, Claudio Cricelli, Matilde Giaccherini, Gerardo Medea, Antonio Nicolucci, Andrea Piano Mortari, Paolo Sbraccia

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Factors associated to patients’ referral to public or private Covid-19 healthcare centers in Tabriz, Iran

Nasrin Jafari, Hossein Akbari, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Abbasali Dorosti, Simin Khayatzadeh, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl

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Risk stratification models for predicting preventable hospitalization in commercially insured late middle-aged adults with depression

Lauren Evans, Yiyuan Wu, Wenna Xi, Arnab K. Ghosh, Min-hyung Kim, George S. Alexopoulos, Jyotishman Pathak, Samprit Banerjee

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A narrative review of refugee & asylum seekers’ transitions into & experiences of working in the United Kingdom National Health Service

Derek David Truong Farnham, Ross Goldstone

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Stakeholder perspectives and experiences of the implementation of remote mental health consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Emer Galvin, Shane Desselle, Blánaid Gavin, Etain Quigley, Mark Flear, Ken Kilbride, Fiona McNicholas, Shane Cullinan, John Hayden

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Evaluation and acceptability of patient-reported outcome measures in women following pelvic organ prolapse procedures

Rasa Ruseckaite, Randi Jayasinghe, Claire Bavor, Joanne Dean, Oliver Daly, Susannah Ahern

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Association of Medicaid expansion with dental emergency department visits overall and by states’ Medicaid dental benefits provision

Theodoros V. Giannouchos, Julie Reynolds, Peter Damiano, Brad Wright

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Old-age mental telehealth services at primary healthcare centers in low- resource areas in Greece: design, iterative development and single-site pilot study findings

Antonios Politis, Theofanis Vorvolakos, Evaggelia Kontogianni, Maria Alexaki, Eleni-Zacharoula (Eliza) Georgiou, Eleutheria Aggeletaki, Maria Gkampra, Maria Delatola, Antonis Delatolas, Apostolos Efkarpidis, Elissavet Thanopoulou, Konstantinos Kostoulas, Vassiliki Naziri, Anna Petrou, Kalliopi Savvopoulou, Kostas Siarkos, Rigas Filippos Soldatos, Vasileios Stamos, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Iracema Leroi, Dimitrios Kiosses, Konstantinos Tsimpanis, Panagiotis Alexopoulos

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The needs and experiences of critically ill patients and family members in intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Malaysia: a qualitative study

E-Li Leong, Chii-Chii Chew, Ju-Ying Ang, Sharon-Linus Lojikip, Philip-Rajan Devesahayam, Kit-Weng Foong

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Access to health services during the Colombian armed conflict: a challenge for the population with disabilities in the department of Meta

Nicolás Rodríguez Caicedo, Sebastián León-Giraldo, Catalina González-Uribe, Oscar Bernal

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Patient satisfaction – results of cluster analysis of finnish patients

Anu Nurmeksela, Markus Kulmala, Tarja Kvist

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Assessing the sustainability and scalability of a diabetes eHealth innovation: a mixed-methods study

Arani Sivakumar, Rachel Y. Pan, Angel Wang, Dorothy Choi, Ali Ben Charif, Monika Kastner, France Légaré, Catherine H. Yu

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Community-based HIV prevention services for transgender people in Ukraine: current situation and potential for improvement

Oleksandr Neduzhko, Tetiana Saliuk, Oksana Kovtun, Nadiia Semchuk, Olga Varetska

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Resilience, job satisfaction, intentions to leave nursing and quality of care among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic – a questionnaire study

Saija Sihvola, Anu Nurmeksela, Santtu Mikkonen, Jaana Peltokoski, Tarja Kvist

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Examining the factors associated with inpatients’ perception of overtreatment in Korea: a cross-sectional study

Jin Su Jang, Hyun Woo Jung

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Exploring the role of ICT in pharmaceutical supply chain practices and operational performance in Ethiopia: a structural equation modeling approach

Rabira Hailu, Tafesse Gizaw, Nimona Berhanu, Tidenek Mulugeta, Bekele Boche, Tadesse Gudeta

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Telehealth utilization barriers among Alabama parents of pediatric patients during COVID-19 outbreak

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Correction: Organizational resilience in healthcare: a review and descriptive narrative synthesis of approaches to resilience measurement and assessment in empirical studies

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