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  1. Cancer stage is important to capture within population-based cancer registries (PBCRs) to facilitate recruitment to clinical trials, evaluate prevention programs, assess treatment impact, and forecast cancer s...

    Authors: Laura Woodings, Kris Ivanova, Linda Nolte, Kathryn Baxter, Carla Read, Fiona Kennett, Patsy Catterson, Kerry Davidson, Colin Hornby, Vivian Yang, Jodie Lydeker, Luc te Marvelde, Belinda Yeo and Sue M. Evans
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:624
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  2. Maintaining high-quality care in nursing homes is challenging. An ageing population and labour market shortages have created an imbalance in the supply and demand of care, and the focus of care has transitione...

    Authors: Clariska van Biessum, Bellis van den Berg, Kim van Erp, Paulien Vermunt, Johannes Ket, Henk Nies and Bianca Beersma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:621
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  3. Healthcare and administrative staff working with asylum seekers are at risk of burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization. Moreover, they face a series of crises, with the refugee crisis in 2015–...

    Authors: Léa Grosjean, Yann Sancosme, Kevin Morisod, Allison François, Rose Caitlin, Anne Jachmann, Véronique S. Grazioli and Patrick Bodenmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:620
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  4. Patient safety incidents, defined as deviations from standard healthcare practices, contribute to significant mortality and financial burdens for healthcare systems globally each year. In response, internation...

    Authors: Gelana Fekadu, Georgia Tobiano, Rachel Muir, Melaku Tadege Engidaw and Andrea P. Marshall
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:619
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  6. Newly graduated healthcare and social work professionals can experience stress and a perceived lack of competence when transitioning from academia to clinical practice, which can lead to health problems or lea...

    Authors: Ingrid Larsson, Inger Ahlstrand, Margaretha Larsson, Sandra Pennbrant, Aimée Ekman and Jenny Hallgren
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:617
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  7. Restorative care is a goal-oriented, time-limited, multidisciplinary approach to address functional decline in older adults. Within Australia, one form of restorative care available to community-dwelling older...

    Authors: Lindsey Brett, Angela Collins, Kylie Lemsing and Christopher J. Poulos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:616
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  8. The information on knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) related to aphasia among Chinese healthcare workers is scarce. This study aimed to assess the KAP related to aphasia among Chinese healthcare worker...

    Authors: Bing Leng, Shun-Li Yang, Yi-Li Chu and Yan Xie
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:615
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  9. This study, conducted across three distinct geographical regions in Sweden, highlights the diverse conditions and challenges in healthcare provision. The study focuses on the sparsely populated northern region...

    Authors: Linda Ljungholm, Charlotte Klinga, Mirjam Ekstedt, Anette Edin-Liljegren and Elin-Sofie Forsgärde
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:614
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  11. Patient safety is a primary concern in healthcare due to errors and low incident reporting rates. A strong safety culture and positive attitudes towards reporting are crucial for improving patient safety cultu...

    Authors: Nabel Alsobou, Ahmad Hussien Rayan, Manal Hassan Baqeas, Mohammed Sa’d ALBashtawy, Islam Ali Oweidat, Khalid Al-Mugheed and Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:612
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  12. While Internet hospitals have rapidly developed as China’s dominant digital healthcare model, critical evidence gaps persist regarding operational status and challenges of their core online consultation servic...

    Authors: Ming Yang, Yiwei Yan, Zhong Xu, Hongli Liu, Jing Ran, Yingbin Zheng, Zhefeng Cai, Zhengwei Liu and Kai Gong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:611
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  13. Addressing disparities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services is crucial in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of universal health coverage. The persistence of social and geograp...

    Authors: Zewditu Denu, Atkure Defar, Lars Persson, Seblewengel Lemma, Della Berhanu, Theodros Getachew, Solomon Shiferaw, Amare Tariku, Tadesse Guadu, Meseret Zelalem, Girum Taye, Joanna Schellenberg, Tanya Marchant and Kassahun Alemu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:610
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  14. The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented complexity for health care seeking globally. Little is known on how people living with HIV (PLHIV) and other co-morbidities including hypertension accessed healthc...

    Authors: Florence Ayebare, Godfrey E. Siu, David Kaawa-Mafigiri, Joel Senfuma, Christine Kiwala, Joanita Nangendo, Fred C. Semitala and Anne R. Katahoire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:609
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  15. Given the home health care industry’s growth, increasing demand for workers, and complex patient care needs, investigating initiatives to maintain home health care workers’ health and ability to work is crucia...

    Authors: Maja Vilhelmsen, Tonje Pedersen Ludvigsen, Kristina Thomassen and Charlotte Diana Nørregaard Rasmussen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:608
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  16. Despite the importance of preventive and curative healthcare use, female youths show a lower likelihood of usage. Factors such as language barriers, autonomy, household economic statu...

    Authors: Hailu Aragie, Habtu Kifle Negash, Mihret Getnet, Winta Tesfaye, Yibeltal Yismaw Gela, Tseganesh Asefa, Maru Mandefro Woldeyes and Hiwot Tezera Endale
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:607
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  17. Patients who maintain longitudinal provider-patient relationships experience better overall health outcomes. However, most older adults in Canada lose contact with their family physician when they enter long-t...

    Authors: Augustine Chukwuebuka Okoh, Alfina Shahu, Regis Gu, Henry Siu, Michelle Howard, Ellen Badone and Lawrence Grierson
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:606
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  18. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a crucial role in the delivery of much-needed healthcare services globally. Outside major metropolitan centres (i.e., non-metropolitan areas including regional, rural, remote, an...

    Authors: Priya Martin, Clara Walker, Bahram Sangelaji, Jessica Elliott, Lee O’Malley, Ansmarie Van Erp, Hwee Sin Chong, Anna Coghlan and Tony Fallon
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:605
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  19. The risk of herpes zoster (HZ) increases with age and in immunocompromised (IC) patients. Recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) is currently recommended in Canada for people aged ≥ 50 years. The objectives of the c...

    Authors: Sydney George, Justin Carrico, Katherine A. Hicks, Dessi Loukov, Cheryl Ng and Desmond Curran
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:604
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  20. Limited access to onsite radiologists in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) poses challenges for health facilities in delivering timely radiology services resulting in prolonged patient waiting times and...

    Authors: Araya Mesfin Nigatu, Tesfahun Melese Yilma, Lemma Derseh Gezie, Yonathan Gebrewold, Monika Knudsen Gullslett, Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste and Binyam Tilahun
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:603
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  21. By analyzing the medical cost index and difference trend among inpatients with lung cancer who participated in the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) in coastal areas and inland areas of Fujian Provi...

    Authors: Qiongting Liu, Rong Fu, Yixian Jiang, Zhenquan Zheng, Zhijian Hu and Fei He
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:602
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  22. Allied health student placements in healthcare settings are complex, constantly evolving, and tailored to real-life environments. The value of student placements in acute and primary healthcare settings is ref...

    Authors: Mohammad Hamiduzzaman, Vanette McLennan, Gillian Nisbet, Shruti Jindal, Sarah Miles, Sarah Crook, Karn Nelson, Christopher Williams and Victoria Flood
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:601
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  23. When WHO declared the SARS-CoV- 2 respiratory virus pandemic in 2020, Uganda was unprepared to prevent and control its spread or manage the COVID- 19 and non-COVID patients. A community trial to assess the eff...

    Authors: David Kaawa-Mafigiri, Dickson Muyomba, Irene Sheila Kisakye, Daniel Semakula and Nelson K. Sewankambo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:600
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  24. Organizational health literacy (OHL) is increasingly recognized as a fundamental aspect of high-quality healthcare delivery, focusing on organizations’ roles in enabling patients to access, understand, and use...

    Authors: Nicola Pelizzari, Loredana Covolo, Elisabetta Ceretti, Carlotta Fiammenghi and Umberto Gelatti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:599
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  25. Migrants often face various barriers to their access to healthcare services. Community pharmacists play a crucial role in offering accessible, patient-centred healthcare services. However, little is known abou...

    Authors: Saleh Aljadeeah and Aleksandra Borek
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:598
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  27. Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a serious public health problem. Healthcare workers are exposed to HAI, which in turn exposes patients to nosocomial infection. Compliance with infection prevention a...

    Authors: Midrelle Syntyche Tsague, Leslie Tasha Mbapah, Denis Georges Teuwafeu, Fombo Enjeh Jabbossung, Sandra Tabe Etaka, Ngwa Fred Ngunjoh, Aghinwi Brandon Forcob, Longsti Scarlet Tabot Enanga, Brandon Carl Monika Pouekoua and Nicholas Tendongfor
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:596
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  28. The advanced disease management (ADM) package, which aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in people with Advanced HIV disease (AHD, WHO stage III/IV and/or CD4 count < 200 cells/mm3 or age < 5 years), is not fu...

    Authors: Shrikala Acharya, Ramesh Reddy Allam, Vijay Kumar Karanjkar, Dhirubhai Rathod, Prashant Deshpande, Amol Palkar, Shashikant Todmal, Sagar Koli, Sachin Dhande, Nalini Chava, Vijay V Yeldandi, Amit Harshana, Reshu Agarwal, Sunita Upadhyaya and Melissa Nyendak
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:595
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  29. The shortage of medical professionals in peripheral areas is an international challenge, not only in the developing world but also in developed countries. This jeopardises the quality and equity of care provis...

    Authors: Marco Sartirana, Giorgio Giacomelli, Francesco Vidè and Claudio Buongiorno Sottoriva
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:594
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  30. Facility-based delivery services are a critical intervention for improving maternal and infant health and reducing mortalities. However, in Ethiopia, high costs have been reported to hinder access to care, par...

    Authors: Ibsa Abdusemed Ahmed, Behailu Hawulte Ayele, Yadeta Dessie Bacha, Alo Edin Huka, Girmaye Deye Dinsa and Abdulmalik Abdela Bushra
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:593
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  31. A shortage of behavioral health clinicians impedes access to mental health services nationwide in the U.S., with shortages most acute in federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (mHPSAs)....

    Authors: Donald E. Pathman, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Thomas R. Konrad, Amanda Beth Shafer, Jerry N. Harrison, Jackie Fannell and Brianna M. Lombardi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:592
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  32. Despite therapeutic advances, sepsis remains a global burden. Shortcomings within the healthcare system that inflate morbidity and mortality rates are instructive in this regard. This review aims to provide a ...

    Authors: Lea Draeger, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Sabine Gehrke-Beck, Christoph Heintze, Daniel O. Thomas-Rueddel and Konrad Schmidt
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:591
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  33. De-adoption of healthcare involves stopping or removing provision of an intervention, usually because of concerns about harm, effectiveness, and/or cost-effectiveness. De-adoption is integral to upholding the ...

    Authors: Nicola Farrar, Carmel Conefrey, Mike Bell, Jane Blazeby, Christopher Burton, Jenny Donovan, Andy Gibson, Joel Glynn, Tim Jones, Josie Morley, Angus McNair, Amanda Owen-Smith, Ellen Rule, Gail Thornton, Victoria Tucker, Iestyn Williams…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:590
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  34. Approximately one in five HIV infections in the United States occurs among cisgender women, those whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effectiv...

    Authors: Allison Pack, Rachel O’Conor, Rosanne Vasiloff, David Liebovitz, Mary Clare Masters, Kenya Alcantara, Reneaki Smith, Guisselle Wismer, Rachel Tatz, Fangyu Yeh, Laura M. Curtis, Scott Hur and Stacy C. Bailey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:589
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  35. Alzheimer Disease (AD) represents a growing global health concern with profound socioeconomic implications, with predictions indicating a potential 50% increase in AD cases in Italy over the next 30 years. Tim...

    Authors: Francesco Saverio Mennini, Paolo Sciattella, Matteo Scortichini, Raffaele Migliorini, Marco Trabucco Aurilio, Andrea Marcellusi and Angelo Bianchetti
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:588
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  36. The Canadian province of Manitoba has reported a 52% increase in HIV diagnoses during the past 5 years. Females are disproportionately affected by HIV and multiple intersecting health and social challenges, in...

    Authors: Enrique Villacis-Alvarez, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Katharina Maier, Cheryl Sobie, Heather Pashe, Joel Baliddawa, Nikki Daniels, Rebecca Murdock, Robert Russell, Clara Dan, Freda Woodhouse, Susie Cusson, Lisa Patrick, Marj Schenkels, Michael Payne, Ken Kasper…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:587
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  37. Many patient portals allow patients to authorize a care partner to use the portal on their behalf, with evidence suggesting a range of benefits to patients, care partners, and clinicians. Shared or proxy acces...

    Authors: Vadim Dukhanin, Jennifer L. Wolff, Kelly Gleason, Deborah Wachenheim, Liz Salmi, Matthew J. Gonzales, Marianne Parshley, Sara Epstein, Supriya Mohile, Timothy W. Farrell, Mark A. Supiano and Catherine M. DesRoches
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:586
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  38. Many existing implementation frameworks neglect inequity. Theories of intersectionality can help implementation researchers understand the multiplicative burden of certain inequities experienced by people with...

    Authors: Rajinder Sonia Singh, Kim Zamarin, Kristen L. Eckstrand, Marisa Sklar, Robert Sturm and Cathleen Willging
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:585
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  39. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often require unique healthcare services. As adolescents age out of the pediatric health system, accessing appropriate h...

    Authors: Parisa Ghanouni and Tara Naimpally
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:584
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  40. Multimorbidity is increasing globally, affecting over one-third of the population. Adults with complex needs often experience physical, mental, and cognitive disorders, leading to increased healthcare utilizat...

    Authors: Ulrika Harris, Anna Andersson, Veronica Plessen and Markus Hjelm
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:583
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  41. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with Indonesian migrant workers’ satisfaction with healthcare services in Taiwan, and to compare their satisfaction of healthcare between Taiwan and...

    Authors: Ari Setyawan, Hui-Chuan Hsu, Shang-Jyh Chiou, Wen-Chi Wu, Kun-Yang Chuang and Ying-Chih Chuang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:582
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  42. Self-care behaviors play an important role in disease management and improving the health outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. However, currently available Turkish instruments to measure self-care b...

    Authors: Öznur Erbay Dallı, Seda Pehlivan, Salim Mısırcı, Nilhan Toyer Şahin and Yavuz Pehlivan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:581
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  43. The increasing hospitalization expenses for Gastric Cancer (GC) impose a notable economic burden on society. Although the Chinese government has implemented the Universal Zero Markup Drug Policy (UZMDP) to con...

    Authors: Yichun Gu, Jiajun Hao, Da He, Hui Sun, Xin Cui, Wenqi Tian, Yulin Zhang, Chunlin Jin and Haiyin Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:580
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  44. Several international health bodies advocate measuring patient safety culture within an organisation as an effective strategy for sustainably improving safety. This study aims to assess and compare patient saf...

    Authors: Fatemah M. Alsaleh, Shaikha Albraikan, Hadeel Alzoubi, Eman A. Abahussain and Hossam Elamir
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:579
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  45. Social healthcare expenditure is a crucial component of global healthcare expenditure. Assessing the relative efficiency, dynamic changes, and influencing factors of province-level social investment in China w...

    Authors: Chuanhai Xu, Jieyao Chen, Yuehui Li, Dongyu Huang and Yuan Xue
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:578
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  47. HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) provision via online pharmacies could expand reach of HIV prevention in Eastern and Southern Africa, but designing sustainable delivery models will require ass...

    Authors: Michalina A. Montaño, Yilin Chen, Enrique M. Saldarriaga, Nicholas Thuo, Catherine Kiptinness, Andy Stergachis, Melissa L. Mugambi, Kenneth Ngure, Katrina F. Ortblad and Monisha Sharma
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:576
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  48. The World Health Organization recommends improving the quality of care in rural areas of developing countries by enhancing teamwork. Effective teamwork is especially essential for rural hospital care delivered...

    Authors: Hujie Wang, Martina Buljac-Samardžić, Jeroen van Wijngaarden and Joris van de Klundert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:575
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  49. Medications are among the most common health interventions, with certain populations, such as individuals with spinal cord injury/dysfunction (SCI/D), commonly prescribed multiple medications. Consequently, ad...

    Authors: Lauren Cadel, Rasha El-Kotob, Sander L. Hitzig, Lisa M. McCarthy, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Tanya L. Packer, Tejal Patel, Stephanie R. Cimino, Aisha K. Lofters, Chester H. Ho, Maliha Asif and Sara J.T. Guilcher
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:574
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  50. In Australia, access to primary health care (PHC) services is limited in comparison to major cities. Allied health professionals play a pivotal role in providing necessary PHC in rural and remote areas. Howeve...

    Authors: Alison Brown, Alexandra Cant, Rebecca Wolfgang, Robyn Ramsden, Susan Heaney and Leanne J. Brown
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:573
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:
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