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  1. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an interactive avatar application in enhancing self-care behaviors and improving recognition and response to heart attack symptoms among patients with Acute Coro...

    Authors: Nahid Keivanlou, Faezeh Babaieasl, Jamshid Jamali, Saeedeh Baghyari, Zahra Dalir and Nayyereh Davoudi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:572
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  2. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic hematologic disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The study aims to investigate the suggested socio-economic and clinical factors and their contribut...

    Authors: Nassiwa Shamira, Asiimwe John Bosco, Nsimbe Dick and Charles Lwanga
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:571
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  3. The absence of a link between cancer registries and governmental mortality databases in Saudi Arabia (SA) poses a significant challenge. This disconnect results in incomplete and inaccurate cancer registry sur...

    Authors: Doha Mohammed Rayed Fatani, Tusneem Elhassan, Narmeen Shaikh and Noara Alhusseini
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:570
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  4. Epilepsy and other seizure disorders are medical conditions that impose a substantial health economic burden on society given their considerable costs of illness and use of healthcare resources. The ALVEEG tri...

    Authors: Ricarda Sophia Schulz, Pauline Sarah Münchenberg, Carmen Thomas, Alice Charlotte Dorison, Hans-Aloys Wischmann, Ana Sofia Oliveira Gonçalves, Imke Mayer, Kerstin Wainwright, Martin Holtkamp, Christian Meisel and Tobias Kurth
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:569
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  5. The integration of digital therapeutics (DTx) into the German statutory healthcare system marks a significant shift in medical practice through the introduction of innovative, reimbursable digital intervention...

    Authors: Jennifer Kendziorra, Kirsten H. Seerig, Till J. Winkler and Heiko Gewald
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:568
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  6. The shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in Germany, particularly in rural areas, is a pressing issue that requires innovative and sustainable solutions. One promising approach is the integration of trained...

    Authors: Julia Bräuer, Romina Lörzing, Eckhard Nagel, Martin Emmert and Reiner Hofmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:567
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  7. Healthcare professionals often face substantial work-related burdens. A large body of evidence has shown that poor working conditions can lead to low levels of job satisfaction, increased emotional stress and ...

    Authors: Claudia Pieper, Melanie Lausen, Desiree Kröckert, Yvonne Klemp and Udo Baer
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:566
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  8. This paper promotes reflexive consideration of health research practices using a decolonisation lens. We propose both incremental and more radical action in five domains: knowledge production, funding and prog...

    Authors: Nadia Tagoe, Seye Abimbola, Davide Bilardi, Dorcas Kamuya, Lucy Gilson, Kui Muraya, Sassy Molyneux and Caesar Atuire
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:565
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  9. Given the rising cancer burden, the capacity of Mexico’s healthcare system to effectively address cancer care through its current available infrastructure becomes increasingly critical. Limited availability of...

    Authors: Elysse Bautista-Gonzalez, Andrés Quintero Leyra, Teresa Verenice Munoz Rocha, Heber Tomás Reyes-García, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Alejandra Palafox Parrilla, Alejandro Mohar Betancourt and Richard Sullivan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:564
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  10. This study aims to assess the performance of medical services offered by tertiary general hospitals in Sichuan Province, China, by applying two comprehensive evaluation models. The findings may provide insight...

    Authors: Xuedong Liu and Mengliang Ye
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:563
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  11. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common and can negatively affect the physical, mental, emotional, and developmental health of a child acutely and for a lifetime. Trauma-informed care (TIC) in the pedi...

    Authors: Amy Shoptaugh, Chloe Morton, LaDon Dieu, Jennifer Jones, Jefferson Lin, Lucia Mirea and Kristen Samaddar
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:562
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  12. Laboratory science rears a special pattern in medicine, which helps promote different biological phenomena, which will aid in the management of disease through analysis of samples and laboratory tests. Laborat...

    Authors: Catherine G. Lwenge, Gladys Reuben Mahiti and Heavenlight A. Paulo
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:561
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  13. Leadership behavior among staff nurses is a critical aspect of healthcare management. Work engagement, characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption, is a strong predictor of job performance and is believ...

    Authors: Xiujuan Xue, Junrong Tao, Yupei Li, Guochun Zhang, Shuxian Wang, Cuiping Xu and Paulo Moreira
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:560
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  14. In sub-Saharan Africa, the regional or intermediary level should play an important role within the health system. It is generally responsible for providing technical support to the health districts, ensuring t...

    Authors: Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed, Kirsten Accoe, Karina Kielmann, Bruno Marchal, Verónica Trasancos Buitrago, Hamma Issa Moussa and Bart Criel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:559
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  15. Quality Improvement (QI) and Implementation Science (IS) are both frequently utilised in health research. Little is known about how they are integrated within studies, and whether combined they add value. This...

    Authors: Mia Bierbaum, Stephanie Best, Sharon Williams, Zoe Fehlberg, Susan Hillier, Louise A. Ellis, Angie Goodrich, Robert Padbury and Peter Hibbert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:558
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  17. As mental health disorders continue to surge, exceeding the capacity of available therapeutic resources, the emergence of technologies enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) offers promising solutions for sup...

    Authors: Julia Cecil, Anne-Kathrin Kleine, Eva Lermer and Susanne Gaube
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:556
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  18. In connection with a hospital stay, patients have to make important health-related decisions. Adequately responding to the needs of patients requires good communication skills of healthcare professionals withi...

    Authors: Johanna Sophie Lubasch, Hannah Nordmann, Mona Voigt-Barbarowicz, Sonia Lippke, Christina Derksen, Anna Levke Brütt and Lena Ansmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:555
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  20. The detrimental impacts of COVID-19 on the mental well-being of frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) have been well studied. However, the long-term trajectory of their mental well-being remains relatively unexp...

    Authors: Hong Trang Nguyen, Bich Thuy Duong, Thinh Toan Vu, Sophia Lin, Tri Nugraha Susilawati, Ba Tam Nguyen and Minh Cuong Duong
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:553
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  21. Mental health literacy (MHL) is particularly essential for primary healthcare providers for the early recognition and management of mental disorders. In Nepal, mid-level healthcare workers and Female Community...

    Authors: Prashabdhi Shakya, Anisha Chalise, Dhurba Khatri, Sujan Poudel and Shishir Paudel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:552
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  22. Many rural residents face barriers to eye care access. Government workforce data show a maldistribution of eye care providers in Western Australia however, no detailed information is available on regional cove...

    Authors: Jingyi Chen, Khyber Alam, Sharon A. Bentley, Allison M. McKendrick, Marc Tennant, Sandra C. Thompson and Angus W. Turner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:551
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  23. There are significant health and psychological consequences associated with threatened abortion (TA). Women who lose desired pregnancies due to abortion are at risk of experiencing grief, anxiety, guilt, and s...

    Authors: Seyyedeh Mahboobeh Mirtabar, Shahnaz Barat, Farzan Kheirkhah, Amrolah Mostafazadeh, Hoda Shirafkan, Zeinab Pahlavan and Mahbobeh Faramarzi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:550
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  24. The ‘Everyone In’ national policy initiative launched in England during the COVID- 19 pandemic provided accommodation and health and care support to people who were (or at risk of) sleeping rough. This study a...

    Authors: Neha Jain, Emma A. Adams, Kate Haddow, Jo Brown, Dan Bleksley, Stephan Morrison, Joanna Kesten, Kelly Howells, Caroline Sanders, Ashley J. Adamson, Eileen Kaner and Sheena E. Ramsay
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:549
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  25. Experts suggest that Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) care is best delivered at the primary level, including in humanitarian crisis settings. In many crisis-affected countries, NCD care is predominantly delivere...

    Authors: Éimhín Ansbro, Benjamin Schmid, Ruth Willis, Karwan M-Amen, Kazhan Mahmood, Idrees Abdulkareem, Signe Frederiksen, Jytte Roswall, Sigiriya Aebischer Perone, Bayard Roberts, Karl Blanchet, Nazar Shabila and Pablo Perel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:548
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  26. Primary healthcare in many Western countries faces increased patient care needs due to shorter hospital stays and an ageing population suffering from complex conditions. A shortage of qualified professionals j...

    Authors: Emilie Alfstad, Veronica Lockertsen, Anne-Kari Johannessen and Anne Werner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:547
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  27. Despite the high prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people with long-term health conditions, access to timely and effective treatment is often difficult. This study aimed to evaluate t...

    Authors: Anna Roach, Sophie Bennett, Isobel Heyman, Anna Coughtrey, Neha Batura, Lina Gonzalez, Nicki Astle, Rebekah Coates, Jessie Drinkwater, Rebecca Evans, Una Frederick, Michael Groszmann, Steve Jones, Katie McDonnell, Sarah Marley, Amanda Mobley…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:546
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  28. Few interpersonal violence survivors receive psychosocial services, and those who are multiply marginalized are among the least likely to receive needed care. Trauma recovery centers (TRCs) aim to reduce healt...

    Authors: Emma C. Lathan, Iurii Davydenko, Christyn R. Hosking, Diana Cortina Rodriguez, Tamara Haynes and Abigail Powers
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:545
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  29. The objective of this study was to explore the barriers to follow-up – as well as potential ways to reduce these – of women with cervical lesions suspicious for cancer who were ineligible for primary-level tre...

    Authors: Alex C. Blum, Rachael Tessema, Lauren Nussbaum, Cristina Hidalgo, E. Jennifer Ríos López, Graciela Meza Sánchez, Rachel M. Morse, Joanna Brown, Reyles Ríos Reategui, Lucía Wong, Luis Díaz Córdova, Karina Gonzales Díaz, Renso López Liñán, Javier Vásquez Vásquez, J. Kathleen Tracy and Valerie A. Paz-Soldan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:544
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  30. Authors: Salman Yousuf Guraya, Nabil Sulaiman, Ahmed Hasswan, Vida Abdolhamid Salmanpour, Feras Jassim Jirjees, Mohamed Hassan Taha, Jennat Alamara, Sausan A.L. Kawas, Manal Awad, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Leena R. David, Mohamed Aly Haider, Shaista Salman Guraya, Nihar Ranjan Dash, Amal Al‑Qallaf, Sarra Shorbagi…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:543
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:156

  33. The COVID- 19 pandemic prompted rapid development of scarce resource allocation policies (SRAP) in case demand for critical health services eclipsed capacity. We sought to test whether a brief, educational vid...

    Authors: Russell G. Buhr, Cher X. Huang, Ruby Romero and Lauren E. Wisk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:540
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  34. Nurses constitute the majority of the healthcare workforce, and it is imperative to develop a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence their job satisfaction. While considerable knowledge exis...

    Authors: Mahdi Sahraei Beiranvand, Raheleh Piri-Nargeseh and Fatemeh Mohammadipour
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:539
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  35. Safety-II is a new approach to patient safety that is characterised by learning from work that goes well, including learning from success and work-as-done. Practical tools to facilitate this learning are start...

    Authors: Gørill Birkeli, Anne Karin Lindahl, Åse Marit Hammersbøen, Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås and Randi Ballangrud
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:538
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  36. Smart healthcare systems are expected to have a positive impact on addressing challenges in healthcare. However, the real-world adoption and widespread integration of Smart healthcare systems still face many b...

    Authors: Yan Xie, Hanning Zhang, Wenqi Li, Hui Yan and Huilong Duan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:537
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  37. A patient care plan can be one way to ensure the coordination and continuity of care, as well as the allocation of limited healthcare resources appropriately to an aging population. This study aimed to analyze...

    Authors: Nina Tusa, Ulla Mikkonen, Hannu Kautiainen and Pekka Mäntyselkä
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:536
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  38. Digital technologies are increasingly being integrated into healthcare settings, including the ambulatory sector of general practitioners, with potential improvement in everyday work life. Although the changes...

    Authors: Annika Würtenberger, David A. Groneberg and Stefanie Mache
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:535
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  40. Globally, ambulance services face overwhelming primary and urgent care presentations that they are not structurally or culturally designed to manage efficiently or effectively. One mechanism to meet this consu...

    Authors: Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Celene Y. L. Yap, Di Crellin, Ray Bange, George Braitberg and Marie Gerdtz
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:533
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  41. Scant research has systematically examined the hospitalization costs of oral cancer patients in China. Therefore, this study aims to systematically analyze the hospitalization costs and identify the factors in...

    Authors: Xiaodan Bao, Weihai Huang, Yulan Lin, Fa Chen, Fengqiong Liu, Yu Qiu, Bin Shi, Lisong Lin, Jing Wang and Baochang He
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:532
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  42. Telehealth holds the potential to expand healthcare access for people who use drugs (PWUD). However, limited data exist on their digital infrastructure access, a prerequisite for telehealth participation. We s...

    Authors: Zoi Papalamprakopoulou, Sotirios Roussos, Elisavet Ntagianta, Vasiliki Triantafyllou, George Kalamitsis, Arpan Dharia, Vana Sypsa, Angelos Hatzakis and Andrew H. Talal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:531
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  43. Person-centred care (PCC) has been shown to improve health outcomes. The inclusion and incorporation of person-centredness in care has been a growing priority for healthcare organizations across Canada.

    Authors: Iqmat Iyiola, Sadia Ahmed, Paul Fairie, Matthew Luzentales-Simpson, Kimberly Manalili and Maria J. Santana
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:530
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  44. The Netherlands has reformed its long-term care (LTC) system to improve its financial sustainability by reducing access to in-kind nursing-home care and stimulating care within the home setting. This reform le...

    Authors: Erik M. E. Wackers, Florien M. Kruse, Hubert J. J. M. Berden, Simone A. van Dulmen, Niek W. Stadhouders and Patrick P. T. Jeurissen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:529
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  45. Reducing levels of burnout is one of the most important issues in protecting the nursing workforce, especially in times of crisis such as pandemics. Emotional labor behavior would help reduce burnout among nur...

    Authors: Begüm Yalçın, Seda Sarıköse, Nilgün Göktepe and Emine Türkmen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:528
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  46. The post-pandemic expansion of virtual care in Nova Scotia aimed to improve access for patients without primary care providers. Virtual Care Nova Scotia, launched in 2021, and increased access, but equitable r...

    Authors: Gail Tomblin Murphy, Tara Sampalli, Krista Anderson, Eric Stackhouse, Melanie Pauls, Michelle Ferris, Caroline King, Prosper Koto, Emily Devereaux, Hamzah Abbood, Marta MacInnis and Julia Guk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:527
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  47. Population risk stratification (RS) tools have been proposed to tailor interventions, prioritize resources, and proactively manage high-risk individuals with chronic diseases in primary care settings. This stu...

    Authors: Davide Golinelli, Valentina Pecoraro, Dario Tedesco, Antonella Negro, Elena Berti, Maria Domenica Camerlingo, Lucia Alberghini, Matteo Lippi Bruni, Maurizia Rolli and Roberto Grilli
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:526
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  48. To estimate the socioeconomic burden of people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (pwSPMS), considering direct health care, direct non-health care, and indirect costs, and to evaluate the relationsh...

    Authors: Celia Oreja-Guevara, José E. Meca-Lallana, Irene Gómez-Estévez, José-Ramón Ara, Miguel Ángel Hernández Pérez, Julia Gracia Gil, Ana María Alonso Torres, Belén Pilo de la Fuente, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà, Sara Eichau Madueño, Francisco Gascón-Giménez, Bonaventura Casanova, Sergio Martínez-Yélamos, Marta Aguado Valcárcel, Maria Luisa Martínez Ginés, Yasmina El Berdei Montero…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:525
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  49. Climate change is considered one of the greatest threats to environmental sustainability, human health and social well-being worldwide. The healthcare sector is one of the main actors with a strong negative en...

    Authors: Anastasios Sepetis, Fotios Rizos, Ioannis Parlavantzas, Paraskevi N. Zaza and Ioannis E. Nikolaou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:522
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  50. Most primary health care settings in Canada do not offer midwifery care. Midwifery remains poorly understood in Canada by some members of the public and healthcare providers.

    Authors: Elizabeth K Darling, Riley Graybrook, Bismah Jameel, Anna Dion, Susana Ku-Carbonell, Stephanie Begun and Cristina A. Mattison
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:516
    Content type: Research Published on:
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