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  1. The high dropout rate among Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) patients poses a significant challenge to drug dependence treatment programs, especially in regions with prevalent drug use and HIV transmissio...

    Authors: Qunbo Zhou, Renhai Tang, Yuecheng Yang, Runhua Ye, Jie Gao, Lin Li, Lifen Xiang, Song Duan and Duo Shan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:439
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  2. Implementation determinant frameworks identify factors that may impede or facilitate implementation of evidence-based innovations (EBI) in new contexts, including diverse community settings. For health equity ...

    Authors: Lilian G. Perez, James L. Merle, Justin D. Smith, Alex R. Dopp and Amy G. Huebschmann
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:437
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  3. Cancer diagnosis imposes a significant economic burden on healthcare systems, patients, and their families particularly those from low-income households. To mitigate these challenges, Malaysia introduced the c...

    Authors: Nur Hidayati Abdul Halim, Nur Azmiah Zainuddin, Farhana Aminuddin, Nurul Athirah Naserrudin and Nor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:435
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  4. Organising integrated health services beyond domains in interorganizational networks, can be supported by conceptual models to overview the complexity. The Development Model for Integrated Care (DMIC) is a sys...

    Authors: Mirella M. N. Minkman, Nick Zonneveld, Kirsten Hulsebos, Marloes van der Spoel and Roelof Ettema
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:434
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  5. The population in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) suffers poor health, as manifested in low life expectancy at birth. Public health expenditure (PHE) has long been viewed as having the pot...

    Authors: Jacques Boundioa and Noël Thiombiano
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:432
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  6. People who identify as transgender have a gender identity or expression that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Because of this, transgender people may encounter widespread stigma, discriminatio...

    Authors: Patience A. Muwanguzi, Racheal Nabunya and Moses Sabila
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:431
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  7. Despite patient experience being an important topic in healthcare management, most research does not concentrate on initiatives targeted to patients experiencing vulnerabilities, for whom it is challenging to ...

    Authors: Veronica Spataro, Ilaria Corazza, Jan A. Hazelzet, Manila Bonciani and Sabina De Rosis
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:429
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  8. While Ghana prepares to roll out a nationwide breast and cervical (pre)cancer screening policy, it is necessary to continuously document high-impact and scalable models. Over the years, the Cervical Cancer Pre...

    Authors: Kofi Effah, Ethel Tekpor, Comfort Mawusi Wormenor, Gifty Enyonam Abiti, Theodore Wordui, David Akanvarewon Dan-Braimah, Pikus Enu-Kwasi, Gifty Belinda Klutsey, Edna Sesenu, Elagbe Goka, George Griffith Legbedze, Seyram Kemawor, Stephen Danyo and Nana Owusu Mensah Essel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:428
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  9. To ensure that health services are high-quality, trusted and used by the population, their design and improvement should start from the perspective of what matters to people. Patient journey mapping (PJM) is o...

    Authors: Bethany Holt, Jhaki Mendoza, Hoang Nguyen, Duong Doan, Thu Huyen Nguyen, Timothy Bill Mercado, Lam Dam Duy, Martin Fernandez, Manu Gaspar, Geohari Hamoy, Bao Ngoc Le, Boon-Leong Neo, Vy Nguyen, Thuy Pham, Janus Ong, Todd M. Pollack…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:427
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  10. Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a framework that recognizes the pervasive impact of trauma, aiming to enhance both patient outcomes and provider well-being. Given the high prevalence of trauma among individuals ...

    Authors: Dana C. Ross, Kaniz Fatema Farhat, Negar Sayrafizadeh, Annie K. Truuvert, Louloua Ashikhusein Waliji, Mahum Musheer, Julie Blair, Lesley Hughes, Sue MacRae, Simone N. Vigod, Sophie Soklaridis and Nancy McCallum
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:426
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  11. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) was introduced in the Tshwane Health District in South Africa in 1999. After more than two decades of the expansion of KMC services, we describe the KMC implementation trajectory in ...

    Authors: Anne-Marie Bergh, Elise van Rooyen, Alta Kritzinger, Maria Rinah Skhosana, Mphailele Tshukudu and Ute Feucht
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:425
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  12. In response to increasing COVID-19 community transmission in 2020, the Government of Uganda established the National Community Engagement Strategy. As part of this strategy, COVID-19 taskforces were recommende...

    Authors: David Musoke, Micheal Jonga, Gloria Kisakye Ndagire, Benon Musasizi, Amanuel Gidebo, Asrat Tolossa, Maya Thomas, Peter Waiswa and Richard Rumsey
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:424
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  13. Chronic non-cancer pain affects one-third of the global population. In Chile, its prevalence is estimated at 34%, surpassing the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Its high costs reveal that cli...

    Authors: Paula Zamorano, Teresita Varela, Isidora Salvatierra, Alvaro Tellez, Manuel Espinoza, Gustavo Torres, Victoria Rodríguez, María José Figueroa, Alejandro Rodríguez, Denisse Figueroa, Leonardo Silva, Sheila Salazar, Víctor Lucero and Francisco Suarez
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:423
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  14. Despite increasing prevalence, early-onset type 2 diabetes (EOT2D) has received little clinical and qualitative researc...

    Authors: Radhika Chauhan, Melanie J Davies, Carl May, Shivani Misra, Jack A. Sargeant, Mike Skarlatos, Jane Speight, Emma G. Wilmot, Caroline Wilson and Michelle Hadjiconstantinou
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:422
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  15. With the high burden of Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), (previously known as Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - NAFLD) in the community, current models of care that require s...

    Authors: Michelle J. Allen, Ruth Tulleners, David Brain, James O’Beirne, Elizabeth E. Powell, Adrian Barnett, Patricia C. Valery, Sanjeewa Kularatna and Ingrid J. Hickman
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:421
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  16. Oral health is essential to general health and well-being. The utilization of oral health care services represents an important factor in reducing oral health morbidities. In order to understand the disparitie...

    Authors: André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König, Berit Lieske, Loujain Wees, Tjore Model, Larissa Zwar and Ghazal Aarabi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:420
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  17. The transnational migration of African nurses negatively impacts nurse-to-population ratios and life expectancy indices in many African countries. Understanding migration decisions, destination preferences, an...

    Authors: Fuseini Adam, Sioban Nelson, Bukola O. Salami, Quinn Grundy and Osman Wahab
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:419
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  18. Results-based healthcare financing policies have been adopted in countries worldwide, including those with limited resources. We conducted a retrospective, semistructured interview study to evaluate healthcare...

    Authors: Costase Ndayishimiye, Richard Nduwayezu, Christoph Sowada and Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:418
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  19. Tobacco use is the world's leading preventable cause of death, with the highest burden in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Those who have mental illness are particularly vulnerable, with a smoking rate...

    Authors: Basetsana Maphanga, Moliehi Matlala, Rajesh Vagiri, Brian Godman and Letlhogonolo Makhele
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:417
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  20. In Sweden, healthcare provision for the frail elderly entails coordination between municipalities and regions. Despite formal agreements, deficiencies persist in achieving practical coordination, leading to ad...

    Authors: Sébastien Lindhagen, Anton Modigh and Ulrika Winblad
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:416
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  21. Amyloidosis is a complex and rare disease requiring specialized, multidisciplinary care to effectively manage its diverse manifestations. Existing evidence underscores the benefits of such care, linked to impr...

    Authors: Mary O’Sullivan, Wahab Osman, Archanaa Krisnagopal, Monica Parry, Margot Davis and Charlene H. Chu
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:415
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  22. The relocation of a hospital unit is a complex process that demands both formal planning and informal self-organization on the spot to cope with unexpected events under time pressure. However, guidelines to su...

    Authors: Natália Maciel Tocchetto, Tarcisio Abreu Saurin and Helena Barreto dos Santos
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:414
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  24. Telemedicine is a suitable vehicle to facilitate collaboration among hospitals across borders, with the COVID-19 pandemic paving the way for rapidly growing tele-intensive care (TICU) networks, aiming to impro...

    Authors: Franziska Lezius, Karin Steinecke, Anne Herholz, Stephen Schüürhuis, Andreas Edel, Michaela Niebank, Nicolai Andrees, Claudia D. Spies and Björn Weiss
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:412
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  25. Nursing home residents (NHR) have complex health needs due to their multimorbidity and frailty, challenging interorganisational collaboration, particularly between nursing homes (NH) and hospitals. Coronavirus...

    Authors: Julie Merche, Thérèse Van Durme, François-Xavier Sibille, Laetitia Buret, Didier Schoevaerdts, Isabelle De Brauwer and Marie de Saint-Hubert
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:411
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  26. Recently, numerous initiatives have been taken to improve food and meals for hospital inpatients. Research providing in-depth knowledge on leading such improvement initiatives and implementing changes, specifi...

    Authors: Emma Wilandh, Malin Skinnars Josefsson, Christine Persson Osowski and Ylva Mattsson Sydner
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:410
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  27. Mobile Health Units (MHUs) provide critical healthcare to underserved populations, however, their effectiveness in conflict settings remains unexplored. This study aims to elucidate the use of MHUs in conflict...

    Authors: Sarah Awad, Sarika Sheerazi and Johan von Schreeb
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:409
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  28. The intensive care unit (ICU) is crucial in treating severely ill patients, particularly those requiring mechanical ventilation. Nurses are essential for coordinating care and addressing any gaps within the IC...

    Authors: Mirtohid Hosseini Kordkandi, Masoomeh Adib, Tahereh Khaleghdoost Mohamadi and Saman Maroufizadeh
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:408
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  29. Public perception of healthcare quality reflects a people-centered approach to evaluating quality and influences healthcare utilization. Patient choice of healthcare providers is not solely based on objective ...

    Authors: Moo Hyuk Lee, Ji-Su Lee and Young Kyung Do
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:407
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  30. It has been showed that Early Supported Discharge could decrease the length of hospital stay and thus a cost saving alternative to conventional in-hospital stroke rehabilitation. This might lead to decreased e...

    Authors: Lena Rafsten, Annie Palstam and Katharina S. Sunnerhagen
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:406
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  31. The development, distribution and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines following the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic in February 2020 is the largest global immunization action in history. To assist with p...

    Authors: Kelsey Vaughan, Onalenna T. Mokena, Goabaone Rankgoane-Pono, Moses Keetile and Ulla Kou Griffiths
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:405
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  32. Though promising, the implementation of crisis resolution teams has been unequal across Europe. In France, their deployment is currently receiving interest but there is to date no national policy and the resea...

    Authors: Laura Saez, Laken Ndjoh Eton, Valérie Demessance, Amélie Rundstadler, Emilie Harquet, Fabienne Lemetayer and Caroline Soler
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:404
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  33. Prolonged Emergency Department (ED) wait times lead to diminished healthcare quality. Utilizing machine learning (ML) to predict patient wait times could aid in ED operational management. Our aim is to perform...

    Authors: Hao Wang, Nethra Sambamoorthi, Devin Sandlin and Usha Sambamoorthi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:403
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  34. Reusing health data, for example for research into the quality of care or healthcare planning, has far-reaching potential. Current ethical discussions on developing health data platforms (e.g. the German Medic...

    Authors: Susanne Stark, Susanne Gabriele Schorr, Merle-Marie Pittelkow and Daniel Strech
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:402
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  35. The World Health Organization Emergency Care Systems Framework (WHO ECSF) was designed to offer guidance in establishing and developing effective Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems. However, evolving dis...

    Authors: Simone Böbel, Jeske Verhoeven, Mirjam Scholz, Bart Penders, Lorraine Frisina Doetter, Helle Collatz Christensen and Thomas Krafft
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:401
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  36. Effective healthcare workforce management is critical for ensuring quality care delivery, particularly in resource-constrained settings. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Workload Indicators of Staffing Ne...

    Authors: Akash Gajanan Prabhune, P S Karpaga Priya, Rohit Chandra, Ankur Thakur, Viany R Srihari and Sachin S Bhat
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:400
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  37. Workplace violence (WPV) in intensive care units (ICUs) is a prevalent issue that affects staff well-being and patient care. Although individual studies have explored various facets of WPV, there is a need for...

    Authors: Jingyi Wang, Mao Liu, Hongling Zheng and Mingfang Xiang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:399
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  38. Due to the need to reorganize the care network for the national screening mandated by law, a new healthcare model was required for the management of coeliac disease. The hub-and-spoke model is a new healthcare...

    Authors: Marco Crocco, Federica Malerba, Paolo Gandullia, Noemi Zampatti, Maria Franca Corona, Monica Barrani, Massimiliano Leoni, Sara Ceresoli, Andrea Gazzolo, Alberto Gaiero, Riccardo Borea, Alessandro Giorgio Lo Curto, Maria Paola Ierardi, Silvia Scelsi, Giuseppe Spiga, Raffaele Spiazzi…
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:398
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  39. The circumstances and factors that explain diagnostic and treatment delays in TB are complex. The present study was planned to understand the journey of new pulmonary TB patients from the time they had their f...

    Authors: Anand D Meundi and Jan Hendrik Richardus
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:397
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  40. Self-advocacy can help stroke patients actively participate in disease management and maximize health benefits, which is a central issue in chronic disease management. The aim of the study was to explore the i...

    Authors: Zhixin Zhao, Beilei Lin, Zhenxiang Zhang, Chunhui Zhang, Yongxia Mei, Zhiwei Liu, Hu Jiang and Xiaoxuan Wang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:396
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  41. In response to the challenges faced by emergency departments (ED), including overcrowding and high patient volumes, Fast Track (FT) systems are designed to optimize patient flow, yet their implementation and i...

    Authors: Franziska G. Berger-von Orelli, Rebecca A.-B. Hertzog, Thomas C. Sauter, Michelle Seiler, Fabian Spigariol, Maren Tomaske, Gianluca Gualco, Alex Donas, Rodo O. von Vigier, Dagmar I. Keller and Kristina Keitel
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:395
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  42. To improve service delivery of Nigeria’s primary health care (PHC) system, the government tested two approaches for facility-level financing: performance-based financing (PBF) and decentralized facility financ...

    Authors: Brittany Hagedorn, Jeremy Cooper, Benjamin Loevinsohn and Valentina Martufi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:394
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  43. Safety huddles, brief interdisciplinary meetings aimed at proactive risk mitigation, are increasingly adopted in healthcare to enhance communication and patient safety. Despite their recognized benefits, incon...

    Authors: Ibrahim Ghoul, Abdullah Abdullah, Fateh Awwad and Latefa Ali Dardas
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:393
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  44. Sustainability in healthcare, particularly in medical imaging, is increasingly important as healthcare operations contribute significantly to global emissions. Radiographers, as integral members of imaging dep...

    Authors: Mohamed Abuzaid, Nora Almuqbil, Christian Ven Emery, Wiam Elshami, Manal Ibham, Naifah Alsubaie, Zuhal Hamd and Mohamed Aljamal
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:392
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  45. The adoption of smart technologies for patient care is greatly increasing. IoT-based smart mattresses offer features such as automatic body repositioning for pressure ulcer prevention, weight measurement, vita...

    Authors: Hyein Choi, Sunghee H. Tak, Young Ae Song and Jiyeon Park
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:391
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  46. Maternal mortality, a critical global public health issue, is notably higher in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). In Ghana, access to healthcare, especially maternal and emergency services, is hindered b...

    Authors: Pedro Kremer, Florence Haruna, Christina Briegleb, Maame Esi Amoah, Kenneth Fosu Oteng, Stephanie Boadi, Samuel Dwomoh, Adwoa Bentil and Emmanuel Tinkorang
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:390
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  47. Reducing patient expenditure and expanding healthcare access through private sector hospitals is widely touted strategy for governments to achieve Universal Health Care, including in India. However, private se...

    Authors: Shweta Marathe, Prashant Ingle, Deepali Yakkundi and Kerry Scott
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:389
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  48. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the working conditions and mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) across the globe. Little is understood of the factors influencing the mental health of HCWs in lo...

    Authors: Akua O. Gyamerah, Osamuedeme J. Odiase, Helen H. Habib, Fabian Achana, Andy Canizares, Monica Getahun, Raymond Aborigo, Jerry John Ouner, Hawa Malechi, John Koku Awoonor-Williams and Patience A. Afulani
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:388
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  50. Economic evidence on the long-term benefits of investing in early childhood development is limited. This study aimed to estimate the potential long-term economic benefits of an early childhood development inte...

    Authors: Yeji Baek, Jane Fisher, Thach Tran, Alice Owen, Trang Nguyen, Stanley Luchters, David B. Hipgrave, Sarah Hanieh, Tuan Tran, Tran-Thi-Thu Ha, Beverley-Ann Biggs and Zanfina Ademi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:384
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