Comparison of the market share of public and private hospitals under different Medical Alliances: an interrupted time-series analysis in rural China
China initiated the Medical Alliances (MAs) reform to enhance resource allocation efficiency and ensure equitable healthcare. In response to challenges posed by the predominance of public hospitals, the reform... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yingbei Xiong, Kunhe Lin, Yifan Yao, Zhengdong Zhong and Li Xiang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation and early effects of medicaid policy interventions to promote racial equity in pregnancy and early childhood outcomes in Pennsylvania: protocol for a mixed methods study
There are large racial inequities in pregnancy and early childhood health within state Medicaid programs in the United States. To date, few Medicaid policy interventions have explicitly focused on improving he... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Marian Jarlenski, Evan Cole, Christine McClure, Sarah Sanders, Marquita Smalls and Dara D M éndez Tags: Study Protocol Source Type: research
Let the records speak: an exploration of rehabilitation services offered in primary healthcare, Johannesburg metropolitan district
Primary healthcare in South Africa aims to transform the national health system by emphasising community-based care and preventive strategies. However, rehabilitation services, particularly for individuals wit... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lebogang Maseko, Fasloen Adams and Hellen Myezwa Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assessment of health literacy in a French emergency department
Health literacy (HL) has become a subject of major interest in public health worldwide. It is known to be linked to self-efficacy in care use and to global health status, and a non-negligible frequency of prob... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pauline Marie, Nicolas Romain-Scelle, Veronique Potinet, Anne Marie Schott and Marion Douplat Tags: Research Source Type: research
Geographic disparities in telemedicine mental health use by applying three way ANOVA on Medicaid claims population data
Utilization of telemedicine care for vulnerable and low income populations, especially individuals with mental health conditions, is not well understood. The goal is to describe the utilization and regional di... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Benjamin Ukert, Mark Lawley and Hye-Chung Kum Tags: Research Source Type: research
Hidden cost of hospital-based delivery and associated factors among postpartum women attending public hospitals in Gamo zone, southern Ethiopia
Since 2005, the healthcare system in Ethiopia has implemented policies to promote the provision of free maternal healthcare services. The primary goal of these policies is to enhance the accessibility of mater... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Menen Tilahun Chewaka, Gistane Ayele, Godana Yaya Tessema, Dagne Deresa Dinagde, Hana Tadesse Afework, Bezalem Mekonen Biwota and Habtamu Wana Wada Tags: Research Source Type: research
Development and validation of the hospice professional coping scale among Chinese nurses
Hospice care professionals often experience trauma patient deaths and multiple patient deaths in a short period of time (more so than other nurses). This repeated exposure to the death process and the death of... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yanting Zhang, Li Zheng, Yanling He, Min Han, Yu Wang, Jinyu Xv, Hui Qiu and Liu Yang Tags: Research Source Type: research
A scoping review examining patient experience and what matters to people experiencing homelessness when seeking healthcare
Homelessness is associated with significant health disparities. Conventional health services often fail to address the unique needs and lived experience of homeless individuals and fail to include participator... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jean-Philippe Miller, Jennie Hutton, Claire Doherty, Shannen Vallesi, Jane Currie, Katrina Rushworth, Matthew Larkin, Matthew Scott, James Morrow and Lisa Wood Tags: Research Source Type: research
Quality indicators for hospital burn care: a scoping review
Burn treatments are complex, and for this reason, a specialised multidisciplinary approach is recommended. Evaluating the quality of care provided to acute burn patients through quality indicators makes it pos... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Denise R. Rabelo Suzuki, Levy Aniceto Santana, Juliana Elvira H. Guerra Ávila, Fábio Ferreira Amorim, Guilherme Pacheco Modesto, Leila Bernarda Donato Gottems and Vinicius Maldaner Tags: Research Source Type: research
A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact
The growing adoption of continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives in healthcare has generated a surge in research interest to gain a deeper understanding of CQI. However, comprehensive evidence regardin... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B Khatri, Tesfaye Setegn Mengistu, Daniel Erku, Eskinder Wolka, Anteneh Zewdie and Yibeltal Assefa Tags: Research Source Type: research
Diabetic kidney disease screening status and related factors: a cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes in six provinces in China
To understand the awareness and practice of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) or nephropathy screening among community-based patients with type 2 diabetes in six provinces and cities in China, and to analyse the r... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Zhang Xia, Xuechun Luo, Yanzhi Wang, Tingling Xu, Jianqun Dong, Wei Jiang and Yingying Jiang Tags: Research Source Type: research
A longitudinal cohort study on the use of health and care services by older adults living at home with/without dementia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study
Older adults and people with dementia were anticipated to be particularly unable to use health and care services during the lockdown period following the COVID-19 pandemic. To better prepare for future pandemi... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tanja Louise Ibsen, Bj ørn Heine Strand, Sverre Bergh, Gill Livingston, Hilde Lurås, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Richard Oude Voshaar, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Pernille Thingstad, Debby Gerritsen and Geir Selbæk Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach
Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to h... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ramona Hiltensperger, Grace Ryan, Inbar Adler Ben-Dor, Ashleigh Charles, Ellen Epple, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Yasuhiro Kotera, Richard Mpango, Galia Moran, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Rebecca Nixdorf, Mary Ramesh, Donat Shamba, Mike Slade, Bernd Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation of the Dementia Isolation Toolkit in long-term care improves awareness but does not reduce moral distress amongst healthcare providers
Healthcare providers may experience moral distress when they are unable to take the ethically or morally appropriate action due to real or perceived constraints in delivering care, and this psychological stres... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Anne Marie Levy, Alisa Grigorovich, Josephine McMurray, Hannah Quirt, Kaitlyn Ranft, Katia Engell, Steven Stewart, Arlene Astell, Kristina Kokorelias, Denise Schon, Kevin Rogrigues, Mario Tsokas, Alastair J. Flint and Andrea Iaboni Tags: Research Source Type: research
The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare booking and cancellation patterns: time series analysis of private healthcare service utilisation in Finland
COVID-19 has had wide-reaching effects on healthcare services beyond the direct treatment of the pandemic. Most current studies have reported changes in realised service usage, but the dynamics of how patients... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Oskar Niemenoja, Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Sari Riihijärvi, Paul Lillrank, Petri Bono and Simo Taimela Tags: Research Source Type: research
