Availability of antimalarial medicines and inventory management at the community level: a case study of Bugesera district in Rwanda
Malaria is a public health hazard globally, with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for more than 90% of malaria deaths, primarily affecting children under the age of five. In Rwanda, malaria interventions include ... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Godelive Umulerwa Gakinahe, Eugene Rutungwa, Francois Mbonyinshuti and Egide Kayitare Tags: Research Source Type: research

Rehabilitation in primary care for an ageing population: a secondary analysis from a scoping review of rehabilitation delivery models
The world population is ageing rapidly. Rehabilitation is one of the most effective health strategies for improving the health and functioning of older persons. An understanding of the current provision of reh... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Vanessa Seijas, Maritz Roxanne, Satish Mishra, Renaldo M Bernard, Patricia Fernandes, Viola Lorenz, Barbara Machado, Ana Mar ía Posada, Luz Helena Lugo-Agudelo, Jerome Bickenbach and Carla Sabariego Tags: Research Source Type: research

Exploring effective implementation pathways to become an excellent chief financial officer in public hospital: a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) from China
Hospital chief financial officer (CFO) contributes to improving health system performance. However, how to become an excellent hospital CFO has rarely been considered from a holistic perspective. This paper ai... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hongzhi Wang, Junjun Li and Xin Xiang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Healthcare provider perspectives on integrating a comprehensive spine care model in an academic health system: a cross-sectional survey
Healthcare systems (HCS) are challenged in adopting and sustaining comprehensive approaches to spine care that require coordination and collaboration among multiple service units. The integration of clinicians... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wren Burton, Stacie A. Salsbury and Christine M. Goertz Tags: Research Source Type: research

Health seeking behaviours and private sector delivery of care for non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity placing a huge burden on individuals, families and health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LM... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Callum Brindley, Nilmini Wijemunige, Judith Bom, Bruno Meessen and Igna Bonfrer Tags: Research Source Type: research

Effective strategies for Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) programs to improve colorectal cancer screening uptake among populations with limited access to the healthcare system: a rapid review
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death globally. CRC screening can reduce the incidence and mortality of CRC. However, socially disadvantaged groups may disproportionately benefit... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ana Paula Belon, Emily McKenzie, Gary Teare, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Laura Nieuwendyk, Minji (Olivia) Kim, Bernice Lee and Kamala Adhikari Tags: Research Source Type: research

Feasibility of early digital health rehabilitation after cardiac surgery in the elderly: a qualitative study
Increasing numbers of elderly patients experience prolonged decreased functional capacity and impaired quality of life after seemingly successful cardiac surgery. After discharge from hospital, these patients ... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bente Skovsby Toft, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Lotte Sørensen, Marianne Rørbæk Saugbjerg, Hilary Louise Bekker and Ivy Susanne Modrau Tags: Research Source Type: research

Proposed task shifting integrated with telemedicine to address uncorrected refractive error in Kenya: Delphi study
Developing countries such as Kenya still experience challenges around human resource to deliver refractive error services. However, given the burden of uncorrected refractive error, adoption of innovative and ... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo and Rekha Hansraj Tags: Research Source Type: research

Construction and evaluation of a cloud follow-up platform for gynecological patients receiving chemotherapy
This study constructed a clou... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Xin Dan, Ya-Lin He, Yan Huang, Jian-Hua Ren, Dan-Qing Wang, Ru-Tie Yin and Ya-Lin Tian Tags: Research Source Type: research

Quality in care requires kindness and flexibility – a hermeneutic-phenomenological study of patients’ experiences from pathways including transitions across healthcare settings
The number of people living with chronic conditions is increasing worldwide, and with that, the need for multiple long-term complex care across care settings. Undergoing transitions across healthcare settings... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sisse Wall øe, Malene Beck, Henrik Hein Lauridsen, Lars Morsø and Charlotte Simonÿ Tags: Research Source Type: research

Development of service standards and manpower calculation criteria for hospital clinical pharmacies in South Korea: a survey-based study
After the revision of the Korean Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, the certification of specialized pharmacists is scheduled to be legally recognized in 2023. Considering that the specialized pharmacist certificatio... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mirinae Lee, Seung-Eun Kim, Jee-Hye Jeong, Yoon-Hee Park and Hye-Won Han Tags: Research Source Type: research

Outer packaging labelling of medicines in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: comparative analysis of requirements and transition terms for harmonisation
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted an urgent need for harmonised requirements for the regulation of medicines. To fully implement harmonised medicines regulations across Africa, common technical standards of me... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: K. Narsai, F. B. Masekela, H. G.M Leufkens and A. K. Mantel-Teeuwisse Tags: Research Source Type: research

Daly/Cost comparison in the management of peripheral arterial disease at 17 Belgian hospitals
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of atherosclerosis that affects the lower extremities and afflicts more than 200 million people worldwide. Because of limited resources, the need to provide... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Beno ît Rondelet, Fabian Dehanne, Julie Van Den Bulcke, Dimitri Martins, Asmae Belhaj, Benoît Libert, Pol Leclercq and Magali Pirson Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assembling a population health management maturity index using a Delphi method
Although local initiatives commonly express a wish to improve population health and wellbeing using a population health management (PHM) approach, implementation is challenging and existing tools have either a... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: A. F. T. M. van Ede, K. V. Stein and M. A. Bruijnzeels Tags: Research Source Type: research

Health care management adequacy among French persons with severe profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: a longitudinal study
This study used a large sample of French individuals with sev... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - January 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Karine Baumstarck, Ilyes Hamouda, Marie-Anastasie Aim, Any Beltran Anzola, Sherezad Khaldi-Cherif, Agn ès Felce, Kim Maincent, Katia Lind, Pascal Auquier, Thierry Billette de Villemeur and Marie-Christine Rousseau Tags: Research Source Type: research