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1. Social costs associated with fibromyalgia in Spain

   Background

   Fibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatic disease of unknown aetiology, highly disabling and mainly affecting women. The aim of our work is to...

   J Oliva-Moreno, C Vilaplana-Prieto in Health Economics Review

   Article Open access 13 July 2024
   

2. Needle tracking in low-resolution ultrasound volumes using deep learning

   Purpose

   Clinical needle insertion into tissue, commonly assisted by 2D ultrasound imaging for real-time navigation, faces the challenge of precise...

   Sarah Grube, Sarah Latus, ... Alexander Schlaefer in International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

   Article Open access 13 July 2024
   

3. Signal drift in diffusion MRI of the brain: effects on intravoxel incoherent motion parameter estimates

   Objectives

   Signal drift has been put forward as one of the fundamental confounding factors in diffusion MRI (dMRI) of the brain. This study...

   Oscar Jalnefjord, Louise Rosenqvist, ... Isabella M. Björkman-Burtscher in Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

   Article Open access 13 July 2024
   

4. 3D mobile regression vision transformer for collateral imaging in acute ischemic stroke

   Purpose

   The accurate and timely assessment of the collateral perfusion status is crucial in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute...

   Sumin Jung, Hyun Yang, ... ** Tae Kwak in International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

   Article Open access 13 July 2024
   

5. Detection of pulmonary nodules in chest radiographs: novel cost function for effective network training with purely synthesized datasets

   Purpose

   Many large radiographic datasets of lung nodules are available, but the small and hard-to-detect nodules are rarely validated by computed...

   Shouhei Hanaoka, Yukihiro Nomura, ... Osamu Abe in International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

   Article Open access 13 July 2024
   

6. Domain adaptation using AdaBN and AdaIN for high-resolution IVD mesh reconstruction from clinical MRI

   Purpose

   Deep learning has firmly established its dominance in medical imaging applications. However, careful consideration must be exercised when...

   Sai Natarajan, Ludovic Humbert, Miguel A. González Ballester in International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

   Article 13 July 2024
   

7. Urban Scaling Functions: Emission, Pollution and Health

   Urban scaling is widely used to characterize the population dependence of city indicators including greenhouse gas emission. Here we analyze the...

   Caterina A. M. La Porta, Stefano Zapperi in Journal of Urban Health

   Article Open access 12 July 2024
   

8. Revolutionising health and social care: innovative solutions for a brighter tomorrow – a systematic review of the literature

   Background

   In an era marked by rapid technological advancements, changing demographics, and evolving healthcare needs, the landscape of health...

   Jennifer Kosiol, Tracey Silvester, ... Linda Fraser in BMC Health Services Research

   Article Open access 12 July 2024
   

9. Disparities in satisfaction among insured and uninsured adult outpatient department service users in Southern Ethiopia, 2022: a comparative cross-sectional study

   Background

   Patient satisfaction is a critical measure of the quality of healthcare services provided by healthcare facilities. However, very few...

   Mulugeta Hailu Rad, Tekle Ejajo, ... Belay Erchafo in BMC Health Services Research

   Article Open access 12 July 2024
   

10. A retrospective cohort study to evaluate disease burden, health care resource utilization, and costs in patients with breast cancer in Dubai, UAE

    Background

    The current study evaluated the disease burden, health care resource utilization and analyzed the cost burden due to events of special...

    DMM Hamza, MWA Zayed, ... A Ali in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

11. Intake Characteristics as Predictors of Psychotherapy Outcome in a Practice Research Network in Argentina

    There are few studies exploring intake diagnostic characteristics as predictors of change in integrative naturalistic settings. The aim of this study...

    Javier Fernández-Álvarez, Juan Martín Gómez Penedo, ... Roberto Muiños in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

12. Integrating equity indicators for hospital reporting metrics

    Disparities in healthcare delivery and design are deeply-rooted within healthcare systems globally. Many researchers have developed methods to...

    Aliya Allen-Valley, Shalu Bains, ... Laura C. Rosella in Research in Health Services & Regions

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

13. Hospital personnel perspectives on factors influencing acute care patient outcomes: a qualitative approach to model refinement

    Background

    Health systems have long been interested in the best practices for staffing in the acute care setting. Studies on staffing often focus on...

    Jessica Ziemek, Natalie Hoge, ... Sarah J. Iribarren in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

14. Patient safety culture and associated factors of regional public hospitals in Addis Ababa

    Background

    Patient safety culture is the result of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that...

    Teshome Yayehrad, Yeneneh Getachew, Workineh Muluken in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

15. Information management of full-cycle inpatient bed reservation for cancer patients under the normalised prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Background

    During the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals became focal points for normalised prevention and control. In this study, we investigated...

    Yang Yang, Yang Bin, ... Zhai Zhenhua in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

16. Unlocking potential: a qualitative exploration guiding the implementation and evaluation of professional role substitution models in healthcare

    Background

    As role substitution models gain prominence in healthcare, understanding the factors sha** their effectiveness is paramount. This study...

    Rumbidzai N. Mutsekwa, Katrina L. Campbell, ... Joshua M. Byrnes in Implementation Science Communications

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

17. Untangling the corruption maze: exploring the complexity of corruption in the health sector

    Background

    Healthcare corruption poses a significant threat to individuals, institutions, sectors, and states. Combating corruption is paramount for...

    Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann, Gerhard Reichmann in Health Economics Review

    Article Open access 12 July 2024
    

18. Breastfeeding support among healthcare workers in Nigeria

    Background

    The exclusive breastfeeding rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is abysmally low, and based on current trends, achieving the World Health...

    Michael Abel Alao, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim, ... Olukemi Oluwatoyin Tongo in Discover Health Systems

    Article Open access 11 July 2024
    

19. Wealth-based disparities in the prevalence of short birth interval in India: insights from NFHS-5

    Background

    Short birth interval (SBI) has profound implications for the health of both mothers and children, yet there remains a notable dearth of...

    Aditya Singh, Anshika Singh, ... Pooja Tripathi in Population Health Metrics

    Article Open access 11 July 2024
    

20. Access to essential and innovative anti-cancer medicines: a longitudinal study in Nan**g, China

    Purpose

    To evaluate the availability, cost, affordability of anti-cancer medicines in Nan**g, Jiangsu.

    Methods

    A longitudinal tracking investigation...

    Zhaoliu Cao, Lili Wang, ... **n Li in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 11 July 2024