Healthcare (ISSN: 2227-9032) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal on health care systems, industry, technology, policy, and regulation, and is published semimonthly online by MDPI.

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1. “Listen to the Whispers before They Become Screams: Addressing Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States”
by Anuli Njoku, Marian Evans, Lillian Nimo-Sefah and Jonell Bailey
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 438; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030438
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/3/438

2. “A Case Study of Successful Application of the Principles of ME/CFS Care to an Individual with Long COVID”
by Lindsay S. Petracek, Camille A. Broussard, Renee L. Swope and Peter C. Rowe
Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 865; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060865
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/865

3. “Microbes and Mental Illness: Past, Present, and Future”
by Robert C. Bransfield, Charlotte Mao and Rosalie Greenberg
Healthcare 2024, 12(1), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010083
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/1/83

4. “Epidemiology of Kidney Stones”
by Kyriaki Stamatelou and David S. Goldfarb
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 424; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030424
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/3/424

5. “Patient Satisfaction with Healthcare Services and the Techniques Used for its Assessment: A Systematic Literature Review and a Bibliometric Analysis”
by Diogo Cunha Ferreira, Inês Vieira, Maria Isabel Pedro, Paulo Caldas and Miguel Varela
Healthcare 2023, 11(5), 639; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050639
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/5/639

6. “Thoracic Spine Pain in High School Adolescents: A One-Year Longitudinal Study”
by Alberto De Vitta, Matias Noll, Manuel Monfort-Pañego, Vicente Miñana-Signes and Nicoly Machado Maciel
Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020196
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/2/196

7. “Conservative Management for Retained Products of Conception in Late Pregnancy”
by Risa Fujishima, Kaoru Kawasaki, Kaori Moriuchi, Reona Shiro, Yoshie Yo and Noriomi Matsumura
Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020168
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/2/168

8. “Leveraging Generative AI and Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Roadmap for Healthcare Integration”
by Ping Yu, Hua Xu, Xia Hu and Chao Deng
Healthcare 2023, 11(20), 2776; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11202776
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/20/2776

9. “Measuring Patient Experience and Patient Satisfaction—How Are We Doing It and Why Does It Matter? A Comparison of European and U.S. American Approaches”
by Anna Lena Friedel, Sonja Siege, Cedric Fabian Kirstein, Monja Gerigk, Ulrike Bingel, Anke Diehl, Oliver Steidl, Steffen Haupeltshofer, Bernhard Andermahr, Witold Chmielewski et al.
Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 797; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060797
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/797

10. “Influence of Menstrual Cycle on Internal and External Load in Professional Women Basketball Players”
by María de los Ángeles Arenas-Pareja, Pablo López-Sierra, Sergio J. Ibáñez and Javier García-Rubio
Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 822; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060822
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/822

11. “Neurophysiology, Neuro-Immune Interactions, and Mechanobiology in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: An Evidence-Informed Perspective for a Scientific Rationale”
by Nicola Barsotti, Alessandro Casini, Marco Chiera, Christian Lunghi and Mauro Fornari
Healthcare 2023, 11(23), 3058; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11233058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/23/3058

12. “Sexual Desire and Erotic Fantasies Questionnaire: Validation of the Erotic Fantasy Inventory Scale (SDEF3) in Italian Adults”
by Filippo Maria Nimbi, Roberta Galizia, Lilybeth Fontanesi, Seray Soyman, Emmanuele Angelo Jannini, Chiara Simonelli and Renata Tambelli
Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 880; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060880
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/6/880

13. “Pharmacological Support for the Treatment of Obesity—Present and Future”
by Marcin Kosmalski, Kacper Deska, Bartłomiej Bąk, Monika Różycka-Kosmalska and Tadeusz Pietras
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 433; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/3/433

14. “History of Mammography: Analysis of Breast Imaging Diagnostic Achievements over the Last Century”
by Luca Nicosia, Giulia Gnocchi, Ilaria Gorini, Massimo Venturini, Federico Fontana, Filippo Pesapane, Ida Abiuso, Anna Carla Bozzini, Maria Pizzamiglio, Antuono Latronico et al.
Healthcare 2023, 11(11), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111596
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/11/1596

15. “Healthcare Waste—A Serious Problem for Global Health”
by Edyta Janik-Karpinska, Rachele Brancaleoni, Marcin Niemcewicz, Wiktor Wojtas, Maurizio Foco, Marcin Podogrocki and Michal Bijak
Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 242; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020242
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/2/242

16. “Effects of Chest Physiotherapy in Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review”
by Ana Igual Blasco, Jessica Piñero Peñalver, Francisco Javier Fernández-Rego, Galaad Torró-Ferrero  and Julio Pérez-López
Healthcare 2023, 11(8), 1091; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11081091
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/8/1091

17. “Candida auris as an Emergent Public Health Problem: A Current Update on European Outbreaks and Cases”
by Nicholas Geremia, Pierluigi Brugnaro, Maria Solinas, Claudio Scarparo and Sandro Panese
Healthcare 2023, 11(3), 425; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030425
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/3/425

18. “Management Strategies in Septic Coagulopathy: A Review of the Current Literature”
by Piotr F. Czempik and Agnieszka Wiórek
Healthcare 2023, 11(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020227
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/2/227

19. “Effectiveness of Workplace Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being of Health and Social Service Workers: A Narrative Review of Randomised Controlled Trials”
by Rahman Shiri, Risto Nikunlaakso and Jaana Laitinen
Healthcare 2023, 11(12), 1792; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11121792
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/12/1792

20. “Functional Status of Patients over 65 Years Old Intervened on for a Hip Fracture One Year after the Operation”
by Pablo A. Marrero-Morales, Enrique González-Dávila, María Fernanda Hernández-Gutiérrez, Eva M. Gallego-González, Martina Jiménez-Hernández, Emilio J. Sanz-Álvarez, Natalia Rodríguez-Novo and Yurena M. Rodríguez-Novo
Healthcare 2023, 11(10), 1520; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11101520
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/10/1520