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Milena Pavlova is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on health professions, medicine, and economics, econometrics, and finance. The subfields of their work include general health professions, economics and econometrics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, finance, and epidemiology.

Their main research topics encompass various aspects of healthcare and health systems, including:

  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Milena Pavlova's scholarly output includes publications in several prominent journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • BMC Health Services Research
  • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
  • International Journal for Quality in Health Care
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Healthcare

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Milena Pavlova are:

  • The impact of hospital accreditation on the quality of healthcare: a systematic literature review (2021, BMC Health Services Research)
  • Barriers to cervical cancer and breast cancer screening uptake in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review (2022, Health Policy and Planning)
  • The Effect of an Increase of the Retirement Age on the Health, Well-Being, and Labor Force Participation of Older Workers: a Systematic Literature Review (2020, Journal of Population Ageing)
  • Mapping Factors That Affect the Uptake of Digital Therapeutics Within Health Systems: Scoping Review (2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research)
  • The economic burden of obesity in Italy: a cost-of-illness study (2021, The European Journal of Health Economics)

Frequent co-authors in Milena Pavlova's research collaborations include:

  • Wim Groot
  • Nizar Alsubahi
  • Diogo L. L. Leao
  • Тетяна Степурко
  • Jacqueline Huwa

Best Publications

  • Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

    Ronald B Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Michele Hu;Birgit Högl

  • Sleep Restriction for 1 Week Reduces Insulin Sensitivity in Healthy Men

    Orfeu M. Buxton;Milena Pavlova;Emily W. Reid;Wei-wei Wang

  • Inequities in access to biologic and synthetic DMARDs across 46 European countries

    Polina Putrik;Sofia Ramiro;Tore K Kvien;Tuulikki Sokka

  • The use of e-health and m-health tools in health promotion and primary prevention among older adults: a systematic literature review

    Ramon Kampmeijer;Milena Pavlova;Marzena Tambor;Stanisława Golinowska

  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: Devising controlled active treatment studies for symptomatic and neuroprotective therapy-a consensus statement from the International Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group

    C. H. Schenck;J. Y. Montplaisir;B. Frauscher;B. Hogl

  • Why Are Seizures Rare in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep? Review of the Frequency of Seizures in Different Sleep Stages

    Marcus Ng;Milena Pavlova

  • Utilization of health care services by migrants in Europe-a systematic literature review.

    V. Graetz;B. Rechel;W. Groot;W. Groot;M. Norredam

  • Sleep debt and depression in female college students

    Quentin R Regestein;Viji Natarajan;Milena Pavlova;Susan Kawasaki

  • A systematic review on the use of healthcare services by undocumented migrants in Europe.

    Marjolein Winters;Bernd Rechel;Lea de Jong;Milena Pavlova

  • The impact of hospital accreditation on the quality of healthcare: a systematic literature review.

    Mohammed Hussein;Milena Pavlova;Mostafa Ghalwash;Wim Groot;Wim Groot

  • Day/night patterns of focal seizures

    Milena K. Pavlova;Steven A. Shea;Edward B. Bromfield

  • Pharmacy-led interventions to improve medication adherence among adults with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Bobby Presley;Bobby Presley;Wim Groot;Milena Pavlova

  • Video-polysomnography procedures for diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and the identification of its prodromal stages: Guidelines from the International RBD Study Group

    Matteo Cesari;Anna Heidbreder;Erik K St Louis;Friederike Sixel-Döring

  • Polysomnographic respiratory abnormalities in asymptomatic individuals.

    Milena K. Pavlova;Jeanne F. Duffy;Steven A. Shea

  • Cost of diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review of existing literature

    Chipo Mutyambizi;Milena Pavlova;Lumbwe Chola;Charles Hongoro

  • Informal payments for health care services: the case of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine

    Tetiana Stepurko;Tetiana Stepurko;Milena Pavlova;Irena Gryga;Liubove Murauskiene

  • Using conjoint analysis to estimate employers preferences for key competencies of master level Dutch graduates entering the public health field

    R.G. Biesma;M. Pavlova;G.G. van Merode;W. Groot;W. Groot

  • Overall satisfaction of health care users with the quality of and access to health care services: a cross-sectional study in six Central and Eastern European countries

    Tetiana Stepurko;Milena Pavlova;Wim Groot

  • Empirical studies on informal patient payments for health care services: a systematic and critical review of research methods and instruments.

    Tetiana Stepurko;Tetiana Stepurko;Milena Pavlova;Irena Gryga;Wim Groot

  • Health promotion targeting older people

    Stanisława Golinowska;Wim Groot;Petra Baji;Milena Pavlova

  • Measuring the catastrophic and impoverishing effect of household health care spending in Serbia.

    Jelena Arsenijevic;Milena Pavlova;Wim Groot

  • The extent and determinants of diabetes and cardiovascular disease comorbidity in South Africa – results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1)

    Chipo Mutyambizi;Lumbwe Chola;Lumbwe Chola;Wim Groot;Milena Pavlova

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Rechel
Bernd Rechel London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Barbara A. Dworetzky
Barbara A. Dworetzky Harvard Medical School
László Gulácsi
László Gulácsi Óbuda University
Sanjeev V. Kothare
Sanjeev V. Kothare Boston Children's Hospital
Mark Quigg
Mark Quigg University of Virginia
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Orfeu M. Buxton
Orfeu M. Buxton Pennsylvania State University
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen

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