Health Policy

1984 - 2009

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Volume 92, issue 2-3, 2009

The impact of generic substitution on the turnover and gross margin of pharmaceutical companies a survey 1 year and 5 years after the introduction of generic substitution in Finland pp. 116-123

Johanna Timonen, Pekka Karttunen, Marina Bengtström and Riitta Ahonen

Overcoming barriers to priority setting using interdisciplinary methods pp. 124-132

Stuart Peacock, Craig Mitton, Angela Bate, Bonnie McCoy and Cam Donaldson

Using decision analysis to improve malaria control policy making pp. 133-140

Randall A. Kramer, Katherine L. Dickinson, Richard M. Anderson, Vance G. Fowler, Marie Lynn Miranda, Clifford M. Mutero, Kathryn A. Saterson and Jonathan B. Wiener

Social network analysis in primary care: The impact of interactions on prescribing behaviour pp. 141-148

Giovanni Fattore, Francesca Frosini, Domenico Salvatore and Valeria Tozzi

Planning the optimal level of local maternity service for small rural communities: A systems study in British Columbia pp. 149-157

Stefan Grzybowski, Jude Kornelsen and Nadine Schuurman

Hospital response to a global budget program under universal health insurance in Taiwan pp. 158-164

Cheng, Shou-Hsia, Chen, Chi-Chen and Chang, Wei-Ling

Decentralization of HIV care in Cameroon: Increased access to antiretroviral treatment and associated persistent barriers pp. 165-173

Sandrine Loubiere, Sylvie Boyer, Camelia Protopopescu, Cécile Renée Bonono, Abega, Séverin-Cécile, Bruno Spire and Moatti, Jean-Paul

Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso pp. 174-179

Hengjin Dong, Manuela De Allegri, Devendra Gnawali, Aurélia Souares and Rainer Sauerborn

Association between general practice referral rates and patients' socioeconomic status and access to specialised health care: A population-based nationwide study pp. 180-186

Torben Højmark Sørensen, Kim Rose Olsen and Peter Vedsted

Marketing and pricing strategies of online pharmacies pp. 187-196

Rosella Levaggi, Grazia Orizio, Serena Domenighini, Maura Bressanelli, Peter J. Schulz, Claudia Zani, Luigi Caimi and Umberto Gelatti

Does the workplace-smoking ban eliminate differences in risk for environmental tobacco smoke exposure at work? pp. 197-202

Verdonk-Kleinjan, Wendy M.I., Ronald A. Knibbe, Frans E.S. Tan, Marc C. Willemsen, Henk N. de Groot and Hein de Vries

Language barriers in health and social care consultations in the community: A comparative study of responses in Ireland and England pp. 203-210

Anne MacFarlane, Carrie Singleton and Eileen Green

Care for chronic conditions for indigenous Australians: Key informants' perspectives on policy pp. 211-217

Juan Baeza, Ross Bailie and Jenny M. Lewis

Balancing adoption and affordability of medical devices in Europe pp. 218-224

Jonas Schreyögg, Michael Bäumler and Reinhard Busse

Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning pp. 225-233

Gail Tomblin Murphy, George Kephart, Lynn Lethbridge, O'Brien-Pallas, Linda and Stephen Birch

Activity-based costing evaluation of a [18F]-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study pp. 234-243

Bruno Krug, Annie Van Zanten, Pirson, Anne-Sophie, Ralph Crott and Thierry Vander Borght

A future estimate of physician distribution in hospitals and clinics in Japan pp. 244-249

Soichi Koike, Hideo Yasunaga, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroo Ide, Tomoko Kodama and Tomoaki Imamura

Who is giving up the free lunch? The insured patients' decision to access health insurance benefits and its determinants: Evidence from a low-income country pp. 250-258

Ardeshir Sepehri, Sisira Sarma and John Serieux

Decision makers' experiences of prioritisation and views about how to finance healthcare costs pp. 259-267

Elisabet Werntoft and Edberg, Anna-Karin

Utilization of health technologies--Do not look where there is a light; shine your light where there is a need to look!: Relating national health goals with resource allocation decision-making; illustration through examining the Israeli healthcare system pp. 268-275

Oren Shavit

Hospital supplements in Belgium: Price variation and regulation pp. 276-287

Ann Lecluyse, Carine Van de Voorde, Diana De Graeve, Erik Schokkaert and Tom Van Ourti

Drugs, sex, money and power: An HPV vaccine case study pp. 288-295

Marion Haas, Toni Ashton, Kerstin Blum, Terkel Christiansen, Elena Conis, Luca A. Crivelli, Meng Kin Lim, Melanie Lisac, Margaret MacAdam and Sophia Schlette

Time-driven activity-based costing in an outpatient clinic environment: Development, relevance and managerial impact pp. 296-304

Nathalie Demeere, Kristof Stouthuysen and Filip Roodhooft

Purchasing health care in China: Competing or non-competing third-party purchasers? pp. 305-312

Weiwei Xu and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven

Funding health technologies in decentralized systems: A comparison between Italy and Spain pp. 313-321

Giulia Cappellaro, Giovanni Fattore and Aleksandra Torbica

Volume 92, issue 1, 2009

A systematic review of the literature comparing the practices of dispensing and non-dispensing doctors pp. 1-9

David Lim, Jon Emery, Janice Lewis and V Bruce Sunderland

The cost-effectiveness of integrated home care and discharge practice for home care patients pp. 10-20

Teija Hammar, Pekka Rissanen and Perälä, Marja-Leena

Evaluation of national pandemic management policies--A hazard analysis of critical control points approach pp. 21-26

Ralf Krumkamp, Amena Ahmad, Annette Kassen, Lulu Hjarnoe, Ahmed M. Syed, Arja R. Aro and Ralf Reintjes

Funding and access to high cost medicines in public hospitals in Australia: Decision-makers' perspectives pp. 27-34

Gisselle Gallego, Susan Joyce Taylor and Brien, Jo-anne Elizabeth

Differences in general practice initiated expenditures across Danish local health authorities--A multilevel analysis pp. 35-42

Torben H. Sørensen, Kim R. Olsen and Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte

Capacity to control noncommunicable diseases in the countries of South-East Asia pp. 43-48

Jerzy Leowski and Anand Krishnan

The impact of the First Steps prenatal care program on birth outcomes among women receiving Medicaid in Washington State pp. 49-54

Yuzo Arima, Brandon L. Guthrie, Isaac C. Rhew and Anneclaire J. De Roos

The population-level impacts of a national health insurance program and franchise midwife clinics on achievement of prenatal and delivery care standards in the Philippines pp. 55-64

Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Madeleine R. Valera, Alyce S. Adams and Ross-Degnan, Dennis

The impact of a new payment system with case-mix measurement on hospital practices for breast cancer patients in Japan pp. 65-72

Hiroyo Kuwabara and Kiyohide Fushimi

How firms set prices for medical materials: A multi-country study pp. 73-78

Hiroo Ide and Salih Mollahaliloglu

Policy statements and practice guidelines for medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions: Developments in the past decade pp. 79-88

H. Roeline W. Pasman, Wolf, Johanna E. Hanssen-de, Berniek A.M. Hesselink, Agnes van der Heide, Gerrit van der Wal, Paul J. van der Maas and Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.

An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of policy navigators to improve access to care for the poor in the Philippines pp. 89-95

Orville Solon, John W. Peabody, Kimberly Woo, Stella A. Quimbo, Jhiedon Florentino and Riti Shimkhada

Is community-based health insurance an equitable strategy for paying for healthcare? Experiences from southeast Nigeria pp. 96-102

Obinna Onwujekwe, Chima Onoka, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Chijioke Okoli, Eric Obikeze and Soludo Eze

Corrigendum to "Economic evaluations of maintaining patient safety systems in teaching hospitals" [Health Policy 88 (2008) 381-391] pp. 103-104

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka, Masahiro Hirose and Kenshi Hayashida

Corrigendum to "Factors associated with system-level activities for patient safety and infection control" [Health Policy 89 (2009) 26-36] pp. 105-105

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka, Masahiro Hirose and Kenshi Hayashida

Volume 91, issue 3, 2009

Public and private healthcare services utilization by non-institutional elderly in Hong Kong: Is the inverse care law operating? pp. 229-238

Yam, Ho-Kwan, Stewart W. Mercer, Wong, Lai-Yi, Chan, Wan-Kin and Yeoh, Eng-Kiong

Searching for cost effectiveness thresholds in the NHS pp. 239-245

John Appleby, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin, Martin Buxton and Kalipso Chalkidou

Toward quality improvement of cardiovascular surgery in Japan: An estimation of regionalization effects from a nationwide survey pp. 246-251

Hiroaki Miyata, Noboru Motomura, Masaakira J. Kondo, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koichi B. Ishikawa and Shinichi Takamoto

Preferences of older patients and choice of treatment location in the UK: A binary choice experiment pp. 252-257

Jennifer N.W. Lim and Richard Edlin

Casualized employment and turnover intention: Home care workers in Ontario, Canada pp. 258-268

Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Sharon Davies and Jennifer Millen Plenderleith

Does subsidy work? Price elasticity of demand for influenza vaccination among the elderly in Japan pp. 269-276

Masahide Kondo, Hoshi, Shu-ling and Ichiro Okubo

Nicotine replacement therapy practices in Finland one year after deregulation of the product sales--Has anything changed from the community pharmacy perspective? pp. 277-285

Terhi Kurko, Kari Linden, Mari Vasama, Kirsi Pietilä and Marja Airaksinen

Affiliation with a primary care provider in New Zealand: Who is, who isn't pp. 286-296

Santosh Jatrana and Peter Crampton

Assessing the reliability of household expenditure data: Results of the World Health Survey pp. 297-305

Ke Xu, Frode Ravndal, David B. Evans and Guy Carrin

Consensus on the leadership of hospital CEOs and its impact on the participation of physicians in improvement projects pp. 306-313

Michel L.A. Dückers, Inge Stegeman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Cordula Wagner, Karin Sanders and Peter P. Groenewegen

Insight into capacity planning for cardiac catheterization services: Policy lessons learned from "Looking in the Mirror" over a decade pp. 314-320

Mat Mercuri, Madhu K. Natarajan, Douglas H. Holder, Changchun Xie and Amiram Gafni

Hospital factors associated with clinical data quality pp. 321-326

Jason M. Sutherland and Olafr Steinum

Volume 91, issue 2, 2009

Association between physician density and health care consumption: A systematic review of the evidence pp. 121-134

Christian Léonard, Sabine Stordeur and Dominique Roberfroid

Does social marketing provide a framework for changing healthcare practice? pp. 135-141

Zoë Slote Morris and Peter John Clarkson

Pricing of multiple dosage prescription medications: An analysis of the Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary pp. 142-147

Joel Lexchin

Health workers, quality of care, and child health: Simulating the relationships between increases in health staffing and child length pp. 148-155

Sarah L. Barber and Paul J. Gertler

Palliative care is not yet a well-defined product within the Dutch healthcare insurance system pp. 156-161

Wim J.J. Jansen, Kris C.P. Vissers, Wouter W.A. Zuurmond, Guus P.W.P. van Montfort, Andre Rhebergen and Stephan A. Loer

The statutory duty of physicians to inform patients versus unmet patients' information needs: The case of breast cancer in France pp. 162-173

Nora Moumjid, Cathy Charles, Magali Morelle, Amiram Gafni, Alain Brémond, Fadila Farsi, Tim Whelan and Carrère, Marie-Odile

Extension of market exclusivity and its impact on the accessibility to essential medicines, and drug expense in Thailand: Analysis of the effect of TRIPs-Plus proposal pp. 174-182

Chutima Akaleephan, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Rungpetch Sakulbumrungsil, Paithip Luangruangrong, Anchalee Jitraknathee, Achara Aeksaengsri, Siripa Udomaksorn, Viroj Tangcharoensathien and Sripen Tantivess

Moving on a roundabout at the end of life--What counts?: Waiting times for transfer to sheltered accommodation for older people in Sweden pp. 183-188

Jane Österlind, Görel Hansebo, Rikard Lindqvist and Ternestedt, Britt-Marie

Industry views of biosimilar development in Japan pp. 189-194

Hiroshi Horikawa, Mina Tsubouchi and Koji Kawakami

French pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children pp. 195-203

Carine Franc, Maaike Van Gerwen, Marc Le Vaillant, Sophia Rosman and Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie

Comparison of outcomes and costs after hip fracture surgery in three hospitals that have different care systems in Japan pp. 204-210

Akiko Kondo, Brenda K. Zierler, Yayoi Isokawa, Hiroshi Hagino and Yayoi Ito

Willingness to pay for weight-control treatment pp. 211-218

Liu, Jin-Tan, Tsou, Meng-Wen and James K. Hammitt

Volume 91, issue 1, 2009

The new cooperative medical scheme in China pp. 1-9

Xuedan You and Yasuki Kobayashi

Obesity in the UK: A review and comparative analysis of policies within the devolved administrations pp. 10-16

Primrose Musingarimi

Contracting-in management to strengthen publicly financed primary health services--The experience of Punjab, Pakistan pp. 17-23

Benjamin Loevinsohn, Inaam ul Haq, Agnes Couffinhal and Aakanksha Pande

Unmet healthcare need, gender, and health inequalities in Canada pp. 24-32

Toba Bryant, Chad Leaver and James Dunn

Is the selection of patients for anti-retroviral treatment in Uganda fair?: A qualitative study pp. 33-42

Neema Sofaer, Lydia Kapiriri, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Otolok-Tanga, Erasmus and Ole Frithjof Norheim

Challenges for performance assessment and improvement in primary health care: The case of the Portuguese health centres pp. 43-56

Carla Alexandra da Encarnação Filipe Amado and Sérgio Pereira dos Santos

The core determinants of health expenditure in the African context: Some econometric evidence for policy pp. 57-62

Vasudeva N.R. Murthy and Albert A. Okunade

What does it mean to trust a health system?: A qualitative study of Canadian health care values pp. 63-70

Julia Abelson, Fiona A. Miller and Mita Giacomini

Perceptions of medical malpractice and medical malpractice reform among first- and fourth-year medical students pp. 71-78

Erin T. Kelly and Edward A. Miller

Commissioning NHS dentistry in England: Issues for decision-makers managing the new contract with finite resources pp. 79-88

Richard D. Holmes, Angela Bate, Jimmy G. Steele and Cam Donaldson

Study of awareness among pregnant women of the effects of drugs on the fetus and mother in Iran pp. 89-93

Simin O. Mashayekhi, Maryam Dilmaghanizadeh, Zahra Fardiazar, Bamdad-Moghadam, Roghayeh and Ghandforoush-Sattari, Fahimeh

Dental service utilization and costs before and after introduction of fluoride gel application for preschool children in Taiwan pp. 94-101

Chen, Shu-Fen and Lin, Herng-Ching

List of referees 2008 pp. 102-105

Katrien Kesteloot