Health Policy

1984 - 2009

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Volume 87, issue 3, 2008

Financing the package of services during the first decade of the national health insurance law in Israel: Trends and issues pp. 273-284

Amir Shmueli, Leah Achdut and Sabag-Endeweld, Miri

The use of community-based social services by elderly people at risk of institutionalization: An evaluation pp. 285-295

P.M.A. van Bilsen, J.P.H. Hamers, W. Groot and C. Spreeuwenberg

Improving public addiction treatment through performance contracting: The Delaware experiment pp. 296-308

A. Thomas McLellan, Jack Kemp, Adam Brooks and Deni Carise

Impact of the reduction of the prescription charge in Wales on the prescribing of non-sedating antihistamines in primary care pp. 309-315

Teerapon Dhippayom and Roger Walker

How do general practitioners assess the criteria for due care for euthanasia in concrete cases? pp. 316-325

Hanssen-de Wolf, Johanna E., H. Roeline W. Pasman and Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.

Rethinking policies for the retention of allied health professionals in rural areas: A social relations approach pp. 326-332

O'Toole, Kevin, Adrian Schoo, Karen Stagnitti and Kate Cuss

Pharmaceutical companies and Italian Regional Governments: Managing relationships in an increasing institutional complexity pp. 333-341

Amelia Compagni, Laura Cavalli and Claudio Jommi

Allocating HIV prevention resources: A tool for state and local decision making pp. 342-349

Anke Richter, Katherine A. Hicks, Stephanie R. Earnshaw and Amanda A. Honeycutt

Recent Australian suicide trends for males and females at the national level: Has the rate of decline differed? pp. 350-358

Samara McPhedran and Jeanine Baker

Healthcare sustainability and the challenges of innovation to biopharmaceuticals in Canada pp. 359-368

Rosenberg-Yunger, Zahava R.S., Abdallah S. Daar, Peter A. Singer and Douglas K. Martin

Present situation of vector-control management in Bangladesh: A wake up call pp. 369-376

Dinesh Mondal, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Zehadul Karim, Rashidul Haque, Marleen Boelaert and Axel Kroeger

Public purchasers contracting external primary care providers in Central America for better responsiveness, efficiency of health care and public governance: Issues and challenges pp. 377-388

Jean Macq, Patrick Martiny, Luis Bernardo Villalobos, Alejandro Solis, Jose Miranda, Hilda Cecilia Mendez and Charles Collins

Comparing methods for full versus single technology appraisal: A case study of docetaxel and paclitaxel for early breast cancer pp. 389-400

Eva Kaltenthaler, Paul Tappenden, Andrew Booth and Ron Akehurst

Volume 87, issue 2, 2008

Balancing health and industrial policy objectives in the pharmaceutical sector: Lessons from Australia pp. 133-145

Steve Morgan, Meghan McMahon and Devon Greyson

Trastuzumab in early stage breast cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis for Belgium pp. 146-159

Mattias Neyt, Michel Huybrechts, Frank Hulstaert, France Vrijens and Dirk Ramaekers

Emerging health technologies: Informing and supporting health policy early pp. 160-171

Claudia Wild and Thomas Langer

Community health insurance in Uganda: Why does enrolment remain low? A view from beneath pp. 172-184

Robert Basaza, Bart Criel and Patrick Van der Stuyft

Cancer registry policies in the United States and geographic information systems applications in comprehensive cancer control pp. 185-193

Christie B. Ghetian, Roxanne Parrott, Julie E. Volkman and Eugene J. Lengerich

Characteristics of medical students with rural origin: Implications for selective admission policies pp. 194-202

Masatoshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Inoue and Eiji Kajii

Priority dilemmas in psoriasis care and visions of a future care in a group of administrators, politicians and professionals in northern Sweden pp. 203-216

Margaretha Uttjek, Mona Dufåker, Berndt Stenberg and Lennart Nygren

The use of Minilabs® to improve the testing capacity of regulatory authorities in resource limited settings: Tanzanian experience pp. 217-222

Peter Gasper Risha, Zera Msuya, Malcolm Clark, Keith Johnson, Ndomondo-Sigonda, Margareth and Thomas Layloff

A preliminary study into the economic burden of cerebral palsy in China pp. 223-234

Bin Wang, Yingyao Chen, Jie Zhang, Jun Li, Yan Guo and David Hailey

Measuring the benefits of health promotion programmes: Application of the contingent valuation method pp. 235-248

Josephine Borghi and Stephen Jan

Job satisfaction and trust in Health Insurance Review Agency among Korean physicians pp. 249-257

Lee, Hoo-Yeon, Sung Eun Park, Park, Eun-Cheol, Hahm, Myung-Il and Woo Hyun Cho

Entry of new pharmacies in the deregulated Norwegian pharmaceuticals market--Consequences for costs and availability pp. 258-263

Niklas Rudholm

Overseas nurse recruitment: Ireland as an illustration of the dynamic nature of nurse migration pp. 264-272

Niamh Humphries, Brugha, Ruairí­ and Hannah McGee

Volume 87, issue 1, 2008

Measuring efficiency in clinical departments pp. 1-7

Jon Magnussen and Kari Nyland

Hospital performance: Competing or shared values? pp. 8-19

Etienne Minvielle, Claude Sicotte, François Champagne, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre, Marine Jeantet, Nathalie Préaubert, Annie Bourdil and Christian Richard

Association between patient age and hospitalization resource use in a teaching hospital in Japan pp. 20-30

Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yuichi Imanaka, Oh, Eun-Hwan, Miho Sekimoto, Kenshi Hayashida and Hiroe Kobuse

A bed too far: The implementation of freedom of choice policy in the NHS pp. 31-40

Garcí­a-Lacalle, Javier

Reforming the hospital service structure to improve efficiency: Urban hospital specialization pp. 41-49

Lee, Kwang-soo, Chun, Ki-hong and Lee, Jung-soo

Exploring the spatial pattern in hospital admissions pp. 50-62

Mickael Bech and Jørgen Lauridsen

Describing Iranian hospital activity using Australian Refined DRGs: A case study of the Iranian Social Security Organisation pp. 63-71

Shahram Ghaffari, Terri J. Jackson, Christopher M. Doran, Andrew Wilson and Chris Aisbett

Informal payments in public hospitals in Greece pp. 72-81

Lycourgos Liaropoulos, Olga Siskou, Daphne Kaitelidou, Mamas Theodorou and Theofanis Katostaras

Comparing diagnosis-related group systems to identify design improvements pp. 82-91

Beth Reid and Stephen Sutch

Is it better to be big?: The reconfiguration of 21st century hospitals: Responses to a hospital merger in Sweden pp. 92-99

Bengt Ahgren

Cost of hospital-wide activities to improve patient safety and infection control: A multi-centre study in Japan pp. 100-111

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka and Kenshi Hayashida

United States rural hospital quality in the Hospital Compare database--Accounting for hospital characteristics pp. 112-127

L. Elizabeth Goldman and R. Adams Dudley

List of referees 2007 pp. 128-132

Katrien Kesteloot

Volume 86, issue 2-3, 2008

A systematic review of the use of economic evaluation in local decision-making pp. 129-141

Oya Eddama and Joanna Coast

Economic evidence of influenza vaccination in children pp. 142-152

Emmanuelle Savidan, Catherine Chevat and Grenville Marsh

Improvements in the safety of patient care can help end the medical malpractice crisis in the United States pp. 153-162

George D. Dalton, Xanthia F. Samaropoulos and Augustine C. Dalton

Economic evaluations of dialysis treatment modalities pp. 163-180

Paul Michael Just, Miguel Carlos Riella, Elizabeth Ann Tschosik, Leslie Lyle Noe, Samir Kumar Bhattacharyya and Frank de Charro

Health systems' responses to 25 years of HIV in Europe: Inequities persist and challenges remain pp. 181-194

Rifat A. Atun, Martin McKee, Richard Coker and Gurol-Urganci, Ipek

Reforming the Belgian market for orthotic braces: What can we learn from the international experience? pp. 195-203

Steven Simoens, Sandra De Coster, Ingrid Moldenaers, Paul Guillaume, Antony Depoorter, Dirk Van den Steen, Stefaan Van de Sande, Hans Debruyne, Dirk Ramaekers and Murielle Lona

Room for manoeuvre?: Explaining local autonomy in the English National Health Service pp. 204-212

Mark Exworthy and Francesca Frosini

Perceived smoking prevalence at school-level and children's smoking initiation: A multi-level analysis of a cross-sectional data in Taiwan pp. 213-221

Huang, Hsiao-Ling, Hsu, Chih-Cheng, Jeanette H. Magnus, Chen, Fu-Li, Janet Rice, Lee, Chien-Hung, Yen, Yea-Yin and Ted Chen

Why eight EU Member States signed, but not yet ratified the Convention for Human Rights and Biomedicine pp. 222-233

Tom Goffin, Pascal Borry, Kris Dierickx and Herman Nys

Opinion on tobacco tax increase: Factors associated with individuals' support in Germany pp. 234-238

Reiner Hanewinkel and Barbara Isensee

Analysis of satisfaction about new cooperative medical scheme and its influencing factors in Weihai, China pp. 239-244

Jinan Liu, Lingzhong Xu, Xiuling Cao, Xingzhou Wang, Hui Sun, Cheng Tang, Zhenghui Yang, Xiaofei Song and Ming Lv

Cross-border health activities in the Euregios: Good practice for better health pp. 245-254

Helmut Brand, Alfons Hollederer, Ulrike Wolf and Angela Brand

When costs count: The impact of staff size, skill mix and treatment intensity on patient outcome for psychotherapeutic day treatment programmes pp. 255-265

Vidar Halsteinli, Sigmund Karterud and Geir Pedersen

Social capital, political trust and purchase of illegal liquor: A population-based study in southern Sweden pp. 266-275

Martin Lindström

Cost-effective practices in the blood service sector pp. 276-287

Korina Katsaliaki

The soaring mechanic ventilator utilization under a universal health insurance in Taiwan pp. 288-294

Cheng, Shou-Hsia, Jan, I-Shiow and Liu, Pin-Chun

Collaboration between practice, policy and research in local public health in the Netherlands pp. 295-307

Maria W.J. Jansen, Nanne K. De Vries, Gerjo Kok and Hans A.M. Van Oers

Perceptions and attitudes in relation to reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections in rural Vietnam: A qualitative study pp. 308-317

Pham Thi Lan, Elisabeth Faxelid, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Ingrid Mogren and Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

Health system values and social values of dental practitioners pp. 318-324

David S. Brennan, Kiran A. Singh and A. John Spencer

Primary healthcare for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities pp. 325-334

Andrew Nocon and Liz Sayce

Population and primary health-care team characteristics explain the quality of the service pp. 335-344

Gené-Badia, Joan, Carlos Ascaso, Escaramis-Babiano, Georgia, Catalán-Ramos, Arantxa, Pujol-Ribera, Enriqueta and Sampietro-Colom, Laura

Evaluation of chronic disease management on outcomes and cost of care for Medicaid beneficiaries pp. 345-354

Ning Jackie Zhang, Thomas T.H. Wan, Louis F. Rossiter, Matthew M. Murawski and Urvashi B. Patel

Effect of deregulation on the prices of nicotine replacement therapy products in Finland pp. 355-362

Aalto-Setälä, Ville and Antti Alaranta

Determinants of demand for antenatal care in Colombia pp. 363-372

Vecino-Ortiz, Andrés Ignacio

Developing a uniformed assessment tool to evaluate care service needs for disabled persons in Japan pp. 373-380

Teiji Takei, Hiroshi Takahashi and Hiroki Nakatani

Accounting for reasonableness: Exploring the personal internal framework affecting decisions about cancer drug funding pp. 381-390

Shane Sinclair, Neil A. Hagen, Carole Chambers, Braden Manns, Anita Simon and George P. Browman

Volume 86, issue 1, 2008

Decision-making in priority setting for medicines--A review of empirical studies pp. 1-9

Lauri Vuorenkoski, Hanna Toiviainen and Elina Hemminki

Public release of institutional Cesarean section rates in South Korea: Which women were aware of the information? pp. 10-16

Khang, Young-Ho, Yun, Sung-Cheol, Jo, Min-Woo, Lee, Moo-Song and Lee, Sang-Il

Ten years after the Rx-to-OTC switch of nicotine replacement therapy: What have we learned about the benefits and risks of non-prescription availability? pp. 17-26

Saul Shiffman and Christine T. Sweeney

Health human resource planning in Canada: A typology and its application pp. 27-41

Dominika Wranik

News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States pp. 42-52

Katherine Clegg Smith, Catherine Siebel, Luu Pham, Juhee Cho, Rachel Friedman Singer, IV Frank Joseph Chaloupka, Michael Griswold and Melanie Wakefield

Fostering knowledge exchange between researchers and decision-makers: Exploring the effectiveness of a mixed-methods approach pp. 53-63

Anna R. Gagliardi, Novlette Fraser, Frances C. Wright, Lemieux-Charles, Louise and Dave Davis

Prevention versus cure: Measuring parental preferences for sealants and fillings as treatments for childhood caries in Southern Thailand pp. 64-71

Sukanya Tianviwat, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong and Stephen Birch

Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance in Catalonia? pp. 72-84

Costa-Font, Joan and Rovira-Forns, Joan

An estimate of lifelong costs and QALYs in renal replacement therapy based on patients' life expectancy pp. 85-96

Nick Kontodimopoulos and Dimitris Niakas

Horizontal inequities in Australia's mixed public/private health care system pp. 97-108

Eddy K.A. Van Doorslaer, Philip Clarke, Elizabeth Savage and Jane Patricia Hall

Controlling sickness absence: A study of changes in the Danish sickness absence legislation since 1973 pp. 109-118

Kristina Johansen, John Sahl Andersen, Sigurd Mikkelsen, Ole Pass, Sverre Raffnsøe and Elsebeth Lynge

Inequalities in oral health practices and social space: An exploratory qualitative study pp. 119-128

Sônia Cristina Lima Chaves and Vieira-da-Silva, Lí­gia Maria