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Volume 35, issue 6, 2020

Multidisciplinary academic perspectives during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 1295-1301

Dalal Al‐Taweel, Asmaa Al‐Haqan, Dalia Bajis, Jawaher Al‐Bader, AbdulRahman M. Al‐Taweel, Abrar Al‐Awadhi and Fawzeya Al‐Awadhi

Rural communities in Africa should not be forgotten in responses to COVID‐19 pp. 1302-1305

Isaac Olushola Ogunkola, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi, Uchenna Frank Imo, Goodness Ogeyi Odey, Ekpereonne Esu and Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno

Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on maternal health services in Pakistan pp. 1306-1310

Abdullah Sarwer, Bilal Javed, Erik B. Soto and Zia‐ur‐Rehman Mashwani

Why nobody discusses the adverse psychiatric effects of chloroquine in case it might become the future treatment against COVID‐19? pp. 1311-1313

Issam Nessaibia, Dafne Siciliano and Abdelkrim Tahraoui

Motivators for medical staff with a high gap in healthcare efficiency: Comparative research from Poland and Ukraine pp. 1314-1334

Anatoliy Goncharuk, Roman Lewandowski and Giuseppe T. Cirella

A conceptual framework of quality of life in chronic kidney disease in Turkey: A patient‐focused approach pp. 1335-1350

Gamze Bayin Donar and Mehmet Top

Medical cost trends under national health insurance benefit extension in Republic of Korea pp. 1351-1370

Jinha An and Sukil Kim

Medical intervention before death of elderly in India: An inquiry into gender‐based difference pp. 1371-1383

Dona Ghosh and Jayedeep Sengupta

Physician workforce planning and allocation model using agent‐based modeling: A case study in Thailand pp. 1384-1397

Phanumas Thongsukdee and Waressara Weerawat

Endangering China's environmental health security goals through negative environmental investor behaviours pp. 1398-1411

Lulin Zhou, Maxwell O. Antwi, Henry A. Antwi, Ama Boafo‐Arthur and Tehzeeb Mustafa

Capacity of Palestinian primary health care system to prevent and control of non‐communicable diseases in Gaza Strip, Palestine: A capacity assessment analysis based on adapted WHO‐PEN tool pp. 1412-1425

Ahmed Hassan Albelbeisi, Ali Albelbeisi, Abdel Hamid El Bilbeisi, Amirhossein Takian and Ali Akbari‐Sari

Incorporating genomic medicine into primary‐level health care for chronic non‐communicable diseases in Mexico: A qualitative study pp. 1426-1437

María L. Bravo, Tania M. Santiago‐Angelino, Luz M. González‐Robledo, Gustavo Nigenda, Jacqueline A. Seiglie and Edson Serván‐Mori

Health seeking behaviour and its determinants in urban areas of developing countries: A primary survey in Kolkata city, India pp. 1438-1452

Mahua Patra and Satarupa Bandyopadhyay

Development a national minimum data set for poisoning registry in Iran pp. 1453-1467

Alireza Banaye Yazdipour, Masoumeh Sarbaz, Bita Dadpour, Mohammad Moshiri and Khalil Kimiafar

Financial performance of hospitals: A critical obligation of corporate governance dimensions pp. 1468-1485

Stephen O. Afriyie, Yusheng Kong, Peter Y. Lartey, Li Kaodui, Isaac A. Bediako, Wenhao Wu and Peter H. Kyeremateng

Is it worth outsourcing essential public health services in China?—Evidence from Beilin District of Xi'an pp. 1486-1502

Hai Yuan, Hang Li and ZhaoWei Hou

Evaluation of efficiency enhancement in Iran Health Insurance Organization: a policy brief for pharmaceutical cost containment pp. 1503-1511

Nazila Yousefi, Mahyar Polroudi Moghaddam, Gita Afsharmanesh and Farzad Peiravian

Predictors of maternal mortality in Ghana: evidence from the 2017 GMHS Verbal Autopsy data pp. 1512-1531

Joshua Sumankuuro, Joseph K. Wulifan, William Angko, Judith Crockett, Emmanuel K. Derbile and John K. Ganle

Dimensions analysis of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire in Iran: Psychometric properties pp. 1532-1545

Elnaz Rahimi, Seyed Shamseddin Alizadeh, Abdol‐Rasoul Safaeian and Nategh Abbasgholizadeh

How investment in public health has impacted the prevalence of tuberculosis in China: A study of provincial variations between 2005 and 2015 pp. 1546-1558

Jie Liu, Ziqiang Han, Justin Veuthey and Ben Ma

Violence in healthcare at a glance: The example of the Turkish physician pp. 1559-1570

Murat Çevik, Raziye Ş. Gümüştakim, Pınar Bilgili, Duygu Ayhan Başer, Adem Doğaner and Selda H. K. Saper

How actors, processes, context and evidence influenced the development of Malawi's Health Sector Strategic Plan II pp. 1571-1592

Caitlin M. Walsh, Takondwa Mwase and Manuela De Allegri

Case study of the prediction of elective surgery durations in a New Zealand teaching hospital pp. 1593-1605

Kian Wee Soh, Cameron Walker, Michael O'Sullivan, Jonathan Wallace and David Grayson

Fostering the healthcare workforce during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Shared leadership, social capital, and contagion among health professionals pp. 1606-1610

Andrés Salas‐Vallina, Anna Ferrer‐Franco and Justo Herrera

Resilient and inclusive healthcare leadership: Black Swans, COVID‐19, and beyond pp. 1611-1613

Peter Kalina

Medical education needs to counter urban bias and hospital‐centrism of medical students pp. 1614-1616

Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros and Paulo Ferrinho

Tele‐healthcare to combat COVID‐19 pandemic in developing countries: A proposed single centre and integrated national level model pp. 1617-1619

Vishakh C Keri, Brunda R.l, Tej Prakash Sinha, Naveet Wig and Sanjeev Bhoi

Pandemics and prayer: The impact of cattle markets and animal sacrifices during the muslim Eid festival on COVID‐19 transmission and public health pp. 1620-1622

Sayed Mustafa Mahmood Shah

COVID‐19 in India transmits from the urban to the rural pp. 1623-1625

Swasti Vardhan Mishra, Sk. Mafizul Haque and Amiya Gayen

The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic's impact on maternal mental health and questionable healthcare services in rural India pp. 1626-1628

Alokananda Ghosh and Shraban Sarkar

Re‐purposing humanoid robots for patient care in COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 1629-1631

Brunda R.l, Vishakh.C. Keri, Tej Prakash Sinha and Sanjeev Bhoi

SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreaks, age and gender: Getting under the skin pp. 1632-1634

Razak M. Gyasi

Volume 35, issue 5, 2020

Insouciance and inexperience: A deadly combination when dealing with COVID‐19 pp. 983-987

Calum Paton

An adaptive model of health system organization and responses helped Vietnam to successfully halt the Covid‐19 pandemic: What lessons can be learned from a resource‐constrained country pp. 988-992

Huy Van Nguyen, Minh Van Hoang, An Thi Minh Dao, Hoa L. Nguyen, Tien Van Nguyen, Phuong The Nguyen, Long Quynh Khuong, Phuong Mai Le and Stuart Gilmour

The coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic's impact on mental health pp. 993-996

Bilal Javed, Abdullah Sarwer, Erik B. Soto and Zia‐ur‐Rehman Mashwani

Principalism in public health decision making in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 997-1000

Paulo Ferrinho, Mohsin Sidat, Gisela Leiras, Fernando Passos Cupertino de Barros and Horácio Arruda

Misunderstandings and ambiguities in strategic purchasing in low‐ and middle‐income countries pp. 1001-1008

Elisabeth Paul, Garrett W. Brown and Valéry Ridde

Under‐reporting of COVID‐19 cases in Turkey pp. 1009-1013

Sezer Kisa and Adnan Kisa

Impact of 3D printed medical equipment on the management of the Covid19 pandemic pp. 1014-1022

Soufiane Belhouideg

Comparing spatio‐temporal distribution of the most common human parasitic infections in Iran over two periods 2007 to 2012 and 2013 to 2018: A systematic quantitative literature review pp. 1023-1040

Behzad Kiani, Amene Raouf Rahmati, Robert Bergquist and Elham Moghaddas

Why is Pakistan vulnerable to COVID‐19 associated morbidity and mortality? A scoping review pp. 1041-1054

Muhammad Atif and Iram Malik

Fine for non‐attendance in public hospitals in Denmark: A survey of non‐attenders' reasons and attitudes pp. 1055-1064

Ulla Vaeggemose, Emely Ek Blæhr, Anne Marie L. Thomsen, Viola Burau, Pia Vedel Ankersen and Stina Lou

Individual antecedents of workplace victimisation: The role of negative affect, personality and self‐esteem in junior doctors' exposure to bullying at work pp. 1065-1082

Ely Zarina Samsudin, Marzuki Isahak, Sanjay Rampal, Ismail Rosnah and Mohd Idzwan Zakaria

Unavailability of paid sick leave among parents is a barrier for children's utilization of nonemergency health services: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey pp. 1083-1097

Brayan V. Seixas and James Macinko

Hepatitis B knowledge among women and men in the upper west region of Ghana: What sources of health information matter? pp. 1098-1110

Florence Wullo Anfaara, Kilian Nasung Atuoye, Roger Antabe, Yujiro Sano and Isaac Luginaah

Government health expenditure, out‐of‐pocket payment and social inequality: A cross‐national analysis of China and OECD countries pp. 1111-1126

Dunfu Zhang and K. M. Atikur Rahman

Exploring the changes of physicians' behaviour toward informal payment based on Health Transformation Plan in Iran: A qualitative study pp. 1127-1139

Minoo Alipouri Sakha, Telma Zahirian Moghadam, Hassan Ghobadi and Hamed Zandian

Association between non‐attendance to outpatient clinics and emergency department consultations, hospitalizations and mortality in a Health Maintenance Organization pp. 1140-1156

Diego Hernán Giunta, Marina Alonso Serena, Daniel Luna, Maria Leticia Peroni, Diego Sanchez Thomas, Fernando Binder, Gabriela Alejandra Blugerman, Nora Fuentes, Cristina Maria Elizondo and Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quirós

Implementation of a multi‐center digital trauma registry: Experience in district and central hospitals in Malawi pp. 1157-1172

Kevin Croke, Linda Chokotho, Sveta Milusheva, Jonna Bertfelt, Saahil Karpe, Meyhar Mohammed and Wakisa Mulwafu

Dark tetrad personality traits and counterproductive work behavior among doctors in Pakistan pp. 1173-1192

Cai Li, Majid Murad, Fakhar Shahzad, Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan and Sheikh Farhan Ashraf

Going universal? The problem of the uninsured in Europe and in OECD countries pp. 1193-1204

Federico Toth

Current status of clinical pharmacy workforce, services and clinical pharmacist recruitment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam pp. 1205-1218

Hai‐Yen Nguyen‐Thi, Thuy‐Tram Nguyen‐Ngoc, Nha Hoang Le, Nghiem Quan Le and Nguyen Dang Tu Le

Estimating unplanned and planned hospitalization incidents among older Australian women aged 75 years and over: The presence of death as a competing risk pp. 1219-1231

Dinberu S. Shebeshi, Xenia Dolja‐Gore and Julie Byles

Trends in the proportionate mortalities attributed to noncommunicable diseases in sub‐Saharan Africa for the period 2000 to 2016 pp. 1232-1239

Henry O. Duah, Pascal Agbadi, Charles Enyaah Amankwa, Isaac Adomako and Benson Owusu

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19): Potential implications for weak health systems and conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa region pp. 1240-1245

Omar Da'ar, Mohamed Haji and Hoda Jradi

“A community system”: A critical foundation for the epidemic prevention and control of SARS‐CoV‐2 pp. 1246-1249

Xiaoyan Zhang and Shiyu Yang

Turning rural villages into the home front for social stability—Examination of coronavirus disease 2019 control experiences in rural areas in China pp. 1250-1256

Xiaoyan Zhang and Chen Xiang

Pertinent roles of African higher institutions in the COVID‐19 pandemic response: The University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; An African Model pp. 1257-1259

Idayat Durotoye, Rasheed Odunola, Oluwapelumi Adeyemi, Alex Akanmu, Oladimeji Bolarinwa, Muhammed Adeboye, Ali Abdullahi, Zulkarnain Bolajoko, Wasiu Durosinmi, George Adebisi and Veronica Aduloju

Artificial Intelligence during a pandemic: The COVID‐19 example pp. 1260-1262

Sathian Dananjayan and Gerard Marshall Raj

Which medical specialties should be prioritised to fill staffing gaps caused by COVID‐19 in the United Kingdom? A network analysis pp. 1263-1266

Elliott Sharp, Liam Cole, Rebecca Clementi and Keegan Curlewis

“Humble, Hungry and Smart?” A cautionary tale for inclusive healthcare leaders pp. 1267-1269

Peter Kalina

Known SARS‐CoV‐2 infections: The tip of an important iceberg pp. 1270-1273

Hosein I. Hosein, Matthew D. Moore and Ahmed S. Abdel‐Moneim

Emergency management, mitigation for COVID‐19 and the importance of preparedness for future outbreaks pp. 1274-1276

Jovana Todorovic, Pavle Piperac and Zorica Terzic‐Supic

Waste quarantine to reduce COVID‐19 infection spread pp. 1277-1278

Shwetmala Kashyap, Arkalgud Ramaprasad and Nandakumar Bidare Sastry

Volume 35, issue 4, 2020

COVID‐19 and fiscal space for health system in Pakistan: It is time for a policy decision pp. 813-817

Babar T. Shaikh and Nabeela Ali

Nexus between trade, CO2 emissions, renewable energy, and health expenditure in Pakistan pp. 818-831

Irfan Ullah, Alam Rehman, Farman Ullah Khan, Muhammad Haroon Shah and Faridoon Khan

Support and unmet needs of patients undergoing multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) treatment in southern Nigeria pp. 832-842

Daniel Oshi, Joseph Chukwu, Charles Nwafor, Ngozi E. Chukwu, Anthony O. Meka, Moses Anyim, Kingsley N. Ukwaja, Isaac Alobu, Ngozi Ekeke and Sarah N. Oshi

Better monitoring of abused children by designing a child abuse surveillance system: Determining national child abuse minimum data set pp. 843-851

Zahra Karbasi, Maliheh Kadivar, Reza Safdari, Leila Shahmoradi, Maryam Zahmatkeshan, Somayyeh Zakerabasali, Shahabeddin Abhari and Azadeh Sayarifard

Patient safety culture in university hospital's emergency departments: A case study pp. 852-858

Mahmood Nekoei‐Moghadam, Mehdi Raadabadi and Majid Heidarijamebozorgi

Achieving financial risk protection through a national Social Health Insurance Programme in Nigeria: Perspectives of enrollees and healthcare providers pp. 859-866

Gladys N. Ebunoha, Maduka D. Ughasoro, Ifeoma C. Nwakoby and Obinna E. Onwujekwe

Administrative effectiveness in the production of maternal health services in four Mexican states pp. 867-877

Edson Serván‐Mori, María Lilia Bravo‐Ruiz and Octavio Gómez‐Dantés

A retrospective analysis of hospital treatment expenditures among young and middle age patients with cancer, 2013–2017 under health reform pp. 878-887

Junfang Xu, Stephen Nicholas, Jian Wang and Yuxia Yang

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding exclusive breastfeeding among HIV‐positive mothers in Uganda: A qualitative study pp. 888-896

Emily Operto

Do online applications for free assistive technology devices by individuals with disabilities introduce moral hazard? Evidence from Shanghai, China pp. 897-909

Xiaojing Huang, Mei Sun, Yu Song, Chengyue Li, Rong Jin, Heqi Sun, Weili Wang, Qi Zhang and Jun Lu

Patient safety attitudes among critical care nurses: A case study in North Cyprus pp. 910-921

Khalid Al‐Mugheed and Nurhan Bayraktar

The effect of risk communication on the nurses' task and contextual performance in disease outbreak control in Ghana: Application of the cause model pp. 922-938

Abigail Konadu Aboagye, Baozhen Dai and Ernest Kay Bakpa

Regional health disparities in Burkina Faso during the period of health care decentralization. Results of a macro‐level analysis pp. 939-959

Hilaire Zon, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot

Trends and sociodemographic factors of e‐cigarette use among adult daily smokers in South Korea pp. 960-969

Yen‐Han Lee, Timothy Chiang, Elizabeth Kwon, Sohye Baik and Yen‐Chang Chang

Information assessment of hospital websites in Croatia: How to develop accountability standards? pp. 970-971

Sanja Seljan, Maja Baretić, Marko Seljan and Mirjana Pejić Bach

Volume 35, issue 3, 2020

SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemics: The lack of critical reflection addressing short‐ and long‐term challenges pp. 669-672

Tiago Correia

Unexplained periods of higher deaths contribute to marginal changes in health care demand and health insurance costs: International perspectives pp. 673-684

Rodney P. Jones

Voluntary private health insurance demand determinants and risk preferences: Evidence from SHARE pp. 685-703

Aida Isabel Tavares

Modelling the neonatal system: A joint analysis of length of stay and patient pathways pp. 704-717

Shola Adeyemi and Eren Demir

The impact of medical insurance programmes on the health of the insured: Evidence from China pp. 718-734

Yingying Meng, Xiaodong Zhang and Junqiang Han

Calling for confirmation, reassurance, and direction: Investigating patient compliance after accessing a telephone triage advice service pp. 735-745

Nazlee Siddiqui, David Greenfield and Anthony Lawler

A pragmatic method to compare hospital bed provision between countries and regions: Beds in the States of Australia pp. 746-759

Rodney P. Jones

Trend analysis of medical expenses in Shenzhen after China's new health‐care reforms pp. 760-772

Xueyan Liu, Qilin Zhang, Yong Xu, Xiaoyun Wu and Xiaofeng Wang

Implementing successful systematic Patient Reported Outcome and Experience Measures (PROMs and PREMs) in robotic oncological surgery—The role of physicians pp. 773-787

Daniel Adrian Lungu, Francesca Pennucci, Sabina De Rosis, Gaetano Romano and Franca Melfi

An age‐integrated approach to improve measurement of potential spatial accessibility to emergency medical services for urban areas pp. 788-798

Soheil Hashtarkhani, Behzad Kiani, Robert Bergquist, Nasser Bagheri, Reza VafaeiNejad and Mahmood Tara

Dual practice and multiple job holding among Iranian general practitioners: Rate and effective factors pp. 799-807

Mohsen Bayati, Arash Rashidian, Hamed Zandian and Somayeh Alipoori

Volume 35, issue 2, 2020

Out of pocket health expenditures in Turkey following introduction of co‐payments along with improved primary care services pp. 433-440

Burcay Erus

Inequality of childhood undernutrition in Bangladesh: A decomposition approach pp. 441-468

Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Nurnabi Sheikh, Raisul Akram, Nausad Ali, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Khorshed Alam and Alec Morton

The relationship between health care providers' perceived work climate, organizational commitment, and caring efficacy at pediatric intensive care units, Cairo University pp. 469-481

Mona Adel Soliman Attia, Meray Rene Labib Youseff, Shaimaa A.M. Abd El Fatah, Sally Kamal Ibrahem and Nancy A.S. Gomaa

A national survey of turnover intention among general practitioners in China pp. 482-493

Yong Gan, Heng Jiang, Liqing Li, Yudi Yang, Chao Wang, Jianxin Liu, Tingting Yang, Yanling Zheng, Yi Zhu, Opoku Sampson, Hongbin Xu, Fang Yu, Yali Chen, Chulani Herath, Yanyan Zhong, Qiaoyan Liu, Minyi Yu, Ling Liu, Chao Gao and Zuxun Lu

Does passive smoking at home lead to depression among older people in China? pp. 494-505

Wei Lu and Hong Wu

Eye clinic liaison officers service in the United Kingdom pp. 506-519

Vasilios P. Papastefanou, Swan Kang, Philippa Simkiss and Hadi Zambarakji

An assessment of management competencies for primary health care managers in Timor‐Leste pp. 520-531

Alipio Gusmão Lopes, Kanida Narattharaksa, Taweesak Siripornpibul and David Briggs

How do Co‐ and Non‐Residential Children Impact your Subjective Life Expectancy: An Empirical Study on CHARLS Data? pp. 532-544

Hong Wu

Prices, availability, and affordability of national essential medicines in public primary hospitals: A cross‐sectional survey in poverty‐stricken rural areas in China pp. 545-557

Rixiang Xu, Shuting Li, Xiongwen Lv and Xuefeng Xie

Time changes in the geographical distribution of physicians and factors associated with starting rural practice in Japan pp. 558-568

Masatoshi Ishikawa

Medical and socio‐demographic characteristics associated with patient‐perceived continuity of primary care: A cross‐sectional survey in Hangzhou, China pp. 569-580

Tao Zhang, Jianping Ren, Xinyu Zhang and Wendy Max

Comparing public and private emergency departments in China: Early evidence from a national healthcare quality survey pp. 581-591

Kui Jin, Hui Zhang, Sam Seery, Yangyang Fu, Shanshan Yu, Lili Zhang, Feng Sun, Liyuan Tian, Jun Xu and Xue Zhong Yue

Standardized residency training: An equalizer for residents at different hospitals in Shanghai, China? pp. 592-605

Yao He, Wenji Qian, Lu Shi, Kan Zhang and Jiayan Huang

Managing knowledge for health care quality: An investigation of rational antibiotic use among Thai dentists pp. 606-613

Pagaporn Pantuwadee Pisarnturakit, Sireerat Sooampon and Sutti Sooampon

Ensuring Taiwan patient safety culture survey is free from differential item functioning pp. 614-624

Wui‐Chiang Lee, Su‐Ha Han and Heon‐Jae Jeong

Increased fracture incidence in snow and ice conditions; a model for escalation pp. 625-630

Waheeb Al‐Azzani, Alison Kinghorn and Rhodri Williams

Medical reversals in low‐ and middle‐income countries pp. 631-638

Alyson Haslam, Vinay Prasad and Catherine Livingston

Institutions for health care price setting and regulation: A comparative review of eight settings pp. 639-648

Sarah L. Barber, Luca Lorenzoni and Paul Ong

Examining sociopolitical elements of health system reform: The experience of Singapore and Taiwan pp. 649-657

Ming‐Jui Yeh and Ray Serrano

On “A grounded theory study of the narrative behind Indian physiotherapists global migration” Grafton K., Gordon F. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2019 Jan 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2725. [Epub ahead of print] pp. 658-660

G. Shankar Ganesh

Volume 35, issue 1, 2020

Demographic transition and economic growth: Evidence from China and United States pp. e1-e11

Liping Ye, Xinping Zhang and Jiangbo Geng

Evaluating Mediterranean diet adherence in university student populations: Does this dietary pattern affect students' academic performance and mental health? pp. 5-21

Marina Antonopoulou, Maria Mantzorou, Aspasia Serdari, Konstantinos Bonotis, Giorgos Vasios, Eleni Pavlidou, Christina Trifonos, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Dimitris Petridis and Constantinos Giaginis

The impact of the stateless health insurance scheme on inpatient service utilization of stateless children at the four selected district hospitals in Tak Province, Thailand pp. e12-e27

Proloy Barua and Kanida Narattharaksa

Verifying the impact of corporate governance on hospital performance on HIV and malaria control: A structural equation modelling approach pp. 22-35

Stephen Owusu Afriyie, Yusheng Kong, Benjamin Chris Ampimah, Collins Danso Akuamoah, Leslie Nii Otu Vanderpuije and Zhao Xinlei

Development and implementation of nutrition labelling in Iran: A retrospective policy analysis pp. e28-e44

Sareh Edalati, Nasrin Omidvar, Arezoo Haghighian Roudsari, Delaram Ghodsi and Azizollaah Zargaraan

Building financial management capacity for community ownership of development initiatives in rural Zambia pp. 36-51

Viviane I.R. Sakanga, Parker S. Chastain, Kathleen L. McGlasson, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Misheck Bwalya, Melvin Mwansa, Kaluba Mataka, David Kalaba, Nancy A. Scott and Taryn Vian

The use of evidence in decision making by hospital managers in Lebanon: A cross‐sectional study pp. e45-e55

Nadeen Hilal, Sara Harb, Diana Jamal and Fadi El‐Jardali

Quality improvement of health systems in an epidemic context: A framework based on lessons from the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa pp. 52-67

Lucia Brugnara, Cyril Pervilhac, François Kohler, Mohamed Lamine Dramé, Sylvia Sax and Michael Marx

The challenges of hepatitis C management in Iran: A qualitative study with patients pp. e56-e65

Masoud Behzadifar, Samad Azari, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Aziz Rezapour and Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

Mobile money use and social health insurance enrolment among rural dwellers outside the formal employment sector: Evidence from Kenya pp. e66-e80

Melvin Obadha, Tim Colbourn and Andrew Seal

Comparing selected countries using sin tax policy in sustainable health financing: Implications for developing countries pp. 68-78

Hamideh Javadinasab, Iravan Masoudi Asl, Abbas Vosoogh‐Moghaddam and Behzad Najafi

Time series analysis of ambient air pollution effects on dynamic stroke mortality pp. 79-103

Li Luo, Yuting Dai, Fengyi Zhang, Mei Chen, Fang Chen and Fang Qing

Experience of family caregivers of hospitalized older people in Kolkata, India pp. e81-e95

Tulika Bhattacharyya and Suhita Chopra Chatterjee

Association of maternity waiting home utilization with women's perceived geographic barriers and delivery complications in Ethiopia pp. e96-e107

Biniam Getachew, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul and Yirgu Gebrehiwot

Adverse events in Malaysia: Associations with nurse's ethnicity and experience, hospital size, accreditation, and teaching status pp. 104-119

Mu'taman Jarrar, Mohammad Al‐Bsheish, Latefa Ali Dardas, Ahmed Meri and Mohd Sobri Minai

Factors influencing enrolment in Vietnamese National Health Insurance: Evidence from six provinces in 2018 pp. e108-e118

Ryo Hasegawa

An integrated MUSA to measure health care service quality from a patient's perspective in a resource‐constrained setting pp. e119-e132

Mohammed Ali Al‐Awlaqi and Ammar Mohamed Aamer

Policy overview of the multisectoral nutrition planning process: The progress, challenges, and lessons learned from Burkina Faso pp. 120-139

Ousmane Ouedraogo, Maimouna Halidou Doudou, Koiné Maxime Drabo, Denis Garnier, Noël Marie Zagré, Dia Sanou, Kristina Reinhardt and Philippe Donnen

Impact of infection control measures on the related costs and the amount of broad‐spectrum antimicrobial agents used in a hospital: A time‐series analysis pp. e133-e141

Tomoya Tachi, Yumi Toda, Takayuki Seko, Yoshihiro Noguchi and Hitomi Teramachi

Capitalizing on specialists' services in rural family health unit: Interventional study pp. 140-151

Madiha Said Abdel‐Razik, Arwa Mohamed Hosney El Shafei, AlShaimaa Mohammed Abd Al Moety, Reham Yosry Al Amir and Mennatallah Said Hosney

Is preventive care utilization associated with lower outpatient and inpatient health‐care expenses among Chinese older adults? A longitudinal analysis pp. e142-e155

Yen‐Han Lee, Yen‐Chang Chang and Mack Shelley

Influence of population aging on balance of medical insurance funds in China pp. 152-161

Xiaoyu Qiu, Tao Zhao, Yingchao Kong and Fang Chen

Total per‐visit medical expenses incurred by outpatients with diabetes—Evidence from six provinces in eastern China pp. e156-e166

Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaona Zhang and Shiyu Yang

The causes of aging and relationship between aging and health expenditure: An econometric causality analysis for Turkey pp. 162-170

Canser Boz and S.Haluk Ozsarı

Costs incurred and determinants of out‐of‐pocket payments for child delivery care in India: Evidence from a nationally representative household survey pp. e167-e177

Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Karthika Ganesh, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Shanthosh Priyan, Tanveer Rehman and Gayathri Surendran

A comparative study on healthcare employee satisfaction between Japan and China pp. 171-184

Xiuzhu Gu and Kenji Itoh

Predictors of online accountability practices in US hospitals: An exploratory investigation pp. e178-e195

Asya Cooley

Individual vs household: How do different calculation patterns of catastrophic health expenditure matter? New evidence from China's critical illness insurance programme pp. 185-206

Ying Zhang, Ding Hu, Yongmei Guan and Jacques Vanneste

Assessing perceived quality of primary care under hospital‐township health centre integration: A cross‐sectional study in China pp. e196-e209

Shasha Yuan, Fang Wang, Yan Zhao and Yun Liu

Causes of appointment attendance, nonattendance, and cancellation in outpatient consultations at a university hospital pp. 207-220

Agustina Briatore, Estefania Veronica Tarsetti, Agustin Latorre, Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quirós, Daniel Luna, Nora Angélica Fuentes, Cristina Maria Elizondo, Analia Baum, Marina Alonso Serena and Diego Hernán Giunta

Japan's health care system faces a perfect storm pp. e210-e217

Kaori Kido and Katsura Tsukamoto

Reporting gaps between news media and scientific papers on outdoor air pollution–related health outcomes: A content analysis pp. 221-232

Zhuanlan Sun, Jun Cang, Yuhui Ruan and Demi Zhu

Socio‐economic inequalities in diabetes prevalence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pp. 233-246

Mohammed Khaled Al‐Hanawi, Gowokani Chirwa and Mohammad Habibullah Pulok

Challenges facing oncology nurses in Jordan: A qualitative study pp. 247-261

Ahmad M. Al Zoubi, Ahmad Rajeh Saifan, Intima Alrimawi and Mohannad A. Aljabery

Trade union or trait d'union? Setting targets for general practitioners: A regional case study pp. 262-279

Sara Barsanti, Federico Vola and Manila Bonciani

The implications of childcare on grandparents' health self‐management in a Chinese elderly population pp. 280-289

Xiao‐lei Wang, Jing Cheng, Chan‐yuan Guo and Xian‐rong Xu

Patient costs of diabetes mellitus care in public health care facilities in Kenya pp. 290-308

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