International Journal of Health Planning and Management

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Volume 34, issue 4, 2019

Editorial for HPM 34:4 pp. 1077-1077

Calum Paton

India's family planning market and opportunities for the private sector: An analysis using the total market approach pp. 1078-1096

Arupendra Mozumdar, Rajib Acharya, Subrato Kumar Mondal, Amit Arun Shah and Niranjan Saggurti

The impacts of socioeconomic status and lifestyle on health status of residents: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey data pp. 1097-1108

Jian Sun, Shoujun Lyu and Zheng Dai

Slovenian health care system and possibilities for freelance medical specialists pp. 1109-1120

Boštjan Kušar, Dragica Maja Smrke and Mojca Bernik

Can telehealth reduce health care expenditure? A lesson from German health insurance data pp. 1121-1132

Andree Ehlert and Dirk Oberschachtsiek

Palestinian managers' views and practices regarding the prevention of home injuries: An explorative qualitative study pp. 1133-1143

Intima A. Alrimawi, Michael Craig Watson, Carol Hall, Mohammed ALBashtawy and Nabeel Al‐Yateem

Critical analysis of nurses' labour market effectiveness in Canada: The hidden aspects of the shortage pp. 1144-1154

Ruolz Ariste, Ali Béjaoui and Anyck Dauphin

Multivariate analyses of the global acceptability rates of male intimate partner violence (IPV) against women based on World Values Survey data pp. 1155-1194

Arno Tausch

Hospital volume and outcomes for inpatients with acute myocardial infarction in Shanxi, China: A cross‐sectional study pp. 1195-1204

Ziling Ni, Xiaojun Lin, Ying Wang, Tianyu Jiang and Hongbing Tao

Urgent care centre in Sweden—the integration of teams and perceived effects pp. 1205-1216

Ingela Wennman, Malin Wittholt, Eric Carlström, Tobias Carlsson and Amir Khorram‐Manesh

Factors associated with misreporting in performance‐based financing in Burkina Faso: Implications for risk‐based verification pp. 1217-1237

Naasegnibe Kuunibe, Julia Lohmann, Michael Schleicher, Jean‐Louis Koulidiati, Paul Jacob Robyn, Zambendé Zigani, Adama Sanon and Manuela De Allegri

Changes in hospital CEO profiles in Poland—Professionalisation of management? pp. 1238-1250

Marcin Kautsch and Roksana Dela

Performance of care for end‐of‐life cancer patients in Tuscany: The interplay between place of care, aggressive treatments, opioids, and place of death. A retrospective cohort study pp. 1251-1264

Francesca Ferrè, Bruna Vinci and Anna Maria Murante

Health sector decentralisation in Tanzania: Analysis of decision space in human resources for health management pp. 1265-1276

Ramadhani Kigume and Stephen Maluka

Judicialization of the right to health: (Un)compliance of the judicial decisions in Medellin, Colombia pp. 1277-1289

Diego Gómez‐Ceballos, Isabel Craveiro and Luzia Gonçalves

What is the health cost of haze pollution? Evidence from China pp. 1290-1303

Yu Hao, Mingyuan Zhao and Zhi‐Nan Lu

Understanding the limitations of “quasi‐mandatory” approaches to enrolment in community‐based health insurance: Empirical evidence from Tanzania pp. 1304-1318

Adeline Ajuaye, Boris Verbrugge, Jan Van Ongevalle and Patrick Develtere

Supplemental Security Income enrollment and health care and social assistance employment and wages pp. 1319-1332

Lawrence C. Pellegrini and Kimberley H. Geissler

Visualizing the knowledge structure of medication‐adherence research: A bibliometric analysis (1997‐2016) pp. 1333-1353

Liping Ye and Xinping Zhang

An investigation of the determinants for community pharmacists' positive image and the needs for community pharmacists' services in Taiwan pp. 1354-1363

Kuang‐hsun Tseng, Elizabeth H. Chang and Yu Ko

Identification and ranking of specific balanced scorecard performance measures for hospitals: A case study of private hospitals in the Klang Valley area, Malaysia pp. 1364-1376

Farshad Behrouzi and Azanizawati Ma'aram

Nonattendance rates of scheduled outpatient appointments in a university general hospital pp. 1377-1385

Diego Hernan Giunta and Marina Alonso Serena

Abortion among adolescents in Africa: A review of practices, consequences, and control strategies pp. e1378-e1386

Shallon Atuhaire

The pilot results of 47 148 cases of BJ‐DRGs‐based payment in China pp. 1386-1398

Jun‐Qun Zeng

A review of the incidence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Nigeria: Implications for universal health coverage pp. e1387-e1404

Ijeoma Nkem Okedo‐Alex, Ifeyinwa Chizoba Akamike, Obumneme Benaiah Ezeanosike and Chigozie Jesse Uneke

HIV testing uptake among pregnant women attending private midwife clinics: challenges of scaling up universal HIV testing at the private sectors in Indonesia pp. 1399-1407

Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Dinar S.M. Lubis, Putu Widarini, Desak Nyoman Widyanthini, I. Made Ady Wirawan and Dewa Nyoman Wirawan

Building the health workforce: Saudi Arabia's challenges in achieving Vision 2030 pp. e1405-e1416

Fahad Albejaidi and Kesavan S. Nair

Health system performance assessment in small countries: The case study of Latvia pp. 1408-1422

Guido Noto, Ilaria Corazza, Kristīne Kļaviņa, Jana Lepiksone and Sabina Nuti

A spatio‐temporal cluster analysis of technical efficiency in the production of outpatient maternal health services and its structural correlates in México pp. e1417-e1436

Edson Serván‐Mori, Miguel Ángel Mendoza González, Carlos Chivardi, Carlos Pineda‐Antúnez, Roxana Rodríguez‐Franco and Gustavo Nigenda

Coping strategies of cancer patients in Ukraine pp. 1423-1438

Olena Levenets, Tetiana Stepurko, Abel Polese, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot

Analyzing inappropriate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prescriptions and resulting economic burden on patients suffering from back pain pp. e1437-e1447

Nader Jahanmehr, Atieh Sadat Bigdeli, Hedayat Salari, Hussein Mokarami, Soheila KhodaKarim and Soheila Damiri

Exploring staff experience of economic efficiency requirements in health care: A mixed method study pp. 1439-1455

Sara Korlén, Isis Amer‐Wåhlin, Peter Lindgren and Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz

Case study on vibration health risk and comfort levels in loading crane trucks pp. e1448-e1463

José Gilberto Picoral Filho, Mário Fedatto Neto, Juan Pablo Raggio Quintas and Herbert Martins Gomes

Sexual risk associated with gambling among the youth in Rubaga Division, Kampala pp. 1456-1468

Victor Kiwujja and John Francis Mugisha

The stipulation‐stimulation spiral: A model of system change pp. e1464-e1477

Sara A. Kreindler

Promoting patient safety in Bhutan: Challenges and priority strategies for accelerating progress pp. 1469-1476

Rinchen Pelzang

Health system redesign: Changing thoughts, values, and behaviours for the co‐production of a safety culture pp. 1477-1484

Kathy Eljiz, David Greenfield, Alison Derrett and Simon Radmore

Determinants of individual healthcare expenditure: A cross‐sectional analysis in rural Burkina Faso pp. e1478-e1494

Meike Irene Nakovics, Stephan Brenner, Paul Jacob Robyn, Ludovic Deo Gracias Tapsoba and Manuela De Allegri

The effects of the financial crisis on the general and dental health status of Greek citizens pp. 1485-1496

Konstantinos Vlasiadis, Euaggelia Samaritaki, Maria Koutsamani, Theocharis Konstantinidis and Ioannis G. Tzoutzas

Leadership in limbo: Characteristics of successful incident commanders in health sector of a disaster‐prone country pp. e1495-e1509

Ali Nasiri, Aidin Aryankhesal and Hamidreza Khankeh

Cost of providing emergency obstetric care in Tanzania's Kigoma region pp. e1510-e1519

Tewodaj Mengistu, Andrés Berruti, Anna Krivelyova, Meghan Swor, Rachel Waite and Godson Maro

Differences in the health behaviors of elderly individuals and influencing factors: Evidence from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey pp. e1520-e1532

Erpeng Liu, Yan Feng, Zhang Yue, Qilin Zhang and Tiankuo Han

The calendar year fallacy: The danger of reliance on calendar year data in end‐of‐life capacity and financial planning pp. e1533-e1543

Rodney P. Jones

Patients' choice and preference for common disease diagnosis and diabetes care: A discrete choice experiment pp. e1544-e1555

Jingrong Zhu, Jinlin Li, Zengbo Zhang and Hao Li

Collaboration for drug prevention: Is it possible in a “siloed” governmental structure? pp. e1556-e1568

Olin Oldeide, Elisabeth Fosse and Ingrid Holsen

The impact of out‐of‐pocket health expenditure on household impoverishment: Evidence from Morocco pp. e1569-e1585

Meriem Oudmane, Fouzi Mourji and Abdeljaouad Ezzrari

Reasons for longer LOS at the emergency departments: Practical, patient‐centred, medical, or cultural? pp. e1586-e1596

Amir Khorram‐Manesh, Ingela Wennman, Björn Andersson, Lina Dahlén Holmqvist, Tobias Carlson and Eric Carlström

Type of health care workers and quality of antenatal and delivery care in communities of Myanmar: An experience‐ and vignette‐based study pp. e1597-e1608

Thida Thida and Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

Primary care reforms in managing chronic diseases in Xiamen, China: A tentative assessment pp. e1609-e1620

Yanbing Zeng, Zhipeng Yuan, Lele Chen, Jielong Wu, Fan Chen and Ya Fang

Health insurance enrolment in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Does food security matter? pp. e1621-e1632

Roger Antabe, Kilian Nasung Atuoye, Yujiro Sano, Vincent Zubedaar Kuuire, Sylvester Zachariah Galaa and Isaac Luginaah

Understanding public health insurance in India: A design perspective pp. e1633-e1650

Dayashankar Maurya

Impact of improved primary care on patient satisfaction: Results of a pilot study in the University of the Philippines pp. e1651-e1660

Regine Ynez H. De Mesa, Cara Lois T. Galingana, Jose Rafael A. Marfori, Mia P. Rey, Nannette B. Sundiang, Jayson T. Celeste, Leonila F. Dans, Antonio Miguel L. Dans and Jesusa T. Catabui

China's policy experimentation on long‐term care insurance: Implications for access pp. e1661-e1674

Yumei Zhu and August Österle

Effect of accreditation and certification on the quality management system: Analysis based on Turkish hospitals pp. e1675-e1687

Mustafa Said Yıldız, Zekai Öztürk, Mehmet Topal and M. Mahmud Khan

An unintended consequence of provider payment reform: The case of capitation grants in the National Health Insurance reform of Indonesia pp. e1688-e1710

Si Ying Tan and Jiwei Qian

Applying lean management to reduce radiology turnaround times for emergency department pp. e1711-e1722

Chiara Verbano and Maria Crema

Appraisal of the methodological quality of clinical practice guidelines in the Philippines pp. e1723-e1735

Red Thaddeus D. Miguel, Maria Asuncion A. Silvestre, Ma. Lourdes S. Imperial, Beverly Lorraine C. Ho and Leonila F. Dans

Breast cancer treatment pathway improvement using time‐driven activity‐based costing pp. e1736-e1746

Véronique Nabelsi and Véronique Plouffe

Depression and health‐related quality of life among Cambodian patients with cancer pp. e1747-e1759

Rany Vorn, Socheat Touch and Eunjung Ryu

Rural‐urban disparity in risk exposure to involuntary social health insurance transition in China: An investigation of chronic disease patients' mental health problems pp. e1760-e1773

Jiannan Li and Bocong Yuan

Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus and physical activity on medication costs in older adults pp. e1774-e1782

Kelly Akemi Kikuti‐Koyama, Henrique Luiz Monteiro, Ítalo Ribeiro Lemes, Luana Carolina de Morais, Rômulo Fernandes, Bruna Turi‐Lynch and Jamile Codogno

Comprehensive measurement of health system performance at district level in India: Generation of a composite index pp. e1783-e1799

Atul Sharma, Shankar Prinja and Arun Kumar Aggarwal

Factors influencing residents' decision to sign with family doctors under the new health care reform in China pp. e1800-e1809

Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaona Zhang, Shiyu Yang and Yuxuan Wang

Lots of little ones: Analysis of charitable donations to a hospice and palliative care unit in Taiwan pp. e1810-e1819

Ya‐Chuan Hsu, Feng‐Yuan Chu, Tzeng‐Ji Chen, Li‐Fang Chou, Hsiao‐Ting Chang, Ming‐Hwai Lin and Shinn‐Jang Hwang

Factors influencing missed nursing care in public hospitals in Australia: An exploratory mixed methods study pp. e1820-e1832

Rania Albsoul, Gerard FitzGerald, Julie Finucane and Erika Borkoles

The impact of health reform in Iran on catastrophic health expenditures: Equity and policy implications pp. e1833-e1845

Elham Ahmadnezhad, Adrianna Murphy, Rezvaneh Alvandi and Zhaleh Abdi

Inequity in utilizing health services in the Brazilian Amazon: A population‐based survey, 2015 pp. e1846-e1853

Tais Freire Galvao, Gustavo Magno Baldin Tiguman, Mónica Caicedo Roa and Marcus Tolentino Silva

Personalized diabetes management recommendations at hospital discharge based on a computerized, pre‐hospitalization clinical profile analysis: A prospective, electronic health records–based study pp. e1854-e1861

Yishay Wasserstrum, Anat Peles‐Bortz, Sara Dabahi, Irina Gringauz, Amir Tirosh, Eyal Zimlichman and Gad Segal

Public‐private partnerships in non‐profit hospitals: Case study of China pp. e1862-e1898

Kun Wang, Yongjian Ke and Shankar Sankaran

The response of health systems to after‐hours primary cares in Iran and the selected countries pp. e1899-e1908

Morteza Salemi, Aidin Aryankhesal and Mehdi Jafari

Should I stay or should I go now? The impact of “pull” factors on physician decisions to remain in a destination country pp. e1909-e1920

Halah Ibrahim, Fatema Zain Al Sharif, Karthyayani Priya Satish, Lina Hassen and Satish Chandrasekhar Nair

Lebanon's essential health care benefit package: A gateway for universal health coverage pp. e1921-e1936

Randa Hemadeh, Rawan Hammoud and Ola Kdouh

Co‐creating a program for teams to maintain and reflect on their flexibility pp. e1937-e1947

Frank W.R. van Gool, Joyce J.P.A. Bierbooms, Inge M.B. Bongers and Richard T.J.M. Janssen

Improving mental healthcare for the elderly in Belgium pp. e1948-e1960

Jef Adriaenssens, Nadia Benahmed and Céline Ricour

Planned home birth in Slovenia—Are we ready? pp. e1961-e1967

Iztok Takač, Urška Belak, Denis Gorjup, Gorazd Kavšek, Eva Macun, Robert Medved, Barbara Mihevc Ponikvar, Helena Mole, Faris Mujezinović, Peter Najdenov, Anita Prelec, Tanja Premru Sršen, Milena Mikluš, Tamara Serdinšek, Monika Sobočan, Lili Steblovnik, Zdenka Tičar, Martina Horvat, Tina Jamšek and Darja Arko

Understanding the effectiveness of government health expenditure in improving health equity: Preliminary evidence from global health expenditure and child mortality rate pp. e1968-e1979

Jiannan Li and Bocong Yuan

Health system strengthening—Reflections on its meaning, assessment, and our state of knowledge pp. e1980-e1989

Sophie Witter, Natasha Palmer, Dina Balabanova, Sandra Mounier‐Jack, Tim Martineau, Anna Klicpera, Charity Jensen, Miguel Pugliese‐Garcia and Lucy Gilson

Volume 34, issue 3, 2019

Introductory editorial pp. 897-897

Calum Paton

Preface pp. 898-899

Xiaoming Sun

The interaction effect of health insurance reimbursement and health workforce on health care‐seeking behaviour in China pp. 900-911

Yinzi Jin, Beibei Yuan, Weiming Zhu, Yaoguang Zhang, Ling Xu and Qingyue Meng

Status of evidence‐based chronic diseases prevention implementation in Shanghai, China: A qualitative study pp. 912-925

Jianwei Shi, Leiyu Shi, Jinsong Geng, Rui Liu, Xin Gong, Xiaojie Bo, Ning Chen, Qian Liu, Yan Yang and Zhaoxin Wang

Resource allocation for chronic diseases based on a patient willingness survey pp. 926-934

Ge Bai, Yinan Zhou, Li Luo and Zhaoxin Wang

The effect of family doctor–contracted services on noncommunicable disease self‐management in Shanghai, China pp. 935-946

Jiaoling Huang, Tao Zhang, Luan Wang, Dongfeng Guo, Shanshan Liu, Wei Lu, Hong Liang, Yimin Zhang and Chengjun Liu

An evaluation of the effects of general practitioner–supported patient noncommunicable diseases control model in Shanghai, China pp. 947-959

Zhiqun Shu, Ling Wang and Xiaoming Sun

Evaluation of a community‐based hypertension self‐management model with general practitioners pp. 960-974

Yimin Zhang, Shanshan Liu, Xinchun Sheng, Jiquan Lou, Hua Fu and Xiaoming Sun

Clinical pathway for the community‐level management of patients with type 2 diabetes pp. 975-985

Zhaohui Du and Xiaoming Sun

Evaluation of the implementation and effect of the healthcare cloud information platform for diabetes self‐management: A case study in Shanghai pp. 986-997

Chen Cheng, Gong Xin, Wang Xiaoli, Cao Chuanwei, Sun Xiaoming, Zhang Yimin, Jing Limei, Chen Ning, Liu Qian, Wang Hui, Tang Lan and Wang Zhaoxin

Retinopathy among Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai: A community‐based follow‐up study pp. 998-1012

Fei Qin, Limei Jing, Lili Jia, Jieqiong Lou, Yi Feng, Wen Long, Hui Yang and Rong Shi

Risk factors for diabetic nephropathy complications in community patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai: Logistic regression and classification tree model analysis pp. 1013-1024

Jieqiong Lou, Limei Jing, Hui Yang, Fei Qin, Wen Long and Rong Shi

Effects of continuous care for patients with type 2 diabetes using mobile health application: A randomised controlled trial pp. 1025-1035

Yanmei Wang, Ming Li, Xinxiang Zhao, Xinxin Pan, Min Lu, Jing Lu and Yan Hu

How the health institution combinative contracting mechanism influences community residents' patient experiences in Shanghai: A comparative study of data from two cross‐sectional surveys pp. 1036-1054

Jiangjiang He, Duo Chen, Zhenqing Tang, Lixuan Cong, Yuan Tian, Chunyan Xie, Linan Wang, Jiajie Xu, Chunlin Jin and Wen Chen

Effect of chronic disease self‐management program on the quality of life of HIV‐infected men who have sex with men: An empirical study in Shanghai, China pp. 1055-1064

Peng Zhang, Jing Gao, Yanmei Wang, Qiao Sun and Xiaoming Sun

Exploration and practice of the “1 + 10 + 1100000” model pp. 1065-1072

Jianli Ge, Shasha Geng, Limei Jing, Hua Jiang and Xiaoming Sun

Volume 34, issue 2, 2019

Editorial pp. 490-490

Calum Paton

Patient safety policies, guidelines, and protocols in Bhutan pp. 491-500

Rinchen Pelzang and Alison M. Hutchinson

Women's right to health in Iran: Domestic implementation of international human rights law pp. 501-509

Fatemeh Kokabisaghi

Availability of health workforce in urban and rural areas in relation to Canadian seniors pp. 510-520

Ruolz Ariste

Post‐stroke ankle‐foot orthoses: Examining referral trends in the Scottish multi‐disciplinary team pp. 521-533

Eileen Morrow and Roy Bowers

Does DRG funding encourage hospital specialization? Evidence from the Italian National Health Service pp. 534-552

Eugenio Anessi‐Pessina, Luciano Nieddu and Marco Giovanni Rizzo

Does the agglomeration effect occur in the hospital sector? The impact of agglomeration economies on the financial performance of hospitals—An evidence from Poland pp. 553-571

Bartłomiej Krzeczewski, Olga Krzeczewska, Anna Pluskota and Radosław Pastusiak

Investigating unmet health care needs under the National Health Insurance program in Taiwan: A latent class analysis pp. 572-582

Wei‐Hua Tian

Reimbursement pricing for new medical devices in Japan: Is the evaluation of innovation appropriate? pp. 583-593

Makoto Tamura, Shohei Nakano and Takuma Sugahara

Accessing free quality health care services and premature death pp. 594-603

Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mahboobeh Yadollahie, Ashraf Simi, Saeid Saeidimehr, Ali‐Asghar Nasihatkon, Mohammad Sadegh Shamsollahi, Hojjatollah Javidi, Maryam Kucheki, Kourosh Hashemiasl, Heidarali Jamali, Mohammad Rafiei, Hamidreza Mahmoudi, Farhad Kalantari, Safdar Azadi, Vahid Maleki, Abbas Asnaashari, Mehrdad Hosseinzadeh and Habibollah Sami

Factors affecting the willingness to join community‐based health insurance (CBHI) scheme: A case study survey from Savannakhet Province, Lao P.D.R pp. 604-618

Somdeth Bodhisane and Sathirakorn Pongpanich

Government expenditure on health and maternal mortality in México: A spatial‐econometric analysis pp. 619-635

Eduardo Pérez‐Pérez, Edson Serván‐Mori, Gustavo Nigenda, Leticia Ávila‐Burgos and David Mayer‐Foulkes

Investigating inappropriate admissions and hospitalizations in Yasuj educational hospitals based on appropriateness evaluation protocol (AEP): A case study in the internal and surgical wards pp. 636-643

Hamed Rahimi, Rahim Ostovar, Leila Vali and Parvin Angha

Examining the organizational factors that affect health workers' attendance: Findings from southwestern Uganda pp. 644-656

Miriam N. Mukasa, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Fred M. Ssewamala, Gwyn KirkBride, Apollo Kivumbi, Flavia Namuwonge and Christopher Damulira

A grounded theory study of the narrative behind Indian physiotherapists global migration pp. 657-671

Kate Grafton and Frances Gordon

Establishing a balanced scorecard measurement system for integrated care organizations in China pp. 672-692

Xiaobo Wu, Sihan Li, Ning Xu, Dong Wu and Xinli Zhang

Economic sanctions and child HIV pp. 693-700

Yiyeon Kim

Integrating reproductive and child health services enables access to modern contraception in Sierra Leone pp. 701-713

Ami S. Koroma, Sonya K. Ghatahora, Mariama Ellie, Anita Kargbo, Umu H. Jalloh, Abdulai Kandeh, Henry Alieu, Mariama Bah, Hamid Turay, Mustapha Sonnie, Santigie Sesay, Mary H. Hodges and David Doledec

Measuring the effect of health on the income of people living in extreme poverty: A comparative cross‐sectional analysis pp. 714-726

Xuejiao Liu, Liang Zhang, Ruibo He, Zhong Li, Yue Wu and Boyang Li

Understanding factors influencing home delivery in the context of user‐fee abolition in Northern Ghana: Evidence from 2014 DHS pp. 727-743

John Kuumuori Ganle, Musah Salifu Mahama, Ernest Maya, Abubakar Manu, Kwasi Torpey and Richard Adanu

Do corporate governance mechanisms and internal control systems matter in reducing mortality rates? pp. 744-760

Stephen Owusu Afriyie, Yusheng Kong, Patrick Obeng Danso, Abdul‐Aziz Ibn Musah and Michael Owusu Akomeah

Who experiences unmet need for mental health services and what other barriers to accessing health care do they face? Findings from Australia and Canada pp. 761-772

Lisa Corscadden, Emily J. Callander and Stephanie M. Topp

Patient safety walkrounds; 5 years of experience in a developing country pp. 773-779

Mohammad Saadati, Mahdi Nouri and Ramin Rezapour

Factors influencing the selection of a picture archiving and communication system: A qualitative study pp. 780-793

Misagh Zahiri Esfahani, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy and Reza Khajouei

Is China facing the social risks associated with reliance on hospitalization for the care of the elderly with chronic diseases? pp. 794-805

Weidong Dai

Hospital productivity: The role of efficiency drivers pp. 806-823

Manhal Ali, Reza Salehnejad and Mohaimen Mansur

Technocratic recentralization in the French health care system: A critical evaluation pp. 824-835

Daniel Simonet

Administrators, health service providers, and consumers perspectives of functions of district health‐care systems in Oromia region, Ethiopia: A qualitative study pp. 836-850

Elias Ali Yesuf, Eva Grill, Günter Fröschl, Daniela Koller and Damen Haile‐Mariam

Patient safety attitude in primary health care settings in Giza, Egypt: Cross‐sectional study pp. 851-861

Arwa Mohamed Hosney El Shafei and Mouchira Amin Zayed

Role of community resource persons in improving use of modern family planning methods among women of reproductive age in a rural area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria pp. 862-871

Ifeyinwa C. Akamike, Chinyere Mbachu, Chika Onwasigwe, Ijeoma Okedo‐Alex, Irene Eze and Nelson Eze

Early effect of the fear of terrorism on a hospital's emergency department use and on the incidence of cardiovascular events: A Turkish multicenter study pp. 872-879

Mehmet Hursitoglu, Gulcin Sahingoz Erdal, Esra Akdeniz, Hakan Kocoglu, Nursel Kocamaz, Isil Ozbas Tevetoglu, Haluk Yucel, Ozlem Harmankaya, Aytekin Guven, Murat Akarsu, Tufan Tukek, Guzin Ozturk, Halil Dogan, Banu Karakus Yilmaz, Mehmet Emin Gunes and A. Baki Kumbasar

Repositioning traditional birth attendants to provide improved maternal healthcare services in rural Ghana pp. e987-e994

Umar Haruna, Moses M. Kansanga and Daniel A. Bagah

Policy strategies to reduce waiting times for elective surgery: A scoping review and evidence synthesis pp. e995-e1015

Vivienne C. Bachelet, Matías Goyenechea and Víctor A. Carrasco

Research evidence on strategies enabling integration of electronic health records in the health care systems of low‐ and middle‐income countries: A literature review pp. e1016-e1025

Manish Kumar and Javed Mostafa

District‐level impacts of health system decentralization in Indonesia: A systematic review pp. e1026-e1053

Trisya Rakmawati, Reece Hinchcliff and Jerico Franciscus Pardosi

Perspectives of beneficiaries, health service providers, and community members on a maternal and child health conditional cash transfer pilot programme in Nigeria pp. e1054-e1073

Chioma Oduenyi, Victor Ordu and Ugo Okoli

Which groups of the poor are supported more by the law? Pro‐poor health policy network in Iran pp. e1074-e1086

Manal Etemadi, Kioomars Ashtarian, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji and Hananneh Mohammadi Kangarani

Patients with minor diseases who access high‐tier medical care facilities: New evidence from classification and regression trees pp. e1087-e1097

Chung Jen Yang, Ying Che Tsai and Joseph J. Tien

Exploring relevance, public perceptions, and business models for establishment of private well water quality monitoring service pp. e1098-e1118

Kalen K. Thomson, Arifur Rahman, Tom J. Cooper and Atanu Sarkar

Exploring trade‐offs between staffing levels and turnaround time in a pathology laboratory using discrete event simulation pp. e1119-e1134

Kanokporn Pongjetanapong, Cameron Walker, Michael O'Sullivan, Margaret Lovell‐Smith and Nikolaus Furian

Preventative care utilization and associated health‐related measurements among older adults following the 2009 health reform in China pp. e1135-e1148

Yen‐Han Lee, Yen‐Chang Chang and Ching‐Ti Liu

Social adaptation and adaptation pressure among the “drifting elderly” in China: A qualitative study in Shanghai pp. e1149-e1165

Yuhui Ruan, Demi Zhu and Jun Lu

Patient costs of hypertension care in public health care facilities in Kenya pp. e1166-e1178

Robinson Oyando, Martin Njoroge, Peter Nguhiu, Fredrick Kirui, Jane Mbui, Antipa Sigilai, Zipporah Bukania, Andrew Obala, Kenneth Munge, Anthony Etyang and Edwine Barasa

Identifying the health problems of slum residents using social determinants of health: Kerman, Iran pp. e1179-e1187

Mahmood Nekoei‐Moghadam, Narges Heidari, Mohammadreza Amiresmaeili and Majid Heidarijamebozorgi

Status of public–private partnership recognition and willingness to pay for private health care in China pp. e1188-e1199

Yongfei Wang and Liang Zhang

Effectiveness of nasal continuous airway pressure therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea pp. e1200-e1207

Geetha Kandasamy, Dalia Almaghaslah, Palanisamy Sivanandy and Somasundaram Arumugam

Intergenerational effects of old‐age pension on children's health and well‐being pp. e1208-e1214

Hansoo Ko

Prediction of the increase in health services demand based on the analysis of reasons of calls received by a customer relationship management pp. e1215-e1222

Mª. Isabel Ramos, Juan José Cubillas, Juan Manuel Jurado, Wilfredo Lopez, Francisco R. Feito, Manuel Quero and Jose Maria Gonzalez

Perceptions, attitudes, and expectation of baccalaureate nurses toward position of nursing in Bosnia and Herzegovina pp. e1223-e1235

Maja Racic, Jelena Pavlovic, Natalija Hadzivukovic and Nedeljka Ivkovic

Using machine‐learning methods to support health‐care professionals in making admission decisions pp. e1236-e1246

Li Luo, Jialing Li, Chuang Liu and Wenwu Shen

Elements of community‐based models for treating hepatitis C virus in supporting HCV elimination in Australia: A Delphi study pp. e1247-e1256

Davoud Pourmarzi, Andrew Smirnov, Julie Hepworth, Tony Rahman, Gerrard FitzGerald and Lisa Hall

A comprehensive modelling framework to forecast the demand for all hospital services pp. e1257-e1271

Muhammed Ordu, Eren Demir and Chris Tofallis

Exploring perceptions, motivations, and practices regarding outsourcing support services by general hospitals in Uganda: A mixed methods study pp. e1272-e1292

Paschal N. Mujasi and Zerish Z. Nkosi

Administrative challenges of clinical governance in military and university hospitals of Kerman/Iran pp. e1293-e1301

Saeid Mirzaei, Somayeh Noorihekmat, Nadia Oroomiei and Leila Vali

Globalization and women's HIV pp. e1302-e1311

Yiyeon Kim

Do quality improvements in assisted reproduction technology increase patient numbers in a managed competition setting? pp. e1312-e1322

Niek W. Stadhouders, Jan A.M. Kremer, Patrick P.T. Jeurissen and Marit A.C. Tanke

Prioritizing the health problems of slum residents using social determinants of health: A case study in a developing country pp. e1323-e1333

Mahmood Nekoei‐Moghadam, Narges Heidari, Mohammadreza Amiresmaeili and Majid Heidarijamebozorgi

Health care expenditure for delivery care between maternity waiting home users and nonusers in Ethiopia pp. e1334-e1345

Biniam Getachew and Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

Assessment of nationwide emergency systems in Thailand, a middle‐income country setting with UHC pp. e1346-e1355

Paibul Suriyawongpaisal, Pongsakorn Atiksawedparit, Samrit Srithamrongsawad and Thanita Thongtan

Formative research for the development of an Eye Health Strategic Planning and Evaluation Framework and a Checklist: A health systems approach pp. e1356-e1375

Gail M. Ormsby

Pakistan should immediately curb the sale of non‐prescribed antibiotics from community pharmacies pp. e1376-e1377

Muhammad Majid Aziz and Yu Fang

Volume 34, issue 1, 2019

The need for planning training among public health officers in Cape Verde pp. e1-e5

Paulo Ferrinho, Maria da Luz Lima Mendonça and António Pedro Delgado

Is Taiwan's National Health Insurance a perfect system? Problems related to health care utilization of the aboriginal population in rural townships pp. e6-e10

Yi‐Ting Lee, Yen‐Han Lee and Warren A. Kaplan

EDITORIAL pp. 7-7

Calum Paton

The NIH's slow response to the AIDS epidemic and the dismissal of Pasteur's contributions: Learning from history pp. 8-14

Mark Promislo

Financing health care in Bangladesh: Policy responses and challenges towards achieving universal health coverage pp. e11-e20

Shah Mohammad Fahim, Tofayel Ahmed Bhuayan, Md. Zakiul Hassan, Abu Hena Abid Zafr, Farhana Begum, Md. Mizanur Rahman and Shahinul Alam

Barriers and facilitators to implementation of essential health benefits package within primary health care settings in low‐income and middle‐income countries: A systematic review pp. 15-41

Fadi El‐Jardali, Racha Fadlallah, Aref Daouk, Rana Rizk, Nour Hemadi, Ola El Kebbi, Aida Farha and Elie A. Akl

Reforms in the Portuguese health care sector: Challenges and proposals pp. e21-e33

Alexandre Morais Nunes and Diogo Cunha Ferreira

A choice experiment to identify the most important elements of a successful cancer screening program according to those who research and manage such programs pp. e34-e45

Jennifer Priaulx, Marcell Csanádi, Harry J. de Koning and Martin McKee

Developing a conceptual framework for patient safety culture in emergency department: A review of the literature pp. 42-55

Muhammad Ahmed Alshyyab, Gerard FitzGerald, Kaeleen Dingle, Joseph Ting, Paula Bowman, Frances B. Kinnear and Erika Borkoles

Use of DNA sequencing for noncommunicable diseases in low‐income and middle‐income countries' primary care settings: A narrative synthesis pp. e46-e71

Luz Maria González‐Robledo, Edson Serván‐Mori, Anaid Casas‐López, Sergio Flores‐Hernández, María Lilia Bravo, Gilberto Sánchez‐González and Gustavo Nigenda

A scoping review of empirical evidence on the impacts of the DRG introduction in Germany and Switzerland pp. 56-70

Insa Koné, Bettina Maria Zimmermann, Karin Nordström, Bernice Simone Elger and Tenzin Wangmo

Do we know the cost of orthopaedic care? pp. 71-86

Kunal Kulkarni and Sophie Shepherd

A study of nurse‐based Injury Units in Ireland: An emergency care development for consideration worldwide pp. e72-e84

Donna M. Wilson and Rashmi Devkota

Designing interoperable health information systems using Enterprise Architecture approach in resource‐limited countries: A literature review pp. e85-e99

Susan Higman, Vikas Dwivedi, Alpha Nsaghurwe, Moses Busiga, Hermes Sotter Rulagirwa, Dasha Smith, Chris Wright, Ssanyu Nyinondi and Edwin Nyella

Why do German physicians reject managed care? pp. 87-99

Andree Ehlert and Dirk Oberschachtsiek

Improving oncological care organization in Poland—The 2015 reform evaluation in the context of European experiences pp. e100-e110

Roksana Dela, Katarzyna Dubas‐Jakóbczyk, Ewa Kocot and Christoph Sowada

What drove the health system reforms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? An analysis pp. 100-110

Redwanur Rahman and Omar Z. Alsharqi

Contribution of the results‐based financing strategy to improving maternal and child health indicators in Burkina Faso pp. 111-129

Zawora Rita Zizien, Catherine Korachais, Philippe Compaoré, Valéry Ridde and Vincent De Brouwere

Better care through an optimized mental health services continuum (Eastern Townships, Québec, Canada): A systematic and multisource literature review pp. e111-e130

Mathieu Roy, Pierre Dagenais, Linda Pinsonneault and Véronique Déry

International variations in trust in health care systems pp. 130-139

Dahai Zhao, Hongyu Zhao and Paul D. Cleary

Conditional cash transfer policies in maternal health service utilization in Nepal: Analysis of safe delivery incentive program (Aama Surakshya Karyakram) using Kingdon's multiple streams framework pp. e131-e141

Geha Nath Khanal

Costs and efficiency of gatekeeping under varying numbers of general practitioners pp. 140-156

Björn Blöndal and Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir

Public‐private partnership (PPP) development: Toward building a PPP framework for healthy eating pp. e142-e156

Katia De Pinho Campos, Joanna E. Cohen, Denise Gastaldo and Alejandro R. Jadad

Health‐personnel recruitment and retention target policy for health care providers in the rural communities: A retrospective investigation at Pudong New Area of Shanghai in China pp. e157-e167

Limei Jing, Kun Liu, Xuhong Zhou, Li Wang, Yao Huang, Zhiqun Shu, Jiquan Lou, Jincheng Fan and Xiaoming Sun

Stakeholders analysis of merging social health insurance funds in Iran: what kind of interests they may gain or lose? pp. 157-176

Mohammad Bazyar, Arash Rashidian, Minoo Alipouri Sakha, Leila Doshmangir, Nouroddin Rahimi, Mohammad Ranjbar, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Sagha Abolfazl, Seyed Moussa Tabatabaei Lotfi and Alireza Olyaeemanesh

Patients' satisfaction and public and private sectors' health care service quality in Pakistan: Application of grey decision analysis approaches pp. e168-e182

Saad Ahmed Javed, Sifeng Liu, Amin Mahmoudi and Muhammad Nawaz

Administrative databases and clinical governance: The case of COPD pp. 177-186

Guglielmo Pacileo, Valeria D. Tozzi, Giovanni Sotgiu, Stefano Aliberti, Verdiana Morando and Francesco Blasi

Development of age‐sex adjusted capitation payment: The experience of Iranian public health complexes pp. e183-e193

Shirin Nosratnejad, Reza Esmaeili, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi and Alireza Mahboub‐Ahari

Impact of the doctor deficit on hospital management in Poland: A mixed‐method study pp. 187-195

Katarzyna Dubas‐Jakóbczyk, Alicja Domagała and Marcin Mikos

The extent of workaholism in a group of polish nurses pp. e194-e202

Danuta Kunecka and Marcin Hundert

The health care reform in Portugal: Outcomes from both the New Public Management and the economic crisis pp. 196-215

Alexandre Morais Nunes and Diogo Cunha Ferreira

Household coping strategies after an adult noncommunicable disease death in Bangladesh pp. e203-e218

Andrew J. Mirelman, Antonio J. Trujillo, Louis W. Niessen, Sayem Ahmed, Jahangir A.M. Khan and David H. Peters

Health in All local Policies: Lessons learned on intersectoral collaboration in a community‐based health promotion network in Denmark pp. 216-231

Julie Hellesøe Christensen, Paul Bloch, Signe Rysbjerg Møller, Cecilie Prüsse Søgaard, Charlotte Demant Klinker, Jens Aagaard‐Hansen and Peter Bentsen

Local enactments of national health promotion policies: A Danish case pp. e219-e229

Camilla Lawaetz Wimmelmann

The impact of accreditation on nurses' perceptions of quality of care in Iran and its barriers and facilitators pp. e230-e240

Nahid Reisi, Pouran Raeissi, Mobin Sokhanvar and Edris Kakemam

Do HIV prevention interventions in Asia lead to increase in condom utilization?: A meta‐analysis study pp. 232-240

Alena Auchynnikava

Opinions and evaluations of stakeholders in the implementation of the public‐private partnership (PPP) model in integrated health campuses (city hospitals) in Turkey pp. e241-e263

Mehmet Top and Cuma Sungur

Comparing costs of a senior wellness care redesign in group and independent physician practices of an accountable care organization pp. 241-250

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Ana Martinez, Jeremy Rich, Xiao Chen and Hector P. Rodriguez

Responsiveness of the urban primary health care delivery system in Bangladesh: A comparative analysis pp. 251-262

Syed Hamid and Afroza Begum

Are health care facilities and programs in Western Uganda encouraging or discouraging men's participation in maternal and child health care? pp. 263-276

Florence Muheirwe and Said Nuhu

The impact of health transformation plan on hospitalization rates in Iran: An interrupted time series pp. e264-e273

Bakhtiar Piroozi, Arash Rashidian, Amirhossein Takian, Mohammad Amerzadeh, Minoo Alipouri Sakha, Obeidollah Faraji and Ghobad Moradi

Use of Lean techniques in health care in Spain to improve involvement and satisfaction of workers pp. e274-e290

Marina Damián Sanz, José A. Yagüe‐Fabra and Rosa Gracia Matilla

Out‐of‐pocket expenditure for health care: District level estimates for Haryana state in India pp. 277-293

Shankar Prinja, Gunjeet Kaur, Rakesh Gupta, Saroj Kumar Rana and Arun Kumar Aggarwal

Natives as international medical graduates: A nationwide analysis in Taiwan pp. e291-e300

Feng‐Yuan Chu, Yin‐Mei Chao, Li‐Fang Chou and Tzeng‐Ji Chen

GIS‐based method to delimit spheres of influence for a medical consortium: Experience of a pediatric medical consortium, Shanghai pp. 294-308

Xuechen Xiong, Shuai Zhou, Zhaohua Huo and Li Luo

Economic burden, impoverishment, and coping mechanisms associated with out‐of‐pocket health expenditure in India: A disaggregated analysis at the state level pp. e301-e313

Shivendra Sangar, Varun Dutt and Ramna Thakur

Association between patient attachment to a regular doctor and self‐perceived unmet health care needs in Canada: A population‐based analysis of the 2013 to 2014 Canadian community health surveys pp. 309-323

Oluwakemi A. Awe, Udoka Okpalauwaekwe, Adegboyega K. Lawal, Marcus M. Ilesanmi, Cindy Feng and Marwa Farag

Mongolian Health Sector Strategic Master Plan (2006‐2015): A foundation for achieving universal health coverage pp. e314-e326

Oyunchimeg Erdenee, Indermohan S. Narula, Chiho Yamazaki, Satomi Kameo and Hiroshi Koyama

HIV/AIDS and economic growth: Evidence from West Africa pp. 324-337

Rasaki Dauda

Effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on population health pp. e327-e353

Nazim Habibov, Alena Auchynnikava, Rong Luo and Lida Fan

What is the supporting role of health care providers from the perspective of patients with renal allograft rejection? A qualitative study pp. 338-345

Mohammad Reza Ebadzadeh, Esmat Nouhi, Jamileh Farokhzadian and Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki

Health insurance in Myanmar: Knowledge, perceptions, and preferences of Social Security Scheme members and general adult population pp. 346-369

Chaw‐Yin Myint, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot

Does level of minority presence and hospital reimbursement policy influence hospital referral region health rankings in the United States pp. e354-e368

Hanadi Hamadi, Emma Apatu, Chung‐Ping Albert Loh, Hyett Farah, Kirk Walker and Aaron Spaulding

Implementation process and quality of a primary health care system improvement initiative in a decentralized context: A retrospective appraisal using the quality implementation framework pp. e369-e386

Ejemai Amaize Eboreime, John Eyles, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Oghenekome Lauretta Eboreime and Rohit Ramaswamy

Predictors of hospital readmissions in internal medicine patients: Application of Andersen's Model pp. 370-383

Sıdıka Kaya, Gulay Sain Guven, Seda Aydan and Onur Toka

Low prioritization of latent tuberculosis infection—A systemic barrier to tuberculosis control: A qualitative study in Ontario, Canada pp. 384-395

Deborah A. Milinkovic, Stephen Birch, Fran Scott, Bruce Newbold, Jessica Hopkins, Muntasir Saffie and Beverley M. Essue

Hospital nurse shift length, patient‐centered care, and the perceived quality and patient safety pp. e387-e396

Mu'taman Jarrar, Mohd Sobri Minai, Mohammad Al‐Bsheish, Ahmed Meri and Mustafa Jaber

A healthy weight improves life satisfaction pp. 396-413

Nazim Habibov, Alena Auchynnikava, Rong Luo and Lida Fan

Diffusion of advanced medical imaging technology, CT, and MRI scanners, in Iran: A qualitative study of determinants pp. e397-e410

Zahra Abedini, Ali Akbari Sari, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani and Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan

Technical efficiency of Portuguese public hospitals: A comparative analysis across the five regions of Portugal pp. e411-e422

Diogo Cunha Ferreira and Alexandre Morais Nunes

Analysis of the technical efficiency of the forms of hospital management based on public‐private collaboration of the Madrid Health Service, as compared with traditional management pp. 414-442

José Luis Franco Miguel, Carmen Fullana Belda and Antonio Rúa Vieites

Patient satisfaction with primary healthcare services in Lebanon pp. e423-e435

Randa Hemadeh, Rawan Hammoud, Ola Kdouh, Tarek Jaber and Lea Ammar

Changes in inpatients' distribution and benefits under institution level–based quota payment for specific diseases in rural China: An interrupted time‐series analysis pp. e436-e446

Hao‐Miao Li, Ying‐Chun Chen, Hong‐Xia Gao, Yan Zhang, Dai Su, Jing‐Jing Chang, Di Jiang, Xiao‐Mei Hu and Shi‐Han Lei

Structuring ambiguity in hospital governance pp. 443-457

Gerard Scholten, Linda Muijsers‐Creemers, Jan Moen and Roland Bal

The influence of marital status on the survival of patients with operable gastrointestinal stromal tumor: A SEER‐based study pp. e447-e463

Mo Chen, Xuan Wang, Ran Wei and Zheng Wang

Rural‐urban disparities in family physician practice patterns: A nationwide survey in Taiwan pp. e464-e473

Bo‐Ren Cheng, Hsiao‐Ting Chang, Ming‐Hwai Lin, Tzeng‐Ji Chen, Li‐Fang Chou and Shinn‐Jang Hwang

Assessing the variation in workload among general practitioners in urban and rural areas: An analysis based on SMS time sampling data pp. e474-e486

Daniël van Hassel, Robert Verheij and Ronald Batenburg

Inequality trends in the demographic and geographic distribution of health care professionals in China: Data from 2002 to 2016 pp. e487-e508

Jingxian Wu and Yongmei Yang

Western organizational change capacity theory and its application to public health organizations in China: A multiple case analysis pp. e509-e535

Xueyin Zhao and Robert M. Goodman

Temporal availability of public health care in developing countries of the Caribbean: An improved two‐step floating catchment area method for estimating spatial accessibility to health care pp. e536-e556

Juel Paul and Earl Edwards

Policy intervention for access to medicine: Does it work similarly for poor and non‐poor? pp. e557-e568

Arijita Dutta and Satarupa Bandyopadhyay

How many beds? Capacity implications of hospital care demand projections in the Irish hospital system, 2015‐2030 pp. e569-e582

Conor Keegan, Aoife Brick, Brendan Walsh, Adele Bergin, James Eighan and Maev‐Ann Wren

Pharmacy workforce in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and opportunities: A cross‐sectional study pp. e583-e593

Dalia Almaghaslah, Abdulrhman Alsayari, Rayah Asiri and Najla Albugami

Never will I give advice till you please to ask me thrice: Estimating willingness to pay for health insurance using 3 different methods with evidence from Iran pp. e594-e601

Mayam Moeeni and Shirin Nosratnejad

Assessing performance of Taiwan hospitals using data envelopment analysis: In view of ownership pp. e602-e616

Bo Hsiao, Li‐Hsueh Chen and Huei‐Ting Wu

The impact of China's latest population policy changes on maternity insurance—a case study in Jiangsu Province pp. e617-e633

Xiaotian Zhang, Lvlin Zhou and Henry Asante Antwi

The accessibility of health services to young deaf adolescents in Ghana pp. e634-e645

Ebenezer Alfa Senayah, Wisdom Kwadwo Mprah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Anthony Kweku Edusei and Eric Lawer Torgbenu

A national study on collaboration in care planning for patients with complex needs pp. e646-e660

Lena G. Larsson, Siv Bäck‐Pettersson, Sven Kylén, Bertil Marklund, Martin Gellerstedt and Eric Carlström

“‘Academic’ is a dirty word”: Intended impact pathways of an emerging academic health centre in tropical regional Australia pp. e661-e678

Alexandra Edelman, Judy Taylor, Pavel V. Ovseiko and Stephanie M. Topp

Fluctuating operation development index of community health service centres in the Pudong new area of Shanghai: A continuous investigation pp. e679-e693

Shanshan Liu, Jiaoling Huang, Jincheng Fan, Hong Liang, Jiquan Lou and Yimin Zhang

Assessing determinants of health care prepayment in China: Economic growth or government willingness? New evidence from the continuous wavelet analysis pp. e694-e712

Ying Zhang, Rui Wang and Xinyi Yao

Socio‐economic indicators, dietary patterns, and physical activity as determinants of maternal obesity in middle‐income countries: Evidences from a cohort study in Mexico pp. e713-e725

Armando Arredondo, Christian Torres, Emanuel Orozco, Selene Pacheco, Fengyang Huang, Elena Zambrano and Francisco Bolaños‐Jiménez

The effect of patient satisfaction with academic hospitals on their loyalty pp. e726-e735

Mina Rostami, Leila Ahmadian, Yunes Jahani and Aliakbar Niknafs

Factors affecting the choice of health care utilisation between private and public services among the elderly population in India pp. e736-e751

Chandrima Chatterjee, Narayan Chandra Nayak, Jitendra Mahakud and Suhita Chopra Chatterjee

Societal and individual determinants in the enrollment of personal health records: A preliminary investigation from China pp. e752-e762

Ping Zhang, Liuyi Zhang, Fang Wang, Yao Cheng and Yuan Liang

Factors affecting job satisfaction among medical laboratory technologists in University Hospital, Oman: An exploratory study pp. e763-e775

Samira Alrawahi, Stina Fransson Sellgren, Nasar Alwahaibi, Salem Altouby and Mats Brommels

Design of a supply chain distribution network for communicable diseases: Hepatitis A in Jordan as a case study pp. e776-e788

Hazem Smadi, Hussam Alshraideh and Wae'd Bataineh

Evolution of quality of life and health‐related behaviors among Spanish university students pp. e789-e801

José María Faílde Garrido, Laura Ruiz Soriano, María Reyes Pérez Fernández, María Lameiras Fernández and Yolanda Rodríguez Castro

The influence of the Community‐based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) program on community health sustainability in the Upper West Region of Ghana pp. e802-e816

Hannah Woods, Umar Haruna, Irenius Konkor and Isaac Luginaah

Economic benefit of leptospirosis prevention in Kelantan, Malaysia: Willingness‐to‐contribute approach pp. e817-e823

Sarah Saizan, Surianti Sukeri, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Mohd Nazri Shafei, Awang Hamat Rukman, Osman Malina, Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin and Daud Aziah

Politics and health outcomes: A path analytic approach pp. e824-e843

Songul Cinaroglu

Health and the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges for four Pacific countries pp. e844-e859

Nina L. Hall, Sophie Matthews, Arabella Hickson and Peter S. Hill

Bank accounts for public primary health care facilities: Reflections on implementation from three districts in Tanzania pp. e860-e874

August Kuwawenaruwa, Michelle Remme, Gemini Mtei, Suzan Makawia, Stephen Maluka, Ntuli Kapologwe and Josephine Borghi

Challenges of implementation: Strategic purchasing in Iran Health Insurance Organization pp. e875-e884

Ali Reza Kalantari, Mohammad Jafari Sirizi, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani and Reza Dehnavieh

The evaluation of malpractice cases arising from aesthetic intervention in Turkey based on Supreme Court case law pp. e885-e895

Pınar Yalcin Balcik and Cuma Cakmak

The effectiveness of PEPFAR's funding for women and children with HIV/AIDS pp. e896-e916

Yiyeon Kim

Health care purchasing in Kenya: Experiences of health care providers with capitation and fee‐for‐service provider payment mechanisms pp. e917-e933

Melvin Obadha, Jane Chuma, Jacob Kazungu and Edwine Barasa

The ethnographer as health service leader: An insider's view of organisational change pp. e934-e946

Bie Nio Ong

Medical leadership competencies: A comparative study of physicians in public and private sector hospitals in India pp. e947-e963

Kamal Gulati, Vikas Madhukar, Vivek Verma, Angel Rajan Singh, Shakti Kumar Gupta and Chitra Sarkar

Perceived satisfaction with health services under National Health Insurance Scheme: Clients' perspectives pp. e964-e975

Eric Badu, Peter Agyei‐Baffour, Isaac Ofori Acheampong, Maxwell Preprah Opoku and Kwasi Addai‐Donkor

Project Octo‐Pills—Engaging community pharmacists in the care of patients from a tertiary hospital: A pilot study pp. e976-e986

Zhi Yang Neo, Yi Ting Low, Kheng Yong Ong, Joy Boon Ka Chong, Kiat Wee Lim, Max Wei Chan, Anson Zong Neng Lim, Kaysar Mamun and Li Li Chen