Health Economics, Policy and Law

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Volume 10, issue 4, 2015

Introduction pp. 373-374

Adam Oliver

Human Resources in Health Care Systems: Reflecting on ‘Cross-National Comparisons of Human Resources for Health – what can we learn?’ pp. 375-379

Miriam J. Laugesen

Scoping the shape of an iceberg: the future of public involvement in heath policy: reflecting on ‘Public involvement policies in health: exploring their conceptual basis’ pp. 381-385

Colleen M. Flood

Reflecting on ‘Acquisition and disclosure of genetic information under alternative policy regimes: an economic analysis’ by Debora Wilson (Health Economics, Policy and Law 2006; 1: 263–276) pp. 387-392

Giovanni Fattore

Reflecting on ‘Measuring the globalization of health services: a possible index of openness of country health sector to trade’ pp. 393-398

William C. Hsiao

Reflecting on ‘The complexity of governance change: reforming the governance of medical performance in Germany’ pp. 399-403

Karsten Vrangbaek

Reflecting on ‘Valuing lives and life years: anomalies, implications, and an alternative’ pp. 405-409

Thomas Rice

Reflecting on ‘An economic model of social capital and health’ pp. 411-417

Martin Knapp

Objections to the use of cost-effectiveness analysis in the US: reflecting on ‘Has the time come for cost-effectiveness analysis in US health care?’ pp. 419-424

Michael K. Gusmano

Determining what should be included in a publicly funded health care system: reflecting on ‘Individual responsibility for what? A conceptual framework for exploring the suitability of private financing in a publicly funded health-care system’ pp. 425-430

Mark Stabile

Reflecting on ‘Are health problems systemic? Politics of access and choice under Beveridge and Bismarck systems’ pp. 431-435

Albert Weale

Reflecting on ‘European policymaking on the tobacco advertising ban: the importance of escape routes’ pp. 437-442

Martin McKee

Reflecting on ‘Equity in health care: the Irish perspective’ pp. 443-447

Jeremiah Hurley

Reflecting on ‘Health technology appraisal and the courts: accountability for reasonableness and the judicial model of procedural justice’ pp. 449-454

Jean V. McHale

Reflecting on ‘Choice policies in Northern European health systems’ pp. 455-459

Richard B. Saltman

Reflecting on ‘The evaluation of lifestyle interventions in the Netherlands’ pp. 461-465

Jan-Kees Helderman

The process of dying: whose business is it anyway? Reflecting on ‘Stealing on insensibly: end-of-life politics in the United States’ pp. 467-472

Mary Ruggie

Reflecting on ‘The 2010 U.S. health care reform: approaching and avoiding how other countries finance health care’ pp. 473-477

Scott L. Greer

Reflecting on ‘Analytical perspectives on performance-based management: an outline of theoretical assumptions in the existing literature’ pp. 479-483

Peter C. Smith

Reflecting on ‘Supporting health systems in Europe: added value of EU actions?’ pp. 485-489

Tamara Hervey

Volume 10, issue 3, 2015

In search of real autonomy for fertility patients pp. 243-250

Josephine Johnston, Michael K. Gusmano and Pasquale Patrizio

The impact of Universal Health Coverage on health care consumption and risky behaviours: evidence from Thailand pp. 251-266

Simone Ghislandi, Wanwiphang Manachotphong and Viviana M.E. Perego

What is the public appetite for healthy eating policies? Evidence from a cross-European survey pp. 267-292

Mario Mazzocchi, Silvia Cagnone, Tino Bech-Larsen, Barbara Niedźwiedzka, Anna Saba, Bhavani Shankar, Wim Verbeke and W Bruce Traill

Blurring the boundaries between public and private health care services as an alternative explanation for the emergence of black medicine: the Israeli case pp. 293-310

Dani Filc and Nissim Cohen

“Review of Improving Health Services: Background, Method and Applications” (Edward Elgar, 2013, E-ISBN 978 1 78347 0198; IAVN 978 1 78347 0181, Cheltenham, UK, 288 pp.), by Walter Holland pp. 311-315

Theodore R. Marmor

Does health services research improve health services? - “Improving Health Services: background, methods and applications” by Walter Holland, Edward Elgar 2013, 271pp., ISBN 978 1 78347 018 1 pp. 317-325

David J. Hunter

Incentivising improvements in health care delivery pp. 327-343

Adam Oliver

Incentives and models of governance pp. 345-350

Gwyn Bevan

Incentivising improvements in health care delivery: a response to Adam Oliver pp. 351-356

Tim Doran

Performance management: the clinician’s tale pp. 357-360

Peter C. Smith

Instrumentality in health care: a response to Adam Oliver pp. 361-365

Sandra J. Tanenbaum

Commentary to Adam Oliver’s 'Incentivising improvements in health care delivery' pp. 367-371

Karsten Vrangbaek

Volume 10, issue 2, 2015

Value congruence in health care priority setting: social values, institutions and decisions in three countries pp. 113-132

Claudia Landwehr and Dorothea Klinnert

The role of hospital payments in the adoption of new medical technologies: an international survey of current practice pp. 133-159

Corinna Sorenson, Michael Drummond, Aleksandra Torbica, Giuditta Callea and Ceu Mateus

Gaining pounds by losing pounds: preferences for lifestyle interventions to reduce obesity pp. 161-182

Mandy Ryan, Deokhee Yi, Alison Avenell, Flora Douglas, Lorna Aucott, Edwin van Teijlingen and Luke Vale

On the margins of health economics: a response to ‘resolving NICE’S nasty dilemma’ pp. 183-193

Stephen Birch and Amiram Gafni

Structural patterns in Swedish health policy: a 30-year perspective pp. 195-215

Richard B. Saltman

A reflection on Richard B. Saltman ‘Structural patterns in Swedish health policy’ pp. 217-219

Carl Hampus Lyttkens

“The New Politics of the NHS ” by Rudolf Klein (London and New York: Radcliffe Publishing, 2013), seventh edition, ISBN-13: 978 184619 771 0, 332 pages pp. 223-227

Albert Weale

Making sense of complexity: the contribution of Rudolf Klein to our understanding of The New Politics of the NHS pp. 229-235

Jan-Kees Helderman

Review of Rudolf Klein, The New Politics of the NHS: From Creation to Reinvention, 7th ed., London: Radcliffe, 2013 pp. 237-240

Lawrence D. Brown

Volume 10, issue 1, 2015

Financial impact of the GFC: health care spending across the OECD pp. 7-19

David Morgan and Roberto Astolfi

Improving productive efficiency in hospitals: findings from a review of the international evidence pp. 21-43

Benedict E. Rumbold, Judith A. Smith, Jeremy Hurst, Anita Charlesworth and Aileen Clarke

The crisis as catalyst for reframing health care policies in the European Union † pp. 45-59

Jan-Kees Helderman

The reactions to macro-economic crises in Nordic health system policies: Denmark, Finland and Sweden, 1980–2013 pp. 61-81

Juhani Lehto, Karsten Vrangbæk and Ulrika Winblad

The health effects of the global financial crisis: can we reconcile the differing views? A network analysis of literature across disciplines pp. 83-99

David Stuckler, Aaron Reeves, Marina Karanikolos and Martin McKee

Does history provide a short cut to futurology? pp. 101-105

Rudolf Klein

Optimism about the future pp. 107-111

Nicholas Timmins

Volume 9, issue 4, 2014

Heterogeneity in the smoking response to health shocks by out-of-pocket spending risk pp. 343-357

Michael R. Richards and Joachim Marti

The impact of health insurance on health services utilization and health outcomes in Vietnam pp. 359-382

G Emmanuel Guindon

Perspectives on the policy ‘black box’: a comparative case study of orthopaedics services in England pp. 383-405

Hugh McLeod, Ross Millar, Nick Goodwin and Martin Powell

Smoking outside: the effect of the Irish workplace smoking ban on smoking prevalence among the employed pp. 407-424

Michael Savage

Revisiting ‘The Clinic’: ethical and policy challenges in US community health centers pp. 425-434

Nancy Berlinger, Michael K. Gusmano and Eva Turbiner

Decision making by NICE: examining the influences of evidence, process and context – CORRIGENDUM pp. 435-435

Karin H Cerri, Martin Knapp and Jose Luis Fernandez

Volume 9, issue 3, 2014

How health care regionalisation in Italy is widening the North–South gap pp. 231-249

Federico Toth

The impact of changes in county public health expenditures on general health in the population pp. 251-269

Timothy T. Brown, Maria S. Martinez-Gutierrez and Bahar Navab

Transatlantic comparative health policy analyses: introduction pp. 271-271

Adam Oliver

The political economy of rationing health care in England and the US: the ‘accidental logics’ of political settlements pp. 273-294

Gwyn Bevan and Lawrence D. Brown

Integration: the firm and the health care sector pp. 295-312

Miriam J. Laugesen and George France

Framing the issue of ageing and health care spending in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States pp. 313-328

Michael K. Gusmano and Sara Allin

Nudging the obese: a UK–US consideration pp. 329-342

Adam Oliver and Peter Ubel

Volume 9, issue 2, 2014

Decision making by NICE: examining the influences of evidence, process and context pp. 119-141

Karin H. Cerri, Martin Knapp and Jose Luis Fernandez

Trends in health and health inequalities among major states of India: assessing progress through convergence models pp. 143-168

Srinivas Goli and Perianayagam Arokiasamy

Health care cost containment in Denmark and Norway: a question of relative professional status? pp. 169-191

Lotte B. Andersen

Can all cause readmission policy improve quality or lower expenditures? A historical perspective on current initiatives pp. 193-213

James F. Burgess and Jason Hockenberry

Worker replacement and cost-benefit analysis of life-saving health care programs, a precautionary note pp. 215-229

Philippe Tessier, Hélène Sultan-Taïeb and Thomas Barnay

Volume 9, issue 1, 2014

Social capital and self-reported general and mental health in nine Former Soviet Union countries pp. 1-24

Yevgeniy Goryakin, Marc Suhrcke, Lorenzo Rocco, Bayard Roberts and Martin McKee

Informal payments for health care services in Russia: old issue in new realities pp. 25-48

Vladimir S. Gordeev, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot

Supporting health systems in Europe: added value of EU actions? pp. 49-69

Timo Clemens, Kai Michelsen and Helmut Brand

Does availability of informal care within the household impact hospitalisation? pp. 71-93

France Weaver and Bryce A. Weaver

Nursing home prices and market structure: the effect of assisted living industry expansion pp. 95-112

John Bowblis

“The Humble Economist: Tony Culyer on Health, Health Care and Social Decision Making” By Cookson Richard and Claxton Karl, University of York and Office of Health Economics, New York, UK, 2012 pp. 113-118

Thomas Rice