Health Policy

1984 - 2026

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Volume 171, issue C, 2026

Coverage with evidence development programs: a scoping review on characteristics and patient access

Joost G.E. Verbeek, Rianne L. Seefat, Erica A. Wilthagen, Agnes Jager, Sabine C. Linn, Valesca P. Retèl and Wim H. van Harten

The efficiency trap: Wicked problems, complexity, and adaptive governance in health systems policy

Carrie Lethborg, Christine T. Shiner, Melinda Collins, Lisa Braddy, Rebecca J. Harris, Christopher Ryan, Rachel Zordan and Vijaya Sundararajan

Impact of prospective payment models on cancer patient care: a systematic review

Juan José Pérez-Acevedo, Edgar Fabián Manrique-Hernández, Maricel Licht-Ardila, Alexandra Hurtado-Ortiz, Sol Ochoa, Ramón Abel Castaño-Yepes, Juan Carlos García-Ubaque and Rafael Zuliban Pájaro-Martínez

Does point-of-care testing offer a positive economic impact on primary healthcare? A systematic review

Salih Adil Berktaş, Hakan Tüzün, Mehmet Ali Ergün and Mustafa Necmi İlhan

Horizontal inequity in long-term care access under universal coverage in Japan (2001–2022)

Ruru Ping, Bo Hu and Takashi Oshio

Understanding the relationship between frequent users of emergency departments and primary care quality: A retrospective observational study in England

Liwei Mou, Yiu-Shing Lau and William Whittaker

Comparisons of patient complaint management systems in China, the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan: A ‘structure-process-outcome’ analytical framework

Lanting Lyu, Yanran Song, Ruike You, Xia Lin and Hu Chen

Determinants of Emergency Department Choice and Switching: Evidence from Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enayon Sunday Taiwo, Farzad Zaerpour and Murdoch Leeies

Canada’s oral health workforce: Using long-run trends to inform rising demand for dental services

Gabrielle Dark, Torin Pracek, Costa Papadopoulos and Arthur Sweetman

Smartphones and social media are harming youth health: A comprehensive public health response is overdue

John Gannon, Silja Kosola, Karin Boode, Jean Calleja-Agius, Cecilia Elias and Sonia Saxena

From institutions to homes: Achieving the triple aim requires reorienting health systems around home-based care

Marco Antonio Azevedo, Thiago José Dal Bosco, Sandro Boeck and Daniela da Rocha

The effect of music on financial anxiety: an experimental analysis among Italian young adults

Giacomo Degli Antoni, Gino Gandolfi and Maria Gaia Soana

Partnerships in a heating climate: A qualitative analysis of multi-agency and intersectoral collaboration in heat-health action planning in Germany

Hannah Lintener, Lisa Kellermann, Alice Hoeppe, Marike Andreas, Sophie Busalt, Peter Schäfer and Falko F. Sniehotta

Volume 170, issue C, 2026

Healthcare reforms in the United Arab Emirates from 2017 to 2024: A systematic review on progress and strategic priorities

Yufei Gu, Erik Koornneef and Khalid A. Alnaqbi

Deeming Doesn't Deliver: Reliance on foreign regulators targets the wrong stage of Canadian drug access

Daniel Eisenkraft Klein and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Violence against healthcare workers as a signal of health system strain: Implications for health policy and governance

Laurent Boyer, Martin Postzich, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Vanessa Pauly, Shiqing Zhang, Julie Blanc, Bastien Boussat and Antoine Duclos

General practitioners’ incentives and practice style: A descriptive registry study of earnings variation in Norway

Kristian B. Kraft, Mari Grøsland, Eivor H. Hoff, Arnstein Mykletun and Kristian Østby

Paying family carers requires a fit-for-purpose instrument: Lessons from Switzerland

Armin Gemperli

The second Trump presidency: Health care themes, policies, and impacts in his first year back in office

Thomas Rice, Lynn Y. Unruh, Andrew J. Barnes and Erica Richardson

Gender concordance and its association with communication and the doctor-patient relationship: a systematic review

Cecilia Maria Esposito, Cristina Bizzotto, Roberta Gualtierotti, Giuseppe Delvecchio, Cinzia Bressi and Paolo Brambilla

Volume 169, issue C, 2026

An essential medicines list in Ireland: A qualitative interview study of interest-holders

James Larkin, Matthew Preteroti, Logan T. Murry, Michelle Flood, Barbara Clyne, Sara Burke, Tom Fahey, Nav Persaud and Frank Moriarty

The cost of inequality: income and life expectancy at birth in Spain

Jose M. Pavía, Josep Lledó and Rosa Roig

Health financing and population ageing: evidence on the links between financial sustainability and financial hardship from the PASH simulator

Jonathan Cylus, Sarah Thomson, Maria Serrano Gregori, Marcos Gallardo Martínez, Jorge Alejandro Garcia-Ramirez and Tamás Evetovits

The Spanish long-term care system reaches majority of age: A narrative review of evidence and lessons obtained

Helena M. Hernández-Pizarro and Albert Prades-Colomé

Megatrends and equity gaps in global digital health: A bibliometric review (2010–2025)

Alex S. Borromeo, Allan M. Manaloto and Rhealeen V. Vicedo

Nationwide implementation of Watch-and-Wait in rectal cancer patients in the Netherlands: Encountered barriers and lessons learned in 20 years

C. Ceuppens, B.A. Grotenhuis, D.M.J. Lambregts, M. Maas, B.M. Geubels, R.G.H. Beets-Tan, G.L. Beets, Huibregtse, I.L. (Inge), M. van Leerdam, (Baukelien) van Triest, B., Melenhorst, J. (Jarno), Breukink, S.O. (Stephanie), Sonneveld, D.J.A. (Dirk), (Joris) van den Broek, J.J., Peeters, K.C.M.J. (Koen), Boonstra, J.J. (Jurjen), (Henderik) van Westreenen, H.L., (Wouter) de Vos Tot Nederveen Cappel, W.H., Burger, J.W.A (Jacobus), Bloemen, J.G. (Johanne), Talsma, A.K. (Aalbert), Bosker, R.B. (Robbert), Tuynman, J.B. (Jurriaan), Hompes, R. (Roel), Hoff, C. (Christiaan), Koopal, S.A. (Sietze), Pronk, A. (Apollo), Schiphorst, A.H.W. (Anandi), (Johannes) de Wilt, J.H.W., Bremers, A.J.A. (Andre), Wasowicz, D.K. (Dareckza), Zimmerman, D.D.E. (David), Schreurs, W.H. (Hermien), Dunker, M.S. (Mich), Vermaas, M (Maarten), Doornebosch, P.G. (Pascal), M.P.W. Intven Martijn, Crolla, R.M.P.H (Rogier), Festen, S. (Sebastiaan), Verseveld, M. (Mareille), Roomer, R. (Robert), Verdaasdonk, E. (Emiel) and Brokelman, W.J.A. (Walter)

Are gaps in the time of submissions and approvals of new drugs between Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration related to therapeutic value? A cross-sectional study

Joel Lexchin

Health system sustainability and resilience: Navigating perpetual tensions?

George Wharton and Alistair McGuire

Inter- and intranational variation of vaccine hesitancy: a survey in Denmark and Saudi Arabia

Kamal Dhafer Hussein Alansari, Caroline Buhl, Abrar K. Thabit, Aisha F. Badr and Ramune Jacobsen

Cultivating compassion in the midwifery workplace culture to strengthen workforce resilience: An ecological futures approach and qualitative Scottish study

Alix Aitken-Arbuckle and Yvonne Kuipers

When low benefit-cost ratios mean we need to invest more, not less: The social determinants of value in health

Chris Desmond, Kathryn Watt, Dhyan Saravanja and William E. Rudgard

Volume 168, issue C, 2026

Plant-based foods in healthcare sustainability policy: A scoping review of policy tools, gaps, and implementation challenges

Diane Heart, Carina Anderson, Sachithra Lokuge and Jeffrey Soar

Policies and initiatives to facilitate timely discharge from hospitals: a comparison of six European countries

Astrid Eriksen, Bernd Rechel, Emma Dodsworth, Sarah Reed, Elisabeth Adamsson, Anders Anell, Elke Berger, Judith de Jong, Isabelle Durand Zaleski, Jan Frich, Linda Hörnqvist, Signe Smith Jervelund, Madelon Kroneman, Johan Lindström, Carl Lundgren, Luigi Siciliani, Ingrid Sperre Saunes, Jan Sundelius, Fredrik Svensson, Ewout van Ginneken, Karsten Vrangbæk and Natasha Curry

Somebody get me a doctor: Voluntary health insurance, social background and subjective health in Europe, 2002–2022

Pål E. Martinussen and Oda Nordheim

Trust and the impact of state interventions on healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: An instrumental variables approach

Esra Eren Bayindir and Jonas Schreyögg

Waiting times and admissions policies in England and Scotland before and after privatisation of services for NHS elective hip and knee replacement surgery in England between 2008 and 2019

Graham Kirkwood and Allyson M Pollock

Counting costs and carbon: A decision model for greener healthcare policy

Matthias Brunn, Michael Padget, Guilhem Molinie, Odessa Dariel and Kevin Zarca

Accessing the risks: A mixed methods study of risk management in Australian pharmaceutical market access

Zachary Tirrell, Sean Lybrand, Neil Soderlund and Bonny Parkinson

High inflation rates can induce significant disparities in Dutch hospital margins: a mixed methods study

M.J. den Besten, N.W. Stadhouders, J. Cylus and P.P.T. Jeurissen

Germany’s 2024 Hospital Transparency Act: A step towards enhanced accountability and quality in healthcare?

Ugbedeojo Sule, Reinhard Busse, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, Roman Prinz and Wilm Quentin

Do all respond alike? A difference-in-differences analysis of how GPs’ financial motivation impacted contacts when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Denmark

Dimitar Yordanov, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen and Anne Sophie Oxholm

Description and nomenclature of ‘outpatient’ in medicine: A scoping review

Olivier Bory, Philippe Martin, Elisabeth Aslangul, Joelle Kivits and Morgane Michel

Excess work incapacity during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland: evidence from population-level social insurance data

Błażej Łyszczarz and Jakub Wojtasik

A method for testing health system resilience: Development, application and lessons learned

Julia Zimmermann, Philip Haywood, Marina Karanikolos and Jonathan Cylus

Factors associated with changes in DALYs in five Asian health systems, 2000-2019

Sungchul Park, Jianchao Quan, Cynthia Chen and Karen Eggleston

Volume 167, issue C, 2026

Patient representatives’ perspectives on the centralisation of inpatient healthcare services - A focus group study in Germany

Stefanie Pfisterer-Heise, Julia Scharfe, Alexander Pachanov, Charlotte Mareike Kugler and Dawid Pieper

Valuing health system resilience: The limits of conventional economic evaluation under catastrophic risk

George Wharton and Alistair Mcguire

Policy innovation in voluntary hospital private health insurance: Combining risk adjustment and risk sharing in Australia

Josefa Henriquez, Thomas McGuire, Richard van Kleef, Francesco Paolucci and Andrew Matthews

Addressing the challenge of post-approval regulation of pharmaceuticals: The case for independent third-party evaluations

Itai Bavli, Yair Sadaka, Chen Yanover and Joel Lexchin

Governance for health system resilience: Lessons from Brazil’s decentralized health system

Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto, Alessandro Bigoni, Andreza Carolina Davidian, Karen Sarmento Costa, Ana Maria Malik, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, Leandro Safatle and Adriano Massuda

Feeling lonely? Preferences for support programmes to reduce loneliness among older adults in Australia: A discrete choice experiment

Mesfin G. Genie, Allison W. Boyes and Francesco Paolucci

Impact of the U.S. 2025 tariff policy on Canadian pharmaceutical exports to the U.S

Yufan Hu, Wei Zhang, Daphne Guh and Aslam H. Anis

Health security needs a European health and care workforce strategy, and it needs it now

Ellen Kuhlmann, Tiago Correia, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Michelle Falkenbach, Marius-Ionuț Ungureanu, Matthias Wismar and Tomas Zapata