Health Policy

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Volume 151, issue C, 2025

How COVID-19 illness perceptions and individual shocks are associated with trust during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa

Marie-Hélène Broihanne, Daria Plotkina, Stefanie Kleimeier, Anja S. Göritz and Arvid O.I. Hoffmann

Please mind the gap between guidelines & behavior change: A systematic review and a consideration on effectiveness in healthcare

Stefano Gandolfi, Nicola Bellè and Sabina Nuti

NHS action on social and economic development in England: Vague national policy expectations

Phoebe Dunn, Lucinda Allen, Luisa Buzelli, Leo Ewbank and Hugh Alderwick

Using outcome measures in sub-national level performance management: When and under what circumstances?

Pushkar Silwal, Tim Tenbensel, Daniel Exeter and Arier Lee

Implementation of socio-economic variables in risk adjustment systems: A quantitative analysis using the example of Germany

Gerald Lux, Theresa Hüer, Florian Buchner and Jürgen Wasem

Predictors of Croatian nurses' turnover intention: A cross-sectional study

Ivana Gusar, Dragan Šijan, Tomislav Sorić, Sonja Šare, Mediana Županović and Marija Ljubičić

Primary prevention in hospitals in 20 high-income countries in Europe – A case of not “Making Every Contact Count”?

Bernd Rechel, Béatrice Durvy, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Isabelle Aujoulat, Daiga Behmane, Anne-Carole Bensadon, Sara Burke, Melissa D'Agostino, Krisztina Davidovics, Mark Dayan, Antonio Giulio De Belvis, Judith de Jong, Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk, Inês Fronteira, Elena Gabriel, Giuseppe Greco, Peter Groenewegen, Signe Smith Jervelund, Marios Kantaris, Madelon Kroneman, Jerneja Farkas-Lainscak, Benjamin Maurice, Luisne Mac Conghail, Liubove Murauskiene, Mircha Poldrugovac, Zsuzsa Rákosy, Silvia Gabriela Scintee, Christoph Sowada, Frédéric Turblin, Desislava Vankova, Zita Velkey, Cristian Vladescu, Dorja Vocanec, Karsten Vrangbæk, Johannes Wünscher and Tuija Ylitörmänen

Physical activity policy implementation and physical activity levels in the European Union: Are we on track to close the gap between policy and practice?

Stephen Whiting, Karim Abu-Omar, Peter Gelius, João Firmino-Machado, Ivo Rakovac and Romeu Mendes

Derek Parfit, personal identity, and the obligation to reduce others' Suffering

Akshay Pendyal

Urban–rural disparities in hospital admissions for depression in Austria

Michael Berger, Martin Zuba and Judit Simon

Corrigendum to “How COVID-19 illness perceptions and individual shocks are associated with trust during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa” [Health policy (2024) 105178]

Marie-Hélène Broihanne, Daria Plotkina, Stefanie Kleimeier, Anja S. Göritz and Arvid O.I. Hoffmann

The influenza vaccination's impact elderly's health outcomes in Catalonia (Spain)

Toni Mora, Montserrat Martínez-Marcos and Carmen Cabezas-Peña

Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a large national survey

Akbar Zamanzadeh, Marion Eckert, Nadia Corsini, Pam Adelson and Greg Sharplin

Volume 150, issue C, 2024

The impact of NHS outsourcing of elective care to the independent sector on outcomes for patients, healthcare professionals and the United Kingdom health care system: A rapid narrative review of literature

Simon Fletcher, Oya Eddama, Michael Anderson, Rachel Meacock, Vasudha Wattal, Pauline Allen and Stephen Peckham

The long-run effect of COVID-19 on hospital emergency department attendances:evidence from statistical analysis of hospital data from England

Nikita Jacob, Rita Santos and Peter Sivey

Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED): A systematic mixed-methods review focusing on the carers’ experiences

Christina Mensger, Yang Jiao, Maximiliane Jansky, Christian Banse, Friedemann Nauck, Monika Nothacker and Henrikje Stanze

German centralization strategy during COVID-19: Continuing or interrupting a trend?

Ines Marina Niehaus, Andreas Lehr, André Kaiser, Helena Sophie Müller and Ludwig Kuntz

Impact of local sports policies in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease: An assessment with spatial data analysis

Miguel Viegas, João Valente dos Santos and Manuel João Coelho e Silva

Variation in attendance at emergency departments in England across local areas: A system under unequal pressure

Nikita Jacob, Martin Chalkley, Rita Santos and Luigi Siciliani

RSV prevention options for infants and older adults: A specific expanding competitive arena

Livio Garattini and Antonio Clavenna

Does financial incentive for diabetes management in the primary care setting reduce avoidable hospitalizations and mortality in high-income countries? A systematic review

Thaksha Thavam, Michael Hong, Rose Anne Devlin, Kristin K Clemens and Sisira Sarma

Do international medical graduates’ recruitment policies help to overcome healthcare shortage areas in developed countries? A systematic review

Loup Beduchaud, Enoa Celingant, Clara Faure, Mathilda Meunier and Iñaki Blanco-Cazeaux

Which factors influence the decision of hospitals to provide procedures on an outpatient basis? –Mixed-methods evidence from Germany

Robert Messerle, Fenja Hoogestraat and Eva-Maria Wild

Abolishing age criterion to determine organ transplant recipients in Israel: A qualitative study of medical staff perceptions

Eyal Katvan, Orly Korin, Israel Issi Doron, Eytan Mor, Boaz Shnoor, Daniel Gelman and Tamar Ashkenazi

Volume 149, issue C, 2024

Lessons learned from a pay-for-performance scheme for appropriate prescribing using electronic health records from general practices in the Netherlands

I.G. Arslan, R.A. Verheij, K. Hek and L. Ramerman

How competition play a role in dental pricing? A study on French medico-administrative and tax reports dataset

Anne-Charlotte Bas and Jérôme Wittwer

Promoting early-intervention for suicide prevention: The role of mental health literacy and attitudes towards suicide: A quantitative study in Ireland

McBride Thomás, McBride Ciara, McHugh Laura and Burns Richéal

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (2024): Implications for healthcare

Hannah van Kolfschooten and Janneke van Oirschot

Availability and financing of CAR-T cell therapies: A cross-country comparative analysis

Yulia Litvinova, Sherry Merkur, Sara Allin, Ester Angulo-Pueyo, Daiga Behmane, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Miriam Dalmas, Antonio De Belvis, Nigel Edwards, Francisco Estupiñán-Romero, Peter Gaal, Sophie Gerkens, Margaret Jamieson, Alisha Morsella, Dario Picecchi, Hilde Røshol, Ingrid Sperre Saunes, Terry Sullivan, Balázs Szécsényi-Nagy, Inneke Van De Vijver, Ricciardi Walter and Dimitra Panteli

Maternal outcomes and pre, syn, and post-partum care in the united states and five high-income countries: An exploratory comparative qualitative study

Irene Papanicolas, Robert A. Berenson, Tania Sawaya and Laura Skopec

Drug company methodologies used for reporting in the UK pharmaceutical industry payment transparency database between 2015 and 2019: A content analysis

James Larkin, Britta Matthes, Mohamed Azribi, Conor Kearns, Shai Mulinari, Emily Rickard, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey and Piotr Ozieranski

The modernisation of newborn screening as a pan-European challenge – An international delphi study

Sandra Gillner, Gulcin Gumus, Edith Gross, Georgi Iskrov, Ralitsa Raycheva, Georgi Stefanov, Rumen Stefanov, Anne-Sophie Chalandon, Alicia Granados, Julian Nam, Andreas Clemens and Carl Blankart

Freedom of choice for specialized consultation in Portugal: An observational analysis of response to hospital quality

Joana Vales, Joana Cima and Julian Perelman

The challenges of regulatory pluralism

Sandra Gillner, Katharina Blankart, Florence Tanya Bourgeois, Ariel Dora Stern and Carl Blankart

Enhancing rural community engagement through palliative care networks: A scoping review

Lina María Vargas-Escobar, Erwin Hernando Hernández-Rincón, Marta Ximena León-Delgado, Sofia Elizabeth Muñoz-Medina, Nidia Mantilla-Manoslava, Juan Esteban Correa-Morales, Jose David Amorocho-Morales and Miguel Antonio Sánchez-Cárdenas

Development of a practical framework and indicators for monitoring integrated long-term health and care needs and service use

Hongsoo Kim, Nan-He Yoon, Dongmin Seo and Yoon Kim

Health effects of introducing an unconditional child benefit in Poland: Evidence from a difference in differences analysis

Michał Brzeziński and Artur Yaniuk

Responsive patient care in Israel: A qualitative study of hospital rules and regulations

Keren Semyonov-Tal

Investigating the relationship between health and gender equality: What role do maternal, reproductive, and sexual health services play?

Yuxi Wang and Aleksandra Torbica

Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada

Sydney Campbell, Alexandra Cernat, Avram Denburg, Fiona Moola, Jeremy Petch and Jennifer Gibson

Understanding the evolution of competing institutional logics in the marketization of care: A stage model analysis of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme

Fanny Salignac, Ralf Barkemeyer, Elizabeth Franklin-Johnson and Tulin Dzhengiz

How general practitioners in France are coping with increased healthcare demand and physician shortages. A panel data survey and hierarchical clustering

Bérengère Davin-Casalena, Dimitri Scronias, Yann Videau and Pierre Verger

Identifying health inequities faced by older adults with rare diseases: A systematic literature review and proposal for an ethical spectrum and resource allocation framework

Jean Pierre Uwitonze, Lize Duminy and Carl Blankart

Volume 148, issue C, 2024

Stimulating implementation of clinical practice guidelines in hospital care from a central guideline organization perspective: A systematic review

Andrea C. Thoonsen, Steffie M. van Schoten, Hanneke Merten, Ilse van Beusekom, Linda J. Schoonmade, Diana M.J. Delnoij and Martine C. de Bruijne

Population stratification based on healthcare trajectories: A method for encouraging adaptive learning at meso level

Anne-Sophie Lambert, Catherine Legrand, Béatrice Scholtes, Sékou Samadoulougou, Hedwig Deconinck, Lucia Alvarez and Jean Macq

Taking a health economic perspective in monitoring health inequalities: A focus on excess weight

Fiorella Parra Mujica and Paolo Candio

Early access programs for medical devices in France: Overview of recent reforms and outcomes (2015-2022)

Tess Martin, Alexandra Hervias, Xavier Armoiry and Nicolas Martelli

Can revenue collection for public funding in health care be progressive? An assessment of 29 Countries

Thomas Rice, Karsten Vrangbæk, Ingrid S. Saunes, Nicolas Bouckaert, Lucie Bryndová, Fidelia Cascini, Andres Võrk, Antoniya Dimova, Ewa Kocot, Liubove Murauskiene, Damien Bricard, Miriam Blumel, Péter Gaál and Peter Pažitný

Corrigendum to “Impacts of an interpretation fee on immigrants’ access to healthcare: Evidence from a Danish survey study among newly arrived immigrants” [Health policy 136C (2023) 104893]

Maj Rørdam Nielsen and Signe Smith Jervelund

Volume 147, issue C, 2024

The effect of community diagnostic centres on volume and waiting time for diagnostic procedures in the UK

Peter Sivey and Jinglin Wen

Sources of specialist physician fee variation: Evidence from Australian health insurance claims data

Jongsay Yong, Adam G Elshaug, Susan Mendez, Khic-Houy Prang and Anthony Scott

Healthcare professionals as change agents: Factors influencing bottom-up, personal initiatives on appropriate care, a qualitative study in the Netherlands

Marcel Krijgsheld, Schmidt, Eduard (J.E.T.), Edwin Levels and Schuurmans, Marieke (M.J.)

From mono to multi-causality: Towards a comprehensive perspective on understanding death

Peter Harteloh

New Zealand's world-first smokefree legislation 'goes up in smoke': A setback in ending the tobacco epidemic

Albert Andrew

Constitutional enshrinement as a way of safeguarding abortion rights: The case of France

Neva Bojovic and Jovana Stanisljevic

Advancements in defensive medicine research: Based on current literature

Minhui Wen, Limin Li, Yuqing Zhang, Jiayi Shao, Zhen Chen, Jinian Wang, Liping Zhang and Jiangjie Sun

Digital health policy decoded: Mapping national strategies using Donabedian's model

Tahereh Saheb and Tayebeh Saheb

Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe

Jonathan Cylus, Sarah Thomson, Lynn Al Tayara, José Cerezo Cerezo, Marcos Gallardo Martínez, Jorge Alejandro García-Ramírez, Marina Karanikolos, María Serrano Gregori and Tamás Evetovits