Health Policy

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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

Volume 146, issue C, 2024

Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during COVID-19: Developing and applying a questionnaire and assessing associations between infection rates and shortages across 19 countries

Madelon Kroneman, Gemma A. Williams, Juliane Winkelmann, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Krisztina Davidovics and Peter P. Groenewegen

Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary

Zombor Berezvai, József Vitrai, Gergely Tóth, Zoltán Brys, Márta Bakacs and Tamás Joó

Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later

Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven, Konstantin Beck, Florian Buchner, Erik Schokkaert, Frederik T. Schut, Amir Shmueli and Juergen Wasem

Sampson and Cookson's commentary: What is it good for?

K Claxton, J Lomas, F Longo and A Salas Ortiz

Extending the discussion and updating information on social prescribing in Australia

J.R. Baker, Leanne Wells, Michelle Bissett, Christina Aggar, Genevieve A. Dingle and Rosanne Freak-Poli

The WHO Pandemic Agreement should be more specific about when and how to enable global access to technology

Susi Geiger, Barbara Prainsack and Hendrik Wagenaar

Surgical reorganization during the COVID-19 pandemic and impact on case-mix and surgical site infections: A multicenter cohort study in Italy

Costanza Vicentini, Elettra Ugliono, Heba Safwat Mhmoued Abdo Elhadidy, Giovanni Paladini, Alessandro Roberto Cornio, Federico Cussotto, Mario Morino and Carla Maria Zotti

With a little help from my (neighbouring) friends. ‘Border region patient mobility’ in the European Union: A policy analysis

Markus Frischhut and Rosella Levaggi

Governance related factors influencing the implementation of sustainability in hospitals: A systematic literature review

Vera van Schie

International guideline comparison of lifestyle management for acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A rapid review

Bridie J. Kemp, David R. Thompson, Vivien Coates, Sarah Bond, Chantal F. Ski, Monica Monaghan and Karen McGuigan

Gender diversity and healthcare performance: A quantitative analysis from the Italian health system

D. Trinchese, M. Vainieri and P. Cantarelli

Private sector expansion and the widening NHS treatment gap between rich and poor in England: Admissions for NHS-funded elective primary hip and knee replacements between 1997/98 and 2018/19

Graham Kirkwood, Allyson M Pollock and Peter Roderick

Digital health technologies and inequalities: A scoping review of potential impacts and policy recommendations

Janine Badr, Aude Motulsky and Jean-Louis Denis

Volume 145, issue C, 2024

Impact of time of diagnosis on out-of-pocket costs of cancer treatment, a side effect of health insurance design in Australia

Maryam Naghsh-Nejad and Kees van Gool

Is the EU steering national social and health policy making? A case-study on Finland's national reform

Noora Heinonen, Meri Koivusalo, Ilmo Keskimäki and Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen

Healthcare utilisation by diabetic patients in Denmark: the role of primary care in reducing emergency visits

Mauro Laudicella, Paolo Li Donni and Vincenzo Prete

Political determinants of COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine rollouts: The case of regional elections in Italy and Spain

Pablo Arija Prieto, Marcello Antonini, Mehdi Ammi, Mesfin Genie and Francesco Paolucci

Are Polish doctors ready to start working right after graduation? The 2023 modification to physicians’ postgraduate internship and possible paths forward

Robert Kupis and Alicja Domagała

Germany's national public health gets reorganized: A new institute shall take center stage

Nicolai Savaskan, Benedikt M.J. Lampl, Mesut Yavuz and Peter Tinnemann

Rural healthcare workforce preparation, response, and work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Lessons learned from in-depth interviews with rural health service leaders

Vanessa J. Watkins, Anna Wong Shee, Michael Field, Laura Alston, Danny Hills, Simon L. Albrecht, Cherene Ockerby and Alison M. Hutchinson

Enforcing the right to health in private health systems through Judicialization what can we learn from the scoping review of the cross-national perspective?

Evandro Antonio Sbalcheiro Mariot, Stela Barbas and Rui Nunes

Volume 144, issue C, 2024

The use of arguments and justifications in Westminster parliamentary debates on assisted dying

Graham Box and Kenneth Chambaere

The Impact of reference pricing on prescribing patterns, costs, and health services utilization of proton pump inhibitors: A quasi-experimental study in British Columbia, Canada

Shania WS Au, Michael R. Law, Lucy Cheng, Kimberlyn McGrail and Mark Harrison

Methodological approaches to measuring mental health in a cost-of-living crisis: A rapid review

Clare England, David Jarrom, Jennifer Washington, Elise Hasler, Leona Batten, Adrian Edwards and Ruth Lewis

The impact of changing the reference countries on the list prices for patented medicines in Canada: A policy analysis

Wei Zhang, Daphne P. Guh, Paul Grootendorst, Aidan Hollis and Aslam H. Anis

An evaluation of the COVID-19 self-service digital contact tracing system in New Zealand

Tim Chambers, Andrew Anglemyer, Andrew Tzer-Yeu Chen and Michael G. Baker

Including environmental and social sustainability in the planning process of healthcare services: A case study of cancer screening programs in an inner area in Italy

Vera Benedetto, Francesca Ferrè and Sabina Nuti

Economic Evaluations of Obesity-Targeted Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Taxes–A Review to Identify Methodological Issues

Kittiphong Thiboonboon, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Paula Cronin, Terence Khoo and Stephen Goodall

Expanding eligibility and improving quality of cervical cancer screening in Estonia: The 2021 reforms

Samuel Rigby, Rachel Greenley, Anneli Uuskula, Anna Tisler, Maria Suurna, Maris Jesse, Marc Bardou and Martin McKee

HTA criteria adopted in different models of public healthcare systems for orphan drugs: A scoping review

Arturo Felippini, Luiza Vasconcelos Biglia, Tácio de Mendonça Lima and Patricia Melo Aguiar

The transition towards community-based mental health care in the European Union: Current realities and prospects

Maria Vandoni, Barbara D'Avanzo and Angelo Barbato

Volume 143, issue C, 2024

New paramedic scope of practice in Poland based on the 2022 reform

Katarzyna Nowak-Zając, Alicja Domagała, Iwona A. Bielska and Iwona Kowalska-Bobko

Environmental co-benefits of health policies to reduce meat consumption: A narrative review

Céline Bonnet and Marine Coinon

Tackling medicine shortages during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Compilation of governmental policy measures and developments in 38 countries

Sabine Vogler

Nurses’ intention to leave, nurse workload and in-hospital patient mortality in Italy: A descriptive and regression study

Gianluca Catania, Milko Zanini, Marzia A. Cremona, Paolo Landa, Maria Emma Musio, Roger Watson, Giuseppe Aleo, Linda H. Aiken, Loredana Sasso and Annamaria Bagnasco

Variations and inequities in access to cardiac diagnostic services in Ontario Canada

Gavin Wardle, Anthony J. Sanfilippo, Ashrut Narula, Andriy Kolos, Kwan Chan, Howard Leong-Poi, Zion Sasson and Graham Woodward

Disentangling the impact of alternative payment models and associated service delivery models on quality of chronic care: A scoping review

Cassandra Simmons, Mirjam Pot, Klara Lorenz-Dant and Kai Leichsenring

The hidden toll of the pandemic on nonrespiratory patients

Simone Ferro and Andrea Riganti

The French medical community united against cuts to State Medical Aid

Anne Laure Féral Pierssens, Bernard Castan, Hugues Cordel, Anne Vuillemin, Julie Chastang, Laurent Papazian, Agnès Linglart, Eric Pichard, Quiterie Boscal De Reals, Jésus Gonzalez and Nicolas Vignier

The impact of health on economic growth: A narrative literature review

Elena Fumagalli, M Pinna Pintor and Marc Suhrcke

From symbiosis to independence: Investigating changes in the relationship between general practitioners’ presence and pharmacies’ market size in Slovakia

Richard Kališ

Health literacy, governance and systems leadership contribute to the implementation of the One Health approach: a virtuous circle

Carl Blankart, Saskia Maria De Gani, Helen Crimlisk, Mario Desmedt, Birgit Bauer and Gerardine Doyle

Responsiveness of inpatient care and provision of dignity: Insights from a patient experience survey in Israel

Keren Semyonov-Tal

Lessons learned from the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative for future risk-sharing and managed access agreements for pharmaceutical and advanced therapies in Canada

Conor M.W. Douglas and Shir Grunebaum

Pay-for-performance and patient safety in acute care: A systematic review

Luke Slawomirski, Martin Hensher, Julie Campbell and Barbara deGraaff

The dynamics of international health system reforms: Evidence of a new wave in response to the 2008 economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic?

Chiara Berardi, Frederik Schut and Francesco Paolucci

The role of the health sector in tackling climate change: A narrative review

Zeynep Or and Anna-Veera Seppänen

The association between allostatic load and guaranteed annual income using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A cross-sectional analysis of the benefits of guaranteed public pensions

Luke Duignan and Daniel J. Dutton

The association between SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and cross-border mobility for visiting family or friends among Dutch residents of a Euregional province

Demi ME Pagen, Daniëlle AT Hanssen, Inge HM van Loo, Stephanie Brinkhues, Casper DJ den Heijer, Nicole HTM Dukers-Muijrers and Christian JPA Hoebe

The impact of health on labour market outcomes: A rapid systematic review

Matteo Pinna Pintor, Elena Fumagalli and Marc Suhrcke

Mitigating the regressivity of private mechanisms of financing healthcare: An Assessment of 29 countries

Ruth Waitzberg, Sara Allin, Michel Grignon, Åsa Ljungvall, Katharina Habimana, Marios Kantaris, Steve Thomas and Thomas Rice

Unlocking the genomic landscape: Results of the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) pilot in Belgium towards Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)

Tugce Schmitt, Hélène A. Poirel, Emilie Cauët, Marie Delnord and Marc Van den Bulcke

Understanding the legacies of shocks on health system performance: Exploring Ireland's management of recent crises and its implications for policy

Liz Farsaci, Padraic Fleming, Arianna Almirall-Sanchez, Catherine O'Donoghue and Steve Thomas