Health Policy

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Volume 109, issue 3, 2013

Statutory health insurance competition in Europe: A four-country comparison pp. 209-225

Sarah Thomson, Reinhard Busse, Luca Crivelli, Wynand van de Ven and Carine Van de Voorde

Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? pp. 226-245

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

The German Central Health Fund—Recent developments in health care financing in Germany pp. 246-252

Dirk Göpffarth and Klaus-Dirk Henke

The new risk adjustment formula in Germany: Implementation and first experiences pp. 253-262

Florian Buchner, Dirk Goepffarth and Juergen Wasem

Structural changes in the German pharmaceutical market: Price setting mechanisms based on the early benefit evaluation pp. 263-269

Cornelia Henschke, Leonie Sundmacher and Reinhard Busse

Regulatory space and the contextual mediation of common functional pressures: Analyzing the factors that led to the German Efficiency Frontier approach pp. 270-280

Corinna Klingler, Sara M.B. Shah, Anthony J.G. Barron and John S.F. Wright

Trends and levels of avoidable mortality among districts: “Healthy” benchmarking in Germany pp. 281-289

Leonie Sundmacher

Improving patient-level costing in the English and the German ‘DRG’ system pp. 290-300

Matthias Vogl

Consolidation and concentration in the German hospital market: The two sides of the coin pp. 301-310

Andreas Schmid and Volker Ulrich

Inpatient Palliative Care: A nationwide analysis pp. 311-318

Jan Gaertner, Anna Drabik, Ursula Marschall, Grit Schlesiger, Raymond Voltz and Stephanie Stock

South African health financing reform 2000–2010: Understanding the agenda-setting process pp. 321-331

Timesh D. Pillay and Jolene Skordis

Volume 109, issue 2, 2013

Swiss and Dutch “consumer-driven health care”: Ideal model or reality? pp. 105-112

Kieke G.H. Okma and Luca Crivelli

Managed competition in the Netherlands—A qualitative study pp. 113-121

Stephanie Heinemann, Simone Leiber and Stefan Greß

Primary care in Baltic countries: A comparison of progress and present systems pp. 122-130

Kaja Põlluste, Vytautas Kasiulevičius, Sarmite Veide, Dionne Sofia Kringos, Wienke Boerma and Margus Lember

Use of national clinical databases for informing and for evaluating health care policies pp. 131-136

Nick Black and Stefanie Tan

Performance in rate of decline of adult mortality in the OECD, 1970–2010 pp. 137-142

Stéphane Verguet and Dean T. Jamison

High cost patients for cardiac surgery and hospital quality in Turkey pp. 143-149

Onur Baser, Abdulkadir Burkan, Erdem Baser, Rasim Koselerli, Emre Ertugay and Akif Altinbas

Hospital network performance: A survey of hospital stakeholders’ perspectives pp. 150-157

F. Bravi, D. Gibertoni, A. Marcon, C. Sicotte, E. Minvielle, P. Rucci, A. Angelastro, T. Carradori and M.P. Fantini

Continuity of ambulatory care and health outcomes in adult patients with type 2 diabetes in Korea pp. 158-165

Jae-Seok Hong and Hee-Chung Kang

The impact of increasing polypharmacy on prescribed drug expenditure—A register-based study in Sweden 2005–2009 pp. 166-174

Bo Hovstadius and Göran Petersson

Linking research to practice: The organisation and implementation of The Netherlands health and social care improvement programmes pp. 175-186

John Øvretveit and Niek Klazinga

A critical second look at integrated knowledge translation pp. 187-191

Anita Kothari and C. Nadine Wathen

Thank you for not smoking: Evidence from the Italian smoking ban pp. 192-199

Paolo Buonanno and Marco Ranzani

Compliance with the workplace-smoking ban in the Netherlands pp. 200-206

Wendy M.I. Verdonk-Kleinjan, Pieter C.P. Rijswijk, Hein de Vries and Ronald A. Knibbe

Volume 109, issue 1, 2013

Reforms in the Greek pharmaceutical market during the financial crisis pp. 1-6

Sotiris Vandoros and Tom Stargardt

Public procurement of health technologies in Greece in an era of economic crisis pp. 7-13

Catherine Kastanioti, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Dionysis Stasinopoulos, Nikolaos Kapetaneas and Nikolaos Polyzos

Reforming reimbursement of public hospitals in Greece during the economic crisis: Implementation of a DRG system pp. 14-22

Nikolaos Polyzos, Haralampos Karanikas, Eleftherios Thireos, Catherine Kastanioti and Nick Kontodimopoulos

Informal payments for maternity health services in public hospitals in Greece pp. 23-30

Daphne Ch. Kaitelidou, Christina S. Tsirona, Petros A. Galanis, Olga Ch. Siskou, Philipa Mladovsky, Eugenia G. Kouli, Panagiotis E. Prezerakos, Mamas Theodorou, Panagiota A. Sourtzi and Lykourgos L. Liaropoulos

A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of Electronic Health Records in the Greek National Health System pp. 31-37

Maria Emmanouilidou and Maria Burke

Recommending organized screening programs for adults in Greece: A Delphi consensus study pp. 38-45

Anastasios Skroumpelos, Dimitris Zavras, Elpida Pavi and John Kyriopoulos

Reforming the Greek health system: A role for non-medical, clinical bioscientists pp. 46-51

Ilias Kazanis

Choosing pandemic parameters for pandemic preparedness planning: A comparison of pandemic scenarios prior to and following the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic pp. 52-62

Charlie P. van der Weijden, Mart L. Stein, André J. Jacobi, Mirjam E.E. Kretzschmar, Ralf Reintjes, Jim E. van Steenbergen and Aura Timen

The Swedish A(H1N1) vaccination campaign—Why did not all Swedes take the vaccination? pp. 63-70

Ingeborg Björkman and Margareta A. Sanner

Economic evaluation of the vaccination program against seasonal and pandemic A/H1N1 influenza among customs officers in Greece pp. 71-77

Maria Mamma and Demetrios A. Spandidos

Publication selection in health policy research: The winner's curse hypothesis pp. 78-87

Joan Costa-Font, Alistair McGuire and T. Stanley

The impact of dental treatment on employment outcomes: A systematic review pp. 88-96

Sonica Singhal, Rejane Correa and Carlos Quiñonez

Ethics for end-of-life treatments: Metastatic colorectal cancer is one example pp. 97-103

Livio Garattini, Katelijne van de Vooren and Alberto Zaniboni

Volume 108, issue 2, 2012

Benefits of a single payment system: Case study of Abu Dhabi health system reforms pp. 105-114

Philipp Vetter and Klaus Boecker

Health system reform in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates pp. 115-121

Erik J. Koornneef, Paul B.M. Robben, Mohammed B. Al Seiari and Zaid Al Siksek

Mobility of health professionals pre and post 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements: Evidence from the EU project PROMeTHEUS pp. 122-132

Diana Ognyanova, Claudia B. Maier, Matthias Wismar, Edmond Girasek and Reinhard Busse

International medical graduates mandated to practise in rural Australia are highly unsatisfied: Results from a national survey of doctors pp. 133-139

Matthew R. McGrail, John S. Humphreys, Catherine M. Joyce and Anthony Scott

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in primary care: An explanatory study among French general practitioners pp. 140-148

Jonathan Sicsic, Marc Le Vaillant and Carine Franc

Stress, depression, and intention to leave among nurses in different medical units: Implications for healthcare management/nursing practice pp. 149-157

Yu-Mei Chiang and Yuhsuan Chang

Explaining health care professionals’ resistance to implement Diagnosis Related Groups: (No) benefits for society, patients and professionals pp. 158-166

L.G. Tummers and Steven Van de Walle

Commonalities and differences in HTA outcomes: A comparative analysis of five countries and implications for coverage decisions pp. 167-177

Elena Nicod and Panos Kanavos

The politics of health technology assessment in Poland pp. 178-193

Piotr Ozieranski, Martin McKee and Lawrence King

Diffusion and use of health technology assessment in policy making: What lessons for decentralised healthcare systems? pp. 194-202

Oriana Ciani, Rosanna Tarricone and Aleksandra Torbica

Regional HTA in Italy: Promising or confusing? pp. 203-206

Livio Garattini, Katelijne van de Vooren and Alessandro Curto

Utilization and costs of glucose lowering therapies following health technology assessment for the new reimbursement scheme in Sweden pp. 207-215

Billie Pettersson, Mikael Hoffmann, David Andersson, Per Wändell and Lars-Åke Levin

Statin utilization according to indication and age: A Danish cohort study on changing prescribing and purchasing behaviour pp. 216-227

Helle Wallach Kildemoes, Mikkel Vass, Carsten Hendriksen and Morten Andersen

Determinants of generic entry in the regulated Taiwanese prescription drug market pp. 228-235

Ya-Ming Liu and Jur-Shan Cheng

Pathways towards chronic care-focused healthcare systems: Evidence from Spain pp. 236-245

Manuel García-Goñi, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo, Roberto Nuño-Solinís and Francesco Paolucci

Utilization of health care services by elderly people with National Health Insurance in Taiwan: The heterogeneous health profile approach pp. 246-255

Li-Fan Liu, Wei-Hua Tian and Hui-Ping Yao

The relationship between depressive symptoms and health service utilization for elderly people in Taiwan pp. 256-267

Wei-Hua Tian, Tsai-Ching Liu, Chin-Shyan Chen, Li-Fan Liu and Joseph J. Tien

An examination of variations in the uptake of prostate cancer screening within and between the countries of the EU-27 pp. 268-276

Richeal Burns, Brendan Walsh, O’Neill, Stephen and O’Neill, Ciaran

Healthcare organizations’ attitudes toward pay-for-performance in Korea pp. 277-285

Jin Yong Lee, Sang-Il Lee, Nam-Soon Kim, Seon-Ha Kim, Woo-Seung Son and Min-Woo Jo

Utilisation of eye-care services: The effect of Scotland's free eye examination policy pp. 286-293

Heather Dickey, Divine Ikenwilo, Patricia Norwood, Verity Watson and Alexandros Zangelidis

Organizational culture and the implementation of person centered care: Results from a change process in Swedish hospital care pp. 294-301

Tariq Saleem J. Alharbi, Inger Ekman, Lars-Eric Olsson, Kerstin Dudas and Eric Carlström

The value of a statistical life in Sweden: A review of the empirical literature pp. 302-310

Lars Hultkrantz and Mikael Svensson

Volume 108, issue 1, 2012

Evaluating and improving orphan drug regulations in Europe: A Delphi policy study pp. 1-9

Eline Picavet, David Cassiman and Steven Simoens

Challenges to orphan drugs access in Eastern Europe: The case of Bulgaria pp. 10-18

Georgi Iskrov, Tsonka Miteva-Katrandzhieva and Rumen Stefanov

Delphi approach to select rare diseases for a European representative survey. The BURQOL-RD study pp. 19-26

Renata Linertová, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar, Manuel Posada-de-la-Paz, Manuel Hens-Pérez, Panos Kanavos, Domenica Taruscio, Arrigo Schieppati, Rumen Stefanov, Márta Péntek, Claudia Delgado, Johann Graf von der Schulenburg, Ulf Persson, Karine Chevreul, Giovanni Fattore, Melany Worbes-Cerezo, Mark Sefton and Julio López-Bastida

Analysing arrangements for cross-border mobility of patients in the European Union: A proposal for a framework pp. 27-36

Helena Legido-Quigley, Irene A. Glinos, Rita Baeten, Martin McKee and Reinhard Busse

Transnational health care: From a global terminology towards transnational health region development pp. 37-44

Tomas Mainil, Francis Van Loon, Keith Dinnie, David Botterill, Vincent Platenkamp and Herman Meulemans

Improving the productivity of elective surgery through a new ‘package of care’ pp. 45-48

Toni Ashton, Dale Bramley and Delwyn Armstrong

Painting by numbers: A guide for systematically developing indicators of performance at any level of health care pp. 49-59

Roshan Perera, Anthony Dowell and Peter Crampton

Performance measurement in response to the Tallinn Charter: Experiences from the decentralized Italian framework pp. 60-66

Fabrizio Carinci, Gianni Caracci, Francesco Di Stanislao and Fulvio Moirano

The ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – A Swiss army knife? Accessibility and disability in a Scandinavian disability magazine (SDM) – A quantitative content analysis pp. 67-75

Jörgen Lundälv, Per-Olof Larsson, Marie Törnbom and Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen

Private health insurance in South Korea: An international comparison pp. 76-85

Jaeun Shin

Impact of teaching intensity and academic status on medical resource utilization by teaching hospitals in Japan pp. 86-92

Daisuke Sato and Kiyohide Fushimi

Impact of smoke-free hospital grounds policies: Patient experiences and perceptions pp. 93-99

Nicole A. Shopik, Annette S.H. Schultz, Candace I.J. Nykiforuk, Barry A. Finegan and Margaret A. Kvern

Stakeholder perceptions of a comprehensive school food policy in Western Australia pp. 100-104

Simone Pettigrew, Melanie Pescud and Robert J. Donovan