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Volume 105, issue 2, 2012

A framework to evaluate the effects of small area variations in healthcare infrastructure on diagnostics and patient outcomes of rare diseases based on administrative data pp. 110-118

Tom Stargardt and Jonas Schreyögg

The influence of regional health care structures on delay in diagnosis of rare diseases: The case of Marfan Syndrome pp. 119-127

Kathrin Roll

Does healthcare infrastructure have an impact on delay in diagnosis and survival? pp. 128-137

Carl Blankart

Research performance of centers of expertise for rare diseases—The influence of network integration, internal resource access and operational experience pp. 138-145

Henrike Hannemann-Weber, Maura Kessel and Carsten Schultz

Innovative work behavior in healthcare: The benefit of operational guidelines in the treatment of rare diseases pp. 146-153

Maura Kessel, Henrike Hannemann-Weber and Jan Kratzer

How do patients with rare diseases experience the medical encounter? Exploring role behavior and its impact on patient–physician interaction pp. 154-164

Karolina Budych, Thomas M. Helms and Carsten Schultz

Open innovation in health care: Analysis of an open health platform pp. 165-175

Angelika C. Bullinger, Matthias Rass, Sabrina Adamczyk, Kathrin M. Moeslein and Stefan Sohn

Provision and financing of assistive technology devices in Germany: A bureaucratic odyssey? The case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy pp. 176-184

Cornelia Henschke

Health workers at the core of the health system: Framework and research issues pp. 185-191

Sudhir Anand and Till Bärnighausen

Eliminating the shortage of registered nurses in Canada: An exercise in applied needs-based planning pp. 192-202

Gail Tomblin Murphy, Stephen Birch, Adrian MacKenzie, Rob Alder, Lynn Lethbridge and Lisa Little

Turnover of registered nurses in Israel: Characteristics and predictors pp. 203-213

Orly Toren, Revital Zelker, Michal Lipschuetz, Shoshana Riba, Sima Reicher and Nurit Nirel

The working status of Japanese female physicians by area of practice: Cohort analysis of taking leave, returning to work, and changing specialties from 1984 to 2004 pp. 214-220

Tomoko Kodama, Soichi Koike, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroo Ide, Hideo Yasunaga and Tomoaki Imamura

International comparison of assessments of pharmaceutical innovation pp. 221-225

Joel Lexchin

Stakeholder involvement in expensive drug recommendation decisions: An international perspective pp. 226-235

Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Halla Thorsteinsdóttir, Abdallah S. Daar and Douglas K. Martin

Stakeholders involvement by HTA Organisations: Why is so different? pp. 236-245

Marianna Cavazza and Claudio Jommi

Is pharmaceutical policy evidence-informed? A case of the deregulation process of nicotine replacement therapy products in Finland pp. 246-255

Terhi Kurko, Antti Silvast, Hannes Wahlroos, Kirsi Pietilä and Marja Airaksinen

Financial burden of drug expenditures in Poland pp. 256-264

Julita Łuczak and Pilar Garcia-Gomez

Mergers and acquisitions in Western European health care: Exploring the role of financial services organizations pp. 265-272

Federica Angeli and Hans Maarse

Dynamic analysis of interhospital collaboration and competition: Empirical evidence from an Italian regional health system pp. 273-281

Daniele Mascia, Fausto Di Vincenzo and Americo Cicchetti

A new approach to the tradeoff between quality and accessibility of health care pp. 282-287

Marit A.C. Tanke and David E. Ikkersheim

Challenging Health in All Policies, an action research study in Dutch municipalities pp. 288-295

Mieke Steenbakkers, Maria Jansen, Hans Maarse and Nanne de Vries

Empathy and the application of the ‘unbearable suffering’ criterion in Dutch euthanasia practice pp. 296-302

Donald G. van Tol, Judith A.C. Rietjens and Agnes van der Heide

Japan's policy of promoting end-of-life care in nursing homes: Impact on facility and resident characteristics associated with the site of death pp. 303-311

Naoki Ikegami and Sumie Ikezaki

Measuring concerns for severity: Re-examination of a health scale with purported equal interval properties pp. 312-316

Erik Nord

Volume 105, issue 1, 2012

Responding to diversity: An exploratory study of migrant health policies in Europe pp. 1-9

Philipa Mladovsky, Bernd Rechel, David Ingleby and Martin McKee

Monitoring migrant health in Europe: A narrative review of data collection practices pp. 10-16

Bernd Rechel, Philipa Mladovsky and Walter Devillé

Migrant's access to immunization in Mediterranean Countries pp. 17-24

Flavia Riccardo, Maria Grazia Dente, Mira Kojouharova, Massimo Fabiani, Valeria Alfonsi, Anna Kurchatova, Nadezhda Vladimirova and Silvia Declich

Policies to improve the health and well-being of Roma people: The European experience pp. 25-32

Gabriella Fésüs, Piroska Östlin, Martin McKee and Róza Ádány

Crossing borders: A critical review of the role of the European Court of Justice in EU health policy pp. 33-37

Eleanor Brooks

Travelling home for treatment and EU patients’ rights to care abroad: Results of a survey among German students at Maastricht University pp. 38-45

Irene A. Glinos, Nora Doering and Hans Maarse

The health care experiences of British pensioners migrating to Spain: A qualitative study pp. 46-54

Helena Legido-Quigley, Ellen Nolte, Judith Green, Daniel la Parra and Martin McKee

Integrated care for chronic conditions: The contribution of the ICCC Framework pp. 55-64

Roberto Nuño, Katie Coleman, Rafael Bengoa and Regina Sauto

Cancer patient pathways in Denmark as a joint effort between bureaucrats, health professionals and politicians—A national Danish project pp. 65-70

Helene Bilsted Probst, Zubair Butt Hussain and Ole Andersen

Does team-based primary health care improve patients’ perception of outcomes? Evidence from the 2007–08 Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health pp. 71-83

Shammima Jesmin, Amardeep Thind and Sisira Sarma

Pediatric primary care services in Manitoba: Is the health of the next generation of children at risk? pp. 84-91

Alan Katz, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Okechukwu Ekuma, Ruth-Ann Soodeen and Jennifer Enns

Critical urban areas, deprived areas and neighbourhood effects on health in France pp. 92-101

Thierry Debrand, Aurélie Pierre, Caroline Allonier and Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli

Volume 104, issue 3, 2012

Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: A meta-review pp. 206-214

Peter C. Rockers, Andrea B. Feigl, John-Arne Røttingen, Atle Fretheim, David de Ferranti, John N. Lavis, Hans Melberg and Till Bärnighausen

Implementation of the Tallinn Charter in the WHO European region: Where is the evidence? a systematic comparison of online information before and after the end of the year of signature pp. 215-221

Fabrizio Carinci

Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: An inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital pp. 222-233

Ine Borghans, Rudolf B. Kool, Ronald J. Lagoe and Gert P. Westert

A framework for the evaluation of new interventional procedures pp. 234-240

Tania Lourenco, Adrian M. Grant, Jennifer M. Burr and Luke Vale

Analysis of the success rates of new drug development in Japan and the lag behind the US pp. 241-246

Yuka Hirai, Yosuke Yamanaka, Makiko Kusama, Taro Ishibashi, Yuichi Sugiyama and Shunsuke Ono

Perceptions and patterns of use of generic drugs among Italian Family Pediatricians: First round results of a web survey pp. 247-252

Valentina Fabiano, Chiara Mameli, Dario Cattaneo, Antonella Delle Fave, Alessandra Preziosa, Giuseppe Mele, Emilio Clementi and Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti

Translation of remuneration arrangements into incentives to delegate to English dental therapists pp. 253-259

Rebecca V. Harris and Ningwei Sun

Managing poorly performing clinicians: Health care providers’ willingness to pay for independent help pp. 260-271

Verity Watson, Jon Sussex, Mandy Ryan and Ebenezer Tetteh

Implementation of a service for physicians’ consultation and information in euthanasia requests in Belgium pp. 272-278

Yanna Van Wesemael, Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Tinne Smets, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Wim Distelmans and Luc Deliens

Exploring industry perspectives on implementation of a provincial policy for food and beverage sales in publicly funded recreation facilities pp. 279-287

Suzanne Vander Wekken, Susanne Sørensen, John Meldrum and Patti-Jean Naylor

Restricting unhealthy food sponsorship: Attitudes of the sporting community pp. 288-295

Bridget Kelly, Louise A. Baur, Adrian E. Bauman, Lesley King, Kathy Chapman and Ben J. Smith

Giving to receive? The right to donate in umbilical cord blood banking for stem cell therapies pp. 296-303

Laura L. Machin, Nik Brown and Danae McLeod

The Austrian Tobacco Act in practice – Analysing the effectiveness of partial smoking bans in Austrian restaurants and bars pp. 304-311

Gerhard Reichmann and Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann

Volume 104, issue 2, 2012

Welfare states, flexible employment, and health: A critical review pp. 99-127

Il-Ho Kim, Carles Muntaner, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Alejandra Vives, Christophe Vanroelen and Joan Benach

Implementing changes to hospital services: Factors influencing the process and ‘results’ of reconfiguration pp. 128-135

Naomi Fulop, Rhiannon Walters, Perri 6 and Peter Spurgeon

Socio-demographic patient profiles and hospital efficiency: Does patient mix affect a hospital's ability to perform? pp. 136-145

Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Kim R. Olsen and Torben H. Sørensen

Adverse event rates as measures of hospital performance pp. 146-154

Katharina Hauck, Xueyan Zhao and Terri Jackson

Can patient injury claims be utilised as a quality indicator? pp. 155-162

Jutta Järvelin and Unto Häkkinen

Hospital ownership and efficiency: A review of studies with particular focus on Germany pp. 163-171

Oliver Tiemann, Jonas Schreyögg and Reinhard Busse

Going private: Clinicians’ experience of working in UK Independent Sector Treatment Centres pp. 172-178

Justin Waring and Simon Bishop

An even smaller area variation: Differing practice patterns among interventional cardiologists within a single high volume tertiary cardiac centre pp. 179-185

Mathew Mercuri, Madhu K. Natarajan, Geoff Norman and Amiram Gafni

Evaluation of the equity of age–sex adjusted primary care capitation payments in Ontario, Canada pp. 186-192

Lyn M. Sibley and Richard H. Glazier

Equity and equality in the use of GP services for elderly people: The Spanish case pp. 193-199

Eva Crespo-Cebada and Rosa M. Urbanos-Garrido

Nudge—A new and better way to improve health? pp. 200-203

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