Health Policy

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Volume 103, issue 2, 2011

HIV testing in Europe: Mapping policies pp. 101-110

Jessika Deblonde, Herman Meulemans, Steven Callens, Stanley Luchters, Marleen Temmerman and Françoise F. Hamers

A systematic review and comparison of HIV contact tracing laws in Canada pp. 111-123

Carole Lunny and Brenna D. Shearer

Comparison of healthcare costs between local and immigrant HIV populations living in Southern Alberta, Canada pp. 124-129

Hartmut B. Krentz and M. John Gill

Opportunities to reduce health inequalities by ‘Health in All Policies’ in the Netherlands: An explorative study on the national level pp. 130-140

Ilse Storm, Marie-Jeanne Aarts, Janneke Harting and Albertine J. Schuit

A national health inequalities fund for Wales: Concept, design and implementation pp. 141-148

Marcus Longley, Mark Llewellyn, Tony Beddow, David Cohen, Jeremy Corson and Morton Warner

Persistence despite action? Measuring the patterns of health inequality in England (1997–2007) pp. 149-159

Joan Costa Font, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo and Alistair McGuire

Density of dental practitioners and access to dental care for the elderly: A multilevel analysis with a view on socio-economic inequality pp. 160-167

Laurence Lupi-Pegurier, Isabelle Clerc-Urmes, Mohammad Abu-Zaineh, Alain Paraponaris and Bruno Ventelou

Economic crisis and communicable disease control in Europe: A scoping study among national experts pp. 168-175

Boika Rechel, Marc Suhrcke, Svetla Tsolova, Jonathan E. Suk, Monica Desai, Martin McKee, David Stuckler, Ibrahim Abubakar, Paul Hunter, Michaela Senek and Jan C. Semenza

Current immunization policies for pneumococcal, meningococcal C, varicella and rotavirus vaccinations in Italy pp. 176-183

Valeria Alfonsi, D’Ancona, Fortunato, Cristina Giambi, Gloria Nacca and Maria Cristina Rota

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the development of pandemic influenza containment strategies: Community voices and community control pp. 184-190

Peter D. Massey, Adrian Miller, Sherry Saggers, David N. Durrheim, Richard Speare, Kylie Taylor, Glenn Pearce, Travis Odo, Jennifer Broome, Jenni Judd, Jenny Kelly, Magdalena Blackley and Alan Clough

Health system stewardship of National Health Ministries in the WHO European region: Concepts, functions and assessment framework pp. 191-199

Jeremy Henri Maurice Veillard, Adalsteinn Davidson Brown, Enis Barış, Govin Permanand and Niek Sebastian Klazinga

Scorecards for health system performance assessment: The New Zealand example pp. 200-208

Robin Gauld, Suhaila Al-wahaibi, Johanna Chisholm, Rebecca Crabbe, Boomi Kwon, Timothy Oh, Raja Palepu, Nic Rawcliffe and Stephen Sohn

Quasi-market and cost-containment in Beveridge systems: The Lombardy model of Italy pp. 209-218

Elenka Brenna

National public health policy in a local context—Implementation in two Swedish municipalities pp. 219-227

Elisabeth Jansson, Elisabeth Fosse and Per Tillgren

Impact of Universal Health Care Coverage on patient demand for health care services in Thailand pp. 228-235

Jirawat Panpiemras, Thitima Puttitanun, Krislert Samphantharak and Kannika Thampanishvong

Urbanization and the utilization of outpatient services under National Health Insurance in Taiwan pp. 236-243

Yen-Ju Lin, Wei-Hua Tian and Chun-Chih Chen

Does increase in utilisation rates alone indicate the success of a user fee removal policy? A qualitative case study from Zambia pp. 244-254

Mary Hadley

New estimates of elasticity of demand for healthcare in rural China pp. 255-265

Zhongliang Zhou, Yanfang Su, Jianmin Gao, Ling Xu and Yaoguang Zhang

Occupational psychosocial health policies in Hong Kong schools: A review and exploration of key stakeholder perceptions pp. 266-275

Jessica Janice Tang, Stavroula Leka, Nigel Hunt and Sara MacLennan

Medical tourism: A review of the literature and analysis of a role for bi-lateral trade pp. 276-282

Richard Smith, Melisa Martínez Álvarez and Rupa Chanda

By ‘default or design’? The expansion of the private health care sector in Madhya Pradesh, India pp. 283-289

Ayesha De Costa and Eva Johannson

Maternal health care in Indian districts pp. 290-296

Arabinda Ghosh

Something's ironic in Denmark: An otherwise progressive welfare state lags well behind in care of patients at the end of life pp. 297-304

James M. Hoefler and Tove Bahn Vejlgaard

Design, implementation and scaling up of the balanced scorecard for hospitals in Lebanon: Policy coherence and application lessons for low and middle income countries pp. 305-314

Fadi El-Jardali, Shadi Saleh, Nour Ataya and Diana Jamal

Volume 103, issue 1, 2011

Multimorbidity and its measurement pp. 3-8

Barbara Starfield and Karen Kinder

Explaining primary healthcare pharmacy expenditure using classification of medications for chronic conditions pp. 9-15

David Vivas, Natividad Guadalajara, Isabel Barrachina, José-Luis Trillo, Ruth Usó and Elena de-la-Poza

Patient affiliation with GPs in Australia—Who is and who is not and does it matter? pp. 16-23

Ian McRae, Laurann Yen, James Gillespie and Kirsty Douglas

Public and private funding of general practice services for children and adolescents in New Zealand pp. 24-30

Susan Dovey, Murray Tilyard, Wayne Cunningham and Martyn Williamson

Choice of primary care provider: Results from a population survey in three Swedish counties pp. 31-37

Anna Glenngård, Anders Anell and Anders Beckman

Social capital, community size and utilization of health services: A lagged analysis pp. 38-46

Eric Nauenberg, Audrey Laporte and Leilei Shen

Variations in amenable mortality—Trends in 16 high-income nations pp. 47-52

Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee

The impact of physician supply on avoidable cancer deaths in Germany. A spatial analysis pp. 53-62

Leonie Sundmacher and Reinhard Busse

Using the diamond model to prioritize 30 causes of death by considering both the level of and inequality in mortality pp. 63-72

Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Yu-Tung Huang and Tung-Liang Chiang

A conditional nonparametric analysis for measuring the efficiency of regional public healthcare delivery: An application to Greek prefectures pp. 73-82

George Halkos and Nickolaos G. Tzeremes

Current and future avoidable cost of smoking – Estimates for Sweden 2007 pp. 83-91

Kristian Bolin, Benny Borgman, Christina Gip and Koo Wilson

Having a yarn about smoking: Using action research to develop a ‘no smoking’ policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation pp. 92-97

Gillian Fletcher, Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams, Summer Finlay, Simone Andy, Lyn Briggs and Robert Hall

Volume 102, issue 2, 2011

Public involvement in the systematic review process in health and social care: A narrative review of case examples pp. 105-116

Jonathan Boote, Wendy Baird and Anthea Sutton

Opening the black box: A study of the process of NICE guidelines implementation pp. 117-125

Dimitrios Spyridonidis and Michael Calnan

Health technology prioritization: Which criteria for prioritizing new technologies and what are their relative weights? pp. 126-135

Ofra Golan, Paul Hansen, Giora Kaplan and Orna Tal

A thematic analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of manufacturers’ submissions to the NICE Single Technology Assessment (STA) process pp. 136-144

Christopher Carroll, Eva Kaltenthaler, Patrick FitzGerald, Angela Boland and Rumona Dickson

A review of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) recommendations for drug therapies issued between 2007 and 2009 and their impact on policymaking processes in Poland pp. 145-151

Katarzyna Kolasa, Sebastian Schubert, Andrea Manca and Tadeusz Hermanowski

Introduction and uptake of new medical technologies in the Australian health care system: A qualitative study pp. 152-158

Gisselle Gallego, Robert Casey, Richard Norman and Stephen Goodall

Analysis of the impact of removing mucolytics and expectorants from the list of reimbursable drugs on prescription rates: A time-series analysis for France 1998–2010 pp. 159-169

Sylvain Pichetti, Christine Sorasith and Catherine Sermet

A new prize system for drug innovation pp. 170-177

Afschin Gandjour and Nadja Chernyak

Factors influencing pharmacist performance: A review of the peer-reviewed literature pp. 178-192

Ellen Ingrid Schafheutle, Elizabeth Mary Seston and Karen Hassell

Screening for diabetes in unconventional locations: Resource implications and economics of screening in optometry practices pp. 193-199

Jennifer H. Howse, Steve Jones and A.Pali S. Hungin

Assisted reproductive technologies: A systematic review of safety and effectiveness to inform disinvestment policy pp. 200-213

Amber M. Watt, Adam G. Elshaug, Cameron D. Willis and Janet E. Hiller

Perioperative Systems as a quality model of perioperative medicine and surgical care pp. 214-222

Anna Lee, Ross K. Kerridge, Po Tong Chui, Chun Hung Chiu and Tony Gin

The Leapfrog initiative for intensive care unit physician staffing and its impact on intensive care unit performance: A narrative review pp. 223-228

James Gasperino

Physicians’ participation in the Physicians’ Quality Reporting Initiative and their perceptions of its impact on quality of care pp. 229-234

Alex D. Federman and Salomeh Keyhani

A global overview of health insurance administrative costs: what are the reasons for variations found? pp. 235-246

Inke Mathauer and Emmanuelle Nicolle

Switching sickness funds in Israel: Adverse selection or risk selection? Some insights from the analysis of the relative costs of switchers pp. 247-254

Amir Shmueli

User fees for public health care services in Hungary: Expectations, experience, and acceptability from the perspectives of different stakeholders pp. 255-262

Petra Baji, Milena Pavlova, László Gulácsi and Wim Groot

What have 10 years of health insurance reforms brought about in Bulgaria? Re-appraising the Health Insurance Act of 1998 pp. 263-269

Elka Atanasova, Milena Pavlova, Robert Velickovski, Bogomil Nikov, Emanuela Moutafova and Wim Groot

Two decades of reforms. Appraisal of the financial reforms in the Russian public healthcare sector pp. 270-277

Vladimir S. Gordeev, Milena Pavlova and Wim Groot

Targeted or untargeted? The initial assessment of a targeted health insurance program for the poor in Georgia pp. 278-285

Xiaohui Hou and Shiyan Chao

Responsiveness and satisfaction with providers and carriers in a safety net insurance program: Evidence from Georgia's Medical Insurance for the Poor pp. 286-294

Sebastian Bauhoff, David R. Hotchkiss and Owen Smith

A functional model for monitoring equity and effectiveness in purchasing health insurance premiums for the poor: Evidence from Cambodia and the Lao PDR pp. 295-303

Peter Leslie Annear, Maryam Bigdeli and Bart Jacobs

Women's autonomy and reproductive health care utilisation: Empirical evidence from Tajikistan pp. 304-313

Yusuke Kamiya

Volume 102, issue 1, 2011

Physician dual practice: A review of literature pp. 1-7

Karolina Z. Socha and Mickael Bech

Pay-for-performance step-by-step: Introduction to the MIMIQ model pp. 8-17

Pieter Van Herck, Lieven Annemans, Delphine De Smedt, Roy Remmen and Walter Sermeus

Quo vadis SANEPID? A cross-country analysis of public health reforms in 10 post-Soviet states pp. 18-25

Claudia B. Maier and José M. Martin-Moreno

How three countries in the Americas are fortifying dietary salt reduction: A north and south perspective pp. 26-33

Barbara Legowski and Branka Legetic

Community-driven alcohol policy in Canada's northern territories 1970-2008 pp. 34-40

Colleen M. Davison, Catherine S. Ford, Paul A. Peters and Penelope Hawe

Estimating the impact of pictorial health warnings and "plain" cigarette packaging: Evidence from experimental auctions among adult smokers in the United States pp. 41-48

James F. Thrasher, Matthew Rousu, David Hammond, Ashley Navarro and Jay Corrigan

Street smoking bans in Japan: A hope for smoke-free cities? pp. 49-55

Hiroshi Ueda, Francisco Armada, Mina Kashiwabara and Itsuro Yoshimi

The ambiguity of ethnicity as risk factor of vitamin D deficiency - A case study of Danish vitamin D policy documents pp. 56-63

Anna Mygind, Janine Morgall Traulsen, Lotte Stig Nørgaard and Paul Bissell

Healthcare access and burden of care for patients with Lyme disease: A large United States survey pp. 64-71

Lorraine Johnson, Alexandra Aylward and Raphael B. Stricker

The cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies against HBV in Italy pp. 72-80

Matteo Ruggeri, Americo Cicchetti and Antonio Gasbarrini

Evaluation and equity audit of the domestic radon programme in England pp. 81-88

Wei Zhang, Yimmy Chow, Jill Meara and Martyn Green

Influenza vaccine for healthy adult workers: An issue for health authorities or employers? pp. 89-95

Livio Garattini and Daniela Koleva

Prevention for elderly people: Demand-oriented or problem-oriented? pp. 96-103

Nicolette M. Kupper, Hanneke Schreurs, Peter M. ten Klooster, Christina Bode and Erik J.C. van Ameijden