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Volume 101, issue 3, 2011

An alternative approach to evaluating, measuring, and comparing domestic and international health institutions: Insights from social science theories pp. 209-219

Eduardo J. Gómez

Where the wicked problems are: The case of mental health pp. 220-227

Ben Hannigan and Michael Coffey

More family responsibility, more informal care? The effect of motivation on the giving of informal care by people aged over 50 in the Netherlands compared to other European countries pp. 228-235

Debbie Oudijk, Isolde Woittiez and Alice de Boer

Considering consumer choice in the economic evaluation of mandatory health programmes: A review pp. 236-244

Bonny Parkinson and Stephen Goodall

The importance of patient expectations as a determinant of satisfaction with waiting times for hip and knee replacement surgery pp. 245-252

Barbara L. Conner-Spady, Claudia Sanmartin, Geoffrey H. Johnston, John J. McGurran, Melissa Kehler and Tom W. Noseworthy

Pharmacy assisted patient self care of minor ailments: A chronological review of UK health policy documents and key events 1997-2010 pp. 253-259

Vibhu Paudyal, Denise Hansford, Scott Cunningham and Derek Stewart

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription drugs: Consumers' attitudes and preferences concerning its regulation in South Korea pp. 260-268

Hae Sun Suh, Donghyun Lee, Sang Yong Kim, Dong Hyun Chee and Hye-Young Kang

The importance of socio-economic variables in cancer screening participation: A comparison between population-based and opportunistic screening in the EU-15 pp. 269-276

Brendan Walsh, Mary Silles and Ciarán O'Neill

The influence of information and private versus public provision on preferences for screening for prostate cancer: A willingness-to-pay study pp. 277-289

Line Pedersen, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen and Trine Kjær

A structured tool to analyse coverage decisions: Development and feasibility test in the field of cancer screening and prevention pp. 290-299

Katharina E. Fischer, Reiner Leidl and Wolf H. Rogowski

Individual responsibility and health-risk behaviour: A contingent valuation study from the ex ante societal perspective pp. 300-311

Sanne M. van der Star and Bernard van den Berg

Volume 101, issue 2, 2011

Impact of disease management programs on healthcare expenditures for patients with diabetes, depression, heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review of the literature pp. 105-121

Simone R. de Bruin, Richard Heijink, Lidwien C. Lemmens, Jeroen N. Struijs and Caroline A. Baan

Towards integrated care for chronic conditions: Dutch policy developments to overcome the (financial) barriers pp. 122-132

Apostolos Tsiachristas, Bethany Hipple-Walters, Karin M.M. Lemmens, Anna P. Nieboer and Maureen P.M.H. Rutten-van Mölken

Setting health care capitations through diagnosis-based risk adjustment: A suitable model for the English NHS? pp. 133-139

Sheena Asthana and Alex Gibson

Patient and practice characteristics predict the frequency of general practice multidisciplinary referrals of patients with chronic diseases: A multilevel study pp. 140-145

Mark F. Harris, Upali W. Jayasinghe, Bibiana C. Chan, Judy Proudfoot, Patrick Crookes, Nick Zwar and Gawaine Powell Davies

Tendering for outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals: What can be learned from current practices in Europe? pp. 146-152

Pieter Dylst, Arnold Vulto and Steven Simoens

Acquisition cost of dispensed drugs in individuals with multiple medications--A register-based study in Sweden pp. 153-161

Bo Hovstadius, Bengt Åstrand, Ulf Persson and Göran Petersson

The impotence of price controls: Failed attempts to constrain pharmaceutical expenditures in Greece pp. 162-171

Dimitra Lambrelli and Owen O'Donnell

Newspapers' coverage of contaminated intravenous fluids from an Indian manufacturer distributed by Public Central Medical Supplies in Sudan: Lessons to be learned pp. 172-177

Gamal K. Mohamed Ali, Abubakr A. Alfadl and Ahmed I. Fathelrahman

Psychosocial factors associated with the prescription of generic drugs pp. 178-184

Javier A. Rodríguez-Calvillo, Alberto Lana, Antonio Cueto, Wolfgang A. Markham and Maria Luisa López

The redistributive effect of the move from age-based to income-based prescription drug coverage in British Columbia, Canada pp. 185-194

Gillian E. Hanley, Steve Morgan, Morris Barer and Robert J. Reid

Does cost sharing really reduce inappropriate prescriptions among the elderly? pp. 195-208

Joan Costa Font and Marin Gemmill Toyama

Volume 101, issue 1, 2011

The gradient in health inequalities among families and children: A review of evaluation frameworks pp. 1-10

John Kenneth Davies and Nigel Sherriff

Multi-sector policy action to create activity-friendly environments for children: A multiple-case study pp. 11-19

Marie-Jeanne Aarts, Milou P.J. Jeurissen, Hans A.M. van Oers, Albertine J. Schuit and Ien A.M. van de Goor

A rapid review of key strategies to improve the cognitive and social development of children in Scotland pp. 20-28

Rosemary Geddes, John Frank and Sally Haw

Children of substance abusing parents: A national survey on policy and practice in Swedish schools pp. 29-36

Tobias H. Elgán and Håkan Leifman

Capacity building in and for health promoting schools: Results from a qualitative study pp. 37-43

Lisa Gugglberger and Wolfgang Dür

Canada: A land of missed opportunity for addressing the social determinants of health pp. 44-58

Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael, Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte

Development of a framework for effective community engagement in Ontario, Canada pp. 59-69

Amina M. Jabbar and Julia Abelson

Health policies for migrant populations in three European countries: England; Italy and Spain pp. 70-78

María-Luisa Vázquez, Rebeca Terraza-Núñez, Ingrid Vargas, Dolors Rodríguez and Tona Lizana

'Balancing acts': The politics and processes of smokefree area policymaking in a small state pp. 79-86

Helen Wilson and George Thomson

Occupational health and safety policy and psychosocial risks in Europe: The role of stakeholders' perceptions pp. 87-94

Sergio Iavicoli, Elena Natali, Patrizia Deitinger, Bruna Maria Rondinone, Michael Ertel, Aditya Jain and Stavroula Leka

Gun control and suicide: The impact of state firearm regulations in the United States, 1995-2004 pp. 95-103

Antonio Andres and Katherine Hempstead

Volume 100, issue 2-3, 2011

A review of global mechanisms for tracking official development assistance for health in countries affected by armed conflict pp. 116-124

Preeti Patel, Bayard Roberts, Lesong Conteh, Samantha Guy and Louise Lee-Jones

Worldwide violence against women legislation: An equity approach pp. 125-133

Gaby Ortiz-Barreda, Carmen Vives-Cases and Diana Gil-González

Active pharmaceutical management strategies of health insurance systems to improve cost-effective use of medicines in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of current evidence pp. 134-143

Laura Faden, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Dennis Ross-Degnan and Anita Wagner

Satisfaction of patients: A right to health indicator? pp. 144-150

Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga and Philippe Chastonay

Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: Results from the World Health Survey pp. 151-158

Anita K. Wagner, Amy Johnson Graves, Sheila K. Reiss, Robert LeCates, Fang Zhang and Dennis Ross-Degnan

Guatemala: The economic burden of illness and health system implications pp. 159-166

Diana M. Bowser and Ajay Mahal

Health policy processes in maternal health: A comparison of Vietnam, India and China pp. 167-173

Andrew Green, Nancy Gerein, Tolib Mirzoev, Philippa Bird, Stephen Pearson, Le Vu Anh, Tim Martineau, Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Xu Qian, K.V. Ramani and Werner Soors

Evolution of primary care in China 1997-2009 pp. 174-180

Onil Bhattacharyya, Yin Delu, Sabrina T. Wong and Chen Bowen

Tracking the effectiveness of health care reform in China: A case study of community health centers in a district of Beijing pp. 181-188

Xuanchuan Zhang, Li-Wu Chen, Keith Mueller, Qiao Yu, Jiapeng Liu and Ge Lin

Nonemergent emergency department visits under the National Health Insurance in Taiwan pp. 189-195

Jeffrey Che-Hung Tsai, Wen-Yi Chen and Yia-Wun Liang

Underuse of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers among patients with diabetic nephropathy in Taiwan pp. 196-202

Hseng-Long Yeh, Li-Ying Huang, Syi Su, Ming-Chin Yang and Ting-Chung Wang

The equality of resource allocation in health care under the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan pp. 203-210

Victor B. Kreng and Chi-Tien Yang

Perspective from health professionals on delivery of sub-acute care in Hong Kong: A qualitative study in a health system pp. 211-218

Eliza L.Y. Wong, Carrie H.K. Yam, Frank W.K. Chan, Annie W.L. Cheung, Fiona Y.Y. Wong, S. Griffiths and E.K. Yeoh

Health care prioritization in ageing societies: Influence of age, education, health literacy and culture pp. 219-233

Benise Mak, Jean Woo, Ann Bowling, Florens Wong and Pui Hing Chau

Prevalence and lifetime healthcare cost of cerebral palsy in South Korea pp. 234-238

Moon Seok Park, Se Jin Kim, Chin Youb Chung, Dae Gyu Kwon, In Ho Choi and Kyoung Min Lee

Relationship between catastrophic health expenditures and household incomes and expenditure patterns in South Korea pp. 239-246

Younhee Kim and Bongmin Yang

Population strategies and high-risk-individual strategies for road safety in Japan pp. 247-255

Shinji Nakahara, Masao Ichikawa and Akio Kimura

Reform towards National Health Insurance in Malaysia: The equity implications pp. 256-263

Chai Ping Yu, David K. Whynes and Tracey H. Sach

An approach to building the case for nutrition policies to limit trans-fat intake - A Singapore case study pp. 264-272

Andy S.L. Tan

Expanding health insurance to increase health care utilization: Will it have different effects in rural vs. urban areas? pp. 273-281

Erlyana Erlyana, Kannika Damrongplasit and Glenn Melnick

Noncommunicable chronic disease in Bangladesh: Overview of existing programs and priorities going forward pp. 282-289

Sara N. Bleich, Tracey L.P. Koehlmoos, Mashida Rashid, David H. Peters and Gerard Anderson

Estimating drowning deaths in Northern Iran using capture-recapture method pp. 290-296

Ali Davoudi Kiakalayeh, Reza Mohammadi, Diana Stark Ekman, Shahrokh Yousefzade-Chabok, Firoz Behboudi and Bjarne Jansson

Vaccination against hepatitis B among prisoners in Iran: Accelerated vs. classic vaccination pp. 297-304

Ali Asghar Zolghadr Asli, Mohsen Moghadami, Nima Zamiri, Hamid Reza Tolide-ei, Seyyed Taghi Heydari, Seyed Moayed Alavian and Kamran B. Lankarani

Tetanus seroepidemiology and factors influencing immunity status among farmers of advanced age pp. 305-309

Serkan Öncü, Mete Önde, Selcen Öncü, Filiz Ergin and BarçIn Öztürk

Distance and socioeconomic status as a health service predictor on the periphery in the southern region of Israel pp. 310-316

Hasia Lubetzky, Michael Friger, Lora Warshawsky-Livne and Shifra Shvarts

Does larger really mean safer? (Comment on Gaal, S. et al., 2010, Patient safety features are more present in larger primary care practices, Health Policy, 97:87-91) pp. 317-317

Helen Elizabeth Bolger-Harris

Response to "Does larger really mean safer?" pp. 318-318

Sander Gaal, Pieter van den Hombergh, Wim Verstappen and Michel Wensing

Volume 100, issue 2, 2011

Power of the process: Evaluating the impact of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control negotiations pp. 107-115

Heather Wipfli and Grace Huang

A review of global mechanisms for tracking official development assistance for health in countries affected by armed conflict pp. 116-124

Preeti Patel, Bayard Roberts, Lesong Conteh, Samantha Guy and Louise Lee-Jones

Worldwide violence against women legislation: An equity approach pp. 125-133

Gaby Ortiz-Barreda, Carmen Vives-Cases and Diana Gil-González

Active pharmaceutical management strategies of health insurance systems to improve cost-effective use of medicines in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of current evidence pp. 134-143

Laura Faden, Catherine Vialle-Valentin, Dennis Ross-Degnan and Anita Wagner

Satisfaction of patients: A right to health indicator? pp. 144-150

Emmanuel Kabengele Mpinga and Philippe Chastonay

Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: Results from the World Health Survey pp. 151-158

Anita K. Wagner, Amy Johnson Graves, Sheila K. Reiss, Robert LeCates, Fang Zhang and Dennis Ross-Degnan

Guatemala: The economic burden of illness and health system implications pp. 159-166

Diana M. Bowser and Ajay Mahal

Health policy processes in maternal health: A comparison of Vietnam, India and China pp. 167-173

Andrew Green, Nancy Gerein, Tolib Mirzoev, Philippa Bird, Stephen Pearson, Le Vu Anh, Tim Martineau, Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Xu Qian, K.V. Ramani and Werner Soors

Evolution of primary care in China 1997–2009 pp. 174-180

Onil Bhattacharyya, Yin Delu, Sabrina T. Wong and Chen Bowen

Tracking the effectiveness of health care reform in China: A case study of community health centers in a district of Beijing pp. 181-188

Xuanchuan Zhang, Li-Wu Chen, Keith Mueller, Qiao Yu, Jiapeng Liu and Ge Lin

Nonemergent emergency department visits under the National Health Insurance in Taiwan pp. 189-195

Jeffrey Che-Hung Tsai, Wen-Yi Chen and Yia-Wun Liang

Underuse of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers among patients with diabetic nephropathy in Taiwan pp. 196-202

Hseng-Long Yeh, Li-Ying Huang, Syi Su, Ming-Chin Yang and Ting-Chung Wang

The equality of resource allocation in health care under the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan pp. 203-210

Victor B. Kreng and Chi-Tien Yang

Perspective from health professionals on delivery of sub-acute care in Hong Kong: A qualitative study in a health system pp. 211-218

Eliza L.Y. Wong, Carrie H.K. Yam, Frank W.K. Chan, Annie W.L. Cheung, Fiona Y.Y. Wong, S. Griffiths and E.K. Yeoh

Health care prioritization in ageing societies: Influence of age, education, health literacy and culture pp. 219-233

Benise Mak, Jean Woo, Ann Bowling, Florens Wong and Pui Hing Chau

Prevalence and lifetime healthcare cost of cerebral palsy in South Korea pp. 234-238

Moon Seok Park, Se Jin Kim, Chin Youb Chung, Dae Gyu Kwon, In Ho Choi and Kyoung Min Lee

Relationship between catastrophic health expenditures and household incomes and expenditure patterns in South Korea pp. 239-246

Younhee Kim and Bongmin Yang

Population strategies and high-risk-individual strategies for road safety in Japan pp. 247-255

Shinji Nakahara, Masao Ichikawa and Akio Kimura

Reform towards National Health Insurance in Malaysia: The equity implications pp. 256-263

Chai Ping Yu, David K. Whynes and Tracey H. Sach

An approach to building the case for nutrition policies to limit trans-fat intake – A Singapore case study pp. 264-272

Andy S.L. Tan

Expanding health insurance to increase health care utilization: Will it have different effects in rural vs. urban areas? pp. 273-281

Erlyana Erlyana, Kannika Damrongplasit and Glenn Melnick

Noncommunicable chronic disease in Bangladesh: Overview of existing programs and priorities going forward pp. 282-289

Sara N. Bleich, Tracey L.P. Koehlmoos, Mashida Rashid, David H. Peters and Gerard Anderson

Estimating drowning deaths in Northern Iran using capture–recapture method pp. 290-296

Ali Davoudi Kiakalayeh, Reza Mohammadi, Diana Stark Ekman, Shahrokh Yousefzade-Chabok, Firoz Behboudi and Bjarne Jansson

Vaccination against hepatitis B among prisoners in Iran: Accelerated vs. classic vaccination pp. 297-304

Ali Asghar Zolghadr Asli, Mohsen Moghadami, Nima Zamiri, Hamid Reza Tolide-ei, Seyyed Taghi Heydari, Seyed Moayed Alavian and Kamran B. Lankarani

Tetanus seroepidemiology and factors influencing immunity status among farmers of advanced age pp. 305-309

Serkan Öncü, Mete Önde, Selcen Öncü, Filiz Ergin and Barçın Öztürk

Distance and socioeconomic status as a health service predictor on the periphery in the southern region of Israel pp. 310-316

Hasia Lubetzky, Michael Friger, Lora Warshawsky-Livne and Shifra Shvarts

Volume 100, issue 1, 2011

Health Policy's future course pp. 1-3

Reinhard Busse

The cost of drug development: A systematic review pp. 4-17

Steve Morgan, Paul Grootendorst, Joel Lexchin, Colleen Cunningham and Devon Greyson

A dynamic perspective on pharmaceutical competition, drug development and cost effectiveness pp. 18-24

Rodrigo Refoios Camejo, Clare McGrath and Ron Herings

Priority setting for orphan drugs: An international comparison pp. 25-34

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

The introduction of new interventional procedures in the British National Health Service--A qualitative study pp. 35-42

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

Medical technology procurement in Europe: A cross-country comparison of current practice and policy pp. 43-50

Corinna Sorenson and Panos Kanavos

Diffusion of medical technology: The role of financing pp. 51-59

Giulia Cappellaro, Simone Ghislandi and Eugenio Anessi-Pessina

Rendering hospital budgets volume based and open ended to reduce waiting lists: Does it work? pp. 60-70

Aart R. van de Vijsel, Peter M. Engelfriet and Gert P. Westert

Fiscal decentralization in the Italian NHS: What happens to interregional redistribution? pp. 71-80

Caterina Ferrario and Alberto Zanardi

The role of supplemental coverage in a universal health insurance system: Some Canadian evidence pp. 81-90

Rose Anne Devlin, Sisira Sarma and Qi Zhang

Do established health-related quality-of-life measures adequately capture the impact of chronic conditions on subjective well-being? pp. 91-95

Petri Böckerman, Edvard Johansson and Samuli I. Saarni

Health span or life span: The role of patient-reported outcomes in informing health policy pp. 96-104

Sungwon Chang, Leila Gholizadeh, Yenna Salamonson, Michelle DiGiacomo, Vasiliki Betihavas and Patricia M. Davidson