Health Policy

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Volume 97, issue 2-3, 2010

Evidence-based practices in addiction treatment: Review and recommendations for public policy pp. 93-104

Suzette Glasner-Edwards and Richard Rawson

Unravelling the concept of consumer preference: Implications for health policy and optimal planning in primary care pp. 105-112

Michele M. Foster, Peter Earl, Terry P. Haines and Geoffrey K. Mitchell

An integrated health and social care organisation in Sweden: Creation and structure of a unique local public health and social care system pp. 113-121

John Øvretveit, Johan Hansson and Mats Brommels

Patterns in the use of benzodiazepines in British Columbia: Examining the impact of increasing research and guideline cautions against long-term use pp. 122-129

Colleen M. Cunningham, Gillian E. Hanley and Steve Morgan

Assessment of the impact of market regulation in Mali on the price of essential medicines provided through the private sector pp. 130-135

Diadié Maïga and Bryn Williams-Jones

State-level tobacco control policies and youth smoking cessation measures pp. 136-144

Cindy Tworek, Ryoko Yamaguchi, Deborah D. Kloska, Sherry Emery, Dianne C. Barker, Gary A. Giovino, Patrick M. O'Malley and Frank Chaloupka

Healthcare reform: Maternity service provision in Ireland pp. 145-151

Patricia Kennedy

Working conditions of nurses and absenteeism: Is there a relationship? An empirical analysis using National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses pp. 152-159

Sameer Rajbhandary and Kisalaya Basu

Attitudes of health care professionals, relatives of advanced cancer patients and public towards euthanasia and physician assisted suicide pp. 160-165

Efi Parpa, Kyriaki Mystakidou, Eleni Tsilika, Pavlos Sakkas, Elisabeth Patiraki, Kyriaki Pistevou-Gombaki, Ourania Govina, Irene Panagiotou, Antonis Galanos and Athanasios Gouliamos

Judgment of unbearable suffering and willingness to grant a euthanasia request by Dutch general practitioners pp. 166-172

Donald van Tol, Judith Rietjens and Agnes van der Heide

A comparative study of European rare disease and orphan drug markets pp. 173-179

Alain Denis, Lut Mergaert, Christel Fostier, Irina Cleemput and Steven Simoens

Obesity, smoking, and cigarette taxes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Surveys pp. 180-186

Anindya Sen, Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir and Alan Wilson

Inadequate pre-antiretroviral care, stock-out of antiretroviral drugs and stigma: Policy challenges/bottlenecks to the new WHO recommendations for earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (CDÂ pp. 187-194

Lubega Muhamadi, Xavier Nsabagasani, Mbona Nazarius Tumwesigye, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Anna-Mia Ekström, Stefan Peterson and George Pariyo

Determinants of parental support for governmental alcohol control policies pp. 195-201

Joris J. Van Hoof, Jordy F. Gosselt and Menno D.T. de Jong

IVF policies with emphasis on Israeli practices pp. 202-208

Frida Simonstein

Community and health system factors associated with facility delivery in rural Tanzania: A multilevel analysis pp. 209-216

Margaret E. Kruk, Peter C. Rockers, Godfrey Mbaruku, Magdalena M. Paczkowski and Sandro Galea

Explaining the demand for pharmaceuticals in Spain: Are there differences in drug consumption between foreigners and the Spanish population? pp. 217-224

Dolores Jiménez-Rubio and Cristina Hernández-Quevedo

A patient mobility framework that travels: European and United States-Mexican comparisons pp. 225-231

Miriam J. Laugesen and Arturo Vargas-Bustamante

Staff attrition among community health workers in home-based care programmes for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya pp. 232-237

Charles Omondi Olang'o, Isaac K. Nyamongo and Jens Aagaard-Hansen

A policy to promote influenza vaccination: A behavioral economic approach pp. 238-249

Yoshiro Tsutsui, Uri Benzion, Shosh Shahrabani and Gregory Yom Din

How much of the income inequality effect can be explained by public policy? Evidence from oral health in Brazil pp. 250-258

Roger Keller Celeste and Paulo Nadanovsky

Self-rated health status transition and long-term care need, of the oldest Chinese pp. 259-266

Rong Peng, Li Ling and Qun He

Using micro-simulation to create a synthesised data set and test policy options: The case of health service effects under demographic ageing pp. 267-274

Peter Davis, Roy Lay-Yee and Janet Pearson

Volume 97, issue 1, 2010

The evolution of smoke-free spaces policy literature: A bibliometric analysis pp. 1-7

Candace I.J. Nykiforuk, Gillian E. Osler and Sarah Viehbeck

Pharmaceutical supply chain in China: Current issues and implications for health system reform pp. 8-15

Xuan Yu, Cheng Li, Yuhua Shi and Min Yu

Differential effects of out-of-home day care in improving child nutrition and augmenting maternal income among those with and without childcare support: A prospective before-after comparison study in Pokhara, Nepal pp. 16-25

Shinji Nakahara, Krishna C. Poudel, Milan Lopchan, Om Raj Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar and Masao Ichikawa

"It is more than the issue of taking tablets": The interplay between migration policies and TB control in Sweden pp. 26-31

Asli Kulane, Beth M. Ahlberg and Ingela Berggren

Attitudes towards mandatory national premarital screening for hereditary hemolytic disorders pp. 32-37

Jumana Y. Al-Aama

A report card on the physician work force: Israeli health care market--Past experience and future prospects pp. 38-43

Asaf Toker, Shifra Shvarts, Shimon Glick and Haim Reuveni

Making sense of delays in outpatient specialty care: A system perspective pp. 44-52

Rouppe van der Voort, Marc (MBV), (gg) van Merode, Frits and Berden, Bart (hjjm)

Patterns of health care use and expenditure during the last 6 months of life in Belgium: Differences between age categories in cancer and non-cancer patients pp. 53-61

Birgit Gielen, Anne Remacle and Raf Mertens

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: An uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts pp. 62-70

Richard Matzopoulos, Brett Bowman, Shanaaz Mathews and Jonny Myers

The discrepancy in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications diffusion: 1994-2003--A global pharmaceutical data analysis pp. 71-78

Hui-Chu Lang, Richard M. Scheffler and Teh-wei Hu

The differential effects of full-time and part-time work status on breastfeeding pp. 79-86

Bidisha Mandal, Brian Roe and Sara Beck Fein

Patient safety features are more present in larger primary care practices pp. 87-91

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

Volume 96, issue 3, 2010

Linking payment to health outcomes: A taxonomy and examination of performance-based reimbursement schemes between healthcare payers and manufacturers pp. 179-190

Josh J. Carlson, Sean D. Sullivan, Louis P. Garrison, Peter J. Neumann and David L. Veenstra

Managing diabetes-related costs and quality of life issues: Value of insulin analogs and pens for inpatient use pp. 191-199

Susan Cornell

Translating knowledge into policy and action to promote health equity: The Health Equity Fund policy process in Cambodia 2000-2008 pp. 200-209

Por Ir, Maryam Bigdeli, Bruno Meessen and Wim Van Damme

Preference for private hospital-based maternity services in inner-city Lagos, Nigeria: An observational study pp. 210-216

Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Alero A. Roberts, Tolulope F. Olufunlayo and Victor A. Inem

Long-term care in Israel: Challenges and reform options pp. 217-225

Dov Chernichovsky, Michal Koreh, Sharon Soffer and Shirley Avrami

Determinants of childhood burns in rural Bangladesh: A nested case-control study pp. 226-230

Saidur R. Mashreky, Aminur Rahman, Tabassum F. Khan, Leif Svanström and Fazlur Rahman

Assessing the impact of state insurance policies on chlamydia screening: A panel data analysis pp. 231-238

Kwame Owusu-Edusei and Thomas L. Gift

Self-employment, specialty choice, and geographical distribution of physicians in Japan: A comparison with the United States pp. 239-244

Masatoshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Inoue, Robert Bowman and Eiji Kajii

Priority setting in practice: Participants opinions on vertical and horizontal priority setting for reallocation pp. 245-254

Susanne Waldau, Lars Lindholm and Anna Helena Wiechel

Geographical distributions of physicians in Japan and US: Impact of healthcare system on physician dispersal pattern pp. 255-261

Masatoshi Matsumoto, Kazuo Inoue, Robert Bowman, Satomi Noguchi, Satoshi Toyokawa and Eiji Kajii

Multi-criteria decision analysis to prioritize health interventions: Capitalizing on first experiences pp. 262-264

Rob Baltussen, Sitapon Youngkong, Francesco Paolucci and Louis Niessen

Volume 96, issue 2, 2010

Competition and integration in Swedish health care pp. 91-97

Bengt Ahgren

Vouchers as demand side financing instruments for health care: A review of the Bangladesh maternal voucher scheme pp. 98-107

Jean-Olivier Schmidt, Tim Ensor, Atia Hossain and Salam Khan

Evaluation of policies to support drug development in New Zealand pp. 108-117

Michelle Lockhart, Zaheer Ud-Din Babar and Sanjay Garg

Structure and management of tuberculosis control programs in fragile states--Afghanistan, DR Congo, Haiti, Somalia pp. 118-127

Verena Mauch, Diana Weil, Aayid Munim, Francois Boillot, Rudi Coninx, Sevil Huseynova, Clydette Powell, Akihiro Seita, Henriette Wembanyama and Susan van den Hof

National implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI): Policy constraints and strategies pp. 128-133

Haitham M. Ahmed, Marc Mitchell and Bethany Hedt

Pandemic planning in pediatric care: A website policy review and national survey data pp. 134-142

David Nicholas, Clare Patershuk, Donna Koller, Cindy Bruce-Barrett, Lucy Lach, Randi Zlotnik Shaul and Anne Matlow

Public policy and the dependency of nursing home residents in Australia: 1968-69 to 2006-07 pp. 143-153

Susan Gargett

Global immunization policy making processes pp. 154-159

Maggie Bryson, Philippe Duclos and Ann Jolly

Do we have primary health care reform? The story of the Republic of Serbia pp. 160-169

Snezana Simic, Milena Santric Milicevic, Bojana Matejic, Jelena Marinkovic and Orvill Adams

The clinical and economic burden of non-adherence with oral bisphosphonates in osteoporotic patients pp. 170-177

Mickaël Hiligsmann, Véronique Rabenda, Olivier Bruyère and Jean-Yves Reginster

Volume 96, issue 1, 2010

A canary in the coal mine: Documenting citizenship and identity in the State of Massachusetts pp. 1-6

Richard M. Kwong and Edward Alan Miller

Changes in clinical practice and patient disposition following the introduction of point-of-care testing in a rural hospital pp. 7-12

Katharina Blattner, Garry Nixon, Susan Dovey, Chrystal Jaye and John Wigglesworth

Attitudes of stakeholders and policymakers in the healthcare system towards the provision of spiritual care in Israel pp. 13-19

Netta Bentur, Shirli Resnitzky and Abram Sterne

Child psychiatry in the Finnish health care reform: National criteria for treatment access pp. 20-27

Pälvi Kaukonen, Raili K. Salmelin, Ilona Luoma, Kaija Puura, Mervi Rutanen, Tarja Pukuri and Tuula Tamminen

Trends and costs of overtime among nurses in Canada pp. 28-35

Sharla Drebit, Karen Ngan, Mande Hay and Hasanat Alamgir

'Opting-in or opting-out?'--The views of the UK's faith leaders in relation to organ donation pp. 36-44

Gurch Randhawa, Anna Brocklehurst, Ruth Pateman, Suzannah Kinsella and Vivienne Parry

Coping with the challenges of living in an Indonesian residential institution pp. 45-50

Stanley Wanat, Jill Whisnant, Daryn Reicherter, Brent Solvason, Sarah Juul, Brian Penrose and Cheryl Koopman

Financial incentives in the German Statutory Health Insurance: New findings, new questions pp. 51-56

Stephanie Stock, Harald Schmidt, Guido Büscher, Andreas Gerber, Anna Drabik, Christian Graf, Markus Lüngen and Björn Stollenwerk

The public's perspectives on advance directives: Implications for state legislative and regulatory policy pp. 57-63

Keshia M. Pollack, Dan Morhaim and Michael A. Williams

Public hospital management in times of crisis: Lessons learned from Cienfuegos, Cuba (1996-2008) pp. 64-71

Pol De Vos, Pedro Orduñez-García, Moisés Santos-Peña and Patrick Van der Stuyft

Informal payments for healthcare: Differences in expenditures from consumers and providers perspectives for treatment of malaria in Nigeria pp. 72-79

Obinna Onwujekwe, Nkem Dike, Benjamin Uzochukwu and Ogochukwu Ezeoke

Hospital management training and improvement in managerial skills: Serbian experience pp. 80-89

Zorica Terzic Supic, Vesna Bjegovic, Jelena Marinkovic, Milena Santric Milicevic and Vladimir Vasic