Health Policy

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Volume 93, issue 2-3, 2009

Severity of illness and priority setting in healthcare: A review of the literature pp. 77-84

Koonal Shah

Methods for assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions: Key challenges and recommendations pp. 85-92

Helen Weatherly, Michael Drummond, Karl Claxton, Richard Cookson, Brian Ferguson, Christine Godfrey, Nigel Rice, Mark Sculpher and Amanda Sowden

Health Visiting--The end of a UK wide service? pp. 93-101

Robert Alan James Hoskins

The impact of information on patient preferences in different delivery patterns: A contingent valuation study of prescription versus OTC drugs pp. 102-110

Karine Lamiraud, Konrade von Bremen and Cam Donaldson

Inequality of access to health care among the urban elderly in northwestern China pp. 111-117

Juhua Luo, Xiulan Zhang, Chenggang Jin and Dongmin Wang

Implementing new modes of governance in the New Zealand health system: An empirical study pp. 118-127

Pauline Barnett, Tim Tenbensel, Jacqueline Cumming, Clare Clayden, Toni Ashton, Megan Pledger and Mili Burnette

Uncertainty inclusion in budgeting technology adoption at a hospital level: Evidence from a multiple case study pp. 128-136

Emanuele Lettieri

Social determinants of emergency utilization associated with patterns of care pp. 137-142

Mei-Ju Chi, Shwu-Chong Wu, Ding-Cheng Chan and Chien-Chang Lee

A tutorial on discrete-event simulation for health policy design and decision making: Optimizing pediatric ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia as an illustration pp. 143-150

Sabrina Ramwadhdoebe, Erik Buskens, Ralph J.B. Sakkers and James E. Stahl

Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey pp. 151-156

Hanan F. Abdul-Rahim, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen "Mohammad Elias" and Laura Wick

Abandoned babies and absent policies pp. 157-164

Joanne Mueller and Lorraine Sherr

Pharmaceutical reforms: Implications through comparisons of Korea and Japan pp. 165-171

Hyoung-Sun Jeong

Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study pp. 172-179

Martin Lindström

Improving post-stroke health outcomes: Can facilitated care help? pp. 180-187

Beste Kucukyazici, Vedat Verter, Lyne Nadeau and Nancy E. Mayo

On evaluating the impact of flexibility enhancing strategies on the performance of nurse schedules pp. 188-200

Wen-Ya Wang, Diwakar Gupta and Sandra Potthoff

Local health campaigns to reduce lung cancers induced by radon and smoking--Who responds? pp. 201-206

Antony Roger Denman, Karen Timson, George Shield, Christopher John Groves-Kirkby, Stephen Rogers, Jackie Ann Campbell and Paul Scott Phillips

Determining policy-relevant formats for the presentation of falls research evidence pp. 207-213

Caroline F Finch, Lesley Day, Alex Donaldson, Leonie Segal and James E Harrison

An analysis of the costs and treatment success of collaborative arrangements among public and private providers for tuberculosis control in Indonesia pp. 214-224

Benjamin Johns, Ari Probandari, Yodi Mahendradhata and Riris Andono Ahmad

Public health, politicians' decisions, and the citizen pp. 225-225

Alain Braillon and Gérard Dubois

Erratum to "News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States" [Health Policy 86 (2008) 42-52] pp. 226-227

Katherine Clegg Smith, Catherine Siebel, Luu Pham, Juhee Cho, Rachel Friedman Singer, Frank Chaloupka, Michael Griswold and Melanie Wakefield

Volume 93, issue 1, 2009

Primary health care in New Zealand: Who has access? pp. 1-10

Santosh Jatrana and Peter Crampton

Problems and challenges for palliative care: What are the views of different stakeholders on the meso and macro level of the health system? pp. 11-20

Nils Schneider, Sara Lena Lückmann, Mareike Behmann and Susanne Bisson

Utilization, cost, payment, and patient satisfaction of rehabilitative services in Shandong, China pp. 21-26

Mei Zhao, D. Rob Haley, JoAnn M. Nolin, Kerry Dunning, Jian Wang and Qiangsan Sun

The choice of obstetric care by low-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands: Implications for policy and management pp. 27-34

Milena Pavlova, Marijke Hendrix, Elvira Nouwens, Jan Nijhuis and Godefridus van Merode

Hospital investment policy in France: Pathways to efficiency and the efficiency of the pathways pp. 35-40

Isabelle Guerrero, Philippe R. Mossé and Vaughan Rogers

Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, India pp. 41-47

Ayesha De Costa, Abdullah Al-Muniri, Vinod K. Diwan and Bo Eriksson

Health services, psychiatry and citizenship in a globalizing world: A perspective from Ireland pp. 48-54

Brendan D. Kelly

A framework for analysing migrant health policies in Europe pp. 55-63

Philipa Mladovsky

Governance in non-for-profit hospitals: Effects of board members' remuneration and expertise on CEO compensation pp. 64-75

Eddy Cardinaels

Volume 92, issue 2-3, 2009

The impact of generic substitution on the turnover and gross margin of pharmaceutical companies a survey 1 year and 5 years after the introduction of generic substitution in Finland pp. 116-123

Johanna Timonen, Pekka Karttunen, Marina Bengtström and Riitta Ahonen

Overcoming barriers to priority setting using interdisciplinary methods pp. 124-132

Stuart Peacock, Craig Mitton, Angela Bate, Bonnie McCoy and Cam Donaldson

Using decision analysis to improve malaria control policy making pp. 133-140

Randall Kramer, Katherine L. Dickinson, Richard M. Anderson, Vance G. Fowler, Marie Lynn Miranda, Clifford M. Mutero, Kathryn A. Saterson and Jonathan B. Wiener

Social network analysis in primary care: The impact of interactions on prescribing behaviour pp. 141-148

Giovanni Fattore, Francesca Frosini, Domenico Salvatore and Valeria Tozzi

Planning the optimal level of local maternity service for small rural communities: A systems study in British Columbia pp. 149-157

Stefan Grzybowski, Jude Kornelsen and Nadine Schuurman

Hospital response to a global budget program under universal health insurance in Taiwan pp. 158-164

Shou-Hsia Cheng, Chi-Chen Chen and Wei-Ling Chang

Decentralization of HIV care in Cameroon: Increased access to antiretroviral treatment and associated persistent barriers pp. 165-173

Sandrine Loubiere, Sylvie Boyer, Camelia Protopopescu, Cécile Renée Bonono, Séverin-Cécile Abega, Bruno Spire and Jean-Paul Moatti

Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso pp. 174-179

Hengjin Dong, Manuela De Allegri, Devendra Gnawali, Aurélia Souares and Rainer Sauerborn

Association between general practice referral rates and patients' socioeconomic status and access to specialised health care: A population-based nationwide study pp. 180-186

Torben Højmark Sørensen, Kim Rose Olsen and Peter Vedsted

Marketing and pricing strategies of online pharmacies pp. 187-196

Rosella Levaggi, Grazia Orizio, Serena Domenighini, Maura Bressanelli, Peter J. Schulz, Claudia Zani, Luigi Caimi and Umberto Gelatti

Does the workplace-smoking ban eliminate differences in risk for environmental tobacco smoke exposure at work? pp. 197-202

Wendy M.I. Verdonk-Kleinjan, Ronald A. Knibbe, Frans E.S. Tan, Marc C. Willemsen, Henk N. de Groot and Hein de Vries

Language barriers in health and social care consultations in the community: A comparative study of responses in Ireland and England pp. 203-210

Anne MacFarlane, Carrie Singleton and Eileen Green

Care for chronic conditions for indigenous Australians: Key informants' perspectives on policy pp. 211-217

Juan Baeza, Ross Bailie and Jenny M. Lewis

Balancing adoption and affordability of medical devices in Europe pp. 218-224

Jonas Schreyögg, Michael Bäumler and Reinhard Busse

Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning pp. 225-233

Gail Tomblin Murphy, George Kephart, Lynn Lethbridge, Linda O'Brien-Pallas and Stephen Birch

Activity-based costing evaluation of a [18F]-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study pp. 234-243

Bruno Krug, Annie Van Zanten, Anne-Sophie Pirson, Ralph Crott and Thierry Vander Borght

A future estimate of physician distribution in hospitals and clinics in Japan pp. 244-249

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

Who is giving up the free lunch? The insured patients' decision to access health insurance benefits and its determinants: Evidence from a low-income country pp. 250-258

Ardeshir Sepehri, Sisira Sarma and John Serieux

Decision makers' experiences of prioritisation and views about how to finance healthcare costs pp. 259-267

Elisabet Werntoft and Anna-Karin Edberg

Utilization of health technologies--Do not look where there is a light; shine your light where there is a need to look!: Relating national health goals with resource allocation decision-making; illustration through examining the Israeli healthcare system pp. 268-275

Oren Shavit

Hospital supplements in Belgium: Price variation and regulation pp. 276-287

Ann Lecluyse, Carine Van de Voorde, Diana De Graeve, Erik Schokkaert and Tom Van Ourti

Drugs, sex, money and power: An HPV vaccine case study pp. 288-295

Marion Haas, Toni Ashton, Kerstin Blum, Terkel Christiansen, Elena Conis, Luca Crivelli, Meng Kin Lim, Melanie Lisac, Margaret MacAdam and Sophia Schlette

Time-driven activity-based costing in an outpatient clinic environment: Development, relevance and managerial impact pp. 296-304

Nathalie Demeere, Kristof Stouthuysen and Filip Roodhooft

Purchasing health care in China: Competing or non-competing third-party purchasers? pp. 305-312

Weiwei Xu and Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven

Funding health technologies in decentralized systems: A comparison between Italy and Spain pp. 313-321

Giulia Cappellaro, Giovanni Fattore and Aleksandra Torbica

Volume 92, issue 1, 2009

A systematic review of the literature comparing the practices of dispensing and non-dispensing doctors pp. 1-9

David Lim, Jon Emery, Janice Lewis and V Bruce Sunderland

The cost-effectiveness of integrated home care and discharge practice for home care patients pp. 10-20

Teija Hammar, Pekka Rissanen and Marja-Leena Perälä

Evaluation of national pandemic management policies--A hazard analysis of critical control points approach pp. 21-26

Ralf Krumkamp, Amena Ahmad, Annette Kassen, Lulu Hjarnoe, Ahmed M. Syed, Arja R. Aro and Ralf Reintjes

Funding and access to high cost medicines in public hospitals in Australia: Decision-makers' perspectives pp. 27-34

Gisselle Gallego, Susan Joyce Taylor and Jo-anne Elizabeth Brien

Differences in general practice initiated expenditures across Danish local health authorities--A multilevel analysis pp. 35-42

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

Capacity to control noncommunicable diseases in the countries of South-East Asia pp. 43-48

Jerzy Leowski and Anand Krishnan

The impact of the First Steps prenatal care program on birth outcomes among women receiving Medicaid in Washington State pp. 49-54

Yuzo Arima, Brandon L. Guthrie, Isaac C. Rhew and Anneclaire J. De Roos

The population-level impacts of a national health insurance program and franchise midwife clinics on achievement of prenatal and delivery care standards in the Philippines pp. 55-64

Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Madeleine R. Valera, Alyce S. Adams and Dennis Ross-Degnan

The impact of a new payment system with case-mix measurement on hospital practices for breast cancer patients in Japan pp. 65-72

Hiroyo Kuwabara and Kiyohide Fushimi

How firms set prices for medical materials: A multi-country study pp. 73-78

Hiroo Ide and Salih Mollahaliloglu

Policy statements and practice guidelines for medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions: Developments in the past decade pp. 79-88

H. Roeline W. Pasman, Johanna E. Hanssen-de Wolf, Berniek A.M. Hesselink, Agnes van der Heide, Gerrit van der Wal, Paul J. van der Maas and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen

An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of policy navigators to improve access to care for the poor in the Philippines pp. 89-95

Orville Jose Solon, John W. Peabody, Kimberly Woo, Stella Luz Quimbo, Jhiedon Florentino and Riti Shimkhada

Is community-based health insurance an equitable strategy for paying for healthcare? Experiences from southeast Nigeria pp. 96-102

Obinna Onwujekwe, Chima Onoka, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Chijioke Okoli, Eric Obikeze and Soludo Eze

Corrigendum to "Economic evaluations of maintaining patient safety systems in teaching hospitals" [Health Policy 88 (2008) 381-391] pp. 103-104

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka, Masahiro Hirose and Kenshi Hayashida

Corrigendum to "Factors associated with system-level activities for patient safety and infection control" [Health Policy 89 (2009) 26-36] pp. 105-105

Haruhisa Fukuda, Yuichi Imanaka, Masahiro Hirose and Kenshi Hayashida