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Volume 91, issue Supplement 1, 2009

Foreword pp. S1-S2

Luke Clancy

Progress in Tobacco Control pp. S3-S14

Luke Clancy

Smoking cessation: How compelling is the evidence? A review pp. S15-S25

Philip Tønnesen

Smoking cessation should have more emphasis within Tobacco Control? The case against pp. S26-S30

Gérard Dubois

Smoking cessation should have more emphasis within Tobacco Control? The case for pp. S31-S36

C.T. Bolliger

Q&A session: Audience: attendees at ECToH Basel 2007 pp. S37-S38

Luke Clancy

Volume 91, issue 3, 2009

Public and private healthcare services utilization by non-institutional elderly in Hong Kong: Is the inverse care law operating? pp. 229-238

Ho-Kwan Yam, Stewart W. Mercer, Lai-Yi Wong, Wan-Kin Chan and Eng-Kiong Yeoh

Searching for cost effectiveness thresholds in the NHS pp. 239-245

John Appleby, Nancy Devlin, David Parkin, Martin Buxton and Kalipso Chalkidou

Toward quality improvement of cardiovascular surgery in Japan: An estimation of regionalization effects from a nationwide survey pp. 246-251

Hiroaki Miyata, Noboru Motomura, Masaakira J. Kondo, Kiyohide Fushimi, Koichi B. Ishikawa and Shinichi Takamoto

Preferences of older patients and choice of treatment location in the UK: A binary choice experiment pp. 252-257

Jennifer N.W. Lim and Richard Edlin

Casualized employment and turnover intention: Home care workers in Ontario, Canada pp. 258-268

Isik U. Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Sharon Davies and Jennifer Millen Plenderleith

Does subsidy work? Price elasticity of demand for influenza vaccination among the elderly in Japan pp. 269-276

Masahide Kondo, Shu-ling Hoshi and Ichiro Okubo

Nicotine replacement therapy practices in Finland one year after deregulation of the product sales--Has anything changed from the community pharmacy perspective? pp. 277-285

Terhi Kurko, Kari Linden, Mari Vasama, Kirsi Pietilä and Marja Airaksinen

Affiliation with a primary care provider in New Zealand: Who is, who isn't pp. 286-296

Santosh Jatrana and Peter Crampton

Assessing the reliability of household expenditure data: Results of the World Health Survey pp. 297-305

Ke Xu, Frode Ravndal, David B. Evans and Guy Carrin

Consensus on the leadership of hospital CEOs and its impact on the participation of physicians in improvement projects pp. 306-313

Michel L.A. Dückers, Inge Stegeman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Cordula Wagner, Karin Sanders and Peter P. Groenewegen

Insight into capacity planning for cardiac catheterization services: Policy lessons learned from "Looking in the Mirror" over a decade pp. 314-320

Mat Mercuri, Madhu K. Natarajan, Douglas H. Holder, Changchun Xie and Amiram Gafni

Hospital factors associated with clinical data quality pp. 321-326

Jason M. Sutherland and Olafr Steinum

Volume 91, issue 2, 2009

Association between physician density and health care consumption: A systematic review of the evidence pp. 121-134

Christian Léonard, Sabine Stordeur and Dominique Roberfroid

Does social marketing provide a framework for changing healthcare practice? pp. 135-141

Zoë Slote Morris and Peter John Clarkson

Pricing of multiple dosage prescription medications: An analysis of the Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary pp. 142-147

Joel Lexchin

Health workers, quality of care, and child health: Simulating the relationships between increases in health staffing and child length pp. 148-155

Sarah L. Barber and Paul J. Gertler

Palliative care is not yet a well-defined product within the Dutch healthcare insurance system pp. 156-161

Wim J.J. Jansen, Kris C.P. Vissers, Wouter W.A. Zuurmond, Guus P.W.P. van Montfort, Andre Rhebergen and Stephan A. Loer

The statutory duty of physicians to inform patients versus unmet patients' information needs: The case of breast cancer in France pp. 162-173

Nora Moumjid, Cathy Charles, Magali Morelle, Amiram Gafni, Alain Brémond, Fadila Farsi, Tim Whelan and Marie-Odile Carrère

Extension of market exclusivity and its impact on the accessibility to essential medicines, and drug expense in Thailand: Analysis of the effect of TRIPs-Plus proposal pp. 174-182

Chutima Akaleephan, Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Rungpetch Sakulbumrungsil, Paithip Luangruangrong, Anchalee Jitraknathee, Achara Aeksaengsri, Siripa Udomaksorn, Viroj Tangcharoensathien and Sripen Tantivess

Moving on a roundabout at the end of life--What counts?: Waiting times for transfer to sheltered accommodation for older people in Sweden pp. 183-188

Jane Österlind, Görel Hansebo, Rikard Lindqvist and Britt-Marie Ternestedt

Industry views of biosimilar development in Japan pp. 189-194

Hiroshi Horikawa, Mina Tsubouchi and Koji Kawakami

French pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children pp. 195-203

Carine Franc, Maaike Van Gerwen, Marc Le Vaillant, Sophia Rosman and Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury

Comparison of outcomes and costs after hip fracture surgery in three hospitals that have different care systems in Japan pp. 204-210

Akiko Kondo, Brenda K. Zierler, Yayoi Isokawa, Hiroshi Hagino and Yayoi Ito

Willingness to pay for weight-control treatment pp. 211-218

Jin-Tan Liu, Meng-Wen Tsou and James Hammitt

Volume 91, issue 1, 2009

The new cooperative medical scheme in China pp. 1-9

Xuedan You and Yasuki Kobayashi

Obesity in the UK: A review and comparative analysis of policies within the devolved administrations pp. 10-16

Primrose Musingarimi

Contracting-in management to strengthen publicly financed primary health services--The experience of Punjab, Pakistan pp. 17-23

Benjamin Loevinsohn, Inaam ul Haq, Agnes Couffinhal and Aakanksha Pande

Unmet healthcare need, gender, and health inequalities in Canada pp. 24-32

Toba Bryant, Chad Leaver and James Dunn

Is the selection of patients for anti-retroviral treatment in Uganda fair?: A qualitative study pp. 33-42

Neema Sofaer, Lydia Kapiriri, Lynn M. Atuyambe, Erasmus Otolok-Tanga and Ole Frithjof Norheim

Challenges for performance assessment and improvement in primary health care: The case of the Portuguese health centres pp. 43-56

Carla Amado and Sérgio Santos

The core determinants of health expenditure in the African context: Some econometric evidence for policy pp. 57-62

Vasudeva N.R. Murthy and Albert Okunade

What does it mean to trust a health system?: A qualitative study of Canadian health care values pp. 63-70

Julia Abelson, Fiona A. Miller and Mita Giacomini

Perceptions of medical malpractice and medical malpractice reform among first- and fourth-year medical students pp. 71-78

Erin T. Kelly and Edward A. Miller

Commissioning NHS dentistry in England: Issues for decision-makers managing the new contract with finite resources pp. 79-88

Richard D. Holmes, Angela Bate, Jimmy G. Steele and Cam Donaldson

Study of awareness among pregnant women of the effects of drugs on the fetus and mother in Iran pp. 89-93

Simin O. Mashayekhi, Maryam Dilmaghanizadeh, Zahra Fardiazar, Roghayeh Bamdad-Moghadam and Fahimeh Ghandforoush-Sattari

Dental service utilization and costs before and after introduction of fluoride gel application for preschool children in Taiwan pp. 94-101

Shu-Fen Chen and Herng-Ching Lin

List of referees 2008 pp. 102-105

Katrien Kesteloot

Volume 90, issue 2-3, 2009

Medical education program with obligatory rural service: Analysis of factors associated with obligation compliance pp. 125-132

Masatoshi Matsumoto and Eiji Kajii

Traditional Chinese medicine in the Chinese health care system pp. 133-139

Judy Xu and Yue Yang

Economic incentives in general practice: The impact of pay-for-participation and pay-for-compliance programs on diabetes care pp. 140-148

Matteo Lippi Bruni, Lucia Nobilio and Cristina Ugolini

Organizational elements of health service related to a reduction in maternal mortality: The cases of Chile and Colombia pp. 149-155

Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez, Veronika J. Wirtz and Gustavo Nigenda

Accreditation at a crossroads: Are we on the right track? pp. 156-165

Nassera Touati and Marie-Pascale Pomey

Necessary organizational changes according to Burke-Litwin model in the head nurses system of management in healthcare and social welfare institutions--The Slovenia experience pp. 166-174

Bojana Filej, Brigita Skela-Savic, Visnja H. Vicic and Narcis Hudorovic

Quality management and patient safety: Survey results from 102 Hungarian hospitals pp. 175-180

Peter Makai, Niek Klazinga, Cordula Wagner, Imre Boncz and László Gulácsi

The medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium and The Netherlands: Legal notification, control and evaluation procedures pp. 181-187

Tinne Smets, Johan Bilsen, Joachim Cohen, Mette L. Rurup, Els De Keyser and Luc Deliens

Do non-profit nursing homes separate governance roles?: The impact of size and ownership characteristics pp. 188-195

Nico Dewaelheyns, Kristof Eeckloo, Gustaaf Van Herck, Cynthia Van Hulle and Arthur Vleugels

Overcoming social and health inequalities among U.S. women of reproductive age--Challenges to the nation's health in the 21st century pp. 196-205

Shahul H. Ebrahim, John E. Anderson, Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, Samuel F. Posner and Hani K. Atrash

Why financial incentives did not reach the poor tuberculosis patients? A qualitative study of a Fidelis funded project in Shanxi, China pp. 206-213

Xiaolin Wei, John Walley, Jin Zhao, Hongyan Yao, Jianjun Liu and James Newell

The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 214-222

Devendra Prasad Gnawali, Subhash Pokhrel, Ali Sié, Mamadou Sanon, Manuela De Allegri, Aurélia Souares, Hengjin Dong and Rainer Sauerborn

Examining catastrophic costs and benefit incidence of subsidized antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme in south-east Nigeria pp. 223-229

Obinna Onwujekwe, Nkem Dike, Chinwe Chukwuka, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Cajetan Onyedum, Chima Onoka and Hyacinth Ichoku

Transformational trends confounding the South Asian health systems pp. 230-238

Sekhar Bonu, Leah C. Gutierrez, Alain Borghis and Frederick C. Roche

Health information technology and physician perceptions of quality of care and satisfaction pp. 239-246

Karen Davis, Michelle McEvoy Doty, Katherine Shea and Kristof Stremikis

What drives health policy formulation: Insights from the Nepal maternity incentive scheme? pp. 247-253

Tim Ensor, Susan Clapham and Devi Prasad Prasai

Impact of the elder abuse prevention and caregiver support law on system development among municipal governments in Japan pp. 254-261

Miharu Nakanishi, Yumiko Hoshishiba, Nobuyuki Iwama, Tomoko Okada, Etsuko Kato and Hiroshi Takahashi

Privatisation of health care in Slovenia in the period 1992-2008 pp. 262-269

Tit Albreht and Niek Klazinga

Temporal trends in the relative cost of dying: Evidence from Canada pp. 270-276

Greg Payne, Audrey Laporte, David Foot and Peter C. Coyte

Price control as a strategy for pharmaceutical cost containment--What has been achieved in Norway in the period 1994-2004? pp. 277-285

Helle Håkonsen, Anne Marie Horn and Else-Lydia Toverud

Assistant or substitute: Exploring the fit between national policy vision and local practice realities of assistant practitioner job descriptions pp. 286-295

Ann Wakefield, Karen Spilsbury, Karl Atkin, Hugh McKenna, Gunilla Borglin and Lucy Stuttard

The five-year impact of an evolving global epidemic, changing migration patterns, and policy changes in a regional Canadian HIV population pp. 296-302

Hartmut Krentz and Michael John Gill

Governing decentralization in health care under tough budget constraint: What can we learn from the Italian experience? pp. 303-312

Fabrizio Tediosi, Stefania Gabriele and Francesco Longo

Balancing patient preferences and clinical needs: Community versus hospital based care for patients with suspected DVT pp. 313-319

Michael Clark, Domenico Moro and Ala Szczepura

Experiences in the UK National Health Service: The overseas nurses' workforce pp. 320-328

Obrey Alexis and Vasso Vydelingum

Volume 90, issue 1, 2009

Engaging patients as safety partners: Some considerations for ensuring a culturally and linguistically appropriate approach pp. 1-7

Megan-Jane Johnstone and Olga Kanitsaki

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices about tuberculosis and choice of communication channels in a rural community in Vietnam pp. 8-12

Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc and Anna Thorson

Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries: Gateway to good governance pp. 13-25

Sameen Siddiqi, Tayyeb I. Masud, Sania Nishtar, David H. Peters, Belgacem Sabri, Khalif M. Bile and Mohamed A. Jama

Enforcement of presumed-consent policy and willingness to donate organs as identified in the European Union Survey: The role of legislation in reinforcing ideology in pluralistic societies pp. 26-31

Joseph L. Verheijde, Mohamed Y. Rady, Joan L. McGregor and Catherine Friederich-Murray

Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing in China: An exploratory analysis pp. 32-36

Lucy Reynolds and Martin McKee

Values, institutions and shifting policy paradigms: Expansion of the Israeli National Health Insurance Basket of Services pp. 37-44

David Chinitz, Rachel Meislin and Ilana Alster-Grau

Examining the attitudes and preferences of health care decision-makers in relation to access, equity and cost-effectiveness: A discrete choice experiment pp. 45-57

Julie Ratcliffe, Hilary L. Bekker, Paul Dolan and Richard Edlin

Engaging policy makers in road safety research in Malaysia: A theoretical and contextual analysis pp. 58-65

Nhan T. Tran, Adnan A. Hyder, Subramaniam Kulanthayan, Suret Singh and R.S. Radin Umar

Perceived quality of communication amongst outpatients in western and traditional Chinese medicine clinics in a Chinese population pp. 66-72

Vincent Chi Ho Chung, Chun Hong Lau, Eric Ming Chung Wong, Eng Kiong Yeoh and Sian Meryl Griffiths

From the point-of-purchase perspective: A qualitative study of the feasibility of interventions aimed at portion-size pp. 73-80

Willemijn M. Vermeer, Ingrid H.M. Steenhuis and Jacob C. Seidell

Priority setting for technology adoption at a hospital level: Relevant issues from the literature pp. 81-88

Emanuele Lettieri and Cristina Masella

The effect of an area-based intervention on breastfeeding rates in Victoria, Australia pp. 89-93

Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt, Peter Feldman, Andrea Nolan and Bridie Raban

Making performance indicators work: The experience of using consensus indicators for external assessment of health and social services at regional level in Spain pp. 94-103

Pilar Hilarion, Rosa Suol, Oliver Groene, Paula Vallejo, Elisabeth Herrera and Rosa Maria Saura

The political use of poll results about public support for a privatized healthcare system in Canada pp. 104-112

Damien Contandriopoulos and Henriette Bilodeau