Health Policy

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Volume 81, issue 2-3, 2007

Local prioritisation work in health care--Assessment of an implementation process pp. 133-145

Susanne Waldau

Improving primary mental health care: Impact of a nationwide programme pp. 146-154

Jantien M.C. Heideman, Miranda G.H. Laurant, Michel Wensing and Richard P.T.M. Grol

Perceptions of tuberculosis and health seeking behaviour in rural Inner Mongolia, China pp. 155-165

Tuohong Zhang, Xiaoyun Liu, Helen Bromley and Shenglan Tang

Complementary health insurance in France Who pays? Why? Who will suffer from public disengagement? pp. 166-182

Berengere Saliba and Bruno Ventelou

Modelling changes in the determinants of PHI utilisation in Western Australia across five health care policy eras between 1981 and 2001 pp. 183-194

Rachael Elizabeth Moorin and Cashel D'Arcy James Holman

The cost-effectiveness of radon-proof membranes in new homes: A case study from Brixworth, Northamptonshire, UK pp. 195-206

Thomas Coskeran, Antony Denman, Paul Phillips and Roger Tornberg

Impact of joined-up HIV harm reduction and multidrug resistant tuberculosis control programmes in Estonia: System dynamics simulation model pp. 207-217

Rifat A. Atun, Reda M. Lebcir, Martin McKee, Jarno Habicht and Richard J. Coker

Determinants of preventive services in general practice: A multilevel approach in cardiovascular domain and vaccination in France pp. 218-227

Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury, Marc Le Vaillant, Gilles Hebbrecht and Philippe Boisnault

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Evaluation of a new delivery approach and the policy implications for malaria control in Uganda pp. 228-241

Anthony K. Mbonye, Ib Bygbjerg and Pascal Magnussen

An analysis of the supplementary health sector in Brazil pp. 242-257

Elton Fernandes, Heloisa Marcia Pires, Anibal Alberto Vilcapoma Ignacio and Lea Maria Dantas Sampaio

Organisational design for health integrated delivery systems: Theory and practice pp. 258-279

Federico Lega

The nursing home versus the hospital as the place of dying for nursing home residents in Japan pp. 280-288

Yayoi Takezako, Nanako Tamiya and Eiji Kajii

The risk of upcoding in casemix systems: A comparative study pp. 289-299

Paul J.M. Steinbusch, Jan B. Oostenbrink, Joost J. Zuurbier and Frans J.M. Schaepkens

Effects of the DRG-based prospective payment system operated by the voluntarily participating providers on the cesarean section rates in Korea pp. 300-308

Kwangsoo Lee and Sangil Lee

Retrospective incremental cost analysis of a hospital-based COPD Disease Management Programme in Sweden pp. 309-319

Alf Tunsater, Mikael Moutakis, Sixten Borg, Ulf Persson, Leif Stromberg and Anders Lassen Nielsen

Globalization and the trends of medical technology trade in Turkey pp. 320-327

Semih Semin, Dilek Guldal and Yucel Demiral

Incorporation of public hospitals: A "Silver Bullet" against overcapacity, managerial bottlenecks and resource constraints?: Case studies from Austria and Estonia pp. 328-338

Armin H. Fidler, Reinhard R. Haslinger, Maria M. Hofmarcher, Maris Jesse and Toomas Palu

Costs of acute stroke care on regular neurological wards: A comparison with stroke unit setting pp. 339-349

Yaroslav Epifanov, Richard Dodel, Caroline Haacke, Matthias Schaeg, Oliver Schoffski, Michael Hennerici and Tobias Back

Evaluation of drug utilization and prescribing errors in infants: A primary care prescription-based study pp. 350-357

Khalid A.J. Al Khaja, Thuraya M. Al Ansari, Awatif H.H. Damanhori and Reginald P. Sequeira

Decentralized responsibility for costs of outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals in Sweden: Assessment of models for decentralized financing of subsidies from a management perspective pp. 358-367

Gina Bergstrom and Ingvar Karlberg

A pricing policy towards the sourcing of cheaper drugs in Cyprus pp. 368-375

Sherry Merkur and Elias Mossialos

Impact of a generic substitution reform on patients' and society's expenditure for pharmaceuticals pp. 376-384

Karolina Andersson, Gina Bergstrom, Max G. Petzold and Anders Carlsten

Erratum to "The relationship between prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and stakeholder decision making in Uganda: implications for health policy" [Health Policy 66 (2003) 199-211] pp. 385-384

Lydia Kapiriri, Bjarne Robberstad and Ole Frithjof Norheim

Volume 81, issue 1, 2007

Estimation of an index of regional health needs in Spain using count regression models with filter pp. 4-16

Roberto Montero Granados, Juan de Dios Jimenez Aguilera and Jose Jesus Martin Martin

Reference drug programs: Effectiveness and policy implications pp. 17-28

Sebastian Schneeweiss

How CEOs use management information systems for strategy implementation in hospitals pp. 29-41

David Naranjo-Gil and Frank Hartmann

Healthy public policy: A conceptual cognitive framework pp. 42-55

France Gagnon, Jean Turgeon and Clemence Dallaire

Public trust in health care: A comparison of Germany, The Netherlands, and England and Wales pp. 56-67

Evelien van der Schee, Bernard Braun, Michael Calnan, Melanie Schnee and Peter P. Groenewegen

Quality of life in the Palestinian context: An inquiry in war-like conditions pp. 68-84

Rita Giacaman, Awad Mataria, Viet Nguyen-Gillham, Rula Abu Safieh, Angelo Stefanini and Somnath Chatterji

Motivation of chemical industry social responsibility through Responsible Care pp. 85-92

Michael Givel

Hong Kong's health spending projections through 2033 pp. 93-101

Gabriel M. Leung, Keith Y.K. Tin and Wai-Sum Chan

Analysis of the World Bank's pharmaceutical lending pp. 102-116

Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Joan Rovira and Enrique Seoane-Vazquez

Public administration and R&D localisation by pharmaceutical and biotech companies: A theoretical framework and the Italian case-study pp. 117-130

Claudio Jommi and Silvia Paruzzolo

Volume 80, issue 3, 2007

Prioritisation by physicians in the Netherlands--The growth hormone example in drug reimbursement decisions pp. 369-377

Antoinette de Bont, Gladys Zandwijken, Elly Stolk and Louis Niessen

Limiting youth access to tobacco: Comparing the long-term health impacts of increasing cigarette excise taxes and raising the legal smoking age to 21 in the United States pp. 378-391

Sajjad Ahmad and John Billimek

Life saving or money wasting?: Perceptions of caesarean sections among users of services in rural Bangladesh pp. 392-401

Justin Oliver Parkhurst and Syed Azizur Rahman

Does therapeutic reference pricing always result in cost-containment?: The Hungarian evidence pp. 402-412

Zoltan Kalo, Noemi Muszbek, Jozsef Bodrogi and Judit Bidlo

The chance of Sweden's public health targets making a difference pp. 413-421

Anton Lager, Karin Guldbrandsson and Bjoorn Fossum

Legal thoughts on the implications of cost-reducing guidelines for the quality of health care pp. 422-431

Stefaan Callens, Ilse Volbragt and Herman Nys

The effect of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on infants' preventive care use and inpatient care use pp. 432-443

Chin-Shyan Chen, Tsai-Ching Liu, Herng-Ching Lin and Wei-Hua Tian

Priority setting and cardiac surgery: A qualitative case study pp. 444-458

Nancy A. Walton, Douglas K. Martin, Elizabeth H. Peter, Dorothy M. Pringle and Peter A. Singer

Development of a capitation scale for IDF career soldiers in Israel pp. 459-464

Racheli Magnezi, Yossi Weiss, Yossi Cohen and Amir Shmueli

Comparative analysis of two alternative models for epidemiological surveillance in the Mexican Malaria Control Program pp. 465-482

Angel Francisco Betanzos-Reyes, Mario Henry Rodriguez, Luis Gerardo Duran-Arenas, Juan Eugenio Hernandez-Avila, Jorge Fernando Mendez-Galvan, Oscar Julio Velazquez Monroy and Roberto Tapia Coyner

Accessibility as a major determinant of radiotherapy underutilization: A population based study pp. 483-491

Eva Pagano, Daniela Di Cuonzo, Cristina Bona, Ileana Baldi, Pietro Gabriele, Umberto Ricardi, Paolo Rotta, Oscar Bertetto, Silvana Appiano, Franco Merletti, Nereo Segnan and Giovannino Ciccone

Physical therapy management of low back pain has changed pp. 492-499

Jolanda Jozina Groenendijk, Ilse Catharina Sophia Swinkels, Dinny de Bakker, Joost Dekker and Cornelia Helena Maria van den Ende

Volume 80, issue 2, 2007

Can better infrastructure and quality reduce hospital infant mortality rates in Mexico? pp. 239-252

Nelly Aguilera and Grecia M. Marrufo

Public image and governance of epidemics: Comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS pp. 253-272

Stella R. Quah

Drawing on international experience to reform the Belgian market for ostomy appliances pp. 273-280

Steven Simoens, Dirk Van den Steen, Veerle Vanleene, Luc De Mare, Ingrid Moldenaers, Hans Debruyne and Dirk Ramaekers

Exploring the human resource implications of clinical governance pp. 281-296

Chandra Vanu Som

Equity in out-of-pocket payments for hospital care: Evidence from India pp. 297-307

Kakoli Roy and David Hill Howard

Resource allocation in public hospitals: Is it effective? pp. 308-313

Nimnath Withanachchi, Yasuo Uchida, Shyama Nanayakkara, Dulani Samaranayake and Akiko Okitsu

Panning for gold: An evidence-based tool for assessment of performance indicators in primary health care pp. 314-327

Roshan Perera, Tony Dowell, Peter Crampton and Robin Kearns

Welfare state matters: A typological multilevel analysis of wealthy countries pp. 328-339

Haejoo Chung and Carles Muntaner

Current impact of gene technology on healthcare: A map of economic assessments pp. 340-357

Wolf Rogowski

Relationships between community characteristics and municipal smoke-free bylaw status and strength pp. 358-368

Candace Nykiforuk, Sharon Campbell, Roy Cameron, Stephen Brown and John Eyles

Volume 80, issue 1, 2007

Response to "The common drug review: A NICE start for Canada?" [Health Policy 77(3) (2006) 339-51] pp. 1-368

Karen Mimi Lee and D. Philip la Fleur

Impact of economic incentives on quality of professional life and on end-user satisfaction in primary care pp. 2-10

Joan Gene-Badia, Georgia Escaramis-Babiano, Mireia Sans-Corrales, Laura Sampietro-Colom, Francoise Aguado-Menguy, Carmen Cabezas-Pena and Pedro Gallo de Puelles

Primary Health Care and England: The coming of age of Alma Ata? pp. 11-31

Andrew Green, Duncan Ross and Tolib Mirzoev

Community health worker training and certification programs in the United States: Findings from a national survey pp. 32-42

Bita Arbab Kash, Marlynn Lee May and Ming Tai-Seale

Seeking a second opinion: Do patients need a second opinion when practice guidelines exist? pp. 43-50

Nora Moumjid, Amiram Gafni, Alain Bremond and Marie-Odile Carrere

Progressivity and horizontal equity in health care finance and delivery: What about Africa? pp. 51-68

Boubou Cisse, Stephane Luchini and Jean Paul Moatti

UK health policy and `underage' smokers: The case for smoking cessation services pp. 69-76

Martyn Denscombe

Policy through procurement--The introduction of digital signal process (DSP) hearing aids into the English NHS pp. 77-85

Wendy Phillips, Louise Knight, Nigel Caldwell and John Warrington

Disease management and health care reforms in Germany--Does more competition lead to less solidarity? pp. 86-96

Stephanie Anja Katharina Stock, Marcus Redaelli and Karl Wilhelm Lauterbach

Quality of consultation and the project `Support and Consultation on Euthanasia in the Netherlands' (SCEN) pp. 97-106

Marijke Catharina Jansen-van der Weide, Bregje Dorien Onwuteaka-Philipsen and Gerrit van der Wal

Long term care financing in four OECD countries: Fiscal burden and distributive effects pp. 107-134

Martin Karlsson, Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen

Understanding the limited impact of economic evaluation in health care resource allocation: A conceptual framework pp. 135-143

Iestyn Williams and Stirling Bryan

Health care funding reforms in Croatia: A case of mistaken priorities pp. 144-157

Luka Voncina, Aleksandar Dzakula and Miroslav Mastilica

Knowledge into action?: Understanding ideological barriers to addressing health inequalities at the local level pp. 158-171

Patricia A. Collins, Julia Abelson and John D. Eyles

General Practitioners with special clinical interests: A qualitative study of the views of doctors, health managers and patients pp. 172-178

Anthony Ronald John Boggis and Charles Stanley Cornford

A behavioral model of clinician responses to incentives to improve quality pp. 179-193

Anne Frolich, Jason A. Talavera, Peter Broadhead and R. Adams Dudley

Trends and future needs in clinical radiology: Insights from an academic medical center pp. 194-201

Athina Chrysanthopoulou, Andreas Kalogeropoulos, George Terzis, Vassiliki Georgiopoulou, John Kyriopoulos, Dimitrios Siablis and John Dimopoulos

The choice of a health care provider in Eritrea pp. 202-217

GebreMichael Kibreab Habtom and Pieter Ruys

Traditional risk-sharing arrangements and informal social insurance in Eritrea pp. 218-235

GebreMichael Kibreab Habtom and Pieter Ruys