Health Policy

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Volume 79, issue 2-3, 2006

Possibilities for intervention in adolescents' and young adults' depression from a public health perspective pp. 121-131

Anke Bramesfeld, Lisa Platt and Friedrich Wilhelm Schwartz

Health disparities in Canada today: Some evidence and a theoretical framework pp. 132-143

Katherine L. Frohlich, Nancy Ross and Chantelle Richmond

Health system factors impacting on delivery of mental health services in Russia: Multi-methods study pp. 144-152

David McDaid, Yvevgeniy Aleksievich Samyshkin, Rachel Jenkins, Angelina Potasheva, Alexey Nikiforov and Rifat Ali Atun

Social capital and administrative contextual determinants of lack of access to a regular doctor: A multilevel analysis in southern Sweden pp. 153-164

Martin Lindstrom, Elin Axen, Christine Lindstrom, Anders Beckman, Mahnaz Moghaddassi and Juan Merlo

Social rates of return to investment in skills assessment and residency training of international medical graduates in Alberta pp. 165-174

John Emery, Rodney A. Crutcher, Alexandra C.M. Harrison and Howard Wright

A pan-Canadian perspective on institutional long-term care pp. 175-194

Whitney Berta, Audrey Laporte, Dara Zarnett, Vivian Valdmanis and Geoffrey Anderson

The effect of misclassification errors on case mix measurement pp. 195-202

Jason M. Sutherland and Chas. K. Botz

Learning to cross boundaries: The integration of a health network to deliver seamless care pp. 203-213

Jeroen D.H. van Wijngaarden, Antoinette A. de Bont and Robbert Huijsman

A comparison of new drug availability in Canada and the United States and potential therapeutic implications of differences pp. 214-220

Joel Lexchin

The diffusion of medical technology, local conditions, and technology re-invention: A comparative case study on coronary stenting pp. 221-230

Hideki Hashimoto, Haruko Noguchi, Paul Heidenreich, Olga Saynina, Abigail Moreland, Shunichi Miyazaki, Shunya Ikeda, Yoshihiro Kaneko and Naoki Ikegami

Do policy changes in the pharmaceutical reimbursement schedule affect drug expenditures?: Interrupted time series analysis of cost, volume and cost per volume trends in Sweden 1986-2002 pp. 231-243

Karolina Andersson, Max Gustav Petzold, Christian Sonesson, Knut Lonnroth and Anders Carlsten

New localism in the English National Health Service: What is it for? pp. 244-252

Pauline Allen

Economic strain and self-rated health among lone and couple mothers in Sweden during the 1990s compared to the 1980s pp. 253-264

Sara Fritzell and Bo Burstrom

Interprovincial migration of physicians in Canada: Where are they moving and why? pp. 265-273

Sameer Rajbhandary and Kisalaya Basu

The relationship between hospital capacity characteristics and emergency department volumes in Korea pp. 274-283

Jee-In Hwang

Does federal health care policy influence switching between the public and private sectors in individuals? pp. 284-295

Rachael Elizabeth Moorin and Cashel D'Arcy J. Holman

Differences in practice income between solo and group practice physicians pp. 296-305

Herng-Ching Lin, Chin-Shyan Chen, Tsai-Ching Liu and Hsin-Chien Lee

Hepatitis B vaccination status among healthy adults in Germany pp. 306-312

Jurgen Ringwald, Iris Mertz, Robert Zimmermann, Volker Weisbach, Christina Rabe, Erwin Strasser, Susanne Seyboth and Reinhold Eckstein

Biased selection within the social health insurance market in Colombia pp. 313-324

Ramon Castano and Andres Zambrano

Advanced Asia's health systems in comparison pp. 325-336

Robin Gauld, Naoki Ikegami, Michael D. Barr, Tung-Liang Chiang, Derek Gould and Soonman Kwon

The costs and benefits of regulations for reimbursement of new drugs pp. 337-344

Jonas Lundkvist, Bengt Jonsson and Clas Rehnberg

Implementation of neuroreflexotherapy for subacute and chronic neck and back pain within the Spanish public health system: Audit results after one year pp. 345-357

Josep Corcoll, Jaume Orfila, Pablo Tobajas and Luis Alegre

Volume 79, issue 1, 2006

Estimating the resource needs of scaling-up HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review for national policy makers and planners pp. 1-15

Anna Vassall and Phil Compernolle

Effects of financial disadvantage on use and non-use of after hours care in Australia pp. 16-23

Margaret Kelaher, David Dunt, Susan Day and Peter Feldman

Leadership and priority setting: The perspective of hospital CEOs pp. 24-34

David Reeleder, Vivek Goel, Peter A. Singer and Douglas K. Martin

Generics market in Greece: The pharmaceutical industry's beliefs pp. 35-48

Mary Geitona, Dimitrios Zavras, Magda Hatzikou and John Kyriopoulos

Hearing aids for nursing home residents: Current policy and future needs pp. 49-56

Jiska Cohen-Mansfield and Donna Lind Infeld

Retaining nurses in their employing hospitals and in the profession: Effects of job preference, unpaid overtime, importance of earnings and stress pp. 57-72

Isik Urla Zeytinoglu, Margaret Denton, Sharon Davies, Andrea Baumann, Jennifer Blythe and Linda Boos

Stroke severity and early recovery after first-ever ischemic stroke: Results of a hospital-based study in Taiwan pp. 73-78

Mei-Chiun Tseng and Ku-Chou Chang

Introducing a complex health innovation--Primary health care reforms in Estonia (multimethods evaluation) pp. 79-91

Rifat Ali Atun, Nata Menabde, Katrin Saluvere, Maris Jesse and Jarno Habicht

Immunization coverage in Mozambique: From concepts to decision-making pp. 92-100

Joao Carlos de Timoteo Mavimbe, Humberto Nelson Muquingue, Jorn Braa and Gunnar Bjune

Greek medical students' career choices indicate strong tendency towards specialization and training abroad pp. 101-106

Efthimios D. Avgerinos, Pavlos Msaouel, George A. Koussidis, Nikolaos C. Keramaris, Zacharias Bessas and Konstantinos Gourgoulianis

Public dialogue on healthcare prioritisation pp. 107-116

Per Rosen

Volume 78, issue 2-3, 2006

Allocation of labour to somatic and psychiatric specialist care--The effects of earmarked grants pp. 115-127

Vidar Halsteinli, Solveig Ose, Heidi Torvik and Terje P. Hagen

Quality of life among pregnant women with chronic energy deficiency in rural Bangladesh pp. 128-134

Rubina Shaheen and Lars Lindholm

Equity in resource allocation for health: A comparative study of the Ashanti and Northern Regions of Ghana pp. 135-148

Augustine Danso Asante, Anthony Barry Zwi and Maria Theresa Ho

Priority setting of public spending in developing countries: Do not try to do everything for everybody pp. 149-156

Rob Baltussen

Physician dual practice pp. 157-166

Karen Eggleston and Anupa Bir

Ill health and its potential influence on household consumptions in rural China pp. 167-177

Hong Wang, Licheng Zhang and William Hsiao

Health care utilization among persons who are unemployed or outside the labour force pp. 178-193

Annika Maria Helen Ahs and Ragnar Westerling

Respite care--An explorative study of demand and use in Dutch informal caregivers pp. 194-208

Job van Exel, Marjolein Moree, Marc Koopmanschap, Trudy Schreuder Goedheijt and Werner Brouwer

Policy context of the poor progress of the pro-poor policy: A case study on the Medical-Aid policy during Kim Dae-jung's Government (1998-2002) in the Republic of Korea pp. 209-223

Young-Jeon Shin

The landscape of community health insurance in India: An overview based on 10 case studies pp. 224-234

Narayanan Devadasan, Kent Ranson, Wim Van Damme, Akash Acharya and Bart Criel

Why are some medical specialists working part-time, while others work full-time? pp. 235-248

Judith D. de Jong, Phil Heiligers, Peter P. Groenewegen and Lammert Hingstman

Does "the injury poverty trap" exist?: A longitudinal study in Bavi, Vietnam pp. 249-257

Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Hoang Minh Hang, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Niklas Rudholm, Anders Emmelin and Lars Lindholm

Theatre as a public engagement tool for health-policy development pp. 258-271

Jeff Nisker, Douglas K. Martin, Robyn Bluhm and Abdallah S. Daar

Developing a medicine education program in Finland: Lessons learned pp. 272-283

Katri Hameen-Anttila, Marja Airaksinen, Kirsti Vainio, Patricia J. Bush and Riitta Ahonen

Acceptability of community and health facility-based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Tanzanian urban setting pp. 284-294

Eliud Wandwalo, Emmanuel Makundi, Torunn Hasler and Odd Morkve

Financial incentives for disease management programmes and integrated care in German social health insurance pp. 295-305

Gre[ss], Stefan, Axel Focke, Franz Hessel and Juergen Wasem

Profiling of resource use variation among six diseases treated at 82 Japanese special functioning hospitals, based on administrative data pp. 306-318

Kazuaki Kuwabara, Yuichi Imanaka, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideki Hashimoto, Koichi B Ishikawa and Hiromasa Horiguchi

Dying at home or in an institution: Using death certificates to explore the factors associated with place of death pp. 319-329

Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Peter Hooft, Patrick Deboosere, Gerrit van der Wal and Luc Deliens

Communities' views on prerequisites for collaboration between modern and traditional health sectors in relation to STI/HIV/AIDS care in Zambia pp. 330-339

Berthollet Bwira Kaboru, Torkel Falkenberg, Jane Ndulo, Maureen Muchimba, Kashita Solo and Elisabeth Faxelid

Developing a marketing function in public healthcare systems: A framework for action pp. 340-352

Federico Lega

Non-compliance on the part of the professional community with a national guideline: An argumentative policy analysis pp. 353-359

Margriet Moret-Hartman, Pieter D. Knoester, Yechiel A. Hekster and Gert Jan van der Wilt

Volume 78, issue 1, 2006

Outsourcing primary medical care in Israeli defense forces: Decision-makers' versus clients' perspectives pp. 1-7

Racheli Magnezi, Rachel S. Dankner, Ron Kedem and Haim Reuveni

The Perruche case and the issue of compensation for the consequences of medical error pp. 8-16

Julia Field Costich

Healthcare rationing: A guide to policy directions in Sri Lanka pp. 17-25

Nimnath Withanachchi and Yasuo Uchida

Ambulatory healthcare information system: A conceptual framework pp. 26-38

Yves Eggli, Patricia Halfon, Mehdi Chikhi and Till Bandi

The state's role in promoting population health: Public health concerns in Canada, USA, UK, and Sweden pp. 39-55

Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant

Private medical services in the Italian public hospitals: The case for improving HRM pp. 56-69

Carlo De Pietro

A comparison of population versus individual based cardiovascular disease prevention programs in Vasterbotten, Sweden pp. 70-76

Niklas Rudholm

Socioeconomic determinants of regional differences in outpatient antibiotic consumption: Evidence from Switzerland pp. 77-92

Massimo Filippini, Giuliano Masiero and Karine Moschetti

Specialist consultations in primary health care--A possible substitute for hospital care? pp. 93-100

Aarno Linnala, Arpo Aromaa and Kari Mattila

HIV surveillance in theory and practice: Assessing the acceptability of California's non-name HIV surveillance regulations pp. 101-110

Kimberly A. Koester, Andre Maiorana, Karen Vernon, Edwin Charlebois, Stuart Gaffney, Tim Lane and Stephen F. Morin