Health Policy

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Volume 69, issue 3, 2004

Determinants of caesarean section in Egypt: evidence from the demographic and health survey pp. 273-281

Marwan Khawaja, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian and Rozzet Jurdi

Opposition to unpopular research results: Finnish professional reactions to the WHI findings pp. 283-291

Elina Hemminki

Estimation of the impact of providing outpatients with information about SARS infection control on their intention of outpatient visit pp. 293-303

Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yuichi Imanaka, Masahiro Hirose, Kenshi Hayashida, Minoru Kizu, Akihiro Inoue and Susumu Sugie

Economic benefit from clinical practice guideline compliance in stroke patient management pp. 305-315

Silvana Quaglini, Anna Cavallini, Simone Gerzeli and Giuseppe AU - Micieli

Trading patients: Lessons from Scandinavia pp. 317-327

Grete Botten, Sverre Grepperud and Solve Mikal Nerland

China's evolving health care market: how doctors feel and what they think pp. 329-337

Meng-Kin Lim, Hui Yang, Tuohong Zhang, Zijun Zhou, Wen Feng and Yude Chen

Measuring financial protection in health in the United States pp. 339-349

Hugh R. Waters, Gerard F. Anderson and Jim Mays

Women, men and public health--how the choice of normative theory affects resource allocation pp. 351-364

Anna Mansdotter, Lars Lindholm and Ann Ohman

Implementation of the project `Support and Consultation on Euthanasia in The Netherlands' (SCEN) pp. 365-373

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

Gender and the utilisation of health services in the Ashanti Region, Ghana pp. 375-388

Daniel Buor

A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana pp. 389-401

Janet Dzator and John Asafu-Adjaye

Impact of the European Union enlargement on health professionals and health care systems pp. 403-408

Efthimios D. Avgerinos, Sotirios A. Koupidis and Dimitrios K. Filippou

Volume 69, issue 2, 2004

U.S. health policy: time for action on the uninsured pp. 135-137

Karen Davis and Sara R. Collins

Perceptions and experiences of health care seeking and access to TB care--a qualitative study in Rural Jiangsu Province, China pp. 139-149

B. Xu, G. Fochsen, Y. Xiu, A. Thorson, J. R. Kemp and Q. W. Jiang

The cerivastatin withdrawal crisis: a "post-mortem" analysis pp. 151-157

Marina Maggini, Roberto Raschetti, Giuseppe Traversa, Clara Bianchi, Bruno Caffari, Roberto Da Cas and Pietro Panei

The association of race and ethnicity with rates of drug and alcohol testing among US trauma patients pp. 159-167

Alexander A. Kon, Robert K. Pretzlaff and James P. Marcin

Improving health care for adult survivors of childhood cancer: recommendations from a delphi panel of health policy experts pp. 169-178

Ann C. Mertens, Kelly L. Cotter, Barbara M. Foster, Brad J. Zebrack, Melissa M. Hudson, Debra Eshelman, Lauren Loftis, Margaret Sozio and Kevin C. Oeffinger

Association of hospital resource use with comorbidity status and patient age among hip fracture patients in Japan pp. 179-187

Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yuichi Imanaka, Eunhwan Oh, Kazuaki Kuwabara, Masahiro Hirose, Kenshi Hayashida and Yoshiaki Harada

Estimating resource needs for HIV/AIDS health care services in low-income and middle-income countries pp. 189-200

Stefano Bertozzi, Juan-Pablo Gutierrez, Marjorie Opuni, Neff Walker and Bernhard Schwartlander

Introducing co-ordinated care (1): a randomised trial assessing client and cost outcomes pp. 201-213

Leonie Segal, David Dunt, Susan E. Day, Neil Atherton Day, Iain Robertson and Graeme Hawthorne

Introducing coordinated care (2): evaluation of design features and implementation processes implications for a preferred health system reform model pp. 215-228

Leonie Segal, David Dunt and Susan E. Day

Consumer involvement in research projects: the activities of research funders pp. 229-238

Maire O'Donnell and Vikki Entwistle

Drivers of cost system development in hospitals: results of a survey pp. 239-252

Eddy Cardinaels, Filip Roodhooft and Gustaaf van Herck

A consumer involvement model for health technology assessment in Canada pp. 253-268

Jayne Pivik, Elisabeth Rode and Christopher Ward

Volume 69, issue 1, 2004

Setting priorities for research pp. 1-10

Rachael L. Fleurence and David J. Torgerson

Association of hospital ownership with patient transfers to outpatient care under a prospective payment system in Taiwan pp. 11-19

Herng-Ching Lin, Sudha Xirasagar and Senyeong Kao

Contracting for health services in a public health system: the New Zealand experience pp. 21-31

Toni Ashton, Jacqueline Cumming and Janet McLean

Networks for integrated care provision: an economic approach based on opportunism and trust pp. 33-43

Bert Meijboom, Job de Haan and Piet Verheyen

The feasibility of community-based health insurance in Burkina Faso pp. 45-53

Hengjin Dong, Frederick Mugisha, Adjima Gbangou, Bocar Kouyate and Rainer Sauerborn

Technical efficiency in the use of health care resources: a comparison of OECD countries pp. 55-72

Donna Retzlaff-Roberts, Cyril F. Chang and Rose M. Rubin

The relative importance of leadership and payment system: Effects on quality of care and work environment pp. 73-82

Ewa Forsberg, Runo Axelsson and Bengt Arnetz

Shifting the burden of health care finance: a case study of public-private partnership in Singapore pp. 83-92

Meng-Kin Lim

Describing Chinese hospital activity with diagnosis related groups (DRGs): A case study in Chengdu pp. 93-100

Zhiping Gong, Stephen J. Duckett, David G. Legge and Likun Pei

The healthcare experiences of Arab Israeli women in a reformed healthcare system pp. 101-116

Eldad Elnekave and Revital Gross

Pakistan's maternal and child health policy: analysis, lessons and the way forward pp. 117-130

S. Siddiqi, I. U. Haq, A. Ghaffar, T. Akhtar and R. Mahaini

Volume 68, issue 3, 2004

The 2-week rule for patients with suspected breast cancer: what can be learnt by analysing policy documents? pp. 263-266

Charles S. Cornford and Nigel Oswald

Lessons from Korea's pharmaceutical policy reform: the separation of medical institutions and pharmacies for outpatient care pp. 267-275

Han Joong Kim, Woojin Chung and Sang Gyu Lee

Changes in drug utilization following the outpatient prescription drug cost-sharing program--evidence from Taiwan's elderly pp. 277-287

Shuen-Zen Liu and James C. Romeis

Comparing willingness-to-pay: bidding game format versus open-ended and payment scale formats pp. 289-298

Emma Frew, Jane L. Wolstenholme and David K. Whynes

Seniors' prescription drug cost inflation and cost containment: evidence from British Columbia pp. 299-307

Steven G. Morgan, Jonathan D. Agnew and Morris L. Barer

The desire for support and respite care: preferences of Dutch informal caregivers pp. 309-320

M. A. Koopmanschap, Job van Exel, G. A. M. van den Bos, Bernard van den Berg and Werner Brouwer

Public policy and smoking cessation among young adults in the United States pp. 321-332

John Tauras

A large proportion of Swedish citizens refrain from seeking medical care--lack of confidence in the medical services a plausible explanation? pp. 333-344

Marcus Westin, Annika Ahs, Kristina Brand Persson and Ragnar Westerling

The predictability of individual primary care costs and its impact on managed care plans pp. 345-352

Marie Demers

Impact of national health care systems on patient evaluations of general practice in Europe pp. 353-357

Michel Wensing, Richard Baker, Joachim Szecsenyi and Richard AU - Grol

Managing under managed community care: the experiences of clients, providers and managers in Ontario's competitive home care sector pp. 359-372

Julia Abelson, Sara Tedford Gold, Christel Woodward, Denise O'Connor and Brian Hutchison

Reserved procedures in dutch hospitals: knowledge, experiences and views of physicians and nurses pp. 373-384

J. de Bie, J. M. Cuperus-Bosma, J. K. M. Gevers and G. van der Wal

Erratum to "Gender's effect on willingness-to-pay for community-based insurance in Burkina Faso" [Health Policy 64 (2003) 153-162] pp. 385-384

Hengjin Dong, Bocar Kouyate, Rachel Snow, Frederick Mugisha and Rainer Sauerborn

Volume 68, issue 2, 2004

Universal health care for Colombians 10 years after Law 100: challenges and opportunities pp. 129-142

Rodriguez-Monguio Rosa and Infante Campos Alberto

A consumer-based tool for evaluating the quality of health services in the Israeli health care system following reform pp. 143-158

Revital Gross

Relationship between hospital structural level and length of stay outliers: Implications for hospital payment systems pp. 159-168

Francesc Cots, Lluc Mercade, Xavier Castells and Xavier Salvador

Auto Action Learning: a tool for policy change: Building capacity across the developing regional system to improve health in the North East of England pp. 169-181

Alyson Learmonth and Mike Pedler

Day surgery and hospital efficiency: empirical analysis of Norwegian hospitals, 1999-2001 pp. 183-196

Pal E. Martinussen and Linda Midttun

The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: a case study from two cities in China pp. 197-209

Qingyue Meng, Clas Rehnberg, Ning Zhuang, Ying Bian, Goran Tomson and Shenglan Tang

Spatial pattern of private health care provision in Ujjain, India: a provider survey processed and analysed with a Geographical Information System pp. 211-222

Kirti Deshpande, RaviShankar, Vishal Diwan, Knut Lonnroth, Vijay Kumar Mahadik and Ram Krishna Chandorkar

Trends in geographic disparities in allocation of health care resources in the US pp. 223-232

Tuvia Horev, Irena Pesis-Katz and Dana B. Mukamel

Increased excess deaths in urban areas: quantification of geographical variation in mortality in Japan, 1973-1998 pp. 233-244

Yoshiharu Fukuda, Keiko Nakamura and Takehito Takano

Population-based health indexes: a systematic review pp. 245-255

Eva Kaltenthaler, Ravi Maheswaran and Catherine Beverley

Volume 68, issue 1, 2004

From Corporate Governance To Hospital Governance.: Authority, transparency and accountability of Belgian non-profit hospitals' board and management pp. 1-15

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

Universal health coverage in Thailand: ideas for reform and policy struggling pp. 17-30

Supasit Pannarunothai, Direk Patmasiriwat and Samrit Srithamrongsawat

A note on a discussion group study of public preferences regarding priorities in the allocation of donor kidneys pp. 31-36

Paul Dolan and Rebecca Shaw

Equality or equity in health care access: a qualitative study of doctors' explanations to a longer doctor's delay among female TB patients in Vietnam pp. 37-46

A. Thorson and E. Johansson

The effect of generic competition on the price of brand-name drugs pp. 47-54

Joel Lexchin

Experiences of foreign European nurses in The Netherlands pp. 55-61

Anke de Veer, Dirk-Jan den Ouden and Anneke Francke

The welfare state as a determinant of women's health: support for women's quality of life in Canada and four comparison nations pp. 63-79

Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant

Adoption of innovations by specialised nurses: personal, work and organisational characteristics pp. 81-92

Marian van der Weide and Jeroen Smits

Malaria incidence in rural Benin: does economics matter in endemic area? pp. 93-102

Omer A. Mensah and Lilani Kumaranayake

Health sector policy in the first decade of Nepal's multiparty democracy: Does clear enunciation of health priorities matter? pp. 103-112

Shiva Raj Adhikari and Nephil Maskay

The Pharmacy-based Cost Group model: validating and adjusting the classification of medications for chronic conditions to the Dutch situation pp. 113-121

Leida M. Lamers and Rene C. J. A. van Vliet