Health Policy

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Volume 63, issue 3, 2003

Clinical and lay preferences for the explicit prioritisation of elective waiting lists: survey evidence from Wales pp. 229-237

Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Angela Boland, Clare Wilkinson, David Cohen and John Williams

The effect of funding policy on day of week admissions and discharges in hospitals: the cases of Austria and Canada pp. 239-257

Kevin J. Leonard, Marion S. Rauner, Michaela-Maria Schaffhauser-Linzatti and Richard Yap

The influence of change of legislation concerning sickness absence on physicians' performance as certifiers: A population-based study pp. 259-268

Britt Arrelov, Lars Borgquist, Dan Ljungberg and Kurt Svardsudd

A perspective on the analysis of credible commitment and myopia in health sector decision making pp. 269-278

Stephen Jan

Israelis evaluate their health care system before and after the introduction of the national health insurance law pp. 279-287

Amir Shmueli

Should I stay or should I go? Waiting lists and cross-border care in the Netherlands pp. 289-298

Werner Brouwer, Job van Exel, Bert Hermans and Arjen Stoop

Planning for health sector reform in post-conflict situations: Kosovo 1999-2000 pp. 299-310

Dean A. Shuey, Fatime Arenliu Qosaj, Erik J. Schouten and Anthony B. Zwi

Workplace violence in Alberta and British Columbia hospitals pp. 311-321

Kathryn L. Hesketh, Susan M. Duncan, Carole A. Estabrooks, Marlene A. Reimer, Phyllis Giovannetti, Kathryn Hyndman and Sonia Acorn

Health sector regulation in Thailand: recent progress and the future agenda pp. 323-338

Yot Teerawattananon, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Sripen Tantivess and Anne Mills

Volume 63, issue 2, 2003

Evaluating health interventions in the 21st century: old and new challenges pp. 117-120

D. McDaid, R. Cookson, Alan Maynard and F. Sassi

The development of health technology assessment pp. 121-132

David Banta

Evaluating health care interventions in the European Union pp. 133-139

David McDaid and Richard AU - Cookson

Setting priorities for the evaluation of health interventions: when theory does not meet practice pp. 141-154

Franco Sassi

From health technology assessment to research on the organisation and delivery of health services: addressing the balance pp. 155-165

Naomi Fulop, Pauline Allen, Aileen Clarke and Nick Black

Regulating the economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices: a European perspective pp. 167-178

Richard Cookson and John Hutton

The role of the media in steering public opinion on healthcare issues pp. 179-186

Eva Benelli

Evaluations of health interventions in social insurance-based countries: Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria pp. 187-196

Claudia Wild and Bernhard Gibis

Health economic evaluation in Japan: a case study of one aspect of health technology assessment pp. 197-204

Adam Oliver

Co-ordinating health technology assessment in Canada: a European perspective pp. 205-213

David McDaid

Evaluating health interventions: exploiting the potential pp. 215-226

Alan Maynard and David McDaid

Volume 63, issue 1, 2003

The use of `arms-length' organizations for health system change in Ontario, Canada: some observations by insiders pp. 1-15

George H. Pink and Peggy Leatt

The economic impact of malaria in Africa: a critical review of the evidence pp. 17-36

Reginald Ikechukwu Chima, Catherine A. Goodman and Anne Mills

The reliability and validity of willingness to pay surveys for reproductive health pricing decisions in developing countries pp. 37-47

James R. Foreit and Karen G. Fleischman Foreit

Establishing a standard for patient-completed instrument adaptations in Eastern Europe: experience with the Nottingham Health Profile in Hungary pp. 49-61

Kornelia Lovas, Zoltan Kalo, Stephen P. McKenna, Diane Whalley, Márta Péntek and Gyorgy Genti

Is publicly funded health care really distributed according to need? The example of cardiac rehabilitation in the UK pp. 63-72

Rosalind Raine, Andrew Hutchings and Nick Black

Financial and organisational reforms in the health sector; implications for the financing and management of mental health care services pp. 73-80

Lars Lien

A model for costs of stroke services pp. 81-94

Gun Sundberg, Adrian Bagust and Andreas Terent

Selective referrals in a `hub and spoke' institutional setting: the case of coronary angioplasty procedures pp. 95-107

L. Nobilio and Cristina Ugolini

Volume 62, issue 3, 2002

Priority setting for health technology assessment in The Netherlands: principles and practice pp. 227-242

Wija J. Oortwijn, Hindrik Vondeling, Teus van Barneveld, Christel van Vugt and Lex M. Bouter

Understanding informal payments for health care: the example of Bulgaria pp. 243-273

Dina Balabanova and Martin McKee

Resource allocation decisions in Canada's health care system: can these decisions be challenged in a court of law pp. 275-290

Louise R. Sweatman and Diane Woollard

Vaccine safety policy analysis in three European countries: the case of thimerosal pp. 291-307

Gary L. Freed, Margie C. Andreae, Anne E. Cowan and Samuel L. Katz

Rapid appraisal methodology for `health for all' policy formulation analysis pp. 309-328

Rosana Peiro, Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Antoni Plasencia, Carme Borrell, Concha Colomer, Carmela Moya, M. Isabel Pasarin and Eduardo Zafra

Gender and socioeconomic status as determinants of waiting time for inpatient surgery in a system with implicit queue management pp. 329-341

Kjell E. Arnesen, Jan Erikssen and Knut Stavem

Volume 62, issue 2, 2002

Increasing inequalities in health care utilisation across income groups in Sweden during the 1990s? pp. 117-129

Bo Burstrom

Integrating medical specialists and hospitals. The growing relevance of collective organisation of medical specialists for Dutch hospital governance pp. 131-139

G.R.m Scholten and T.E.d van der Grinten

The relationship between disease control strategies and health system development: the case of TB pp. 141-160

Charles D Collins, Andrew T Green and James N Newell

Future health care costs--do health care costs during the last year of life matter? pp. 161-172

Jannie Wickstrom, Niels Serup-Hansen and Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen

Interpreting public input into priority-setting: the role of mediating institutions pp. 173-194

Tim Tenbensel

Public attitude and knowledge on a new health policy for pharmaceutical care in Korea pp. 195-209

Hye-Young Kang, Chong Yon Park and Han Joong Kim

Culturally and linguistically appropriate health care for racial or ethnic minorities: analysis of the US Office of Minority Health's recommended standards pp. 211-221

Yoku Shaw-Taylor

Volume 62, issue 1, 2002

The effect of drug co-payment policy on the purchase of prescription drugs for children with infections in the community pp. 1-13

Haim Reuveni, Boaz Sheizaf, Asher Elhayany, Michael Sherf, Yehuda Limoni, S. Scharff and Ronit Peled

Reforming the reform: the greek national health system in transition pp. 15-29

Yannis Tountas, Panagiota Karnaki and Elpida Pavi

Community-directed treatment with ivermectin in two Nigerian communities: an analysis of first year start-up processes, costs and consequences pp. 31-51

Obinna Onwujekwe, Reginald Chima, Elvis Shu and Paul Okonkwo

Health systems development in four Caribbean territories: introduction pp. 55-63

Edison Haqq and Anne Mills

The distribution of health planning and management responsibilities between centre and periphery: historical patterns and reform trends in four Caribbean territories pp. 65-84

A. Mills, R. Antonius, J. Daniel, H. Gray, E. Haqq and F. Rutten

The historical development of human resources policies in the health sector of four Caribbean territories: imitated or created? pp. 85-101

G. Walt, R. Antonius, S. Dokoui, H. Gray, E. Haqq, M. Hadley, S. Lalta and R. Roberts

Financing of health care in four Caribbean territories: a comparison with reforms in Europe pp. 103-113

F. Rutten, R. Lapre, R. Antonius, S. Dokoui, E. Haqq, R. Roberts and A. Mills

Volume 61, issue 3, 2002

Age-adjusted mortality and its association to variations in urban conditions in Shanghai pp. 239-253

Takehito Takano, Jia Fu, Keiko Nakamura, Kazuyuki Uji, Yoshiharu Fukuda, Masafumi Watanabe and Hiroshi Nakajima

Time spent on informal and formal care giving for persons with dementia in Sweden pp. 255-268

Anders Wimo, Eva von Strauss, Gunilla Nordberg, Franco Sassi and Lennarth Johansson

An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA pp. 269-278

Gert P. Westert, Ronald J. Lagoe, Ilmo Keskimaki, Alastair Leyland and Mark Murphy

Fairness, accountability for reasonableness, and the views of priority setting decision-makers pp. 279-290

Douglas K. Martin, Mita Giacomini and Peter A. Singer

A review of the application of health economics to health and safety in healthcare pp. 291-304

Karen J. M. Niven

Striving towards efficiency in the Greek hospitals by reviewing case mix classifications pp. 305-328

Nicholas M. Polyzos

Planning the efficient allocation of research funds: an adapted application of a non-parametric Bayesian value of information analysis pp. 329-347

Jonathan Karnon

Volume 61, issue 2, 2002

Social and political factors influencing the functioning of regional health boards in British Columbia (Canada) pp. 125-151

C. James Frankish, Brenda Kwan, Pamela A. Ratner, Joan Wharf Higgins and Craig Larsen

A follow-up study of drug misusers who received an intervention from a local arrest referral scheme pp. 153-171

Holly Crossen-White and Kathleen Galvin

Productivity costs before and after absence from work: as important as common? pp. 173-187

Werner Brouwer, Job van Exel, M. A. Koopmanschap and F. F. H. Rutten

Exploring the role of order effects in person trade-off elicitations pp. 189-199

Peter A. Ubel, Jeff Richardson and Jonathan Baron

A combination of an extrapolation method and a benchmark method to develop quantitative health targets for Japan pp. 201-212

Yoshiharu Fukuda, Keiko Nakamura and Takehito Takano

Consumer involvement in health research: a review and research agenda pp. 213-236

Jonathan Boote, Rosemary Telford and Cindy Cooper

Volume 61, issue 1, 2002

Implementing hospital reform in central and eastern Europe pp. 1-19

Judith Healy and Martin McKee

Predicting the cost of hospital stay for stroke patients: the use of diagnosis related groups pp. 21-42

Silvia Evers, Gemma Voss, Fred Nieman, Andre Ament, Tom Groot, Jan Lodder, Anita Boreas and Gerhard Blaauw

Financial consequences of changes in health care demands related to tobacco consumption in Mexico: information for policy makers pp. 43-55

Armando Arredondo, Irene Parada and Carlos Carrillo

Energy intake during economic crisis depends on initial wealth and access to rice fields: the case of pregnant Indonesian women pp. 57-71

T. N. S. Hartini, A. Winkvist, L. Lindholm, H. Stenlund, A. Surjono and M. Hakimi

Towards improving hospital performance in Uganda and Zambia: reflections and opportunities for autonomy pp. 73-94

Kara Hanson, Lynn Atuyambe, Jolly Kamwanga, Barbara McPake, Oswald Mungule and Freddie Ssengooba

Primary health concept revisited: Where do people seek health care in a rural area of Vietnam? pp. 95-109

N. D. Khe, N. V. Toan, L. T. T. Xuan, B. Eriksson, B. Hojer and V. K. Diwan

Evaluation of a community-level health policy intervention pp. 111-122

Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Ljiljana Joksimovic, Bernhard Badura and Johannes Siegrist