Health Policy

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Volume 36, issue 3, 1996

Economic evaluation and health care decision-making pp. 215-229

Frans Rutten

The willingness to pay for health changes, the human-capital approach and the external costs pp. 231-244

Magnus Johannesson

Private medicine and socioeconomic differences in the rates of common surgical procedures in Finland pp. 245-259

Ilmo Keskimaki, Marjo Salinto and Seppo Aro

From universalism to selectivity: is `appropriateness' the answer? pp. 261-272

Pablo Lazaro and Kathryn Fitch

Labour turnover in the British National Health Service: a local labour market analysis pp. 273-289

Alastair Gray and V. L. Phillips

Volume 36, issue 2, 1996

Evaluating the benefits of antenatal screening: an alternative approach pp. 103-115

Phil Shackley and John Cairns

Policy relevance of the health expectancy indicator; an inventory in European Union countries pp. 117-129

Harry P. A. van de Water, Rom J. M. Perenboom and Hendriek C. Boshuizen

Informed consent in clinical trials pp. 131-153

Frank W. S. M. Verheggen and Frans C. B. van Wijmen

Incorporating quality of life changes into economic evaluations of health care: an overview pp. 155-166

Karen Blumenschein and Magnus Johannesson

Community health promotion: concepts and lessons from contemporary sociology pp. 167-183

Oystein Nilsen

The assessment of diagnostic imaging technologies: a policy perspective pp. 185-197

David Hailey and Ian McDonald

The 1990 GP contract -- meeting needs? pp. 199-207

Jonathan Silcock and Julie Ratcliffe

Volume 36, issue 1, 1996

Are waiting lists inevitable? pp. 1-15

Andrew Street and Stephen Duckett

Maximum waiting-time guarantee -- an attempt to reduce waiting lists in Sweden pp. 17-35

Marianne Hanning

Home care policy in the Netherlands. Reforming legislation to facilitate the provision of multi-disciplinary home care pp. 37-51

Arno van Raak and Ingrid Mur-Veeman

A critical review of the remuneration systems for pharmacists pp. 53-68

Christine Huttin

Appropriateness versus efficiency: the economics of utilisation review pp. 69-81

Joanna Coast

Predictors of professional and non-professional community care for care-dependent adults pp. 83-98

Theo van Achterberg, Fred C. J. Stevens, Harry F. J. M. Crebolder and Hans Philipsen

Volume 35, issue 3, 1996

An epidemiological approach towards measuring the trade-off between equity and efficiency in health policy pp. 205-216

Lars Lindholm, Mans Rosen and Maria Emmelin

Health policy on bone density measurement technology in Sweden and Australia pp. 217-228

Deborah Marshall, David Hailey and Egon Jonsson

Financing the World Health Organisation: global importance of extrabudgetary funds pp. 229-245

J. Patrick Vaughan, Sigrun Mogedal, Stein-Erik Kruse, Kelley Lee, Gill Walt and Koen de Wilde

The ambiguous relationship between practice variation and appropriateness of care: an agenda for further research pp. 247-265

Anton F. Casparie

An assessment of intraoperative radiotherapy pp. 267-277

Cath Patterson and David Hailey

Managed markets in health care: the UK experiment pp. 279-292

Chris Ham

Wrong medicine, doctors, patients, and futile treatment: L. Schneiderman, N. Jecker John Hopkins University Press, 1995, 200 pp., US$25.95. ISBN 0-8018-5036-3 pp. 293-294

R. Borghgraef

Valming health for policy. An economic approach: G. Tolley, D. Kenkel, R. Fabian The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 422 pp., 1994, US$74.75. ISBN 0-226-80713-4 pp. 294-296

S. McKenna

Volume 35, issue 2, 1996

Translating clinical practice into health policy: an example from China pp. 107-121

John W. Peabody, Therese M. Hesketh and Paul S. Steinberg

Costs, effects and cost-effectiveness analysis of a mobile maternal health care service in West Kiang, The Gambia pp. 123-143

Julia A. Fox-Rushby and Frances Foord

The cost of cataract surgery in a public health eye care program in Nepal pp. 145-154

Elliot Marseille and Suzanne Gilbert

Public autonomous hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: trends and issues pp. 155-177

Barbara Isobel McPake

Predicting effects of minimal invasive therapy pp. 179-187

Bernard S. Bloom, A. Mark Fendrick and Clyde McLane

Physician volume response to price controls pp. 189-204

Xuan Nguyen Nguyen

Volume 35, issue 1, 1996

Transfer of DNA tests from research to routine laboratories: some lessons from the French experience in the case of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy pp. 1-11

Isabelle Hirtzlin

Lifetime hospitalization profiles for symptomatic, HIV-infected persons pp. 13-32

Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, August H. P. Luijben, Maarten J. Postma, Jan C. C. Borleffs, August J. P. Schrijvers and Johannes C. Jager

Regulating healthcare technologies and medical supplies in the European Economic Erea pp. 33-52

Christa Altenstetter

Complex decisions about an uncomplicated therapy: reimbursement for long-term oxygen therapy in Catalonia (Spain) pp. 53-59

Josep M. Borras, Alicia Granados, Joan Escarrabill and Gregory de Lissovoy

Costs of mental illness in Britain pp. 61-73

Kirsteen Smith and Ken Wright

Beyond the public-private debate: the mixed economy of health pp. 75-93

John Ovretveit

Communication for health and behavior change. A developing country perspective: J. Graeff, J. Elder, E. Mills Booth A Publication of the HEALTHCOM Project, Academy for Educational Development, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 204 pp., US$23.95, 1993, ISBN 1-55542-585-2 pp. 95-96

Alberto Schwarz

Beyond the crisis. Preserving the capacity for excellence in health care and medical science: H. Greenberg, S. Raymond (Eds.) The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 198 pp., 1994 ISBN 0-89766-901-0 pp. 97-96

D. Dunning

Volume 34, issue 3, 1995

Evaluation of diffuse technologies: the case of digital imaging networks pp. 153-166

Justin Keen, Stirling Bryan, Nicole Muris, Gwyn Weatherburn and Martin Buxton

Dissemination of effectiveness and outcomes research pp. 167-192

David E. Kanouse, Joel D. Kallich and James P. Kahan

Accreditation: what can we learn from the Anglophone model? pp. 193-204

Ellie E. J. Scrivens, Rudolf Klein and Andrea Steiner

Incentives and financing methods pp. 205-220

I. H. Monrad Aas

Volume 34, issue 2, 1995

Who cares about cost? Does economic analysis impose or reflect social values? pp. 79-94

Erik Nord, Jeff Richardson, Andrew Street, Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer

More effective and less expensive: lessons from five studies examining community approaches to care pp. 95-112

Gina Browne, Jacqueline Roberts, Amiram Gafni, Robin Weir, Susan Watt and Carolyn Byrne

Hospital payment arrangements to encourage efficiency: the case of Victoria, Australia pp. 113-134

Stephen J. Duckett

Value for money? A contingent valuation study of the optimal size of the Swedish health care budget pp. 135-143

Ingemar Eckerlund, Magnus Johannesson, Per-Olov Johansson, Magnus Tambour and Niklas Zethraeus

The efficacy and equity of retransplantation: an experimental survey of public attitudes pp. 145-151

Peter A. Ubel and George Loewenstein

Volume 34, issue 1, 1995

Health care reforms: the unfinished agenda pp. 1-7

Mia Defever

Measuring human betterment through avoidable mortality: a case for universal health care in the USA pp. 9-19

John Hisnanick and Dale A. Coddington

Evaluation and diffusion of excimer laser treatment of myopia in the United States and in the Netherlands pp. 21-33

Hindrik Vondeling, Henk Rosendal and David Banta

A cost-effectiveness analysis of cervical cancer screening: health policy implications pp. 35-51

Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Berit Holund and Per Andersen

Health services financing in Greece: a role for private health insurance pp. 53-62

Lycurgus L. Liaropoulos

The evolution of heart, lung and liver transplantation services in Australia pp. 63-71

Naarilla Hirsch, David Hailey and Craig Martin

Social pharmacy. Innovation and development: G. Hardings, S. Nettleton, K. Taylor (Eds.) The Pharmaceutical Press, 197 pp., STG[pound sign]15.00, 1994 ISBN 0-85369-322-6 pp. 73-75

F. Peys

How to investigate drug use in health facilities. Selected drug use indicators: WHO Publications, Geneva, 87 pp., 1993 pp. 73-71

P. Ghei

Alcohol policy and the public good: G. Edwards et al. (Eds.) Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford, 226 pp., STG[pound sign]14.95, 1994 ISBN 0-19-262561-6 pp. 75-76

J. Casselman

The social meaning of midwifery: S. Hung and A. Symonds (Eds.) Macmillan Press, London, 171 pp., STG[pound sign]12.99, 1995 ISBN 0-333-60877-1 pp. 76-77

D. Mathews