Health Policy

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Volume 33, issue 3, 1995

Donor card registration system in Japan: an obstacle to procuring kidneys for transplantation pp. 169-177

Tomonori Hasegawa, Yuko Maeda, Kazuo Yamakawa, Takashi Tsuchida and Shinichi Oshima

Economic evaluation of health care and policymaking pp. 179-190

Magnus Johnnesson

The pursuit of equity: a health sector case study from Vietnam pp. 191-204

Nguyen Tran Hien, Le Thi Thu Ha, Susan B. Rifkin and E. Pamela Wright

The European health potential: what can we learn from each other? pp. 205-217

Kees Schaapveld, Astrid M. J. Chorus and Rom J. M. Perenboom

Assessment of health producing measures across different sectors pp. 219-231

Michael Drummond and Greg Stoddart

Pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals: An evaluation of cost-containment strategies: S. Shulman and L. Lasagna (Guest Editors) Pharmaco Economics, Vol. 6, Suppl. 1, pp. 1-87, 1994, Addis International, Chester ISSN 1170-7690 pp. 233-234

F. Anderson

Coordinating community care. Multidisciplinary teams and care management: J. Ovretveit Open University Press, Buckingham, Philadelphia, 232 pp, STG[pound sign]14.99, 1993 ISBN 0-335-19047-2 pp. 234-236

Liesbeth Borgermans and Ivo Abraham

Management support for primary health care. A practical guide to management for health centres and local projects: P. Johnstone and J. Ranken FSG Communications Ltd., Cambridge, 186 pp, STG[pound sign]12.00, 1994 ISBN 187118-02-4 pp. 236-237

Hilda Kigutha

Health care, health promotion and the future general practice: D. Taylor and K. Bloor The Nuffield Provincial Hospital Trust, Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, 201 pp, STG[pound sign]12.50, 1994 ISBN 1-85315-243-9 pp. 237-238

A. J. Vallance-Owen

Volume 33, issue 2, 1995

Preface pp. 77-78

Cam Donaldson and Julie Ratcliffe

Economics, public health and health care purchasing: reinventing the wheel? pp. 79-90

Cam Donaldson

Programme budgeting and marginal analysis: application within programmes to assist purchasing in Greater Glasgow Health Board pp. 91-105

Sara Twaddle and Andrew Walker

Clearing the fog on the Tyne: programme budgeting in Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority pp. 107-125

Neil Craig, David Parkin and Karen Gerard

A survivor's guide to programme budgeting pp. 127-145

Peter Brambleby

Messages from Mid Glamorgan: a multi-programme experiment with marginal analysis pp. 147-155

David R. Cohen

PBMA--its role in the future purchasing arrangements for health care services pp. 157-160

Hamish Wilson and Sheila Scott

Public health and economics in tandem: programme budgeting, marginal analysis and priority setting in practice pp. 161-168

Lynne Madden, Ruth Hussey, Gavin Mooney and Elaine Church

Volume 33, issue 1, 1995

Health and its determining factors in the Tokyo megacity pp. 1-14

Sachiko Takeuchi, Takehito Takano and Keiko Nakamura

Indirect costs of disease; an international comparison pp. 15-29

Leona van Roijen, Marc A. Koopmanschap, Frans F. H. Rutten and Paul J. van der Maas

Issues in the evaluation of picture archiving and communication systems pp. 31-42

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

The reimbursement of the expenses for medical treatment received by `transnational' patients in EU-countries pp. 43-57

Katrien Kesteloot, Sabrina Pocceschi and Emmanuel van der Schueren

A note on the depreciation of the societal perspective in economic evaluation of health care pp. 59-66

Magnus Johannesson

Promise and performance in managed care. The prepaid group practive model: D. Freeborn and C. Pope The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 168 pp., 1994 ISBN 0-8018-4819-9 pp. 67-68

Mrs Wendy Brewer

The right medicine. How to make health reform work today: D. Dundiff and M. McCarthy Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, 260 pp., U.S. $24.50, 1994 ISBN 089603-284-1 pp. 68-70

Dr C. Altenstetter

Primary health care in an international context: J. Fry and J. Horder The Nuffield Provincial Hospital Trust, London, 1994 ISBN 0-900574-90-9 pp. 70-71

Dr M. Bass

Volume 32, issue 1-3, 1995

Acknowledgements pp. 1-iii

Peter Berman

Introduction pp. 3-11

Peter Berman and Anupa Bir

Health sector reform: making health development sustainable pp. 13-28

Peter Berman

Ends and means in public health policy in developing countries pp. 29-45

Jeffrey Hammer and Peter Berman

The politics of health sector reform in developing countries: three cases of pharmaceutical policy pp. 47-77

Michael R. Reich

What can developing economies learn from health system reforms of developed economies? pp. 79-91

Dov Chernichovsky

Towards an analytical approach to health sector reform pp. 93-109

Christopher Murray

Cost-effectiveness and the socialization of health care pp. 111-123

Philip Musgrove

Abnormal economics in the health sector pp. 125-139

William Hsiao

Market reforms in health care and sustainability of the welfare state: lessons from Sweden pp. 141-153

Finn Diderichsen

Chile's health sector reform: lessons from four reform periods pp. 155-166

Jorge Jimenez de la Jara and Thomas Bossert

New methods of financing and managing health care in the Russian Federation pp. 167-180

Igor Sheiman

Reform of the Chinese health care financing system pp. 181-191

Gu Xing-Yuan and Tang Sheng-Lan

Have structural adjustments led to health sector reform in Africa? pp. 193-214

David Sahn and Rene Bernier

Health sector reforms in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons of the last 10 years pp. 215-243

Lucy Gilson and Anne Mills

Health care reform in Kenya: a review of the process pp. 245-255

Germano Mwabu

Comprehensive policy analysis for health system reform pp. 257-277

Julio Frenk

Preconditions for health reform: experiences from the OECD countries pp. 279-293

George J. Schieber

Data analysis needs for health sector reform pp. 295-306

Julia Walsh and Maryse Simonet

Volume 31, issue 3, 1995

Health insurance in Russia -- the Kuzbass experience pp. 157-169

Ljudmila. E. Isakova, Roman. M. Zelckovich and Edward. M. Frid

Primary care and health care reform: the need to reflect before reforming pp. 171-181

Alan Maynard and Karen Bloor

Evaluating the effects of GP remuneration: problems and prospects pp. 183-195

Anthony Scott and Jane Hall

Ethical dilemmas in care for HIV infection among French general practitioners pp. 197-210

Jean-Paul Moatti, Marc Souville, Yolande Obadia, Michel Morina, Remy Sebbah, Thierry Gamby, Herve Gallais and Jean-Albert Gastaut

The changing availability of residential aged care in Australia pp. 211-224

Diane Gibson, Zhibin Liu and Ching Choi

On the estimation of cost-effectiveness ratios pp. 225-229

Magnus Johannesson

Cost-effectiveness league tables: think of the fans pp. 231-238

Michael Drummond, James Mason and George Torrance

Evaluating the NHS reforms: R. Robinson and J. Le Grand (Eds.) King's Fund Institute, Newbury, 288 pp., STG[pound sign]25.00, 1994 ISBN 0-946967-42-3 pp. 239-240

Chris Ham

Institutional strengthening and the development of research capacity in social sciences: L. Manderson (Ed.) Acta Tropica, Elsevier (Special Issue) vol. 57, issue 2/3, pp. 97-238, 1994 ISSN 0001-706X pp. 241-242

Anne Mills

National health service management in the 1980s. Policy making on the hoof?: S. Harrison (Ed.) Avebury, Aldershot, Hampshire, 197 pp., STG[pound sign]32.50, 1994 ISBN 1-85628-663-0 pp. 242-243

Brian Edwards

Volume 31, issue 2, 1995

Negotiating fees for medical specialists in the Netherlands pp. 81-101

Harm Lieverdink and Hans Maarse

The use of economic evaluation in health care: Australian decision makers' perceptions pp. 103-110

Jayne Ross

A critical review of health-related economic evaluations in Australia: implications for health policy pp. 111-125

Glenn Salkeld, Peter Davey and Gaston Arnolda

AIDS scenarios for The Netherlands; the economic impact on hospitals pp. 127-150

Maarten J. Postma, Johannes C. Jager, Marcel G. W. Dijgraaf, Jan C. C. Borleffs, Keith Tolley and Reiner Leidl

Intensive care. Medical ethics and the medical profession: R. Zussman (Ed.) The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 252 pp., 1992 ISBN 0-226-99635-2 pp. 151-152

R. Borghgraef

Journal of religion in disability and rehabilitation: Inaugural Issue (volume 1 number 1. 1994) The Haworth Pastoral Press, an Imprint of The Haworth Press Inc. ISSN 1059-9258 pp. 152-153

Paul Schotsmans

Strong medicine: How to save Canada's health care system: M. Rachlis and C. Kushner (Eds.) Harper Collins, Toronto, 396 pp., 1994 ISBN 0-00-255281-7 pp. 153-155

Michael A. O'Neill

Volume 31, issue 1, 1995

Managing the medical workforce: time for improvements? pp. 1-16

Alan Maynard and Arthur Walker

Handling complaints in hospitals pp. 17-27

Gert van der Wal and Peter Lens

Health for all in the Republic of Korea: one country's experience with implementing universal health care pp. 29-42

John W. Peabody, Sung-Woo Lee and Stephen R. Bickel

The place of magnetic resonance imaging in health care pp. 43-52

David Hailey and Deborah Marshall

The introduction of deductibles for prescription drugs in a national health insurance: compulsory or voluntary? pp. 53-65

F. M. Bakker and R. C. J. A. van Vliet

Key issues in health economics: G. Mooney Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 195 pp., US$24.95, 1994 ISBN 0-7450-1013-X pp. 67-68

K. Kesteloot

The NHS -- A kaleidoscope of care -- Conflicts of service and business values: T. Kember and G. Macpherson The Nuffields Provincial Hospital Trust, London, 364 pp., 1994 ISBN 0-900574-87-9 pp. 68-69

Ray Robinson

The National Health Service. A manager's tale. 1946-1992: B. Edwards The Nuffields Provincial Hospitals Trust, 208 pp., STG[pound sign]18.50, 1993 ISBN 0-900574-83-6 pp. 69-72

Robert J. Maxwell