Health Policy

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Volume 27, issue 3, 1994

Competition among hospitals in the United States pp. 205-231

Ron B. Thomson

The market reform of the New Zealand health care system searching for the Holy Grail in the antipodes pp. 233-252

Pim Borren and Alan Maynard

Attitudes to prevention among HIV-infected patients: the case of specific prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia pp. 253-259

Anne Auperin, Christos Chouaid and Virginie Halley des Fontaines

Quality assurance in health care. From a traditional towards a modern approach pp. 261-270

Peter P. M. Harteloh and Frank W. S. M. Verheggen

The distribution of pharmaceuticals in Europe -- current and future trends in wholesaling pp. 271-292

Fredrik Andersson

Volume 27, issue 2, 1994

Can we restrict the health care menu? pp. 103-112

Rudolf Klein

The influence of system factors upon the macro-economic efficiency of health care: implications for the health policies of developing and developed countries pp. 113-140

Hyoung-Sun Jeong and Atsuaki Gunji

Dutch home care: towards a new organization? pp. 141-156

Ingrid Mur-Veeman, Arno van Raak and Hans Maarse

Privatization of the medical market in socialist China: A historical approach pp. 157-174

Gordon Liu, Xingzhu Liu and Qingyue Meng

Trends in hospital resource utilization by HIV-infected persons, January 1987-June 1990 pp. 175-191

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

Health care technology and its assessment: By H. Banta (Ed.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, 384 pp., 1993, ISBN 019-262297-8, 45.00 pp. 193-194

D. Hailey

Suing for medical malpractice: By F. Sloan, P. Githens, E. Wright Clayton, G. Hickson, D. Gentile, D. Partlett (Eds.) The University of Chicago Press, Illinois 258 pp., ISBN 0-226-76279-3, US$43.25, 29.95 pp. 195-196

Thomas A. Massaro

Public hospitals in developing countries. Resource use, cost, financing: By H. Barnum; J. Kutzin (Eds.) The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 335 pp., 1993, ISBN 0-8018-4532-7, US$35.95 pp. 196-197

Xavier Leus

Guidelines for cholera control: By World Health Organisation (Ed.) 61 pp., ISBN 92-4-154449-X, Sw.fr. 10.50, US$13.50 pp. 197-197

H. Kigutha

North American health care policy in the 1990s: By A. King, T. Hyclak; R. Thornton, S. McMahon (Eds.) John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 284 pp., 1993, ISBN, 0-471-94003-8 pp. 198-199

C. Donaldson

Brain dead, brain absent, brain donors. Human subjects or human objects: By P. McCullauch (Ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 261 pp., 1993 ISBN 0-471-93736-3, 34.95 pp. 199-200

E. Nagel and R. Pichlmayr

Volume 27, issue 1, 1994

Dependency policies for Europe pp. 1-3

Mia Defever

Health care in Canada: a system in turmoil pp. 5-17

Tom Rathwell

Dimensions of health system reform pp. 19-34

Julio Frenk

Blood ties: accountability for blood quality in New Zealand pp. 35-51

Philippa Howden-Chapman

The use of prescription charges pp. 53-73

Christine Huttin

Dependency: conceptualization and strategies pp. 75-96

Mia Defever

Nursing in action. Strengthening nursing and midwifery to support health for all: Jane Salvage (Ed.) WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 48, World Health Organisation, Geneva 123 pp., 1993, ISBN 92-890-1312-5, Sw.fr. 24.- pp. 97-96

R. Lagae

Gesundheitsokonomie: F. Breyer and P. Zweifel (Eds.) Springer Lehrbuch, Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 427 pp., 1992, ISBN 3-540-55756-3 pp. 97-98

M. Hoopmann

Volume 26, issue 3, 1994

The resource implications and service outcomes of genetic services in the context of DNA technology pp. 171-190

Roger Beech, Roberto J Rona and Sundhiya Mandalia

The effect of a patient charge and a prescription regulation on the use of antihypertension drugs in Limburg, The Netherlands pp. 191-206

Bert Starmans, Richard Janssen, Martin Schepers and Mathis Verkooijen

Health care expenditure in the Nordic countries pp. 207-220

Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Bengt Jonsson

The impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia pp. 221-230

Deborah Marshall, Edie Clark and David Hailey

The health of adults in the developing world: Edited by R. Feachem, T. Kjellstrom, C. Murray, M. Over and M. Phillips Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press, New York 360 pp., 1992, ISBN 0-19-520879-X, $34.95 pp. 231-232

Evangelos Petropoulos

Volume 26, issue 2, 1993

The value of early discharge: Dispelling some myths pp. 81-91

Anthony Scott, Alan Shiell and Michael George Farnworth

NHS reforms and resource management: Whither the hospital? pp. 93-104

Shelley Farrar

Public and private imperatives of Greek health policies pp. 105-117

John E. Kyriopoulos and George Tsalikis

Assessment of process quality in Tanzanian primary care pp. 119-139

Lucy Gilson, Henry Kitange and Thomas Teuscher

Setting health care priorities in Sweden: The politician's point of view pp. 141-154

Stefan Bjork and Per Rosen

`Bed-blockers': Delayed discharge of hospital patients in a nationwide perspective in Sweden pp. 155-170

Karin Styrborn and Mats Thorslund

Volume 26, issue 1, 1993

Prospects for health policy pp. 1-3

Jan E. Blanpain

Policy elements as predictors of smoking and drinking behaviour: the Dutch Cohort Study of secondary schoolchildren pp. 5-18

Jan van Reek, Ronald Knibbe and Theo van Iwaarden

Rurality and resource allocation in the UK pp. 19-27

Ian S. Watt and Trevor A. Sheldon

Cost of illness studies in health care: a comparison of two cases pp. 29-42

Andre Ament and Silvia Evers

Cost-effectiveness of a tobacco `Quit and Win' contest in Sweden pp. 43-53

Per Tillgren, Mans Rosen, Bo J. A. Haglund, Tuula Ainetdin, Lars Lindholm and Lars-Erik Holm

Does expenditure on pharmaceuticals give good value for money?: current evidence and policy implications pp. 55-75

Douglas Coyle and Michael Drummond

Public mental health marketing, developing a consumer attitude: By D. Self (Ed.) New York, The Haworth Press 214 pp., 1993, ISBN 1-56024-189-6, US$32.95 pp. 77-78

Lydwine Verhaegen

Volume 25, issue 3, 1993

European regions come of age pp. 187-197

Hendrik Brugmans

Systems of donor transfer pp. 199-212

Frank Th. de Charro, Hans E. M. Akveld and Dick J. Hessing

Improving the implementation of cost recovery for health: lessons from Zimbabwe pp. 213-242

Robert Hecht, Catherine Overholt and Hopkins Holmberg

The influence of technology assessments by advisory bodies on health policy and practice pp. 243-254

David M. Hailey

Institutional responses to Medicare's prospective payment system pp. 255-270

Hans Maarse, Dianca Rooijakkers and Ronald Duzijn

The role of health centres in the development of urban health systems. Report of a WHO study group on primary health care in urban areas: WHO Technical Report Series, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1992 38 pp., ISBN 92-4-120827-9, Sw.fr.7 pp. 271-270

H. F. L. Garretsen

The development and use of antiprogestin drugs: Social, political, economic, and legal issues: Medicine in the Public Interest, Boston, 1992 49 pp., US$5 pp. 272-273

M. De Wachter

Health care for the poor and uninsured: Strategies that work: Edited by N. Tate and K. Kavanagh The Haworth Press, Inc., New York, 1992 98 pp., ISBN 1-56024-315-5 pp. 273-274

Jain Sagar

Economics and mental health: Edited by R. Frank and W. Manning Jr. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1992 351 pp., Paperback US$22.50, Hardcover US$60.00, ISBN 0-8018-4429-0 pp. 274-275

Andre Ament

Volume 25, issue 1-2, 1993

Introduction to economics in the new NHS pp. 1-7

John Cairns and Cam Donaldson

The new NHS in a global context: is it taking us where we want to be? pp. 9-24

Cam Donaldson and Gavin Mooney

The way to economic prescribing pp. 25-38

Mandy Ryan and Brian Yule

General practitioners and the new contract: promoting better health through financial incentives pp. 39-50

David Hughes

Prevention in primary care: the annual assessment of elderly people pp. 51-62

Phil Shackley and Sheena Donald

Dental care in the NHS: reforms with teeth? pp. 63-80

Brian Yule

Caring for people efficiently pp. 81-94

David Hughes

Needs assessment: developing an economic approach pp. 95-108

Cam Donaldson and Shelley Farrar

Setting priorities in the new NHS: can purchasers use cost-utility information? pp. 109-125

Karen Gerard

Contracts: problems and prospects pp. 127-140

John Cairns

Teaching and research in hospitals: implications for the NHS reforms pp. 141-151

Shelley Farrar and Cam Donaldson

Creating a market: an economic analysis of the purchaser-provider model pp. 153-168

Phil Shackley and Andrew Healey

Extra-market incentives in the new NHS pp. 169-183

Julie Ratcliffe