Health Policy

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Volume 18, issue 3, 1991

Genetic predictive testing and private insurances pp. 197-206

Henriette D. C. Roscam Abbing

Health policies and health for all strategies in the Nordic countries pp. 207-218

Reijo Salmela

Evaluation from population registry data of health care expenditure during the 6 months after cancer diagnosis pp. 219-229

Simon Schraub, Michel Mougeot, Mariette Mercier and Pierre Bourgeois

Elderly care policy, formal and informal care the Swedish case pp. 231-242

Lennarth Johansson

Total quality in acute care hospitals: guidelines for hospital managers pp. 243-250

Bruno Holthof

Guidelines to shape clinical practice. The role of medical societies: the Dutch experience in comparison with recent developments in the American approach pp. 251-259

A. F. Casparie

Policy relevance of a survey on smoking and drinking behaviour among Dutch school children pp. 261-268

Jan van Reek, Ronald Knibbe and Theo van Iwaarden

Health effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation: By the Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations of the National Research Council Washington D.C., National Academy Press, 421 pp., 1990, ISBN 0-309-03995-9, [pound sign]30.00 pp. 269-268

P. Schonken

Liberating medicine: By D. Seedhouse Chicester, John Wiley & Sons, 175 pp., 1991, ISBN 0-471-92844-5, [pound sign]11.95 pp. 270-272

R. Borghgraef

The impact of development policies on health. A review of the literature: By D. Weil, A. Alicbusan, J. Wilson, M. Reich and D. Bradley Geneva, World Health Organization, 165 pp., 1990, ISBN 92-4-156141-6, Sw.fr.31.00 pp. 270-268

R. Morgan

Volume 18, issue 2, 1991

Substitutability of a process innovation in medical diagnosis: some empirical results pp. 101-118

D. P. Doessel

Recent trends in expenditures on physicians' services in Canada pp. 119-129

Dale A. Rublee and James W. Moser

Effects of cost sharing in health insurance on disability days pp. 131-139

William H. Rogers, Thomas W. O'Rourke, John E. Ware, Robert H. Brook and Joseph Newhouse

The costs of treating hypertension -- an analysis of different cut-off points pp. 141-150

Magnus Johannesson, Lars Borgquis, Bengt Jonsson and Lennart Rastam

Quantitative measures of medical activities in relation to diagnosis in primary health care pp. 151-157

Ingvar Krakau

Urban health in The Netherlands: health situation, health care facilities and public health policy pp. 159-168

H. F. L. Garretsen and H. Raat

Chiropody and the QALY: a case study in assigning categories of disability and distress to patients pp. 169-185

Stirling Bryan, David Parkin and Cam Donaldson

Health services for adults with physical disabilities. A survey of district health authorities 1988/89: By F. Edwards and M. Warren London, The Royal College of Physicians of London, 1990, 144 pp., ISBN 1-873240-04-X pp. 187-185

J. van de Rest

Healthy people. Citizens chart the course: Edited by M. Stoto, R. Behrens and C. Rosemont Washington D.C., National Academy Press, 228 pp., 1990, ISBN 0-309-04340-9, [pound sign]20.75 pp. 188-189

E.Borst-Eilers

Volume 18, issue 1, 1991

The relation between quantity and quality with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery pp. 1-10

David Banta and Michael Bos

Health services reform in Poland: Issues in recent developments pp. 11-24

W. Cezary Wlodarczyk and Piotr Mierzewski

EuroQol(c): health-related quality of life measurement. Valuations of health states by the general public in Norway pp. 25-36

Erik Nord

EuroQol(c): health-related quality of life measurement. Results of the Swedish questionnaire exercise pp. 37-48

Richard G. Brooks, Stefan Jendteg, Bjorn Lindgren, Ulf Persson and Stefan Bjork

Territorial justice and RAWP pp. 49-56

Martin A. Powell

Policy and implementation of user fees in Jamaican public hospitals pp. 57-85

Maureen Lewis and Clover Parker

Screening in health care. Benefit or bane?: By W. Holland and S. Stewart The Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, London, 1990, 233 pp. ISBN 0-90057476-3, [pound sign]15.00 pp. 87-88

P. Jozan

Volume 17, issue 3, 1991

U.S. initiatives and approaches for outcomes and effectiveness research pp. 209-225

Marian Gornick, James Lubitz and Gerald Riley

Advanced home health care pp. 227-242

Gregory de Lissovoy and Judith A. Feustle

Palliative radiotherapy - counting the costs of changing practice pp. 243-256

Maria Goddard, Elizabeth J. Maher, John Hutton and Damu Shah

Antitrust policy in the Dutch health care system and the relevance of EEC competition policy and U.S. antitrust practice pp. 257-284

Frederik T. Schut, Warren Greenberg and Wynand P. M. M. van de Ven

Annotated bibliography: Psychosocial aspects of AIDS on the professional caregiver pp. 285-307

Honey W. Nashman and Carol H. Hoare

What price quality? The NHS in review: G. McLachlan The Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust, London, 1990, 298 pp., ISBN 0-900574-739, [pound sign]15.00 pp. 309-310

A. Casparie

National priorities for the assessment of clinical conditions and medical technologies. Report of a pilot study: By the Priority-Setting Group Council on Health Care Technology of the Institute of Medicine National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1990, 107 pp., ISBN 0-309-04236-4, [pound sign]10.75 pp. 310-310

D. Banta

Volume 17, issue 2, 1991

DRGs: The state of the art, circa 1990 pp. 97-119

Thomas E. McGuire

Issues for comparability of DRG statistics in Europe. Results from EURODRG pp. 121-132

Merce Casas

The impact of different coding systems on DRG assignment and data pp. 133-149

Beth Reid

Refined DRGs: Trials in Europe pp. 151-164

Jean L. Freeman

Hospital comparisons using a Euro Health Data Base for resource management and strategic planning pp. 165-177

Francis H. Roger France, Anita Alban, Barry Barber, Claire Beguin, Steve Bruster, Marie-Christine Closon, Ulises Ruiz, Francesco Taroni, Karl Uberla and Richard van den Heuvel

The development of cost information by DRG - experience in a Barcelona hospital pp. 179-194

Pere Ibern, Josep Bisbel and Merce Casas

SAMGRAPH pp. 195-200

Terry Bemhardt and Fritz Ohnsorg

Volume 17, issue 1, 1991

Economic evaluation in health care: Is there a role for cost-benefit analysis? pp. 1-23

Magnus Johannesson and Bengt Jonsson

The introduction and evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging in Australia pp. 25-37

David M. Hailey and Bernard L. Crowe

The feasibility of additive conjoint measurement in measuring utilities in breast cancer patients pp. 39-50

C. G. Verhoef, A. Maas, L. J. A. Stalpers, A. L. M. Verbeek, Th. Wobbes and W. A. J. van Daal

Minding our Ps and Qs? financial incentives for efficient hospital behaviour pp. 51-76

Cam Donaldson and Karen Gerard

A surplus of physicians in Israel: Any lessons for the United States and other industrialized countries? pp. 77-86

Gerard F. Anderson and Shlomi Antebi

Eco-sante German version 2.1 pp. 87-88

M. Huber and M. Schnelder

Changing ideas in health care: Edited by D. Seedhouse and A. Cribb John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chicester, 1989, 236 pp., ISBN 0-471-92068-1, [pound sign]9.95 pp. 89-90

R. Maxwell

Nutrition policy for food-rich countries. A strategic analysis: By N. Milio The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 1990, 223 pp., ISBN 0-8018-3951-3, US$46.00 pp. 90-90

H. Kesteloot

Quality of life and technology assessment. Monograph of the council on health care technology of the institute of medicine: Edited by F. Mosteller and J. Falotic-Taylor National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 1989, 119 pp., ISBN 0-309-04098-1 pp. 90-91

S. Hunt

Volume 16, issue 3, 1990

Promoting healthy behaviour: The importance of economic analysis in policy formulation for AIDS prevention pp. 187-197

Stephen Birch and Greg Stoddart

GP budget holding in the United Kingdom: Learning from American HMOs pp. 209-220

Jonathan P. Weiner and David M. Ferriss

Hypertension, gender, job hazards and absenteeism in a 1973 national sample of U.S. workers pp. 221-232

J. Paul Leigh

Switching drugs from prescription-only to over-the-counter availability: economic benefits in the United Kingdom pp. 233-239

Mandy Ryan and Brian Yule

Costs and benefits of early detection of prostatic cancer pp. 241-253

Per Carlsson, Knud V. Pedersen and Eberhard Varenhorst

Service management: New Zealand's model of resource management pp. 255-263

Laurence Malcolm

Health inequalities in European countries: By J. Fox (ed.) Gower in Association with the European Science Foundation, Aldershot, 1989, 414 pp., ISBN 0566-05497-3, [pound sign]42.00 pp. 265-266

R. Schepers

The Dutch sentinel practice network: Relevance for public health policy: By A. Bartelds, J. Fracheboud and J. van der Zee (eds.) Utrecht, Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL), 1989, 357 pp., ISBN 90-6905-109-5, fl. 40.00 pp. 266-267

M. Bass

Analysis of the support of first-referral hospitals to primary health care services, including the activities of hospitals in disease prevention and health promotion. WHO-Report: By K. Lee and G. Hoare 58 pp., Copenhagen, 1989 pp. 267-268

P. Ghei

Volume 16, issue 2, 1990

The policies of organ transplantation in Europe: issues and problems pp. 95-103

Mia Defever

Organ donation, the legal framework pp. 105-115

H. D. C. Roscam Abbing

Criteria for selecting organ donors and recipients pp. 117-122

Paul Michielsen

A second opinion - In defence of the living donor transplant pp. 123-126

Arnt Jakobsen

Organ donation: The role of hospitals pp. 127-131

Walter Land and Christl Schulz

The diffusion of organ transplantation in Western Europe pp. 133-145

H. Rigter and M. A. Bos

Orthotopic liver transplantation in The Netherlands. The results and impact of a medical technology assessment pp. 147-161

Gouke J. Bonsel, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Frank T. de Charro, Paul J. van der Maas, J. Dik and F. Habbema

The ethics of liver transplantation from a living donor pp. 161-164c

A. Spital and M. Spital

A review of public policies to procure and distribute kidneys for transplantation pp. 161-163c

P. A. Singer

Ethical issues with ESRD patients pp. 161-163b

K. O'Dell

Misuse of an organ pp. 161-164a

R. W. Evans and D. L. Manninen

Transplantation of organs from newborns with anencephaly pp. 161-163d

R. Leclerc, J. L. Watts, S. K. Ali, D. Biggar, G. Chance, N. P. Kenny and S. Melancon

The infant with anencephaly pp. 161-163a

D. A. Stumpf, R. E. Cranford, S. Elias, N. C. Fost, M. P. McQuillen, E. C. Myer, R. Poland and J. T. Queenan

The artificial heart as a bridge to transplant: Ethical and legal issues at the bedside pp. 161-164d

D. L. Schiedermayer and R. S. Shapiro

Out of the blue: Psychological profile of an unsolicited organ donor pp. 161-164b

M. E. Olbrisch and J. L. Levenson

Legal framework for organ donation and transplantation pp. 164-165

S. B. Rodgers

Ethical issues in the use of anencephalic infants as organ donors pp. 165-166

S. Shinnar and J. Arras

Organ procurement and transplantation pp. 165-165a

F. D. Davis

Delegates grapple with ethical issues at international transplant meeting pp. 165-165b

C. Poliock

Ethics of liver transplantation with living donors pp. 166-166a

P. A. Singer, M. Siegler, P. F. Whitington, J. D. Lantos, J. C. Emond, J. R. Thistlethwaite and C. E. Broelsch

Cadaveric organ donation: Ethical considerations for a new approach pp. 166-167

I. Kleinman and F. H. Lowy

Unconventional living kidney donors - Attitudes and use among transplant centers pp. 166-166b

A. Spital

Ethical criteria for procuring and distributing organs for transplantation pp. 167-168

J. F. Childress

Ethical Issues - a Middle East perspective pp. 167-167a

A. S. Daar

Criteria for transplantation: a physician's perspective pp. 167-167d

L. Burrows

Removing organs from anencephalic Infants: Ethical and legal considerations pp. 167-167b

N. Fost

The report of the U.S. Task Force on organ transplantation: criticisms and alternatives pp. 167-167e

F. M. Kamm

Procurement and allocation policies: should receiving depend on willingness to give? pp. 167-167c

J. Muyskens

Ethics and organ transplantation in children pp. 168-169a

P. Royer

Kidneys for sale pp. 168-169d

M. Phillips

The desperate case: CARE (costs, applicability, research, ethics) pp. 168-169b

F. D. Moore

The neurologist's role in transplantation medicine pp. 168-169e

S. Kascha and G. S. Barolin

Ethical dilemmas of neonatal-perinatal surgery pp. 168-168c

A. L. Rostain and V. K. Bhutani

The economics and ethics of markets for human organs pp. 168-168b

H. Hansmann

Kidney for sale by live donor pp. 168-169c

D. Brahams

Marketing of human organs and tissues is justified and necessary pp. 168-168a

J. Kevorkian

A nursing perspective of the ethical issues surrounding liver transplantation pp. 169-170

A. Omery and D. Caswell

Anencephalic infants as organ donors. Legal and ethical perspectives pp. 170-170b

T. Leggans

Ethical and legal considerations in the care of the infant with end-stage renal disease whose parents elect conservative therapy pp. 170-171c

C. Cohen

'So quick bright things come to confusion pp. 170-170a

A. M. Capron

Three ethical revolutions: Ancient assumptions remodeled under pressure of transplantation pp. 170-171a

F. D. Moore

Ethical issues in organ allocation pp. 170-171b

J. B. Dossetor

Defining death: Organ transplants, tradition and technology in Japan pp. 170-170c

E. A. Feldman

Ethical aspects of organ allocation in transplantation pp. 171-172

S. J. Reiser

Psychiatric liaison to liver transplant recipients pp. 172-172a

P. G. Krener

Why are cadaveric renal transplants so hard to find in Japan? An analysis of economic and attitudinal aspects pp. 172-173c

G. Ohi, T. Hasegawa and H. Kumano

Professions, families and control in the management of the cadaver organ donor pp. 172-172b

J. C. Salloway and P. J. Volek

The use of human fetal tissue for transplantation: Can the law and ethics catch up with technology? pp. 172-174c

W. D. Lyman

The gift of life. Ethical problems and policies in obtaining and distributing organs for transplantation pp. 172-173a

J. F. Childress

Socio-cultural dimensions of renal transplants in Japan pp. 172-174d

E. Ohnuki-Tierney

Blood, sweat, tears and profits: The ethics of the sale and use of patient derived materials in biomedicine pp. 172-174b

A. L. Caplan

Kidney transplantation from anencephalic donors pp. 172-172c

W. Holzgreve, F. K. Beller and B. Buchholz

Supply and distribution of hearts for transplantation: Legal, ethical and policy issues pp. 172-173b

J. A. Robertson

Bioethical and legal considerations in increasing the supply of transplantable organs: From UAGA to `Baby Fae' pp. 172-174a

H. S. Schwartz

Conceiving a fetus for bone marrow donation: an ethical problem in prenatal diagnosis pp. 175-176b

R. D. Clark, J. Fletcher and G. Petersen

The ethics of research using human fetal tissue: (III) pp. 175-175c

T. E. Spielberg

The ethics of research using human fetal tissue: (II) pp. 175-175f

D. E. Redmond, D. Spencer, F. Naftolin, R. H. Roth, B. S. Bunney, C. Leranth, R. Robbins, L. Kier, T. Vollmer, R. J. Levine, M. Genel and H. Zonana

The total artificial heart: An ethics perspective on current clinical research and deployment pp. 175-176d

S. H. Miles, M. Siegler, D. L. Schiedermayer, J. D. Lantos and J. La-Puma

Canadian regulation of the medical use of fetal tissue in research and therapy pp. 175-176a

T. D. Marshall

Fetal tissue transplantation: time for a Canadian policy pp. 175-175g

F. H. Lowy

The ethics of research using human fetal tissue: (I) pp. 175-175a

J. B. Murphy

Fetal tissue transplants remain off limits pp. 175-175d

J. Palca

The ethics of research using human fetal tissue: reply (ii) pp. 175-175b

H. T. Greely and T. Raffin

The artificial heart as a bridge to transplant: Ethical and legal issues at the bedside pp. 175-176c

D. L. Schiedermayer and R. S. Shapiro

The ethics of research using human fetal tissue: Reply (I) pp. 175-175e

G. J. Annas and S. Elias

Ethical considerations of artificial heart implantations pp. 176-177

P. D. Simmons

Artificial hearts. Permanent and temporary pp. 177-177a

A. S. Relman

Artificial heart and assist devices: Directions, needs, costs, societal and ethical issues pp. 177-177b

R. L. Van Citters, C. B. Bauer and L. K. Christopherson

Health policy. An exploratory inquiry into the development of policy for the new public health in the Netherlands: By E. de Leeuw Maastricht, Savannah/Datawyse, 1989, 180 pp., ISBN 90-9003118-9, $15.00 pp. 179-180

G. Evers

Interface study on the support of hospitals to primary health care services in a district. WHO-report: By F. Doelman 52 pp., Copenhagen, 1989 pp. 180-181

Mrs. P. Ghei

Volume 16, issue 1, 1990

Continuity and change in preferred provider organizations pp. 1-18

Thomas Rice, Jon Gabel, Stephen Mick, Clare Lippert and Colleen Dowd

Resource management in New Zealand hospitals: the RUS system - an illustration of its applications pp. 19-25

David Phillips and Ichiro Kawachi

Health and the allocation of public expenditures pp. 27-31

Yaffa Machnes

Awareness of an AIDS campaign directed at Norwegian adolescents pp. 33-41

Bente Traeen

Hospital cost for patients with HIV infection in a University Hospital in The Netherlands pp. 43-54

Jan C. C. Borleffs, Johannes C. Jager, Marinus J. J. C. Poos, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Rimke M. A. Geels, Henk Vrehen and August J. P. Schrijvers

The changing pattern of medical activity in a major Belgian University Hospital pp. 55-73

Arthur Vleugels

The health situation of Turkish inhabitants of Rotterdam and Antwerp pp. 75-84

H. P. Uniken Venema, R. Peeters and P. van Haastrecht

Moral theory and medical practice: K. Fulford Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989 311 pp., ISBN 0-521-259150, [pound sign]12.50 pp. 85-86

B. Defreyne