Health Policy

1984 - 2025

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Volume 8, issue 3, 1987

Mental climate and the doctor-patient relationship pp. 247-249

Akira Koizumi

An inquiry concerning future health care technology: Methods and general results pp. 251-264

H. David Banta, Annetine C. Gelijns, Jan Griffioen and Peter J. Graaff

Future health care applications resulting from progress in the neurosciences: The significance of neural plasticity research pp. 265-276

A. C. Gelijns, P. J. Graaff, F. H. Lopes da Silva and W. H. Gispen

Forecasting the future of medical technology: Implications for health policy pp. 277-281

Henk Rigter

Management control in a publicly planned health system: A case study from Finland pp. 283-298

Richard B. Saltman

Health expenditure by area in Finland -- An indicator of equity pp. 299-315

A. Sakari Haro

Cost of illness studies: An aid to decision-making? pp. 317-323

Alan Shiell, Karen Gerard and Cam Donaldson

Competition in health care markets and the development of alternative forms of service delivery pp. 325-338

Thomas N. Chirikos and Stephen L. White

Contribution of medical decision-making to consensus development conferences pp. 339-346

N. S. Klazinga, A. F. Casparie and J. J. E. van Everdingen

Computing in clinical departments: Implications for the design of hospital information systems pp. 347-354

D. G. Wastell, E. J. Acheson, L. Cotter, W. Schady, S. B. L. Lucas and E. Cronin

Spectramap: by P.J. Lewi et al. Information Science Department, Janssen Research Foundation, 30 Turnhoutse Weg, 2340 Beerse, Belgium pp. 359-362

A. Thielemans and D. L. Massart

Health economics: Prospects for the future: by G. Teeling Smith (Ed.) Croom Helm, London, 1987 278 pp. [pound sign]27.50 pp. 364-366

G. Schieber

Prenatal screening, policies and values: The example of neural tube defects: by E.O. Nightingale and S.B. Meister (Eds.) Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1987 93 pp. $13.25 pp. 367-368

M. Orleans

Human system responses to disaster: by T.E. Drabek Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1986 509 pp. DM 138.00 pp. 368-369

D. Guha-Sapir

Choices for health care: A practical introduction to the economics of health provision (2nd edn.): by G.H. Mooney, E.M. Russell and R.D. Weir MacMillan Education, Houndmills Hampshire, 1986 179 pp. [pound sign]7.95 pp. 369-370

R. M. Lapre

Living with risk: by the British Medical Association John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester Sussex, 1987 179 pp. [pound sign]14.94 pp. 370-371

F. W. Schwartz

Volume 8, issue 2, 1987

Appropriate quality in health care pp. 149-151

William L. Kissick

Cost containment in a statutory health insurance scheme by substitution of outpatient for inpatient care? The case of the Bavarian Contract pp. 153-169

Juergen John and Peter Potthoff

The effect of economic constraints on the health care system in New Zealand pp. 171-181

Marschall W. Raffel and Norma K. Raffel

Towards a new health policy in Hungary pp. 183-192

Ivan Forgacs and Michael Kokeny

AIDS prevention: Is cost-benefit analysis appropriate? pp. 193-196

Philip R. Lee and Andrew R. Moss

Euthanasia, assistance to suicide and the law: Developments in the Netherlands pp. 197-206

H. J. J. Leenen

Economic evaluation of six scenarios for the treatment of stones in the kidney and ureter by surgery or extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy pp. 207-225

M. S. Patel, N. J. Blacklock and P. N. Rao

Cross-cultural variation in the weighting of health statements: A comparison of English and Swedish valuations pp. 227-235

Sonja M. Hunt and Ingela Wiklund

Confronting AIDS. Directions for public health, health care and research: by D. Baltimore and S. Wolff (Eds.) National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1986 374 pp. [pound sign]24.00 pp. 243-241

J. Desmyter

World Health Statistics Quarterly, volume 40, No. 1: World Health Organization, Geneva, 1987 96 pp. Sw.fr. 21.00 pp. 244-241

H. Kesteloot

Environmental tobacco smoke. Measuring exposures and assessing health effects: by B. Hulka (Ed.) National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1986 337 pp. [pound sign]19.20 pp. 244-245

H. Kesteloot

Volume 8, issue 1, 1987

The public-private mix in health care pp. 1-3

Jean-Pierre Poullier

Towards a new pluralism pp. 5-12

Rudolf Klein

The changing public/private mix in health care pp. 13-16

Aviva Ron

AIDS prevention in Japan and its cost benefit aspects pp. 17-27

Gen Ohi, Ichiro Kai, Yasuki Kobayashi, Tomonori Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Takenaga, Syo Takata, Fumimaro Takaku, Hiroshi Yoshikura and Takesumi Yoshimura

Patients' rights in Europe pp. 33-38

Henk J. J. Leenen

Essential drugs: economics and politics in international health pp. 39-57

Michael R. Reich

Medical devices and safety in health care pp. 59-67

H. D. C. Roscam Abbing

Technology assessment for countries at different stages of development pp. 69-75

Bryan Jennett

General and specific factors in the explanation of regional variation of hospital admission rates: policy consequences for Belgium and the Netherlands pp. 77-93

J. van der Zee and P. P. Groenewegen

The implementation of a quality assurance programme in the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona pp. 95-103

R. Sunol, R. Delgado, A. Net, J. Nolla and Li. Bohigas

International comparative research in health care. A study of the literature pp. 105-136

Lettie van Atteveld, Corine Broeders and Ruud Lapre

Public health action in emergencies caused by epidemics: by P. Bres World Health Organization, Geneva, 1986 287 pp. Sw.fr.49 pp. 141-139

M. Lechat

Hospital information systems for case mix management: by L. Lichtig John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986 313 pp. [pound sign]33.70 pp. 142-143

L. Jenkins

Political values and health care: The German experience: by D. Light and A. Schuller (Eds.) MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 1986 605 pp. $60.75 pp. 143-144

F. Beske

Smoking out the barons: The campaign against the tobacco industry: A report of the British Medical Association John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, Sussex, 1986 192 pp. [pound sign]6.95 pp. 144-145

M. Danzon and P. White

Volume 7, issue 3, 1987

Research and policy formulation pp. 295-296

Karen Davis

Are there health risks in using risking systems? the case of perinatal risk assessment pp. 297-307

Miriam Orleans and Albert D. Haverkamp

Economic evaluation and the rational diffusion and use of health technology pp. 309-324

Michael F. Drummond

Alcohol policies fin de siecle pp. 325-338

Pekka Sulkunen

Hospitalization of infants pp. 339-344

Yaffa Machnes Reif

The cost of saving a life through cervical cytology screening: implications for health policy pp. 345-359

M. C. Charny, S. C. Farrow and C. J. Roberts

Smoking policy in the Netherlands since the fifties: One factor in the social dynamics of changes in smoking behaviour pp. 361-368

Jan van Reek and Hans Adriaanse

Health needs in a London district pp. 369-371

Nicholas B. Mays

`What are my chances doctor?' A review of clinical risks: by B. O'Brien Office of Health Economics, London, 1986 43 pp., [pound sign] 1.50 pp. 377-379

M. Charny

Safety measures for use in outbreaks of communicable disease: Prepared by Donald J. Dunsmore World Health Organisation, Geneva, 1986 VIII + 98 pp. Sw.fr. 17.00 pp. 377-375

G. Reybrouck

Managing the medical enterprise: A study of physician managers: by C. Betson UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, 1986 191 pp., [pound sign] 43.25 pp. 379-381

David A. Kindig

Health: The foundations for achievement: by D. Seedhouse 104 pp. [pound sign] 5.96 pp. 381-382

C. Davies

Volume 7, issue 2, 1987

Economic incentives in the health care industry: Implications for health policy making pp. 109-114

W. Nonneman and Eddy Van Doorslaer

Public health insurance: the collective purchase of individual care pp. 115-134

Robert G. Evans

Market strategies for publicly financed health care systems pp. 135-148

Frans F. H. Rutten

In search of economic rationality: the experience of the Polish National Health Service pp. 149-162

W. Cezary Wlodarczyk

Competitive health plans and alternative payment arrangements for physicians in the United States: public sector examples pp. 163-173

Deborah A. Freund

Incentives for cost-effective behavior: a Dutch experience pp. 175-188

L. M. J. Groot

Incentives for cost-effective physician behaviour pp. 189-204

Alan Maynard

Stimulating cost effective behavior in hospitals pp. 205-213

Duncan Neuhauser

Combining clinical budgets and DRGs for quality management pp. 215-226

Iden Wickings

Rules and incentives for hospitals: the Belgian financing system pp. 227-239

Eric De Cooman and Maurice Marchand

The U.S. health care economy: from guild to market in ten years pp. 241-251

Alain C. Enthoven

The key role of health insurance in a cost-effective health care system Towards regulated competition in the Dutch medical market pp. 253-272

Wynand P. M. M. van de Ven

Bonus systems in health insurance: a microeconomic analysis pp. 273-288

Peter Zweifel

Volume 7, issue 1, 1987

The importance of vital statistics pp. 1-2

E. Hyock Kwon

Financing graduate medical education and biomedical research: Whose responsibility? pp. 3-12

Gerard F. Anderson and Judith R. Lave

AIDS: Screening of possible carriers and human rights pp. 13-19

J. K. M. Gevers

Re-vitalizing public health care systems: A proposal for public competition in Sweden pp. 21-40

Richard B. Saltman and Casten von Otter

Increase in life expectancy at birth in Japan: Some implications for variable patterns of decrease in mortality pp. 41-48

Motofumi Masaki and Akira Koizumi

The economics of prevention: A critique pp. 49-56

Roy J. Shephard

The economics of prevention: Reply to Roy Shephard pp. 57-59

Louise Russell

Cost-benefit analysis: Dealing with the problems of indivisible projects and fixed budgets pp. 61-72

Stephen Birch and Cam Donaldson

Drug prescribing: A discussion of its variability and (ir)rationality pp. 73-94

Guy Carrin

CMF-CRED: Analyzing 1950-1985 health expenditures in France: by Jean-Marc Buhler, Jacques Harrouin and Simone Sandier, CREDES, 1 rue Paul Cezanne, 75008 Paris, France. Tel. 33 (1) 42 25 00 38 pp. 101-102

Mme Simone Sandier

Diet and human carcinogenesis: by J.V. Joossens, M. Hill and J. Geboers Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1985 343 pp pp. 103-105

R. Kroes

The social history of occupational health: by P. Wendling Croom Helm Ltd., Kent, 1985 267 pp., [pound sign]17.95 pp. 105-105

D. Lahaye

Nutrition and development: by M. Biswas and P. Pinstrup-Andersen Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985 190 pp. [pound sign]15.00 pp. 106-108

M. Reich