Health Policy

1984 - 2025

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Volume 6, issue 4, 1986

Editorial pp. 311-309

Jan E. Blanpain

Health care financing in the Netherlands: recent changes and future options pp. 313-320

Frans F. H. Rutten and ReneJ. M. Freens

Payment reform in the United States pp. 321-328

Gerard F. Anderson

Financing the U.K. national health services pp. 329-340

Alan Maynard

A `concerted' approach to health care financing in the Federal Republic of Germany pp. 341-351

Klaus-Dirk Henke

Hospital financing in Belgium: recent changes and future options pp. 353-361

Jean Hermesse

Risk targetting: an approach to costcontainment pp. 363-372

M. C. Charny and S. C. Farrow

Comparative health systems. Descriptive analysis of fourteen national health systems: M.W. Raffel (ed.) Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London, 1985 600 pp pp. 377-378

L. Groot

Is prevention better than cure?: by Louise Russell Costello Publ. Co, Kent, U.K. 160 pp., [pound sign] 28.00 pp. 378-379

David C. Evered

Irish medical care resources: an economic analysis: by Dale Tussing Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, 1985 353 pp., [pound sign] 12.50 pp. 379-380

Philip C. Berman

Volume 6, issue 3, 1986

Towards a European policy in health pp. 221-226

J. E. Asvall

"Health for all by the year 2000": A mere slogan or a workable formula? pp. 227-237

Louise J. Gunning-Schepers

Evaluation of the European strategy for Health for All by the year 2000 pp. 239-258

J. E. Asvall, J. -P. Jardell and A. Nanda

The federal response to the AIDS epidemic pp. 259-267

Philip R. Lee and Peter S. Arno

Why are cadaveric renal transplants so hard to find in Japan? An analysis of economic and attitudinal aspects pp. 269-278

Gen Ohi, Tomonori Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Kumano, Ichiro Kai, Nobuyuki Takenaga, Yoshio Taguchi, Hiroshi Saito and Tsunamasa Ino

Socio-cultural dimensions of renal transplants in Japan pp. 279-282

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

How can patient education contribute to improved health care under prospective pricing? pp. 283-294

Edward E. Bartlett

Medicare policy. New directions for health and long-term care: by K. Davis and D. Rowland The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1986 137 pp., US$ 20.35 pp. 299-300

Peter Zweifel

Medical responsibility in Western Europe: Research study of the European Science Foundation by E. Deutsch and H.LO. Schreiber Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985 187 pp., DM 248 pp. 301-303

F. C. B. van Wymen

Health, race and ethnicity: by T. Rathwell and D. Phillips Croom Helm Ltd., London, 1986 277 pp., [pound sign] 17.95 pp. 303-306

S. Hunt

The Swedish health services in the 1990's: The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, 1985 120 pp pp. 306-307

The Nordic School of Public Health

Volume 6, issue 2, 1986

The `avoidable death' guide to Europe pp. 115-117

Walter W. Holland

The economic cost of illness in the Federal Republic of Germany in the year 1980 pp. 119-143

Klaus-Dirk Henke and Cornelia S. Behrens

Health and pension policies in the context of demographic evolution and economic constraint pp. 145-147

Simone Sandler

Cross-cultural issues in the use of socio-medical indicators pp. 149-158

Sonja M. Hunt

Expert systems for medical consultation pp. 159-173

M. Fieschi

Health needs in a London district pp. 175-184

A. M. B. Golding, Sonja M. Hunt and J. McEwen

Lower referral rates for integrated health centres in The Netherlands pp. 185-198

Dirk Wijkel

Monitoring performance in the NHS. The district neural tube defect screening service pp. 199-206

S. C. Farrow, I. B. Robertson and C. A. Lester

Limits to medicine pp. 207-209

Heleen M. Dupuis

Population and societal outlook. Agora demography: edited by D. Feld and R. Lesthaege Koning Boudewijnstichting, Brussels, 1985 320 pp., 350 BFr pp. 211-212

J. P. Mackenbach

Health services performance, effectiveness and efficiency: edited by A.F. Long and S. Harrison Croom Helm Ltd., London, 1985 269 pp., [pound sign]16.95 pp. 212-213

G. Van Herck

Volume 6, issue 1, 1986

The emergence of market competition in the U.S. health care system: Its causes, likely structure, and implications pp. 1-20

Paul J. Feldstein

Economic appraisal in the national health service: a survey pp. 21-31

Anne Ludbrook

U.S. senate voting on health and safety regulation: the effects of ideology and interest-group orientations pp. 33-44

Woodrow Jones and K. Robert Keiser

The assessment of medical technologies. Examples from Switzerland pp. 45-55

Richard Chrzanowski and Felix Gutzwiller

Mortality transition in Korea: its implications for health policy and education pp. 57-72

Eun Sul Lee

Factors explaining the referral of the elderly to home nursing or home help pp. 73-85

Sirkka-Liisa Kivela, Kimmo Pahkala and Raija-Riitta Tervo

Sharing in the financing of health care: government, insurance and the patient pp. 87-101

Aviva Ron

Malpractice issues in childbirth 1985 pp. 103-106

Robert Dingwall

Pesticides and human health: by W.H. Hallenbeck and K.M. Cunningham-Burns Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985 166 pp., DM 86 pp. 111-108

P. van Dijck

The apocalyptics. Cancer and the big lie: by E. Efron Simon and Schuster, New York, 1984 589 pp pp. 112-108

Claude Jasmin

Principles and practice of geriatric medicine: M.S.J. Pathey (ed.) John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, 1985 1323 pp., [pound sign]62.50 pp. 113-114

P. W. Overstall

Volume 5, issue 4, 1985

Humanity and health pp. 271-274

Kenzaburo Tsuchiya

Perspectives in western health care pp. 275-288

John C. M. Hattinga Verschure

Social valuation of life through prevention for industrial risk: The economic rationale versus social practices pp. 289-297

Andre Oudiz and Francis Fagnani

Economic evaluation of a swedish medical care program for hypertension pp. 299-306

Ingemar Eckerlund, Egon Jonsson, Lars Ryden, Lennart Rastam, Goran Berglund and Sven-Olof Isacsson

International drug data communication: A proposal for a standard pp. 307-312

Karel E. Hagenaar

Building primary health care systems: A case study from Sweden pp. 313-329

Brogren Per-Olof and Richard B. Saltman

The demand for physicians in Finland: Results from a speciality-based assessment of future development and need for service pp. 331-338

Manu Jaaskelainen and Mats Brommels

The use of microcomputers by health policy makers pp. 339-342

Jan E. Blanpain

Oxford textbook of public health, volume 3: Investigative Methods in Public Health Edited by Walter W. Holland, Roger Detels and George Knox Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1985 498 p., [pound sign]35.00 pp. 347-348

A. Macara

The end of an illusion The future of health policy in western industrialized nations: Edited by Jean Kervadoue, John, R. Kimberly and Victor G. Rodwin University of California Press, Berkely, CA, 1984 292 p., US$32.75 pp. 348-350

T. Vissers

Pharmaceutical economics: Edited by Bjorn Lindgren Liber Forlag, for the The Swedish Institute of Health Economics, Stockholm, 1984 286 pp pp. 350-351

George Teeling Smith

Health care UK 1985. An economic, social and policy audit: Edited by Anthony Harrison and John Gretton. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, London, 1985 120 pp. [pound sign]24.50 pp. 352-355

Kenneth Groom

Volume 5, issue 3, 1985

A view on national health policy pp. 171-172

Leo A. Kaprio

Alive and well: geriatric medicine in the U.K. in 1984 pp. 173-181

Nicholas Coni

Variability in behavior and attitudes among holistic physicians pp. 183-198

Michael S. Goldstein, Dennis Jaffe and Carol Sutherland

Representations used for health planning: naivety and crisis in the concepts and methods pp. 199-205

Jerome Dumoulin

Health care, public policy and the courts: black health status as a civil rights issue pp. 207-221

Mitchell F. Rice and Woodrow Jones

Is integration of health services and manpower development possible? The Beer Sheva case study pp. 223-239

Arie Rotem, Shlomo Barnoon and Moshe Prywes

Are periodic school health examinations worthwhile? pp. 241-253

Gerhard A. Zielhuis

An obstetric microcomputer information system pp. 255-262

Michael Maresh, Andrew Dawson and Richard Beard

Computers in primary care. Practicalities and prospects: by L. Ritchie William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd., London, 1984 153 p., $10 pp. 263-264

Patrick Waterbley

Health professions. The software catalog: by S. Lewis and Cromartie (ed.) Elsevier Science Publishing Co., New York, 1985, 188 p., $30.00 pp. 264-264

Patrick Waterbley

Community Oriented Primary Care. New directions for health services delivery: by E. Connor and F. Mullan (eds.) National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1983 299 p., $18 pp. 265-266

Mia Defever

Volume 5, issue 2, 1985

The rise and fall of health policy journals pp. 97-98

J. E. Blanpain

Planning and management of public health in the federal republic of germany pp. 99-109

Rolf Neuhaus and Wilhelm F. Schrader

How is the midwife's training and practice defined in policies and regulations in Australia today? pp. 111-132

Lesley Barclay

Describing health service areas: a methodological note on a summary indicator pp. 133-141

Bonnie J. Kay

French health care: viewpoint A - system X? pp. 143-149

John G. Cullis and Peter A. West

Alcohol consumption and alcohol control policy: the case of the Netherlands pp. 151-158

Henk F. L. Garretsen and Ronald A. Knibbe

Cost-effective control of rheumatic fever in the community pp. 159-164

Toma Strasser

Legislation sanitaire. Programmes et moyens de formation en Europe: by J.-M. Auby Masson, Paris, 1985 183 pages pp. 165-164

Raymond Rigoni

Nursing and nursing education: by A. Hess National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1985 311 pages pp. 166-164

Jennifer M. Hunt

Volume 5, issue 1, 1985

Editorial pp. 1-2

A. Koizumi, K. Davis and J. Blanpain

Legal aspects of clinical autonomy pp. 3-14

H. J. J. Leenen

Future technological implications of demographic changes into the 21st century pp. 15-23

Ch. O. Pannenborg

A reconsideration of economies of scale in the health care field pp. 25-44

Michael J. Long, Richard P. Ament, Janice L. Dreachslin and Edward J. Kobrinski

Cost-benefit analysis of medicinal treatment for gastric ulcers. Long-term model including healing and recurrence pp. 45-72

Shiro Fujino, Yukio Suzuki and Takuo Tanaka

Cost-containment in the Netherlands: government policy versus public opinion pp. 73-81

Jan Spek, Frans Penninx and Rudy M. Lapre

The reorganized national health service: 3rd edition Ruth Levitt & Andrew Wall Croom Helm Ltd., Beckenham, Kent, 1984 295 p pp. 83-81

Jan E. Blanpain

Health system support for primary health care: B. Klezkowski et al. Public Health Papers, 80 World Health Organization, Geneva, 1984, 104 p pp. 84-81

Mia Defever

The new health care for profit: Doctors and hospitals in a competitive environment: Edited by Bradford H. Gray National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1983, 178 p pp. 85-86

Jan E. Blanpain

Cost-sharing and the patient's choice of provider: M. Susan Marquis Rand Corporation, Health Insurance Experiment Series, Santa Monica, California, 1984, 38 pages pp. 86-86

Lucas Delesie

Bereavement: Reactions, consequences and care: Mariam Osterweis, Frederic Solomon & Morris Green (eds.) National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1984, VIII-312 p pp. 86-88

Paul Schotsmans