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Volume 124, issue 12, 2020

The 2017 deregulation of pharmacies in Italy: Introducing non-pharmacist ownership pp. 1281-1286

Emma Luisa Gallone, Lorenzo Ravetto Enri, Irene Pignata, Francesca Baratta and Paola Brusa

How to address medicines shortages: Findings from a cross-sectional study of 24 countries pp. 1287-1296

Sabine Vogler and Stefan Fischer

Pricing of in-patent pharmaceuticals in the Middle East and North Africa: Is external reference pricing implemented optimally? pp. 1297-1309

Panos Kanavos, Bregtje W. Kamphuis, Anna-Maria Fontrier, Georgia Colville Parkin, Shadi Saleh and Kasem S. Akhras

Short-term impact of co-payment level increase on the use of medication and patient-reported outcomes in Finnish patients with type 2 diabetes pp. 1310-1316

Piia Lavikainen, Emma Aarnio, Leo Niskanen, Pekka Mäntyselkä and Janne Martikainen

Harnessing pharmaceutical innovation for anti-cancer drugs: Some findings from the Italian regions pp. 1317-1324

Federico Vola, Bruna Vinci, Davide Golinelli, Maria Pia Fantini and Milena Vainieri

An overview of critical decision-points in the medical product lifecycle: Where to include patient preference information in the decision-making process? pp. 1325-1332

Chiara Whichello, Karin Schölin Bywall, Jonathan Mauer, Watt Stephen, Irina Cleemput, Cathy Anne Pinto, Eline van Overbeeke, Isabelle Huys, Esther W. de Bekker-Grob, Richard Hermann and Jorien Veldwijk

When fear backfires: Emergency department accesses during the Covid-19 pandemic pp. 1333-1339

Emirena Garrafa, Rosella Levaggi, Raffaele Miniaci and Ciro Paolillo

Worth the wait: The impact of government funding on hospital emergency waiting times pp. 1340-1344

Dana McQuestin and Masayoshi Noguchi

The trade-off between costs and outcome after cardiac surgery. Evidence from an Italian administrative registry pp. 1345-1353

Enza Caruso and Andrea Rossi Zadra

What Really Matters? Organizational Versus Regional Determinants of Hospitals Providing Medical Service Centres pp. 1354-1362

Anna Volkert, Holger Pfaff and Nadine Scholten

Improving risk-equalization in Switzerland: Effects of alternative reform proposals on reallocating public subsidies for hospitals pp. 1363-1367

Konstantin Beck, Lukas Kauer, Thomas G. McGuire and Christian Schmid

Deterioration, drift, distraction, and denial: How the politics of austerity challenges the resilience of prison health governance and delivery in England pp. 1368-1378

Nasrul Ismail

The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare pp. 1379-1386

May CI van Schalkwyk, Aleš Bourek, Dionne Sofia Kringos, Luigi Siciliani, Margaret M. Barry, Jan De Maeseneer and Martin McKee

Measuring research in the big data era: The evolution of performance measurement systems in the Italian teaching hospitals pp. 1387-1394

Frank Horenberg, Daniel Adrian Lungu and Sabina Nuti

Birth models of care and intervention rates: The impact of birth centres pp. 1395-1402

Serena Yu, Denzil Fiebig, Vanessa Scarf, Rosalie Viney, Hannah G. Dahlen and Caroline Homer

Influenza vaccination behavior and media reporting of adverse events pp. 1403-1411

Ylenia Brilli, Claudio Lucifora, Antonio Russo and Marco Tonello

Volume 124, issue 11, 2020

Variations in pediatric hospitalization in seven European countries pp. 1165-1173

Oluwarantimi Adetunji, Kevin Ottino, Austin Tucker, Ghada Al-Attar, Mohammad Abduljabbar and David Bishai

Insurance status and waiting times for hospital-based services in Ireland pp. 1174-1181

Richard Whyte, Sheelah Connolly and Maev-Ann Wren

Spill Over Effects of Inpatient Bed Capacity on Accident and Emergency Performance in England pp. 1182-1191

Rocco Friebel and Rosa M. Juarez

The welfare effect of co-payment adjustments on emergency department visits in medical centers: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 1192-1199

Wen-Yi Chen

Mortality and healthcare resource utilization following acute myocardial infarction according to adherence to recommended medical therapy guidelines pp. 1200-1208

Ygal Plakht, Dan Greenberg, Harel Gilutz, Jonathan Eli Arbelle and Arthur Shiyovich

Analysis of weekend effect on mortality by medical specialty in Helsinki University Hospital over a 14-year period pp. 1209-1216

Morag Tolvi, Kimmo Mattila, Jari Haukka, Leena-Maija Aaltonen and Lasse Lehtonen

Differences in therapy and survival between lung cancer patients treated in hospitals with high and low patient case volume pp. 1217-1225

Julia Walter, Amanda Tufman, Rolf Holle and Larissa Schwarzkopf

Examining the variation across acute trusts in patient delayed discharge pp. 1226-1232

Russell DeVolder, Victoria Serra-Sastre and Bernarda Zamora Talaya

The measurement and improvement of maternity service performance through inspection and rating: An observational study of maternity services in acute hospitals in England pp. 1233-1238

Thomas Allen, Kieran Walshe, Nathan Proudlove and Matt Sutton

The rising impact of civic activism on health policy: The analysis of the closure of smaller obstetric units in Estonia pp. 1239-1244

Kadi Lubi, Marko Uibu, Katre Koppel and Silja Mets-Oja

Transforming maternity care: obstetric partnerships as a policy instrument for integration pp. 1245-1253

S.R. Lips, J.M. Molenaar and T.J. Schuitmaker-Warnaar

Reversal pattern of health inequality: New evidence from a large-scale national survey in Japan pp. 1254-1262

Reo Takaku

Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of healthcare services in Australia pp. 1263-1271

Mohammad Habibullah Pulok, Kees van Gool and Jane Hall

Equity in access to zero-fees and low-cost Primary Health Care in Aotearoa New Zealand: Results from repeated waves of the New Zealand Health Survey, 1996-2016 pp. 1272-1279

Mona Jeffreys, Maite Irurzun Lopez, Lynne Russell, Kirsten Smiler, Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Michael Thomson and Jacqueline Cumming

Volume 124, issue 10, 2020

Development of the General surgery prioritisation tool implemented in New Zealand in 2018 pp. 1043-1049

Gajan Srikumar, Tim Eglinton and Andrew D. MacCormick

What next after the ‘commercialization’ of public hospitals? Searching for effective solutions to achieve financial stability of the hospital sector in Poland pp. 1050-1055

Christoph Sowada, Iwona Kowalska-Bobko and Anna Sagan

The relationship between nurse staffing levels and nursing-sensitive outcomes in hospitals: Assessing heterogeneity among unit and outcome types pp. 1056-1063

Ricarda Milstein and Jonas Schreyoegg

Skill mix and patient outcomes: A multi-country analysis of heart disease and breast cancer patients pp. 1074-1082

Daniel Kopasker, M. Kamrul Islam, Jonathan Gibson, Yiu-Shing Lau, Matt Sutton, Jan Erik Askildsen, Christine Bond and Robert Elliott

Stakeholder analysis in health innovation planning processes: A systematic scoping review pp. 1083-1099

L. Franco-Trigo, F. Fernandez-Llimos, F. Martínez-Martínez, S.I. Benrimoj and D. Sabater-Hernández

Can governments push providers to collaborate? A comparison of hospital network reforms in France and the United States pp. 1100-1107

Robert I. Field, Catherine Keller and Michel Louazel

Who should be given priority for public funding? pp. 1108-1114

Eun-Young Bae, Min Kyoung Lim, Boram Lee and Green Bae

Impacts of expanding provider choice for free flu vaccination among the elderly in Korea pp. 1115-1120

Hansoo Ko and Mhinjine Kim

Transitional care: A new model of care from young age to adulthood pp. 1121-1128

Fabrizio Bert, Elisa Camussi, Renata Gili, Daniela Corsi, Paola Rossello, Antonio Scarmozzino and Roberta Siliquini

Senior Friendly Communities: Designing an approach for cross-border exchange of public health policy pp. 1129-1136

Mignon C.P. Schichel, Marja Y. Veenstra, Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen, Marjolein E. de Vugt, Brigitte A.M. van der Zanden and Frans R.J. Verhey

Distal determinants of mental health conditions (MHC) for asylum-seeking children in Greece: A health system enhancement study pp. 1137-1145

L. Rapoport, D.N. Poole, K. Kazanas, M. Mourtzaki and J.B. Bump

A narrative review of healthcare financing and reimbursement of nutritional support for patients in Singapore pp. 1146-1154

A. Wong, S.N. Goh, P.M. Sowa and J.D. Bauer

Modelling the impact of physical activity on public health: A review and critique pp. 1155-1164

Paolo Candio, David Meads, Andrew J. Hill and Laura Bojke

Volume 124, issue 9, 2020

United but divided: Policy responses and people’s perceptions in the EU during the COVID-19 outbreak pp. 909-918

Iryna Sabat, Sebastian Neuman-Böhme, Nirosha Elsem Varghese, Pedro Barros, Werner Brouwer, Job van Exel, Jonas Schreyögg and Tom Stargardt

Distributional equity as a consideration in economic and modelling evaluations of health taxes: A systematic review pp. 919-931

Vageesh Jain, Liam Crosby, Peter Baker and Kalipso Chalkidou

Six lessons from introducing sweetened beverage taxes in Berkeley, Cook County, and Philadelphia: A case study comparison in agenda setting and decision making pp. 932-942

Luc L. Hagenaars, Milica Jevdjevic, Patrick P.T. Jeurissen and Niek S. Klazinga

Review of Relative effectiveness assessments (REAs) of pharmaceuticals at the European network for health technology assessment (EUnetHTA): A first step towards a consolidated European perspective on comparative effectiveness & safety? pp. 943-951

F Chassagnol, G Marcelli, J Wagle, G Giuliani, D Traub, V Schaub and J Ruof

Understanding Canadian Health Technology Assessment through a systems lens pp. 952-958

Edilene Lopes, Jackie Street, Drew Carter, Tracy Merlin and Tania Stafinski

An evaluation of managed entry agreements in Belgium: A system with threats and (high) potential if properly applied pp. 959-964

Mattias Neyt, Sophie Gerkens, Lorena San Miguel, Irm Vinck, Nancy Thiry and Irina Cleemput

Consistency of new drug pricing in Korea: Bridging variations among personnel in price negotiations pp. 965-970

Hye-Young Kwon and Jinhyun Kim

Patient adherence to pharmaceutical care amid the economic crisis in Greece: Underlying priority areas for policy makers pp. 971-976

Maria Monokroussou, Georgia Siati, Mamas Theodorou and Olga Siskou

What happens to drug use and expenditure when cost sharing is completely removed? Evidence from a Canadian provincial public drug plan pp. 977-983

Tracey-Lea Laba, Lucy Cheng, Heather C. Worthington, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Fiona K.I. Chan, Muhammad Mamdani and Michael R. Law

Parliament in action: Drug withdrawals and policy changes in the U.K pp. 984-990

Dejan Zec, Charles-Clemens Rüling and Tao Wang

Awareness and opinions on healthcare decommissioning in a Swedish region pp. 991-997

Mio Fredriksson and Linda Moberg

Do health systems cover the mouth? Comparing dental care coverage for older adults in eight jurisdictions pp. 998-1007

Sara Allin, Julie Farmer, Carlos Quiñonez, Allie Peckham, Gregory Marchildon, Dimitra Panteli, Cornelia Henschke, Giovanni Fattore, Demetrio Lamloum, Alexander C.L. Holden and Thomas Rice

Caring for older cancer patients: A scoping review pp. 1008-1016

Fatou Bagayogo, Mélanie Le Berre, Christian Ruchon, Jean-Louis Denis, Lise Lamothe, Isabelle Vedel and Liette Lapointe

How is informed decision-making about breast cancer screening addressed in Europe? An international survey of 28 countries pp. 1017-1031

David Ritchie, Guido Van Hal and Stephan Van den Broucke

Predictors of filing claims and receiving compensation in malignant mesothelioma patients pp. 1032-1040

Alessandro Marinaccio, Claudio Gariazzo, Davide Di Marzio and Sergio Iavicoli

Volume 124, issue 8, 2020

2018 French dental contracts: On the road to achieving universal dental health coverage? pp. 781-786

Marco E. Mazevet, V. Garyga, Catherine Mayne, Nigel B. Pitts and Mark W. Pennington

How the design and implementation of centralized waiting lists influence their use and effect on access to healthcare - A realist review pp. 787-795

Mylaine Breton, Mélanie Ann Smithman, Martin Sasseville, Sara A. Kreindler, Jason M. Sutherland, Marie Beauséjour, Michael Green, Emily Gard Marshall, Jalila Jbilou, Jay Shaw, Astrid Brousselle, Damien Contandriopoulos, Valorie A. Crooks and Sabrina T. Wong

Waiting time information in the Italian NHS: A citizen perspective pp. 796-804

Sabina De Rosis, Elisa Guidotti, Sara Zuccarino, Giulia Venturi and Francesca Ferré

A novel methodology to measure waiting times for community-based specialist care in a public healthcare system pp. 805-811

Rachel Wilf - Miron, Ilya Novikov, Arnona Ziv, Avishai Mandelbaum, Yaacov Ritov and Osnat Luxenburg

The impact of improved access to after-hours primary care on emergency department and primary care utilization: A systematic review pp. 812-818

Michael Hong, Amardeep Thind, Gregory S. Zaric and Sisira Sarma

The impact of price transparency on consumers and providers: A scoping review pp. 819-825

Angela Zhang, Khic-Houy Prang, Nancy Devlin, Anthony Scott and Margaret Kelaher

New integrated care models in England associated with small reduction in hospital admissions in longer-term: A difference-in-differences analysis pp. 826-833

Marcello Morciano, Katherine Checkland, Jenny Billings, Anna Coleman, Jonathan Stokes, Charles Tallack and Matt Sutton

How incident reporting systems can stimulate social and participative learning: A mixed-methods study pp. 834-841

David de Kam, Josje Kok, Kor Grit, Ian Leistikow, Maurice Vlemminx and Roland Bal

“Science and proven experience”: How should the epistemology of medicine inform the regulation of healthcare? pp. 842-848

Annika Wallin, Lena Wahlberg, Johannes Persson and Barry Dewitt

Does accreditation affect the job satisfaction of general practitioners? A combined panel data survey and cluster randomised field experiment pp. 849-855

Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Thomas Allen, Frans Boch Waldorff and Merethe Kirstine Kousgaard Andersen

Robustness of the EUROPEP questionnaire as regards data quality, reliability, and construct validity: The Greek experience before and after the economic crisis pp. 856-864

C. Vova-Chatzi, E. Symvoulakis, C. Parpoula, V. Sbarouni and C. Lionis

Are frail elderly people in Europe high-need subjects? First evidence from the SPRINTT data pp. 865-872

Jonathan Sicsic, Bastian Ravesteijn and Thomas Rapp

Determinants of healthcare utilisation by migrant workers in the State of Qatar pp. 873-880

Lingrui Liu, Orsida Gjebrea, Faleh M.H. Ali and Rifat Atun

Disagreement between a public insurer’s recommendation and beneficiary’s choice of long-term care services in Korea pp. 881-887

Misook Song and Hyunjong Song

Adverse selection in the German Health Insurance System – the case of civil servants pp. 888-894

Christian Bührer, Stefan Fetzer and Christian Hagist

Fostering innovation through stakeholders’ engagement at the healthcare industry: Tapping the right key pp. 895-901

Marival Segarra-Oña, Ángel Peiró-Signes and Rohit Verma

Endorsers’ presence in regulation and endorsements in dietary supplements’ advertising on Spanish radio pp. 902-908

Clara Muela-Molina, Salvador Perelló-Oliver and Ana García-Arranz

Volume 124, issue 7, 2020

Practicing Corona – Towards a research agenda of health policies pp. 671-673

Roland Bal, Bert de Graaff, Hester van de Bovenkamp and Iris Wallenburg

The national implementation of 'Proactive Health Support' in Denmark since 2017: Expectations and challenges for the telephone-based self-management program pp. 674-678

Mia Fredens, Morten Deleuran Terkildsen, Stina Bollerup, Jens Albæk, Nina Konstantin Nissen, Susanne Winther, Mette Grønkjær, Maja Kjær Rasmussen, Kirstine Skov Benthien, Ulla Toft, Louise Hjarnaa, Knud Rasmussen and Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen

2017–19 governmental decisions to allow home use of misoprostol for early medical abortion in the UK pp. 679-683

Jordan A. Parsons

Understanding the large heterogeneity in hospital readmissions and mortality for acute myocardial infarction pp. 684-694

Mariana F Lobo, Vanessa Azzone, Fernando Lopes, Alberto Freitas, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, Sharon-Lise Normand and Armando Teixeira-Pinto

Measuring the quality of care in small countries: the empirical analysis of 30-day mortality following acute myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in Latvia pp. 695-700

Jacopo Lenzi, Guido Noto, Ilaria Corazza, Jana Lepiksone and Maria Pia Fantini

Regenerative medicine regulatory policies: A systematic review and international comparison pp. 701-713

Tingting Qiu, Eve Hanna, Monique Dabbous, Borisov Borislav and Mondher Toumi

Reducing Reimbursement Drug Price Risk to Enhance R&D Incentives without Raising Drug Prices/Expenditures: Implications of Simulations Based on Questionnaire Survey of Pharmaceutical Companies in Japan pp. 714-720

Hiroshi Nakamura and Naohiko Wakutsu

Non-Medical prescribing policies: A global scoping review pp. 721-726

Sarah Ecker, Rohina Joshi, Janani Shanthosh, Chenjuan Ma and Ruth Webster

Overview and transparency of non-research payments to healthcare organizations and healthcare professionals from pharmaceutical companies in Japan: Analysis of payment data in 2016 pp. 727-735

Akihiko Ozaki, Hiroaki Saito, Yuki Senoo, Toyoaki Sawano, Yuki Shimada, Yurie Kobashi, Kana Yamamoto, Yosuke Suzuki and Tetsuya Tanimoto

“We’re not there to protect ourselves, we’re there to talk about workforce planning”: A qualitative study of policy dialogues as a mechanism to inform medical workforce planning pp. 736-742

Carlos Bruen and Ruairi Brugha

Physician group, physician and patient characteristics associated with joining interprofessional team-based primary care in Ontario, Canada pp. 743-750

Wissam Haj-Ali, Rahim Moineddin, Brian Hutchison, Walter P. Wodchis and Richard H. Glazier

Drivers for emigration among healthcare professionals: Testing an analytical model in a primary healthcare setting pp. 751-757

Pedro Ferreira, Vitor Raposo, Aida Isabel Tavares and Tiago Correia

Informal out-of-pocket payments for healthcare services in Greece pp. 758-764

Theodoros V. Giannouchos, Athanassios Vozikis, Paraskevi Koufopoulou, Leanne Fawkes and Kyriakos Souliotis

A two-tiered public-private health system: Who stays in (private) hospitals in Ireland? pp. 765-771

Aileen Murphy, Jane Bourke and Brian Turner

Challenges to and facilitators of occupational epidemiology research in the UK pp. 772-780

Samaher Sweity, Chris Sutton, Soo Downe, Marie-Clare Balaam and Damien M. McElvenny

Volume 124, issue 6, 2020

12 Lessons learned from the management of the coronavirus pandemic pp. 577-580

Rebecca Forman, Rifat Atun, Martin McKee and Elias Mossialos

Achieving the SDGs: Evaluating indicators to be used to benchmark and monitor progress towards creating healthy and sustainable cities pp. 581-590

Billie Giles-Corti, Melanie Lowe and Jonathan Arundel

“Stop talking around projects and talk about solutions”: Positioning health within infrastructure policy to achieve the sustainable development goals pp. 591-598

Patrick Harris, Emily Riley, Angus Dawson, Sharon Friel and Kenny Lawson

New partnerships, new perspectives: The relevance of sexual and reproductive health and rights for sustainable development pp. 599-604

Susannah H. Mayhew, Karen Newman, David Johnson, Emily Clark, Michael Hammer, Vik Mohan and Sarah Ssali

Budgetary targets as cost-containment measure in the Swiss healthcare system? Lessons from abroad pp. 605-614

Thomas Braendle and Carsten Colombier

Lean thinking in healthcare – Findings from a systematic literature network and bibliometric analysis pp. 615-627

Adeel Akmal, Richard Greatbanks and Jeff Foote

How healthcare systems shape a purchaser’s strategies and actions when managing chronic care pp. 628-638

Bart A.C. Noort, Kees Ahaus, Taco van der Vaart, Naomi Chambers and Rod Sheaff

Do people with private health insurance attach a higher value to health than those without insurance? Results from an EQ-5D-5 L valuation study in Ireland pp. 639-646

Anna P. Hobbins, Luke Barry, Dan Kelleher, Koonal Shah, Nancy Devlin, Juan Manuel Ramos Goni and O’Neill, Ciaran

Does moral reasoning influence public values for health care priority setting?: A population-based randomized stated preference survey pp. 647-658

Avram E. Denburg, Wendy J. Ungar, Shiyi Chen, Jeremiah Hurley and Julia Abelson

Behavioural Economics and Human Decision Making: Instances from the Health Care System pp. 659-664

Lara Carminati

Consequences of banning commercial solaria in 2016 in Australia pp. 665-670

Louisa G. Gordon, Craig Sinclair, Noel Cleaves, Jennifer K. Makin, Astrid J. Rodriguez-Acevedo and Adèle C. Green

Volume 124, issue 5, 2020

Mapping variability in allocation of Long-Term Care funds across payer agencies in OECD countries pp. 491-500

Ruth Waitzberg, Andrea E. Schmidt, Miriam Blümel, Anne Penneau, Antonis Farmakas, Åsa Ljungvall, Francesco Barbabella, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Gregory P. Marchildon, Ingrid Sperre Saunes, Dorja Vočanec, Iva Miloš, Joan Carles Contel, Liubove Murauskiene, Madelon Kroneman, Marzena Tambor, Pavel Hroboň, Raphael Wittenberg, Sara Allin and Zeynep Or

Steering by their own lights: Why regulators across Europe use different indicators to measure healthcare quality pp. 501-510

Anne-Laure Beaussier, David Demeritt, Alex Griffiths and Henry Rothstein

Strengthening vaccination programmes and health systems in the European Union: A framework for action pp. 511-518

Luigi Siciliani, Claudia Wild, Martin McKee, Dionne Kringos, Margaret M. Barry, Pedro Barros, Jan De Maeseneer, Liubove Murauskiene and Walter Ricciardi

Moving health professionals as an alternative to moving patients: The contribution of overseas visiting medical specialists to the health system in Malta pp. 519-524

Annalise Casha, Ramon Casha and Natasha Azzopardi Muscat

Integration and retention of American physician assistants/associates working in English hospitals: A qualitative study pp. 525-530

Francesca Taylor, Vari M Drennan, Mary Halter and Melania Calestani

Lost in definitions: Reducing duplication and clarifying definitions of knowledge and decision support tools. A RAND-modified Delphi consensus study pp. 531-539

Dunja Dreesens, Leontien Kremer, Jako Burgers and Trudy van der Weijden

Delisting eye examinations from public health insurance: Empirical evidence from Canada regarding impacts on patients and providers pp. 540-548

Chao Wang and Arthur Sweetman

Realizing policy aspirations of voluntary sector involvement in integrated care provision: Insights from the English National Health Service pp. 549-555

Charlotte Croft and Graeme Currie

Predictors of choice of public and private maternity care among nulliparous women in Ireland, and implications for maternity care and birth experience pp. 556-562

Patrick S. Moran, Deirdre Daly, Francesca Wuytack, Margaret Carroll, Michael Turner, Charles Normand and Cecily Begley

Drug shortages as a result of parallel export in Poland – Pharmacists’ opinions pp. 563-567

Tomasz Zaprutko, Dorota Kopciuch, Maria Bronisz, Michał Michalak, Krzysztof Kus and Elżbieta Nowakowska

Trends in the use of mind-altering drugs among European adolescents during the Great Recession pp. 568-574

Nicoletta Balbo, Piergiorgio Carapella and Veronica Toffolutti

Volume 124, issue 4, 2020

Preventing HIV under financial constraints: The 2011–12 reform of the Portuguese HIV/AIDS Programme pp. 339-344

G.F. Augusto, I. Aldir, J. Bettencourt, T. Melo, S.F. Dias, A. Abrantes and M.O. Martins

Impact of payment model on the behaviour of specialist physicians: A systematic review pp. 345-358

Amity E. Quinn, Aaron J. Trachtenberg, Kerry A. McBrien, Yewande Ogundeji, Sepideh Souri, Liam Manns, Elissa Rennert-May, Paul Ronksley, Flora Au, Nikita Arora, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Marcello Tonelli and Braden J. Manns

The effects of DRGs-based payment compared with cost-based payment on inpatient healthcare utilization: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 359-367

Zhaolin Meng, Wen Hui, Yuanyi Cai, Jiazhou Liu and Huazhang Wu

Hospital reforms in 11 Central and Eastern European countries between 2008 and 2019: a comparative analysis pp. 368-379

K. Dubas-Jakóbczyk, T. Albreht, D. Behmane, L. Bryndova, A. Dimova, A. Džakula, T. Habicht, L. Murauskiene, S.G. Scîntee, M. Smatana, Z. Velkey and W. Quentin

Hospital staff shortages: Environmental and organizational determinants and implications for patient satisfaction pp. 380-388

Vera Winter, Jonas Schreyögg and Andrea Thiel

Factors underlying the growth of hospital expenditure in Spain in a period of unexpected economic shocks: A dynamic analysis on administrative data pp. 389-396

Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Micaela Comendeiro-Maaløe, Manuel Ridao-López and Andreu Sansó

The Portuguese generic medicines market: What’s next? pp. 397-403

Alexandre Morais Nunes, Diogo Cunha Ferreira, Andreia de Matos and Rui Miranda Julião

Risk sharing in managed entry agreements—A review of the Swedish experience pp. 404-410

Emelie Andersson, Johanna Svensson, Ulf Persson and Peter Lindgren

Out of pocket or out of control: A qualitative analysis of healthcare professional stakeholder involvement in pharmaceutical policy change in Ireland pp. 411-418

O’Brien, Gary L., Sarah-Jo Sinnott, Flynn, Bridget O’, Valerie Walshe, Mark Mulcahy and Stephen Byrne

Community involvement in the development and implementation of chronic condition programmes across the continuum of care in high- and upper-middle income countries: A systematic review pp. 419-437

Victoria Haldane, Shweta R. Singh, Aastha Srivastava, Fiona L.H. Chuah, Gerald C.H. Koh, Kee Seng Chia, Pablo Perel and Helena Legido-Quigley

Quality improvement in healthcare: Six Sigma systematic review pp. 438-445

Angels Niñerola, María-Victoria Sánchez-Rebull and Ana-Beatriz Hernández-Lara

Reviving clinical governance? A qualitative study of the impact of professional regulatory reform on clinical governance in healthcare organisations in England pp. 446-453

Tristan Price, John Tredinnick-Rowe, Kieran Walshe, Abigail Tazzyman, Jane Ferguson, Alan Boyd, Julian Archer and Marie Bryce

Between a rock and a hard place: Comparing arms’ length bodies for public involvement in healthcare across the UK pp. 454-461

Ellen Stewart, Angelo Ercia, Scott L. Greer and Peter D. Donnelly

Unintended consequences of expenditure targets on resource allocation in health systems pp. 462-469

Guido Noto, Paolo Belardi and Milena Vainieri

Additional reimbursement for outpatient physicians treating nursing home residents reduces avoidable hospital admissions: Results of a reimbursement change in Germany pp. 470-477

Christian Kümpel and Udo Schneider

Effect of a national population-based breast cancer screening policy on participation in mammography and stage at breast cancer diagnosis in Taiwan pp. 478-485

Cheng-Ting Shen, Fang-Ming Chen and Hui-Min Hsieh

Selected factors determining outsourcing of basic operations in healthcare entities in Poland pp. 486-490

Mariola Borowska, Anna Augustynowicz, Krzysztof Bobiński, Michał Waszkiewicz and Aleksandra Czerw

Volume 124, issue 3, 2020

The 2019 neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework in Ireland: Challenges for implementation and the implications for people with brain injuries pp. 225-230

Sara Burke, Grainne McGettrick, Karen Foley, Manjula Manikandan and Sarah Barry

Variation in the prescription drugs covered by health systems across high-income countries: A review of and recommendations for the academic literature pp. 231-238

Steven G. Morgan, Jamie R. Daw, Devon Greyson, Adrienne Shnier, Anne Holbrook and Joel Lexchin

Do pharmaceutical budgets deliver financial sustainability in healthcare? Evidence from Europe pp. 239-251

Mackenzie Mills and Panos Kanavos

Socioeconomic differences in prescription drug supplemental coverage in Canada: A repeated cross-sectional study pp. 252-260

Elaine Xiaoyu Guo, Arthur Sweetman and G Emmanuel Guindon

Accessibility of cancer drugs in Switzerland: Time from approval to pricing decision between 2009 and 2018 pp. 261-267

Kerstin N. Vokinger and Urs Jakob Muehlematter

Containing or shifting? Health expenditure decomposition for the aging Dutch population after a major reform pp. 268-274

Yvonne Krabbe-Alkemade, Peter Makai, Victoria Shestalova and Tessa Voesenek

Tackling the problem of regulatory pressure in Dutch elderly care: The need for recoupling to establish functional rules pp. 275-281

Hester M. van de Bovenkamp, Annemiek Stoopendaal, Marianne van Bochove and Roland Bal

Healthcare spending inequality: Evidence from Hungarian administrative data pp. 282-290

Anikó Bíró and Daniel Prinz

Characterizing patients with high use of the primary and tertiary care systems: A retrospective cohort study pp. 291-297

Alexander Singer, Leanne Kosowan, Alan Katz, Paul Ronksley, Kerry McBrien, Gayle Halas and Tyler Williamson

Exploring the impacts of organisational structure, policy and practice on the health inequalities of marginalised communities: Illustrative cases from the UK healthcare system pp. 298-302

Ada Hui, Asam Latif, Kathryn Hinsliff-Smith and Timothy Chen

Health workforce monitoring in Portugal: Does it support strategic planning and policy-making? pp. 303-310

Tiago Correia, Inês Gomes, Patrícia Nunes and Gilles Dussault

Provision of complementary and alternative medicine: Compliance with the health professional requirements pp. 311-316

Jitka Pokladnikova and Ivo Telec

Predictors of unmet needs and family debt among children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from Ireland pp. 317-325

Áine Roddy and O’Neill, Ciaran

Comparing the education gradient in health deterioration among the elderly in six OECD countries pp. 326-335

Aurelie Côté-Sergent, Raquel Fonseca and Erin Strumpf

Volume 124, issue 2, 2020

A systematic review of case-mix models for home health care payment: Making sense of variation pp. 121-132

Anne O.E. van den Bulck, Maud H. de Korte, Arianne M.J. Elissen, Silke F. Metzelthin, Misja C. Mikkers and Dirk Ruwaard

Applying priority-setting frameworks: A review of public and vulnerable populations’ participation in health-system priority setting pp. 133-142

S. Donya Razavi, Lydia Kapiriri, Michael Wilson and Julia Abelson

How does participating in a deliberative citizens panel on healthcare priority setting influence the views of participants? pp. 143-151

Vivian Reckers-Droog, Maarten Jansen, Leon Bijlmakers, Rob Baltussen, Werner Brouwer and Job van Exel

The development of the Primary Care Clusters Multidimensional Assessment (PCCMA): A mixed-methods study pp. 152-163

Marian Andrei Stanciu, Rebecca-Jane Law, Paul Myres, Rachel Parsonage, Julia Hiscock, Nefyn Williams and Clare Wilkinson

Convergence, decentralization and spatial effects: An analysis of Italian regional health outcomes pp. 164-173

Marina Cavalieri and Livio Ferrante

The relation between selective contracting and healthcare expenditures in private health insurance plans in the United States pp. 174-182

Eline M. van den Broek-Altenburg and Adam J. Atherly

Has the clinical governance development agenda stalled? Perceptions of New Zealand medical professionals in 2012 and 2017 pp. 183-188

Robin Gauld and Simon Horsburgh

An evaluation of universal vouchers as a demand-side subsidy to change primary care utilization: A retrospective analysis of longitudinal services utilisation and voucher claims data from a survey cohort in Hong Kong pp. 189-198

Eng-Kiong Yeoh, Carrie H.K. Yam, Ka-Chun Chong, Tsz-Yu Chow, Valerie L.H. Fung, Eliza L.Y. Wong and Sian M. Griffiths

The controversy on HPV vaccination in Japan: Criticism of the ethical validity of the arguments for the suspension of the proactive recommendation pp. 199-204

Taketoshi Okita, Aya Enzo, Yasuhiro Kadooka, Masashi Tanaka and Atsushi Asai

Knowledge management infrastructure to support quality improvement: A qualitative study of maternity services in four European hospitals pp. 205-215

Anette Karltun, Johan M. Sanne, Karina Aase, Janet E. Anderson, Alexandra Fernandes, Naomi J. Fulop, Par J. Höglund and Boel Andersson-Gare

Transparency about internal audit results to reduce the supervisory burden: A qualitative study on the preconditions of sharing audit results pp. 216-223

Mirelle Hanskamp-Sebregts, Paul B. Robben, Hub Wollersheim and Marieke Zegers

Volume 124, issue 1, 2020

The Road to the Alcohol Act 2018 in Finland: A conflict between public health objectives and neoliberal goals pp. 1-6

Thomas Karlsson, Pia Mäkelä, Christoffer Tigerstedt and Ilmo Keskimäki

The 2018 decision to establish an Advisory Council on adding pharmaceuticals to universal health coverage in Canada pp. 7-11

M. Grignon, C.J. Longo, G.P. Marchildon and S. Officer

Review of 128 quality of care mechanisms: A framework and mapping for health system stewards pp. 12-24

Juan E. Tello, Erica Barbazza and Kerry Waddell

Healthcare system performance in continuity of care for patients with severe mental illness: A comparison of five European countries pp. 25-36

Pablo Nicaise, Domenico Giacco, Bettina Soltmann, Andrea Pfennig, Elisabetta Miglietta, Antonio Lasalvia, Marta Welbel, Jacek Wciórka, Victoria Jane Bird, Stefan Priebe and Vincent Lorant

Transforming towards sustainable health and wellbeing systems: Eight guiding principles based on the experiences of nine Dutch Population Health Management initiatives pp. 37-43

N.J.e van Vooren, B.M. Steenkamer, C.A. Baan and H.W. Drewes

Managing the performance of general practitioners and specialists referral networks: A system for evaluating the heart failure pathway pp. 44-51

Sabina Nuti, Francesca Ferré, Chiara Seghieri, Elisa Foresi and Therese A. Stukel

Biases distorting priority setting pp. 52-60

Bjørn Hofmann

Extreme under and overcompensation in morbidity-based health plan payments: The case of Switzerland pp. 61-68

Lukas Kauer, Thomas G. McGuire and Konstantin Beck

Universal Health Coverage in Italy: lights and shades of the Italian National Health Service which celebrated its 40th anniversary pp. 69-74

C. Signorelli, A. Odone, A. Oradini-Alacreu and G. Pelissero

Levers for integrating social work into primary healthcare networks in Austria pp. 75-82

Johannes Kriegel, Clemens Rissbacher, Alois Pölzl, Linda Tuttle-Weidinger and Nanni Reckwitz

Mental health system reform in Moldova: Description of the program and reflections on its implementation between 2014 and 2019 pp. 83-88

Ionela Petrea, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Rene Keet, Raluca Nica, Karel Kraan, Jana Chihai, Victoria Condrat and Ghenadie Curocichin

Reducing low value services in surgical inpatients in Taiwan: Does diagnosis-related group payment work? pp. 89-96

Ling-Chen Chien, Yiing-Jenq Chou, Yu-Chin Huang, Yi-Jung Shen and Nicole Huang

Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health in Australia: Explaining life shock exposure pp. 97-105

Rubayyat Hashmi, Khorshed Alam and Jeff Gow

Ending TB in Australia: Organizational challenges for regional tuberculosis programs pp. 106-112

Chris Degeling, Jane Carroll, Justin Denholm, Ben Marais and Angus Dawson