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Volume 123, issue 12, 2019

Exploring improvement plans of fourteen European integrated care sites for older people with complex needs pp. 1135-1154

Annerieke Stoop, Simone R. de Bruin, Gerald Wistow, Jenny Billings, Georg Ruppe, Kai Leichsenring, Konrad Obermann, Caroline A. Baan and Giel Nijpels

Unmet needs across Europe: Disclosing knowledge beyond the ordinary measure pp. 1155-1162

Luis Ramos, Carlota Quintal, Óscar Lourenço and Micaela Antunes

Informal care. European situation and approximation of a reality pp. 1163-1172

Mª Eugenia Estrada Fernández, Ana I. Gil Lacruz, Marta Gil Lacruz and Antonio Viñas López

Do health reception policies in the Nordic region recognize the rights of asylum-seeking and resettled refugee children? pp. 1173-1184

Amina Barghadouch, Morten Skovdal and Marie Norredam

Barriers and facilitators of patient access to medical devices in Europe: A systematic literature review pp. 1185-1198

Acc Beck, Vp Retèl, Pa Bhairosing, Mwm van den Brekel and Wh van Harten

The effectiveness of nudges in improving the self-management of patients with chronic diseases: A systematic literature review pp. 1199-1209

Meilin Möllenkamp, Maike Zeppernick and Jonas Schreyögg

Effect of financial incentives on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening delivery rates: Results from a systematic literature review pp. 1210-1220

Marianna Mauro, Giorgia Rotundo and Monica Giancotti

Drug price, dosage and safety: Real-world evidence of oral hypoglycemic agents pp. 1221-1229

Yu-Shiuan Lin, Min-Ting Lin and Shou-Hsia Cheng

Challenges in the value assessment, pricing and funding of targeted combination therapies in oncology pp. 1230-1236

D. Dankó, J-Y. Blay and L.P. Garrison

Shedding light on the HTA consultancy market: Insights from Poland pp. 1237-1243

Marcell Csanádi, Piotr Ozierański, Olga Löblová, Lawrence King, Zoltán Kaló and Lajos Botz

Evaluating the transparency of pharmaceutical company disclosure of payments to patient organisations in the UK pp. 1244-1250

Emily Rickard, Piotr Ozieranski and Shai Mulinari

How will recent trade agreements that extend market protections for brand-name prescription pharmaceuticals impact expenditures and generic access in Canada? pp. 1251-1258

Reed F. Beall, Lorian Hardcastle, Fiona Clement and Aidan Hollis

Much Ado about nothing? The responsiveness of the healthcare system in Poland through patients’ eyes pp. 1259-1266

Paulina Polak, Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny and Aleksandra Wagner

Solutions to tackle the mental health consequences of the economic recession: A qualitative study integrating primary health care users and professionals’ perspectives pp. 1267-1274

Ana Antunes, Diana Frasquilho, Joana R. Zózimo, Manuela Silva, Graça Cardoso, João Ferrão and José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida

Heterogeneity in The drivers of health expenditures financed by health insurance in a fragmented health system: The case of Switzerland pp. 1275-1281

Yves Eggli, Pierre Stadelmann, Romain Piaget-Rossel and Joachim Marti

Erlang could have told you so—A case study of health policy without maths pp. 1282-1287

Meetali Kakad, Martin Utley, Jorun Rugkåsa and Fredrik A. Dahl

The Dutch chaos case: A scoping review of knowledge and decision support tools available to clinicians in the Netherlands pp. 1288-1297

Dunja Dreesens, Leontien Kremer and Trudy van der Weijden

What drives hospital wards’ ambidexterity: Insights on the determinants of exploration and exploitation pp. 1298-1307

Emanuela Foglia, Lucrezia Ferrario, Emanuele Lettieri, Emanuele Porazzi and Luca Gastaldi

Volume 123, issue 11, 2019

Experimenting locally with a stepped-care approach for the treatment of mild to moderate mental disorders in France: Challenges and opportunities pp. 1021-1027

Coralie Gandré, Sebastian Rosenberg, Magali Coldefy and Zeynep Or

Using national electronic health care registries for comparing the risk of psychiatric re-hospitalisation in six European countries: Opportunities and limitations pp. 1028-1035

Heinz Katschnig, Christa Straßmayr, Florian Endel, Michael Berger, Günther Zauner, Jorid Kalseth, Raluca Sfetcu, Kristian Wahlbeck, Federico Tedeschi and Lilijana Šprah

Pay for performance for specialised care in England: Strengths and weaknesses pp. 1036-1041

Yan Feng, Søren Kristensen, Paula Lorgelly, Rachel Meacock, Marina Rodes Sanchez, Luigi Siciliani and Matt Sutton

Association between elevated weekend mortality and the seven-day hospital services programme in England: A retrospective longitudinal study pp. 1042-1048

Charlotte Underwood, Matt Sutton and Rachel Meacock

A new clinical complexity model for the Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups pp. 1049-1052

Vera Dimitropoulos, Trent Yeend, Qingsheng Zhou, Stuart McAlister, Michael Navakatikyan, Philip Hoyle, John Pilla, Carol Loggie, Anne Elsworthy, Ric Marshall and Richard Madden

Substituting emergency services: primary care vs. hospital care pp. 1053-1060

Jonas Krämer and Jonas Schreyögg

Characteristics and decision making of hospital report card consumers: Lessons from an onsite-based cross-sectional study pp. 1061-1067

Martin Emmert, Kristina Kast and Uwe Sander

A strife of interests: A qualitative study on the challenges facing oral health workforce policy and planning pp. 1068-1075

Madhan Balasubramanian, David S. Brennan, Stephanie D Short and Jennifer E Gallagher

Facilitators and barriers to implementing task shifting: Expanding the scope of practice of clinical technologists in the Netherlands pp. 1076-1082

Maarten de Haan, Yvonne van Eijk-Hustings, Monique Bessems-Beks, Carmen Dirksen and Hubertus J.M. Vrijhoef

Interdisciplinary team working in the Irish primary healthcare system: Analysis of ‘invisible’ bottom up innovations using Normalisation Process Theory pp. 1083-1092

Edel Tierney, Ailish Hannigan, Libby Kinneen, Carl May, O’Sullivan, Madeleine, Rachael King, Norelee Kennedy and Anne MacFarlane

The migration of UK trained GPs to Australia: Does risk attitude matter? pp. 1093-1099

Marjon van der Pol, Anthony Scott and Alastair Irvine

Barriers to payment reform: Experiences from nine Dutch population health management sites pp. 1100-1107

Eline F. de Vries, Hanneke W. Drewes, Jeroen N. Struijs, Richard Heijink and Caroline A. Baan

A spatial analysis to evaluate the impact of deregulation policies in the pharmacy sector: Evidence from the case of Navarre pp. 1108-1115

Ilaria Barbarisi, Giuseppe Bruno, Antonio Diglio, Javier Elizalde and Carmela Piccolo

News media’s framing of health policy and its implications for government communication: A text mining analysis of news coverage on a policy to expand health insurance coverage in South Korea pp. 1116-1124

Wonkwang Jo and Myoungsoon You

Homelessness, health and the policy process: A literature review pp. 1125-1132

Brendan Clifford, Andrew Wilson and Patrick Harris

Volume 123, issue 10, 2019

Promoting access to family medicine in Québec, Canada: Analysis of bill 20, enacted in November 2015 pp. 901-905

Maude Laberge and Myriam Gaudreault

The growing role of seniors councils in health policy-making for older people in Poland pp. 906-911

Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Iwona Kowalska-Bobko, Anna Sagan and Martyna Wronka-Pośpiech

LTC 2.0: The 2017 reform of home- and community-based long-term care in Taiwan pp. 912-916

Hui-Chuan Hsu and Chen-Fen Chen

Envisioning and shaping translation of knowledge into action: A comparative case-study of stakeholder engagement in the development of a European tobacco control tool pp. 917-923

Robert A.J. Borst, Maarten Olivier Kok, O’Shea, Alison J., Subhash Pokhrel, Teresa H. Jones and Annette Boaz

Efficacy of the tobacco tax policy in the presence of product heterogeneity: A pseudo-panel approach applied to Spain pp. 924-931

Mercedes Burguillo, Desiderio Romero-Jordán and José-Félix Sanz-Sanz

Removing the last billboard for the tobacco industry: Tobacco standardized packaging in Ireland pp. 932-935

Eric Crosbie

The effect of the United Kingdom smoking ban on alcohol spending: Evidence from the Living Costs and Food Survey pp. 936-940

Robert Pryce

Earlier detection of public health risks – Health policy lessons for better compliance with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005): Insights from low-, mid- and high-income countries pp. 941-946

Bruria Adini, Shepherd Roee Singer, Ronit Ringel and Petra Dickmann

Combined impact of future trends on healthcare utilisation of older people: A Delphi study pp. 947-954

W.M. Ravensbergen, Y.M. Drewes, H.B.M. Hilderink, M. Verschuuren, J. Gussekloo and R.A.A. Vonk

Disease management in diabetes care: When involving GPs improves patient compliance and health outcomes pp. 955-962

Cristina Ugolini, Matteo Lippi Bruni, Anna Caterina Leucci, Gianluca Fiorentini, Elena Berti, Lucia Nobilio and Maria Luisa Moro

Private health expenditure in Ireland: Assessing the affordability of private financing of health care pp. 963-969

Bridget M. Johnston, Sara Burke, Sarah Barry, Charles Normand, Maebh Ní Fhallúin and Steve Thomas

Once covered, forever covered: The actuarial challenges of the Belgian private health insurance system pp. 970-975

Hamza Hanbali, Hubert Claassens, Michel Denuit, Jan Dhaene and Julien Trufin

The effect of reinsuring a deductible on pharmaceutical spending: A Dutch case study on low-income people pp. 976-981

Marielle Non, Richard van Kleef, Onno van der Galiën and Rudy Douven

Association between workers’ compensation claim processing times and work disability duration: Analysis of population level claims data pp. 982-991

Shannon E. Gray, Tyler J. Lane, Luke Sheehan and Alex Collie

Evaluating the impact of health reforms in the Netherlands: Assessing the impact of an alcohol ban on sexually transmitted infections in national surveillance data pp. 992-997

C. Den Daas, F. Van Aar and B.H.B. Van Benthem

Understanding how local authorities in England address obesity: A wider determinants of health perspective pp. 998-1003

James Nobles, Alex Christensen, Matthew Butler, Duncan Radley, Katie Pickering, Joanna Saunders, Carol Weir, Pinki Sahota and Paul Gately

Lethal privacy: Quantifying life years lost if the right to informational self-determination guides genetic screening for Lynch syndrome pp. 1004-1010

Fabia Gansen, Franziska Severin, Sebastian Schleidgen, Georg Marckmann and Wolf Rogowski

The dynamics of health poverty in Spain during the economic crisis (2008–2016) pp. 1011-1018

Marta Pascual-Sáez, David Cantarero-Prieto and Paloma Lanza-León

Volume 123, issue 9, 2019

Moving upstream: Changing policy scripts on migrant and ethnic minority health pp. 809-817

David Ingleby

Healthcare access for refugees in Greece: Challenges and opportunities pp. 818-824

M. Gunst, K. Jarman, V. Yarwood, S. Rokadiya, L. Capsaskis, M. Orcutt and A. Abbara

Refugee crisis in Finland: Challenges to safeguarding the right to health for asylum seekers pp. 825-832

Karolina Tuomisto, Paula Tiittala, Ilmo Keskimäki and Otto Helve

Barriers to health care access and service utilization of refugees in Austria: Evidence from a cross-sectional survey pp. 833-839

Judith Kohlenberger, Isabella Buber-Ennser, Bernhard Rengs, Sebastian Leitner and Michael Landesmann

‘Falling off the radar’ of public health: The case of uninsured Chinese patients in Vienna, Austria pp. 840-844

Yuki Seidler, Sonja Novak-Zezula and Ursula Trummer

Shaping access to health care for refugees on the local level in Germany – Mixed-methods analysis of official statistics and perspectives of gatekeepers pp. 845-850

Kristin Rolke, Judith Wenner and Oliver Razum

Mental health care utilisation and access among refugees and asylum seekers in Europe: A systematic review pp. 851-863

Emily Satinsky, Daniela C. Fuhr, Aniek Woodward, Egbert Sondorp and Bayard Roberts

Asylum seekers’ mental health and treatment utilization in a three months follow-up study after transfer from a state registration-and reception-center in Germany pp. 864-872

Christoph Nikendei, David Kindermann, Hannah Brandenburg-Ceynowa, Cassandra Derreza-Greeven, Valentina Zeyher, Florian Junne, Hans-Christoph Friederich and Kayvan Bozorgmehr

Cost-utility of screening for depression among asylum seekers: a modelling study in Germany pp. 873-881

Louise Biddle, Alec Miners and Kayvan Bozorgmehr

Infectious disease health services for refugees and asylum seekers during a time of crisis: A scoping study of six European Union countries pp. 882-887

Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Mariya Samuilova, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Enrico Girardi, Pierluca Piselli and Alexander Kentikelenis

Health records for migrants and refugees: A systematic review pp. 888-900

Valentina Chiesa, Antonio Chiarenza, Davide Mosca and Bernd Rechel

Volume 123, issue 8, 2019

The 2017 reform to improve financial sustainability of national health insurance in Estonia: Analysis and first lessons on broadening the revenue base pp. 695-699

Triin Habicht, Marge Reinap, Kaija Kasekamp, Jarno Habicht, Ewout van Ginneken and Erin Webb

The 2018 risk-adjustment reform in the Czech Republic: Introducing Pharmacy-based Cost Groups and strengthening reinsurance pp. 700-705

Lucie Bryndová, Pavel Hroboň and Henrieta Tulejová

“What’s fair to an individual is not always fair to a population”: A qualitative study of patients and their health professionals using the Cancer Drugs Fund pp. 706-712

Charlotte Chamberlain, Amanda Owen-Smith, Fiona MacKichan, Jenny L. Donovan and William Hollingworth

Patterns of alternative access: Unpacking the Slovak extraordinary drug reimbursement regime 2012-2016 pp. 713-720

Olga Löblová, Marcell Csanádi, Piotr Ozierański, Zoltán Kaló, Lawrence King and Martin McKee

Characteristics of trials and regulatory pathways leading to US approval of innovative vs. non-innovative oncology drugs pp. 721-727

Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Understanding the impetus for major systems change: A multiple case study of decisions and non-decisions to reconfigure emergency and urgent care services pp. 728-736

Sheena McHugh, E. Droog, Conor Foley, M. Boyce, O. Healy and J.P. Browne

Health insurance for the healthy? Voluntary health insurance in Sweden pp. 737-746

Linn Kullberg, Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad

No unmet needs without needs! Assessing the role of social capital using data from European social survey 2014 pp. 747-755

Carlota Quintal, Óscar Lourenço, Luis Ramos and Micaela Antunes

Who had access to doctors before and after new universal capitated subsidies in New Zealand? pp. 756-764

Michael Thomson

The implications of high bed occupancy rates on readmission rates in England: A longitudinal study pp. 765-772

Rocco Friebel, Rebecca Fisher, Sarah R. Deeny, Tim Gardner, Aoife Molloy and Adam Steventon

Understanding the role of physicians within the managerial structure of Russian hospitals pp. 773-781

Ellen Kuhlmann, Sergey Shishkin, Erica Richardson, Igor Ivanov, Oleg Shvabskii, Ildar Minulin, Aleksandra Shcheblykina, Anna Kontsevaya, Katie Bates and Martin McKee

Migration intentions among physicians working in Polish hospitals – Insights from survey research pp. 782-789

Alicja Domagała and Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk

Physical exercise versus shorter life expectancy? An investigation into preferences for physical activity using a stated preference approach pp. 790-796

Trine Kjær, Betina Højgaard and Dorte Gyrd-Hansen

Effectiveness of pro-active organizational models in primary care for diabetes patients pp. 797-802

Alessandra Buja, Riccardo Fusinato, Mirko Claus, Rosa Gini, Mario Braga, Mimma Cosentino, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Paolo Francesconi, Vincenzo Baldo, Valeria D. Tozzi, Verdiana Morando, Mariadonata Bellentani and Gianfranco Damiani

Volume 123, issue 7, 2019

The introduction of hospital networks in Belgium: The path from policy statements to the 2019 legislation pp. 601-605

Melissa De Regge, Kaat De Pourcq, Carine Van de Voorde, Koen Van den Heede, Paul Gemmel and Kristof Eeckloo

New model for prioritised adoption and use of hospital medicine in Denmark since 2017: Challenges and perspectives pp. 606-610

Sarah Wadmann and Jakob Kjellberg

Worlds of Healthcare: A Healthcare System Typology of OECD Countries pp. 611-620

Nadine Reibling, Mareike Ariaans and Claus Wendt

National Health Insurance: A conceptual framework from conflicting typologies pp. 621-629

Cristóbal Cuadrado, Francisca Crispi, Matías Libuy, Gregory Marchildon and Camilo Cid

Alternative access schemes for pharmaceuticals in Europe: Towards an emerging typology pp. 630-634

Olga Löblová, Marcell Csanádi, Piotr Ozierański, Zoltán Kaló, Lawrence King and Martin McKee

Involving the public in decision-making about large-scale changes to health services: A scoping review pp. 635-645

Nehla Djellouli, Lorelei Jones, Helen Barratt, Angus I.G. Ramsay, Steven Towndrow and Sandy Oliver

Assessment of health systems guidance using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation – Health Systems (AGREE-HS) instrument pp. 646-651

Melissa C. Brouwers, John N. Lavis, Karen Spithoff, Marija Vukmirovic, Ivan D. Florez, Marcela Velez, Mohammad Kibria, Nigar Sekercioglu, Elizabeth Kamler, Jillian Halladay, Jaspreet Sandhu, Ahmednur Ali, Anushka Jaffer, Ruhi Kiflen and Julia Pemberton

Competition between on-patent medicines in Europe pp. 652-660

Alexander Roediger, Tim Wilsdon, Artes Haderi, Kathy Pendleton and Boris Azais

Health service accreditation stimulating change in clinical care and human resource management processes: A study of 311 Australian hospitals pp. 661-665

David Greenfield, S.A. Lawrence, A Kellner, K. Townsend and A. Wilkinson

Gender differences in the incomes of self-employed French physicians: The role of family structure pp. 666-674

Fanny Mikol and Carine Franc

Is having private health insurance associated with less support for public healthcare? Evidence from the Norwegian NHS pp. 675-680

Pål E. Martinussen and Jon Magnussen

The Swiss Hepatitis Strategy as a model for facing future health policy challenges pp. 681-687

Raoul Blindenbacher, Bettina Maeschli and Philip Bruggmann

Adherence to a regulation that aims to prevent and treat malnutrition—The case of Swedish elderly care pp. 688-694

Malin Skinnars Josefsson, Margaretha Nydahl, Inger Persson and Ylva Mattsson Sydner

Volume 123, issue 6, 2019

Brexit threatens the UK’s ability to tackle illicit drugs and organised crime: What needs to happen now? pp. 521-525

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, Justin Yang, Roy Robertson, Alison McCallum, Christina Gray, Martin McKee and John Middleton

The transposition of the Patients’ Rights Directive in Finland—Difficulties encountered pp. 526-531

Noora Heinonen, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen and Ilmo Keskimäki

Primary care reform in Manitoba, Canada, 2011–15: Balancing accountability and acceptability pp. 532-537

Sara A. Kreindler, Colleen Metge, Ashley Struthers, Karen Harlos, Catherine Charette, Sunita Bapuji, Paul Beaudin, Ingrid Botting, Alan Katz and Shauna Zinnick

The 2017 reform of the hospital sector in Poland – The challenge of consistent design pp. 538-543

Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk, Iwona Kowalska-Bobko and Christoph Sowada

A discussion of the unresolved 2016/17 plans for regulating the Polish dietary supplements market pp. 544-549

Marta Makowska and Łukasz Jasiński

Implications of interprofessional primary care team characteristics for health services and patient health outcomes: A systematic review with narrative synthesis pp. 550-563

Wiesława Dominika Wranik, Sheri Price, Susan M. Haydt, Jeanette Edwards, Krista Hatfield, Julie Weir and Nicole Doria

A review of attitudes towards the reuse of health data among people in the European Union: The primacy of purpose and the common good pp. 564-571

Lea L. Skovgaard, Sarah Wadmann and Klaus Hoeyer

Research evidence supports cancer policymaking but is insufficient for change: Findings of key informant interviews from five countries pp. 572-581

Rebecca J. Bergin, Jon Emery, Ruth Bollard and Victoria White

Catastrophic risk associated with out-of-pocket payments for long term care in Spain pp. 582-589

Raúl del Pozo-Rubio and Dolores Jiménez-Rubio

Towards safe nurse staffing in England’s National Health Service: Progress and pitfalls of policy evolution pp. 590-594

Jane Lawless, Rob Couch, Peter Griffiths, Chris Burton and Jane Ball

Determinants of price negotiations for new drugs. The experience of the Italian Medicines Agency pp. 595-600

Federico Villa, Michaela Tutone, Gianluca Altamura, Sara Antignani, Agnese Cangini, Ida Fortino, Mario Melazzini, Francesco Trotta, Giovanni Tafuri and Claudio Jommi

Volume 123, issue 5, 2019

Does size matter? The impact of caseload and expertise concentration on AMI 30-day mortality—A comparison across 10 OECD countries pp. 441-448

Benoît Lalloué, Michael Padget, Ian Brownwood, Etienne Minvielle and Niek Klazinga

Geographic variation in inpatient costs for Acute Myocardial Infarction care: Insights from Italy pp. 449-456

Chiara Seghieri, Paolo Berta and Sabina Nuti

Diversity as salvation? – A comparison of the diversity rationale in the Swedish pharmacy ownership liberalization reform and the primary care choice reform pp. 457-461

Kristin Wisell, Ulrika Winblad and Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong

Influence of strategic planning on product marketing and health service orientation of community pharmacies—A national survey in Finland pp. 462-467

Lenita Jokinen, Inka Puumalainen and Marja Airaksinen

The 2018 establishment of a national expert panel for patients with serious life-threatening disease in Norway pp. 468-471

Anne Karin Lindahl

The role of governance in different types of interhospital collaborations: A systematic review pp. 472-479

Kaat De Pourcq, Melissa De Regge, Koen Van den Heede, Carine Van de Voorde, Gemmel Paul and Kristof Eeckloo

What public health strategies work to reduce the tobacco demand among young people? An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses pp. 480-491

Alice Mannocci, Insa Backhaus, D’Egidio, Valeria, Antonio Federici, Paolo Villari and Giuseppe La Torre

Children’s right to smoke-free air: Public support in Norway for banning smoking in vehicles with children present pp. 492-498

Gunnar Sæbø and Pia Blindheim Lund

Prevention of overweight and obesity undertaken by local government units in Poland pp. 499-502

Anna Augustynowicz, Aleksandra Czerw, Mariola Borowska, Andrzej Deptała, Grażyna Dykowska and Adam Fronczak

Convergence in Spanish Public health expenditure: Has the decentralization process generated disparities? pp. 503-507

Jesus Clemente Lopez, Angelina Lázaro-Alquézar and Antonio Montañés

Has the diffusion of primary care teams in France improved attraction and retention of general practitioners in rural areas? pp. 508-515

Guillaume Chevillard, Julien Mousquès, Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli and Stéphane Rican

Asbestos neglect: Why asbestos exposure deserves greater policy attention pp. 516-519

Thomas Douglas and Laura Van den Borre

Volume 123, issue 4, 2019

Are Japanese people satisfied with their health care system and services? Empirical evidence from survey data pp. 345-352

, Masako and Bing Niu

Effect of a medical subsidy on health service utilization among schoolchildren: A community-based natural experiment in Japan pp. 353-359

Atsushi Miyawaki and Yasuki Kobayashi

Factors affecting participation in health checkups: Evidence from Japanese survey data pp. 360-366

Riko Noguchi and Junyi Shen

A comparative analysis of treatment costs for home-based care and hospital-based care in enteral nutrition patients: A retrospective analysis of claims data pp. 367-372

M. Maeda, H. Fukuda, S. Shimizu and T. Ishizaki

A community pharmacist home visit project for high utilizers under a universal health system: A preliminary assessment pp. 373-378

Yu-Ying Huang and Shou-Hsia Cheng

Determinants of the performance of traditional Chinese medicine clinics in Taiwan pp. 379-387

Shun-Chiao Chang, Chi-Feng Lin, Ta-Chun Yeh and Chun-Wei Chang

Easy cuts, easy rebound: Drug expenditures with massive price cuts in Korea pp. 388-392

Hye-Young Kwon, Seungjin Bae, Sang-eun Choi, Sylvia Park, Eui-Kyung Lee, Sungmin Park and Jinhyun Kim

Learning from elsewhere: Integrated care development in Singapore pp. 393-402

Lai Meng Ow Yong and Ailsa Cameron

An EU approach to health system performance assessment: Building trust and learning from each other pp. 403-407

Federico Paoli, Ingrid Schmidt, Olivia Wigzell and Andrzej Ryś

Public-private partnerships in the Spanish National Health System: The reversion of the Alzira model pp. 408-411

Micaela Comendeiro-Maaløe, Manuel Ridao-López, Sophie Gorgemans and Enrique Bernal-Delgado

A comparative performance analysis of a renowned public private partnership for health care provision in Spain between 2003 and 2015 pp. 412-418

Micaela Comendeiro-Maaløe, Manuel Ridao-López, Sophie Gorgemans and Enrique Bernal-Delgado

The evaluation of mental disorders research reported in British and Irish newspapers between 2002 and 2013, and a comparison with the relative disease burdens and with research outputs in the two countries pp. 419-426

Atia Sultana, Grant Lewison and Elena Pallari

Predicting healthcare expenditure by multimorbidity groups pp. 427-434

Vicent Caballer-Tarazona, Natividad Guadalajara-Olmeda and David Vivas-Consuelo

The ageing and de-institutionalisation of death—Evidence from England and Wales pp. 435-439

George W. Leeson

Volume 123, issue 3, 2019

The Public Health Status and Foresight report 2014: Four normative perspectives on a healthier Netherlands in 2040 pp. 252-259

Casper G. Schoemaker, Jeanne van Loon, Peter W. Achterberg, Matthijs van den Berg, Maartje M. Harbers, Frank R.J. den Hertog, Henk Hilderink, Geertjan Kommer, Johan Melse, Hans van Oers, Marjanne H.D. Plasmans, Robert A.A. Vonk and Nancy Hoeymans

Evidence-informed vaccine decision making: The introduction of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination in the Netherlands pp. 260-266

Ingeborg M. van der Putten, Aggie T.G. Paulus, Mickael Hiligsmann, Raymond C.W. Hutubessy and Silvia M.A.A. Evers

Implementing managed entry agreements in practice: The Dutch reality check pp. 267-274

A. Makady, A. van Veelen, A. de Boer, H. Hillege, O.H. Klungel and W. Goettsch

Transforming clients into experts-by-experience: A pilot in client participation in Dutch long-term elderly care homes inspectorate supervision pp. 275-280

M.B. de Graaff, A. Stoopendaal and I. Leistikow

Trust in times of health reform pp. 281-287

Peter P. Groenewegen, Johan Hansen and Judith D. de Jong

Low institutional trust in health insurers in Dutch health care pp. 288-292

Hans Maarse and Patrick Jeurissen

Managed competition in the Netherlands: Do insurers have incentives to steer on quality? pp. 293-299

Karel C.F. Stolper, Lieke H.H.M. Boonen, Frederik T. Schut and Marco Varkevisser

A new approach to preferred provider selection in health care pp. 300-305

Peter J.G. Dohmen and Erik M. van Raaij

Cure for increasing health care costs: The Bernhoven case as driver of new standards of appropriate care pp. 306-311

Nicoline van Leersum, Peter Bennemeer, Marcel Otten, Sander Visser, Ab Klink and Jan A.M. Kremer

The 2015 long-term care reform in the Netherlands: Getting the financial incentives right? pp. 312-316

Peter Alders and Frederik T. Schut

Is there Europeanization of physical activity promotion? – A neofunctional approach pp. 317-326

Carina Mnich

Health enhancing physical activity in all policies? Comparison of national public actors between France and Belgium pp. 327-332

Aurélie Van Hoye, Chantal Vandoorne, Gaetan Absil, Flore Lecomte, Catherine Fallon, Pierre Lombrail and Anne Vuillemin

Reducing ear, nose and throat (ENT) waitlists: Implications of a referral audit pp. 333-337

Susan P. Jacups and Kate M. McConnon

Google Trends: Opportunities and limitations in health and health policy research pp. 338-341

Vishal S. Arora, Martin McKee and David Stuckler

Volume 123, issue 2, 2019

Value assessment of disease-modifying therapies for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: HTA evidence from seven OECD countries pp. 118-129

Erica Visintin, Michela Tinelli and Panos Kanavos

What is driving HTA decision-making? Evidence from cancer drug reimbursement decisions from 6 European countries pp. 130-139

Laia Maynou and John Cairns

HTA programme response to the challenges of dealing with orphan medicinal products: Process evaluation in selected European countries pp. 140-151

Elena Nicod, Lieven Annemans, Anna Bucsics, Anne Lee, Sheela Upadhyaya and Karen Facey

Using a stated preference discrete choice experiment to assess societal value from the perspective of decision-makers in Europe. Does it work for rare diseases? pp. 152-158

J. López-Bastida, J.M. Ramos-Goñi, I. Aranda-Reneo, M. Trapero-Bertran, P. Kanavos and B. Rodriguez Martin

Health related quality of life aspects not captured by EQ-5D-5L: Results from an international survey of patients pp. 159-165

Olina Efthymiadou, Jean Mossman and Panos Kanavos

Questioning the differences between general public vs. patient based preferences towards EQ-5D-5L defined hypothetical health states pp. 166-172

Marko Ogorevc, Nika Murovec, Natacha Bolanos Fernandez and Valentina Prevolnik Rupel

Testing a new taxonomic model for the assessment of medical devices: Is it plausible and applicable? Insights from HTA reports and interviews with HTA institutions in Europe pp. 173-181

Sabine Fuchs, Britta Olberg, Matthias Perleth, Reinhard Busse and Dimitra Panteli

HTA and decision-making processes in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe: Results from a survey pp. 182-190

Leticia García-Mochón, Jaime Espín Balbino, Antonio Olry de Labry Lima, Araceli Caro Martinez, Eva Martin Ruiz and Román Pérez Velasco

Threats to the value of Health Technology Assessment: Qualitative evidence from Canada and Poland pp. 191-202

Wiesława Dominika Wranik, Dorota Anna Zielińska, Liesl Gambold and Serperi Sevgur

Enabling health technology innovation in Canada: Barriers and facilitators in policy and regulatory processes pp. 203-214

Maggie MacNeil, Melissa Koch, Ayse Kuspinar, Don Juzwishin, Pascale Lehoux and Paul Stolee

Coordinating primary care services: A case of policy layering pp. 215-221

David Rudoler, Allie Peckham, Agnes Grudniewicz and Greg Marchildon

Association between continuity of care and emergency department visits and hospitalization in senior adults with asthma-COPD overlap pp. 222-228

Yu-Hsiang Kao, Tung-Sung Tseng, Yee-Yung Ng and Shiao-Chi Wu

Real-world cost-effectiveness of drug-eluting stents vs. bare-metal stents for coronary heart disease—A five-year follow-up study pp. 229-234

Hao-Min Cheng, Ling-Jan Chiou, Tzu-Ching Chen, Shih-Hsien Sung, Chen-Huan Chen and Hui-Chu Lang

Health differentials between citizens and immigrants in Europe: A heterogeneous convergence pp. 235-243

Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah, Simon Combes and Mohammad Abu-Zaineh

Volume 123, issue 1, 2019

Emergency and urgent care systems in Australia, Denmark, England, France, Germany and the Netherlands – Analyzing organization, payment and reforms pp. 1-10

Natalie Baier, Alexander Geissler, Mickael Bech, David Bernstein, Thomas E. Cowling, Terri Jackson, Johan van Manen, Andreas Rudkjøbing and Wilm Quentin

Framing health literacy: A comparative analysis of national action plans pp. 11-20

Heide Weishaar, Klaus Hurrelmann, Orkan Okan, Annett Horn and Doris Schaeffer

Funding for public health in Europe in decline? pp. 21-26

Bernd Rechel

How health policy shapes healthcare sector productivity? Evidence from Italy and UK pp. 27-36

Vincenzo Atella, Federico Belotti, Chris Bojke, Adriana Castelli, Katja Grašič, Joanna Kopinska, Andrea Piano Mortari and Andrew Street

Primary health care in transition: Variations in service profiles of general practitioners in Estonia and in Finland between 1993 and 2012 pp. 37-44

Kaja Põlluste, Elise Kosunen, Tuomas Koskela, Kari J. Mattila, Willemijn L.A. Schäfer, Wienke G.W. Boerma and Margus Lember

Income-based inequities in access to psychotherapy and other mental health services in Canada and Australia pp. 45-50

Mary Bartram and Jennifer Stewart

Lessons for ‘large-scale’ general practice provider organisations in England from other inter-organisational healthcare collaborations pp. 51-61

Luisa M. Pettigrew, Stephanie Kumpunen, Rebecca Rosen, Rachel Posaner and Nicholas Mays

The impact of public performance reporting on health plan selection and switching: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 62-70

Margaret Kelaher, Khic-Houy Prang, Hana Sabanovic and David Dunt

Effective healthcare cost-containment policies: A systematic review pp. 71-79

Niek Stadhouders, Florien Kruse, Marit Tanke, Xander Koolman and Patrick Jeurissen

Using financial incentives to attract medical residents to the periphery: The Israeli experience pp. 80-86

Yael Ashkenazi, Michal Gordon and Bruce Rosen

Barriers to accessing adequate maternal care in Latvia: A mixed-method study among women, providers and decision-makers pp. 87-95

Elina Miteniece, Milena Pavlova, Bernd Rechel, Dace Rezeberga, Liubovė Murauskienė and Wim Groot

The cyclicality of government health expenditure and its effects on population health pp. 96-103

Li-Lin Liang and A. Dale Tussing

The economic returns of ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat pp. 104-108

Erik Lamontagne, Mead Over and John Stover

The challenge of democratic patient representation: Understanding the representation work of patient organizations through methodological triangulation pp. 109-114

Julia Fischer and Hester M. Van de Bovenkamp