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April 2018, Volume 33, Issue 2
- 636-647 Surviving neoliberalism, maintaining values: Community health mergers in Victoria, Australia
by Véronique Roussy & Charles Livingstone - 648-662 Stakeholder perspectives regarding transfer of free maternity services to National Health Insurance Fund in Kenya: Implications for universal health coverage
by Timothy Abuya & Francis Obare & Dennis Matanda & Mardieh L. Dennis & Ben Bellows - 663-673 Invisible cobwebs in teamwork—Impediments to the care of patients with heart failure: A qualitative study
by Hadi Khoshab & Esmat Nouhi & Batool Tirgari & Fazlollah Ahmadi
January 2018, Volume 33, Issue 1
- 1-9 Research gaps in routine health information system design barriers to data quality and use in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A literature review
by Manish Kumar & David Gotz & Tara Nutley & Jason B. Smith - 5-5 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 6-30 The use and design of the BSC in the health care sector: A systematic literature review for Italy, Spain, and Portugal
by Maria Beatriz Gonzalez‐Sanchez & Laura Broccardo & Amélia Maria Martins Pires - 10-25 Elements of a sustainable, competent, and empathetic workforce to support patients with dementia during an acute hospital stay: A comprehensive literature review
by Joanne Brooke & Omorogieva Ojo - 26-37 A systematic review of empirical studies on methodology and burden of informal patient payments in health systems
by Abdolvahed Khodamoradi & Mohammad Payam Ghaffari & Reza Daryabeygi‐Khotbehsara & Haniye Sadat Sajadi & Reza Majdzadeh - 31-50 HIV screening in pregnant women: A systematic review of cost‐effectiveness studies
by Fabrizio Bert & Maria Rosaria Gualano & Paolo Biancone & Valerio Brescia & Elisa Camussi & Maria Martorana & Robin Thomas & Silvana Secinaro & Roberta Siliquini - 38-48 A qualitative study on human resources for primary health care in Iran
by Mahmood Nekoei Moghadam & Mohammadreza Amiresmaili & Vahideh Sadeghi & Ali‐Hossein Zeinalzadeh & Mahmud Tupchi & Sahar Parva - 49-56 The Bandung neurosurgery patient outcomes project, Indonesia (Part II): Patient pathways and feasibility and acceptability of telephone follow‐up
by Agung Budi Sutiono & Ahmad Faried & Susan McAllister & Amelia Ganefianty & Kalih Sarjono & Muhammad Zafrullah Arifin & Sarah Derrett - 51-66 Performance‐based financing in the heath sector in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Is there anything whereof it may be said, see, this is new?
by Elisabeth Paul & Dimitri Renmans - 57-66 The Bandung neurosurgery patient outcomes project, Indonesia (Part I): Methods, participant characteristics, and pre‐discharge outcomes
by Susan McAllister & Amelia Ganefianty & Ahmad Faried & Agung Budi Sutiono & Kalih Sarjono & Regina Melia & Sheila Sumargo & Muhammad Zafrullah Arifin & Sarah Derrett - 67-75 The health policy pendulum: Cost control vs activity growth
by Trond Tjerbo & Terje P. Hagen - 67-87 Why do they care? Narratives of physician volunteers on motivations for participation in short‐term medical missions abroad
by Paul H. Caldron & Ann Impens & Milena Pavlova & Wim Groot - 76-88 Change management in an environment of ongoing primary health care system reform: A case study of Australian primary health care services
by Sara Javanparast & Janny Maddern & Fran Baum & Toby Freeman & Angela Lawless & Ronald Labonté & David Sanders - 88-101 The role of global public health strategy in non‐profit organisational change at country level: lessons from the joining of Save the Children and Merlin in Myanmar
by Fiona M. Campbell & Dina Balabanova & Natasha Howard - 89-104 Can positive inquiry strengthen obstetric referral systems in Cambodia?
by Gillian Le & Molyaneth Heng & Keosothea Nou & Phina So & Tim Ensor - 102-120 Explaining the accreditation process from the institutional isomorphism perspective: a case study of Jordanian primary healthcare centers
by Mohammad Alyahya & Heba Hijazi & Heather Harvey - 105-118 Stakeholders' views on maternity care shortcomings in rural Ghana: An ethnographic study among women, providers, public, and quasiprivate policy sector actors
by Martin Amogre Ayanore & Milena Pavlova & Regien Biesma & Wim Groot - 119-130 A study of regulatory policies and relevant issues concerning electronic cigarette use in Taiwan
by Tzuu Hwa Jiang & Li Min Cheng & Matthew A. Hawkins - 121-135 Implementation of the redesigned Community Health Fund in the Dodoma region of Tanzania: A qualitative study of views from rural communities
by Albino Kalolo & Lara Gautier & Ralf Radermacher & Manfred Stoermer & Albrecht Jahn & Menoris Meshack & Manuela De Allegri - 131-152 Public strategies for improving eHealth integration and long‐term sustainability in public health care systems: Findings from an Italian case study
by Sabina De Rosis & Sabina Nuti - 136-154 Analysis and determination the efficiency of the European health systems
by María del Rocío Moreno‐Enguix & Juan Cándido Gómez‐Gallego & María Gómez Gallego - 153-167 Twelve months of implementation of health care performance‐based financing in Burkina Faso: A qualitative multiple case study
by Valéry Ridde & Maurice Yaogo & Sylvie Zongo & Paul‐André Somé & Anne‐Marie Turcotte‐Tremblay - 155-170 The effect of mobile phone short message service on maternal health in south‐west Nigeria
by Oluwatosin Omole & Macellina Y. Ijadunola & Ezeomu Olotu & Olorunfemi Omotoso & Bamidele Bello & Olalekan Awoniran & Abimbola Phillips & Adesegun Fatusi - 168-180 Does hospital ownership influence hospital referral region health rankings in the United States
by Hanadi Hamadi & Emma Apatu & Aaron Spaulding - 171-184 The impact of economic crisis on the Greek hospitals' productivity
by Panagiotis Mitropoulos & Ioannis Mitropoulos & Haralampos Karanikas & Nikolaos Polyzos - 181-193 Great expectations: An analysis of researchers' and policy makers' perceptions of the potential value of the Australian indigenous burden of disease study for policy
by Aaron Katz & Deepa Gajjar & Anthony B. Zwi & Peter S. Hill - 185-201 Regulating the for‐profit private healthcare providers towards universal health coverage: A qualitative study of legal and organizational framework in Mongolia
by Uranchimeg Tsevelvaanchig & Indermohan S. Narula & Hebe Gouda & Peter S. Hill - 194-209 Active offer of health services in French in Ontario: Analysis of reorganization and management strategies of health care organizations
by Elina Farmanova & Luc Bonneville & Louise Bouchard - 202-211 WHO's Service Availability and Readiness Assessment of primary health care services of commune health centers in a rural district of Northern Vietnam
by Nguyen Van Huy & You‐Seon Nam & Nguyen Van Thanh & Ngo Tri Tuan & Nguyen Thi Thu Ha & Luu Ngoc Hoat & Nguyen Minh Hoang & Do Mai Hoa - 210-227 Fiscal transfers based on inputs or outcomes? Lessons from the Twelfth and Thirteenth Finance Commission in India
by Victoria Y. Fan & Smriti Iyer & Avani Kapur & Rifaiyat Mahbub & Anit Mukherjee - 212-224 “Enticing case study” or “celebrated anomaly”? Policy learning from the Cuban health system
by Rob Baggott & George Lambie - 225-234 The contextual‐level effects of social trust on health in transitional countries: Instrumental variable analysis of 26 countries
by Nazim Habibov & Alex Cheung - 228-237 Raising quality whilst reducing cost in health care: A retrospective cohort study
by Yadava B. Jeve - 235-245 The impact of change from copayment to coinsurance on medical care usage and expenditure in outpatient setting in older Koreans
by Byoungjun Bae & Bo Ram Choi & Inmyung Song - 238-250 Evolution of HIV/AIDS response in Brazil: Policy innovations and challenges in the fourth decade of the epidemic
by Elize Massard da Fonseca & Francisco Inacio Bastos - 246-254 The association of hospital governance with innovation in Taiwan
by Chen‐Wei Yang & Yu‐Hua Yan & Shih‐Chieh Fang & Syeda Noorein Inamdar & Hsien‐Cheng Lin - 251-262 Patient satisfaction with health care services at a national institute of ophthalmology
by Nguyen Van Huy & Nguyen Ngoc Dung & Cao Duc Thang & Le Thuy Hanh - 255-264 Motivation of the nurses in pre‐hospital emergency and educational hospitals emergency in the southeast of Iran
by Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri & Gholamreza Khademipour & Mahmoud Nekoei‐Moghadam & Mohsen Aminizadeh - 263-278 How and why do countries differ in their governance and financing‐related administrative expenditure in health care? An analysis of OECD countries by health care system typology
by Luc L. Hagenaars & Niek S. Klazinga & Michael Mueller & David J. Morgan & Patrick P.T. Jeurissen - 265-271 Evidence‐based HMO care for prostate specific antigen testing
by Daniel J. Merenstein & Frank J. D'Amico & Shlomo Vinker & Stephen Petterson & Amnon Lahad - 272-275 Nudges, shoves and budges: Behavioural economic policy frameworks
by Adam Oliver - 279-292 Determinants of bed net policy implementation: A case study of Southern Benin
by Georges Danhoundo & Mary E. Wiktorowicz & Shahirose Sadrudin Premji & Khalidha Nasiri - 293-319 Boundary‐spanning actors in complex adaptive governance systems: The case of multisectoral nutrition
by David Pelletier & Suzanne Gervais & Hajra Hafeez‐ur‐Rehman & Dia Sanou & Jackson Tumwine - 320-332 Prospective systemic risk analysis of the dispensing process in German community pharmacies
by Tatjana Stojković & Olaf Rose & Ronja Woltersdorf & Valentina Marinković & Tanja Manser & Ulrich Jaehde - 333-343 Planning without action and action without planning? Examining a regional health system's efforts to improve patient flow, 1998–2013
by Sara A. Kreindler - 344-356 Do health care reforms in Turkey have a significant effect in equal access to maternal and child health services in Turkey: An evidence from 20 years
by Fatih Santas & Yusuf Celik & Mehmet Ali Eryurt - 357-366 Growing concerns and controversies to Taiwan's National Health Insurance—what are the lessons from mainland China, South Korea and Singapore?
by Yen‐Han Lee & Ting Fang Alvin Ang & Timothy C. Chiang & Warren A. Kaplan - 367-377 Programmes for the prevention of parent‐to‐child transmission of HIV in Papua New Guinea: Health system challenges and opportunities
by Anna Tynan & Lisa Vallely & Martha Kupul & Ruthy Neo & Voletta Fiya & Heather Worth & Grace Kariwiga & Glen D.L. Mola & John Kaldor & Angela Kelly‐Hanku - 378-390 Barriers and facilitators for implementation of family medicine–oriented model of primary care in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A qualitative study
by Maja Racic & Tanja Pekez‐Pavlisko & Sandra Jokovic - 391-402 Too many and too few: The paradoxical case of physicians in the Russian Federation
by Christopher J. Gerry & Igor Sheiman
October 2017, Volume 32, Issue 4
- 261-278 The impact of Saudi hospital accreditation on quality of care: a mixed methods study
by Mohammed Almasabi & Shane Thomas - 279-298 Achieving value for money in health: a comparative analysis of OECD countries and regional countries
by Yusuf Çelik & Mahmud Khan & Neşet Hikmet - 299-315 Tracer methodology: an appropriate tool for assessing compliance with accreditation standards?
by Chantal Bouchard & Olivier Jean - 316-332 Perceptions of the first family physicians to adopt advanced access in the province of Quebec, Canada
by Mylaine Breton & Lara Maillet & Isabelle Paré & Sabina Abou Malham & Nassera Touati - 387-387 Editorial for 32:4
by Calum Paton - 388-399 Costs of hospital services in Jordan
by Eman A Hammad & Taissir Fardous & Ibrahim Abbadi - 400-415 Effects of healthcare reform on health resource allocation and service utilization in 1110 Chinese county hospitals: data from 2006 to 2012
by Pengqian Fang & Ruirong Hu & Qiuxia Han - 416-432 Not very NICE: deviance, stigma and nutritional guidelines related to healthy weight and obesity
by Alison Hann & Ashley Frawley & Gillian Spedding - 433-448 The atlas network: a “strategic ally” of the tobacco industry
by Julia Smith & Sheryl Thompson & Kelley Lee - 449-464 Medical mall founders' satisfaction and integrated management requirements
by Atsushi Ito - 465-480 Impact assessment of a maternal health project in a megacity, Nigeria: toward a future with more demand for maternal health services
by Sadatoshi Matsuoka & Sumiko Koga & Emiko Suzui & Yoshiko Tsukada & Kazutomo Ohashi & Taiwo Johnson - 481-491 Continuous improvement, burnout and job engagement: a study in a Dutch nursing department
by Jos Benders & Hans Bleijerveld & Roel Schouteten - 492-508 Where there is no policy: governing the posting and transfer of primary health care workers in Nigeria
by Seye Abimbola & Titilope Olanipekun & Marta Schaaf & Joel Negin & Stephen Jan & Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk - 509-539 A comparison of experiences, competencies and development needs of doctor managers in Kenya and the United Kingdom (UK)
by Salome Kathomi Ireri & Kieran Walshe & Lawrence Benson & Mutuku Mwanthi - 540-553 Specifying a State Guaranteed Health Benefits package for Kazakhstan: lessons for emerging economies and middle-income countries
by Michael Jones & Tata Chanturidze & Sam Franzen & Alex Manu & Mike Naylor - 554-574 Community governance in primary health care: towards an international Ideal Type
by Geoffrey Meads & Grant Russell & Amanda Lees - 575-594 Improving performance of long-term care networks at their initial stage: an empirical study of factors affecting results
by Nunzio Angiola & Piervito Bianchi - 595-607 The influence of fiscal rules on healthcare policy in the United States and the Netherlands
by H. Christiaan Schakel & Patrick Jeurissen & Sherry Glied - 608-636 Understanding implementation of comprehensive geriatric care programs: a multiple perspective approach is preferred
by Annemarie Vos & Jane-Murray Cramm & Jeroen D. H. Wijngaarden & Ton J. E. M. Bakker & Johan P. Mackenbach & Anna P. Nieboer - 637-652 Setting the scene for the future: implications of key legal regulations for the development of e-health interoperability in the EU
by Marcin Kautsch & Mateusz Lichoń & Natalia Matuszak - 653-659 Delayed surgery in hip fracture patients. Can we afford it?
by Patricia Alonso-Fernández & Elena Romero & Monica Chung & Marta García-Salmones & Pilar Cabezas & Jesús Mora - 660-661 Paton C , The politics of health policy reform in the UK: England's permanent revolution , Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , 214 pp
by Stephen Peckham
July 2017, Volume 32, Issue 3
- 237-237 Introductory editorial
by Calum Paton - 238-239 Preface
by Xiaoming Sun - 240-253 China's health care system reform: Progress and prospects
by Ling Li & Hongqiao Fu - 254-263 Efficiency performance of China's health care delivery system
by Luyu Zhang & Gang Cheng & Suhang Song & Beibei Yuan & Weiming Zhu & Li He & Xiaochen Ma & Qingyue Meng - 264-269 Reconstruction of a clinician training system in China—A successful “5 + 3” model from Shanghai
by Zhaojun Chen & Ling Wang - 270-284 Welfare, wellness, and job satisfaction of Chinese physicians: A national survey of public tertiary hospitals in China
by Jing Sun & Jing Ma & Guangyu Hu & Qi Zhao & Changzheng Yuan & Wen Si & Xinqing Zhang & Yuanli Liu - 285-298 Development and enrolee satisfaction with basic medical insurance in China: A systematic review and stratified cluster sampling survey
by Limei Jing & Ru Chen & Lisa Jing & Yun Qiao & Jiquan Lou & Jing Xu & Junwei Wang & Wen Chen & Xiaoming Sun - 299-306 Progress and policy implication of the Insurance Programs for Catastrophic Diseases in China
by Wenhui Mao & Luying Zhang & Wen Chen - 307-316 Evidence for capitation reform in a New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme in Pudong New Area, Shanghai: A longitudinal study
by Yanmei Wang & Zhiqun Shu & Jianjun Gu & Xiaoming Sun & Limei Jing & Jie Bai & Xuan Huang & Jiquan Lou & Qunfang Zhang & Ming Li - 317-328 Changes in chronic disease management among community health centers (CHCs) in China: Has health reform improved CHC ability?
by Zhaoxin Wang & Jianwei Shi & Zhigui Wu & Huiling Xie & Yifan Yu & Ping Li & Rui Liu & Limei Jing - 329-338 Surveillance and early warning systems of infectious disease in China: From 2012 to 2014
by Honglong Zhang & Liping Wang & Shengjie Lai & Zhongjie Li & Qiao Sun & Peng Zhang - 339-350 The development and impact of primary health care in China from 1949 to 2015: A focused review
by Huazhang Li & Kun Liu & Jianjun Gu & Yimin Zhang & Yun Qiao & Xiaoming Sun - 351-362 The impact of changes in China's family patterns on family pension functions
by Zhongxin Su & Z. Hu & Xizhe Peng - 363-371 Necessity and feasibility of improving mental health services in China: A systematic qualitative review
by Xudong Zhao & Liang Liu & Chengping Hu & Fazhan Chen & Xirong Sun - 372-383 Equity in maternal‐ and infant‐care services in China: A trend analysis based on residence and area (2000‐2014)
by Hong Liang & Shuai Fang & Shanshan Liu & Xinyu Liu & Yanting Li & Ming Li & Yimin Zhang
April 2017, Volume 32, Issue 2
- 113-113 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 114-132 Values and strategies: management of radical organizational change in a university hospital
by Arne Orvik - 121-136 Epidemiological and financial indicators of hypertension in older adults in Mexico: challenges for health planning and management in Latin America
by Armando Arredondo & Maria Beatriz Duarte & Silvia Magali Cuadra - 133-146 Use of Lean methodology to improve operating room efficiency in hospitals across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
by Mazen Hassanain & Mohammed Zamakhshary & Ghada Farhat & Ahmed Al-Badr - 137-159 Organizational learning capability and organizational citizenship behaviour in the health sector: examining the role of happiness at work from a gender perspective
by Andrés Salas-Vallina & Joaquin Alegre & Rafael Fernández - 147-162 Implementing root cause analysis in Iranian hospitals: challenges and benefits
by Zhaleh Abdi & Hamid Ravaghi - 160-184 Reconfiguration of acute care hospitals in post-socialist Serbia: spatial distribution of hospital beds
by Marko Matejic - 163-179 Factors associated with job satisfaction among district hospital health workers in Northern Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
by Huy Van Nguyen & Huong Thao Duong & Toan Thinh Vu - 180-188 Health services utilization of people having and not having a regular doctor in Canada
by Nguyen Xuan Thanh & John Rapoport - 185-205 Setting standards and monitoring quality in the NHS 1999–2013: a classic case of goal conflict
by Peter Littlejohns & Alec Knight & Anna Littlejohns & Tara-Lynn Poole & Katharina Kieslich - 189-216 The effect of health transformation policies on the resident physicians' perception of the medical profession in Turkey
by Ferda Erdem & Murat Atalay - 206-217 Effects of Per-diem payment on the duration of hospitalization and medical expenses according to the palliative care demonstration project in Korea
by J. Y. Shin & S. J. Yoon & H. S. Ahn & Y. H. Yun - 217-233 Primary health care workers' views of motivating factors at individual, community and organizational levels: a qualitative study from Nasarawa and Ondo states, Nigeria
by Aarushi Bhatnagar & Shivam Gupta & Olakunle Alonge & Asha S. George - 218-231 A systematic review of community-based health insurance programs in South Asia
by Reshmi Bhageerathy & Sreekumaran Nair & Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran - 232-260 The evolution of the cancer formulary review in Canada: Can centralization improve the use of economic evaluation?
by W. Dominika Wranik & Liesl Gambold & Natasha Hanson & Adrian Levy
January 2017, Volume 32, Issue 1
- 1-16 The unannounced patient in the corridor: trust, friction and person-centered care
by Eric D. Carlström & Elisabeth Hansson Olofsson & Lars-Eric Olsson & Jan Nyman & Inga-Lill Koinberg - 3-3 Editorial for 32:1
by Calum R. Paton - 4-18 Knowledge management practices in healthcare settings: a systematic review
by Ioanna Karamitri & Michael A. Talias & Thalia Bellali - 17-38 Effect of TV and radio family planning messages on the probability of modern contraception utilization in post-Soviet Central Asia
by Nazim Habibov & Hakim Zainiddinov - 19-35 The consumers' social media use in choosing physicians and hospitals: the case study of the province of Izmir
by Dilaver Tengilimoglu & Nilgün Sarp & Cemre Eda Yar & Meral Bektaş & Mehmet Nil Hidir & Esin Korkmaz - 36-49 Singapore's regional health systems—a data-driven perspective on frequent admitters and cross utilization of healthcare services in three systems
by Nakul Saxena & Alex Xiaobin You & Zhecheng Zhu & Yan Sun & Pradeep Paul George & Kiok Liang Teow & Phui-Nah Chong & Joe Sim & John Eu Li Wong & Benjamin Ong & Hee Jug Foo & Eugene Fidelis Soh & Linus Tham & Bee Hoon Heng & Philip Choo - 39-46 Towards a non-ethics-based consensual public policy on abortion
by David Alvargonzález - 47-71 Preferences of Bulgarian consumers for quality, access and price attributes of healthcare services—result of a discrete choice experiment
by Thijs Schoot & Milena Pavlova & Elka Atanasova & Wim Groot - 50-71 Integrated care in action: opening the “black box” of implementation
by Federica Segato & Cristina Masella - 72-82 Great expectations - introduction of flow managers in a university hospital
by Runo Axelsson & Susanna Bihari Axelsson & Jeppe Gustafsson & Janne Seemann - 72-90 An alternative way of understanding exit, voice and loyalty: the case of informal payments for health care in Israel
by Nissim Cohen & Dani Filc - 83-98 The impact of regional policies on emergency department management and performance: the case of the regional government of Sicily
by Simone Fanelli & Marco Ferretti & Antonello Zangrandi - 91-109 When community reintegration is not the best option: interethnic violence and the trauma of parental loss in South Sudan
by Brigitte Muller & Barry Munslow & Tim O'Dempsey - 99-120 Lean healthcare in developing countries: evidence from Brazilian hospitals
by Luana Bonome Message Costa & Moacir Godinho Filho & Antonio Freitas Rentes & Thiago Moreno Bertani & Ronaldo Mardegan
October 2016, Volume 31, Issue 4
- 235-253 Addressing health system barriers to access to and use of skilled delivery services: perspectives from Ghana
by John Kuumuori Ganle & Raymond Fitzpatrick & Easmon Otupiri & Michael Parker - 254-272 Saving for delivery through technology: an inquiry into an electronic commitment savings product for maternal healthcare in Kenya
by Thierry Bastelaer & Benjamin Woodman & Minki Chatterji & David Long - 273-289 Catalyzing the scale-up of community-based primary healthcare in a rural impoverished region of northern Ghana
by John Koku Awoonor-Williams & James F. Phillips & Ayaga A. Bawah - 290-301 Private capital investments in health care provision through mergers and acquisitions: from long-term to acute care
by Federica Angeli & Hans Maarse - 302-311 Exploring the barriers to rigorous monitoring and evaluation of health systems strengthening activities: qualitative evidence from international development partners
by Janna M. Wisniewski & Valerie A. Yeager & Mark L. Diana & David R. Hotchkiss - 378-378 Editorial for 31,4
by Calum Paton - 379-395 Can managers empower nurse-midwives to improve maternal health care? A comparison of two resource-poor hospitals in Tanzania
by Paula Tibandebage & Tausi Kida & Maureen Mackintosh & Joyce Ikingura - 396-413 The state of collaborative work with nurses in Israel: a mixed method study
by Sigalit Warshawski - 414-429 Ambulance services as part of the district health system in low-income countries: a feasibility study from Cambodia
by Bart Jacobs & Cheanrithy Men & Oeun Sam Sam & Sjoerd Postma - 430-445 How to attract health students to remote areas in Indonesia: a discrete choice experiment
by Ferry Efendi & Ching-Min Chen & Nursalam Nursalam & Nurul Wachyu Fitriyah Andriyani & Anna Kurniati & Susan Alison Nancarrow - 446-458 Health information systems and disability in the Lao PDR: a qualitative study
by Jo Durham & Vanphanom Sychareun & Anna Rodney & Hebe N. Gouda & Nicola Richards & Rasika Rampatige & Maxine Whittaker - 459-469 Why were doctors unable to accomplish their rural-aid mission in China? A qualitative study
by Hongxing Yu & Jie Luo & Lan Yao & Bo Qian & Tianwei Shi & Youmei Feng - 470-487 Building political will for HIV response: an operational model and strategy options
by Derick W. Brinkerhoff - 488-510 The changing role of health-oriented international organizations and nongovernmental organizations
by Kieke G.H. Okma & Adrian Kay & Shelby Hockenberry & Joanne Liu & Susan Watkins - 511-536 Is globalization really good for public health?
by Arno Tausch - 537-553 Productivity changes in OECD healthcare systems: bias-corrected Malmquist productivity approach
by Younhee Kim & Dong-hyun Oh & Minah Kang - 554-579 Selection of asset investment models by hospitals: examination of influencing factors, using Switzerland as an example
by Bernhard Eicher - 580-601 Robust analysis of the determinants of healthcare expenditure growth: evidence from panel data for low-, middle- and high-income countries
by Moheddine Younsi & Mohamed Chakroun & Amine Nafla
July 2016, Volume 31, Issue 3
- 116-130 A hybrid health service accreditation program model incorporating mandated standards and continuous improvement: interview study of multiple stakeholders in Australian health care
by David Greenfield & Reece Hinchcliff & Anne Hogden & Virginia Mumford & Deborah Debono & Marjorie Pawsey & Johanna Westbrook & Jeffrey Braithwaite - 131-157 NRCMS capitation reform and effect evaluation in Pudong New Area of Shanghai
by Limei Jing & Jie Bai & Xiaoming Sun & David Zakus & Jiquan Lou & Ming Li & Qunfang Zhang & Yuehong Zhuang - 158-174 Impact of patients' healthcare payment methods on hospital discharge process: evidence from India
by Brendan Drew & Federica Angeli & Karan Dave & Milena Pavlova - 175-191 Is the introduction of an accreditation program likely to generate organization-wide quality, change and learning?
by Gilles Lanteigne & Chantal Bouchard - 192-203 Determinants of physician's office visits and potential effects of co-payments: evidence from Austria
by Philipp Hafner & Jörg C. Mahlich - 204-218 Developing hospital accreditation standards in Uganda
by Moses Galukande & Achilles Katamba & Noeline Nakasujja & Rhona Baingana & Moses Bateganya & Amy Hagopian & Paula Tavrow & Scott Barnhart & Sam Luboga - 219-234 Regulating self-selection into private health insurance in Chile and the United States
by Arturo Vargas Bustamante & Claudio A. Méndez - 245-246 Editorial for 31,3
by Calum Paton - 247-259 SWOT analysis of program design and implementation: a case study on the reduction of maternal mortality in Afghanistan
by Qudratullah Ahmadi & Homayoon Danesh & Vasil Makharashvili & Kathryn Mishkin & Lovemore Mupfukura & Hillary Teed & Maggie Huff-Rousselle - 260-276 Health sector operational planning and budgeting processes in Kenya—“never the twain shall meet”
by Benjamin Tsofa & Sassy Molyneux & Catherine Goodman - 277-295 Acceptability of programme budgeting and marginal analysis as a tool for routine priority setting in Indigenous health
by Michael E. Otim & Augustine D. Asante & Margaret Kelaher & Ian P. Anderson & Stephen Jan - 296-308 An assessment of fiscal space for health in Bhutan
by Jayendra Sharma - 309-348 Can performance-based financing help reaching the poor with maternal and child health services? The experience of rural Rwanda
by Laurence Lannes & Bruno Meessen & Agnes Soucat & Paulin Basinga - 349-370 What can the Canadians and Americans learn from each other's health care systems?
by Thomas P. Weil
April 2016, Volume 31, Issue 2
- 69-85 Power to the people? An international review of the democratizing effects of direct elections to healthcare organizations
by Ellen A. Stewart & Scott L. Greer & Iain Wilson & Peter D. Donnelly - 86-104 Community participation in the decentralised district health systems in Tanzania: why do some health committees perform better than others?
by Stephen Oswald Maluka & Godfrey Bukagile - 105-105 Support Jordan
by Mujalli Mhailan Murshidi - 147-147 Editorial for 31,2
by Calum Paton - 148-166 Preparing for the introduction of hospital autonomy in Laos: an assessment of current situation and suggestions for policy-making
by Jinsong Geng & Hao Yu & Yingyao Chen - 167-174 Governance challenges in the Nepalese primary health care system: time to focus on greater community engagement?
by Gagan Gurung & Sarah Derrett & Philip C. Hill & Robin Gauld - 175-190 Corruption costs lives: a cross-country study using an IV approach
by Mon-Chi Lio & Ming-Hsuan Lee - 191-207 Redesigning a Ministry of Health's organizational structure: exploring implementation challenges through Botswana's experiences
by Onalenna Seitio-Kgokgwe & Robin D. C. Gauld & Philip C. Hill & Pauline Barnett - 208-226 What if implementation is not the problem? Exploring the missing links between knowledge and action
by Sara A. Kreindler - 227-241 Public trust in the healthcare system in a developing country
by Dexnell Peters & Farid F. Youssef
January 2016, Volume 31, Issue 1
- 1-21 Service providers' views of community participation at six Australian primary healthcare services: scope for empowerment and challenges to implementation
by Toby Freeman & Frances E. Baum & Gwyneth M. Jolley & Angela Lawless & Tahnia Edwards & Sara Javanparast & Anna Ziersch - 3-4 Editorial for 31,1
by Calum Paton - 5-24 Perspective: lessons from the past
by Walter W. Holland - 22-40 Towards medicines regulatory authorities' quality performance improvement: value for public health
by Gordana Pejović & Jovan Filipović & Ljiljana Tasić & Valentina Marinković - 25-35 Global implications of China's healthcare reform
by Fei Yan & Shenglan Tang & Jian Zhang - 36-48 The impact of expanded health system reform on governmental contributions and individual copayments in the new Chinese rural cooperative medical system
by Hengjin Dong & Shengnan Duan & Lennart Bogg & Yuan Wu & Hua You & Jianhua Chen & Xujun Ye & Karen Seccombe & Hai Yu - 41-57 How do supply-side factors influence informal payments for healthcare? The case of HIV patients in Cameroon
by Hyacinthe Tchewonpi Kankeu & Sylvie Boyer & Raoul Fodjo Toukam & Mohammad Abu-Zaineh - 49-64 The regulation of private hospitals in Asia
by Rosemary Morgan & Tim Ensor - 58-68 Introducing diagnosis-related groups: is the information system ready?
by Weiyan Jian & Ming Lu & Wei Han & Mu Hu - 65-86 Bayreuth Productivity Analysis—a method for ascertaining and improving the holistic service productivity of acute care hospitals
by Mario Alexander Pfannstiel - 87-96 Community programmes for coronary heart disease in Spanish primary care
by Eva Frigola-Capell & Jan Lieshout & Miguel A. Muñoz & Jose Verdú-Rotellar & Francesc Orfila & Rosa Suñol & Michel Wensing - 97-112 Health service utilization and access to medicines among Syrian refugee children in Jordan
by Shannon Doocy & Emily Lyles & Laila Akhu-Zaheya & Ann Burton & William Weiss - 113-125 Social determinants of health in selected slum areas in Jordan: challenges and policy directions
by Musa T. Ajlouni - 126-138 Identifying barriers to move to better health coverage: preferences for health insurance benefits among the rural poor population in La Guajira, Colombia
by Jeannette Liliana Amaya & Fernando Ruiz & Antonio J. Trujillo & Christine Buttorff
October 2015, Volume 30, Issue 4
- 313-313 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 314-329 Public health challenges in the political economy of conflict: the case of Syria
by Kasturi Sen & Waleed Al. Faisal - 330-345 Factors impacting the use of antenatal care and hospital child delivery services: a case study of rural residents in the Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
by Yin Zhang & Minxing Chen & Jun Lu & Mo Hao & Changli Zhang & Mei Sun & Xiaohong Li & Fengshui Chang - 346-365 Preferences for physician services in Ukraine: a discrete choice experiment
by Andriy Danyliv & Milena Pavlova & Irena Gryga & Wim Groot - 366-381 Evolving social health scheme for workers in unorganized sector: key evidences from study of cycle rickshaw pullers in Delhi, India
by Nishant Kumar & Vijay Kumar Tiwari & Kuldeep Kumar & Kesavan Sreekantan Nair & Sherin Raj & Deoki Nandan - 382-394 Optimal administrative scale for planning public services: a social cost model applied to Flemish hospital care
by Jos L.T. Blank & Bart Hulst - 395-402 Drug pricing and control of health expenditures: a comparison between a proportional decision rule and a cost-per-QALY rule
by Afschin Gandjour - 403-425 Implementing hospital innovation in Taiwan: the perspectives of institutional theory and social capital
by Chen-Wei Yang - 426-438 Coordination pays off: a comparison of two models for organizing hip fracture care, outcomes and costs
by Susanne Löfgren & Clas Rehnberg & Gunnar Ljunggren & Mats Brommels - 439-441 List of contributors
by Sari M. Koski
July 2015, Volume 30, Issue 3
- 191-191 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 192-203 Urban health in India: who is responsible?
by Indrani Gupta & Swadhin Mondal - 204-218 Payment systems and incentives in primary care: implications of recent reforms in Estonia and Romania
by Sorin Dan & Riin Savi - 219-231 Factors associated with self-medication among medicine sellers in urban Vietnam
by Huy Van Nguyen & Thi Hong Ngoc Nguyen - 232-245 Patient charges for health services: the opinions of healthcare stakeholders in Bulgaria
by Elka Atanasova & Milena Pavlova & Emanuela Moutafovа & Todorka Kostadinova & Wim Groot - 246-259 Technology diffusion in hospitals: a log odds random effects regression model
by Jos L. T. Blank & Vivian G. Valdmanis - 260-275 Evolution of European Union legislation of herbal medicinal products and its transposition to national legislation in 1965–2007: case Finland
by Sari M. Koski & Pirjo Laitinen-Parkkonen & Marja Airaksinen - 276-284 Healthcare program for sex workers: a public health priority
by Gustavo Marin & Martin Silberman & Susana Martinez & Carlos Sanguinetti - 285-306 A gendered users′ perspective on decentralized primary health services in rural Tanzania
by Zacharia S. Masanyiwa & Anke Niehof & Catrien J. A. M. Termeer
April 2015, Volume 30, Issue 2
- 69-82 Examining the health care payment reforms in Abu Dhabi
by Samer Hamidi & Fevzi Akinci - 87-87 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 88-97 User cost of Caesarean section: case study of Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
by Danielle Deboutte & Tim O'Dempsey & Gillian Mann & Brian Faragher - 98-110 Low rural health insurance take-up in a universal coverage system: perceptions of health insurance among the uninsured in La Guajira, Colombia
by Christine Buttorff & Antonio J. Trujillo & Fernando Ruiz & Jeannette L. Amaya