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October 2008, Volume 88, Issue 1
- 1-14 Emotions in physician agency
by Barigozzi, Francesca & Levaggi, Rosella
- 15-24 Ex-ante evaluation of PFIs within the Italian health-care sector: What is the basis for this PPP?
by Barretta, Antonio & Ruggiero, Pasquale
- 25-37 The impact of the introduction of market incentives on occupational health services and occupational health professionals: Experiences from The Netherlands
by Plomp, Harmen Nico
- 38-48 Changes in out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Vietnam and its impact on equity in payments, 1992-2002
by Chaudhuri, Anoshua & Roy, Kakoli
- 49-61 Cost of illness: An international comparison: Australia, Canada, France, Germany and The Netherlands
by Heijink, Richard & Noethen, Manuela & Renaud, Thomas & Koopmanschap, Marc & Polder, Johan
- 62-72 Overview of the clinical application of regenerative medicine products in Japan
by Tsubouchi, Mina & Matsui, Shigeyuki & Banno, Yoshiro & Kurokawa, Kiyoshi & Kawakami, Koji
- 73-87 Give me a break!: Informal caregiver attitudes towards respite care
by van Exel, Job & de Graaf, Gjalt & Brouwer, Werner
- 88-99 Health sector reforms in Argentina and the performance of the health financing system
by Cavagnero, Eleonora
- 100-109 Management patterns and healthcare costs for hospitalized patients with cerebral infarction
by Sekimoto, Miho & Kakutani, Chieko & Inoue, Isao & Ishizaki, Tatsuro & Hayashida, Kenshi & Imanaka, Yuichi
- 110-120 The economic impact of SARS: How does the reality match the predictions?
by Keogh-Brown, Marcus Richard & Smith, Richard David
- 121-129 Financial incentives do not always work--An example of cesarean sections in Taiwan
by Lo, Joan C.
- 130-140 Internet use and the logics of personal empowerment in health
by Lemire, Marc & Sicotte, Claude & Paré, Guy
- 141-151 The emergence of proprietary medical facilities in China
by Hou, Xiaohui & Coyne, Joseph
- 152-154 Declines in Australian suicide: A reanalysis of Mcphedran and Baker (2008)
by Chapman, Simon & Hayen, Andrew
September 2008, Volume 87, Issue 3
- 273-284 Financing the package of services during the first decade of the national health insurance law in Israel: Trends and issues
by Shmueli, Amir & Achdut, Leah & Sabag-Endeweld, Miri
- 285-295 The use of community-based social services by elderly people at risk of institutionalization: An evaluation
by van Bilsen, P.M.A. & Hamers, J.P.H. & Groot, W. & Spreeuwenberg, C.
- 296-308 Improving public addiction treatment through performance contracting: The Delaware experiment
by McLellan, A. Thomas & Kemp, Jack & Brooks, Adam & Carise, Deni
- 309-315 Impact of the reduction of the prescription charge in Wales on the prescribing of non-sedating antihistamines in primary care
by Dhippayom, Teerapon & Walker, Roger
- 316-325 How do general practitioners assess the criteria for due care for euthanasia in concrete cases?
by Hanssen-de Wolf, Johanna E. & Pasman, H. Roeline W. & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
- 326-332 Rethinking policies for the retention of allied health professionals in rural areas: A social relations approach
by O'Toole, Kevin & Schoo, Adrian & Stagnitti, Karen & Cuss, Kate
- 333-341 Pharmaceutical companies and Italian Regional Governments: Managing relationships in an increasing institutional complexity
by Compagni, Amelia & Cavalli, Laura & Jommi, Claudio
- 342-349 Allocating HIV prevention resources: A tool for state and local decision making
by Richter, Anke & Hicks, Katherine A. & Earnshaw, Stephanie R. & Honeycutt, Amanda A.
- 350-358 Recent Australian suicide trends for males and females at the national level: Has the rate of decline differed?
by McPhedran, Samara & Baker, Jeanine
- 359-368 Healthcare sustainability and the challenges of innovation to biopharmaceuticals in Canada
by Rosenberg-Yunger, Zahava R.S. & Daar, Abdallah S. & Singer, Peter A. & Martin, Douglas K.
- 369-376 Present situation of vector-control management in Bangladesh: A wake up call
by Mondal, Dinesh & Alam, Mohammad Shafiul & Karim, Zehadul & Haque, Rashidul & Boelaert, Marleen & Kroeger, Axel
- 377-388 Public purchasers contracting external primary care providers in Central America for better responsiveness, efficiency of health care and public governance: Issues and challenges
by Macq, Jean & Martiny, Patrick & Villalobos, Luis Bernardo & Solis, Alejandro & Miranda, Jose & Mendez, Hilda Cecilia & Collins, Charles
- 389-400 Comparing methods for full versus single technology appraisal: A case study of docetaxel and paclitaxel for early breast cancer
by Kaltenthaler, Eva & Tappenden, Paul & Booth, Andrew & Akehurst, Ron
August 2008, Volume 87, Issue 2
- 133-145 Balancing health and industrial policy objectives in the pharmaceutical sector: Lessons from Australia
by Morgan, Steve & McMahon, Meghan & Greyson, Devon
- 146-159 Trastuzumab in early stage breast cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis for Belgium
by Neyt, Mattias & Huybrechts, Michel & Hulstaert, Frank & Vrijens, France & Ramaekers, Dirk
- 160-171 Emerging health technologies: Informing and supporting health policy early
by Wild, Claudia & Langer, Thomas
- 172-184 Community health insurance in Uganda: Why does enrolment remain low? A view from beneath
by Basaza, Robert & Criel, Bart & Van der Stuyft, Patrick
- 185-193 Cancer registry policies in the United States and geographic information systems applications in comprehensive cancer control
by Ghetian, Christie B. & Parrott, Roxanne & Volkman, Julie E. & Lengerich, Eugene J.
- 194-202 Characteristics of medical students with rural origin: Implications for selective admission policies
by Matsumoto, Masatoshi & Inoue, Kazuo & Kajii, Eiji
- 203-216 Priority dilemmas in psoriasis care and visions of a future care in a group of administrators, politicians and professionals in northern Sweden
by Uttjek, Margaretha & Dufåker, Mona & Stenberg, Berndt & Nygren, Lennart
- 217-222 The use of Minilabs® to improve the testing capacity of regulatory authorities in resource limited settings: Tanzanian experience
by Risha, Peter Gasper & Msuya, Zera & Clark, Malcolm & Johnson, Keith & Ndomondo-Sigonda, Margareth & Layloff, Thomas
- 223-234 A preliminary study into the economic burden of cerebral palsy in China
by Wang, Bin & Chen, Yingyao & Zhang, Jie & Li, Jun & Guo, Yan & Hailey, David
- 235-248 Measuring the benefits of health promotion programmes: Application of the contingent valuation method
by Borghi, Josephine & Jan, Stephen
- 249-257 Job satisfaction and trust in Health Insurance Review Agency among Korean physicians
by Lee, Hoo-Yeon & Park, Sung Eun & Park, Eun-Cheol & Hahm, Myung-Il & Cho, Woo Hyun
- 258-263 Entry of new pharmacies in the deregulated Norwegian pharmaceuticals market--Consequences for costs and availability
by Rudholm, Niklas
- 264-272 Overseas nurse recruitment: Ireland as an illustration of the dynamic nature of nurse migration
by Humphries, Niamh & Brugha, Ruairí & McGee, Hannah
July 2008, Volume 87, Issue 1
- 1-7 Measuring efficiency in clinical departments
by Magnussen, Jon & Nyland, Kari
- 8-19 Hospital performance: Competing or shared values?
by Minvielle, Etienne & Sicotte, Claude & Champagne, François & Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre & Jeantet, Marine & Préaubert, Nathalie & Bourdil, Annie & Richard, Christian
- 20-30 Association between patient age and hospitalization resource use in a teaching hospital in Japan
by Ishizaki, Tatsuro & Imanaka, Yuichi & Oh, Eun-Hwan & Sekimoto, Miho & Hayashida, Kenshi & Kobuse, Hiroe
- 31-40 A bed too far: The implementation of freedom of choice policy in the NHS
by García-Lacalle, Javier
- 41-49 Reforming the hospital service structure to improve efficiency: Urban hospital specialization
by Lee, Kwang-soo & Chun, Ki-hong & Lee, Jung-soo
- 50-62 Exploring the spatial pattern in hospital admissions
by Bech, Mickael & Lauridsen, Jørgen
- 63-71 Describing Iranian hospital activity using Australian Refined DRGs: A case study of the Iranian Social Security Organisation
by Ghaffari, Shahram & Jackson, Terri J. & Doran, Christopher M. & Wilson, Andrew & Aisbett, Chris
- 72-81 Informal payments in public hospitals in Greece
by Liaropoulos, Lycourgos & Siskou, Olga & Kaitelidou, Daphne & Theodorou, Mamas & Katostaras, Theofanis
- 82-91 Comparing diagnosis-related group systems to identify design improvements
by Reid, Beth & Sutch, Stephen
- 92-99 Is it better to be big?: The reconfiguration of 21st century hospitals: Responses to a hospital merger in Sweden
by Ahgren, Bengt
- 100-111 Cost of hospital-wide activities to improve patient safety and infection control: A multi-centre study in Japan
by Fukuda, Haruhisa & Imanaka, Yuichi & Hayashida, Kenshi
- 112-127 United States rural hospital quality in the Hospital Compare database--Accounting for hospital characteristics
by Goldman, L. Elizabeth & Dudley, R. Adams
- 128-132 List of referees 2007
by Kesteloot, Katrien
May 2008, Volume 86, Issue 2-3
- 129-141 A systematic review of the use of economic evaluation in local decision-making
by Eddama, Oya & Coast, Joanna
- 142-152 Economic evidence of influenza vaccination in children
by Savidan, Emmanuelle & Chevat, Catherine & Marsh, Grenville
- 153-162 Improvements in the safety of patient care can help end the medical malpractice crisis in the United States
by Dalton, George D. & Samaropoulos, Xanthia F. & Dalton, Augustine C.
- 163-180 Economic evaluations of dialysis treatment modalities
by Just, Paul Michael & Riella, Miguel Carlos & Tschosik, Elizabeth Ann & Noe, Leslie Lyle & Bhattacharyya, Samir Kumar & de Charro, Frank
- 181-194 Health systems' responses to 25 years of HIV in Europe: Inequities persist and challenges remain
by Atun, Rifat A. & McKee, Martin & Coker, Richard & Gurol-Urganci, Ipek
- 195-203 Reforming the Belgian market for orthotic braces: What can we learn from the international experience?
by Simoens, Steven & De Coster, Sandra & Moldenaers, Ingrid & Guillaume, Paul & Depoorter, Antony & Van den Steen, Dirk & Van de Sande, Stefaan & Debruyne, Hans & Ramaekers, Dirk & Lona, Murielle
- 204-212 Room for manoeuvre?: Explaining local autonomy in the English National Health Service
by Exworthy, Mark & Frosini, Francesca
- 213-221 Perceived smoking prevalence at school-level and children's smoking initiation: A multi-level analysis of a cross-sectional data in Taiwan
by Huang, Hsiao-Ling & Hsu, Chih-Cheng & Magnus, Jeanette H. & Chen, Fu-Li & Rice, Janet & Lee, Chien-Hung & Yen, Yea-Yin & Chen, Ted
- 222-233 Why eight EU Member States signed, but not yet ratified the Convention for Human Rights and Biomedicine
by Goffin, Tom & Borry, Pascal & Dierickx, Kris & Nys, Herman
- 234-238 Opinion on tobacco tax increase: Factors associated with individuals' support in Germany
by Hanewinkel, Reiner & Isensee, Barbara
- 239-244 Analysis of satisfaction about new cooperative medical scheme and its influencing factors in Weihai, China
by Liu, Jinan & Xu, Lingzhong & Cao, Xiuling & Wang, Xingzhou & Sun, Hui & Tang, Cheng & Yang, Zhenghui & Song, Xiaofei & Lv, Ming
- 245-254 Cross-border health activities in the Euregios: Good practice for better health
by Brand, Helmut & Hollederer, Alfons & Wolf, Ulrike & Brand, Angela
- 255-265 When costs count: The impact of staff size, skill mix and treatment intensity on patient outcome for psychotherapeutic day treatment programmes
by Halsteinli, Vidar & Karterud, Sigmund & Pedersen, Geir
- 266-275 Social capital, political trust and purchase of illegal liquor: A population-based study in southern Sweden
by Lindström, Martin
- 276-287 Cost-effective practices in the blood service sector
by Katsaliaki, Korina
- 288-294 The soaring mechanic ventilator utilization under a universal health insurance in Taiwan
by Cheng, Shou-Hsia & Jan, I-Shiow & Liu, Pin-Chun
- 295-307 Collaboration between practice, policy and research in local public health in the Netherlands
by Jansen, Maria W.J. & De Vries, Nanne K. & Kok, Gerjo & Van Oers, Hans A.M.
- 308-317 Perceptions and attitudes in relation to reproductive tract infections including sexually transmitted infections in rural Vietnam: A qualitative study
by Lan, Pham Thi & Faxelid, Elisabeth & Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim & Mogren, Ingrid & Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby
- 318-324 Health system values and social values of dental practitioners
by Brennan, David S. & Singh, Kiran A. & Spencer, A. John
- 325-334 Primary healthcare for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities
by Nocon, Andrew & Sayce, Liz
- 335-344 Population and primary health-care team characteristics explain the quality of the service
by Gené-Badia, Joan & Ascaso, Carlos & Escaramis-Babiano, Georgia & Catalán-Ramos, Arantxa & Pujol-Ribera, Enriqueta & Sampietro-Colom, Laura
- 345-354 Evaluation of chronic disease management on outcomes and cost of care for Medicaid beneficiaries
by Zhang, Ning Jackie & Wan, Thomas T.H. & Rossiter, Louis F. & Murawski, Matthew M. & Patel, Urvashi B.
- 355-362 Effect of deregulation on the prices of nicotine replacement therapy products in Finland
by Aalto-Setälä, Ville & Alaranta, Antti
- 363-372 Determinants of demand for antenatal care in Colombia
by Vecino-Ortiz, Andrés Ignacio
- 373-380 Developing a uniformed assessment tool to evaluate care service needs for disabled persons in Japan
by Takei, Teiji & Takahashi, Hiroshi & Nakatani, Hiroki
- 381-390 Accounting for reasonableness: Exploring the personal internal framework affecting decisions about cancer drug funding
by Sinclair, Shane & Hagen, Neil A. & Chambers, Carole & Manns, Braden & Simon, Anita & Browman, George P.
April 2008, Volume 86, Issue 1
- 1-9 Decision-making in priority setting for medicines--A review of empirical studies
by Vuorenkoski, Lauri & Toiviainen, Hanna & Hemminki, Elina
- 10-16 Public release of institutional Cesarean section rates in South Korea: Which women were aware of the information?
by Khang, Young-Ho & Yun, Sung-Cheol & Jo, Min-Woo & Lee, Moo-Song & Lee, Sang-Il
- 17-26 Ten years after the Rx-to-OTC switch of nicotine replacement therapy: What have we learned about the benefits and risks of non-prescription availability?
by Shiffman, Saul & Sweeney, Christine T.
- 27-41 Health human resource planning in Canada: A typology and its application
by Wranik, Dominika
- 42-52 News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States
by Smith, Katherine Clegg & Siebel, Catherine & Pham, Luu & Cho, Juhee & Singer, Rachel Friedman & Chaloupka, Frank Joseph & Griswold, Michael & Wakefield, Melanie
- 53-63 Fostering knowledge exchange between researchers and decision-makers: Exploring the effectiveness of a mixed-methods approach
by Gagliardi, Anna R. & Fraser, Novlette & Wright, Frances C. & Lemieux-Charles, Louise & Davis, Dave
- 64-71 Prevention versus cure: Measuring parental preferences for sealants and fillings as treatments for childhood caries in Southern Thailand
by Tianviwat, Sukanya & Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi & Birch, Stephen
- 72-84 Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance in Catalonia?
by Costa-Font, Joan & Rovira-Forns, Joan
- 85-96 An estimate of lifelong costs and QALYs in renal replacement therapy based on patients' life expectancy
by Kontodimopoulos, Nick & Niakas, Dimitris
- 97-108 Horizontal inequities in Australia's mixed public/private health care system
by Van Doorslaer, Eddy & Clarke, Philip & Savage, Elizabeth & Hall, Jane
- 109-118 Controlling sickness absence: A study of changes in the Danish sickness absence legislation since 1973
by Johansen, Kristina & Andersen, John Sahl & Mikkelsen, Sigurd & Pass, Ole & Raffnsøe, Sverre & Lynge, Elsebeth
- 119-128 Inequalities in oral health practices and social space: An exploratory qualitative study
by Chaves, Sônia Cristina Lima & Vieira-da-Silva, Lígia Maria
March 2008, Volume 85, Issue 3
- 263-276 Assessing health system performance in developing countries: A review of the literature
by Kruk, Margaret Elizabeth & Freedman, Lynn P.
- 277-292 Nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribing in the UK--A thematic review of the literature
by Cooper, Richard Jason & Anderson, Claire & Avery, Tony & Bissell, Paul & Guillaume, Louise & Hutchinson, Allen & James, Veronica & Lymn, Joanne & McIntosh, Aileen & Murphy, Elizabeth & Ratcliffe, Julie & Read, Sue & Ward, Paul
- 293-304 Joint replacement recipients' post-surgery views about health information privacy and registry participation
by Terry, Amanda L. & Chesworth, Bert M. & Stolee, Paul & Bourne, Robert B. & Speechley, Mark
- 305-313 Prices and distribution margins of in-patent drugs in pharmacy: A comparison in seven European countries
by Garattini, Livio & Motterlini, Nicola & Cornago, Dante
- 314-320 Making policy decisions about population screening for breast cancer: The role of citizens' deliberation
by Paul, Charlotte & Nicholls, Rachel & Priest, Patricia & McGee, Rob
- 321-335 Has cost containment after the National Health Insurance system been successful: Determinants of Taiwan hospital costs
by Hung, Jung-Hua & Chang, Li
- 336-348 Challenges of rehabilitation case mix measurement in Ontario hospitals
by Sutherland, Jason Murray & Walker, Jan
- 349-355 Health-related quality of life and beneficiaries of long-term care insurance in Japan
by Imai, Hirohisa & Fujii, Yoshinori & Fukuda, Yoshiharu & Nakao, Hiroyuki & Yahata, Yuichiro
- 356-362 Representation and legitimacy in health policy formulation at a national level: Perspectives from a study of health technology eligibility procedures in the United Kingdom
by Milewa, Timothy
- 363-371 Professional satisfaction among Singapore physicians
by Qian, Feng & Lim, Meng Kin
- 372-379 Sustainability of the workforce: Government policies and the rural fit
by Baumann, Andrea & Hunsberger, Mabel & Blythe, Jennifer & Crea, Mary
- 380-390 The cost of in-patient care in Western Australia in the last years of life: A population-based data linkage study
by Moorin, Rachael Elizabeth & Holman, Cashel D'Arcy James
February 2008, Volume 85, Issue 2
- 133-147 Economic evaluation of cystic fibrosis screening: A review of the literature
by Radhakrishnan, Muralikrishnan & van Gool, Kees & Hall, Jane & Delatycki, Martin & Massie, John
- 148-161 Falling on stony ground A qualitative study of implementation of clinical guidelines' prescribing recommendations in primary care
by Rashidian, Arash & Eccles, Martin P. & Russell, Ian
- 162-171 Prevention of HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users in Russia: Opportunities and barriers to scaling-up of harm reduction programmes
by Tkatchenko-Schmidt, Elena & Renton, Adrian & Gevorgyan, Ruzanna & Davydenko, Ludmila & Atun, Rifat
- 172-183 Comparing integrated care policy in Europe: Does policy matter
by Mur-Veeman, Ingrid & van Raak, Arno & Paulus, Aggie
- 184-195 Private demand for cholera vaccines in rural Matlab, Bangladesh
by Islam, Ziaul & Maskery, Brian & Nyamete, Andrew & Horowitz, Mark S. & Yunus, Mohammad & Whittington, Dale
- 196-206 Impact of age and procedure on resource use for patients with ischemic heart disease
by Kuwabara, Kazuaki & Imanaka, Yuichi & Matsuda, Shinya & Fushimi, Kiyohide & Hashimoto, Hideki & Ishikawa, Koichi B. & Horiguchi, Hiromasa & Hayashida, Kenshi & Fujimori, Kenji
- 207-217 What's in a wait: Contrasting management science and economic perspectives on waiting for emergency care
by Morton, Alec & Bevan, Gwyn
- 218-227 Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania
by Ottersen, Trygve & Mbilinyi, Deogratius & Maestad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof
- 228-241 The relationship between quality management systems and organizational performance in the Italian National Health Service
by Macinati, Manuela S.
- 242-251 Prescribing in maternity care in Russia: The legacy of Soviet medicine
by Danichevski, Kirill & McKee, Martin & Balabanova, Dina
- 252-262 The rise and fall(acy) of clinical directorates in Italy
by Lega, Federico
January 2008, Volume 85, Issue 1
- 1-18 Assessing genetic testing: Who are the "lay experts"?
by Goven, Joanna
- 19-31 Approaching the management of hospital units with an operation research technique: The case of 32 Greek obstetric and gynaecology public units
by Katharaki, Maria
- 32-44 Factors associated with enrollment, satisfaction, and sustainability of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme program in six study areas in rural Beijing
by Wang, Hongman & Gu, Danan & Dupre, Matthew Egan
- 45-59 The impact of integrated care on direct nursing home care
by Paulus, Aggie T.G. & van Raak, Arno J.A.
- 60-70 The emerging mental health strategy of the European Union: A multi-level work-in-progress
by Kelly, Brendan D.
- 71-82 Social inequality in health: Dichotomy or gradient?: A comparative study of problematizations in national public health programmes
by Vallgarda, Signild
- 83-93 Palestinian women's pregnancy intentions: Analysis and critique of the Demographic and Health Survey 2004
by Giacaman, Rita & Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen ME & Mataria, Awad & Wick, Laura
- 94-104 Uses of first line emergency services in Cuba
by De Vos, Pol & Vanlerberghe, Veerle & Rodriguez, Armando & Garcia, Rene & Bonet, Mariano & Van der Stuyft, Patrick
- 105-113 The National Health Insurance system as one type of new typology: The case of South Korea and Taiwan
by Lee, Sang-Yi & Chun, Chang-Bae & Lee, Yong-Gab & Seo, Nam Kyu
- 114-123 Duplicative medications in patients who visit multiple medical institutions among the insured of a corporate health insurance society in Japan
by Kinoshita, Hiroki & Kobayashi, Yasuki & Fukuda, Takashi
- 124-132 Preference heterogeneity and choice of cardiac rehabilitation program: Results from a discrete choice experiment
by Kjaer, Trine & Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte
December 2007, Volume 84, Issue 2-3
- 123-132 Do differences in health make a difference? A review for health policymakers
by Rainham, Daniel
- 133-141 AIDS denial in Asia: Dimensions and roots
by Nepal, Binod
- 142-152 Policy and regulatory responses to dual practice in the health sector
by Garcia-Prado, Ariadna & Gonzalez, Paula
- 153-161 Do patients in hospitals benefit from single rooms? A literature review
by van de Glind, Irene & de Roode, Stanny & Goossensen, Anne
- 162-169 Empowering the chronically ill? Patient collectives in the new Dutch health insurance system
by Bartholomee, Yvette & Maarse, Hans
- 170-180 Ethics policies on euthanasia in hospitals--A survey in Flanders (Belgium)
by Lemiengre, Joke & Casterle, Bernadette Dierckx de & Verbeke, Geert & Guisson, Catherine & Schotsmans, Paul & Gastmans, Chris
- 181-190 Implementation of electronic medical records in hospitals: two case studies
by Ovretveit, John & Scott, Tim & Rundall, Thomas G. & Shortell, Stephen M. & Brommels, Mats
- 191-199 Quality improvement designs are related to the degree of organisation of quality systems: An empirical study of hospital departments
by Kunkel, Stefan & Rosenqvist, Urban & Westerling, Ragnar
- 200-209 Hospital response to prospective financing of in-patient days: The Belgian case
by Perelman, Julian & Closon, Marie-Christine
- 210-219 Hospitalisation among the elderly in urban China
by Gao, Jun & Raven, Joanna H. & Tang, Shenglan
- 220-233 Priority-setting for healthcare: Who, how, and is it fair?
by Menon, Devidas & Stafinski, Tania & Martin, Douglas
- 234-242 Beyond scientific rigour: Funding cancer research of public value
by Saunders, Carla & Girgis, Afaf & Butow, Phyllis & Crossing, Sally & Penman, Andrew
- 243-248 National public health target awareness of staff at two organisational levels in health care
by Lindberg, Malou & Wilhelmsson, Susan
- 249-261 Managing to manage healthcare resources in the English NHS? What can health economics teach? What can health economics learn?
by Bate, Angela & Donaldson, Cam & Murtagh, Madeleine J.
- 262-268 Failure to validate the Health Survey for England physical activity module in a cardiac population
by Orrell, Alison & Doherty, Patrick & Coulton, Simon & Miles, Jeremy & Stamatakis, Emmanuel & Lewin, Robert
- 269-276 `Where is the public health sector?': Public and private sector healthcare provision in Madhya Pradesh, India
by De Costa, Ayesha & Diwan, Vinod
- 277-283 Clinician reflections on promotion of healthy behaviors in primary care practice
by Flocke, Susan A. & Crabtree, Benjamin F. & Stange, Kurt C.
- 284-297 Women's status, institutional barriers and reproductive health care: A case study in Yunnan, China
by Tian, Lichun & Li, Jianghong & Zhang, Kaining & Guest, Philip
- 298-307 International migration patterns of physicians to the United States: A cross-national panel analysis
by Hussey, Peter S.
- 308-320 Managed care and a process of integration in health care sector: A case study from Poland
by Kowalska, Katarzyna
- 321-331 What difference does it make? The calculation of QALY gains from health profiles using patient and general population values
by McNamee, Paul
- 332-343 Knowledge and practice of unqualified and semi-qualified allopathic providers in rural Bangladesh: Implications for the HRH problem
by Ahmed, Syed Masud & Hossain, Md. Awlad
- 344-358 Innovation and motivation in public health professionals
by Garcia-Goni, Manuel & Maroto, Andres & Rubalcaba, Luis
- 359-367 Safe motherhood in Ghana: Still on the agenda?
by Okiwelu, Tamunosa & Hussein, Julia & Adjei, Sam & Arhinful, Daniel & Armar-Klemesu, Margaret
November 2007, Volume 84, Issue 1
- 1-13 The effects of coxib formulary restrictions on analgesic use and cost: Regional evidence from Canada
by Marshall, Deborah A. & Willison, Donald J. & Grootendorst, Paul & LeLorier, Jacques & Maclure, Malcolm & Kulin, Nathalie A. & Sheehy, Odile E. & Warren, Leanne & Sykora, Kathy & Rahme, Elham
- 14-29 The impact of generic reference pricing interventions in the statin market
by Puig-Junoy, Jaume
- 30-38 Pricing behaviour of pharmacies after market deregulation for OTC drugs: The case of Germany
by Stargardt, Tom & Schreyögg, Jonas & Busse, Reinhard
- 39-50 Conditional reimbursement within the Dutch drug policy
by Niezen, Maartje & de Bont, Antoinette & Stolk, Elly & Eyck, Arthur & Niessen, Louis & Stoevelaar, Herman
- 51-57 Sources of medicine information in Finland
by Närhi, Ulla & Helakorpi, Satu
- 58-66 Priority setting for high cost medications (HCMs) in public hospitals in Australia: A case study
by Gallego, Gisselle & Taylor, Susan Joyce & Brien, Jo-anne Elizabeth
- 67-74 Effects of essential medicines on cardiovascular products available for the market in Thailand
by Burapadaja, Siriporn & Kawasaki, Naohito & Charumanee, Suporn & Ogata, Fumihiko
- 75-88 Costs, health effects and cost-effectiveness of alcohol and tobacco control strategies in Estonia
by Lai, Taavi & Habicht, Jarno & Reinap, Marge & Chisholm, Dan & Baltussen, Rob
- 89-100 The politics of global immunization initiatives: Can we learn from research on global environmental issues?
by Sandberg, Kristin Ingstad & Bjune, Gunnar
- 101-111 Public policies and the problematic USA population health profile
by Raphael, Dennis
- 112-122 Outcome measures for clinical genetics services: A comparison of genetics healthcare professionals and patients' views
by Payne, Katherine & Nicholls, Stuart G. & McAllister, Marion & MacLeod, Rhona & Ellis, Ian & Donnai, Dian & Davies, Linda M.
October 2007, Volume 83, Issue 2-3
- 131-143 Institutional ethics policies on medical end-of-life decisions: A literature review
by Lemiengre, Joke & de Casterle, Bernadette Dierckx & Van Craen, Katleen & Schotsmans, Paul & Gastmans, Chris
- 144-161 Achieving Millennium Development Goals for health: Building understanding, trust and capacity to respond
by Downs, Timothy John & Larson, Heidi Jane
- 162-179 Risk adjustment and risk selection in Europe: 6 years later
by van de Ven, Wynand P.M.M. & Beck, Konstantin & Van de Voorde, Carine & Wasem, Jurgen & Zmora, Irit
- 180-185 The MESH approach: Strengthening public health systems for the MDGs
by Thomas, Stephen & Mooney, Gavin & Mbatsha, Sandi
- 186-195 Understanding differences in income-related health inequality between geographic regions in Taiwan using the SF-36
by Lee, Miaw-Chwen & Jones, Andrew Michael
- 196-212 Comparison of mosquito control programs in seven urban sites in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas
by Impoinvil, Daniel E. & Ahmad, Sajjad & Troyo, Adriana & Keating, Joseph & Githeko, Andrew K. & Mbogo, Charles M. & Kibe, Lydiah & Githure, John I. & Gad, Adel M. & Hassan, Ali N. & Orshan, Laor & Warburg, Alon & Calderon-Arguedas, Olger & Sanchez-Loria, Victoria M. & Velit-Suarez, Rosanna & Chadee, Dave D. & Novak, Robert J. & Beier, John C.
- 213-222 Association between physicians' communicative behaviors and judges' decisions in lawsuits on negligent care
by Hagihara, Akihito & Tarumi, Kimio
- 223-235 Patient rights in EU Member States after the ratification of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
by Nys, Herman & Stultiens, Loes & Borry, Pascal & Goffin, Tom & Dierickx, Kris
- 236-245 The short-term effect on technical and scale efficiency of establishing regional health systems and general management in Greek NHS hospitals
by Aletras, Vassilios & Kontodimopoulos, Nick & Zagouldoudis, Athanasios & Niakas, Dimitris
- 246-256 Sustained public preferences on hospital performance across Canadian provinces
by Sandoval, Guillermo A. & Barnsley, Jan & Berta, Whitney & Murray, Michael & Brown, Adalsteinn D.
- 257-267 A national hypertension treatment program in Germany and its estimated impact on costs, life expectancy, and cost-effectiveness
by Gandjour, Afschin & Stock, Stephanie
- 268-276 Preventive service delivery: A new insight into French general practice
by Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie & Le Vaillant, Marc & Szidon, Philippe & Marie, Patrice & Raineri, Francois & Sicotte, Claude
- 277-286 Implementation of preconceptional carrier screening for cystic fibrosis and haemoglobinopathies: A sociotechnical analysis
by Achterbergh, Roos & Lakeman, Phillis & Stemerding, Dirk & Moors, Ellen H.M. & Cornel, Martina C.
- 287-294 Why invest in a national public health program for stroke?: An example using Australian data to estimate the potential benefits and cost implications
by Cadilhac, Dominique A. & Carter, Robert C. & Thrift, Amanda G. & Dewey, Helen M.
- 295-303 Cost-effectiveness of a folic acid fortification program in Chile
by Llanos, Adolfo & Hertrampf, Eva & Cortes, Fanny & Pardo, Andrea & Grosse, Scott D. & Uauy, Ricardo
- 304-313 Catastrophic health payments and health insurance: Some counterintuitive evidence from one low-income country
by Ekman, Bjorn
- 314-322 Population preferences and choice of primary care models: A discrete choice experiment in Sweden
by Hjelmgren, Jonas & Anell, Anders
- 323-331 Health systems barriers to effective use of infectious disease surveillance data in the context of decentralization in Georgia: A qualitative study
by Djibuti, Mamuka & Rukhadze, Natia & Hotchkiss, David R. & Eisele, Thomas P. & Silvestre, Eva A.
- 332-342 Care for a break? An investigation of informal caregivers' attitudes toward respite care using Q-methodology
by Exel, Job van & Graaf, Gjalt de & Brouwer, Werner
- 343-352 A comparison of the impact of U.S. and Canadian cigarette pack warning label requirements on tobacco industry profitability and the public health
by Givel, Michael
- 353-362 Assessment of indirect cost-of-illness in a subsistence farming society by using different valuation methods
by Su, Tin Tin & Sanon, Mamadou & Flessa, Steffen
- 363-374 Changes and factors associated with dentists' willingness to treat patients with severe disabilities
by Tsai, Wen-Chen & Kung, Pei-Tseng & Chiang, Hsien-Hsiung & Chang, Wei-Chieh
- 375-381 Impact of SARS on healthcare utilization by disease categories: Implications for delivery of healthcare services
by Lu, Tsung-Hsueh & Chou, Yiing-Jenq & Liou, Chien-Shian
- 382-390 A statistical analysis of pain relief after surgical operations
by Farsi, Mehdi & Gitto, Lara
September 2007, Volume 83, Issue 1
- 17-26 A transaction costs analysis of changing contractual relations in the English NHS
by Marini, Giorgia & Street, Andrew
- 27-36 Measles supplemental immunization activities improve measles vaccine coverage and equity: Evidence from Kenya, 2002
by Vijayaraghavan, Maya & Martin, Rebecca M. & Sangrujee, Nalinee & Kimani, Geoffrey N. & Oyombe, Sammy & Kalu, Akpaka & Runyago, Alfred & Wanjau, George & Cairns, Lisa & Muchiri, Steven N.
- 37-49 The policy environment encouraging C-section in Lebanon
by Kabakian-Khasholian, Tamar & Kaddour, Afamia & DeJong, Jocelyn & Shayboub, Rawan & Nassar, Anwar
- 50-64 The role of job satisfaction, job dissatisfaction and demographic factors on physicians' intentions to switch work sector from public to private
by Kankaanranta, Terhi & Nummi, Tapio & Vainiomaki, Jari & Halila, Hannu & Hyppola, Harri & Isokoski, Mauri & Kujala, Santero & Kumpusalo, Esko & Mattila, Kari & Virjo, Irma & Vanska, Jukka & Rissanen, Pekka
- 65-72 Does providing cost-effectiveness information change coverage priorities for citizens acting as social decision makers?
by Gold, Marthe Rachel & Franks, Peter & Siegelberg, Taryn & Sofaer, Shoshanna
- 73-83 Reorienting Health Ministry roles in transition settings: Capacity and strategy gaps
by Fritzen, Scott A.
- 84-93 Reconstruction of health service systems in the post-conflict Northern Province in Sri Lanka
by Nagai, Mari & Abraham, Sandirasegaram & Okamoto, Miyoko & Kita, Etsuko & Aoyama, Atsuko
- 94-104 Setting priorities for safe motherhood programme evaluation: A participatory process in three developing countries
by Madi, Banyana Cecilia & Hussein, Julia & Hounton, Sennen & D'Ambruoso, Lucia & Achadi, Endang & Arhinful, Daniel Kojo
- 105-113 Primary care in a post-communist country 10 years later: Comparison of service profiles of Lithuanian primary care physicians in 1994 and GPs in 2004
by Liseckiene, Ida & Boerma, Wienke G.W. & Milasauskiene, Zemyna & Valius, Leonas & Miseviciene, Irena & Groenewegen, Peter P.
- 114-127 Medical specialists' allocation of working time
by Midttun, Linda
August 2007, Volume 82, Issue 3
- 263-275 Governing UK medical performance: A struggle for policy dominance
by Salter, Brian
- 276-287 Utilization of health-care services at the end-of-life
by Jakobsson, Eva & Bergh, Ingrid & Ohlen, Joakim & Oden, Anders & Gaston-Johansson, Fannie
- 288-301 Running before we walk: How can we maximise the benefits from community service dietitians in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?
by Paterson, Marie & Green, Maryann & Maunder, Eleni M.W.
- 302-319 Evaluation of two methods of deliberative participation of older people in food-policy development
by Timotijevic, Lada & Raats, Monique Maria