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June 2010, Volume 96, Issue 1
- 64-71 Public hospital management in times of crisis: Lessons learned from Cienfuegos, Cuba (1996-2008)
by De Vos, Pol & Orduñez-García, Pedro & Santos-Peña, Moisés & Van der Stuyft, Patrick
- 72-79 Informal payments for healthcare: Differences in expenditures from consumers and providers perspectives for treatment of malaria in Nigeria
by Onwujekwe, Obinna & Dike, Nkem & Uzochukwu, Benjamin & Ezeoke, Ogochukwu
- 80-89 Hospital management training and improvement in managerial skills: Serbian experience
by Supic, Zorica Terzic & Bjegovic, Vesna & Marinkovic, Jelena & Milicevic, Milena Santric & Vasic, Vladimir
May 2010, Volume 95, Issue 2-3
- 95-102 An approach to health system strengthening in the Union of Myanmar
by Tin, Nilar & Lwin, Saw & Kyaing, Nyo Nyo & Htay, Thein Thein & Grundy, John & Skold, Margareta & O'Connell, Thomas & Nirupam, Siddharth
- 103-112 Purchasing health services abroad: Practices of cross-border contracting and patient mobility in six European countries
by Glinos, Irene A. & Baeten, Rita & Maarse, Hans
- 113-121 Evaluating the policy of setting up microscopy centres at township hospitals in Shandong China: Experience from patients and providers
by Wei, Xiaolin & Li, Renzhong & Zou, Guanyang & Walley, John & Newell, James & Liu, Zhimin
- 122-128 Stakeholder perceptions of aid coordination implementation in the Zambian health sector
by Sundewall, Jesper & Jönsson, Kristina & Cheelo, Caesar & Tomson, Göran
- 129-136 Physician scarcity is a predictor of further scarcity in US, and a predictor of concentration in Japan
by Matsumoto, Masatoshi & Inoue, Kazuo & Bowman, Robert & Noguchi, Satomi & Kajii, Eiji
- 137-143 Disinvestment for re-allocation: A process to identify priorities in healthcare
by Nuti, Sabina & Vainieri, Milena & Bonini, Anna
- 144-152 Reliable in their failure: An analysis of healthcare reform policies in public systems
by Contandriopoulos, Damien & Brousselle, Astrid
- 153-158 Policy and practice, lost in transition: Reasons for high drop-out from pre-antiretroviral care in a resource-poor setting of eastern Uganda
by Lubega, Muhamadi & Nsabagasani, Xavier & Tumwesigye, Nazarius M. & Wabwire-Mangen, Fred & Ekström, Anna Mia & Pariyo, George & Peterson, Stefan
- 159-165 Predicting impact of price increases on demand for reproductive health services: Can it be done well?
by Bratt, John H.
- 166-173 Efficiency, equity and feasibility of strategies to identify the poor: An application to premium exemptions under National Health Insurance in Ghana
by Jehu-Appiah, Caroline & Aryeetey, Genevieve & Spaan, Ernst & Agyepong, Irene & Baltussen, Rob
- 174-184 The role of health technology assessment on pharmaceutical reimbursement in selected middle-income countries
by Oortwijn, Wija & Mathijssen, Judith & Banta, David
- 185-193 Measurement of efficiency of the dialysis sector in Turkey using data envelopment analysis
by Özgen, Hacer & Sahin, Ismet
- 194-203 Can an appropriateness evaluation tool be used to prioritize patients on a waiting list for cataract extraction?
by Las Hayas, Carlota & González, Nerea & Aguirre, Urko & Blasco, Juan Antonio & Elizalde, Belen & Perea, Emilio & Escobar, Antonio & Navarro, Gemma & Castells, Xabier & Quintana, Jose María
- 204-210 Minor access control of Hong Kong under the framework convention on tobacco control
by Kan, Ming-yue & Lau, Maggie
- 211-215 Establishment of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) for tuberculosis control and research in the Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu (INK) area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
by Ntshanga, Sbongile P. & Ngcobo, Paulos S. & Mabaso, Musawenkosi L.H.
- 216-228 The US Orphan Drug Act: Rare disease research stimulator or commercial opportunity?
by Wellman-Labadie, Olivier & Zhou, Youwen
- 229-235 A survey exploring knowledge and perceptions of general practitioners towards the use of generic medicines in the northern state of Malaysia
by Chua, Gin Nie & Hassali, Mohamed Azmi & Shafie, Asrul Akmal & Awaisu, Ahmed
- 236-244 Physician and patient characteristics associated with prescriptions and costs of drugs in the Lazio region of Italy
by Orzella, Letizia & Chini, Francesco & Giorgi Rossi, Paolo & Borgia, Piero
- 245-254 Impact of regulation of Community Pharmacies on efficiency, access and equity. Evidence from the UK and Spain
by Lluch, Maria & Kanavos, Panos
- 255-263 Perceived barriers to utilization of maternal health services in rural Cambodia
by Matsuoka, Sadatoshi & Aiga, Hirotsugu & Rasmey, Lon Chan & Rathavy, Tung & Okitsu, Akiko
- 264-270 Norwegian priority guidelines: Estimating the distributional implications across age, gender and SES
by Carlsen, Fredrik & Kaarboe, Oddvar M.
- 271-276 The direct medical cost of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, pregnancy and female infertility in a large HMO in Israel
by Chodick, Gabriel & Porath, Avi & Alapi, Hillel & Sella, Tal & Flash, Shira & Wood, Francis & Shalev, Varda
April 2010, Volume 95, Issue 1
- 1-9 A comparative analysis of remuneration models for pharmaceutical professional services
by Bernsten, Cecilia & Andersson, Karolina & Gariepy, Yves & Simoens, Steven
- 10-23 Public involvement at the design stage of primary health research: A narrative review of case examples
by Boote, Jonathan & Baird, Wendy & Beecroft, Claire
- 24-35 Measuring moral hazard and adverse selection by propensity scoring in the mixed health care economy of Hong Kong
by Wong, Irene O.L. & Lindner, Michael J. & Cowling, Benjamin J. & Lau, Eric H.Y. & Lo, Su-Vui & Leung, Gabriel M.
- 36-40 What prevents young adolescents from smoking? Self-reported motives of 12-15-year-old non-smokers
by Schneider, Sven & Loeber, Sabine & Janßen, Maria & Roehrig, Silke & Solle, Denise
- 41-49 The effects of the fraud and abuse enforcement program under the National Health Insurance program in Korea
by Kang, HeeChung & Hong, JaeSeok & Lee, KwangSoo & Kim, Sera
- 50-56 Who is that masked person: The use of face masks on Mexico City public transportation during the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak
by Condon, Bradly John & Sinha, Tapen
- 57-61 Factors associated with health education delivery by rural doctors for tuberculosis patients in Shandong Province, China
by Shi, Lizheng & Liu, Jinan & Xu, Lingzhong
- 62-68 Rural-urban differences in health-seeking for the treatment of childhood malaria in south-east Nigeria
by Okeke, Theodora A. & Okeibunor, Joseph C.
- 69-73 Costs of hospital-based methadone maintenance treatment in HIV/AIDS control among injecting drug users in Indonesia
by Afriandi, Irvan & Siregar, Adiatma Y.M. & Meheus, Filip & Hidayat, Teddy & van der Ven, Andre & van Crevel, Reinout & Baltussen, Rob
- 74-81 There is a long way to go: A nationwide survey of professional training for mental health practitioners in China
by Gao, Xiao & Jackson, Todd & Chen, Hong & Liu, Yanmei & Wang, Ruiqiang & Qian, Mingyi & Huang, Xiting
- 82-89 Healthcare policies over the last 20 years: Reforms and counter-reforms
by Toth, Federico
March 2010, Volume 94, Issue 3
- 183-195 Interventions to improve team effectiveness: A systematic review
by Buljac-Samardzic, Martina & Dekker-van Doorn, Connie M. & van Wijngaarden, Jeroen D.H. & van Wijk, Kees P.
- 196-202 Developing Health Technology Assessment to address health care system needs
by Velasco Garrido, Marcial & Gerhardus, Ansgar & Røttingen, John-Arne & Busse, Reinhard
- 203-210 Factors associated with differences in mortality and self-reported health across states in the United States
by Chen, Zhuo & Roy, Kakoli & Haddix, Anne C. & Thacker, Stephen B.
- 211-220 Scarcity and inequity of mental health research resources in low-and-middle income countries: A global survey
by Razzouk, Denise & Sharan, Pratap & Gallo, Carla & Gureje, Oye & Lamberte, Exaltacion E. & de Jesus Mari, Jair & Mazzotti, Guido & Patel, Vikram & Swartz, Leslie & Olifson, Sylvie & Levav, Itzhak & de Francisco, Andres & Saxena, Shekhar
- 221-229 Initial effects of a reimbursement restriction to improve the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive treatment
by Wettermark, Björn & Godman, Brian & Neovius, Martin & Hedberg, Niklas & Mellgren, Tor-Olov & Kahan, Thomas
- 230-238 Development and dissemination of institutional practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions
by Hesselink, Berniek A.M. & Pasman, H. Roeline W. & van der Wal, Gerrit & van der Maas, Paul J. & van der Heide, Agnes & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
- 239-245 From policy to plate: Barriers to implementing healthy eating policies in primary schools in Wales
by Moore, Sue & Murphy, Simon & Tapper, Katy & Moore, Laurence
- 246-254 Continuing Medical Education in six European countries: A comparative analysis
by Garattini, Livio & Gritti, Sara & De Compadri, Paola & Casadei, Gianluigi
- 255-265 Kidney black markets and legal transplants: Are they opposite sides of the same coin?
by Mendoza, Roger Lee
- 266-272 Perception of the economic value of primary care services: A willingness to pay study
by Martín-Fernández, Jesús & Gómez-Gascón, Tomás & Oliva-Moreno, Juan & del Cura-González, María Isabel & Domínguez-Bidagor, Julia & Beamud-Lagos, Milagros & Sanz-Cuesta, Teresa
February 2010, Volume 94, Issue 2
- 91-100 Personalized medicine: Factors influencing reimbursement
by Meckley, Lisa M. & Neumann, Peter J.
- 101-110 The influence of housing tenure and marital status on smoking in South Korea
by Lim, Seungji & Chung, Woojin & Kim, Hanjoong & Lee, Sunmi
- 111-119 Psychosocial work environment and emotional exhaustion--Does a service provision model play a role?
by Koponen, Anne M. & Laamanen, Ritva & Simonsen-Rehn, Nina & Sundell, Jari & Brommels, Mats & Suominen, Sakari
- 120-128 Determinants of length of stay for psychiatric inpatients: Analysis of a national database covering the entire Korean elderly population
by Chung, Woojin & Oh, Sun-Min & Suh, Tongwoo & Lee, Young Moon & Oh, Byoung Hoon & Yoon, Chung-Won
- 129-134 The preferred doctor scheme: A political reading of a French experiment of Gate-keeping
by Dourgnon, Paul & Naiditch, Michel
- 135-143 Agency problems in hospitals participating in self-management project under global budget system in Taiwan
by Yan, Yu-Hua & Hsu, Shuofen & Yang, Chen-Wei & Fang, Shih-Chieh
- 144-149 Geographic inequities in provision and utilization of malaria treatment services in southeast Nigeria: Diagnosis, providers and drugs
by Onwujekwe, Obinna & Hanson, Kara & Uzochukwu, Benjamin & Ezeoke, Ogochukwu & Eze, Soludo & Dike, Nkem
- 150-157 Are English treatment centres treating less complex patients?
by Street, Andrew & Sivey, Peter & Mason, Anne & Miraldo, Marisa & Siciliani, Luigi
- 158-163 Crossborder trade in health services: Lessons from the European laboratory
by Jarman, Holly & Greer, Scott
- 164-174 The demand for preventive care services and its relationship with inpatient services
by Tian, Wei-Hua & Chen, Chin-Shyan & Liu, Tsai-Ching
- 175-181 Health problems and retirement due to ill-health among Australian retirees aged 45-64 years
by Pit, Sabrina W. & Shrestha, Rupendra & Schofield, Deborah & Passey, Megan
January 2010, Volume 94, Issue 1
- 1-13 Setting priorities for safe motherhood interventions in resource-scarce settings
by Prata, Ndola & Sreenivas, Amita & Greig, Fiona & Walsh, Julia & Potts, Malcolm
- 14-25 Regional inequality in health and its determinants: Evidence from China
by Fang, Pengqian & Dong, Siping & Xiao, Jingjing & Liu, Chaojie & Feng, Xianwei & Wang, Yiping
- 26-33 Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Turkey
by Yardim, Mahmut Saadi & Cilingiroglu, Nesrin & Yardim, Nazan
- 34-44 First approaches to the monetary impact of environmental health disturbances in Germany
by Haucke, Florian & Brückner, Ulrike
- 45-53 Welfare state regimes and population health: Integrating the East Asian welfare states
by Abdul Karim, Syahirah & Eikemo, Terje A. & Bambra, Clare
- 54-60 Estimation of Japanese international financial assistance for HIV/AIDS control for 2003-2007: Difficulties and limitations of data collection
by Mori, Koichiro & Yonemoto, Kiyoshi & Takei, Teiji & Izazola-Licea, Jose & Gobet, Benjamin
- 61-67 Study on doctor shopping behavior: Insight from patients with upper respiratory tract infection in Taiwan
by Wang, Ming-Jye & Lin, Shu-Ping
- 68-75 Evaluating community pharmacists' perceptions of future generic substitution policy implementation: A national survey from Malaysia
by Chong, Chee Ping & Hassali, Mohamed Azmi & Bahari, Mohd Baidi & Shafie, Asrul Akmal
- 76-83 Context matters: Where would you be the least worse off in the US if you were uninsured?
by Garcia, Carolyn & Pagán, José A. & Hardeman, Rachel
- 84-89 Difference in lifetime medical expenditures between male smokers and non-smokers
by Hayashida, Kenshi & Imanaka, Yuichi & Murakami, Genki & Takahashi, Yuko & Nagai, Masato & Kuriyama, Shinichi & Tsuji, Ichiro
- 90-90 Erratum to "Balancing adoption and affordability of medical devices in Europe" [Health Policy 92 (2009) 218-224]
by Schreyögg, Jonas & Bäumler, Michael & Busse, Reinhard
December 2009, Volume 93, Issue 2-3
- 77-84 Severity of illness and priority setting in healthcare: A review of the literature
by Shah, Koonal K.
- 85-92 Methods for assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions: Key challenges and recommendations
by Weatherly, Helen & Drummond, Michael & Claxton, Karl & Cookson, Richard & Ferguson, Brian & Godfrey, Christine & Rice, Nigel & Sculpher, Mark & Sowden, Amanda
- 93-101 Health Visiting--The end of a UK wide service?
by Hoskins, Robert Alan James
- 102-110 The impact of information on patient preferences in different delivery patterns: A contingent valuation study of prescription versus OTC drugs
by Lamiraud, Karine & von Bremen, Konrade & Donaldson, Cam
- 111-117 Inequality of access to health care among the urban elderly in northwestern China
by Luo, Juhua & Zhang, Xiulan & Jin, Chenggang & Wang, Dongmin
- 118-127 Implementing new modes of governance in the New Zealand health system: An empirical study
by Barnett, Pauline & Tenbensel, Tim & Cumming, Jacqueline & Clayden, Clare & Ashton, Toni & Pledger, Megan & Burnette, Mili
- 128-136 Uncertainty inclusion in budgeting technology adoption at a hospital level: Evidence from a multiple case study
by Lettieri, Emanuele
- 137-142 Social determinants of emergency utilization associated with patterns of care
by Chi, Mei-Ju & Wu, Shwu-Chong & Chan, Ding-Cheng & Lee, Chien-Chang
- 143-150 A tutorial on discrete-event simulation for health policy design and decision making: Optimizing pediatric ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia as an illustration
by Ramwadhdoebe, Sabrina & Buskens, Erik & Sakkers, Ralph J.B. & Stahl, James E.
- 151-156 Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey
by Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F. & Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen Mohammad Elias & Wick, Laura
- 157-164 Abandoned babies and absent policies
by Mueller, Joanne & Sherr, Lorraine
- 165-171 Pharmaceutical reforms: Implications through comparisons of Korea and Japan
by Jeong, Hyoung-Sun
- 172-179 Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study
by Lindström, Martin
- 180-187 Improving post-stroke health outcomes: Can facilitated care help?
by Kucukyazici, Beste & Verter, Vedat & Nadeau, Lyne & Mayo, Nancy E.
- 188-200 On evaluating the impact of flexibility enhancing strategies on the performance of nurse schedules
by Wang, Wen-Ya & Gupta, Diwakar & Potthoff, Sandra
- 201-206 Local health campaigns to reduce lung cancers induced by radon and smoking--Who responds?
by Denman, Antony Roger & Timson, Karen & Shield, George & Groves-Kirkby, Christopher John & Rogers, Stephen & Campbell, Jackie Ann & Phillips, Paul Scott
- 207-213 Determining policy-relevant formats for the presentation of falls research evidence
by Finch, Caroline F & Day, Lesley & Donaldson, Alex & Segal, Leonie & Harrison, James E
- 214-224 An analysis of the costs and treatment success of collaborative arrangements among public and private providers for tuberculosis control in Indonesia
by Johns, Benjamin & Probandari, Ari & Mahendradhata, Yodi & Ahmad, Riris Andono
- 225-225 Public health, politicians' decisions, and the citizen
by Braillon, Alain & Dubois, Gérard
- 226-227 Erratum to "News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States" [Health Policy 86 (2008) 42-52]
by Smith, Katherine Clegg & Siebel, Catherine & Pham, Luu & Cho, Juhee & Singer, Rachel Friedman & Chaloupka, Frank Joseph & Griswold, Michael & Wakefield, Melanie
November 2009, Volume 93, Issue 1
- 1-10 Primary health care in New Zealand: Who has access?
by Jatrana, Santosh & Crampton, Peter
- 11-20 Problems and challenges for palliative care: What are the views of different stakeholders on the meso and macro level of the health system?
by Schneider, Nils & Lückmann, Sara Lena & Behmann, Mareike & Bisson, Susanne
- 21-26 Utilization, cost, payment, and patient satisfaction of rehabilitative services in Shandong, China
by Zhao, Mei & Haley, D. Rob & Nolin, JoAnn M. & Dunning, Kerry & Wang, Jian & Sun, Qiangsan
- 27-34 The choice of obstetric care by low-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands: Implications for policy and management
by Pavlova, Milena & Hendrix, Marijke & Nouwens, Elvira & Nijhuis, Jan & van Merode, Godefridus
- 35-40 Hospital investment policy in France: Pathways to efficiency and the efficiency of the pathways
by Guerrero, Isabelle & Mossé, Philippe R. & Rogers, Vaughan
- 41-47 Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, India
by De Costa, Ayesha & Al-Muniri, Abdullah & Diwan, Vinod K. & Eriksson, Bo
- 48-54 Health services, psychiatry and citizenship in a globalizing world: A perspective from Ireland
by Kelly, Brendan D.
- 55-63 A framework for analysing migrant health policies in Europe
by Mladovsky, Philipa
- 64-75 Governance in non-for-profit hospitals: Effects of board members' remuneration and expertise on CEO compensation
by Cardinaels, Eddy
October 2009, Volume 92, Issue 2-3
- 116-123 The impact of generic substitution on the turnover and gross margin of pharmaceutical companies a survey 1 year and 5 years after the introduction of generic substitution in Finland
by Timonen, Johanna & Karttunen, Pekka & Bengtström, Marina & Ahonen, Riitta
- 124-132 Overcoming barriers to priority setting using interdisciplinary methods
by Peacock, Stuart & Mitton, Craig & Bate, Angela & McCoy, Bonnie & Donaldson, Cam
- 133-140 Using decision analysis to improve malaria control policy making
by Kramer, Randall A. & Dickinson, Katherine L. & Anderson, Richard M. & Fowler, Vance G. & Miranda, Marie Lynn & Mutero, Clifford M. & Saterson, Kathryn A. & Wiener, Jonathan B.
- 141-148 Social network analysis in primary care: The impact of interactions on prescribing behaviour
by Fattore, Giovanni & Frosini, Francesca & Salvatore, Domenico & Tozzi, Valeria
- 149-157 Planning the optimal level of local maternity service for small rural communities: A systems study in British Columbia
by Grzybowski, Stefan & Kornelsen, Jude & Schuurman, Nadine
- 158-164 Hospital response to a global budget program under universal health insurance in Taiwan
by Cheng, Shou-Hsia & Chen, Chi-Chen & Chang, Wei-Ling
- 165-173 Decentralization of HIV care in Cameroon: Increased access to antiretroviral treatment and associated persistent barriers
by Loubiere, Sandrine & Boyer, Sylvie & Protopopescu, Camélia & Bonono, Cécile Renée & Abega, Séverin-Cécile & Spire, Bruno & Moatti, Jean-Paul
- 174-179 Drop-out analysis of community-based health insurance membership at Nouna, Burkina Faso
by Dong, Hengjin & De Allegri, Manuela & Gnawali, Devendra & Souares, Aurélia & Sauerborn, Rainer
- 180-186 Association between general practice referral rates and patients' socioeconomic status and access to specialised health care: A population-based nationwide study
by Sørensen, Torben Højmark & Olsen, Kim Rose & Vedsted, Peter
- 187-196 Marketing and pricing strategies of online pharmacies
by Levaggi, Rosella & Orizio, Grazia & Domenighini, Serena & Bressanelli, Maura & Schulz, Peter J. & Zani, Claudia & Caimi, Luigi & Gelatti, Umberto
- 197-202 Does the workplace-smoking ban eliminate differences in risk for environmental tobacco smoke exposure at work?
by Verdonk-Kleinjan, Wendy M.I. & Knibbe, Ronald A. & Tan, Frans E.S. & Willemsen, Marc C. & de Groot, Henk N. & de Vries, Hein
- 203-210 Language barriers in health and social care consultations in the community: A comparative study of responses in Ireland and England
by MacFarlane, Anne & Singleton, Carrie & Green, Eileen
- 211-217 Care for chronic conditions for indigenous Australians: Key informants' perspectives on policy
by Baeza, Juan & Bailie, Ross & Lewis, Jenny M.
- 218-224 Balancing adoption and affordability of medical devices in Europe
by Schreyögg, Jonas & Bäumler, Michael & Busse, Reinhard
- 225-233 Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planning
by Tomblin Murphy, Gail & Kephart, George & Lethbridge, Lynn & O'Brien-Pallas, Linda & Birch, Stephen
- 234-243 Activity-based costing evaluation of a [18F]-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography study
by Krug, Bruno & Van Zanten, Annie & Pirson, Anne-Sophie & Crott, Ralph & Borght, Thierry Vander
- 244-249 A future estimate of physician distribution in hospitals and clinics in Japan
by Koike, Soichi & Yasunaga, Hideo & Matsumoto, Shinya & Ide, Hiroo & Kodama, Tomoko & Imamura, Tomoaki
- 250-258 Who is giving up the free lunch? The insured patients' decision to access health insurance benefits and its determinants: Evidence from a low-income country
by Sepehri, Ardeshir & Sarma, Sisira & Serieux, John
- 259-267 Decision makers' experiences of prioritisation and views about how to finance healthcare costs
by Werntoft, Elisabet & Edberg, Anna-Karin
- 268-275 Utilization of health technologies--Do not look where there is a light; shine your light where there is a need to look!: Relating national health goals with resource allocation decision-making; illustration through examining the Israeli healthcare system
by Shavit, Oren
- 276-287 Hospital supplements in Belgium: Price variation and regulation
by Lecluyse, Ann & Van de Voorde, Carine & De Graeve, Diana & Schokkaert, Erik & Van Ourti, Tom
- 288-295 Drugs, sex, money and power: An HPV vaccine case study
by Haas, Marion & Ashton, Toni & Blum, Kerstin & Christiansen, Terkel & Conis, Elena & Crivelli, Luca & Lim, Meng Kin & Lisac, Melanie & MacAdam, Margaret & Schlette, Sophia
- 296-304 Time-driven activity-based costing in an outpatient clinic environment: Development, relevance and managerial impact
by Demeere, Nathalie & Stouthuysen, Kristof & Roodhooft, Filip
- 305-312 Purchasing health care in China: Competing or non-competing third-party purchasers?
by Xu, Weiwei & van de Ven, Wynand P.M.M.
- 313-321 Funding health technologies in decentralized systems: A comparison between Italy and Spain
by Cappellaro, Giulia & Fattore, Giovanni & Torbica, Aleksandra
September 2009, Volume 92, Issue 1
- 1-9 A systematic review of the literature comparing the practices of dispensing and non-dispensing doctors
by Lim, David & Emery, Jon & Lewis, Janice & Sunderland, V Bruce
- 10-20 The cost-effectiveness of integrated home care and discharge practice for home care patients
by Hammar, Teija & Rissanen, Pekka & Perälä, Marja-Leena
- 21-26 Evaluation of national pandemic management policies--A hazard analysis of critical control points approach
by Krumkamp, Ralf & Ahmad, Amena & Kassen, Annette & Hjarnoe, Lulu & Syed, Ahmed M. & Aro, Arja R. & Reintjes, Ralf
- 27-34 Funding and access to high cost medicines in public hospitals in Australia: Decision-makers' perspectives
by Gallego, Gisselle & Taylor, Susan Joyce & Brien, Jo-anne Elizabeth
- 35-42 Differences in general practice initiated expenditures across Danish local health authorities--A multilevel analysis
by Sørensen, Torben H. & Olsen, Kim R. & Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte
- 43-48 Capacity to control noncommunicable diseases in the countries of South-East Asia
by Leowski, Jerzy & Krishnan, Anand
- 49-54 The impact of the First Steps prenatal care program on birth outcomes among women receiving Medicaid in Washington State
by Arima, Yuzo & Guthrie, Brandon L. & Rhew, Isaac C. & De Roos, Anneclaire J.
- 55-64 The population-level impacts of a national health insurance program and franchise midwife clinics on achievement of prenatal and delivery care standards in the Philippines
by Kozhimannil, Katy Backes & Valera, Madeleine R. & Adams, Alyce S. & Ross-Degnan, Dennis
- 65-72 The impact of a new payment system with case-mix measurement on hospital practices for breast cancer patients in Japan
by Kuwabara, Hiroyo & Fushimi, Kiyohide
- 73-78 How firms set prices for medical materials: A multi-country study
by Ide, Hiroo & Mollahaliloglu, Salih
- 79-88 Policy statements and practice guidelines for medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions: Developments in the past decade
by Pasman, H. Roeline W. & Wolf, Johanna E. Hanssen-de & Hesselink, Berniek A.M. & van der Heide, Agnes & van der Wal, Gerrit & van der Maas, Paul J. & Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.
- 89-95 An evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of policy navigators to improve access to care for the poor in the Philippines
by Solon, Orville & Peabody, John W. & Woo, Kimberly & Quimbo, Stella A. & Florentino, Jhiedon & Shimkhada, Riti
- 96-102 Is community-based health insurance an equitable strategy for paying for healthcare? Experiences from southeast Nigeria
by Onwujekwe, Obinna & Onoka, Chima & Uzochukwu, Benjamin & Okoli, Chijioke & Obikeze, Eric & Eze, Soludo
- 103-104 Corrigendum to "Economic evaluations of maintaining patient safety systems in teaching hospitals" [Health Policy 88 (2008) 381-391]
by Fukuda, Haruhisa & Imanaka, Yuichi & Hirose, Masahiro & Hayashida, Kenshi
- 105-105 Corrigendum to "Factors associated with system-level activities for patient safety and infection control" [Health Policy 89 (2009) 26-36]
by Fukuda, Haruhisa & Imanaka, Yuichi & Hirose, Masahiro & Hayashida, Kenshi
July 2009, Volume 91, Issue Supplement 1
August 2009, Volume 91, Issue 3
- 229-238 Public and private healthcare services utilization by non-institutional elderly in Hong Kong: Is the inverse care law operating?
by Yam, Ho-Kwan & Mercer, Stewart W. & Wong, Lai-Yi & Chan, Wan-Kin & Yeoh, Eng-Kiong
- 239-245 Searching for cost effectiveness thresholds in the NHS
by Appleby, John & Devlin, Nancy & Parkin, David & Buxton, Martin & Chalkidou, Kalipso
- 246-251 Toward quality improvement of cardiovascular surgery in Japan: An estimation of regionalization effects from a nationwide survey
by Miyata, Hiroaki & Motomura, Noboru & Kondo, Masaakira J. & Fushimi, Kiyohide & Ishikawa, Koichi B. & Takamoto, Shinichi
- 252-257 Preferences of older patients and choice of treatment location in the UK: A binary choice experiment
by Lim, Jennifer N.W. & Edlin, Richard
- 258-268 Casualized employment and turnover intention: Home care workers in Ontario, Canada
by Zeytinoglu, Isik U. & Denton, Margaret & Davies, Sharon & Plenderleith, Jennifer Millen
- 269-276 Does subsidy work? Price elasticity of demand for influenza vaccination among the elderly in Japan
by Kondo, Masahide & Hoshi, Shu-ling & Okubo, Ichiro
- 277-285 Nicotine replacement therapy practices in Finland one year after deregulation of the product sales--Has anything changed from the community pharmacy perspective?
by Kurko, Terhi & Linden, Kari & Vasama, Mari & Pietilä, Kirsi & Airaksinen, Marja
- 286-296 Affiliation with a primary care provider in New Zealand: Who is, who isn't
by Jatrana, Santosh & Crampton, Peter
- 297-305 Assessing the reliability of household expenditure data: Results of the World Health Survey
by Xu, Ke & Ravndal, Frode & Evans, David B. & Carrin, Guy
- 306-313 Consensus on the leadership of hospital CEOs and its impact on the participation of physicians in improvement projects
by Dückers, Michel L.A. & Stegeman, Inge & Spreeuwenberg, Peter & Wagner, Cordula & Sanders, Karin & Groenewegen, Peter P.
- 314-320 Insight into capacity planning for cardiac catheterization services: Policy lessons learned from "Looking in the Mirror" over a decade
by Mercuri, Mat & Natarajan, Madhu K. & Holder, Douglas H. & Xie, Changchun & Gafni, Amiram
- 321-326 Hospital factors associated with clinical data quality
by Sutherland, Jason M. & Steinum, Olafr
July 2009, Volume 91, Issue 2
- 121-134 Association between physician density and health care consumption: A systematic review of the evidence
by Léonard, Christian & Stordeur, Sabine & Roberfroid, Dominique
- 135-141 Does social marketing provide a framework for changing healthcare practice?
by Morris, Zoë Slote & Clarkson, Peter John
- 142-147 Pricing of multiple dosage prescription medications: An analysis of the Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary
by Lexchin, Joel
- 148-155 Health workers, quality of care, and child health: Simulating the relationships between increases in health staffing and child length
by Barber, Sarah L. & Gertler, Paul J.
- 156-161 Palliative care is not yet a well-defined product within the Dutch healthcare insurance system
by Jansen, Wim J.J. & Vissers, Kris C.P. & Zuurmond, Wouter W.A. & van Montfort, Guus P.W.P. & Rhebergen, Andre & Loer, Stephan A.
- 162-173 The statutory duty of physicians to inform patients versus unmet patients' information needs: The case of breast cancer in France
by Moumjid, Nora & Charles, Cathy & Morelle, Magali & Gafni, Amiram & Brémond, Alain & Farsi, Fadila & Whelan, Tim & Carrère, Marie-Odile
- 174-182 Extension of market exclusivity and its impact on the accessibility to essential medicines, and drug expense in Thailand: Analysis of the effect of TRIPs-Plus proposal
by Akaleephan, Chutima & Wibulpolprasert, Suwit & Sakulbumrungsil, Rungpetch & Luangruangrong, Paithip & Jitraknathee, Anchalee & Aeksaengsri, Achara & Udomaksorn, Siripa & Tangcharoensathien, Viroj & Tantivess, Sripen
- 183-188 Moving on a roundabout at the end of life--What counts?: Waiting times for transfer to sheltered accommodation for older people in Sweden
by Österlind, Jane & Hansebo, Görel & Lindqvist, Rikard & Ternestedt, Britt-Marie
- 189-194 Industry views of biosimilar development in Japan
by Horikawa, Hiroshi & Tsubouchi, Mina & Kawakami, Koji
- 195-203 French pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children
by Franc, Carine & Van Gerwen, Maaike & Le Vaillant, Marc & Rosman, Sophia & Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie
- 204-210 Comparison of outcomes and costs after hip fracture surgery in three hospitals that have different care systems in Japan
by Kondo, Akiko & Zierler, Brenda K. & Isokawa, Yayoi & Hagino, Hiroshi & Ito, Yayoi
- 211-218 Willingness to pay for weight-control treatment
by Liu, Jin-Tan & Tsou, Meng-Wen & Hammitt, James K.
June 2009, Volume 91, Issue 1
- 1-9 The new cooperative medical scheme in China
by You, Xuedan & Kobayashi, Yasuki
- 10-16 Obesity in the UK: A review and comparative analysis of policies within the devolved administrations
by Musingarimi, Primrose
- 17-23 Contracting-in management to strengthen publicly financed primary health services--The experience of Punjab, Pakistan
by Loevinsohn, Benjamin & Haq, Inaam ul & Couffinhal, Agnes & Pande, Aakanksha
- 24-32 Unmet healthcare need, gender, and health inequalities in Canada
by Bryant, Toba & Leaver, Chad & Dunn, James
- 33-42 Is the selection of patients for anti-retroviral treatment in Uganda fair?: A qualitative study
by Sofaer, Neema & Kapiriri, Lydia & Atuyambe, Lynn M. & Otolok-Tanga, Erasmus & Norheim, Ole Frithjof
- 43-56 Challenges for performance assessment and improvement in primary health care: The case of the Portuguese health centres
by Amado, Carla Alexandra da Encarnação Filipe & Santos, Sérgio Pereira dos
- 57-62 The core determinants of health expenditure in the African context: Some econometric evidence for policy
by Murthy, Vasudeva N.R. & Okunade, Albert A.
- 63-70 What does it mean to trust a health system?: A qualitative study of Canadian health care values
by Abelson, Julia & Miller, Fiona A. & Giacomini, Mita
- 71-78 Perceptions of medical malpractice and medical malpractice reform among first- and fourth-year medical students
by Kelly, Erin T. & Miller, Edward A.
- 79-88 Commissioning NHS dentistry in England: Issues for decision-makers managing the new contract with finite resources
by Holmes, Richard D. & Bate, Angela & Steele, Jimmy G. & Donaldson, Cam
- 89-93 Study of awareness among pregnant women of the effects of drugs on the fetus and mother in Iran
by Mashayekhi, Simin O. & Dilmaghanizadeh, Maryam & Fardiazar, Zahra & Bamdad-Moghadam, Roghayeh & Ghandforoush-Sattari, Fahimeh
- 94-101 Dental service utilization and costs before and after introduction of fluoride gel application for preschool children in Taiwan
by Chen, Shu-Fen & Lin, Herng-Ching
- 102-105 List of referees 2008
by Kesteloot, Katrien
May 2009, Volume 90, Issue 2-3
- 125-132 Medical education program with obligatory rural service: Analysis of factors associated with obligation compliance
by Matsumoto, Masatoshi & Kajii, Eiji
- 133-139 Traditional Chinese medicine in the Chinese health care system
by Xu, Judy & Yang, Yue
- 140-148 Economic incentives in general practice: The impact of pay-for-participation and pay-for-compliance programs on diabetes care
by Lippi Bruni, Matteo & Nobilio, Lucia & Ugolini, Cristina
- 149-155 Organizational elements of health service related to a reduction in maternal mortality: The cases of Chile and Colombia
by Ruiz-Rodríguez, Myriam & Wirtz, Veronika J. & Nigenda, Gustavo
- 156-165 Accreditation at a crossroads: Are we on the right track?
by Touati, Nassera & Pomey, Marie-Pascale
- 166-174 Necessary organizational changes according to Burke-Litwin model in the head nurses system of management in healthcare and social welfare institutions--The Slovenia experience
by Filej, Bojana & Skela-Savic, Brigita & Vicic, Visnja H. & Hudorovic, Narcis
- 175-180 Quality management and patient safety: Survey results from 102 Hungarian hospitals
by Makai, Peter & Klazinga, Niek & Wagner, Cordula & Boncz, Imre & Gulacsi, Lászlo
- 181-187 The medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium and The Netherlands: Legal notification, control and evaluation procedures
by Smets, Tinne & Bilsen, Johan & Cohen, Joachim & Rurup, Mette L. & De Keyser, Els & Deliens, Luc
- 188-195 Do non-profit nursing homes separate governance roles?: The impact of size and ownership characteristics
by Dewaelheyns, Nico & Eeckloo, Kristof & Van Herck, Gustaaf & Van Hulle, Cynthia & Vleugels, Arthur
- 196-205 Overcoming social and health inequalities among U.S. women of reproductive age--Challenges to the nation's health in the 21st century
by Ebrahim, Shahul H. & Anderson, John E. & Correa-de-Araujo, Rosaly & Posner, Samuel F. & Atrash, Hani K.
- 206-213 Why financial incentives did not reach the poor tuberculosis patients? A qualitative study of a Fidelis funded project in Shanxi, China
by Wei, Xiaolin & Walley, John & Zhao, Jin & Yao, Hongyan & Liu, Jianjun & Newell, James
- 214-222 The effect of community-based health insurance on the utilization of modern health care services: Evidence from Burkina Faso
by Gnawali, Devendra Prasad & Pokhrel, Subhash & Sié, Ali & Sanon, Mamadou & De Allegri, Manuela & Souares, Aurélia & Dong, Hengjin & Sauerborn, Rainer
- 223-229 Examining catastrophic costs and benefit incidence of subsidized antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme in south-east Nigeria
by Onwujekwe, Obinna & Dike, Nkem & Chukwuka, Chinwe & Uzochukwu, Benjamin & Onyedum, Cajetan & Onoka, Chima & Ichoku, Hyacinth
- 230-238 Transformational trends confounding the South Asian health systems
by Bonu, Sekhar & Gutierrez, Leah C. & Borghis, Alain & Roche, Frederick C.
- 239-246 Health information technology and physician perceptions of quality of care and satisfaction
by Davis, Karen & Doty, Michelle McEvoy & Shea, Katherine & Stremikis, Kristof
- 247-253 What drives health policy formulation: Insights from the Nepal maternity incentive scheme?
by Ensor, Tim & Clapham, Susan & Prasai, Devi Prasad
- 254-261 Impact of the elder abuse prevention and caregiver support law on system development among municipal governments in Japan
by Nakanishi, Miharu & Hoshishiba, Yumiko & Iwama, Nobuyuki & Okada, Tomoko & Kato, Etsuko & Takahashi, Hiroshi
- 262-269 Privatisation of health care in Slovenia in the period 1992-2008
by Albreht, Tit & Klazinga, Niek