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Measuring inequalities in health: What do we know? What do we need to know?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.007
Abstract: We argue that policy analysis aiming at curving inequalities in health calls for a better understanding of what we know about its measurement pathways. Assuming that health is a good that in...
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Joan Costa-Font,
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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21 May 2012 |
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Physician density in a two-tiered health care system
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.012
Abstract: We investigate the density of non-contract (private) physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public and private health care providers. In particular, we ana...
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Martin Gächter,
Peter Schwazer,
Hannes Winner
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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21 May 2012 |
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Calculating an intervention's (cost-)effectiveness for the real-world target population: The potential of combining strengths of both RCTs and observational data
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.014
Abstract: Economic evaluations most often use results from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to model effectiveness. Inconsiderate application of the absolute treatment effect from RCTs may result i...
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Mattias Neyt,
Irina Cleemput,
Nancy Thiry,
Chris De Laet
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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18 May 2012 |
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Predicting the place of out-of-hours care—A market simulation based on discrete choice analysis
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.010
Abstract: Background: Increasing cost pressure and changing patients’ needs in the healthcare sector have led to new delivery models for primary care. Researchers and practitioners need to establish i...
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Hilde Philips,
Dominik Mahr,
Roy Remmen,
Marcel Weverbergh,
Diana De Graeve,
Paul Van Royen
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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17 May 2012 |
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Association between family doctors’ practices characteristics and patient evaluation of care
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.009
Abstract: Background: Patients’ evaluations of primary care are influenced by three major dimensions: patients’, family doctors’ and practices’ characteristics. A lot of primary care practices use pos...
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Zalika Klemenc-Ketis,
Davorina Petek,
Janko Kersnik
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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14 May 2012 |
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Exploring non-health outcomes of health promotion: The perspective of participants in a lifestyle behaviour change intervention
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.005
Abstract: Objective: To provide insights into health promotion outcomes that are not captured by conventional measures of health outcome used in economic evaluation studies, such as EQ5D based QALYs. ...
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Adrienne F.G. Goebbels,
Jeroen Lakerveld,
André J.H.A. Ament,
Sandra D.M. Bot,
Johan L. Severens
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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11 May 2012 |
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Rebalancing brain drain: Exploring resource reallocation to address health worker migration and promote global health
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.006
Abstract: Global public health is threatened by an imbalance in health worker migration from resource-poor countries to developed countries. This “brain drain” results in health workforce shortages, h...
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Timothy Ken Mackey,
Bryan Albert Liang
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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09 May 2012 |
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The role of proximity to death in need-based approaches to health care
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.004
Abstract: Objectives: This study examines the role of proximity to death (PTD) in need-based approaches to health care by: (1) investigating whether PTD is a statistically significant, independent pre...
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Yukiko Asada,
George Kephart,
Jeremiah Hurley,
Yoko Yoshida,
Andrea Smith,
Stephen Bornstein
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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09 May 2012 |
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Organizational changes in the course of the PHC reform in Lithuania from 1994 to 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.011
Abstract: Objectives: To assess the organizational changes in Lithuanian Primary Health Care (PHC) in the period from 1994 to 2010, and to highlight the differences with respect to the background of f...
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Ida Liseckiene,
Irena Miseviciene,
Mindaugas Dudonis
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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07 May 2012 |
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Public health actions to improve palliative care in Germany: Results of a three-round Delphi study
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.014
Abstract: Background: In previous studies, key targets for public health initiatives to improve palliative care in Germany were defined. The aim of this study was the identification and prioritisation...
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Mareike Behmann,
Saskia Jünger,
Lukas Radbruch,
Nils Schneider
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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30 April 2012 |
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Reforming the Greek health system: A role for non-medical, clinical bioscientists
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.020
Abstract: Within the context of the recent debt crisis and the subsequently adopted austerity measures, the Greek health system faces important challenges including the necessity to rationalize public...
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Ilias Kazanis
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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26 April 2012 |
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Ensuring access to health care—Germany reforms supply structures to tackle inequalities
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.002
Abstract: Germany's ruling coalition has recently introduced a new bill to Parliament, the Care Structures Act (CSA), which aims to improve outpatient care supply structures, decentralize decision-mak...
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Susanne Ozegowski,
Leonie Sundmacher
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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26 April 2012 |
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Economies of scale and scope in the Danish hospital sector prior to radical restructuring plans
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.04.001
Abstract: Objective: The Danish hospital sector faces a significant rebuilding program driven by recent regional reform and guidelines for acute admission hospitals. Within the next 5–10 years, the nu...
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Troels Kristensen,
Kim Rose Olsen,
Jannie Kilsmark,
Jørgen T. Lauridsen,
Kjeld Møller Pedersen
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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25 April 2012 |
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The impacts of DRG-based payments on health care provider behaviors under a universal coverage system: A population-based study
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.021
Abstract: Objective: To examine the impacts of diagnosis-related group (DRG) payments on health care provider's behavior under a universal coverage system in Taiwan. Methods: This study employed a pop...
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Shou-Hsia Cheng,
Chi-Chen Chen,
Shu-Ling Tsai
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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25 April 2012 |
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The opportunity cost of exercise: Do higher-earning Australians exercise longer, harder, or both?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.013
Abstract: Despite the widely documented benefits of exercise, very little is known about how individuals make the decision on exercise. In particular, the decision on the intensity of exercise has att...
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Shiko Maruyama,
Qing Yin
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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23 April 2012 |
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Priority setting and policy advocacy by nursing associations: A scoping review and implications using a socio-ecological whole systems lens
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.017
Abstract: Objective: We undertook an interpretative scoping review to examine organizational priority setting and policy advocacy and the factors that influence nursing associations’ cross-sector publ...
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Jo-Anne MacDonald,
Nancy Edwards,
Barbara Davies,
Patricia Marck,
Judith Read Guernsey
et al.
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Review article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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23 April 2012 |
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Ten years of structural reforms in Danish healthcare
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.019
Abstract: A major structural reform of the Danish public sector took place in 2007 when the number of administrative units at the regional and municipal levels was reduced. The larger administrative u...
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Terkel Christiansen
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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23 April 2012 |
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Public support for smoke-free areas in Israel: A case for action
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.012
Abstract: Objective: Secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) harms adults and children. Though most governments are obliged by international health treaty to protect nonsmokers from SHSe, few adequately do s...
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Laura J. Rosen,
David A. Rier,
Robert Schwartz,
Anat Oren,
Anna Kopel,
Alexandra Gevman,
Mitch Zeller,
Gregory Connolly
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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Balancing economic freedom against social policy principles: EC competition law and national health systems
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.008
Abstract: EU Health policy exemplifies the philosophical tension between EC economic freedoms and social policy. EC competition law, like other internal market rules, could restrict national health po...
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Elias Mossialos,
Julia Lear
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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Public procurement of health technologies in Greece in an era of economic crisis
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.015
Abstract: Public procurement is generally an important sector of the economy and, in most countries, is controlled by the introduction of regulatory and policy mechanisms. In the Greek healthcare sect...
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Catherine Kastanioti,
Nick Kontodimopoulos,
Dionysis Stasinopoulos,
Nikolaos Kapetaneas,
Nikolaos Polyzos
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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Responses to increasing cigarette prices in France: How did persistent smokers react?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.016
Abstract: Objectives: (1) To build a typology of persistent smokers’ reactions to increasing cigarette prices (persistent smokers were defined as smokers who did not quit because of such increases) an...
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Peretti-Watel Patrick,
L’haridon Olivier,
Seror Valerie
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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New Zealand's post-2008 health system reforms: Toward re-centralization of organizational arrangements
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.018
Abstract: The election of a centre-right government in 2008 has spawned a series of ongoing reforms to the structures for governing New Zealand's health system. These mainly involve creation of a seri...
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Robin Gauld
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Short communication
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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16 April 2012 |
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General practitioners’ preferences for the organisation of primary care: A discrete choice experiment
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.006
Abstract: Objectives: To examine GPs’ preferences for organisational characteristics in general practice with focus on aspects that can potentially mitigate problems with GP shortages. Methods: A simp...
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Line Bjørnskov Pedersen,
Trine Kjær,
Jakob Kragstrup,
Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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10 April 2012 |
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Differential effects of negative publicity on beef consumption according to household characteristics in South Korea
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.005
Abstract: This paper examines how South Korean households responded to an unprecedented boycott campaign against US beef from spring to summer of 2008, and investigates differential responses in relat...
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Hyungho Youn,
Byung In Lim,
Hyun Joung Jin
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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06 April 2012 |
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An economic analysis of tobacco elimination policies in Turkey
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.004
Abstract: Objective: We aim to evaluate the costs and benefits of various tobacco elimination policies, specifically, an immediate taxation option and eight tax-combined long-term cessation programs. ...
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Selin Arslanhan,
Asena Caner,
Kerem Helvacioglu,
Ismail Saglam,
Tuncay Teksoz
et al.
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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03 April 2012 |
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Bundles: An opportunity to align incentives for continuing care in Canada?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.02.007
Abstract: Over the past three decades, diagnosis related groups (DRG) have revolutionized hospital funding by successfully focusing hospitals attention on the ‘production’ process. However, using DRG ...
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Jason M. Sutherland,
Erik Hellsten,
Kevin Yu
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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05 March 2012 |
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Effects of the per diem prospective payment system with DRG-like grouping system (DPC/PDPS) on resource usage and healthcare quality in Japan
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.002
Abstract: Objectives: In 2003, Japan introduced the prospective payment system (PPS) with diagnosis-related groups (DRG) rearranged grouping system called the diagnostic procedure combination/per-diem...
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Hironori Hamada,
Miho Sekimoto,
Yuichi Imanaka
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Full-length article
(In Press Corrected Proof)
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25 January 2012 |