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January 2017, Volume 32, Issue 1
- 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 - 111-126 Cultural camouflage—a critical study of how artefacts are camouflaged and mental health policy subverted
by Johan M. Berlin & Eric D. Carlström - 127-144 Reflecting on the efficacy of cognitive mapping for decision-making in intellectual disability care: a case study
by Meri Duryan & Dragan Nikolik & Godefridus Merode & Leopold M. G. Curfs - 145-163 Microhealth insurance and the risk coping strategies for the management of illness in Karnataka: a case study
by B. Savitha & Kiran K. B. - 164-172 Bend the healthcare cost curve without pain? The health outcome after the Medicare reimbursement cut in 1997
by Jing Hua Zhang - 173-185 Framework for assessing the capacity of a health ministry to conduct health policy processes—a case study from Tajikistan
by Tolib N. Mirzoev & Andrew Green & Ricky Van Kalliecharan
January 2015, Volume 30, Issue 1
- 1-15 Power and trust in organizational relations: an empirical study in Turkish public hospitals
by Tuba Bozaykut & F. Gulruh Gurbuz - 3-13 Exploring the impacts of personal factors on self-leadership in a hospital setting
by Ozgur Ugurluoglu & Meltem Saygılı & Ozlem Ozer & Fatih Santas - 14-30 The establishment and expansion of an innovative centre for rational pharmacotherapy—determinants and challenges
by Therese Kardakis & Göran Tomson & Björn Wettermark & Mats Brommels & Brian Godman & Pia Bastholm-Rahmner - 16-30 Effects of decentralisation and health system reform on health workforce and quality-of-care in Indonesia, 1993–2007
by Aly Diana & Samantha A. Hollingworth & Geoffrey C. Marks - 31-41 The influence of medical cost controls implemented by Taiwan's national health insurance program on doctor–patient relationships
by Jhih-Ling Chiu - 31-44 The pursuit of political will: politicians' motivation and health promotion
by Yair Zalmanovitch & Nissim Cohen - 42-55 Understanding the shortage of village doctors in China and solutions under the policy of basic public health service equalization: evidence from Changzhou
by Xiaohong Li & Christopher Cochran & Jun Lu & Jay Shen & Chao Hao & Ying Wang & Mei Sun & Chengyue Li & Fengshui Chang & Mo Hao - 45-56 Long-term care services expenditure projection in South Korea from 2015 to 2050
by Nayoung Kim - 56-68 Is the hospital decision to seek accreditation an effective one?
by Sverre Grepperud - 57-70 Liberalising trade in health services: constraints and prospects for South Asian countries
by Fahmida Khatun & Mazbahul Ahamad - 71-85 Evaluating the impact a proposed family planning model would have on maternal and infant mortality in Afghanistan
by Ahmad Masoud Rahmani & Benjamin Wade & William Riley
October 2014, Volume 29, Issue 4
- 309-328 Satisfaction with the level and type of resource use of a health insurance scheme in Nigeria: health management organizations' perspectives
by Shafiu Mohammed & Aurelia Souares & Justo Lorenzo Bermejo & Sufiyan Muawiyyah Babale & Rainer Sauerborn & Hengjin Dong - 329-346 Adult cancer patients satisfaction of nursing care: a cross-national evaluation of two Southeastern European countries
by Andreas Charalambous & George Efstathiou & Theodoula Adamakidou & Haritini Tsangari - 331-331 Editorial
by Calum Paton - 332-341 Health workforce in the United Arab Emirates: analytic point of view
by Suad Hannawi & Issa Al Salmi - 342-361 Healthcare priority setting in Kenya: a gap analysis applying the accountability for reasonableness framework
by Salome A. Bukachi & Washington Onyango-Ouma & Jared Maaka Siso & Isaac K. Nyamongo & Joseph K. Mutai & Anna Karin Hurtig & Øystein Evjen Olsen & Jens Byskov - 347-367 Challenges of implementing a primary health care strategy in a context of a market-oriented health care system: the experience of Bogota, Colombia
by Paola A. Mosquera & Jineth Hernández & Román Vega & Ronald Labonte & David Sanders & Kjerstin Dahlblom & Miguel San Sebastián - 362-372 Positioning matrix of economic efficiency and complexity: a case study in a university hospital
by Adelaide Ippolito & Vincenzo Viggiani - 368-382 Implementation of Community Health Fund in Tanzania: why do some districts perform better than others?
by Stephen Oswald Maluka & Godfrey Bukagile - 373-398 Out-of-pocket payments for public healthcare services by selected exempted groups in Serbia during the period of post-war healthcare reforms
by Jelena Arsenijevic & Milena Pavlova & Wim Groot - 383-393 Access and utilisation of health services by domestic helpers in Cyprus
by Marios Kantaris & Mamas Theodorou & Petros Galanis & Daphne Kaitelidou - 394-405 Hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions at health insurance organization hospitals in Alexandria, Egypt
by Rasha A. Mosallam & Wafaa W. Guirguis & Mona HA Hassan - 399-406 Cost effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery programme for vaginal hysterectomy: a comparison of pre and post-implementation expenditures
by Sophie Relph & Alice Bell & Viswapriya Sivashanmugarajan & Kerry Munro & Kelly Chigwidden & Sue Lloyd & Abiodun Fakokunde & Wai Yoong - 407-421 Responsiveness of Lebanon's primary healthcare centers to non-communicable diseases and related healthcare needs
by Rami Yassoub & Suha Hashimi & Siham Awada & Fadi El-Jardali