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Source: Health Policy - November 6, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - October 5, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

An analysis of the costs and treatment success of collaborative arrangements among public and private providers for tuberculosis control in IndonesiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: All strategies increased TB case finding, although attribution is tentative because of the study design. Neither collaboration among private practitioners nor among hospitals is clearly preferred based on cost-effectiveness. For hospitals, this study suggests that having hospitals refer patients to health centres is preferable over hospitals administering treatment. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - September 3, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Benjamin Johns, Ari Probandari, Yodi Mahendradhata, Riris Andono Ahmad Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Determining policy-relevant formats for the presentation of falls research evidenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is strong benefit in researchers and policy officers collaborating to develop optimal formats for presenting scientific evidence to inform policy decisions. Such a process can reduce concerns of researchers that evidence is not incorporated into policy decisions. They also meet policy officers’ needs for evidence to be provided in a way that can directly inform their decision-making processes. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - September 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Caroline F Finch, Lesley Day, Alex Donaldson, Leonie Segal, James E Harrison, the Australian National Injury Prevention Working Group Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Health Visiting—The end of a UK wide service?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article argues that the unintended consequences of devolved Health Visiting policy has resulted in 3 recent community nursing and health-visiting reviews in Scotland and England which have made divergent policy recommendations about the role of the Health Visitor in tackling health inequalities. The recommendations outlined in the Scottish review in particular threatened to jeopardise the very future provision of a UK wide Health Visiting service. If Health Visiting is to survive as a UK wide entity, a radical independent rethink as to its future direction and its public health role is urgently required. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - September 1, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Robert Alan James Hoskins Tags: Review Articles Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - August 31, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

Severity of illness and priority setting in healthcare: A review of the literatureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The use of severity as a priority setting criterion is supported by a large number of empirical studies of popular preferences. Further work is needed, however, to accurately estimate the strength of this support. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 28, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Koonal K. Shah Tags: Review Articles Source Type: journals

Local health campaigns to reduce lung cancers induced by radon and smoking—Who responds?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: The greatest risk factor for lung cancer is smoking, the second largest factor being raised radon levels at home. Initiatives to stop smoking and reduce domestic radon levels have met with some success, but in both cases a significant proportion of those affected have not taken action.The two risk factors combine, so that those who smoke and live in a house with high radon levels are at higher risk than if exposed to only one of the two threats. There is the potential for combined public health campaigns to better target those affected.Using postal questionnaires, we collected demographic information of those in ...
Source: Health Policy - August 27, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Antony Roger Denman, Karen Timson, George Shield, Christopher John Groves-Kirkby, Stephen Rogers, Jackie Ann Campbell, Paul Scott Phillips Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Methods for assessing the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions: Key challenges and recommendationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Although the existing empirical literature offers few insights on how to respond to these challenges, expert opinion suggests a number of ways forward. Much of what is suggested here has not yet been applied in practice, and there is an urgent need both for pilot studies and more methodological research. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 26, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Helen Weatherly, Michael Drummond, Karl Claxton, Richard Cookson, Brian Ferguson, Christine Godfrey, Nigel Rice, Mark Sculpher, Amanda Sowden Tags: Review Articles Source Type: journals

On evaluating the impact of flexibility enhancing strategies on the performance of nurse schedulesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Hospitals develop nurse schedules that cover a period of 4–6 weeks and are posted several weeks in advance. Once posted, changes to the schedule require voluntary participation by the nurses, making it difficult for hospitals to respond to changes in nursing needs and availability of nurses. At the same time, nursing needs’ forecasts developed several weeks in advance are often wrong. In each hospital setting, there may exist several promising strategies to enhance scheduling flexibility and reduce the mismatch between the nursing needs and the availability of nurses. However, methodologies to evaluate such s...
Source: Health Policy - August 21, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Wen-Ya Wang, Diwakar Gupta, Sandra Potthoff Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Improving post-stroke health outcomes: Can facilitated care help?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objectives of this study were (1) identifying the patterns of post-stroke care, (2) determining the care-provider and patient characteristics associated with optimal management of post-stroke care and (3) estimating the potential influence of various facilitated care policies on outcomes.Methodology: The 3946 subjects included in the study were admitted to one of Quebec's acute-care hospitals with confirmed diagnosis of stroke and subsequently discharged to their home. The records related to fee-for-service billings of this sample were obtained for the 3 months following discharge and used to define the care-provider p...
Source: Health Policy - August 20, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Beste Kucukyazici, Vedat Verter, Lyne Nadeau, Nancy E. Mayo Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Erratum to “News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States” [Health Policy 86 (2008) 42–52]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Subsequent analyses following the publication of Smith et al. (2008), News on tobacco and public attitudes toward smokefree air policies in the United States have revealed that the description provided of the data in this paper was inaccurate. The error in Smith et al. (2008) merits a correction to the description of the data, but does not change either the results presented or the conclusions drawn from them. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 19, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Katherine Clegg Smith, Catherine Siebel, Luu Pham, Juhee Cho, Rachel Friedman Singer, Frank Joseph Chaloupka, Michael Griswold, Melanie Wakefield Tags: Erratum Source Type: journals

Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Never married and the divorced have significantly higher age-adjusted odds ratios of poor self-rated health than the married/cohabitating group. Economic problems but not trust seem to affect the association between marital status and poor self-rated health. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 19, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Martin Lindström Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Pharmaceutical reforms: Implications through comparisons of Korea and JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: This paper compares the process and results of the reform which confined doctors to prescribing and pharmacists to dispensing in both Korea and Japan from comparative and politico-economic perspectives. At the present time, several years since the reforms were implemented, a ‘compulsory separation’ is being established in Korea. The claims containing antibiotics against the total claims from the doctor's clinic dropped from 55.7% in 2000 to 29.6%, and the number of drugs per claim from 5.9 in 2000 to 4.2 in 2008. Japan selected an ‘arbitrary separation’. Efforts to raise the rate of the ‘separation’ h...
Source: Health Policy - August 17, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Hyoung-Sun Jeong Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Abandoned babies and absent policiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Available literature indicates an absence of clear provision, policy and research on baby abandonment. Based on current understanding of maternal and child mental health issues likely to be involved in abandonment, existing UK strategy could be easily adapted to avoid the ‘learning from scratch’ approach. National policies on recording and handling of baby abandonments are urgently needed, and future efforts should be concentrated on establishing clear data collection frameworks to inform understanding, guide competent practice and enable successfully targeted interventions. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 17, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Joanne Mueller, Lorraine Sherr Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health SurveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: There is a need for detailed audits of cesarean section deliveries, nationally and at the facility level, in order to avoid unnecessary interventions in the context of high fertility, rising poverty and fragmented health services. Variations by governorate should be studied further for focused interventions. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 12, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Hanan F. Abdul-Rahim, Niveen “Mohammad Elias” Abu-Rmeileh, Laura Wick Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

A tutorial on discrete-event simulation for health policy design and decision making: Optimizing pediatric ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia as an illustrationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Discrete-event simulation is a valuable tool in the policymakers armentarium. It can be used effectively to analyze and understand complex healthcare systems and policy problems such as population screening. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 12, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Sabrina Ramwadhdoebe, Erik Buskens, Ralph J.B. Sakkers, James E. Stahl Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Public health, politicians’ decisions, and the citizenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If prioritisation in healthcare is required, Werntof and Edberg sadly observed that politicians will be afraid of displeasing voters, while physicians will be afraid of making medically incorrect decisions . They proposed that the citizens must take part in the debate. The facts are clear, but their proposal is far from enough. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 10, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Alain Braillon, Gérard Dubois Tags: Letter to the Editors Source Type: journals

Social determinants of emergency utilization associated with patterns of careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Disabled older adults staying at home were more likely to use ER compared to institutionalized individuals. More research is needed to identify the unmet healthcare needs and the quality of home care that may explain the high ER utilization rate. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 10, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Mei-Ju Chi, Shwu-Chong Wu, Ding-Cheng Chan, Chien-Chang Lee Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Uncertainty inclusion in budgeting technology adoption at a hospital level: Evidence from a multiple case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Policy makers should facilitate hospitals: (a) to develop a multi-disciplinary and evidence based practice for technology selection, (b) to assess and manage uncertainty, and (c) to build a reporting system regarding technology performance in order to build fair practices for technology selection and support continuous learning. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - August 3, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Emanuele Lettieri Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - July 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - July 30, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

Governance in non-for-profit hospitals: Effects of board members’ remuneration and expertise on CEO compensationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Although hospitals vary in terms of their governance structures, little research has focused on the effectiveness of these governance mechanisms through the study of executive contracting. Using a sample of 80 non-for-profit private hospitals in the Netherlands, I investigate whether differences in governance structures of hospitals are informative for explaining the variations in chief executive pay. After controlling for important economic determinants of CEO compensation in hospitals (i.e., type and size of the hospital, CEO type and job complexity, market conditions and performance attributes), the results su...
Source: Health Policy - July 29, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Eddy Cardinaels Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - July 22, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

Implementing new modes of governance in the New Zealand health system: An empirical studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The successful implementation of a mix of governance modes in New Zealand 2001–2004 was characterised by clear government policy, flexibility of approach and the appearance of an unintended network. In New Zealand there is less tendency than in some other some other small countries/jurisdictions towards centralisation, with local elections and community engagement policies providing an element of local participation, and accountability to the centre enhanced through political rather than bureaucratic mechanisms. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - July 21, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Pauline Barnett, Tim Tenbensel, Jacqueline Cumming, Clare Clayden, Toni Ashton, Megan Pledger, Mili Burnette Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Inequality of access to health care among the urban elderly in northwestern ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Our findings indicate a significant inequality of access to health care services among urban seniors in northwestern China. More appropriate health care policies should be developed to achieve the goal of greater equality of access to health care services for all. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - July 21, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Juhua Luo, Xiulan Zhang, Chenggang Jin, Dongmin Wang Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

The impact of information on patient preferences in different delivery patterns: A contingent valuation study of prescription versus OTC drugsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Our results shed light on one of the most challenging issues that health policy makers are currently faced with, namely the threat of a bird flu pandemic. Drug delivery is a critical component of pandemic influenza preparedness. Furthermore, the congruence of our results with the agency and demand theories provides an important test of the validity of using WTP based on CV methods. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - July 15, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Karine Lamiraud, Konrade von Bremen, Cam Donaldson Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

A framework for analysing migrant health policies in EuropeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article develops a framework to compare migrant health policies, focusing on England, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. The first issue addressed in the framework is data collection. All four countries collect migrant health data, but many methodological limitations remain. The second issue is targeting of population groups. Countries typically focus either on first generation immigrants or on ethnic minorities, but not both, despite the often divergent needs of the two groups. Another issue is whether specific diseases should take priority in migrant health policy. While communicable diseases, sexual and reproductiv...
Source: Health Policy - July 7, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Philipa Mladovsky Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Health services, psychiatry and citizenship in a globalizing world: A perspective from IrelandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Competing models of cultural integration present significant challenges and opportunities in the provision of public services to multi-ethnic, multi-cultural populations. In some countries, the mental health needs of refugees, voluntary migrants and ethnic minority groups are met by dedicated mental health services separate from generic services. For other countries, such developments present challenges in terms of integration objectives and public service provision in accordance with national policy. Nonetheless, given our profound, enduring attachments to culture, it appears reasonable that host societies shoul...
Source: Health Policy - June 28, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Brendan D. Kelly Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Where are healthcare providers? Exploring relationships between context and human resources for health Madhya Pradesh province, IndiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Overall density of qualified providers was low. Qualified physicians tended to be more densely situated in the relatively more urban districts. Access to healthcare providers for scheduled castes and tribes is different. More targeted approaches are necessary for improving access for scheduled castes. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 25, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Ayesha De Costa, Abdullah Al-Muniri, Vinod K. Diwan, Bo Eriksson Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - June 25, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals

Hospital investment policy in France: Pathways to efficiency and the efficiency of the pathwaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Data-production became almost an end in itself, threatening to undermine the objectives it sought to pursue. Nonetheless, extended deadlines entailed by ministerial intervention were appropriated as a resource by local actors, leading to ARH decisions which deviated from the official efficiency model, but resulted in increased effectiveness, taking fuller account of local conditions. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 23, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Isabelle Guerrero, Philippe R. Mossé, Vaughan Rogers Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

The choice of obstetric care by low-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands: Implications for policy and managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study analyses how various attributes of obstetric care, socio-economic characteristics and attitudes influence the decisions that these women make with regard to obstetric care. The method of discrete-choice experiment was applied in the process of data collection and analysis. The data were collected among low-risk nulliparous pregnant women. The analysis suggests that there are strong preferences among some Dutch women for a home birth. Nevertheless, the absence of a medical pain-relief treatment during home birth, might provide incentives for some women to opt for a birth in a hospital, especially at the end of th...
Source: Health Policy - June 18, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Milena Pavlova, Marijke Hendrix, Elvira Nouwens, Jan Nijhuis, Godefridus van Merode Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Utilization, cost, payment, and patient satisfaction of rehabilitative services in Shandong, ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Healthcare providers should consider offering TCM and western medicine for morbidities requiring rehabilitative services. In a more global healthcare marketplace, the convergence of these two treatment modalities can lead to higher patient satisfaction and more cost-effective treatments. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 17, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Mei Zhao, D. Rob Haley, JoAnn M. Nolin, Kerry Dunning, Jian Wang, Qiangsan Sun Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Problems and challenges for palliative care: What are the views of different stakeholders on the meso and macro level of the health system?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The recent political measures go into the right direction in order to further improve health care of severely ill and dying people in Germany. However, the effects on the health care system and on the routine delivery of care are uncertain. It is important to further develop palliative care on a broad societal, political and scientific base. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 17, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Nils Schneider, Sara Lena Lückmann, Mareike Behmann, Susanne Bisson Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Primary health care in New Zealand: Who has access?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Financial barriers to needed primary care exist for a substantial subgroup of people in New Zealand. A key policy lever is lowering cost barriers to make primary health care in general and dental care in particular more accessible. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 16, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Santosh Jatrana, Peter Crampton Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Funding health technologies in decentralized systems: A comparison between Italy and SpainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Although cost-containment policies in Europe are focusing increasingly on medical devices, the impact of these policies has yet to be fully investigated, particularly in cross-country settings. This paper analyses coverage, procurement, and reimbursement of three inpatient medical devices (coronary stent, knee endoprosthesis and implantable cardioverter defibrillator) in the Italian and Spanish healthcare systems. The research was carried out by reviewing published and grey literature, as well as national and regional legislation; in addition, 19 experts from hospitals and the industry were interviewed.In both co...
Source: Health Policy - June 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Giulia Cappellaro, Giovanni Fattore, Aleksandra Torbica Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Time-driven activity-based costing in an outpatient clinic environment: Development, relevance and managerial impactEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Healthcare managers are continuously urged to provide better patient services at a lower cost. To cope with these cost pressures, healthcare management needs to improve its understanding of the relevant cost drivers. Through a case study, we show how to perform a time-driven activity-based costing of five outpatient clinic's departments and provide evidence of the benefits of such an analysis. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 8, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Nathalie Demeere, Kristof Stouthuysen, Filip Roodhooft Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Drugs, sex, money and power: An HPV vaccine case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: In this paper we compare the experiences of seven industrialized countries in considering approval and introduction of the world's first cervical cancer-preventing vaccine. Based on case studies, articles from public agencies, professional journals and newspapers we analyse the public debate about the vaccine, examine positions of stakeholder groups and their influence on the course and outcome of this policy process. The analysis shows that the countries considered here approved the vaccine and established related immunization programs exceptionally quickly even though there still exist many uncertainties as to ...
Source: Health Policy - June 8, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Marion Haas, Toni Ashton, Kerstin Blum, Terkel Christiansen, Elena Conis, Luca Crivelli, Meng Kin Lim, Melanie Lisac, Margaret MacAdam, Sophia Schlette Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Hospital supplements in Belgium: Price variation and regulationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Currently the price setting behavior of providers lacks transparency. Protective regulation could be refined by taking into account the longer length of stay of vulnerable groups. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 8, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Ann Lecluyse, Carine Van de Voorde, Diana De Graeve, Erik Schokkaert, Tom Van Ourti Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Purchasing health care in China: Competing or non-competing third-party purchasers?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Objectives: China's government has decided to increase government funding by 1–1.5% of the Gross Domestic Products in the health care sector. However, it is still a question how to turn the new funding into efficient health care.Methods: To help to answer this question we analyze three prototype models of organizing the health care system that may be relevant for China, namely the “Government provision model”, the “regulated market with non-competing third-party purchasers”, and the “regulated market with competing third-party purchasers”. The pre- and post-reform English health care system and the ...
Source: Health Policy - June 7, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Weiwei Xu, Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Health system strengthening in Cambodia—A case study of health policy response to social transitionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Despite the internationally recognized health policy flexibility and innovation demonstrated in Cambodia, policy response still lags well behind the reality of social transition. In order to minimize the delay between transition and response, new policy making tactics are required in order to provide more flexible and timely responses to the ongoing social transition and its impacts on population health needs in the lowest socio-economic quintiles. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - June 7, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: John Grundy, Qiu Yi Khut, Sophal Oum, Peter Annear, Veng Ky Tags: Review Article Source Type: journals

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 systemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Innovative health technologies are often the focus of attention. However, in the allocation of public resources for improving health, the focus should be on the health needs of the population. It is the need that should be analyzed first, and decision makers should then evaluate the full range of interventions available, whether new or old, to meet this need. This is in contrast to analyzing the technology first and then characterizing the need it meets, which is the current practice in reimbursement decision-making in several countries. The identified health need should define national health goals, and these go...
Source: Health Policy - May 31, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Oren Shavit Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Decision makers’ experiences of prioritisation and views about how to finance healthcare costsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This study do not answer the question about how to make prioritisation in health care but the result highlights the different ways that the decision makers view the subject and thereby elicit that publicly elected politicians and physicians perhaps not always work with the same goal ahead. There are needs for more research but also more media focus on the subject so the citizens will be aware and take part in the debate. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - May 31, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Elisabet Werntoft, Anna-Karin Edberg Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Who is giving up the free lunch? The insured patients’ decision to access health insurance benefits and its determinants: Evidence from a low-income countryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Although health insurance has the potential of increasing access and reducing the financial burden of health care utilization, Vietnam's experience clearly suggests that these benefits may not be fully realized as long as the quality of care remains low and the high opportunity costs of accessing insurance benefits deter the insured from accessing benefits. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - May 31, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Ardeshir Sepehri, Sisira Sarma, John Serieux Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

A future estimate of physician distribution in hospitals and clinics in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: It is important to discuss the appropriate sharing of roles, responsibilities, and cooperation among medical facilities in line with the observed changes of career paths and physician distributions (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - May 28, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Soichi Koike, Hideo Yasunaga, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroo Ide, Tomoko Kodama, Tomoaki Imamura Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Activity-based costing evaluation of a [18F]-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The cost of FDG-PET is mainly influenced by the cost of the radiopharmaceutical. Therefore, the latter rather than the operational time should be reduced in order to improve its cost-effectiveness. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - May 14, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Bruno Krug, Annie Van Zanten, Anne-Sophie Pirson, Ralph Crott, Thierry Vander Borght Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

Planning for what? Challenging the assumptions of health human resources planningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Even in the short time period covered, our analysis shows that health care needs by age are changing over time in Canada. (Source: Health Policy)
Source: Health Policy - May 13, 2009 Category: Health Management Authors: Gail Tomblin Murphy, George Kephart, Lynn Lethbridge, Linda O’Brien-Pallas, Stephen Birch Tags: Original Articles Source Type: journals

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Source: Health Policy - May 11, 2009 Category: Health Management Source Type: journals