Health Policy

Article	Citations
Exploring the reasons behind low COVID-19 vaccination coverage in ethnic minorities–A qualitative study among Arabic-speaking public in Denmark	114
The analogue substitution model: Introducing competition in the absence of generic substitution in Danish hospitals	109
The effect of a nighttime curfew on the spread of COVID-19	109
Private provision of health services in Ukraine: A qualitative exploration of current policy challenges, and considerations for reform	108
Editorial Board	92
Follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees: A comparison of nine north-western European countries	71
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Evaluation of a national e-booking system for medical consultation in primary care in a universal health system	63
Editorial Board	61
Was priority setting included in the Canadian COVID-19 pandemic planning and preparedness? A comparative analysis of COVID-19 pandemic plans from eight provinces and three territories	56
The ethics of behaviour-based insurance models: Solidarity-based concerns in Germany's statutory health insurance	53
Physicians’ responses to time pressure: Experimental evidence on treatment quality and documentation behaviour	48
Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary	47
Progressivity of out-of-pocket costs under Australia's universal health care system: A national linked data study	46
Commentary on “The learning rehabilitation system: Strengthening an intersectoral strategy to improve functioning of an ageing population” by Bickenbach et al.	45
The impact of C-level positions on hospital performance: A scoping review of top management team outcomes	44
Does default organ donation registration compromise autonomous choice? Public responses to a new donor registration system	41
Sources of specialist physician fee variation: Evidence from Australian health insurance claims data	39
Incremental net benefit of whole genome sequencing for newborns and children with suspected genetic disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-effectiveness evidence	39
Assessing patients’ acceptable and realised distances to determine accessibility standards for the size of catchment areas in outpatient care	38
Strategic workforce planning in health and social care – an international perspective: A scoping review	37
Immigrants’ self-perceived barriers to healthcare: A systematic review of quantitative evidence in European countries	36
Which factors influence the decision of hospitals to provide procedures on an outpatient basis? –Mixed-methods evidence from Germany	36
The launch of the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Improving global pandemic preparedness?	35
Should we screen for lung cancer? A 10-country analysis identifying key decision-making factors	34

The impact of changing the reference countries on the list prices for patented medicines in Canada: A policy analysis	32
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Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries: A quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile	32
Could hospitals operating through a value-based healthcare policy overcome potential management drawbacks in European healthcare?	32
The case for individualised public health interventions: Smoking prevalence and inequalities in Northern Ireland 1985-2015	31
Service-, needs-, and quality-based hospital capacity planning – The evolution of a revolution in Switzerland	30
Impact of implementation timing on the effectiveness of stay-at-home requirement under the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from the Italian Case	30
The resistance toward COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A study of psychological reactance among young adults in Italy	29
Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a large national survey	29
Regarding caregivers’ willingness to pay for digital support services: Comparative survey	29
Towards population-based payment models in a multiple-payer system: the case of the Netherlands	29
Europeanization of health policy in post-communist European societies: Comparison of six Western Balkan countries	28
Do health insurers use target marketing as a tool for risk selection? Evidence from the Netherlands	28
Tensions and opportunities in the roles of senior public health officials in Canada: A qualitative study	27
Do international medical graduates’ recruitment policies help to overcome healthcare shortage areas in developed countries? A systematic review	27
Impact of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse outcomes among older delayed discharge patients: Implications for healthcare policy	26
Freedom of choice and health services’ performance: Evidence from a national health system	26
A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants?	24
The use of social return on investment approaches to evaluate integrated long-term care in high-income countries: A scoping review	24
Improving health and sustainability: Patterns of red and processed meat consumption across generations	24
Decision making under deep uncertainty for pandemic policy planning	23
Effectiveness of pay for performance to non-physician health care providers: A systematic review	22
COVID-19 vaccinations: An overview of the Italian national health system's online communication from a citizen perspective	22
Promoting innovation while controlling cost: The UK's approach to health technology assessment	22
Strategic cost-shifting in long-term care. Evidence from the Netherlands	21
RSV prevention options for infants and older adults: A specific expanding competitive arena	21
A critical review of methodologies used in pharmaceutical pricing policy analyses	21
Editorial Board	21
Towards effective policy measures to reduce informal payments in healthcare: addressing sample selection bias and measurement error in surveys	21
Erratum Regarding Previously Published Articles	20
Barriers to Responsiveness and Provision of Dignified care: A qualitative study of Israeli Physicians	20
‘Accident and emergency’? Exploring the reasons for increased privatisation in England's NHS	20
Advancing international comparison of pharmaceutical industry funding of patient advocacy: Focus on Denmark	20
Making recommendations to subsidize new health technologies in Australia: A qualitative study of decision-makers’ perspectives on committee processes	20
Shall we call for a doctor? How to build trust toward AI in healthcare: Insights from a Polish cross-sectional preference study	20
The role of health and health systems in promoting social capital, political participation and peace: A narrative review	20
Centralizing and decentralizing governance in the COVID-19 pandemic: The politics of credit and blame	19
Lived experience of out-of-pocket costs of health care and medicines by people with chronic conditions and their families in Australia: a systematic review of the qualitative literature	19
Won't you stay just a little bit longer? A discrete choice experiment of UK doctors’ preferences for delaying retirement	19
Communication difficulties and strategies in migrant mental healthcare: A European survey of health and social care professionals	18
Cross-border healthcare collaborations in Europe (2007–2017): Moving towards a European Health Union?	18
The end of an era? Activity-based funding based on diagnosis-related groups: A review of payment reforms in the inpatient sector in 10 high-income countries	18
Mental health between present issues and future expectations	18
Frameworks, theories and models used in the development of health policies: A systematic review of systematic reviews	18
The development of a discrete choice experiment: Investigating pharmacy selection in New Zealand	18
Italian national policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia and Umbria Regions	18
Munich goes viral: Measuring the impact of the Oktoberfest on COVID-19 infection rates using difference-in-differences	18
How does nudging the COVID-19 vaccine play out in people who are in doubt about vaccination?	17
The contested authority of international institutions in global health	17
Is there a bias in patient choices for hospital care? Evidence from three Italian regional health systems	17

Effects of cost sharing on long-term care service utilization among home-dwelling older adults in Japan	16
Market diffusion of biosimilars in off-patent biologic drug markets across Europe	16
Mortality risk factors in Catalonia’s long-term care system: A population-based survival analysis	16
Satisfaction with primary health care in Ukraine in 2016–2020: A difference-in-differences analysis on repeated cross-sectional data	16
Community pharmacists as vaccinators in the Italian SARS-CoV-2 immunization campaign: implications beyond the pandemic	16
Should the governance of individual treatment attempts (“Individuelle Heilversuche”) include praxis evaluation? Results from qualitative stakeholder interviews.	16
Women's choices of hospital for breast cancer surgery in Italy: Quality and equity implications	16
Development of a practical framework and indicators for monitoring integrated long-term health and care needs and service use	15
Risky restrictions? Mobility restriction effects on risk awareness and anxiety	15
What are the policy options for regulating private equity involvement in health care? A review of policies implemented or considered in seven high-income countries	15
Accounting for morbidity in capitation payments: A person-based workload formula for primary medical care in England	15
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General Practitioners activity patterns: the medium-term impacts of Primary Care Teams in France	14
A global comparative analysis of the the inclusion of priority setting in national COVID-19 pandemic plans: A reflection on the methods and the accessibility of the plans	14
Pharmaceutical net price transparency across european markets: Insights from a multi-agent simulation model	14
Lessons learned from the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative for future risk-sharing and managed access agreements for pharmaceutical and advanced therapies in Canada	14
Would universal general practitioner care impact Irish adolescents’ utilisation?	14
Assessing the equity and coverage policy sensitivity of financial protection indicators in Europe	13
Priority setting in times of crises: an analysis of priority setting for the COVID-19 response in the Western Pacific Region	13
Policy recommendations for healthcare authorities, organizations and professionals on vaccine hesitancy in Europe: From evidence to practice	13
Integrated care in the Baltic countries over a five-year period: an expert-informed cross-country analysis of progress, challenges and future directions	13
Effects of giving psychologists prescriptive authority: Evidence from a natural experiment in the United States	13
Promoting outpatient medication safety in Finland: A mid-term review of a national medication safety programme for community pharmacies (2021–2026)	13
Multiple job holding and its influencing factors among Belgian nurses: A cross-sectional study	13
Scaling up integrated care: Can community hospitals be an answer? A multiple-case study from the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy	13
Exploring differences in performance management across public and private providers in primary care: Evidence from Finland and Sweden	13
Variations and inequities in access to cardiac diagnostic services in Ontario Canada	13
Common institutional ownership and the erosion of competition in the American health insurance market: A quantitative analysis	12
Income-related inequality in smoking habits: A comparative assessment in the European Union	12
Loneliness in Europe before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Factors influencing the experience of empowerment in Flemish (proxy) budget holders: A regression analysis	12
Editorial Board	12
Healthcare utilization patterns for knee and hip osteoarthritis before and after changes in national health insurance coverage: a data linkage study from the Netherlands	12
Policies and strategies to control antimicrobial resistance in livestock production: A comparative analysis of national action plans in European Union Member States	12
Exploring financial challenges of students and early-career professionals working in the healthcare sector: A scoping review	12
How COVID-19 illness perceptions and individual shocks are associated with trust during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa	12
Perspectives from gambling expert stakeholders in relation to electronic gaming machines in New Zealand	12
Does financial incentive for diabetes management in the primary care setting reduce avoidable hospitalizations and mortality in high-income countries? A systematic review	12
Patient expectations do matter - Experimental evidence on antibiotic prescribing decisions among hospital-based physicians	12
Early access programs for medical devices in France: Overview of recent reforms and outcomes (2015-2022)	12
Determinants of time to access to EMA-approved cancer drugs in Spanish NHS in the past decade: a two cohorts study	12
A systematic review of policies regulating or removing mark-ups in the pharmaceutical supply and distribution chain	11
HTA criteria adopted in different models of public healthcare systems for orphan drugs: A scoping review	11
“My problems aren't severe enough to seek help”: Stress levels and use of mental health supports by Canadian hospital employees during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Backlogs, waiting times and waiting lists of elective surgeries across OECD countries	11
Evaluation of the implementation experiences of the Hungarian integrated care coordination pilot	11
Strengthening diagnostic services in Latin America requires regional leadership, sustainable funding, and enhanced data sharing	11
A good start for all children: Integrating early-life course medical and social care through Solid Start, the Netherlands’ nationwide action programme	11
Comparative analysis of tuberculosis management in Indigenous North Canada and Alaska, USA from 1950s to 2019	11
How do HTA agencies perceive conditional approval of medicines? Evidence from England, Scotland, France and Canada	11
How do strategy, scanning, and assessment shape decision-making on technologies in hospitals? insights from a qualitative study in Dutch hospitals	11
‘Uncharted territory’: The experiences of health and social care practitioners in a multi-agency collaboration to support integrated service provision for children and young people in a disadvantaged	11
Long-term public healthcare burden associated with intimate partner violence among Canadian women: A cohort study	11
New government, old habits? The opportunity for a turning point in prevention health policies in Germany is now!	11
Methodological approaches to measuring mental health in a cost-of-living crisis: A rapid review	11
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Social innovation management to support integrated care: Insights from an Italian revelatory case study	11
The introduction of maximum reimbursement prices for digital health applications in Germany in 2022: Current developments	10
Theories, models and frameworks for health systems integration. A scoping review	10
How do busy hospital circumstances affect mortality and readmission within 60 days: A cohort study of 680 000 acute admissions in Norway	10
The role of private equity funds in healthcare: trends, impact and policy responses	10
Urban–rural disparities in hospital admissions for depression in Austria	10
Alignment and authority: Federalism, social policy, and COVID-19 response	10
Availability of primary care and avoidable attendance at English emergency departments: A regression analysis	10
Price regulation and competition among on-patent anticancer drugs in Italy	10
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Variation in attendance at emergency departments in England across local areas: A system under unequal pressure	10
30 years of primary health care reforms in Estonia: The role of financial incentives to achieve a multidisciplinary primary health care system	10
Developing the 2020-2030 mental health strategy for Malta: Addressing the needs of a small island state undergoing rapid socioeconomic transition	10
Drug company methodologies used for reporting in the UK pharmaceutical industry payment transparency database between 2015 and 2019: A content analysis	10
Are long-term care systems aligned with person-centered integrated care? Evidence from the Western Pacific	10
Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later	10
Measuring the importance of different barriers to opioid agonist treatment using best-worst scaling in an Australian setting	10
Passing on the hot potato. Dutch municipalities under financial pressure have incentives to shift the costs of social care for older people to the central government	10
Disparities in the organisation of national healthcare systems for treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis across Europe	10
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The impact of physician exits in primary care: A study of practice handovers	10
The Impact of reference pricing on prescribing patterns, costs, and health services utilization of proton pump inhibitors: A quasi-experimental study in British Columbia, Canada	10
Implementation of the European health data space: a qualitative study on expectations of health data experts from 23 countries	9
New Zealand's world-first smokefree legislation 'goes up in smoke': A setback in ending the tobacco epidemic	9

The 2017 reform to medical specialty training in Czechia: Exploring student career preferences	9
Twenty years evaluating the health impact of urban policies in the city of Barcelona	9
An impact evaluation of the strategy for normal birth care on caesarean section rates and perinatal mortality in Spain	9
Association between socioeconomic disadvantage and low-value care in acute care hospitals in Japan: Cross-sectional study	9
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression in older adults: A panel data analysis	9
A historical overview of policy perspectives towards informal care in Taiwan (1996-2023)	9
Individual performance-based incentives for health care workers in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries: a systematic literature review	9
The impact of benefits coverage expansion of social health insurance: Evidence from Korea	9
COVID-19 and healthcare worker mental well-being: Comparative case studies on interventions in six countries	9
European countries' responses in ensuring sufficient physical infrastructure and workforce capacity during the first COVID-19 wave	9
Understanding the impact of minimum staff level policies on the ward nursing team: Insights from a qualitative research study conducted in Germany	9
Evaluating whole system reforms: A structured approach for selecting multiple outcomes	8
How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region	8
Lessons learned from a pay-for-performance scheme for appropriate prescribing using electronic health records from general practices in the Netherlands	8
Preferences of older adults for healthcare models designed to improve care coordination: Evidence from Western Switzerland	8
What matters most to the population in case of chronic conditions? Results from a discrete choice experiment in Italy	8
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A review of the sustainability of vaccine funding across Europe and implications for post-COVID policymaking	8
Promoting early-intervention for suicide prevention: The role of mental health literacy and attitudes towards suicide: A quantitative study in Ireland.	8
The use of patient-reported outcome and experience measures for health policy purposes: A scoping review in oncology	8
A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America	8
Regarding the Swedish model for prioritizing research on the use of antibiotics: Aligning public funding with research gaps	8
Mitigating health policy fragmentation through interlocks. The networks between American and Swiss public-private partnerships	8
Using outcome measures in sub-national level performance management: When and under what circumstances?	8
Amortization of gene replacement therapies: A health policy analysis exploring a mechanism for mitigating budget impact of high-cost treatments	8
Regulatory approaches towards AI Medical Devices: A comparative study of the United States, the European Union and China	8
The impact of health on labour market outcomes: A rapid systematic review	7
The use intention of hospital report cards among patients in the presence or absence of patient-reported outcomes	7
Corrigendum to ’ Same Day Discharge Strategy by Default in a Tertiary Catheterization Laboratory. Value Based Healthcare-Change in Practice.’ [Health Policy, Volume 132, June 2023, 104826, ISSN 0168-8	7
The transition towards community-based mental health care in the European Union: Current realities and prospects	7
Has public support for solidarity in healthcare financing in the Netherlands changed over time? A repeated cross-sectional study	7
Forgone Care of doctor's visits in Germany – Results from three cross-sectional surveys	7
High health system performance, low health system resilience: Navigating vulnerability – an illustrative example using Small and Island States	7
Barriers and facilitators of meaningful patient participation at the collective level in healthcare organizations: A systematic review	7
Evaluating engagement with equity in Canadian provincial and territorial primary care policies: Results of a jurisdictional scan	7
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The second Trump administration: A policy analysis of challenges and opportunities for European health policymakers	7
The modernisation of newborn screening as a pan-European challenge – An international delphi study	7
Identifying the most effective policies for minimising inappropriate use of antibiotics: A replicability study using three WHO datasets	7
Virtual clinics versus face-to-face review: Is the benefit the same for new orthopaedic patients?	7
Private sector expansion and the widening NHS treatment gap between rich and poor in England: Admissions for NHS-funded elective primary hip and knee replacements between 1997/98 and 2018/19	7
Don't stand so close to me: Perceptions of others’ compliance with COVID-19 recommendations and support for strict policy measures in Norway	7
Gender diversity and healthcare performance: A quantitative analysis from the Italian health system	7
Co-developing an inclusive interprofessional health workforce minimum data standard for enhanced planning and decision-making: A Canadian case with international relevance	7
How and why do health system factors influence general dentists’ participation in publicly funded, contracted primary dental care services: A realist review	7
A comparative assessment of action plans on antimicrobial resistance from OECD and G20 countries using natural language processing	7
The role of private equity in the German outpatient sector	6
Overseas general practitioners (GPs) and opioid prescriptions in England	6
Environmental co-benefits of health policies to reduce meat consumption: A narrative review	6
Private equity expansion and impacts in united states healthcare	6
Defining a risk-adjustment formula for the introduction of population-based payments for primary care in France	6
A country-level analysis comparing hospital capacity and utilisation during the first COVID-19 wave across Europe	6
Corrigendum to ‘The Impact of ‘Conscientious Objection’ on Abortion-Related Outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence’	6
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations and socioeconomic status in Switzerland: A small area-level analysis	6
Meso-organisational determinants of healthcare workers’ resilience: results of a scoping review	6
The Swedish model for prioritising research on the use of antibiotics: Aligning public funding with research gaps	6
Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada	6
Development of an evidence-based reference framework for care coordination with a focus on the micro level of integrated care: A mixed method design study combining scoping review of reviews and nomin	6
Disentangling the impact of alternative payment models and associated service delivery models on quality of chronic care: A scoping review	6
Is health financing fair? Evidence from 29 countries on the progressivity of health care revenue collection	6
Patient mobility within national borders. Drivers and politics of cross-border healthcare agreements in the Spanish decentralized system	6
Predictors of Croatian nurses' turnover intention: A cross-sectional study	6
Corrigendum to “Mitigating the regressivity of private mechanisms of financing healthcare: An Assessment of 29 countries” [Health Policy 143 (2024) 105058]	6
Impact of time of diagnosis on out-of-pocket costs of cancer treatment, a side effect of health insurance design in Australia.	6
Understanding the influences on the design and delivery of an integrated child health and social care service in underserved communities in the UK: A qualitative exploration using the SELFIE framework	6
The impact of a medical residents' walkout on mortality rates in South Korea, 2024	6
Stimulating implementation of clinical practice guidelines in hospital care from a central guideline organization perspective: A systematic review	6
The challenge of the first 1000 days. The dynamics of early-life health inequalities in a universal healthcare system: Evidence from Italy	6
Early access to medicines with added therapeutic value: Measuring and comparing time to medicines access in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain	6
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on temporal trends of workplace violence against healthcare workers in the emergency department	6
Contact time in GP Care: Descriptive patterns and a scoping review of the literature	5
Exploration of current challenges in rehabilitation from the perspective of healthcare professionals: Switzerland as a case in point	5
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The influenza vaccination's impact elderly's health outcomes in Catalonia (Spain)	5
How to detect hospitals where quality would not be jeopardized by health cost savings? A methodological approach using DEA with SBM analysis	5
Development of an organizational typology of interprofessional primary care teams in Quebec, Canada: A multivariate analysis	5
Operationalising public trust for health policymakers - A qualitative study in the EU, France, Italy, and Switzerland	5
Impact of quality clusters on antibiotic prescribing patterns. A difference-in-differences study from Danish general practice	5
Health and health system effects on poverty: A narrative review of global evidence	5
Actors’ awareness of network governance in Child Welfare and Healthcare service networks	5
Primary prevention in hospitals in 20 high-income countries in Europe – A case of not “Making Every Contact Count”?	5
Emotions associated with teleconsultation: An analysis of users' messages on X (Twitter) in Chile	5
Equal access to primary care – A reference for spatial allocation in Germany	5
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The effects of private equity ownership in U.S. nursing homes quality and financial performance: A systematic review	5
Reframing the evaluation of integrated care; examples from the NHS in England	5
The right to health for socioeconomically disadvantaged TB patients in South Korea: An AAAQ framework analysis	5
Equity in healthcare financing: A review of evidence	5
Impact of local sports policies in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease: An assessment with spatial data analysis	5
Impact of territorial case management on hospital admissions for complex chronic patients in Catalonia (Spain)	5
New legal forms in health services: Evaluation of a Spanish public policy	5
The availability of emergency contraception from family health centers in Turkey	5
The role of contextual factors in decision-making by General Practitioners on paediatric referral to the Emergency Department in Ireland: A Discrete Choice Experiment	5
Opportunities for healthcare digitalization in Europe: Comparative analysis of inequalities in access to medical services	5
The expression of ‘policy’ in palliative care: A critical review	5