Health Policy

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Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scal	235
Development of an organizational typology of interprofessional primary care teams in Quebec, Canada: A multivariate analysis	94
Health care provider payment schemes and their changes since 2010 across nine Central and Eastern European countries – a comparative analysis	76
Caregiver preferences and willingness-to-pay for home care services for older people with dementia: A discrete choice experiment in the Milan metropolitan area	68
Erratum to “The long-run effect of COVID-19 on hospital emergency department attendances:evidence from statistical analysis of hospital data from England” [Health Policy 150 (2024) 105168]	59
Variation in day surgery rates across Irish public hospitals	57
Public reporting in five health care areas: A comparative content analysis across nine countries	51
Reforms to the patented medicine prices review board and the introduction of new drugs in Canada: An observational study	46
Public versus private access in the Italian NHS - The use of propensity score matching to provide more insight on the increasing adoption of voluntary health insurance	44
Needs of non-pharmacological management versus sedation or general anesthesia for dental treatment in older adults with special needs: A systematic review	44
Immigrants’ self-perceived barriers to healthcare: A systematic review of quantitative evidence in European countries	44
Physicians’ Responses to Time Pressure: Experimental Evidence on Treatment Quality and Documentation Behaviour	43
An evaluation of the COVID-19 self-service digital contact tracing system in New Zealand	40
Incremental net benefit of whole genome sequencing for newborns and children with suspected genetic disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-effectiveness evidence	38
How to detect hospitals where quality would not be jeopardized by health cost savings? A methodological approach using DEA with SBM analysis	35
Understanding eating choices among university students: A study using data from cafeteria cashiers’ transactions	34
Healthcare utilisation by diabetic patients in Denmark: the role of primary care in reducing emergency visits	34
Exploring the reasons behind low COVID-19 vaccination coverage in ethnic minorities–A qualitative study among Arabic-speaking public in Denmark	33
Prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination. The added value of the “VALIDATE” approach	33
Effectiveness of measures to preserve labour and childbirth companionship at the times of COVID-19 outbreak	32
AI maturity in health care: An overview of 10 OECD countries	32
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Toward future triage regulations: Investigating preferred allocation principles of the German public	30
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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	29
Measuring the importance of different barriers to opioid agonist treatment using best-worst scaling in an Australian setting	28
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Lessons learned from the Baltic countries’ response to the first wave of COVID-19	26
Enforcing the right to health in private health systems through Judicialization what can we learn from the scoping review of the cross-national perspective?	25
Needs, issues, and expectations on dementia care at home across Europe to inform policy development: Findings from a transnational research study	25
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	25
Integrating planetary health into healthcare: A document analysis	25
Common patterns in the public reporting of waiting time and waiting list information: Findings from a sample of OECD jurisdictions	24
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Responsive patient care in Israel: A qualitative study of hospital rules and regulations	24
Financial configurations of Italian private hospitals: an evolutionary analysis	23
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Reduction of the emergency activity, during the Covid 19 Italian lockdown, what's the lesson to learn?	22
Assessing patients’ acceptable and realised distances to determine accessibility standards for the size of catchment areas in outpatient care	22
Economic sanctions and spread of infectious diseases	22
Evaluation of a national e-booking system for medical consultation in primary care in a universal health system	22
30 years of primary health care reforms in Estonia: The role of financial incentives to achieve a multidisciplinary primary health care system	22
Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces: A jurisdictional scan	20
Informal out-of-pocket payments experience and individuals’ willingness-to-pay for healthcare services in Greece	20
A reversal of fortune: Comparison of health system responses to COVID-19 in the Visegrad group during the early phases of the pandemic	20
The 2021 plan for hospital care centralization in Poland – When politics overwhelms the policy process	20
Tackling medicine shortages during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Compilation of governmental policy measures and developments in 38 countries	19
The need to strengthen the evaluation of the impact of Artificial Intelligence-based decision support systems on healthcare provision	19
Health literacy, governance and systems leadership contribute to the implementation of the One Health approach: a virtuous circle	19
The availability of emergency contraception from family health centers in Turkey	18
Organization and quality of care in patient-sharing networks	18
Pay-for-performance and patient safety in acute care: A systematic review	18
Improving hospital nurse staffing during the pandemic: Implementation of the 2019 Fund for Health Care Staff in Belgium	18
Supporting evidence-informed policy making in rehabilitation: A logic framework for continuous improvement of rehabilitation programs	18
The impact of health expenditures on mortality in England: Assessing plausibility	18
New legal forms in health services: Evaluation of a Spanish public policy	18
NHS action on social and economic development in England: Vague national policy expectations	17
The analogue substitution model: Introducing competition in the absence of generic substitution in Danish hospitals	17
Theories, models and frameworks for health systems integration. A scoping review	17
Editorial Board	17
Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial responses in 2020 in selected social health insurance countries in Europe	17
School openings and the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A provincial-level analysis using the synthetic control method	17
When patients get stuck: A systematic literature review on throughput barriers in hospital-wide patient processes	17
Germany's national public health gets reorganized: A new institute shall take center stage	16
Political determinants of COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine rollouts: The case of regional elections in Italy and Spain	16
Long-term impact of unhealthy food tax on consumption and the drivers behind: A longitudinal study in Hungary	16
Concentrating stroke care provision in the Czech Republic: The establishment of Stroke Centres in 2011 has led to improved outcomes	16
The effect of a nighttime curfew on the spread of COVID-19	16
The role of the European Union in global health: The EU’s self-perception(s) within the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Classifying the WHO European countries by noncommunicable diseases and risk factors	15
Potentially inappropriate prescriptions: Associations with the health insurance contract and the quality of the patient–physician relationship?	15
Which factors influence the decision of hospitals to provide procedures on an outpatient basis? –Mixed-methods evidence from Germany	15

The paradox of the COVID-19 pandemic: The impact on patient demand in Japanese hospitals	15
Social innovation management to support integrated care: Insights from an Italian revelatory case study	14
Substitutes or complements between informal and formal home care in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging: Functional impairment as an effect modifier	14
Incentivizing appropriate prescribing in primary care: Development and first results of an electronic health record-based pay-for-performance scheme	14
Does default organ donation registration compromise autonomous choice? Public responses to a new donor registration system	14
The association of hospital profitability and digital maturity – An explorative study using data from the German DigitalRadar project	14
Does an alignment of employment policies and individual preferences affect intention to stay in the profession? Evidence from Canadian Midwives	14
The shift from inpatient care to outpatient care in Switzerland since 2017: Policy processes and the role of evidence	14
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED): A systematic mixed-methods review focusing on the carers’ experiences	14
The effect of commissioning on Portuguese Primary Health Care units’ performance: A four-year national analysis	14
How have casemix, cost and hospital stay of inpatients in the last year of life changed over the past decade? Evidence from Italy	14
Teleconsultation adoption since COVID-19: Comparison of barriers and facilitators in primary care settings in Hong Kong and the Netherlands	14
Variation in attendance at emergency departments in England across local areas: A system under unequal pressure	13
Surgical reorganization during the COVID-19 pandemic and impact on case-mix and surgical site infections: A multicenter cohort study in Italy	13
Lockdown support, trust and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: Insights from the second national lockdown in France	13
Decomposition of socioeconomic inequalities in catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for healthcare in Canada	13
Building on value-based health care: Towards a health system perspective	13
Residents' choice of a placement in periphery hospitals in Israel: The significance of personal/family and professional considerations	13
How do busy hospital circumstances affect mortality and readmission within 60 days: A cohort study of 680 000 acute admissions in Norway	13
Sources of specialist physician fee variation: Evidence from Australian health insurance claims data	13
Progressivity of out-of-pocket costs under Australia's universal health care system: A national linked data study	13
Educational attainment affects the diagnostic time in type 2 diabetes mellitus and the mortality risk of those enrolled in the diabetes pay-for-performance program	12
Stakeholder point of view on prescription drug affordability - a systematic literature review and content analysis	12
Comparing public policies impacting prescribing and medication management in primary care in two Canadian provinces	12
Co-benefits from health and health systems to education	12
Surgical procedures in inpatient versus outpatient settings and its potential impact on follow-up costs	12
Value assessment of antimicrobials using the STEDI framework – How steady is the outcome?	12
How to make universal, voluntary testing for COVID-19 work? A behavioural economics perspective	12
Incentives for physician teams: Effectiveness of performance feedback and payment distribution methods	12
Prevalence, predictors and reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Results of a global online survey	12
Multiple jobholding and part-time work among nurses in long-term care homes compared to other healthcare sectors: Evidence from Ontario	11
Induced demand in kidney replacement therapy	11
Does more investment in primary care improve health system performance?	11
Should we screen for lung cancer? A 10-country analysis identifying key decision-making factors	11
Establishing a national HTA program for medical devices in Italy: Overhauling a fragmented system to ensure value and equal access to new medical technologies	11
The beginnings of health system transformation: How Ontario Health Teams are implementing change in the context of uncertainty	11
The launch of the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA): Improving global pandemic preparedness?	11
Same Day Discharge Strategy by Default in a Tertiary Catheterization Laboratory in Belgium: Value Based Healthcare-Change in Practice	11
Challenges facing primary health care in federated government systems: Implementation of Primary Health Networks in Australian states and territories	11
The impact of collaborative organisational models and general practice size on patient safety and quality of care in the English National Health Service: A systematic review	11
The role of contextual factors in decision-making by General Practitioners on paediatric referral to the Emergency Department in Ireland: A Discrete Choice Experiment	11
Bad law or implementation flaws? Lessons from the implementation of the new law on epidemics during the response to the first wave of COVID-19 in Switzerland	11
Health reforms in the United States: The outlook after Biden's first 100 days	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	10
Effects of lower screening activity during the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer patient pathways: Evidence from the age cut-off of organized screening	10
Policy stringency and the spread of COVID-19: The moderating role of culture and its implications on first responses	10
A comparison of social prescribing approaches across twelve high-income countries	10
General practitioners’ views on the influence of long-term care reforms on integrated elderly care in the Netherlands: a qualitative interview study	10
Digital health policy decoded: Mapping national strategies using Donabedian's model	10
The role of education in psychological response to adverse health shocks	10
Facilitators and barriers for implementing patient-reported outcome measures in clinical care: An academic center's initial experience	10
COVID-19 vaccinations: An overview of the Italian national health system's online communication from a citizen perspective	9
Physical activity policy implementation and physical activity levels in the European Union: Are we on track to close the gap between policy and practice?	9
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Do international medical graduates’ recruitment policies help to overcome healthcare shortage areas in developed countries? A systematic review	9
The impact of benefits coverage expansion of social health insurance: Evidence from Korea	9
The impact of patient and public involvement in health research versus healthcare: A scoping review of reviews	9
Follow-up regimes for sick-listed employees: A comparison of nine north-western European countries	9
Urban–rural disparities in hospital admissions for depression in Austria	9
Associations of health services utilization by prescription drug coverage and immigration category in Ontario, Canada	9
Barriers and facilitators to integrated primary care from the perspective of people with chronic conditions and multiple care needs: A scoping review	9
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Do health insurers use target marketing as a tool for risk selection? Evidence from the Netherlands	9
The introduction of a data-driven population health management approach in the Netherlands since 2019: The Extramural LUMC Academic Network data infrastructure	9
Hospital Resilience in the Face of Covid-19 in France: A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Past Practice Quality on Cancer Surgery Resumption	9
Why is Quality Improvement so Challenging? A Viable Systems Model Perspective to Understand the Frustrations of Healthcare Quality Improvement Managers	9
Impact of implementation timing on the effectiveness of stay-at-home requirement under the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from the Italian Case	9
Identifying common enablers and barriers in European health information systems	9
Physician-dispensing as a determinant of clinical and process measurements in patients at increased cardiovascular risk: A cross-sectional study in Swiss general practice	9
Funding community pharmacy dispensing: A qualitative exploration of current and alternate models leading to the development of quality focused funding principles	9
The impact of a co-payment increase on the consumption of type 2 antidiabetics – A nationwide interrupted time series analysis	9
Mental health of Australian frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a large national survey	9
Strategic workforce planning in health and social care – an international perspective: A scoping review	9
Projected costs of long-term care for older people in England: The impacts of housing quality improvements	8
Gendered employment trajectories and later life health in liberal regime countries: A quantitative study in the United States, England, Switzerland and Chile	8
Scaling up integrated care for chronic diseases in belgium: A process evaluation	8
Physicians’ views and experiences of defensive medicine: An international review of empirical research	8
How the organisation of medical work shapes the everyday work experiences underpinning doctor migration trends: The case of Irish-trained emigrant doctors in Australia	8
Inequalities in utilization of institutional care among older people in Estonia	8

How beliefs and policy characteristics shape the public acceptability of nutritional policies—A survey study in Germany	8
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COVID-19 and healthcare worker mental well-being: Comparative case studies on interventions in six countries	8
The hidden toll of the pandemic on nonrespiratory patients	8
Europeanization of health policy in post-communist European societies: Comparison of six Western Balkan countries	8
Could hospitals operating through a value-based healthcare policy overcome potential management drawbacks in European healthcare?	8
Cost and quality impacts of treatment setting for type 2 diabetes patients with moderate disease severity: Hospital- vs. GP-based monitoring	8
Characteristics of self-management support (SMS) interventions and their impact on Quality of Life (QoL) in adults with chronic diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews	8
Oral health status and coverage of oral health care: A five-country comparison	7
The impact of physician exits in primary care: A study of practice handovers	7
Sampson and Cookson's commentary: What is it good for?	7
Responsiveness of inpatient care and provision of dignity: Insights from a patient experience survey in Israel	7
Improved coordination of care after acute myocardial infarction in Poland since 2017: Promising early results	7
The case for individualised public health interventions: Smoking prevalence and inequalities in Northern Ireland 1985-2015	7
The role of academia practice partnerships in the well-being economy: Retracing synergies between health and social sciences using bibliometric analysis	7
Relationships between sales of legal medical cannabis and alcohol in Canada,	7
Immigration, policies of integration and healthcare expenditure: A longitudinal analysis of the INHS (2002‒2018)	7
Prevalence, predictors and reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Comment	7
Stakeholder perspectives towards implementing the national framework on palliative care in Canada	7
Impact of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse outcomes among older delayed discharge patients: Implications for healthcare policy	7
Developing the 2020-2030 mental health strategy for Malta: Addressing the needs of a small island state undergoing rapid socioeconomic transition	7
Systemic anticancer treatment in the Netherlands: Few hospitals treat many patients, many hospitals treat few patients	7
Access to outpatient care in Manhattan and Paris: A tale of real change in two world cities	7
The media's coverage and framing of hospital reforms: The case of Denmark	7
Regarding caregivers’ willingness to pay for digital support services: Comparative survey	7
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Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland? Ten years later	7
Immediate physical needs of refugees during the Ukrainian armed conflict of 2022	7
Health promotion policies for elderly—Some comparisons across Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland	7
An impact evaluation of the strategy for normal birth care on caesarean section rates and perinatal mortality in Spain	7
The resistance toward COVID-19 contact tracing apps: A study of psychological reactance among young adults in Italy	7
A reform proposal from 2019 aims to improve coordination of health services in Poland by strengthening the role of the counties	7