Editorial

Graham Thornicroft and Diana Rose

Health services research: is there anything to learn from mental health?
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 1-2 [PDF]  

Paul G Shekelle

The English star rating system – failure of theory or practice?
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 3-4 [PDF]  

Nick Black, Nicholas Mays, and Christine Rivett-Carnac

Audit of submissions: July 2003 to June 2004
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 4 [PDF]  

Original Research

Rachel Reeves, Elizabeth West, and David Barron

The impact of barriers to providing high-quality care on nurses' intentions to leave London hospitals
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 5-9 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Braithwaite and Mary Westbrook

Rethinking clinical organisational structures: an attitude survey of doctors, nurses and allied health staff in clinical directorates
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 10-17 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Russell Mannion, Huw Davies, and Martin Marshall

Impact of star performance ratings in English acute hospital trusts
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 18-24 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Wim Verstappen, Gerben ter Riet, Trudy van der Weijden, Jan Hermsen, and Richard Grol

Variation in requests for imaging investigations by general practitioners: a multilevel analysis
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 25-30 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen Campbell, Andrea Steiner, Judy Robison, Dale Webb, Ann Raven, Sally Richards, and Martin Roland

Do Personal Medical Services contracts improve quality of care? A multi-method evaluation
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 31-39 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Essays

David Melzer, Ann Raven, Tom Ling, Don Detmer, and Ron Zimmern

Pharmacogenetics: policy needs for personal prescribing
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 40-44 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Review Article

Mary Dixon-Woods, Shona Agarwal, David Jones, Bridget Young, and Alex Sutton

Synthesising qualitative and quantitative evidence: a review of possible methods
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 45-53B [Abstract] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Sean Hilton

Changing patterns in general practice
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 54-56 [PDF]  

Perspective

Peter Aspinall

Language matters: the vocabulary of racism in health care
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 57-59 [Abstract] [PDF]  

What's on the web

Social care research
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 60-61 [PDF]  

Mythbusters

Doctors do it for money
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 62-63 [PDF]  

Questions and answers

Questions and answers
J Health Serv Res Policy 10(1): 64 [PDF]  

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