Editorials

Angela Towle

Involving patients in the education of health care professionals
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 1-2; doi:10.1258/135581907779497585 [PDF]  

Tom Treasure and Artyom Sedrakyan

Surgeons may have introduced a new operative technique in African-American patients
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 2-3; doi:10.1258/135581907779497639 [PDF]  

Nick Black, Nicholas Mays, and Christine Rivett-Carnac

Audit of submissions: July 2005 to June 2006
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 4; doi:10.1258/135581907779497558 [PDF]  

Original research

Marianne Hanning and Mats Lundström

Waiting for cataract surgery – effects of a maximum waiting-time guarantee
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 5-10; doi:10.1258/135581907779497503 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Helen Campbell, Andrew Briggs, Martin Buxton, Lois Kim, and Simon Thompson

The credibility of health economic models for health policy decision-making: the case of population screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 11-17G; doi:10.1258/135581907779497594 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Amanda Ampt, Johanna Westbrook, Nerida Creswick, and Nadine Mallock

A comparison of self-reported and observational work sampling techniques for measuring time in nursing tasks
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 18-24; doi:10.1258/135581907779497576 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joanna Coast and Sue Horrocks

Developing attributes and levels for discrete choice experiments using qualitative methods
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 25-30; doi:10.1258/135581907779497602 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dana Mukamel, Laurent Glance, David Weimer, Thomas Pearson, Todd Massey, Jeffery Gold, Sheldon Greenfield, James Jackson, and Alvin Mushlin

Racial variations in the choice of on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 31-35; doi:10.1258/135581907779497512 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Frank Kee, Elizabeth Reaney, Gerard Savage, Dermot O'Reilly, Chris Patterson, Peter Maxwell, Damian Fogarty, and The Northern Ireland Targeting Social Need Renal Group

Are gatekeepers to renal services referring patients equitably?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 36-41; doi:10.1258/135581907779497530 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Mary Dixon-Woods, Alex Sutton, Rachel Shaw, Tina Miller, Jonathan Smith, Bridget Young, Sheila Bonas, Andrew Booth, and David Jones

Appraising qualitative research for inclusion in systematic reviews: a quantitative and qualitative comparison of three methods
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 42-47; doi:10.1258/135581907779497486 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Essay

Stephen Buetow and Glyn Elwyn

Patient performance standards: the next bold policy initiative in health care?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 48-53; doi:10.1258/135581907779497620 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Chris Ham

The right kind of competition?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 54-55; doi:10.1258/135581907779497549 [PDF]  

Perspective

Anthony Culyer, Christopher McCabe, Andrew Briggs, Karl Claxton, Martin Buxton, Ron Akehurst, Mark Sculpher, and John Brazier

Searching for a threshold, not setting one: the role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 56-58; doi:10.1258/135581907779497567 [Abstract] [PDF]  

What's on the web?

Su Golder, Kate Light, and Kath Wright

Public information on health care providers
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 59-60; doi:10.1258/135581907779497611 [PDF]  

Mythbusters

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Managed care = mangled care
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 61-62; doi:10.1258/135581907779497495 [PDF]  

Questions and answers

Questions and answers
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(1): 63-64; doi:10.1258/135581907779497521 [PDF]  

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