Editorials

Guro Huby, Elizabeth Hart, Christopher McKevitt, and Elisa Sobo

Addressing the complexity of health care: the practical potential of ethnography
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 193-194; doi:10.1258/135581907782101516 [PDF]  

Nick Black

Why studying the past matters
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 194-196; doi:10.1258/135581907782101570 [PDF]  

Original research

Dermot O'Reilly, Ciaran O'Neill, Tom O'Dowd, Karen Galway, Andrew Gilliland, Alan Kelly, Andrew Murphy, Ethna Shryane, Keith Steele, and Gerry Bury

Patients' attitudes to co-payments for general practitioner services: do they reflect the prevailing system?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 197-201; doi:10.1258/135581907782101589 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rajiv Singh and Mark Aitken

Improving patient services by alternative prescribing: experience with radioiodine treatment
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 202-204; doi:10.1258/135581907782101534 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan Murray and Ana Maria Buller

Exclusion on grounds of language ability – a reporting gap in health services research?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 205-208; doi:10.1258/135581907782101642 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Johanna Hirvonen, Marja Blom, Ulla Tuominen, Seppo Seitsalo, Matti Lehto, Pekka Paavolainen, Kalevi Hietaniemi, Pekka Rissanen, and Harri Sintonen

Is longer waiting time associated with health and social services utilization before treatment? A randomized study
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 209-214; doi:10.1258/135581907782101606 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Phil Hider, Roy Lay-Yee, Peter Crampton, and Peter Davis

Comparison of services provided by urban commercial, community-governed and traditional primary care practices in New Zealand
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 215-222; doi:10.1258/135581907782101525 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paul Galdas, Francine Cheater, and Paul Marshall

What is the role of masculinity in white and South Asian men's decisions to seek medical help for cardiac chest pain?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 223-229; doi:10.1258/135581907782101552 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lars Kjekshus and Terje Hagen

Do hospital mergers increase hospital efficiency? Evidence from a National Health Service country
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 230-235; doi:10.1258/135581907782101561 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Siobhan Reilly, David Challis, Michael Donnelly, Jane Hughes, and Karen Stewart

Care management in mental health services in England and Northern Ireland: do integrated organizations promote integrated practice?
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 236-241; doi:10.1258/135581907782101633 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Review

Rebecca Randell, Natasha Mitchell, Dawn Dowding, Nicky Cullum, and Carl Thompson

Effects of computerized decision support systems on nursing performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 242-251; doi:10.1258/135581907782101543 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Stephen Harrison

The importance of institutions
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 250-251; doi:10.1258/135581907782101624 [PDF]  

What's on the web?

Su Golder, Kate Light, and Lisa Stirk

Patient safety
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 252-254; doi:10.1258/135581907782101615 [PDF]  

Mythbusters

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Myth: Generic drugs are lower quality and less safe than brand-name drugs
J Health Serv Res Policy 12(4): 255-256; doi:10.1258/135581907782101598 [PDF]  

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