Editorials

David Mechanic

Barriers to eliminating waste in US health care
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 57-58; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007165 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nick Goodwin

Are networks the answer to achieving integrated care?
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 59-60; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.008001 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original research

Franco Sassi and Martin McKee

Do clinicians always maximize patient outcomes? A conjoint analysis of preferences for carotid artery testing
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 61-66; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.006031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruth Robertson, Anna Dixon, and Julian Le Grand

Patient choice in general practice: the implications of patient satisfaction surveys
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 67-72; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lydia Luke, Marcus Redley, Isabel Clare, and Anthony Holland

Hospital clinicians' attitudes towards a statutory advocacy service for patients lacking mental capacity: implications for implementation
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 73-78; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Boivin, France Légaré, and Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Competing norms: Canadian rural family physicians' perceptions of clinical practice guidelines and shared decision-making
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 79-84; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan Karnon, Aileen McIntosh, Joanne Dean, Peter Bath, Allen Hutchinson, Jeremy Oakley, Nicky Thomas, Peter Pratt, Louise Freeman-Parry, Ben-Tzion Karsh, Tejal Gandhi, and Paul Tappenden

Modelling the expected net benefits of interventions to reduce the burden of medication errors
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 85-91; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alicia O'Cathain, Elizabeth Murphy, and Jon Nicholl

The quality of mixed methods studies in health services research
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 92-98; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Duncan Petty and David Lloyd

Can cheap generic statins achieve national cholesterol lowering targets?
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 99-102; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Sanders, Stephen Harrison, and Kath Checkland

Evidence-based medicine and patient choice: the case of heart failure care
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 103-108; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toni Ashton, Tim Tenbensel, Jacqueline Cumming, and Pauline Barnett

Decentralizing resource allocation: early experiences with District Health Boards in New Zealand
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 109-115; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essay

Chris Ham

World class commissioning: a health policy chimera?
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 116-121; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Justin Parkhurst

Understanding determinants of health service use from a systems perspective
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 122-123; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.008019 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Perspective

Theodore Dalrymple

Doctors, lies and the addiction bureaucracy
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 124-126; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.008022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

What's on the web

Julie Glanville, Kate Light, and Lisa Stirk

How to write a good research paper
J Health Serv Res Policy 13(2): 127-128; doi:10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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