Editorial

Harry Cayton

Patient and public involvement
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 193-194; doi:10.1258/1355819042250195 [PDF]  

Sheila Leatherman and Kim Sutherland

The quest for quality in the English NHS: strategic and policy issues
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 194-196; doi:10.1258/1355819042250267 [PDF]  

Original Research

Julie Barber and Simon Thompson

Multiple regression of cost data: use of generalised linear models
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 197-204; doi:10.1258/1355819042250249 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Julia Abelson, Pierre-Gerlier Forest, John Eyles, Ann Casebeer, Gail Mackean, and The Effective Public Consultation Project Team

Will it make a difference if I show up and share? A citizens' perspective on improving public involvement processes for health system decision-making
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 205-212; doi:10.1258/1355819042250203 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Suezann Puffer, Jill Porthouse, Yvonne Birks, Veronica Morton, and David Torgerson

Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: a randomised trial of variations in design
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 213-217; doi:10.1258/1355819042250159 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Scott Reeves and Simon Lewin

Interprofessional collaboration in the hospital: strategies and meanings
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 218-225; doi:10.1258/1355819042250140 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Alicia O'Cathain, Jon Nicholl, Fiona Sampson, Stephen Walters, Ann McDonnell, and James Munro

Do different types of nurses give different triage decisions in NHS Direct? A mixed methods study
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 226-233; doi:10.1258/1355819042250221 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Trevor Lambert, Michael Goldacre, Jean Davidson, and James Parkhouse

Estimation of numbers of British medical graduates working in the National Health Service: comparison of capture–recapture analysis and exhaustive tracing
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 234-236; doi:10.1258/1355819042250212 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Essays

Joanne Lord, George Laking, and Alastair Fischer

Health care resource allocation: is the threshold rule good enough?
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 237-245; doi:10.1258/1355819042250177 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Duncan Neuhauser

Assessing health quality: the case for tracers
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 246-247; doi:10.1258/1355819042250168 [PDF]  

Perspective

Christine Jorm and Peter Kam

Does medical culture limit doctors' adoption of quality improvement? Lessons from Camelot
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 248-251; doi:10.1258/1355819042250186 [Abstract] [PDF]  

What's on the web

Primary care in the UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 252-253; doi:10.1258/1355819042250230 [PDF]  

Mythbusters

The cost of dying is an increasing strain on the health care system
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 254-255; doi:10.1258/1355819042250276 [PDF]  

Questions and answers

Questions and answers
J Health Serv Res Policy 9(4): 256; doi:10.1258/1355819042250258 [PDF]  

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