Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
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Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1997
Editorials
Increasing top management turnover: is it true and does it matter? Ewan Ferlie (1)
Subjective and objective measures of health: which is better when? Paul Cleary (3)
Audit of submissions. Nick Black, Nicholas Mays (5)
Original research
Factors influencing the attendance rate at accident and emergency departments in East London: the contributions of practice organization, population characteristics and distance. Sally Hull, Ian Rees Jones, Kath Moser (6)
Development and testing of the UK SF-12. Crispin Jenkinson, Richard Layte (14)
Comparing costs of monitoring glaucoma patients: hospital ophthalmologists versus community optometrists. Joanna Coast, Ian Spencer, Lee Smith, et al (19)
Essays
The iterative use of economic evaluation as part of the process of health technology assessment. Mark Sculpher, Michael Drummond, Martin Buxton (26)
Defining core services: New Zealand experiences. Jacqueline Cumming (31)
Review article
Advice-giving in community pharmacies in the UK. Mary Tully, Karen Hassell, Peter Noyce (38)
Reading around
Management for doctors. Martin McNicol (51)
Worth a second look
Variation in guidelines. Fred Paccaud (53)
Perspective
Ivan Illich and the pursuit of health. John Bunker (56)
Questions and answers
'Gold standard' measures, disease management, health status - health outcome. (60)
Letter
Inequalities in health: what health systems can and cannot do. Neil Mercer (64)
Volume 2, Issue 2, April 1997
Editorials
The media and the scientific message. Patricia Day (65)
Rationing health care: a national framework and local discretion. Ray Robinson (67)
Original research
Did the introduction of general practice fundholding change patterns of emergency admission to hospital?. Ben Toth, Ian Harvey, Tim Peters (71)
The relationship between the supply of cardiac catheterization laboratories, cardiologists and the use of invasive cardiac procedures in Northern New England. David Wennberg, John Dickens, David Soule et al (75)
Unequal randomisation can improve the economic efficiency of clinical trials. David Torgerson, Marion Campbell (81)
Integrating mental health services through reimbursement reform and managed mental health care. David Mechanic (86)
Socio-economic status and visits to physicians by adults in Ontario, Canada. Warren McIsaac, Vivek Goel, David Naylor (94)
Essay
Reluctant rationers: public input to health care priorities. Jonathan Lomas (103)
Review article
Partnerships with patients: the pros and cons of shared clinical decision-making. Angela Coulter (112)
Reading around
Comparing health care systems: how do we know if we can learn from others? Martin McKee, Josep Figueras (122)
Worth a second look
Experience in Manitoba with a population-based health information system. Nicholas Wareham (126)
Questions and answers
Equity and equality, ageism in evidence-based medicine. (129)
Volume 2, Issue 3, July 1997
Editorials
Can't pay, won't pay? Finance for long-term health care. Gillian Parker (133)
Psychological and managerial aspects of the scientist and the research team. Matti Isohanni, Katja Nevala (135)
Original research
Geographic variation in the utilization and choice of procedures for treating coronary artery disease in New York State. Edward Hannan, Dinesh Kumar and the Ischaemic Heart Disease Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) (137)
Models of hospital drug policy in the UK. Siobhan Cotter, Martin McKee (144)
Informing prescribing allocations at district level in England. Nigel Rice, Roy Carr-Hill, David Roberts et al (154)
Aggregating health state valuations. Paul Dolan (160)
Comment: Aggregating health state valuations. Erik Nord (166)
Organ transplantation and European Community law: the case of non-residents. Bernadette Haase-Kromwijk, Frans du Pré, Bernard Cohen (168)
The efficiency of specialist outreach clinics in general practice: is further evaluation needed?. Toby Gosden, Mary Black, Nicola Mead et al (174)
Review article
Large-scale organizational and managerial change in health care: a review of the literature. Ewan Ferlie (180)
Perspective
Nursing, knowledge and practice. Davina Allen (190)
Questions and answers
What is primary care? Accounting for transfer payments (194)
Letter
Ivan Illich and the pursuit of health. Tom Marshall (196)
Volume 2, Issue 4, October 1997
Editorials
The French reforms: a rich area for health services research. Jean de Kervasdoué (197)
Women and disability. Gary Albrecht (200)
Original research
Aggregating health state valuations: a reply to Erik Nord's comment. Paul Dolan (203)
Implementing quality: a study of the adoption and implementation of quality standards in the contracting process in a general practitioner multifund. Juan Baeza, Michael Calnan (205)
Distributional dilemmas in health policy: large benefits for a few or smaller benefits for many?. Niteesh Choudhry, Pamela Slaughter, Kathy Sykora, et al (212)
Variation in hospital use and avoidable patient morbidity. Francesco Taroni, Francesca Repetto, Daniel Louis et al (217)
Essay
Medical necessity, benefit and resource allocation in health care. Jeremiah Hurley, Stephen Birch, Greg Stoddart, et al (223)
Review article
Strategies for the management of hypercholesterolaemia: a systematic review of the cost-effectiveness literature. Stephen Morris, Alistair McGuire, Jaime Caro, Daniel Pettitt (231)
Reading around
Evidence-based health care: management and practice. Jane Barlow (251)
Worth a second look
Confidence intervals for cost-effectiveness ratios: the use of 'bootstrapping'. Marion Campbell, David Torgerson (253)
Perspective
Beyond ethnic categories: why racism should be a variable in health services research. Hilda Parker (256)
