Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
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Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2000
Editorials
Public reporting of performance: lessons from the USA. Martin Marshall, Paul Shekelle, Robert Brook, Sheila Leatherman (1)
Testing evaluation to the limits: the case of English Health Action Zones. Ken Judge (3)
Audit of submissions: July 1998 to June 1999. Nick Black, Nicholas Mays, Christine Rivett-Carnac (6)
Original research
Who answers `willingness to pay' questions? Ruth Thomas, Cam Donaldson, David Torgerson (7)
Sample size calculations for cluster randomised trials. Marion Campbell, Jeremy Grimshaw, Nick Steen (12)
Effect of age on health state valuations. Paul Dolan (17)
Does general practitioner gatekeeping curb health care expenditure? Diana Delnoij, Godefridus Van Merode, Aggie Paulus, Peter Groenewegen (22)
In pursuit of patient-centred outcomes: a qualitative evaluation of the `Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile'. Charlotte Paterson, Nicky Britten (27)
Essays
Near-patient tests in primary care: setting the standards for evaluation. Brendan Delaney, Sue Wilson, David Fitzmaurice, Chris Hyde, Richard Hobbs (37)
Conceptual and practical difficulties with the economic evaluation of health services developments. Joanna Coast, Martin Hensher, Jo-Ann Mulligan, Sasha Shepperd, Jeremy Jones (42)
Review article
The British quasi-market in health care: a balance sheet of the evidence. Nicholas Mays, Jo-Ann Mulligan, Nick Goodwin (49)
Perspective
Opening Pandora's box? Freedom of information and health services research. David Hughes, Lesley Griffiths, Sue Lambert (59)
Letter
Death by questionnaire: quality of life measurement could seriously damage your health. Michael Soljak (62)
Questions and answers
Should the rich pay?; clinical effectiveness; `need' for viagra; reducing waiting lists (63)
Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2000
Editorials
From evidence-based medicine to evidence-based policy? Rudolf Klein (65)
RCT - RIP? Or can the pharmaceutical industry survive the genomic revolution? Robert Dingwall, Paul Martin (67)
Original research
An economic evaluation comparing two schedules of antenatal visits. Jane Henderson, Tracy Roberts, Jim Sikorski, Jennifer Wilson, Sarah Clement (69)
Do clinical practice guidelines reflect research evidence? Isabelle Savoie, Arminée Kazanjian, Ken Bassett (76)
Weights for waits: lessons from Salisbury. Alastair Lack, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Angela Boland (83)
Use of mark-recapture techniques to estimate the size of hard-to-reach populations. Michael Bloor, Fiona Wood, Stephen Palmer (89)
Getting evidence into clinical practice: an organisational behaviour perspective. Ewan Ferlie, Louise Fitzgerald, Martin Wood (92)
Applying research to health care policy and practice: medical and managerial views on effectiveness and the role of research. Rebecca Rosen (103)
Cost containment of pharmaceutical use in Iceland: the impact of liberalisation and user charges. Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, Janine Marie Morgall, Almar Grimsson (109)
Essay
A fair approach to discounting future effects: taking a societal perspective. Werner Brouwer, Ben van Hout, Frans Rutten (114)
Worth a second look
The McKeown thesis. Simon Szreter (119)
Perspective
Legitimate decision making: the Achilles' heel of solidaristic health care systems. Nicholas Mays (122)
Questions and answers
Why shouldn't you be able to sell your own organs? (127)
Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2000
Editorials
Waiting lists in The Netherlands: workers first? Eddy van Doorslaer, Werner Brouwer (129)
Medical savings accounts: approach with caution. Jeremiah Hurley (130)
Original research
Predicting place of discharge from hospital for patients with a stroke or hip fracture on admission. John Bond, Barbara Gregson, Monica Smith et al (133)
Why is it so difficult to organise an outpatient clinic? Martin McKee, Alison Waghorn (140)
Adapting a national guideline for local use: a comparative case study in a US and an Israeli health maintenance organization. Diana Shye, Avi Porath, Jonathan Betz Brown (148)
Principal--agent relationships in general practice: the first wave of English Personal Medical Services pilot contracts. Rod Sheaff, Andrew Lloyd-Kendall (156)
Clinicians' attitudes to recruitment to randomised trials in cancer care: a qualitative study. Carole Langley, Selena Gray, Sara Selley et al (164)
Essay
Priority-setting in New Zealand: translating principles into practice. Toni Ashton, Jackie Cumming, Nancy Devlin (170)
Review article
Best place of care for older people after acute and during subacute illness: a systematic review. Gillian Parker, Padma Bhakta, Savita Katbamna et al (176)
Worth a second look
Hazard, risk and error in medical practice. Peter Davis (190)
Perspective
Collectivising the Kulaks? General practitioners and Primary Care Groups in England. Katherine Clegg (192)
Questions and answers
Evidence-based social, economic and welfare policies; Hospital size (195)
Volume 5, Issue 4, October 2000
Editorials
Clinician-managers: the 'boundary spanners' of health services. Don Detmer (197)
World Health Report 2000: challenging a world view. Gavin Mooney, Virginia Wiseman (198)
Original research
Do physician practice styles persist over time? Continuities in patterns of clinical decision-making among general practitioners. Peter Davis, Barry Gribben, Alastair Scott, Roy Lay-Yee (200)
How do general practitioners choose their practice? Preferences for practice and job characteristics. Toby Gosden, Isobel Bowler, Matthew Sutton (208)
Quantifying patient preferences for out-of-hours primary care. Anne Morgan, Phil Shackley, Mark Pickin, John Brazier (214)
Does length of questionnaire matter? A randomised trial of response rates to a mailed questionnaire. Cynthia Iglesias, David Torgerson (219)
Conditions for which onset or hospital admission is potentially preventable by timely and effective ambulatory care. Colin Sanderson, Jennifer Dixon (222)
Essay
Cross-border issues in the provision of health services: are we moving towards a European health care policy? Panos Kanavos, Martin McKee (231)
Review article
Does gender bias exist in the use of specialist health care? Rosalind Raine (237)
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Worth a second look
Sheps' approaches to the quality of hospital care. Gregory Pawlson (250)
Perspective
The genomic revolution: is the real risk under-investment rather than bankrupt health care systems? Patricia Danzon, Adrian Towse (253)
Questions and answers
What's the point of collecting figures if you can't interpret them? (256)
