Health Policy and Economics: Strategic Issues in Health Care Management

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Part 1 Economics and clinical guidelines: economics and clinical guidelines - pointing in the right direction?, Anne Ludbrook and Luke Vale from guidelines to good practice -improving the quality of economic evaluations, Christopher Evans et al the use of databases in health economics and outcomes research - an international perspective, Christopher Evans et al charging ahead - the policy and practice of health charges in Britain, Allan Bruce staging type 2 diabetes - future challenges in cost of illness modelling, health policy and global health, Marsha A. Dowell et al. Part 2 Inequalities and access: tackling health inequalities - explaining the outcomes of the policy process, Mark Exworthy et al accessibility and availability of health services - has the gap between the South and the other areas of Israel diminished since implementation of the National Health Insurance Law?, Nurit Nirel et al. Part 3 Demand: demanding to manage or managing to demand?, Annabelle Mark et al citizen, consumer or both? re-conceptualizing in health care, Richard D. Smith and Brian Salter income, income distribution and hospitalization - an ecologic study in Rome, Italy, Laura Cacciani et al health care tax reliefs and the demand for private health care for the over-60s, Manouche Tavakoli and John O.S. Wilson. Part 4 Performance: comparative costs and hospital performance, Diane Dawson et al Turkish hospital managers' perceptions of their job satisfaction and job abandonment, Yavuz Yildirim and Gulsun Eriguc. Part 5 Reforms: what structures health care reforms? a comparative analysis of British and Canadian experiences, Damien Contandriopoulos et al lessons from the provincial health care reforms in Canada - when the same objective of cost containment leads to heterogeneous results, Astrid Brouselle et al the process of health priority setting in France - an attempt at critical analysis, P. Jarno et al Turkish healthcare reforms and reasons for failure, Mehtap Tatar and Gulsun Eriguc.