Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 104, No. 2

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Welfare states, flexible employment, and health: A critical review
February 2012(Vol. 104 | No. 2 | Pages 99-127)
Il-Ho Kim, Carles Muntaner, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, Alejandra Vives, Christophe Vanroelen, Joan Benach

Focus on Hospitals

Implementing changes to hospital services: Factors influencing the process and ‘results’ of reconfiguration
February 2012(Vol. 104 | No. 2 | Pages 128-135)
Naomi Fulop, Rhiannon Walters, Perri 6, Peter Spurgeon

Socio-demographic patient profiles and hospital efficiency: Does patient mix affect a hospital's ability to perform?
February 2012(Vol. 104 | No. 2 | Pages 136-145)
Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Kim R. Olsen, Torben H. Sørensen

Provision and financing of assistive technology devices in Germany: A bureaucratic odyssey? The case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
21 February 2012
Cornelia Henschke
Abstract: Objective: The regulations for financing assistive technology devices (ATDs) are complex and fragmented and, thus, might influence adequate provision of these devices to people who need mult...
A framework to evaluate the effects of small area variations in healthcare infrastructure on diagnostics and patient outcomes of rare diseases based on administrative data
20 February 2012
Tom Stargardt, Jonas Schreyögg
Abstract: Introduction: Small area variations in healthcare infrastructure may result in differences in early detection and outcomes for patients with rare diseases. Methods: It is our aim to provide ...
Critical urban areas, deprived areas and neighbourhood effects on health in France
17 February 2012
Thierry Debrand, Aurélie Pierre, Caroline Allonier, Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli
Abstract: Since the 1980s, different French governments have formulated public policies aimed at taking into account the specific problems of deprived neighbourhoods. The aim of this paper is to deter...
Japan's policy of promoting end-of-life care in nursing homes: Impact on facility and resident characteristics associated with the site of death
13 February 2012
Naoki Ikegami, Sumie Ikezaki
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the impact of the policy to encourage nursing homes to provide end-of-life care by comparing facility and resident variables associated with dying within the nursing h...
Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: A meta-review
13 February 2012
Peter C. Rockers, Andrea B. Feigl, John-Arne Røttingen, Atle Fretheim, David de Ferranti, John N. Lavis, Hans Olav Melberg, Till Bärnighausen
Abstract: At present, there exists no widely agreed upon set of study-design selection criteria for systematic reviews of health systems research, except for those proposed by the Cochrane Collaborati...

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