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Provision and financing of assistive technology devices in Germany: A bureaucratic odyssey? The case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.013
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...
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Cornelia Henschke
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21 February 2012 |
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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
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.011
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 ...
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Tom Stargardt,
Jonas Schreyögg
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20 February 2012 |
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Critical urban areas, deprived areas and neighbourhood effects on health in France
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.001
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...
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Thierry Debrand,
Aurélie Pierre,
Caroline Allonier,
Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli
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17 February 2012 |
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Japan's policy of promoting end-of-life care in nursing homes: Impact on facility and resident characteristics associated with the site of death
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.009
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...
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Naoki Ikegami,
Sumie Ikezaki
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13 February 2012 |
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Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: A meta-review
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.007
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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Peter C. Rockers,
Andrea B. Feigl,
John-Arne Røttingen,
Atle Fretheim,
David de Ferranti,
John N. Lavis,
Hans Olav Melberg,
Till Bärnighausen
et al.
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Review article
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13 February 2012 |
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Does team-based primary health care improve patients’ perception of outcomes? Evidence from the 2007–08 Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.008
Abstract: Background: Team-based practice in primary care has been advocated for improved access, quality, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency of primary health care services, but there is limited empi...
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Shammima Jesmin,
Amardeep Thind,
Sisira Sarma
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10 February 2012 |
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Responding to diversity: An exploratory study of migrant health policies in Europe
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.007
Abstract: There has been growing international attention to migrant health, reflecting recognition of the need for health systems to adapt to increasingly diverse populations. However, reports from he...
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Philipa Mladovsky,
Bernd Rechel,
David Ingleby,
Martin McKee
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Review article
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06 February 2012 |
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Financial burden of drug expenditures in Poland
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.004
Abstract: Objectives: This paper investigates the level of catastrophic out-of-pocket pharmaceutical (OOP) expenditures and their impoverishment effect in Poland. Methods: We use data from a represent...
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Julita Łuczak,
Pilar García-Gómez
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06 February 2012 |
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Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: An inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.010
Abstract: Purpose and setting: In this study we present a bottom up approach to developing interventions to shorten lengths of stay. Between 1999 and 2009 we applied the approach in 21 Dutch clinical ...
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Ine Borghans,
Rudolf B. Kool,
Ronald J. Lagoe,
Gert P. Westert
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03 February 2012 |
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Pediatric primary care services in Manitoba: Is the health of the next generation of children at risk?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.005
Abstract: Objectives: Physician resource planning is an important part of health policy, but to date there are no studies measuring the primary care service needs of a particular population. The aim o...
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Alan Katz,
Bogdan Bogdanovic,
Okechukwu Ekuma,
Ruth-Ann Soodeen,
Jennifer Enns
et al.
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03 February 2012 |
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Does healthcare infrastructure have an impact on delay in diagnosis and survival?
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.006
Abstract: Introduction: The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether healthcare infrastructure impacts delay in diagnosis, and to determine whether healthcare infrastructure and delay in diag...
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Carl Rudolf Blankart
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01 February 2012 |
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Effects of the per diem prospective payment system with DRG-like grouping system (DPC/PDPS) on resource usage and healthcare quality in Japan
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.002
Abstract: Objectives: In 2003, Japan introduced the prospective payment system (PPS) with diagnosis-related groups (DRG) rearranged grouping system called the diagnostic procedure combination/per-diem...
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Hironori Hamada,
Miho Sekimoto,
Yuichi Imanaka
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25 January 2012 |
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Monitoring migrant health in Europe: A narrative review of data collection practices
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.003
Abstract: Background: Data on the health of migrants, including on health determinants and access to health services, are an essential pre-condition for providing appropriate and accessible health ser...
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Bernd Rechel,
Philipa Mladovsky,
Walter Devillé
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Review article
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25 January 2012 |
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Leadership and governance in seven developed health systems
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.009
Abstract: This paper explores leadership and governance arrangements in seven developed health systems: Australia, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. It presents a cybe...
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Peter C. Smith,
Anders Anell,
Reinhard Busse,
Luca Crivelli,
Judith Healy,
Anne Karin Lindahl,
Gert Westert,
Tobechukwu Kene
et al.
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24 January 2012 |
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Travelling home for treatment and EU patients’ rights to care abroad: Results of a survey among German students at Maastricht University
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.008
Abstract: Empirical evidence on patient mobility in Europe is lacking despite widespread legal, policy and media attention which the phenomenon attracts. This paper presents quantitative data on the h...
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Irene A. Glinos,
Nora Doering,
Hans Maarse
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20 January 2012 |
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Implementation of the Tallinn Charter in the WHO European region: Where is the evidence? a systematic comparison of online information before and after the end of the year of signature
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.015
Abstract: Background: The “Tallinn Charter: Health Systems, Health and Wealth” signed by 53 member states of the WHO European Region provides guidance for strengthening health systems. Objectives: A s...
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Fabrizio Carinci
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Review article
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18 January 2012 |
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Managing poorly performing clinicians: Health care providers’ willingness to pay for independent help
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.006
Abstract: Objective: To determine the willingness to pay (WTP) of senior managers in the UK National Health Service (NHS) for services to help manage performance concerns with doctors, dentists and ph...
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Verity Watson,
Jon Sussex,
Mandy Ryan,
Ebenezer Tetteh
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17 January 2012 |
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Implementation of a service for physicians’ consultation and information in euthanasia requests in Belgium
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.001
Abstract: Aim: To study the implementation of LEIF, the consultation service which provides access to specially trained physicians to act as the legally required second physician in requests for eutha...
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Yanna Van Wesemael,
Joachim Cohen,
Johan Bilsen,
Tinne Smets,
Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen,
Wim Distelmans,
Luc Deliens
et al.
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09 January 2012 |
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Stakeholder involvement in expensive drug recommendation decisions: An international perspective
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.002
Abstract: Objectives: To describe stakeholder involvement in the priority setting and appeals processes across five drug reimbursement recommendation committees. Methods: We conducted qualitative case...
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Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger,
Halla Thorsteinsdóttir,
Abdallah S. Daar,
Douglas K. Martin
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09 January 2012 |
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Perceptions and patterns of use of generic drugs among Italian Family Pediatricians: First round results of a web survey
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.005
Abstract: Prescription of generic medicines represents an efficacious healthcare cost containment strategy. In some European countries and in the US, generic medicines are largely prescribed. In Italy...
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Valentina Fabiano,
Chiara Mameli,
Dario Cattaneo,
Antonella Delle Fave,
Alessandra Preziosa,
Giuseppe Mele,
Emilio Clementi,
Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
et al.
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05 January 2012 |
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Policies to improve the health and well-being of Roma people: The European experience
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.003
Abstract: The Roma constitute the largest ethnic minority in the European Region. The many policy initiatives designed over the past two decades to tackle their adverse social conditions in Central an...
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Gabriella Fésüs,
Piroska Östlin,
Martin McKee,
Róza Ádány
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04 January 2012 |
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Crossing borders: A critical review of the role of the European Court of Justice in EU health policy
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.004
Abstract: Over the last two decades, the European Union (EU) has steadily increased its involvement in the health policies of its member states, with considerable support from the European Court of Ju...
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Eleanor Brooks
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04 January 2012 |
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Giving to receive? The right to donate in umbilical cord blood banking for stem cell therapies
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.011
Abstract: Objectives: To explore the views of lay and professional stakeholders about the donation of cord blood to public banks in England and the policies surrounding it. Methods: Qualitative in-dep...
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Laura L. Machin,
Nik Brown,
Danae McLeod
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04 January 2012 |
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A framework for the evaluation of new interventional procedures
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.012
Abstract: Objectives: The introduction of new interventional procedures is less regulated than for other health technologies such as pharmaceuticals. Decisions are often taken on evidence of efficacy ...
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Tania Lourenco,
Adrian M. Grant,
Jennifer M. Burr,
Luke Vale
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23 December 2011 |
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Exploring industry perspectives on implementation of a provincial policy for food and beverage sales in publicly funded recreation facilities
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.014
Abstract: Objectives: To explore industry perspectives on the transition to healthier food and beverage sales in publicly funded recreation facilities and specifically (a) the awareness of the BC prov...
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Suzanne Vander Wekken,
Susanne Sørensen,
John Meldrum,
Patti-Jean Naylor
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22 December 2011 |
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Translation of remuneration arrangements into incentives to delegate to English dental therapists
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.013
Abstract: Objectives: To investigate how changes to the dental remuneration system have translated into disincentives to delegate to dental therapists in dental practices. Method: A purposive sample o...
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Rebecca V. Harris,
Ningwei Sun
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19 December 2011 |
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Eliminating the shortage of registered nurses in Canada: An exercise in applied needs-based planning
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.009
Abstract: Objective: To demonstrate the application of a needs-based framework for health human resources (HHR) planning to illustrate the potential effects of policies on the shortage of Registered N...
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Gail Tomblin Murphy,
Stephen Birch,
Adrian MacKenzie,
Rob Alder,
Lynn Lethbridge,
Lisa Little
et al.
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16 December 2011 |
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Analysis of the success rates of new drug development in Japan and the lag behind the US
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.008
Abstract: Objectives: The launch delay of new drugs has been a major public concern in Japan. Although it is recognized that the delay results from industrial R&D behaviors and regulatory conditio...
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Yuka Hirai,
Yosuke Yamanaka,
Makiko Kusama,
Taro Ishibashi,
Yuichi Sugiyama,
Shunsuke Ono
et al.
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15 December 2011 |
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Health workers at the core of the health system: Framework and research issues
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.10.012
Abstract: This paper presents a framework for the health system with health workers at the core. We review existing health-system frameworks and the role they assign to health workers. Earlier framewo...
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Sudhir Anand,
Till Bärnighausen
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12 December 2011 |
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Assessing health care planning – A framework-led comparison of Germany and New Zealand
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.005
Abstract: Objectives: With markets and competition dominating much of the debate on health care reform, health care planning has received little scholarly attention in recent years. Yet in many high-i...
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Stefanie Ettelt,
Mihaly Fazekas,
Nicholas Mays,
Ellen Nolte
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Review article
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08 December 2011 |
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The Austrian Tobacco Act in practice – Analysing the effectiveness of partial smoking bans in Austrian restaurants and bars
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.004
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of partial smoking bans in restaurants and bars, such as those currently in place in Austria, by evaluating adherence to the relevan...
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Gerhard Reichmann,
Margit Sommersguter-Reichmann
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06 December 2011 |
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Cancer patient pathways in Denmark as a joint effort between bureaucrats, health professionals and politicians—A national Danish project
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.11.001
Abstract: In 2007 and 2008 Danish Cancer Patient Pathways for 32 cancer types were developed and afterwards implemented on a national scale. Often bureaucrats, health professionals and politicians loo...
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Helene Bilsted Probst,
Zubair Butt Hussain,
Ole Andersen
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02 December 2011 |
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Integrated care for chronic conditions: The contribution of the ICCC Framework
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.10.006
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this research is to highlight the current relevance of the Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions (ICCC) Framework, as a model for change in health systems towards bett...
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Roberto Nuño,
Katie Coleman,
Rafael Bengoa,
Regina Sauto
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Review article
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09 November 2011 |
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Restricting unhealthy food sponsorship: Attitudes of the sporting community
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.10.004
Abstract: Objectives: Sponsorship is recognised as a significant marketing tool and restricting unhealthy food sponsorship of children's sport has been recommended by leading health agencies as a cont...
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Bridget Kelly,
Louise A. Baur,
Adrian E. Bauman,
Lesley King,
Kathy Chapman,
Ben J. Smith
et al.
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24 October 2011 |
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The working status of Japanese female physicians by area of practice: Cohort analysis of taking leave, returning to work, and changing specialties from 1984 to 2004
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.07.012
Abstract: Background: The percentage of females in the physician workforce is increasing in Japan, as in other countries; however, the working status of female physicians has not been sufficiently inv...
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Tomoko Kodama,
Soichi Koike,
Shinya Matsumoto,
Hiroo Ide,
Hideo Yasunaga,
Tomoaki Imamura
et al.
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12 September 2011 |