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The smoking ban next door: Do hospitality businesses in border areas have reduced sales after a statewide smoke-free policy?

Klein, Elizabeth G.; Hood, Nancy E. - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 1, pp. 44-49

Despite numerous studies demonstrating no significant economic effects on hospitality businesses following a statewide smoke-free (SF) policy, regional concerns suggest that areas near states without SF policies may experience a loss of hospitality sales across the border. The present study...

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Thank you for not smoking: Evidence from the Italian smoking ban

Buonanno, Paolo; Ranzani, Marco - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 2, pp. 192-199

By 2030, tobacco is expected to be the cause of about 10 million deaths per year worldwide. In Italy tobacco smoking is … the introduction of a public smoking ban in Italy. Our estimates suggest that the Italian smoking ban in private places … open to the public reduced smoking prevalence by 1.3% and daily cigarettes consumption by 8%. We find heterogeneous effects …

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Having a yarn about smoking: Using action research to develop a ‘no smoking’ policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation

Fletcher, Gillian; Fredericks, Bronwyn; Adams, Karen; … - In: Health Policy 103 (2011) 1, pp. 92-97

peak Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation in Victoria, Australia. Smoking is acknowledged as being …

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EU Country Specific Recommendations for health systems in the European Semester process: Trends, discourse and predictors

Azzopardi-Muscat, Natasha; Clemens, Timo; Stoner, Deborah; … - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 3, pp. 375-383

In the framework of “Europe 2020”, European Union Member States are subject to a new system of economic monitoring and governance known as the European Semester. This paper seeks to analyse the way in which national health systems are being influenced by EU institutions through the European...

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Evaluation of health care delivery integration: The case of the Russian Federation

Sheiman, Igor; Shevski, Vladimir - In: Health Policy 115 (2014) 2, pp. 128-137

Fragmentation in organization and discontinuities in the provision of medical care are problems in all health systems, whether it is the mixed public-private one in the USA, national health services in the UK, or insurance based one in Western Europe and Russia. In all of these countries a major...

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Public–private partnerships with large corporations: Setting the ground rules for better health

Galea, Gauden; McKee, Martin - In: Health Policy 115 (2014) 2, pp. 138-140

services provided by the corporation health enhancing or health damaging? In some cases, such as tobacco, the answer is obvious …

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Retaining physicians in Lithuania: Integrating research and health policy

Starkiene, Liudvika; Macijauskiene, Jurate; Riklikiene, Olga - In: Health Policy 110 (2013) 1, pp. 39-48

Many of the strategic planning studies worldwide have made recommendations to the policy makers on the steps to be taken in eliminating the perceived shortages of physician workforce or in improving their distribution and retention. Policy makers have also considered various policy interventions...

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Health management and patients who lack capacity: Forms of guardianship in European health policy

Bonsignore, Alessandro; Smith, Anna; De Stefano, Francesco - In: Health Policy 114 (2014) 2, pp. 246-253

The focus of healthcare debate has in recent years shifted from doctors and healthcare professionals in general to patients and the principle of patient self-determination. Patient competence therefore plays an increasingly central role in the legal framework of many Europeans countries.

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A systematic review of medical practice variation in OECD countries

Corallo, Ashley N.; Croxford, Ruth; Goodman, David C.; … - In: Health Policy 114 (2014) 1, pp. 5-14

Major variations in medical practice have been documented internationally. Variations raise questions about the quality, equity, and efficiency of resource allocation and use, and have important implications for health care and health policy.

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Revalidation: Patients or process? Analysis using visual data

Guillemin, Marilys; Archer, Julian; Nunn, Suzanne; … - In: Health Policy 114 (2014) 2, pp. 128-138

Revalidation is a significant recent regulatory policy reform from the UK General Medical Council and being considered elsewhere around the world. The policy aims to regulate licensed doctors to ensure that they are ‘up-to-date and fit-to practise’. Fundamental to the policy is that the...

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