Journal Contents: International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics (IJPPHME)

Volume 4 (2015)
Issue 1
Special Issue on Global Effectiveness Research in Health Care
Guest Editorial Preface
Louis Rubino (Department of Health Sciences, California State University Northridge, California, USA), Jari Vuori (Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland)
Article 1
A Model of European Medicine Agency (EMA)'s Decisions on Human Medicines (pages 1-20)
Roberta Troisi (University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy), Carmine Garzillo (University on Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy)
Article 2
A Framework to Analyze Variation of the Satisfaction of Patients for Outpatient Needs: A Case of West Bengal, India (pages 21-35)
Arnab Jana (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India)
Article 3
Designing Measures for Managing the Effectiveness for Integrated Service Delivery: The Case of a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic (pages 36-52)
Virpi Sillanpää (Department of Business Information Management and Logistics, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland)
Article 4
Public Hospitals in China: The Next Priority for Meaningful Health Care Reform (pages 53-72)
Donghai Wei (Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China), Louis Rubino (Department of Health Sciences, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA)
Volume 3 (2013)
Issue 1
Article 1
Governing the Innovation Process: Tools of Meta-Governance–The Kotitori Model in Tampere Finland (pages 1-16)
Kari Hakari (City of Tampere, Tampere, Finland), Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen (School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland)
Article 2
Perspectives on Purchaser-Provider Co-Operation in the Local Welfare Regimes in Finland (pages 17-32)
Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen (School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland), Sami Fredriksson (National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland), Juhani Lehto (School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland)
Article 3
Publicness, Organisational Characteristics and Performance: An Investigation of Public and Private Hospitals in England (pages 33-50)
Stuart Anderson (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
Issue 2
Toward Personalized Public and Private Health Services?
Editorial Preface
Jari Vuori (Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland)
Article 1
Reputation and Legitimacy: A Comparative View of Three Municipal Enterprises in Finland (pages 1-17)
Päivikki Kuoppakangas (Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Pori, Finland), Kati Suomi (Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Pori, Finland), Khim Horton (School of Health and Social Care, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, England)
Article 2
Recent Evidence on the Changing Mix of Providers of Healthcare in England (pages 18-34)
Greenwell Matchaya (ReSAKSS-SA, International Water Management Institute, Pretoria, South Africa), Pauline Allen (Health Services Organisation, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK), Simon Turner (Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK), Will Bartlett (European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), Virginie Perotin (Department of Economics, Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK), Bernarda Zamora (School for Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK)
Article 3
Mechanisms of Innovation Improvement in the Primary Healthcare Centers (pages 35-45)
Alireza Aslani (Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland), Marja Naaranoja (Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland)
Article 4
Health Expenditures in Latin America 1995-2010 (pages 46-63)
Jesus Salgado-Vega (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico State, Mexico), Fatima Y. Salgado-Naime (Comision de Derechos Humanos del Estado de Mexico, Toluca, Mexico State, Mexico & Instituto Universitario de Investigación Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, Spain)
Issue 3
Special Issue on the Movement toward Citizen's Choice in Health Care
Editorial Preface
Jari Vuori (Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland)
Article 1
Public and Private Healthcare in Slovenia in Relation to Choice and Accessibility of Services (pages 1-14)
Matic Kavčič (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Majda Pahor (Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Article 2
Personal Budgets, Choice and Health: A Review of International Evidence from 11 OECD Countries (pages 15-28)
Erica Wirrmann Gadsby (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK), Julia Segar (Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Pauline Allen (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK), Kath Checkland (Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Anna Coleman (Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Imelda McDermott (Centre for Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK), Stephen Peckham (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK)
Article 3
Re-Balancing the Roles of Public and Private Health Sectors in Wales (pages 29-43)
Malcolm John Prowle (Nottingham Business School, Nottingham, UK)
Article 4
The End of Publicness?: Public and Private Healthcare Organizations are Alike in all Important Respects (pages 44-61)
Stuart Anderson (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
Volume 2 (2012)
Issue 1
Article 1
Incentivizing Patients to Live Healthy Lives: Does it Work? (pages 1-6)
Markus Lüngen (University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany), Anna Marie Passon (University Hospital Cologne, Germany), Stephanie Stock (University Hospital Cologne, Germany)
Article 2
Modularity in Health and Social Services: A Systematic Review (pages 7-21)
Mervi Vähätalo (University of Turku, Finland)
Article 3
Policy Transfer and Bureaucratic Politics: Insights from Hospital Autonomy Reforms in Malawi (pages 22-36)
Richard I. C. Tambulasi (University of Malawi, Malawi)
Issue 2
Article 1
Paying for Performance: Key Design Features and the Bigger Picture (pages 1-16)
Padhraig Ryan (Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, & Centre for Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
Article 2
Medicaid: A Social Safety Net in Crises (pages 17-37)
Enrique M. Perez (Health Care Management, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business, Florida Institute of Technology, Wellington, FL, USA)
Article 3
Exploring Theory for Citizens’ Preferences in Health Policy: The Contribution of Health Policy Cultures to Understanding the Roles of Public and Private Health Service Providers (pages 38-57)
Marika Kylänen (Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland), Jari Vuori (Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland), Pauline Allen (Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK)
Issue 3
Article 2
The Social Risk of Low Fertility in Taiwan (pages 17-26)
Pei-Yuen Tsai (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan)
Article 3
Everyday Experience of Front-Line Professionals and In/Formal Carers: Long Term Care of Older People in England, the Netherlands and Taiwan (pages 27-39)
Henglien Lisa Chen (School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex, England, UK)
Article 4
Protective Factors in Family Relationships (pages 40-48)
Ann Buchanan (Centre for Research into Parenting and Children, University of Oxford, UK)
Issue 4
Article 1
Using Social Quality as a Framework for Analyzing Social Development in Taiwan (pages 1-13)
Lih-Rong Lillian Wang (Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan), Yun-Tung Wang (Department of Sociology and Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan), Peishan Yung (Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan)
Article 2
Teenage Pregnancy and Its Support System in Korea: Transition from “Abortion or Adoption” to “Childbirth and Childrearing” (pages 14-40)
Naoko Sôma (International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan), Jiyoon Park (Institute of Human Sciences, Toyo University, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan & The Monitoring Center for Children’s Rights, South Korea), Sun-Hee Baek (Seoul Theological University, Seoul, Korea), Akemi Morita (Toyo University, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Article 3
Family and Care Work Facing Social Change and Globalization: Conjunction between Family, Care Work and Immigration in Japan (pages 41-53)
Reiko Ogawa (Faculty of Law, Kyûshû University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
Article 4
Family and Poverty Eradication in Developing Countries: Roles and Functions of Family in Myanmar (pages 54-65)
Kana Takamatsu (Department of Politics and International Relations, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan)
Volume 1 (2011)
Issue 1
Article 1
Stakeholders’ Expectations on Health Services: In Search of an Assessment Model of Performance (pages 1-15)
Ricardo Corrêa Gomes (University of Brasília, Brazil), Luciana de Oliveira Miranda Gomes (University of Brasília, Brazil)
Article 2
Changing Health Care from Inside Out: Policy Entrepreneur Questioning Ophthalmology Service Production in Finland (pages 16-27)
Lauri Kokkinen (The University of Tampere, Finland), Juhani Lehto (The University of Tampere, Finland)
Article 3
Comparative Study Between Japan and the UK on Shifting the Third Sector–Government Relationships (pages 28-39)
Ichiro Tsukamoto (Meiji University, Japan), Mariko Nishimura (Meiji-Gakuin University, Japan)
Article 4
Participative Typologies: A Comparative Study Among Health Councils in Montevideo, Uruguay and Porto Alegre, Brazil (pages 40-52)
Andrea de Oliveira Gonçalves (University of Brasília, Brazil), Rodrigo de Souza Gonçalves (University of Brasília, Brazil), Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort (FECAP, Brazil)
Issue 2
Article 1
Regulating Patients’ Access to Healthcare Services (pages 1-16)
Nadine Reibling (University of Mannheim, Germany), Claus Wendt (Siegen University and University of Mannheim, Germany)
Article 2
The Politics of Health Finance Reform in Hong Kong (pages 17-25)
Raymond K. H. Chan (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Article 3
Outsourced Health Care Services: Experiences and Positions of Medical Staff (pages 26-39)
Tiina Tiilikka (University of Tampere, Finland)
Article 4
Research Essay: Salami Slicing a Role for Private Providers: (pages 40-51)
John Lister (Coventry University, UK)
Issue 3
Article 1
Healthcare Providers in the English National Health Service: Public, Private or Hybrids? (pages 1-18)
Pauline Allen (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Will Bartlett (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), Virginie Pérotin (Leeds University Business School, UK), Greenwell Matchaya (University of Reading, UK), Simon Turner (King’s College London, UK), Bernarda Zamora (University of Bristol, UK)
Article 2
Employees’ Perceptions on Organisational Justice, Job Control and Job Demands: Do Ownership and Human Resource Management Practices Matter? (pages 19-37)
Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen (University of Tampere, Finland), Timo Sinervo (National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland), Marko Elovainio (National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland), Juhani Lehto (University of Tampere, Finland), Anna-Maija Koivisto (University of Tampere, Finland), Anja Noro (National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland), Finne-Soveri (National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland)
Article 3
Issue 4
Article 1
Primary Health Services Utilization and Inequality: The Emerging Symbiotic Public/Private Model in Hong Kong (pages 1-13)
Raymond K. H. Chan (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Kang Hu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Article 2
Risk Society and the Hybris of Modern Japanese State/Society (pages 14-26)
Mika Markus Merviö (Kibi International University, Japan)
Article 3
Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Crisis in 2011 with Gender View (pages 27-38)
Yoiko Andô (Fukushima Bar Association, Japan)
Article 4
Women and Health in Japan: The Rise and Obstacles of Gender and Sex-Specific Medicine (pages 39-43)
Hiroko Hara (Josai International University and Ochanomizu University, Japan)
Article 5
DV Laws in Japan: The Next Steps in the Journey of a Thousand Miles (pages 44-46)
Marjory D. Fields (Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, USA)
Article 6
Making Sense of the Best Interest of Children in Vulnerable Family Relationships (pages 47-52)
Mutsuko Takahashi (Kibi International University, Japan)