International Journal of Public Policy (IJPP)

International Journal of Public Policy

2010 Vol.5 No.2/3

Special Issue on Evidence-Based Research for Improving Health and Public Affairs as Extended to Global Health Affairs

Guest Editor: Professor Thomas T.H. Wan

Introduction

Pages Title and author(s)
104-120Global health research strategies
Thomas T.H. Wan
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030597
121-132Comparison of nursing home care between the USA and China
Ning Jackie Zhang, Thomas T.H. Wan, Gerald-Mark Breen, Lynn Unruh, Sam Marathe, Shixue Li, Liying Jia
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030598
133-142Evidence based medicine as a strategy for quality improvement
Jeffrey P. Harrison, Kim Radcliffe
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030599
143-159Nursing home quality: does financial performance matter?
Mei Zhao, Reid M. Oetjen, JoAnn M. Nolin, Henry J. Carretta
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030600
160-174Transfer from a home and community-based long-term care program to a nursing home: the Ohio experience
Yushim Kim, Sunny Kim, HeeSoo Kim
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030601
175-189Patient satisfaction in hospital-based emergency departments: recommendation for healthcare management and policy
Blossom Yen-Ju Lin, Chung-Ping Cliff Hsu, Cheng-Hua Lee, Ming-Chin Chao
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030602
190-203System transformation: USA and international strategies in healthcare organisation and policy
Roice D. Luke
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030603
204-221The diffusion of bariatric surgery programs within US community hospitals, 1995 to 2000
Wenqiang Tian, Robert E. Hurley, Dolores G. Clement
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030604
222-236Pursuing an extension of the 'Minnowbrook spirit' in the US healthcare system
Keon-Hyung Lee, Kwi-Hee Bae
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030605
237-258Healthcare access, socioeconomic factors and late-stage cancer diagnosis: an exploratory spatial analysis and public policy implication
Fahui Wang, Lan Luo, Sara McLafferty
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030606
259-271Determinants of primary care physicians' referral pattern: a structural equation model approach
Kyusuk Chung, Duckhye Yang, Jun Hyup Lee
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030607
272-289Job design and the psychological status of Taiwanese pharmacists on job outcomes: an application of the job characteristics model
Blossom Yen-Ju Lin, Ying-Chen Yeh, Wen-Hung Lin
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030608