Health Policy
Journal Data
| Type | JOURNAL |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Elsevier Ireland Ltd (IE) |
| ISSN | 0168-8510 / 1872-6054 |
| Scopus | 21306 |
| OpenAlex | S4210209709 |
| MAG | 4210209709 |
| Website | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/health-policy |
| Total publications | 1.165 |
| Coverage period | 1988 - 2026 |
| Country | NL |
| Language | EN |
| Indexing | Scopus indexed |
| Cited by | 3 |
| Impact factor | 0.941 |
| SJR | 1.44 (Q1) |
| SNIP | 1.798 |
| CiteScore | 7 |
| h-index | 1 |
| Overton policy citations | 9 |
| Female authorship share | 54.9% |
This journal focuses on health policy, systems, and management. While it primarily addresses policy and economics, medical anthropology often engages with health systems and policy implications, making this a cognate social science venue with regular, though not central, anthropological intersection
Health Policy · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Clinical practice guidelines implementation · Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Educational Robotics and Engineering · Employment and Welfare Studies · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Global Health Care Issues · Global Health Workforce Issues
Health care system distrust in Germany
Mapping European mental health policies
BACKGROUND: The rising burden of mental health problems requires effective, comprehensive, and evidence-informed policymaking. Despite their importance, mental health policies often remain poorly implemented. OBJECTIVE: This review aimed to map European mental health policies, identify patterns in the types of policy instruments used (e.g., legislation, guidelines, funding mechanisms, initiatives), assess which stages of the policy cycle are most…
Policy priorities in palliative and end-of-life care
Patient-reported outcome measures in palliative care
Israel’s 2010 capitation reform and the widening of regional health disparities
BACKGROUND: Israel's National Health Insurance system exhibits persistent regional disparities in health outcomes. In 2010, the government reformed its capitation formula to allocate additional funding to Health Plans (HPs) serving peripheral communities, aiming to reduce these disparities. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the 2010 capitation reform in narrowing regional health gaps, as measured by self-reported health (SRH). …
From institutions to homes
Health system reforms in high-income countries continue to pursue better population health, improved care experiences, and greater efficiency. However, most systems remain organized around institutions that require individuals to adjust to fixed sites of care. Achieving the Triple Aim requires a structural reorientation: the home should become the default locus of care, with hospitals and other facilities serving as extensions when specific clini…
Coverage with evidence development programs
Demographic and economic drivers of healthcare system capacity in Italy
Aligning with Optimal Care Pathways for people with Colon Cancer
Background Optimal Care Pathways (OCPs) are national pathway-based frameworks designed to promote timely, coordinated, evidence-based cancer care through tumour-specific action points. However, population-level evidence on associations between OCP alignment, survival, and healthcare costs, remains limited. Objective To examine factors associated with OCP alignment and its relationship with five-year survival and hospital costs among people with c…
The implementation of take-home naloxone in Germany. An interview study with professionals who offer overdose education and naloxone distribution
Does practice make perfect? Panel evidence from hip fracture surgery in Italy
Background A large body of evidence documented a positive association between hospital volume and patient outcomes, but the underlying causal mechanisms remain debated. While the “practice makes perfect” hypothesis suggests quality gains from centralization, the “selective referral” hypothesis raises concerns about access and equity. Objective To examine the causal effect of surgical volumes on outcomes for hip fracture patients in a non-competit…
“A Process-Oriented investigation of Technology Assessment in Italian Hospitals
Background Hospital-Based Health Technology Assessment (HBHTA) enables hospital managers and professionals to navigate financial constraints while enhancing care delivery through innovation. Past literature has focused mainly on assessment criteria, offering limited evidence on HBHTA from a process-oriented perspective. Objective This study aims to examine how HBHTA is operationalised in hospitals and to identify the organisational and contextual…
Is higher-quality secondary mental healthcare more costly? A systematic review
The role of personal experience, contemptuous beliefs and accountability after the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Navigating Licensure and Practice in Canada
Improved accessibility and long-term effects of clinical networks
Cross-country comparison of ex-ante sugar tax evaluations
A Scoping Review on Community Health Care Centers
Reforming Licensure Pathways for Internationally Educated Nurses in Canada
Background Amid longstanding nursing shortages, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal, provincial, and territorial governments across Canada prioritized the recruitment of internationally educated nurses (IENs). As a result, nursing regulators were strongly encouraged to implement a range of policy shifts to reduce licensure barriers. The nature and scope of these reforms have varied across jurisdictions. Objective To identify and compare…
Dementia care ethics, structural violence and unmet needs
Background Despite advancements in dementia care policies, people living with dementia continue experiencing significant unmet needs, while health and social care professionals encounter complex ethical challenges shaped by healthcare systems, cultural attitudes, and resource availability. Objective This cross-country comparison study seeks to compare and describe the ethical knowledge, attitudes, and decision-making processes of healthcare profe…
Impact of Increased Capitation on Revenue Distribution Among General Practitioners
Background During recent years, many countries have moved from pure fee-for-service (FFS) systems toward mixed payment arrangements combining capitation and FFS components. In Norway, regular general practitioners (GPs) typically provide primary care under mixed capitation and FFS remuneration. Recently, increased proportion of capitation has been suggested. Objective This study investigates the impact of increasing the proportion of capitation o…
Vaccine hesitancy in conflict-affected Ukraine
A method for testing health system resilience
BACKGROUND: Recent adverse events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises, conflict, migration and extreme weather have demonstrated how a wide range of shocks can challenge health systems. While emergency preparedness and planning is a well established component of health system governance in many countries, no methodology has existed to systematically test the resilience of a health system to a broad range of shocks. OBJECTIVE: To share…
Judicious resource managers or administrative intermediaries
Spatial equity of physiotherapy accessibility in Aotearoa New Zealand in relation to Māori and Pacific ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and rurality
The snakes and ladders of user involvement
Progressivity and horizontal equity in health care finance and delivery
Policy context of the poor progress of the pro-poor policy
Health disparities in Canada today
Long term care financing in four OECD countries
Welfare state matters
The National Health Insurance system as one type of new typology
Room for manoeuvre?
French pediatricians’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children
Framework for assessing governance of the health system in developing countries
The new cooperative medical scheme in China
Public participation in health care priority setting
Regional inequality in health and its determinants
Job tenure and self-reported workplace discrimination for cancer survivors 2 years after diagnosis
Density of dental practitioners and access to dental care for the elderly
Welfare states, flexible employment, and health
Effects of pay for performance in health care
Sex-based differences in income and response to proposed financial incentives among general practitioners in France
Five types of OECD healthcare systems
What (or who) causes health inequalities
Effects of the economic crisis on health and healthcare in Greece in the literature from 2009 to 2013
A review of health governance
Intergovernmental relations and Long Term Care reforms
Geographic variation in rates of common surgical procedures in France in 2008–2010, and comparison to the US and Britain
Understanding shortages of sufficient health care in rural areas