Articles

Commentary

Crisis Management in Healthcare Policymaking by Helen Disney

Play it again, Sam! Health care and the race to the White House by David Torstensson.

Seeing Ahead? by Helen Disney.

Valuing a unique commodity by Helen Disney and Meir Pugatch.

Why the Retirement Age Should be None of the Government’s Business by Kristian Niemietz.

Why yet another Newsletter on Health and Welfare Policies? by Kristian Niemietz and David Torstensson.

Topic of the Month

A profile of the American health sector by Grace-Marie Turner.

Financial Crisis and Healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe by Paul Healy

Slovak reform sets V4 rolling by Peter Pažitný.

The ‘Empowerment Through Savings’ Programme by Philip Booth.

Theory versus Practice: Discussing the Governance of Health Technology Assessment Systems by Paul Healy.

Towards a Europe of Worker Capitalists by José Piñera.

Think Tanker's Corner

A view from the Hudson Institute by Catherine M. Fisher.

Avoiding Band Aids for Broken Bones. Health Care Reform in Lithuania by Monika Kacinskiene.

Healthcare System Reform: The Romanian Patient by Bogdan Lazarescu.

Patient-Centric Comparative Effectiveness by Peter Pitts.

Slovakia: A Free Market Health Care Revolution and its Rollback by Peter Tatar.

Expert's Corner

Peering Down the Kaleidoscope: Evidence and Health Economics are Now the Future by Stuart Carroll and Paul O’Donohoe.

Special Report

A Survey of the Greek Health Care System by Savvas Parselias.

Devolved healthcare – the Spanish way by Cristina Palomares

Echoes from the Past? Health Care Reform in Former Communist Countries by Lawrence Freeborn.

Objection, your Honour! – Socialised medicine in Europe, free market health care in America? by Kristian Niemietz.

Head 2 Head

Lower costs through higher coverage, or higher coverage through lower costs? by David B. Kendall and David Freddoso.

Should Government Have a Role to Play in In-Patient Care? by David Furness and Helen Evans.

Book/Movie Review

Health Consumer Powerhouse’s Euro Health Consumer Index 2009 by Adrienne Cernigoi

Plan B. Den dolda jakten på välfärd [Plan B. The Secret Quest for Welfare] by Henrik Lindberg et al.

Sicko by Michael Moore.

Wachstumsmarkt Gesundheit by Peter Oberender, Ansgar Hebborn and Juergen Zerth.