Health Systems Policy, Finance, and Organization

Part I Health policy and public health

1. Health policy: Overview C Paton;  2. Agenda setting in public health policy J Shiffman;  3. Politics and public health policy reform A Glassman and K Buse;  4.  Evidence-based public health policy V Lin;  5. Planning for public health policy A T Green and T N Mirzoev;  6. Role of the State in public health A Alvarez-Rosete;  7. Alma Ata and primary health care: an evolving story J H Bryant and J B Richmond;  8. Health issues of the UN Millennium Development Goals M Claeson and P Folger;  9. Health inequalities P Braveman;  10. Resource allocation: Justice and resource allocation in public health R Rhodes;  11. Human rights approach to public health policy D Tarantola and S Gruskin;  12. Interest groups and civil society in public health policy N Mays; 13. People's Health Movement R Nayaran and C Schuftan;  14. Global health initiatives and public health policy R Brugha;  15. Corruption and the consequences for public health T Vian

Part II Health financing

1. Health care financing and the health system C Normand and S Thomas; 2. Health care costs, structures and trends T Tan-Torres Edejer, C Garg, P Hernandez, N Van de Maele and C Indikadahena; 3. Determinants of national health expenditure A K Nandakumar and M E Farag;  4. Resource allocation: international perspectives on resource allocation D K Martin and S R Benatar; 5. Cost-influenced treatment decisions and cost-effectiveness analysis D B Evans;  6. Decision analytic modelling P Muennig;  7. Equity in health finance D De Graeve and K Xu;  8. Governance issues in health financing M Lewis and P Musgrove;  9. Transition to universal coverage in developing countries T Ensor;  10. Insurance Plans and Programs: an overview S Gress and J Wasem;  11. Community health insurance in developing countries B Criel, M-P Waelkens, W Soors, N Devadasan and C Atim;  12. The demand for health care G Mwabu;  13. Long term care, organization and financing M Knapp and A Somani;  14. Innovative financing of health promotion V Tangcharoensathien, P Prakongsai, W Patcharanarumol, S Limwattananon and S Buasai

Part III Organization of health services

1.  Health system organization models F C J Stevens and J van der Zee;  2. Primary health care D Sanders, N Schaay and S Mohamed;  3. Demand and supply of human resources for health G Dussault and M Vujicic;  4. The role of the private sector in health care provision A Harding and D Montagu;  5. Competition in health care P H Song, J D Barlow, E E Seiber and A S McAlearney;  6. Public-Private mix in health systems C R Keane and M C Weerasinghe;  7. Provider payment and incentives R P Ellis and M M Miller;  8. Managed care S K Glied and K Janus;  9. Economic models of hospital behaviour X Liu and A Mills;  10. Essential drugs policy H Haak;  11. Long term care in health services J Brodsky and A M Clarfield;  12. Long term care for aging populations E Stallard;  13.  Patient empowerment in health care J F P Bridges, S Loukanova and P Carrera;  14. Community health workers S B Rifkin

Part IV Key features of health systems around the world

1. National health systems: an overview N Goodwin;  2. Urban health systems: overview D C Ompad, S Galea and D Vlahov;  3. Comparative health systems H Wang ;  4. The health care of indigenous peoples/nations G Bodeker