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Health workforce planning should be strategy or policy-driven: From linear forecasts to normative futures

Health workforce planning (HWP) remains persistently ineffective, a weakness that was starkly exposed during the pandemic ...

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Cumulative legacies and crisis decision-making in shocks to the Irish health system: A mixed methods analysis

Volume 161, November 2025, 105432Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•Health system shocks and the responses to...

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Measuring health system resilience: Understanding the relationship between excess mortality and health system performance

Volume 161, November 2025, 105430Author links open overlay panel, Highlights•Compares health system resilience using exces...

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Corrigendum to “Impact of territorial case management on hospital admissions for complex chronic patients in Catalonia (Spain)” [Health Policy 159 (2025) 105384]

Volume 161, November 2025, 105405Author links open overlay panelJesús Antonio Vaquero Cruzado a e, Nuria Gutiérrez Jiménez...

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Health impact assessments should be mandatory for all relevant government policies

Volume 162, December 2025, 105436Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Health policy submission – hig...

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Anticipating ethical and social dimensions of the European Health Data Space: A rapid systematic review

BackgroundThe European Health Data Space Regulation (EHDS) establishes a common governance framework intended to promote t...

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Gender differences in healthcare utilization across Europe: Evidence from the European Health Interview Survey

Volume 162, December 2025, 105448Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , Highlights•Gender disparities in healthcare ut...

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Communication difficulties and strategies in migrant mental healthcare: A European survey of health and social care professionals

BackgroundGlobally, one billion people suffer from mental health disorders. Migrant populations face high prevalence rates...

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Impact of midwifery-led units in Spain: lessons from the first 5 years

Volume 162, December 2025, 105441Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , Highlights•Spain’s first MLU improved regi...

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Are long-term care systems aligned with person-centered integrated care? Evidence from the Western Pacific

Volume 162, December 2025, 105442Author links open overlay panel, , , , , , , , Highlights•Western Pacific LTC systems are...

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The contribution of health and health systems to other sustainable development goals. An overview of the evidence on co-benefits

BackgroundWhile the effects of other sectors on health outcomes have been recognised, the co-benefits that arise from heal...

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Emotions associated with teleconsultation: An analysis of users' messages on X (Twitter) in Chile

Volume 162, December 2025, 105449Author links open overlay panel, , Highlights•Exploring satisfaction related to teleconsu...

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Barriers to Responsiveness and Provision of Dignified care: A qualitative study of Israeli Physicians

BackgroundAlthough physicians recognize the importance of providing quality and respectful treatment, many physicians face...

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Population health impacts of national health insurance coverage for neonatal intensive care unit admission in South Korea: evidence from regression discontinuity analyses

Volume 162, December 2025, 105471Author links open overlay panel, Highlights•Evidence on NICU effectiveness is weaker than...

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Frameworks, theories and models used in the development of health policies: A systematic review of systematic reviews

Volume 162, December 2025, 105451Author links open overlay panel, , , , Highlights•The application of FTMs in health polic...

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Governance of nonpowdered firearms across high-income countries: Results of a scoping review

BackgroundNonpowdered firearms are commonly used in recreation but their projectiles can cause serious injuries. Understan...

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Determinants of time to access to EMA-approved cancer drugs in Spanish NHS in the past decade: a two cohorts study

Volume 162, December 2025, 105469Author links open overlay panel, , , Highlights•In Spain, cost-utility and clinical benef...

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The same, but different: Understanding responsibility attributions for depression with a cross-national survey in the United States and Germany

Volume 162, December 2025, 105445Author links open overlay panel, , Highlights•Responsibility attributions for depression ...

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Health hazard discrimination or prejudice? A correspondence experiment in Italy

Volume 162, December 2025, 105447Author links open overlay panel, , Highlights•Shows how disease threats trigger discrimin...

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High health system performance, low health system resilience: Navigating vulnerability – an illustrative example using Small and Island States

1. Wide-spread recognition of small island developing states (SIDS) as a distinct group first occurred at the UN Conferenc...

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Medicare austerity reforms and patient out-of-pocket costs: the experience from Australian cancer patients