Elias Mossialos

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

336

Co-Authors

Optimism and the perceptions of new risks (2009)

Mossialos, Elias, Rudisill, Caroline

While many risks, especially new ones, are not objectively quantifiable, individuals still form perceptions of risks using incomplete or unclear evidence about the true nature of those risks. In the...

Private health insurance and the internal market (2009)

Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias

Commentators increasingly have highlighted that there is a dissonance in the European approach to health policy. Within the European Union, the Treaties stipulate healthcare as an area of exclusive...

Financing health care in the European Union: challenges and policy responses (2009)

Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias

Health care systems across the European Union face a common challenge: the high cost of health care. Governments strive to ensure that cost pressures do not undermine values such as universal...

Private health insurance in the European Union (2009)

Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias

This report provides an overview and analysis of markets for private health insurance (PHI) in the European Union (EU). Part 1 reviews market role, size, structure and conduct and public policy...

Edited by Carl-Ardy Dubois, (2008)

Carl-ardy Dubois, Martin Mckee, Ellen Nolte, Edited Josep Figueras, Martin Mckee, Elias Mossialos, ...

The views expressed by authors or editors do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policies of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies or any of its partners. The...

Qualität in Gesundheitssystemen. Eine Darstellung von in ausgewählten Ländern angewendeten Ansätzen und Modellen (2008)

Ladurner, Joy, Mossialos, Elias, Merkur, Sherry, Lear, Julia

Der Artikel präsentiert Ergebnisse der Studie „Qualität in Gesundheitssystemen – mit Schwerpunkt auf strategischen Optionen für Österreich“ des Hauptverbandes und der London School of...

Edited by (2008)

Josep Figueras, Ray Robinson, Elke Jakubowski, Edited Josep Figueras, Martin Mckee, Elias Mossialos, ...

Purchasing to improve health systems performance The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership

Options for Europe (2008)

Richard B. Saltman, Reinhard Busse, Elias Mossialos, Regulating Entrepreneurial

The series The volumes in this series focus on key issues for health policy-making in Europe. Each study explores the conceptual background, outcomes and lessons learned about the development of more...

Physician revalidation in Europe (2008)

Merkur, Sherry, Mossialos, Elias, Long, Morgan, McKee, Martin

Despite the increasing attention on patient mobility, there remains a lack of European-level interest in assuring the sustained competence of health professionals. Specifically, the existing European...

What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries (2008)

Gemmill, Marin C, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias

Abstract As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large...

What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries (2008)

Gemmill, Marin C., Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias

As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of...

Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or their relative's organs? Evidence from European Union survey data (2008)

Mossialos, Elias, Costa-Font, Joan, Rudisill, Caroline

Abstract Background Maintaining adequately high organ donation rates proves essential to offering patients all appropriate and available treatment options. However, the act of donation is in itself...

Health care financing in the context of social security (2008)

Thomson, Sarah, Foubister, Thomas, Mossialos, Elias

In view of increasing cost pressures, this paper aims to provide guidance to national EU policy-makers faced with the challenge of reconciling financial sustainability of health systems with the...

Inequality in health care use among older people in the United Kingdom: an analysis of panel data (2006)

Allin, Sara, Masseria, C., Mossialos, Elias

Horizontal equity in health care service use is an area that remains relatively unexamined in the literature on older people. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of income-related...

Diabetes and urbanization in the Omani population: an analysis of national survey data (2006)

Al-Moosa, Siba, Allin, Sara, Jemiai, Nadia, Al-Lawati, Jawad, Mossialos, Elias

Abstract Background The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Oman is high and appears to be rising. Rising rates of diabetes and associated risk factors have been observed in populations undergoing...

Bioethical Implications of Globalization : an International Consortium Project of the European Commission (2006)

Novotny, Thomas E., Mordini, Emilio, Chadwick, Ruth, Pedersen, J. Martin, Fabbri, Fabrizio, Lie, Reidar, ...

The term “globalization” was popularized by Marshall McLuhan in War and Peace in the Global Village. In the book, McLuhan described how the global media shaped current events surrounding the...

A conceptual framework for community-based health insurance in low-income countries: social capital and economic development (2006)

Mladovsky, Philipa, Mossialos, Elias

Current thinking in major international development agencies construes community-based health insurance (CBHI) as a transitional mechanism to achieving universal coverage for health care in...

Provider incentives and prescribing behaviour in Europe (2005)

Mossialos, Elias, Walley, Tom, Rudisill, Caroline

European policy makers have increasingly moved from primarily focusing on supply-side regulation of pharmaceutical costs to offering incentives for providers’ prescribing behavior. The nature and...

Special Issue on 'Legacies and latitude in European health policy' (2005)

Oliver, Adam, Mossialos, Elias, Wilsford, David

Adam Oliver, Elias Mossialos and David Wilsford are the editors of this special issue on 'Legacies and latitude in European health policy'.

An overview of pharmaceutical policy in four countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom (2005)

Mossialos, Elias, Oliver, Adam

The regulation of pharmaceutical markets is an important policy concern in many countries, and is generally undertaken with cost containment, efficiency, quality and equity objectives in mind. This...

Special Issue on 'Legacies and latitude in European health policy' (2005)

Oliver, Adam, Mossialos, Elias, Wilsford, David

Adam Oliver, Elias Mossialos and David Wilsford are the editors of this special issue on 'Legacies and latitude in European health policy'.

EVALUATION STUDIES (2005)

Gregory P. Marchildon, Sara Allin, Elias Mossialos

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Edited by (2005)

Gregory P. Marchildon, Sara Allin, Elias Mossialos

1.1 Overview of the health system............................................................................. 11 1.2 Geography and...

Plusca Change: Health Sector Reforms in Greece (2005)

Davaki, Konstantina, Mossialos, Elias

Changes in the health care sector in Greece since the pathbreaking introduction of the National Health System (NHS) in 1983 have been sluggish. Twenty years after its inception and a series of...

European Health Systems Reforms: Looking Backward to See Forward? (2005)

Oliver, Adam, Mossialos, Elias

In this article we outline the different schools of new institutionalism and a few other selected political science theories. Moreover, we relate the insights offered by a series of analyses of...

Equity of access to health care : outlining the foundations for action (2004)

Oliver, Adam J., Mossialos, Elias

The Ministers of Health from Chile, Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom recently established The International Forum on Common Access to Health Care Services, based...

Equity of access to health care : outlining the foundations for action (2004)

Oliver, Adam J., Mossialos, Elias

The Ministers of Health from Chile, Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom recently established The International Forum on Common Access to Health Care Services, based...

Equity of access to health care: outlining the foundations for action (2004)

Oliver, Adam, Mossialos, Elias

The Ministers of Health from Chile, Germany, Greece, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom recently established The International Forum on Common Access to Health Care Services, based...

Health technology assessment and its influence on health-care priority setting (2004)

Oliver, Adam, Mossialos, Elias, Robinson, Ray

In this article, we review the development of health technology assessment (HTA) in England and Wales, France, The Netherlands, and Sweden, and we summarize the reaction to these developments from a...

Entrepreneurial behaviour in pharmaceutical markets and the effects of regulation (2002)

Mossialos, Elias, Mrazek, Monique. F

Contending that European policy makers, in their efforts to protect patient's health, have enacted an overly bureaucratic and static regulatory regime, this collection of 11 papers argues for a new...

The influence of EU law on the social character of health care systems (2002)

Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin

European law is an increasingly important factor in the development and implementation of national and local health policy. Yet for many it remains shrouded in mystery. The situation with regard to...

Early entrance to the job market and its effect on adult health: evidence from Brazil (2001)

Kassouf, Ana Lúcia, McKee, Martin, Mossialos, Elias

Objective: To determine the effect of employment in childhood on self-reported health in adulthood. Method: A cross-sectional household survey, with households selected through two-stage sampling, in...

Is dread of Genetically Modified food associated with the consumers’ demand for information?

Joan Costa-Font, Elias Mossialos

We argue that the dread of Genetically Modified (GM) food is an expression of the individual's demand for information as a self-protective action. This study empirically examines the determinants of...

Is there 'patient selection' in the demand for private maternity care in Greece?

Elias Mossialos, Joan Costa-Font, Konstantina Davaki, Konstantinos Karras

The influence of private health insurance (PHI) and gynaecologists' demand for leisure in determining a caesarean section (CS) delivery is examined. A database collected in January 2002 is exploited...

Citizens' Views on Health Care Systems in the 15 Member States of The European Union

Elias Mossialos

This paper provides an initial analysis of a Eurobarometer|LSE survey on citizens' views on health care systems which was conducted in the 15 European Union Member States in 1996. It examines and...

Improving access to research data in Europe

Mladovsky, Philipa, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin

The European Commission needs to promote access to the data whose collection it has financed

Analysing the Greek health system: a tale of fragmentation and inertia

Elias Mossialos, Sara Allin, Konstantina Davaki

The Greek health system does not yet offer universal coverage and has fragmented funding and delivery. Funding is regressive, with a reliance on informal payments, and there are inequities in access,...

The Public as a Limit to Technology Transfer: The Influence of Knowledge and Beliefs in Attitudes towards Biotechnology in the UK

Joan Costa-Font, Elias Mossialos

Transferring knowledge on new biotechnology applications in the European Union is restricted by limited public support. Explanations for this limited support lead us to examine the influence of...

The Impact of Managed Care on Clinical Research

Martin McKee, Elias Mossialos

Traditionally, US teaching hospitals have subsidised research by charging higher costs for treatment; however, this approach is being challenged. The growth of managed-care organisations, concerned...

Outstanding Regulatory Aspects in the European Pharmaceutical Market

Panos Kanavos, Elias Mossialos

This paper identifies and analyses a number of outstanding regulatory aspects in the completion of the European pharmaceutical single market. It discusses pricing and competition in pharmaceuticals...

What impact do prescription drug charges have on efficiency and equity? Evidence from high-income countries

Gemmill, Marin C, Thomson, Sarah, Mossialos, Elias

As pharmaceutical expenditure continues to rise, third-party payers in most high-income countries have increasingly shifted the burden of payment for prescription drugs to patients. A large body of...

A Conceptual Framework for Community-Based Health Insurance in Low-Income Countries: Social Capital and Economic Development

Mladovsky, Philipa, Mossialos, Elias

Summary The international policy model linking community-based health insurance (CBHI) and universal coverage for health care in low-income countries is implicitly determined by the development of...

Which policies effectively enable smoking cessation? Evidence from the European Union

Joan Costa, Elias Mossialos

Purpose – To examine the determinants of smoking cessation and tobacco consumption in the European Union (EU) countries. Specifically, the paper seeks to examine the role of smoking risk...

When is the Internet a valued communication device for health information in Europe?

Joan Costa-Font, Elias Mossialos, Caroline Rudisill

The proliferation of new information and communication technologies such as the Internet has arguably changed the way individuals update the information they use to prevent illness and monitor their...