Perlman, Francesca, Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin
Abstract Background The break-up of the USSR brought considerable disruption to health services in Russia. The uptake of compulsory health insurance rose rapidly after its introduction in 1993....
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Series Series Editors (2009)
Martin Mckee, Laura Maclehose, Ellen Nolte
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...
Navigating the health system: diabetes care in Georgia (2009)
Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin, Koroleva, Natalia, Chikovani, Ivdity, Goguadze, Ketevan, Kobaladze, Tina, ...
Background Effective delivery of diabetes care requires integration across specialist teams delivering recognized interventions, a reliable pharmaceutical supply, and promoting self-management....
European on Health Systems and Policies (2008)
Marc Suhrcke, Lorenzo Rocco, Martin Mckee, Marc Suhrcke, Martin Mckee
Health: a vital investment for economic development in eastern Europe and central Asia Health: a vital investment for economic development in eastern Europe and central Asia The European Observatory...
European Population Forum 2004: Population Challenges and Policy Responses (2008)
Ellen Nolte, Martin Mckee, Anna Gilmore, E Nolte, M Mckee, A Gilmore
Morbidity and mortality in transition countries in the European context Background paper for the session on: Morbidity, mortality and reproductive health: facing challenges in transition countries....
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Elias Mossialos, Martin Mckee, Advantil Jorbenadze, Naken Kasiev, Eduard Kovác, Bozo Ljubic, ...
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Purchasing to improve health systems performance The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership
Mindell , J, Klodawski, Ed, Fitzpatrick , Justine, Malhotra , Neeraj, McKee, Martin, Sanderson, Colin
Objective: To investigate the impact of including private sector data on assessments of equity of coronary revascularisation provision using NHS data only. Design: Analyses of Hospital Episodes...
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...
Observatory on Health Systems (2008)
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European on Health Systems and Policies Patient Mobility in the European Union (2008)
Magdalene Rosenmöller, Martin Mckee, Rita Baeten
Learning from experience This book has been elaborated under the Europe for Patients project and is published under the auspices of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies AIM The...
The HIM (Health for Izhevsk Men) trial protocol (2008)
Tomkins, Susannah, Allen, Elizabeth, Savenko, Olga, McCambridge, Jim, Saburova, Lyudmila, Kiryanov, Nikolay, ...
Abstract Background Russia is one of the very few industrialised countries in the world where life expectancy has been declining. Alcohol has been implicated as a major contributor to the rapid...
Do lifelong learning and revalidation ensure that physicians are fit to practise? (2008)
Merkur, Sherry, Mladovsky, Philipa, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin
Pomerleau, Joceline, McKee, Martin, Rose, Richard, Haerpfer, Christian W., Rotman, David, Tumanov, Sergej
Background: Hazardous consumption of large quantities of alcohol is a major cause of ill-health in the former Soviet Union (fSU). The objective of this study was to describe episodic heavy drinking...
Epidemiological research labelled as a violation of privacy: the case of Estonia (2008)
Since 1996, the Republic of Estonia has had data protection legislation that omits any of the exemptions for the processing of personal data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes...
Mackenbach, Johan, Allebeck, Peter, McKee, Martin, Ricciardi, Walter, Agardh, Emilie, Guldbrandsson, Karin
Tomkins, Susannah, Shkolnikov, Vladimir, Andreev, Evgueni, Kiryanov, Nikolay, Leon, David A, McKee, Martin, ...
Abstract Background It is thought that excessive alcohol consumption is related to the high mortality among working age men in Russia. Moreover it has been suggested that alcohol is a key proximate...
Stickley, Andrew, Leinsalu, Mall, Andreev, Evgueni, Razvodovsky, Yury, Vågerö, Denny, McKee, Martin
Background: To investigate the phenomenon of alcohol poisoning in Russia and the countries in the European part of the former Soviet Union in the period 1970–2002. Methods: Four time points were...
Breast cancer mortality in Russia and Ukraine 1963 2002: an age-period-cohort analysis (2007)
Hirte, Lale, Nolte, Ellen, Bain, Chris, McKee, Martin
Objective To determine the reasons for the steady increase in breast cancer mortality in Russia and Ukraine. Methods Age-period-cohort analysis, supplemented by analysis of historical fertility...
The effects of dictatorship on health: the case of Turkmenistan (2007)
Abstract Background There is a health crisis in Turkmenistan similar to, but more severe than, in other Central Asian countries. This paper asks whether the health crisis in Turkmenistan is...
Rafferty, Anne Marie, Clarke, Sean P., Coles, James, Ball, Jane, James, Philip, McKee, Martin, ...
Context Despite growing evidence in the US, little evidence has been available to evaluate whether internationally, hospitals in which nurses care for fewer patients have better outcomes in terms of...
A Comparative Health Survey of the Inhabitants of Roma Settlements in Hungary (2007)
Kósa Zsigmond, Németh Renáta, Országh Sándor, Fésűs Gabriella, Martin McKee, Vokó Zoltán (1968-) (epidemiológus), ...
A Comparative Health Survey of the Inhabitants of Roma Settlements in Hungary (2007)
Kósa Zsigmond, Széles György, Kardos László, Kósa Karolina, Németh Renáta, Országh Sándor, ...
Martin McKee, Kósa Karolina (1962-) (népegészségügyi Szakember, Egészségfejlesztő), Molnár Ágnes (1978-) (egészségpolitikus), Ádány Róza (1952-) (szakorvos, Népegészségügyi Szakember)
Mackenbach, Johan, Allebeck, Peter, McKee, Martin, Ricciardi, Walter, Agardh, Emilie, Guldbrandsson, Karin
A scientific journal exists only because of the good will and assistance of its reviewers. We can only publish less than a fifth of the papers we receive and, in making our decisions, we depend on...
Marx, Florian M., Atun, Rifat A., Jakubowiak, Wieslaw, Mckee, Martin, Coker, Richard J.
Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical need and hospital bed supply and utilization in Russia; and, to investigate these associations in areas where traditional Russian...
Stickley, Andrew, Leinsalu, Mall, Andreev, Evgueni, Razvodovsky, Yury, Vågerö, Denny, McKee, Martin
Background: To investigate the phenomenon of alcohol poisoning in Russia and the countries in the European part of the former Soviet Union in the period 1970–2002. Methods: Four time points were...
A crisis of governance? (2007)
Background Contemporary legislative and constitutional developments in the United Kingdom for public health. This article explores these implications. Key findings Examination of the development of...
Stickley, Andrew, Leinsalu, Mall, Andreev, Evgueni, Razvodovsky, Yury, Vågerö, Denny, McKee, Martin
Background: To investigate the phenomenon of alcohol poisoning in Russia and the countries in the European part of the former Soviet Union in the period 1970–2002. Methods: Four time points were...
The EU’s new paediatric medicines legislation: serving children’s needs? (2007)
Permanand, Govin, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin
In new legislation for paediatric medicines which came into effect on 26 January 2007, the European Union (EU) has attempted to address several unresolved issues relating to children’s needs for...
Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries (2006)
D'Hombres, Beatrice, Rocco, Lorenzo, Suhrcke, Marc, McKee, Martin
This paper starts from an empirical assessment of different dimensions of social capital in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States...
Informal Payments for Health Care: Definitions, Distinctions, and Dilemmas (2006)
Gaal, Peter, Belli, Paolo Carlo, McKee, Martin, Szócska, Miklós
There is increasing interest in the issue of informal payments for health care in low- and middle-income countries. Emerging evidence suggests that the phenomenon is both diverse, including many...
Marx, Florian M., Atun, Rifat A., Jakubowiak, Wieslaw, Mckee, Martin, Coker, Richard J.
Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical need and hospital bed supply and utilization in Russia; and, to investigate these associations in areas where traditional Russian...
A crisis of governance? (2006)
Background Contemporary legislative and constitutional developments in the United Kingdom for public health. This article explores these implications. Key findings Examination of the development of...
Evidence-based policy? The use of mobile phones in hospital (2006)
Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, McKee, Martin, Haugen, Odd Arild, Karlberg, Ingvar, Klazinga, Niek, ...
Background Evidence-based policies have become increasingly accepted in clinical practice. However, policies on many of the non-clinical activities that take place in health care facilities may be...
THE COMPOSITION OF SURROGATE AND ILLEGAL ALCOHOL PRODUCTS IN ESTONIA (2006)
LANG, KATRIN, VÄLI, MARIKA, SZUCS, SÁNDOR, ÁDÁNY, RÓZA, MCKEE, MARTIN
Abstract — Aim: To identify the composition of illegal and surrogate alcohol products consumed in Estonia. Methods: The initial source of information was a series of visits made in August 2005 to a...
Evidence-based policy? The use of mobile phones in hospital (2006)
Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, McKee, Martin, Haugen, Odd Arild, Karlberg, Ingvar, Klazinga, Niek, ...
Background Evidence-based policies have become increasingly accepted in clinical practice. However, policies on many of the non-clinical activities that take place in health care facilities may be...
The fragmentary federation: experiences with the decentralized health system in Russia (2006)
Danishevski, Kirill, Balabanova, Dina, Mckee, Martin, Atkinson, Sarah
The Russian Federation has undergone a process of major constitutional change in the post-communist period, as a strong central government has ceded extensive powers to the regions. This has...
Delivering babies in a time of transition in Tula, Russia (2006)
Danishevski, Kirill, Balabanova, Dina, Mckee, Martin, Parkhurst, Justin
Objective: To investigate the provision of maternal services in the Tula region of Russia, with an emphasis on variations in practice. Method: The study was set in Tula Oblast. Data sources included...
Delivering babies in a time of transition in Tula, Russia (2006)
Danishevski, Kirill, Balabanova, Dina, Mckee, Martin, Parkhurst, Justin
Objective: To investigate the provision of maternal services in the Tula region of Russia, with an emphasis on variations in practice. Method: The study was set in Tula Oblast. Data sources included...
The fragmentary federation: experiences with the decentralized health system in Russia (2006)
Danishevski, Kirill, Balabanova, Dina, Mckee, Martin, Atkinson, Sarah
The Russian Federation has undergone a process of major constitutional change in the post-communist period, as a strong central government has ceded extensive powers to the regions. This has...
Marx, Florian M., Atun, Rifat A., Jakubowiak, Wieslaw, Mckee, Martin, Coker, Richard J.
Objectives: To investigate the association between clinical need and hospital bed supply and utilization in Russia; and, to investigate these associations in areas where traditional Russian...
A crisis of governance? (2006)
Background Contemporary legislative and constitutional developments in the United Kingdom for public health. This article explores these implications. Key findings Examination of the development of...
Evidence-based policy? The use of mobile phones in hospital (2006)
Ettelt, Stefanie, Nolte, Ellen, McKee, Martin, Haugen, Odd Arild, Karlberg, Ingvar, Klazinga, Niek, ...
Background Evidence-based policies have become increasingly accepted in clinical practice. However, policies on many of the non-clinical activities that take place in health care facilities may be...
The Wanless report and decision-making in public health (2005)
Allin, Sara, Mossialos, Elias, Holland, Walter, McKee, Martin
The Wanless report and decision-making in public health (2005)
Allin, Sara, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin, Holland, Walter
Comparing outcomes of cataract surgery: challenges and opportunities (2005)
McKee, Martin, Whatling, Justin M., Wilson, John L., Vallance-Owen, Andrew
Background There is an increasing demand for routine assessment of surgical outcomes. However, for assessments to be valid, it is essential to understand the influence of patient characteristics on...
Comparing outcomes of cataract surgery: challenges and opportunities (2005)
McKee, Martin, Whatling, Justin M., Wilson, John L., Vallance-Owen, Andrew
Background There is an increasing demand for routine assessment of surgical outcomes. However, for assessments to be valid, it is essential to understand the influence of patient characteristics on...
The Wanless report and decision-making in public health (2005)
Allin, Sara, Mossialos, Elias, McKee, Martin, Holland, Walter
Comparing outcomes of cataract surgery: challenges and opportunities (2005)
McKee, Martin, Whatling, Justin M., Wilson, John L., Vallance-Owen, Andrew
Background There is an increasing demand for routine assessment of surgical outcomes. However, for assessments to be valid, it is essential to understand the influence of patient characteristics on...
Mortality reversal in Russia: the story so far (2004)
Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Andreev, Evgueni M., Leon, David A., McKee, Martin, Meslé, France, Vallin, Jacques
Mortality trends and setbacks: global convergence or divergence? (2004)
McMichael, Anthony, McKee, Martin, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Valkonen, Tapani
Health trends over much of the past century have been generally, and notably, positive throughout the world. In several regions, however, life expectancy has declined over the past 1-2 decades. This...
Mortality Reversal in Russia: The story so far (2004)
Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Andreev, Evgueni M., Leon, David A., McKee, Martin, Meslé, France, Vallin, Jacques
The experience of Russia during the last three decades represents the most long-standing and well-documented case of mortality reversal. In spite of numerous studies, we do not fully understand...
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Reducing (2004)
hospital beds What are the lessons to be learned? by
Eroshina, Ksenia, Danishevski, Kirill, Wilkinson, Paul, McKee, Martin
Background The process of industrialization of the USSR has left a legacy of widespread and often poorly controlled pollution which is widely believed to have adverse implications for health, in...
Winners and losers: the expansion of health insurance coverage in Russia in the 1990s (2003)
Balabanova, Dina C., Falkingham, Jane, McKee, Martin
Objectives. This study sought to describe the evolution of the Russian compulsory health insurance system and to identify factors associated with noncoverage. Methods. Data from successive waves of...
Health expectancy in the Russian Federation: a new perspective on the health divide in Europe (2003)
The evolving pattern of avoidable mortality in Russia (2003)
Andreev, Evgueni M., Nolte, Ellen, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Varavikova, Elena, McKee, Martin
The evolving pattern of avoidable mortality in Russia (2003)
Andreev, Evgueni M, Nolte, Ellen, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M, Varavikova, Elena, McKee, Martin
Background Life expectancy at birth in Russia is over 12 years less than in western Europe. This study explores the possible role of medical care in explaining this gap by examining the evolving...
McKee, Martin, Janson, Staffan, Kallin, Anita, La Vecchia, Carlo, Mackenbach, Johan
A scientific journal exists only because of the good will and assistance of its reviewers. We can only publish less than a third of the papers we receive and, in making our decisions, we depend on...
Lock,Karen, Andreev,Evgueni M., Shkolnikov,Vladimir M., McKee,Martin
BACKGROUND: The OECD countries and the United Nations have agreed to co-ordinate their work around a series of International Development Targets. The targets for health are based on improvements in...
Shkolnikov,Vladimir M., Chervyakov,Valeriy V., McKee,Martin
BACKGROUND: Research on the aetiology of sudden cardiac death among young men in Russia strongly suggests an association with binge drinking. However, the possibility remains that such deaths are...
The contribution of medical care to changing life expectancy in Germany and Poland (2002)
Nolte,Ellen, Scholz,Rembrandt D., Shkolnikov,Vladimir M., McKee,Martin
This paper assesses the impact of medical care on changes in mortality in East Germany and Poland before and after the political transition, with West Germany included for comparison. Building upon...
The changing nature of murder in Russia (2002)
Chervyakov,Valeriy V., Shkolnikov,Vladimir M., Pridemore,William Alex, McKee,Martin
The death rate from homicide in Russia increased rapidly during the 1990s. It is now about 20 times higher than in western Europe and is among the highest recorded anywhere in the world. However,...
Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Chervyakov, Valeriy V., McKee, Martin
BACKGROUND: Research on the aetiology of sudden cardiac death among young men in Russia strongly suggests an association with binge drinking. However, the possibility remains that such deaths are...
The contribution of medical care to changing life expectancy in Germany and Poland (2002)
Nolte, Ellen, Scholz, Rembrandt D., Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., McKee, Martin
This paper assesses the impact of medical care on changes in mortality in East Germany and Poland before and after the political transition, with West Germany included for comparison. Building upon...
Lock, Karen, Andreev, Evgueni M., Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., McKee, Martin
BACKGROUND: The OECD countries and the United Nations have agreed to co-ordinate their work around a series of International Development Targets. The targets for health are based on improvements in...
The changing nature of murder in Russia (2002)
Chervyakov, Valeriy V., Shkolnikov, Vladimir M., Pridemore, William Alex, McKee, Martin
The death rate from homicide in Russia increased rapidly during the 1990s. It is now about 20 times higher than in western Europe and is among the highest recorded anywhere in the world. However,...
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...
Lock, Karen, Andreev, Evgueni M, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M, McKee, Martin
Background: The OECD countries and the United Nations have agreed to co-ordinate their work around a series of International Development Targets. The targets for health are based on improvements in...
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...
PROBLEM DRINKING AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN HUNGARY (2000)
Varvasovszky, Zsusza, McKee, Martin
Alcohol is an important determinant of the overall burden of disease in Eastern Europe. It is a particularly important problem in Hungary, where death rates from cirrhosis have increased rapidly to...
Public health in Russia: the view from the inside (2000)
Tkatchenko, Elena, McKee, Martin, Tsouros, Agis D
The health of the Russian population continues to lag far behind that in the west. A robust public health response to the high levels of communicable and non-communicable diseases is required. This...
Health policy-making in central and eastern Europe: lessons from the inaction on injuries? (2000)
McKee, Martin, Zwi, Anthony, Koupilova, Ilona, Sethi, Dinesh, Leon, David
The burden of disease due to injuries has elicited virtually no public health response in the countries of central and eastern Europe, even though injuries have long been a much greater problem in...
FULOP, NAOMI, ELSTON, JULIAN, HENSHER, MARTIN, MCKEE, MARTIN, WALTERS, RHIANNON
Objectives: To determine the impact of the national health strategy for England, ‘Health of the Nation’ (HOTN) at the local level; the mechanisms by which this was achieved; and to provide...
Interpreting the evidence: choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies (1999)
McKee, Martin, Britton, Annie, Black, Nick, McPherson, Klim, Sanderson, Colin, Bain, Chris
Interpreting the evidence: choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies (1999)
McKee, Martin, Britton, Annie, Black, Nick, McPherson, Klim, Sanderson, Colin, Bain, Chris
PATTERNS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN BULGARIA (1999)
Balabanova, Dina, Mckee, Martin
Alcohol is increasingly being recognized as a major cause of the greater burden of disease and premature death in eastern Europe than in the west. This requires a robust policy response but, in most...
Seasonal variation in mortality in Moscow (1998)
McKee, Martin, Sanderson, Colin, Chenet, Laurent, Vassin, Sergei, Shkolnikov, Vladimir
Background Seasonal variation in mortality has been investigated in many countries but not, until recently, in Russia. There are some grounds for suspecting that it may differ in Russia from what is...
The European Journal of Public Health: from infancy to young adulthood (1998)
The European Journal of Public Health is an international multidisciplinary journal devoted to public health research and analysis. The goal is to support the development of a pan-European agenda...
DOWN THE ROAD TO DEREGULATION (1998)
CHENET, LAURENT, MCKEE, MARTIN
A recent preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice, that would have ended the Swedish state retail alcohol monopoly on grounds of European law on free movement of goods, highlights the...
Setting priorities for health in Europe: Are we speaking the same language? (1998)
Background: In response to its increasing responsibilities in public health, the European Commission is undertaking an exercise to consult on priorities at a European level. The European Public...
When can the European Union restrict trade on grounds of public health? (1997)
The reaction in Britain to the European Union ban on the worldwide export of British beef has highlighted a lack of awareness of the role of European law in restricting trade on grounds of public...
The challenges to public health in Hungary in the twenty-first century (1997)
The creation of a new school of public health in Hungary offers an opportunity to reassess existing approaches to postgraduate training in public health. This paper describes the philosophy behind...
Changing life expectancy in central Europe: is there a Single reason? (1996)
Chenet, Laurent, McKee, Martin, Fulop, Naomi, Bojan, Ferenc, Brand, Helmut, Hort, Angela, ...
Background During the 1980s, at a time that life expectancy at birth in western Europe has increased by 2.5 years, it has stagnated or, for some groups, declined in the former socialist countries of...
Development of public health training in Hungary - an exercise in international co-operation (1995)
McKee, Martin, White, Martin, Bojan, Ferenc, Østbye, Truls
Following the fall of Communism, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been restructuring their health systems. Restructured medical education is vital to, and has been supported by, the...
Junior doctors' work at night: what is done and how much is appropriate? (1993)
Regional task forces have given some public héalth physicians a central role in attempts to reduce junior doctors' hours. This topic is the subject of many diverse opinions and little research. A...
Disease Staging -- a case-mix system for purchasers? (1993)
McKee, Martin, Petticrew, Mark
The National Health Service (NHS) internal market has directed renewed attention at hospital activity data. Purchasers require information on the cost of care provided for them, the quality of...
A new programme for public health training in Hungary (1993)
MCKEE, MARTIN, BOJAN, FERENC, NORMAND, CHARLES
The emergence of democracy has led the countries of central and eastern Europe to undertake a fundamental reappraisal of their public health services and training requirements. This paper describes...
Criteria for audit of annual reports on the public health: do they exist? (1992)
Gair, Richard, Lan, Lina Li Chee, Mckee, Martin, Parikh, Camilla, Weinberg, Julius
Production of an annual report is a statutory duty of the Director of Public Health; its production uses significant resources. Audit of reports may help in the effective use of these resources. For...
Progress in health care, progress in health?
Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, Rembrandt D. Scholz
This paper examines the potential impact of changes in medical care on changing population health in Lithuania, Hungary and Romania, with west Germany included for comparison. We used the concept of...
Health sector reforms in Central and Eastern Europe
The political and economic transition of the 1990s in the countries of central and eastern Europe has been accompanied by wide ranging health care reform. The initial Soviet model has given way to a...
Russian mortality beyond vital statistics
Vladimir Shkolnikov, Valeriy V. Chervyakov, David A. Leon, Martin McKee
Analyses of routine data have established that the extreme mortality fluctuations among young and middle-aged men are the most important single component of both temporal changes in Russian life...
Progress in health care, progress in health?
Ellen Nolte, Martin McKee, Rembrandt D. Scholz
This paper examines the potential impact of changes in medical care on changing population health in Lithuania, Hungary and Romania, with west Germany included for comparison. We used the concept of...
Health sector reforms in Central and Eastern Europe
The political and economic transition of the 1990s in the countries of central and eastern Europe has been accompanied by wide ranging health care reform. The initial Soviet model has given way to a...
Russian mortality beyond vital statistics
Vladimir Shkolnikov, Valeriy V. Chervyakov, David A. Leon, Martin McKee
Analyses of routine data have established that the extreme mortality fluctuations among young and middle-aged men are the most important single component of both temporal changes in Russian life...
Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis
Walberg, Peder, McKee, Martin, Shkolnikov, Vladimir, Chenet, Laurent, Leon, David A
Objective: To identify which aspects of socioeconomic change were associated with the steep decline in life expectancy in Russia between 1990 and 1994.
Measuring the health of nations: analysis of mortality amenable to health care
Objective To assess whether and how the rankings of the world's health systems based on disability adjusted life expectancy as done in the 2000 World Health Report change when using the narrower...
Lessons from health during the transition from communism
Countries that are in transition from communism provide the opportunity for comparing the effects on health of communist and democratic political systems
Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking
Yach, Derek, McKee, Martin, Lopez, Alan D, Novotny, Tom
On behalf of Oxford Vision 2020, a partnership dedicated to preventing the forecast worldwide growth of chronic diseases, the authors suggest that 12 lessons learnt from attempts to control tobacco...
Sex and drugs and rock and roll : Britain can learn lessons from Europe on the health of adolescents
Paying for the NHS : First decide how much we are willing to pay, then think about how to collect it
Health care and the European Union : Profound but uncertain consequences for national health systems
Interpreting the evidence: choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies
McKee, Martin, Britton, Annie, Black, Nick, McPherson, Klim, Sanderson, Colin, Bain, Chris
Implementing general practice in Russia: getting beyond the first steps
Rese, Andrey, Balabanova, Dina, Danishevski, Kirill, McKee, Martin, Sheaff, Rod
Russia has been trying to establish a model of primary health care based on integrated general practice. Is it managing to shake off the old attitudes and infrastructures of the Soviet era?
Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: case-control study
Coker, Richard, McKee, Martin, Atun, Rifat, Dimitrova, Boika, Dodonova, Ekaterina, Kuznetsov, Sergei, ...
Objectives To determine risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia.
British American Tobacco's erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan
Gilmore, Anna B, Collin, Jeff, McKee, Martin
Uzbekistan shows how countries that privatise state owned tobacco industry can be manipulated by global companies
Winners and Losers: Expansion of Insurance Coverage in Russia in the 1990s
Balabanova, Dina C., Falkingham, Jane, McKee, Martin
Objectives. This study sought to describe the evolution of the Russian compulsory health insurance system and to identify factors associated with noncoverage.
Health Service Utilization in the Former Soviet Union: Evidence from Eight Countries
Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin, Pomerleau, Joceline, Rose, Richard, Haerpfer, Christian
Gilmore, Anna, Pomerleau, Joceline, McKee, Martin, Rose, Richard, Haerpfer, Christian W., Rotman, David, ...
Objectives. We sought to provide comparative data on smoking habits in countries of the former Soviet Union.
Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis
Walberg, Peder, McKee, Martin, Shkolnikov, Vladimir, Chenet, Laurent, Leon, David A
Objective: To identify which aspects of socioeconomic change were associated with the steep decline in life expectancy in Russia between 1990 and 1994.
Measuring the health of nations: analysis of mortality amenable to health care
Objective To assess whether and how the rankings of the world's health systems based on disability adjusted life expectancy as done in the 2000 World Health Report change when using the narrower...
Lessons from health during the transition from communism
Countries that are in transition from communism provide the opportunity for comparing the effects on health of communist and democratic political systems
Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking
Yach, Derek, McKee, Martin, Lopez, Alan D, Novotny, Tom
On behalf of Oxford Vision 2020, a partnership dedicated to preventing the forecast worldwide growth of chronic diseases, the authors suggest that 12 lessons learnt from attempts to control tobacco...
Sex and drugs and rock and roll : Britain can learn lessons from Europe on the health of adolescents
Paying for the NHS : First decide how much we are willing to pay, then think about how to collect it
Health care and the European Union : Profound but uncertain consequences for national health systems
Interpreting the evidence: choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies
McKee, Martin, Britton, Annie, Black, Nick, McPherson, Klim, Sanderson, Colin, Bain, Chris
Implementing general practice in Russia: getting beyond the first steps
Rese, Andrey, Balabanova, Dina, Danishevski, Kirill, McKee, Martin, Sheaff, Rod
Russia has been trying to establish a model of primary health care based on integrated general practice. Is it managing to shake off the old attitudes and infrastructures of the Soviet era?
Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia: case-control study
Coker, Richard, McKee, Martin, Atun, Rifat, Dimitrova, Boika, Dodonova, Ekaterina, Kuznetsov, Sergei, ...
Objectives To determine risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis in Russia.
Health Service Utilization in the Former Soviet Union: Evidence from Eight Countries
Balabanova, Dina, McKee, Martin, Pomerleau, Joceline, Rose, Richard, Haerpfer, Christian
British American Tobacco's erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan
Gilmore, Anna B, Collin, Jeff, McKee, Martin
Uzbekistan shows how countries that privatise state owned tobacco industry can be manipulated by global companies
Winners and Losers: Expansion of Insurance Coverage in Russia in the 1990s
Balabanova, Dina C., Falkingham, Jane, McKee, Martin
Objectives. This study sought to describe the evolution of the Russian compulsory health insurance system and to identify factors associated with noncoverage.
Gilmore, Anna, Pomerleau, Joceline, McKee, Martin, Rose, Richard, Haerpfer, Christian W., Rotman, David, ...
Objectives. We sought to provide comparative data on smoking habits in countries of the former Soviet Union.
Investment in health could be good for Europe's economies
Suhrcke, Marc, McKee, Martin, Arce, Regina Sauto, Tsolova, Svetla, Mortensen, Jørgen
A sick population is an expensive population. But a new European report shows the benefits of improved public health are likely to extend beyond reduced healthcare costs
Patient mobility in the European Union
Legido-Quigley, Helena, Glinos, Irene, Baeten, Rita, McKee, Martin
Getting healthcare in another European country should be straightforward, but it often creates problems for both patients and healthcare systems
Does social capital determine health? Evidence from eight transition countries
D'Hombres, Beatrice, Rocco, Lorenzo, Suhrcke, Marc, McKee, Martin
This paper starts from an empirical assessment of different dimensions of social capital in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States...
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A UK global health strategy: the next steps
Is better health the fundamental goal, and will politicians collaborate effectively?
Tobacco Industry Influence on Science and Scientists in Germany
Grüning, Thilo, Gilmore, Anna B., McKee, Martin
Using tobacco industry documents, we examined how and why the tobacco industry sought to influence science and scientists in Germany as a possible factor in explaining the German opposition to...
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
Identifying the determinants of premature mortality in Russia: overcoming a methodological challenge
Tomkins, Susannah, Shkolnikov, Vladimir, Andreev, Evgueni, Kiryanov, Nikolay, Leon, David A, McKee, Martin, ...
Cross-national comparisons of human resources for health what can we learn?
DUBOIS, CARL-ARDY, MCKEE, MARTIN
After a long period of neglect, the issue of human resources for health (HRH) has recently emerged as a core component on the international health agenda, with policy makers increasingly eager to...
How can quality of health care be safeguarded across the European Union?
Legido-Quigley, Helena, McKee, Martin, Walshe, Kieran, Suñol, Rosa, Nolte, Ellen, Klazinga, Niek
Can Europeans be confident about the quality of care received in another EU country? Helena Legido-Quigley and colleagues discuss the various mechanisms at work across Europe to ensure quality and...
The HIM (Health for Izhevsk Men) trial protocol
Tomkins, Susannah, Allen, Elizabeth, Savenko, Olga, McCambridge, Jim, Saburova, Lyudmila, Kiryanov, Nikolay, ...
What has contributed to the change in life expectancy in Italy between 1980 and 1992?
Ngongo, Kypa Ngoyi, Nante, Nicola, Chenet, Laurent, McKee, Martin
Preventing sudden infant deaths -- the slow diffusion of an idea
McKee, Martin, Fulop, Naomi, Bouvier, Paul, Hort, Angela, Brand, Helmut, Rasmussen, Finn, ...
The Impact of Managed Care on Clinical Research
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...
Cross border health care in Europe
European Commission proposals provide legal clarity and more information for patients
Richard Stone, "Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences", 1650-1900 Copyright 1999 by The Population Council, Inc..
Health systems' responses to 25 years of HIV in Europe: Inequities persist and challenges remain
Atun, Rifat A., McKee, Martin, Coker, Richard, Gurol-Urganci, Ipek
Europe is currently experiencing the fastest rate of growth of HIV of any region of the world. An analysis of policy and health system responses to the HIV epidemic in Europe and central Asia...
Cross-national comparisons of human resources for health what can we learn?
DUBOIS, CARL-ARDY, MCKEE, MARTIN
After a long period of neglect, the issue of human resources for health (HRH) has recently emerged as a core component on the international health agenda, with policy makers increasingly eager to...
Stuckler, David, Basu, Sanjay, McKee, Martin, King, Lawrence
Several microlevel studies have pinpointed prisons as an important site for tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant TB in European and central Asian countries. To date, no comparative analyses have...
A Comparative Health Survey of the Inhabitants of Roma Settlements in Hungary
Kósa, Zsigmond, Széles, György, Kardos, László, Kósa, Karolina, Németh, Renáta, Országh, Sándor, ...
Objectives. We compared the health of people living in Roma settlements with that of the general population in Hungary.
Factors influencing antibiotic prescribing in China: An exploratory analysis
Objectives China has very high rates of antibiotic resistance and a health care system that provides strong incentives for over-prescribing. This paper describes the findings of a qualitative study...
Health expectancy in the Russian Federation: a new perspective on the health divide in Europe.
Andreev, Evgueni M., McKee, Martin, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.
OBJECTIVES: To compare life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the Russian Federation and in countries of Eastern and Western Europe. METHODS: WHO mortality data and data on self-reported...
Health in south-eastern Europe: a troubled past, an uncertain future.
Rechel, Bernd, Schwalbe, Nina, McKee, Martin
The political and economic turmoil that occurred in south-eastern Europe in the last decade of the twentieth century left a legacy of physical damage. This aspect of the conflict has received...
Lock, Karen, Pomerleau, Joceline, Causer, Louise, Altmann, Dan R., McKee, Martin
OBJECTIVE: We estimated the global burden of disease attributable to low consumption of fruit and vegetables, an increasingly recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease and cancer, and...
Atun, Rifat A., McKee, Martin, Drobniewski, Francis, Coker, Richard
OBJECTIVE: To develop a methodology and an instrument that allow the simultaneous rapid and systematic examination of the broad public health context, the health care systems, and the features of...
Public-private partnerships for hospitals.
McKee, Martin, Edwards, Nigel, Atun, Rifat
While some forms of public-private partnerships are a feature of hospital construction and operation in all countries with mixed economies, there is increasing interest in a model in which a public...
Shkolnikov, Vladimir M, Andreev, Evgueni M, Jasilionis, Domantas, Leinsalu, Mall, Antonova, Olga I, McKee, Martin
The health implications of financial crisis: A review of the evidence
Stuckler, David, Basu, Sanjay, Suhrcke, Marc, McKee, Martin
What will the current economic crisis mean for the health of the people of Northern Ireland? We review the experience of three major economic crises in the 20th century: the Great Depression (1929),...