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Health policy plays a vital role in shaping the healthcare system, influencing healthcare delivery, access, costs, and outcomes. Performance analysis in health policy involves evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of policies that impact public health systems, regulations, insurance programs, and healthcare delivery models.

  1. Policy Implementation and Effectiveness

Policy Execution

  • Implementation Success Rates: Evaluating the efficiency with which policies are implemented across regions, institutions, and health sectors. Key performance indicators (KPIs) include policy adoption rates, timeliness of implementation, and regional compliance.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Support: Assessing the level of engagement and support from key stakeholders such as healthcare providers, policymakers, and the public. Metrics include stakeholder satisfaction surveys, engagement levels in policy discussions, and collaboration rates.
  • Public Awareness and Education: Evaluating how well the public and healthcare professionals understand the policy’s goals and implementation processes. Metrics include public awareness campaign reach, education program effectiveness, and knowledge retention rates.

Policy Objectives and Goal Achievement

  • Health Outcome Improvements: Analyzing the effect of health policies on desired health outcomes, such as reducing disease rates, improving life expectancy, or increasing vaccination coverage. Metrics include mortality rates, disease prevalence, and patient satisfaction rates.
  • Cost-effectiveness: Evaluating whether the policy achieves its goals without excessive costs. KPIs include cost per beneficiary, cost per intervention, and cost-benefit ratios.
  • Equity and Accessibility: Assessing the policy’s impact on equitable healthcare access for all populations, including marginalized or underserved groups. Metrics include healthcare access rates for low-income or rural populations, insurance coverage disparities, and healthcare utilization rates.
  1. Healthcare Delivery System Performance

Access to Healthcare Services

  • Healthcare Coverage and Access: Analyzing the extent to which a health policy has expanded access to essential healthcare services, particularly for vulnerable populations. Key performance indicators include insurance coverage rates, healthcare access for rural areas, and specialized services availability.
  • Waiting Times and Service Utilization: Evaluating how health policies affect waiting times for healthcare services, hospital admissions, and outpatient care utilization. Metrics include average waiting times, hospital admission rates, and patient visit frequency.

Workforce and Infrastructure Development

  • Health Workforce Supply: Assessing how health policies contribute to the recruitment, training, and retention of healthcare professionals. KPIs include physician-to-patient ratios, nurse staffing levels, and healthcare workforce retention rates.
  • Health Infrastructure Investment: Analyzing the investment in and development of healthcare infrastructure under health policy frameworks. Metrics include facility expansion rates, investment in technology, and healthcare facility utilization.
  1. Health Policy Impact on Health Equity and Social Determinants

Health Inequality Reduction

  • Disparities in Health Outcomes: Assessing how effectively the policy addresses disparities in health outcomes across different demographic groups (e.g., age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity). Metrics include health gap reduction rates, disparities in access to care, and improvements in health equity.
  • Social Determinants of Health: Evaluating how well the policy addresses social determinants such as income, education, and living conditions, which affect overall health. Key metrics include housing stability programs, food security initiatives, and employment-based healthcare access.

Public Health Interventions and Population Health

  • Preventive Care and Early Intervention: Analyzing the impact of health policies on preventive care programs, such as vaccination, screenings, and public health campaigns. Metrics include vaccination coverage rates, early detection rates, and preventive service uptake.
  • Chronic Disease Management: Assessing the effectiveness of health policies in managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Key performance indicators include chronic disease management program enrollment, health outcomes for chronic disease patients, and hospitalization rates for preventable conditions.
  1. Health Financing and Economic Performance

Funding and Resource Allocation

  • Healthcare Spending Efficiency: Evaluating whether health policy ensures efficient use of public and private healthcare funds. Metrics include spending per capita, administrative cost ratios, and fund allocation to high-impact areas (e.g., maternal health, mental health).
  • Funding for Underfunded Areas: Assessing the allocation of funds to address gaps in healthcare financing, particularly for underserved regions and healthcare services. KPIs include fund allocation to rural healthcare, mental health program funding, and public health infrastructure investment.

Health Insurance and Financial Protection

  • Insurance Coverage and Affordability: Analyzing the impact of health policies on expanding insurance coverage and reducing financial barriers to healthcare. Key metrics include insurance penetration rates, out-of-pocket expenses, and catastrophic health spending rates.
  • Financial Protection Programs: Evaluating policies designed to protect individuals from financial hardship due to illness, such as Medicaid or health subsidies. Metrics include coverage rates of vulnerable populations, poverty reduction through health programs, and health-related financial protection effectiveness.
  1. Health Policy Evaluation and Adaptation

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Systems

  • Policy Impact Assessment: Assessing the effectiveness of health policies through structured evaluation frameworks. Metrics include policy evaluation reports, policy impact scores, and reform recommendation adoption.
  • Feedback and Adaptation Mechanisms: Evaluating how policies incorporate feedback from healthcare providers, patients, and the public. Key performance indicators include feedback collection methods, policy revisions based on evaluation, and implementation of corrective actions.

Global and Local Policy Comparison

  • International Benchmarking: Comparing national health policies with international best practices to assess areas for improvement. Metrics include cross-country comparison studies, adherence to international health standards, and global health indicator rankings.
  • Local Policy Innovation: Assessing how innovative or tailored local policies are in addressing specific healthcare challenges. KPIs include pilot program success rates, regional policy innovations, and local health policy outcomes.
  1. Health Policy Research and Innovation

Evidence-Based Policy Development

  • Research Integration: Evaluating how health policies incorporate evidence from research studies and healthcare innovations. Metrics include research-driven policy changes, clinical trial incorporation, and implementation of new health technologies.
  • Innovation in Health Systems: Assessing the impact of policies that encourage innovation in healthcare systems, such as telemedicine, digital health tools, and personalized medicine. Key performance indicators include technology adoption rates, telemedicine utilization, and health technology regulatory changes.
  1. Benchmarking and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Category

Key Performance Metrics

Policy Execution

Implementation success rate, stakeholder engagement, public awareness

Health Outcome Improvements

Mortality rates, disease prevalence, patient satisfaction

Cost-effectiveness

Cost per beneficiary, cost-benefit ratios, cost per intervention

Health Access and Delivery

Insurance coverage rates, waiting times, service utilization

Workforce Development

Staffing levels, workforce retention, recruitment success rates

Health Equity

Health gap reduction, social determinants addressed, healthcare access for underserved populations

Healthcare Financing

Spending per capita, insurance coverage rates, financial protection programs

M&E Systems

Evaluation reports, corrective actions, policy adaptation

Innovation and Research

Research-driven policy changes, technology adoption, telemedicine use

 

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Title

Subject Area

Print ISSN

1.      

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Health Policy

15258610

2.      

Australian Health Review

Health Policy

1565788

3.      

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Health Policy

 

4.      

Ethics and Medicine

Health Policy

0266688X

5.      

European Journal of Health Economics

Health Policy

16187598

6.      

European Journal of Health Law

Health Policy

9290273

7.      

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Health Policy

1632787

8.      

Hastings Center Report

Health Policy

930334

9.      

Health Care Analysis

Health Policy

10653058

10.   

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Health Policy

10579230

11.   

HEC Forum

Health Policy

9562737

12.   

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Health Policy

13873741

13.   

Health Services Management Research

Health Policy

9514848

14.   

Health Care Management Review

Health Policy

3616274

15.   

Health Care Manager

Health Policy

15255794

16.   

Health Services Research

Health Policy

179124

17.   

Healthcare Management Forum

Health Policy

8404704

18.   

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Health Policy

1621424

19.   

Recht und Psychiatrie

Health Policy

7242247

20.   

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Health Policy

1489917

21.   

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Health Policy

10796533

22.   

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Health Policy

10793739

23.   

Journal of Health Care Finance

Health Policy

10786767

24.   

Journal of Health Economics

Health Policy

1676296

25.   

Inquiry (United States)

Health Policy

469580

26.   

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Health Policy

13534505

27.   

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Health Policy

9526862

28.   

Quality Management in Health Care

Health Policy

10638628

29.   

International Journal of Mental Health

Health Policy

207411

30.   

Issues in Law and Medicine

Health Policy

87568160

31.   

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Health Policy

13561294

32.   

Journal of Health Management

Health Policy

9720634

33.   

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Health Policy

3616878

34.   

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Health Policy

13558196

35.   

Journal of Medical Economics

Health Policy

13696998

36.   

Journal of Medical Ethics

Health Policy

3066800

37.   

Journal of Medical Humanities

Health Policy

10413545

38.   

Medicine and Law

Health Policy

7231393

39.   

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Health Policy

10731105

40.   

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Health Policy

10546863

41.   

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Health Policy

315982

42.   

The Linacre quarterly

Health Policy

243639

43.   

Medical Decision Making

Health Policy

0272989X

44.   

Sociology of Health and Illness

Health Policy

1419889

45.   

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Health Policy

9246479

46.   

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Health Policy

13867423

47.   

Managed Care

Health Policy

10623388

48.   

New Genetics and Society

Health Policy

14636778

49.   

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Health Policy

10792082

50.   

Zdravookhranenie Rossiiskoi Federatsii / Ministerstvo zdravookhraneniia RSFSR

Health Policy

0044197X

51.   

Medical Care Research and Review

Health Policy

10775587

52.   

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Health Policy

1198581X

53.   

Health Affairs

Health Policy

2782715

54.   

Health and Social Care in the Community

Health Policy

9660410

55.   

Milbank Quarterly

Health Policy

0887378X

56.   

PharmacoEconomics

Health Policy

11707690

57.   

Health Policy

Health Policy

1688510

58.   

Health Policy and Planning

Health Policy

2681080

59.   

Health Research Policy and Systems

Health Policy

14784505

60.   

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Health Policy

14737167

61.   

International Journal for Equity in Health

Health Policy

14759276

62.   

International Journal of Health Services

Health Policy

207314

63.   

American Journal of Bioethics

Health Policy

15265161

64.   

American Journal of Infection Control

Health Policy

1966553

65.   

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Health Policy

10943412

66.   

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Health Policy

10784659

67.   

Journal of Public Health Policy

Health Policy

1975897

68.   

Bioethics

Health Policy

2699702

69.   

HIV Medicine

Health Policy

14642662

70.   

Value in Health

Health Policy

10983015

71.   

Journal of Medical Screening

Health Policy

9691413

72.   

Developing World Bioethics

Health Policy

14718731

73.   

Science and Engineering Ethics

Health Policy

13533452

74.   

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Health Policy

14726947

75.   

Health Technology Assessment

Health Policy

13665278

76.   

Contemporary Drug Problems

Health Policy

914509

77.   

International Journal of Drug Policy

Health Policy

9553959

78.   

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Health Policy

0894587X

79.   

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Health Policy

2664623

80.   

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Health Policy

11755652

81.   

Family Practice Management

Health Policy

10695648

82.   

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Health Policy

14487527

83.   

BMC Health Services Research

Health Policy

14726963

84.   

BMC Medical Ethics

Health Policy

 

85.   

Gesundheitsokonomie und Qualitatsmanagement

Health Policy

14322625

86.   

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Health Policy

9631801

87.   

Journal of Aging Studies

Health Policy

8904065

88.   

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Health Policy

7496753

89.   

Healthcare Papers

Health Policy

1488917X

90.   

Journal International de Bioethique

Health Policy

12877352

91.   

Medicine, Science and the Law

Health Policy

258024

92.   

American Journal of Managed Care

Health Policy

10880224 10961860

93.   

Physis

Health Policy

1037331

94.   

NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Health Policy

14550725 03587024

95.   

Medizinrecht

Health Policy

7238886

96.   

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Health Policy

14777266

97.   

Ethik in der Medizin

Health Policy

9357335

98.   

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Health Policy

17418453

99.   

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Health Policy

9731075

100.      

Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Health Policy

15525260

101.      

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Health Policy

11767529

102.      

Preventing chronic disease

Health Policy

15451151

103.      

Advances in Health Care Management

Health Policy

14748231

104.      

Globalization and Health

Health Policy

17448603

105.      

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Health Policy

14138123

106.      

Chronic Illness

Health Policy

17423953

107.      

Health Information Management Journal

Health Policy

18333583

108.      

British Journal of Health Care Management

Health Policy

13580574

109.      

Implementation Science

Health Policy

17485908

110.      

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Health Policy

17475341

111.      

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Health Policy

1747597X

112.      

International Journal of COPD

Health Policy

11769106

113.      

Breastfeeding Medicine

Health Policy

15568253

114.      

Acta Bioethica

Health Policy

7175906

115.      

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Health Policy

17441331

116.      

Professional Case Management

Health Policy

19328087

117.      

Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen

Health Policy

18659217

118.      

Social Work in Public Health

Health Policy

19371918

119.      

Alter

Health Policy

18750672

120.      

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Health Policy

17482623

121.      

Geospatial health

Health Policy

18271987

122.      

Population Health Management

Health Policy

19427891

123.      

Neuroethics

Health Policy

18745490

124.      

Personality and Mental Health

Health Policy

19328621

125.      

Global Health Action

Health Policy

16549716

126.      

Salud Colectiva

Health Policy

16692381

127.      

Journal of Infection Prevention

Health Policy

17571774

128.      

Healthcare Policy

Health Policy

17156572

129.      

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing

Health Policy

17506123

130.      

Research in gerontological nursing

Health Policy

19404921

131.      

Leadership in Health Services

Health Policy

17511879

132.      

Inquiry (United Kingdom)

Health Policy

0020174X

133.      

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Health Policy

17524458

134.      

Tijdschrift voor Bedrijfs- en Verzekeringsgeneeskunde

Health Policy

0929600X

135.      

Public Health Ethics

Health Policy

17549973

136.      

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Health Policy

22287795

137.      

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety

Health Policy

11791365

138.      

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Health Policy

11786981

139.      

American Health and Drug Benefits

Health Policy

19422962

140.      

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Health Policy

17565383

141.      

PharmacoVigilance Review

Health Policy

17526752

142.      

HIV/AIDS – Research and Palliative Care

Health Policy

11791373

143.      

Patient Preference and Adherence

Health Policy

1177889X

144.      

Mecosan

Health Policy

11216921

145.      

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Health Policy

11791594

146.      

EPMA Journal

Health Policy

18785077

147.      

BMJ Quality and Safety

Health Policy

20445415

148.      

BioSocieties

Health Policy

17458552

149.      

World Medical and Health Policy

Health Policy

19484682

150.      

Revista Gerencia y Politicas de Salud

Health Policy

16577027

151.      

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Health Policy

15598276

152.      

Health SA Gesondheid

Health Policy

10259848

153.      

Health Policy and Technology

Health Policy

22118837

154.      

Pediatric obesity

Health Policy

20476302

155.      

Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice

Health Policy

17556228

156.      

Policy and Internet

Health Policy

 

157.      

Value in Health Regional Issues

Health Policy

22121099

158.      

Journal of Drug Policy Analysis

Health Policy

19412851

159.      

McGill Journal of Law and Health

Health Policy

19204825

160.      

Salute e Societa

Health Policy

17239427

161.      

Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Health Policy

22822305

162.      

International Journal of Integrated Care

Health Policy

15684156

163.      

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Health Policy

20426305

164.      

Journal of Cancer Policy

Health Policy

22135383

165.      

Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs

Health Policy

21678707

166.      

Policy and Practice in Health and Safety

Health Policy

14773996

167.      

Journal of Transport and Health

Health Policy

 

168.      

Revista Cubana de Informacion en Ciencias de la Salud

Health Policy

 

169.      

AJOB Empirical Bioethics

Health Policy

23294515

170.      

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Health Policy

20523211

171.      

International Journal of Healthcare Management

Health Policy

20479700

172.      

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Health Policy

20454015

173.      

Healthcare

Health Policy

22130764

174.      

Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy

Health Policy

23760540

175.      

Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Health Policy

21946191

176.      

Global health, science and practice

Health Policy

2169575X

177.      

AMA journal of ethics

Health Policy

23766980

178.      

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

Health Policy

14623730

179.      

International Journal of Care Coordination

Health Policy

20534345

180.      

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice

Health Policy

 

181.      

SSM – Population Health

Health Policy

 

182.      

Asian Bioethics Review

Health Policy

17939453

183.      

International Journal of Health Economics and Management

Health Policy

21999023

184.      

International Journal of Health Governance

Health Policy

20594631

185.      

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

Health Policy

 

186.      

Public Health Research and Practice

Health Policy

 

187.      

Journal of Global Health

Health Policy

20472978

188.      

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Health Policy

 

189.      

Health Economics Review

Health Policy

 

190.      

Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

Health Policy

 

191.      

Profilakticheskaya Meditsina

Health Policy

23054948

192.      

Revista Habanera de Ciencias Medicas

Health Policy

 

193.      

American Journal of Health Economics

Health Policy

23323493

194.      

SpringerBriefs in Public Health

Health Policy

21923698

195.      

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare

Health Policy

20564902

196.      

Jahr

Health Policy

18476376

197.      

BMC Obesity

Health Policy

 

198.      

BioLaw Journal

Health Policy

 

199.      

Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe)

Health Policy

13385615

200.      

The Lancet Planetary Health

Health Policy

 

201.      

Journal of Healthcare Quality Research

Health Policy

26036479

202.      

Health Risk Analysis

Health Policy

25422308

203.      

Canadian Journal of Bioethics

Health Policy

 

204.      

Evidence Based Care Journal

Health Policy

20082487

205.      

International Journal of One Health

Health Policy

24555673

206.      

Portuguese Journal of Public Health

Health Policy

 

207.      

Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice

Health Policy

23809418

208.      

European Policy Analysis

Health Policy

 

209.      

BMJ Global Health

Health Policy

 

210.      

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health

Health Policy

 

211.      

Journal of Health Research

Health Policy

8574421

212.      

Iranian Journal of War and Public Health

Health Policy

20082622

213.      

Global Bioethics

Health Policy

11287462

214.      

Infectious Disease Modelling

Health Policy

24682152

215.      

Digital Health

Health Policy

 

216.      

Gates Open Research

Health Policy

 

217.      

PharmacoEconomics – Open

Health Policy

25094262

218.      

BMJ Open Quality

Health Policy

 

219.      

Kesmas

Health Policy

19077505

220.      

Christian Journal for Global Health

Health Policy

 

221.      

Health Systems

Health Policy

20476965

222.      

Medicina e Morale

Health Policy

257834

223.      

World Scientific Series in Global Health Economics and Public Policy

Health Policy

20102089

224.      

BMJ Leader

Health Policy

 

225.      

World Journal of Men?s Health

Health Policy

22874208

226.      

Health Equity

Health Policy

 

227.      

MDM Policy and Practice

Health Policy

 

228.      

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management

Health Policy

 

229.      

Health Services Insights

Health Policy

 

230.      

Farmakoekonomika

Health Policy

20704909

231.      

International Journal of Care and Caring

Health Policy

23978821

232.      

Journal of Public Health and Development

Health Policy

26730774

233.      

International Journal of Transgender Health

Health Policy

26895269

234.      

Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology

Health Policy

 

235.      

Health Behavior and Policy Review

Health Policy

 

236.      

Philosophy and Medicine

Health Policy

3767418

237.      

International Journal of Public Health Science

Health Policy

22528806

238.      

Journal of Health Administration

Health Policy

20081200

239.      

Advancing Global Bioethics

Health Policy

2212652X

240.      

Health Education and Health Promotion

Health Policy

25885715

241.      

Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Publica

Health Policy

0120386X

242.      

Global Health Research and Policy

Health Policy

 

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