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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 |
S.no | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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168. | Revista Cubana de Informacion en Ciencias de la Salud | Health Policy |
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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 |
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181. | SSM – Population Health | Health Policy |
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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 |
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186. | Public Health Research and Practice | Health Policy |
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187. | Journal of Global Health | Health Policy | 20472978 |
188. | International Journal of Health Policy and Management | Health Policy |
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189. | Health Economics Review | Health Policy |
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190. | Ethics, Medicine and Public Health | Health Policy |
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191. | Profilakticheskaya Meditsina | Health Policy | 23054948 |
192. | Revista Habanera de Ciencias Medicas | Health Policy |
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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 |
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198. | BioLaw Journal | Health Policy |
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199. | Ethics and Bioethics (in Central Europe) | Health Policy | 13385615 |
200. | The Lancet Planetary Health | Health Policy |
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201. | Journal of Healthcare Quality Research | Health Policy | 26036479 |
202. | Health Risk Analysis | Health Policy | 25422308 |
203. | Canadian Journal of Bioethics | Health Policy |
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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 |
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207. | Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice | Health Policy | 23809418 |
208. | European Policy Analysis | Health Policy |
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209. | BMJ Global Health | Health Policy |
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210. | South Eastern European Journal of Public Health | Health Policy |
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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 |
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216. | Gates Open Research | Health Policy |
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217. | PharmacoEconomics – Open | Health Policy | 25094262 |
218. | BMJ Open Quality | Health Policy |
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219. | Kesmas | Health Policy | 19077505 |
220. | Christian Journal for Global Health | Health Policy |
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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 |
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225. | World Journal of Men?s Health | Health Policy | 22874208 |
226. | Health Equity | Health Policy |
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227. | MDM Policy and Practice | Health Policy |
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228. | Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management | Health Policy |
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229. | Health Services Insights | Health Policy |
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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 |
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235. | Health Behavior and Policy Review | Health Policy |
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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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