healtH policy PUBLISHERS IRELAND Health Policy 26 (1994) 235-236 Contents of Volume 26 (1994) Number 1 Jan E. Blanpain (Belgium) Editorial Health policy in perspective Jan van Reek, Ronald Knibbe and Theo van Iwaarden (The Netherlands) Policy elements as predictors of smoking and drinking behaviour lan S. Watt and Trevor A. Sheldon (UK) Rurality and resource allocation in the UK 19 André Ament and Sylvia Evers (The Netherlands) Cost of illness studies in health care: a comparison of two cases 29 Per Tillgren, Mans Rosén, Bo JA. Haglund, Tuula Ainetdin, Lars Lindholm and Lars-Erik Holm (Sweden) Cost-effectiveness of a tobacco ‘Quit and Win’ contest in Sweden 43 Douglas Coyle and Michael Drummond (UK) Does expenditure on pharmaceuticals give good value for money? Current evidence and policy implications 55 Book Reviews and Books Received 77 News 79 Number 2 Anthony Scott, Alan Shiell and Michael George Farnworth (Australia and Canada) The value of early discharge: dispelling some myths 81 Shelley Farrar (Scotland) NHS reforms and resource management: whither the hospital? 93 John E. Kyriopoulos and George Tsalikis (Greece and Canada) Public and private imperatives of Greek health policies 105 Lucy Gilson, Henry Kitange and Thomas Teuscher (UK and Tanzania) Assessment of process quality in Tanzanian primary care 119 SSDI 0168-8510(94)00621-K 236 Volume contents / Health Policy 26 (1994) 235-236 Stefan Bjérk and Per Rosén (Sweden) Setting healthcare priorities in Sweden: the politician’s point of view Karin Styrborn and Mats Thorslund (Sweden) ‘‘Bed-Blockers’’ — Delayed discharge of hospital patients in a nationwide perspective in Sweden Number 3 Roger Beech, Roberto J. Rona and Sundhiya Mandalia (England) The resource implications and service outcomes of genetic services in the context of DNA technology Bert Starmans, Richard Janssen, Martin Schepers and Mathis Verkooijen (The Netherlands) The effect of a patient charge and a prescription regulation on the use of antihypertension drugs in Limburg, The Netherlands Ulf-G. Gerdtham and Bengt Jonsson (Sweden) Health care expenditure in the Nordic countries Deborah Marshall, Edie Clark and David Hailey (Sweden, Canada and Australia) The impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Canada and Australia Book Reviews and Books Received News Contents of Volume 26 Author index Subject index