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Health Policy Journal

Since 2013 the European Observatory has established a collaboration with the scientific journal Health Policy. This collaboration enables open access to a selection of articles that are particularly relevant for health policy makers.

Health Policy is intended to be a vehicle for the exploration and discussion of health policy issues and is aimed in particular at enhancing communication between health policy researchers, legislators, decision-makers and professionals concerned with developing, implementing and analysing health policy.

All Observatory Health Policy journal articles

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

High inflation rates can induce significant disparities in Dutch hospital margins: a mixed methods study(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000461)

Volume 168, June 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

The second Trump presidency: Health care themes, policies, and impacts in his first year back in office(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000850?via%3Dihub)

Volume 170, August 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

A method for testing health system resilience: Development, application and lessons learned(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000552?via%3Dihub)

Volume 168, June 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Germany’s 2024 Hospital Transparency Act: A step towards enhanced accountability and quality in healthcare?(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000485?via%3Dihub)

Volume 168, June 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Policies and initiatives to facilitate timely discharge from hospitals: a comparison of six European...(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000321)

Volume 168, June 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Health security needs a European health and care workforce strategy, and it needs it now(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000345#abs0001)

Volume 167, May 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Health financing and population ageing: evidence on the links between financial sustainability and financial...(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851026000540?via%3Dihub)

Volume 169, April 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Integrated care in the Baltic countries over a five-year period: an expert-informed cross-country analysis...(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168851025002805?via%3Dihub)

Volume 166, April 2026

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European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies