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Subject index

Absenteeism, 221 Acute myocardial infarction, 19 Adolescents, 33 AIDS campaign, 33 AIDS, 43, 187 Antwerp, 75 Assessment, 241 Awareness, 33

Barriers to organ recovery, 127 Budget holding, 209

Cadaver donor, 105, 117 Commercialization, 105 Cost containment_ 255 cost, 43, 147 Cost-containment. 1

Diagnostic services, 55 Diffusion, 133

Economics, 187. 233 Economy, 241 Ethical problem, 117 Europe, 95 European legal framework, 105 EuroQol Group, 199

General/family practice, 209

Health economics, 55 Health expenditures, 55 Health insurance, 209 Health maintenance organisation. 209 Health policy, 147, 255 Health production, 27 Health services organisation, 255 Health status index, 199 Health status of migrants, 75 HN, 43 Hospital care, 43 Hypertension, 221

Incentive reimbursement, 1 Individual behaviour, 187 Intensity of care, 55 International collaboration, 95

Legislation, 133 Length of stay, 55 Life expectancy, 27 Liver transplantation, 147 Living donor, 117

Management, 255 Medical technology, 55 Multiple organ recovery, 127

New Zealand, 19, 255

Opting-out legislation, 117 Organ recovery, 127 Organ transplantation, 105, 117, 133 Organization, 241

Patient care characteristics, 55 Pharmaceuticals, 233 Planning, 133 PPOS, 1 Prescribing, 233 Prevention, 187 Primary care, 209 Prostatic cancer, 241

Quality of life measures, 199 Quality of life, 147

Resource management, 19 Resource Utilisation System (RUS), 19 Resources allocation, 27 Rotterdam, 75

Schooling, 27 Screening, 241 Selection, 105 Survival, 147

Technology assessment, 147 Tobit regression, 221 Transplantation policy, 95 Turkish, 75

U.K., 209 U.S.A., 1, 209

University hospital, 55

Western Europe, 133