Health Policy and Planning | Oxford Academic

Current Issue

Volume 32 Issue 6 July 2017

Impact Factor

2.368

5 year Impact Factor

3.164

SI: Health Care Sciences & Services

30 out of 90

Editors-in-Chief
Sandra Mounier-Jack
Virginia Wiseman

About the journal

Health Policy and Planning publishes high-quality health policy and systems research that aims to inform policy and practice in low and middle income countries. Find out more here.

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Supplements

Health Policy and Planning's 2016 supplements:

District decision making for health in low income settings.

The Emergence and Effectiveness of Global Health Networks.

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World Malaria Day 2017

To mark World Malaria Day, read key, recent papers from Health Policy and Panning, specially curated with a focus on prevention.

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Health Policy and Planning Debated

The HPP Debated blog offers news, comment and analysis on the latest research published in Health Policy and Planning. The multi-author blog includes contributions from the Editor’s-in-Chief, Section Editors and anyone with an interest in the field and something to say.

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Latest articles

Application of social network analysis in the assessment of organization infrastructure for service delivery: a three district case study from post-conflict northern Uganda

Incentivizing universal safe delivery in Nepal: 10 years of experience

Generating global political priority for urban health: the role of the urban health epistemic community

The cost structure of routine infant immunization services: a systematic analysis of six countries

Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and poverty related to out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Bangladesh—an estimation of financial risk protection of universal health coverage

Most cited

Constructing socio-economic status indices: how to use principal components analysis

Reforming the health sector in developing countries: the central role of policy analysis

‘Doing’ health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges

Improving the Quality of Private Sector Delivery of Public Health Services: Challenges and Strategies

The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control

Translated abstracts

Chinese translated abstracts

Health Policy and Planning translated the abstracts from each issue into Chinese, see a selection of the most recent translated abstracts below:

Volume 31, issue 10 (December)
Volume 31, issue 9 (November)
Volume 31, issue 8 (October)
Volume 31, issue 7 (September)
Volume 31, issue 6 (July)

French translated abstracts

Health Policy and Planning translated the abstracts from each issue into French, see a selection of the most recent translated abstracts below:

Volume 32, issue 1 (February)
Volume 31, issue 10 (December)
Volume 31, issue 9 (November)
Volume 31, issue 8 (October)
Volume 31, issue 7 (September)

Spanish translated abstracts

Health Policy and Planning translated the abstracts from each issue into Spanish, see a selection of the most recent translated abstracts below:

Volume 32, issue 1 (February)
Volume 31, issue 10 (December)
Volume 31, issue 9 (November)
Volume 31, issue 8 (October)
Volume 31, issue 7 (September)

Editor's Choice

Does addressing gender inequalities and empowering women and girls improve health and development programme outcomes?

10 best resources in…

’10 best resources for…’ is a series of articles that identify and outline the 10 most useful resources from a range of sources to help facilitate a better understanding of a particular issue in global health.

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How to do/ how not to do…

‘How to do/how not to do’ is a series of articles in which expert authors provide practical guidance and recommendations on a broad range of topics relevant to health policy.

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Review Collections

The Health Policy and Planning review collections draw together evidence on topics pertinent to current debates and discussions around health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Topics include reproductive health, infectious disease, the private sector, and more.

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Health Systems Global

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Developing Countries Initiative

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