Part I. Preliminaries and Introductory Essays
Preface / Richard Scheffler
General Introduction and an Overview of the Volume / Bruce Rosen / Avi Israeli / Stephen Shortell
Accountability in Health Care Reconsidered / Bruce Rosen / David Chinitz / Avi Israeli
Responsibility and Accountability - Talk is Cheap ... / Avi Israeli
Part II. From the Classics
Introduction to the Classic Articles / Bruce Rosen
What is Accountability in Health Care? / Ezekiel J. Emanuel / Linda L. Emanuel
The Ethics of Accountability in Managed Care Reform / Norman Daniels / James Sabin
Assessment and Accountability: The Third Revolution in Medical Care / Arnold S. Relman
Agency, Contract, and Governance: Shifting Shapes of Accountability in the Health Care Arena / Carolyn Hughes Tuohy
Introduction to the Country Essays / Bruce Rosen / Suszy Lessof
Canada / Gregory P. Marchildon / Sara Allin
Czech Republic / Ewout van Ginneken / Jan Šturma
Hungary / Péter Gaál / Szabolcs Szigeti / Matthew Gaskins
Israel / Bruce Rosen / Avi Israeli
Italy / Anna Maresso / Andrea Donatini
Finland / Lauri Vuorenkoski / Philipa Mladovsky
Spain / Sandra García-Armesto / Cristina Hernández-Quevedo / M. B. Abadía-Taira / E. Bernal-Delgado
Part IV. Selected Papers from the Jerusalem Health Policy Conference
Preface / Shlomo Mor-Yosef
Introduction to the Conference Papers / Avi Israeli / Stephen Shortell / Bruce Rosen
Section A. Public Accountability: Governance and Stewardship
Introduction - Public Accountability / Richard B. Saltman / Gabriel I. Barbash / Jack Habib
Context, Culture, and the Practical Limits of Health Sector Accountability / Richard B. Saltman
Difficulties in Making Accountability Practical / Ezekiel Emanuel
Responsibility and Accountability in Preventive Medicine - Are We doing Too Much or Too Little? / Siegal Sadetzki
The Global Shortage of Health Workers and Pay for Performance / Richard M. Scheffler
Addressing Healthcare Inequities in Israel by Eliminating Prescription Drug Copayments / Asher Elhayany / Shlomo Vinker
Common Trends in Public Stewardship of Health Care / Gregory P. Marchildon / Wallace Lockhart
Section B. Social Support
Introduction - Social Support / David Chinitz / Martin McKee / Rachel Nissanholtz
Legends of Health Policy and Management / David Chinitz
Solidarity in a Changing World / Martin McKee
Health Inequity in Israel: Past, Present, and Future / Leon Epstein
Reducing Health Inequalities in Clalit Health Services: From Vision to Reality / Ran Balicer / Efrat Shadmi / Omit Bartal / Nicky Lieberman / Dorit Weiss / Margalit Goldfracht / Arnon D. Cohen / Sigal Regev-Rosenberg / Orit Jacoboson / Eli Defes
From Measurement to Comprehensive Policy: The Action Plan of Maccabi Healthcare Services to Increase Equity / Rachel Wilf-Miron / Irene Lewenhoff / Orna Shem-Tov / Einat Yaari / Avi Porath / Ehud Kokia
Tackling the Inverse Care Law in the Uk / Rosalind Raine
Health Rights Information from the Perspective of Ethiopian Immigrants: Issues, Barriers, and Policy Recommendations / Nurit Guttman / Seffefe Aychech / Antat Gesser-Edelsburg / Avital Moran / Linda-Réne Bloch
Social Support, Health Promotion, and the Built Environment: Vignettes from the Active Living by Design Program / Lawrence Brown
The Role of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives in Health Policy, USA / Karen Wolk Feinstein / Susan Elster / Scott Rosenblum
Section C. Personal Responsibility
Introduction - Personal Responsibility / Yael Ashkenazi / Mordechai Shani / Rosalind Raine
Personal Responsibility: Preliminary Remarks / Mordechai Shani
Personal Responsibility for Health: A Proposal for a Nuanced Approach / Harald Schmidt
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Conquering Health Care Cost and Quality Demons / Regina E. Herzlinger
Personal Responsibility versus Responsible Options: Compliance Meets Public Health in the United States / Joseph R. Betancourt / Marina C. Cervantes
Leadership and the Road to Personal Responsibility for Health Behavior - Between Autonomy and Paternalistic Interventions / Gil Siegal / Neomi Siegal
Personal and State Responsibilities in Vaccination: A Two-Way Road / Baruch Velan
Supporting Behavioral Change: Whose Responsibility? / Gene Bishop
Patient Empowerment and the Doctor-Patient Relationship / Leah Wapner / Malke Borow
Section D. Performance Management
Introduction - Performance Management / Alan Garber / Amir Shmueli / Shuli Brammli-Greenberg
Aligning Incentives to Achieve the Performance One Cannot (Micro) Manage / Harold S. Luft
From Quality Information to Quality Improvements: An Exploratory Study of Health Plan Actions / Bruce Rosen / Rachel Nissanholtz
A Four-Year Project for Implementing Hospital Quality Indicators in Israel / Jacob Dreiher / Eytan Wirtheim / Amit Nachman / Ehud Davidson / Arnon D. Cohen / Anat Ahimas / Ronit Safar / Haim Bitterman / Itamar Shalit
The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Reform / Alan M. Garber
Pay for Performance: Proceed with Care! / Alan Maynard
Conclusions and Take-Away Lessons / Stephen Shortell
