This paper describes and discusses the development and use of health technology
assessment (HTA) in five Central and Eastern European countries (CEE): Poland, the Czech …

Epistemic communities are an established concept in the study of international relations but
can also explain policy change at the domestic level. This article asks why some epistemic …

ABSTRACT Since 2008, the European Union has faced a multitude of challenges including
the international financial crisis and the Syrian migration crisis. These not only created a …

The role of evidence and expertise in policy-making has been of interest to public health
professionals and political scientists alike. The public health community often sees its efforts …

This article questions the argument that we need a post-functional theory of European
integration. We suggest instead that the integrative mechanisms of classical neofunctionalist …

The purpose of this commentary article is to explain the causes and effects of the economic
migration of health care workers from Poland to Western countries, and to analyse the …

This paper belongs to the field of theories of the Policy process and contributes to the
literature on the multiple streams approach (MSA), by investigating bricolage as an …

During the COVID‐19 crisis, European Union (EU) health policy has become high politics.
Key parts of EU health cooperation have, however, long developed more discretely in …

In the past two decades, setting up independent health technology assessment (HTA)
agencies has become a popular tool to inform reimbursement decision-making in health …

Physical inactivity is a problem in Europe, contributing to various non-communicable
diseases (NCDs). While health sciences offer data and models for preventing the …