Comparative Health Policy
5th Edition
Published on 27. October 2017
Book
Hardback
XIX, 370 pages
978-1-137-54496-4 (ISBN)
Description
A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle income countries, as well as broadened coverage relating to healthcare outside of hospitals and the ever-increasing diversity of the healthcare workforce today.
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Edition
5th ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
752 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54496-4 (9781137544964)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-54497-1
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Robert H. Blank | Viola Burau | Ellen Kuhlmann
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Comparative Health Policy
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Persons
Robert H. Blank is an Adjunct Professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National Taiwan University.
Viola Burau is Associate Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Senior Researcher at DEFACTUM - Public Health and Health Services Research, Denmark.
Ellen Kuhlmann is Senior Researcher at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, and Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Content
1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction.- 2. The Context of Health Care.- 3. Funding, Provision and Governance.- 4. Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources.- 5. The Health Workforce.- 6. Health Care Beyond the Hospital.- 7. Public Health.- 8. Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.