Health Care Systems in Transition
An International Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-7619-1082-4 (ISBN)
Description
Can the United States learn from other health care systems? This is the question Francis D. Powell and Albert F. Wessen and their colleagues address in this new volume on comparative health care systems. Health Care Systems in Transition presents a framework for examining and comparing health care reform, as well as attempts in Germany, Canada, Sweden, and Great Britain to maximize their populations' health through efforts involving such factors as access to care, cost containment, and national payment programs.
The editors begin by offering guidelines for comparing health care reforms, exploring the issues and components of health care reform and the kinds of challenges reform will continue to face in the United States. The next four sections examine health care and attempts at health care reform in Germany, Canada, Sweden, and Great Britain. The final section considers how structural differences in health care systems may impact efforts at reform and how national reform measures in the countries studied might be reflected in regional and state programs in the United States.
Health Care Systems in Transition will prove invaluable reading for scholars, administrators, and students in health care policy, public health, health services administration and research, public administration, and political science.
The editors begin by offering guidelines for comparing health care reforms, exploring the issues and components of health care reform and the kinds of challenges reform will continue to face in the United States. The next four sections examine health care and attempts at health care reform in Germany, Canada, Sweden, and Great Britain. The final section considers how structural differences in health care systems may impact efforts at reform and how national reform measures in the countries studied might be reflected in regional and state programs in the United States.
Health Care Systems in Transition will prove invaluable reading for scholars, administrators, and students in health care policy, public health, health services administration and research, public administration, and political science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
716 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-1082-4 (9780761910824)
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Content
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The Comparative Study of Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Lessons from Abroad - David Mechanic
A Comparative Perspective
Comparative Health Systems and the Convergence Hypothesis - Mark Field
The Dialectics of Universalism and Particularism
PART TWO: THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE
From Solidarity to Market Competition - Christa Altenstetter
Values, Structure and Strategy in German Health Policy 1883-1997
Health Care Cost Containment in Germany - Bradford Kirkman-Liff
Germany Unity and Health Care Reform - Bradley Scharf
PART THREE: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
Canadian National Health Insurance - Catherine Charles and Robin Badgley
Evolution and Unresolved Policy Issues
Will Power, Cost Control and Health Reform in Canada, 1987-1992 - Catherine Fooks
Preventive and Primary Care Access Systems - Francois Beland
CLSCs as Neighborhood and Social Service Centers in Quebec
PART FOUR: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE
Historical and Institutional Foundations of the Swedish Health Care System - Ellen Immergut
Evolving Roles of the National and Regional Governments in the Swedish Health Care System - Richard Saltman
Cost Control in the Swedish Health Sector - Casten von Otter
PART FIVE: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE
Britain's Health Care Experiment - Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein
The Reforms of the British National Health Service - John Appleby
Policy Lessons from the British Health Care System - Donald W Light
PART SIX: HEALTH CARE REFORM: TOWARD A SYNTHESIS
Structural Differences and Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Patterns of Health Care System Change - Francis D Powell
The Comparative Study of Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Lessons from Abroad - David Mechanic
A Comparative Perspective
Comparative Health Systems and the Convergence Hypothesis - Mark Field
The Dialectics of Universalism and Particularism
PART TWO: THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE
From Solidarity to Market Competition - Christa Altenstetter
Values, Structure and Strategy in German Health Policy 1883-1997
Health Care Cost Containment in Germany - Bradford Kirkman-Liff
Germany Unity and Health Care Reform - Bradley Scharf
PART THREE: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
Canadian National Health Insurance - Catherine Charles and Robin Badgley
Evolution and Unresolved Policy Issues
Will Power, Cost Control and Health Reform in Canada, 1987-1992 - Catherine Fooks
Preventive and Primary Care Access Systems - Francois Beland
CLSCs as Neighborhood and Social Service Centers in Quebec
PART FOUR: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE
Historical and Institutional Foundations of the Swedish Health Care System - Ellen Immergut
Evolving Roles of the National and Regional Governments in the Swedish Health Care System - Richard Saltman
Cost Control in the Swedish Health Sector - Casten von Otter
PART FIVE: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE
Britain's Health Care Experiment - Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein
The Reforms of the British National Health Service - John Appleby
Policy Lessons from the British Health Care System - Donald W Light
PART SIX: HEALTH CARE REFORM: TOWARD A SYNTHESIS
Structural Differences and Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Patterns of Health Care System Change - Francis D Powell