Comparative health policy
Robert H. Blank (Author), Viola Desideria Burau (Author)
Ageing populations, the proliferation of technologies, and intensified public expectations and demands, are all creating difficult problems for health care systems throughout the world. Some observers suggest that this is leading to a convergence towards the adoption of increasingly similar health policies. Others, however, argue that pre-existing national differences in structures, cultures and patterns of provision and governance preclude simple convergence. Comparative Health Policy provides a broad-ranging introduction to the funding, provision and governance in a wide range of health systems, using Australia, Britain, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan and the USA as detailed examples throughout. Covering acute, long-term and public health services, it analyses the impact of variation in the relative emphasis on the goals of equity, quality and efficiency on priority setting and service provision, and assess What lessons can be learned about the consequences of various public/private mixes as well as policy and funding frameworks. Substantially revised and updated, the fourth edition includes additional coverage of the international context of health policy and of global health issues, such as the ongoing AIDS epidemic
Print Book, English, 2014
Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2014