Health Policy, General & Miscellaneous Health Policies, Health Care Delivery, Health Economics

Health Care Reform : Learning from International Experience

Name: Health Care Reform : Learning from International Experience
Author: Christopher Ham
ISBN: 9780335198900

by Christopher Ham

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Overview

This book provides an up-to-date review and analysis of health care reform in five countries: Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. It reviews the experience of introducing competition into the health service as well as policies to strengthen management and change methods of paying hospitals and doctors. The experience of each country is described by experts from the countries concerned. In this lucid introduction, Chris Ham sets out the context of reform, and in the conclusion identifies the emerging lessons. The book provides an authoritative introduction to health care reform in Europe and North America at a time of increasing political and public interest in this field. It has been designed for students of social policy and the full range of health service practitioners on courses of professional training.

Covers adopted policies for health care reform in Europe & North America, which policies have failed or worked, etc.