Title: Market limits in health reform : public success, private failure /
Authors: Drache, Daniel, 1941-; Sullivan, Terry.; Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies.; Institute for Work & Health
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Public Sector; Private Sector; Health Care Reform; Health care reform Canada Congresses.; Health care reform Australia Congresses.; Public health Canada Congresses.; Public health Australia Congresses.
Abstract: This volume explores the deep-rooted tensions between publicly-funded health care systems and the dynamics of public markets to deliver privately-financed health care.
Contents: Public-private conflicts in health policy -- Restructuring Anglo-Saxon health systems: shifting state/market boundaries -- Decentralization and devolution: new state forms and practices -- The political economy of health reform in Canada -- On the frontier of reform.