Comparative health policy
By: Robert H. Blank, Viola Burau.
Contributors: Burau, Viola Desideria.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230234277; 9780230234284
Subjects: Medical policy -- Cross-cultural studies; Social medicine -- Cross-cultural studies; Health Policy -- trends; Delivery of Health Care -- trends; Health Services -- trends; Socioeconomic Factors
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Description: "This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third edition includes details of reforms in Germany and the Netherlands, more examples from Asia, and boxed histories of the health systems covered"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction * The Context of Health Care * Funding, Provision and Governance * Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources * The Medical Profession * Beyond the Hospital: Care in the Home * Public Health * Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.