Health of nations
Subtitle: an international perspective on U.S. health care reform
By: Laurene A. Graig.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Medical care -- Finance -- Case studies; Medical care -- United States -- Finance; Insurance, Health -- Government policy -- Case studies; Insurance, Health -- Government policy -- United States; Health care reform -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: In search of new directions for U.S. Health care : an international perspective. Introduction -- Health care paradigms -- Convergence among health systems -- Parameters of the study -- U.S. Health care crisis : moving toward a national solution? Introduction -- Facing the challenges of modern health care -- Implications for corporate America -- Limited convergence -- New directions for U.S. Health care? -- Canada’s national health insurance system : U.S. nemesis or model for reform? Introduction -- The United States looks northward -- Canadian national health insurance : a long time coming -- Medicare is born -- Political and cultural underpinnings of Canadian health care -- Health care delivery in Canada -- Canadian health care financing -- Health care cost-control, Canadian-style -- Trouble in paradise -- The future of Canadian health care -- Lessons from Canada -- Convergence -- German health care : does Bismarck’s grand designhold lessons for the United States? Introduction -- Present at the creation : tracing the roots of national health insurance -- cornerstone of German health insurance : the sickness funds -- Private insurance -- Health care financing -- Health care cost control -- German system faces challenges -- Lessons from Germany -- Convergence -- Health care in the Netherlands : should the U.S. go Dutch? Introduction -- Dutch health care organization -- Health care financing -- Health care reform in the Netherlands -- Lessons from the Netherlands -- Convergence -- Made in Japan : universal health insurance. Introduction -- Legislating health insurance coverage -- Health care delivery -- Health insurance in Japan: organized complexity -- Health care financing -- Controlling health care costs : nationwide fee schedule -- The sun also sets on Japanese health care -- Lessons from Japan -- Convergence -- Reforming the British National Health Service : more like U.S.? Introduction -- Britain’s sacred cow : The National Health Service -- The role of the private sector -- NHS reforms : the white paper -- The once and future NHS -- convergence -- Will U.S. Health care be shaped by international experience? Introduction -- The United States stands alone -- Convergence among systems -- The future shape of U.S. Health care.