Regulation of health
Subtitle: case studies of Sweden and Switzerland
By: edited by Peter Zweifel, Carl Hampus Lyttkens, Lars Söderström.
Contributors: Zweifel, Peter.; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus.; Söderström, Lars, 1940-
Series: Developments in health economics and public policy ;; v. 7
Publisher: Kluwer Academic; Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Medical policy -- Sweden.; Medical policy -- Switzerland.
Description: Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and maybe in newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, what are the instruments used, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation?

Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland seeks to resolve problems in answering these key questions regarding the health care sector in two countries - Sweden and Switzerland. The volume contains a series of studies that compare the regulation of health and health care in these two apparently very similar countries, in considerable detail.

The contributing teams acquired a great deal of knowledge about health regulation in both countries; they also derived comparative predictions when regulation differs, using actual observations to check whether these predictions are borne out. These comparisons are based on the conditions prevailing in the mid-nineties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.