Cost containment and efficiency in national health systems : a global comparison / edited by John Rapoport, Philip Jacobs, and Egon Jonsson.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Health care and disease managementPublication details: Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages)ISBN:- 9783527321100
- 3527321101 (alk. paper)
- 362.10681 22
- 2009 C-773
- W 74.1
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written by a local health economics expert, each of the eight chapters in this timely handbook and ready reference describes the national healthcare system of a different industrialized country. In each case, the 4-5 specific policies with the highest impact on that respective country over the past 20-30 years are identified. In addition, the economic characteristics of each policy are described and, where possible, its success evaluated, discussing the current policy agenda. A final chapter summarizes and synthesizes the major points of the analysis. While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language for an audience of health policy decision makers or students of health policy, making it an invaluable contribution to the current debate surrounding the control of rising healthcare-related costs in the developed world.
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