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Title Cost containment and efficiency in national health systems : a global comparison / edited by John Rapoport, Philip Jacobs, and Egon Jonsson
Published Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages) : illustrations
Series Health care and disease management
Health care and disease management.
Contents Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems: A Global Comparison; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction and Summary; 2 Canada; 3 England; 4 Finland; 5 Germany; 6 The Netherlands; 7 Japan; 8 New Zealand; 9 Sweden; Index
Summary Written by local health economics experts, 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cost Control.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Health Care Reform -- economics.
National Health Programs -- economics.
Health services administration -- Finance.
SUBJECT Canada. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002170
Europe. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005060
Japan. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007564
New Zealand. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009520
Form Electronic book
Author Jacobs, Philip, 1943-
Jonsson, Egon.
Rapoport, John, 1944-
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
ISBN 3527622950 (electronic bk.)
3527622969
9783527622955 (electronic bk.)
9783527622962
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