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Author Blank, Robert H.

Title Comparative health policy / Robert H. Blank and Viola Burau
Edition Third edition
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  362.1 Bla/Chp 2010  AVAILABLE
 WATERFT HEALTH  362.1 Bla/Chp 2010  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Medical policy -- Cross-cultural studies.
Social medicine -- Cross-cultural studies.
Health Policy -- trends.
Delivery of Health Care -- trends.
Health Services -- trends.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Author Burau, Viola Desideria.
LC no. 2010009864
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