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Title Regulation of health : case studies of Sweden and Switzerland / edited by Peter Zweifel, Carl Hampus Lyttkens, Lars Söderström
Published Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1998]
©1998

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Description 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Developments in health economics and public policy ; v. 7
Developments in health economics and public policy ; v. 7
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction / Peter Zweifel -- Ch. 2. Overview of the Two Systems / Monica Bezzola and Peter Martinsson -- Ch. 3. Differences in Taxation and Regulation of Health Affecting Goods - Alcohol and Tobacco / Sebastian Bretschneider and Pia Johansson -- Ch. 4. Licensing of Physicians / Lorenz Gotte and Klaus Hammes -- Ch. 5. Price Setting for Doctors / Kristina Burstrom and Rafael Gisin -- Ch. 6. Licensing of Firms and Institutions / Lars Nicklasson and Roland Umbricht -- Ch. 7. Reimbursement of Hospital Services and Hospital Financing / Mattias Lundback and Daniel Staib -- Ch. 8. Incentives for Diffusion of New Health Care Technology / Alexander Dozet and Lukas Fischer -- Ch. 9. The Market for Pharmaceuticals / Klas Bergenheim and Ulrich Braun -- Ch. 10. Programs for the Aged in Sweden and in Switzerland / Jason Hauser and Christin Prutz -- Ch. 11. Compensation for Health-Related Loss of Income / Klas Rikner and Michael Strumpf
Ch. 12. Taxes, Premiums, User Charges: Financing from the Point of View of Consumers / Anna Persson and Zulfikar Guzelgun
Summary "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."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Medical policy -- Sweden.
Medical policy -- Switzerland.
Author Lyttkens, Carl Hampus.
Söderström, Lars, 1940-
Zweifel, Peter.
LC no. 98037468
ISBN 0792383427 (alk. paper)