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Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems: A Global Comparison (Health Care and Disease Management)

By John Rapoport , Philip Jacobs , Egon Jonsson

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-VCH
Year
2008
ISBN
3527321101, 9783527321100
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1678790 bytes)
Series
Health Care and Disease Management
Edition
1
Pages
250\250
Topic
Business Management
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

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 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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