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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463468603321

Titolo

The changing national role in health system governance : a case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia / / edited by Elke Jakubowski, Richard B. Saltman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, Denmark : , : European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

92-890-0004-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 p.)

Collana

Observatory studies series ; ; 29

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Health services administration - Europe

Health services administration - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-74).

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of tables and figures; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Introduction; Part I: Comparative governance themes and issues; Part II: Country governace profiles; References

Sommario/riassunto

This study of 12 countries provides an overview of recent changes in national governments' role in the governance of health systems focusing on efforts to reconfigure responsibilities for health policy regulation and management; the resultant policy priorities; and the initial impact. The shift in responsibilities shows little uniform direction: a number of countries have centralized certain areas of decision-making or regulation but decentralized others. The study reviews common trends based on the country cases and assesses potential future developments.