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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780891403321

Titolo

Six countries, six reform models [[electronic resource] ] : the healthcare reform experience of Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan : healthcare reforms "under the radar screen" / / edited by Kieke G.H. Okma ... [et al.] ; with foreword by Rudolf Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75781-4

9786612757815

981-4261-59-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OkmaKieke G. H

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Health care reform

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Israel : partial health care reform as laboratory of ongoing change / David Chinitz and Rachel Meislin -- Change and continuity in Dutch health care : origins and consequences of the 2006 health insurance reforms / Kieke G.H. Okma and Hans Maarse -- Reform and re-reform of the New Zealand system / Toni Ashton and Tim Tenbensel -- Health care reforms in Singapore / Meng-Kin Lim -- Consumer-driven versus regulated health insurance in Switzerland / Luca Crivelli and Iva Bolgiani -- Taiwan's national health insurance system : high value for the dollar / Tsung-Mei Cheng -- Conclusions : debates, reforms, and policy adjustments / Kieke G.H. Okma and Luca Crivelli.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the healthcare reform experiences of six small- to mid-sized, but dynamic, economies spanning the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. Usually not given serious consideration in major international comparisons because of their small size, each in fact provides a fascinating case study that illuminates the understanding of the dynamics of healthcare reform. Although dissimilar in historical and cultural backgrounds, they share some important features: all faced very similar pressures for change in the 1970's and 1980's; all considered a very similar range of policy option