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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784768903321

Autore

Harrison Michael I

Titolo

Implementing change in health systems [[electronic resource] ] : market reforms in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands / / Michael I. Harrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

0-7619-6175-5

9786610538720

1-280-53872-4

1-84787-129-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 241 p.) : ill

Disciplina

362.1068094

Soggetti

Health services administration - Europe

Health planning - Europe

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

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1: Health System Reform and Policy Implementation; 2: Market Reforms in the United Kingdom; 3: Outcomes of Market Reform in the United Kingdom and Labour's New Health Policies; 4: Market Experimentation within Swedish Health System Reform; 5: Reform Outcomes in Sweden and the Emerging Mix of Public and Private Care; 6: Regulated Competition in the Netherlands; 7: Reform Outcomes and New Policy Trends in the Netherlands; 8: Conclusion; Appendix A: Abbreviations; Appendix B: Research Methods; Appendix C: Health Expenditures, Resources, and Utilization, 1998; References

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive and comparative study of health service change focuses on the influence of health professionals on the process and shape of change. The book examines the development and implementation of national health system reorganizations in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands.