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UNINA9910807653803321 |
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Autore |
Giaimo Susan |
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Titolo |
Markets and medicine : the politics of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States / / Susan Giaimo |
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Ann Arbor [Mich.], : University of Michigan Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-43773-9 |
9786612437731 |
0-472-02352-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health care reform - Germany |
Health care reform - Great Britain |
Health care reform - United States |
Medical policy - Germany |
Medical policy - Great Britain |
Medical policy - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Common Abbreviations Used in the Text -- Introduction: Cost Containment and the Governance of Health Care -- 1. Health Care Governance in the British NHS to 1989: A Hybrid of Corporatism and State Hierarchy -- 2. The British Reforms: Markets, Managers, and the Challenge to Corporatism -- 3. The Corporatist Settlement in German National Health Insurance -- 4. The German Reforms: Grafting the Market onto Corporatism -- 5. The Autonomy of the Solo Practitioner in a Liberal Health Care System: The United States -- 6. Market Reform as "Unmanaged Competition": The United States -- Conclusion: The Limits of Markets in Health Care -- Appendix: Information on Interviews and Methodology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores diverse governmental and institutional solutions to containing health care costs. |
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