Comparative studies and the politics of modern medical care / / edited by Theodore R. Marmor, Richard Freeman and Kieke G.H. Okma

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824736603321
• Autore: Marmor Theodore R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-41586-7; 9786612415869; 0-300-15595-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MarmorTheodore R; FreemanRichard (Professor of Social Science and Public Policy); OkmaKieke G. H
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetti: Health care reform - Developed countries; Medical policy - Developed countries; Social medicine - Developed countries
• 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: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Comparative Policy Analysis and Health Care. An Introduction -- 2. The United States Risks for Americans and Lessons for Abroad -- 3. Canada: Health Care Reform in Comparative Perspective -- 4. Germany Evidence, Policy, and Politics in Health Care Reform -- 5. The Netherlands: From Polder Model to Modern Management -- 6. The United Kingdom: Health Policy Learning in the National Health Service -- 7. Primary Care and Health Reform: Concepts, Confusions, and Clarifications -- 8. Hospital Care in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands -- 9. Pharmaceutical Policy and Politics in OECD Countries -- 10. Comprehensive Long- Term Care in Japan and Germany: Policy Learning and Cross- National Comparison -- 11. Regulating Private Health Insurance Markets -- 12. Learning from Others and Learning from Mistakes: Reflections on Health Policy Making -- Appendix. National Health Accounts: A Tool for International Comparison of Health Spending -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a timely account of health reform struggles in developed democracies. The editors, leading experts in the field, have brought together a group of distinguished scholars to explore the ambitions and realities of health care regulation, financing, and delivery across countries. These wide-ranging essays cover policy debates and reforms in Canada, Germany, Holland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as separate treatments of some of the most prominent issues confronting policy makers. These include primary care, hospital care, long-term care, pharmaceutical policy, and private health insurance. The authors are attentive throughout to the ways in which cross-national, comparative research may inform national policy debates not only under the Obama administration but across the world.