Markets and medicine : the politics of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States / / Susan Giaimo

• Autore: Giaimo Susan
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor [Mich.], : University of Michigan Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores diverse governmental and institutional solutions to containing health care costs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Markets and medicine
• ISBN: 1-282-43773-9; 9786612437731; 0-472-02352-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807653803321
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