Health care systems in Europe and Asia / / edited by Christian Aspalter, Yasuo Uchida, and Robin Gauld

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1095
• Soggetto topico: Medical care; Medical care - Asia; Medical care - Europe
• Altri autori: AspalterChristian GauldRobin UchidaYasuo, Prof
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Health Care Systems in Europe and Asia; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The health care system in the United Kingdom; 3 The health care system in Germany; 4 The health care system in France; 5 The health care system in Italy; 6 The health care system in Japan; 7 The health care system in South Korea; 8 The health care system in Taiwan; 9 The health care system in Singapore; 10 European and Asian health care systems in comparative perspective; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the global need for more comparative studies on health policy and health care systems, given the rise in recent decades of societal aging, modern mass diseases, economic globalization, and resulting permanent fiscal austerity of governments which have fundamentally altered the status quo of health care systems. The book examines the healthcare experiences of the most developed countries in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and compares these with four of the most important health care systems in Europe (UK, France, Germany and Italy). Focusing on the
• Titolo autorizzato: Health care systems in Europe and Asia
• ISBN: 1-280-87425-2; 9786613715562; 1-136-58722-5; 1-136-58721-7; 0-203-15799-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824389003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in social welfare in Asia.