Comparative health policy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blank Robert H
Group Author: Burau Viola Desideria
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] New York
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd ed.
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Carrier Form: xvii, 309 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780230234277 (hardback : alk. paper)
0230234275 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780230234284 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0230234283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: R
CLC: R-01
Call Number: R-01/B642/3rd.ed.
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p.263-296) and index.
Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction -- The Context of Health Care -- Funding, Provision and Governance -- Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources -- The Medical Profession -- Beyond the Hospital: Care in the Home -- Public Health -- Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.
"This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third edition includes details of reforms in Germany and the Netherlands, more examples from Asia, and boxed histories of the health systems covered"--Provided by publisher.