Comparative Studies and the Politics of Modern Medical Care

Richard Freeman author Theodore R Marmor author Kieke G H Okma author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Yale University Press

Published:13th Oct '09

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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.

ISBN: 9780300149838

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 522g

370 pages