Comparative Studies and the Politics of Modern Medical Care
Theodore R. Marmor, Richard Freeman, and Kieke G. H. Okma
Abstract
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 ... More
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 also across the world.
Keywords:
health reform,
health care regulation,
health care financing,
healthcare delivery,
primary care,
hospital care,
long-term care,
pharmaceutical policy,
private health insurance
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780300149838 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 |
DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300149838.001.0001 |
