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Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
A Global ComparisonHealth Care and Disease Management, Band 5 1. Aufl.
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97,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wiley-Blackwell (WB) |
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| Veröffentl.: | 03.12.2008 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783527622955 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 247 |
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Beschreibungen
Written by a local health economics expert, each of the eight chapters in this timely handbook and ready reference describes the national healthcare system of a different industrialized country. In each case, the 4-5 specific policies with the highest impact on that respective country over the past 20-30 years are identified. In addition, the economic characteristics of each policy are described and, where possible, its success evaluated, discussing the current policy agenda. A final chapter summarizes and synthesizes the major points of the analysis. <br> While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language for an audience of health policy decision makers or students of health policy, making it an invaluable contribution to the current debate surrounding the control of rising healthcare-related costs in the developed world.<br>
Introduction And Summary (John Rapoport)<br> - Highlights of each country's approach<br> - How are Cost containment and economic efficiency related?<br> - Strategies and their effects: a cross country analysis<br> - Current Policy Agenda<br> Canada (Raisa Deber)<br> - Canada's Health Care System<br> - Paying for Canadian Health Care<br> - Delivering Health Care in Canada<br> - Overall expenditure trends<br> - Cost control strategies employed <br> -<br> Current situation<br> Strategies To Improve Efficiency In The English National Health Service (Adam Oliver)<br> - Introduction<br> - Structural characteristics of the NHS<br> - The efficiency initiatives<br> - Conclusion<br> Strategies For Cost Containment In Finnish Health Care: Decentralization And Price Regulation (Unto Hakkinen)<br> - Introduction<br> - Finnish health care system<br> - Strategies for municipal health services<br> - Cost containment in services covered by NHI<br> - Lessons from Finland<br> Germany (Markus Worz and Reinhard Busse)<br> - A review of the major structural and operational characteristics of German health system<br> - Major cost containment and efficiency seeking strategies<br> - Report on the current situation<br> The Netherlands: From Limiting Supply To Limiting Demand (Werner Brouwer and Frans Rutten)<br> - Introduction<br> - The Dutch health care system in transition<br> - Cost containment through the years<br> - Future challenges<br> Japan (Akinoi Hisashige)<br> - HealthcareExpenditure Trends in Japan<br> - Healthcare System in Japan<br> - Cost Containment Strategy in Japan<br> - Recent trends and Future challenges<br> New Zealand (Toni Ashton)<br> - Introduction<br> - Overview of NZ system<br> - Global budgets<br> - The quasi-market reforms<br> - Management of pharmaceutical expenditure<br> - Priority setting<br> - Management of waiting lists<br> - Current agenda<br> - Conclusion<br> Sweden (Bengt Jonsson)<br> - Introduction<br> - Paying for performance -<br> DRG based payments to ospitals<br> - Reference pricing and generic substitution<br> - Health technology assessment<br> - The current situation<br> <br> <br> <br>
<br> EDITORS<br> <br> John Rapoport<br> Professor of Economics<br> Mount Holyoke College<br> South Hadley, Ma <br> USA<br> rapoport@mtholyoke.edu<br> <br> Philip Jacobs<br> Institute of Health Economics<br> Edmonton, Alberta<br> Canada<br> pjacobs@ihe.ca<br> <br> Egon Jonsson<br> Institute of Health Economics<br> Edmonton, Alberta<br> Canada<br> ejonsson@ihe.ca<br> <br>
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