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The public-private mix for health

This book brings together an international group of distinguished researchers and practitioners in health economics and health services who are national experts on the funding and provision of health care.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Radcliffe Publishing, Oxford, England, ©2005
ix, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781857757019, 1857757017
1024117317
International health care reform: what goes round, comes round. The pervasive role of ideology in the optimism of the public-private mix in the public healthcare system. Efficient purchasing in public and private healthcare systems: mission impossible? The public-private mix in the UK. UK health care reform: continuity and change. The mix of public and private payers in the American health system. Political wolves and economic sheep: the sustainability of public health insurance in Canada. Public-private mix for health in France. The public-private mix in Scandinavia. Public-private mix for health care in Germany. The public-private mix in health services: New Zealand. The role of the private sector in the Australian health care system. Common challenges in health care markets. Enduring problems in health care delivery.