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Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
. Ed(S): Rapoport, John; Jacobs, Philip
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Description for Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
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. Editor(s): Rapoport, John; Jacobs, Philip. Series Editor(s): Jonsson, Egon. Series: Health Care and Disease Management. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 604.
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.
While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language ... Read more
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.
While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Series
Health Care and Disease Management
Number of Pages
247
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783527321100
SKU
V9783527321100
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Rapoport, John; Jacobs, Philip
EDITORS John Rapoport Professor of Economics Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Ma USA rapoport@mtholyoke.edu Philip Jacobs Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada pjacobs@ihe.ca Egon Jonsson Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada ejonsson@ihe.ca
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