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Comparative health policy

Title
  1. Comparative health policy / Robert H. Blank and Viola Burau.
Published by
  1. Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Author
  1. Blank, Robert H.

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Additional authors
  1. Burau, Viola Desideria
Description
  1. xvii, 309 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third edition includes details of reforms in Germany and the Netherlands, more examples from Asia, and boxed histories of the health systems covered"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Health Policy > trends
  2. Social medicine > Cross-cultural studies
  3. Health Services > trends
  4. Internationaler Vergleich
  5. Medical policy > Cross-cultural studies
  6. Gesundheitspolitik
  7. Delivery of Health Care > trends
  8. Socioeconomic Factors
  9. Gesundheitswesen
Contents
  1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction -- The Context of Health Care -- Funding, Provision and Governance -- Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources -- The Medical Profession -- Beyond the Hospital: Care in the Home -- Public Health -- Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.