[edited by] Richard B. Saltman, Vaida Bankauskaite, and Karsten Vrangbaek.
New York :
Open University Press,
2007.
xxiv, 298 pages
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the question of decentralization / Richard B. Saltman, Vaida Bankauskaite, and Karsten Vrangbæk -- Central issues in the decentralization debate / Vaida Bankauskaite and Richard B. Saltman -- Patterns of decentralization across European health systems / Vaida Bankauskaite, Hans F.W. Dubois and RIchard B. Saltman -- Towards a typology for decentralization in health care / Karsten Vrangbæk -- Key factors in assessing decentralization and recentralization in health systems / Karsten Vrangbæk -- Drawing lessons for policy-making / Richard B. Saltman and Karsten Vrangbæk -- Approaches to studying decentralization in health systems / Sarah Atkinson -- Effects of decentralization and recentralization on economic dimensions of health systems / Jon Magnussen, Fabrizio Tediosi and Péter Mihályi -- Effects of decentralization and recentralization on political dimensions of health systems / Franca Maino [and others] -- Effects of decentralization on managerial dimensions of health systems / Runo Axelsson, Gregory P. Marchildon and José R. Repullo-Labrador -- Effects of decentralization on clinical dimensions of health systems / Juha Kinnunen [and others] -- Effects of decentralization and recentralization on equity dimensions of health systems / Meri Koivusalo, Kaspar Wyss and Paula Santana -- Information strategies for decentralization / Peter C. Smith and Unto Häkkinen -- Implementation of health care decentralization / Katarina Østergren [and others] -- Privatization as decentralization strategy / Rifat Atun -- Description of the structure and development of decentralization in health care in selected countries in Europe and Canada.
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Exploring the capacity and impact of decentralization within European health care systems, this book examines both the theoretical underpinnings as well as practical experience with decentralization.