International healthcare reform: what goes around, comes around / Alan Maynard -- The pervasive role of ideology in the optimisation of the public-private mix in public healthcare systems / Alan Williams -- Efficient purchasing in public and private healthcare systems: mission impossible? / Cam Donaldson, Karen Gerard and Craig Mitton -- The public-private mix in the UK / Rudolf Klein -- UK healthcare reform: continuity and change / Alan Maynard -- The mix of public and private payers in the US health system / Uwe Reinhardt -- Political wolves and economic sheept: the sustainability of public health insurance in Canada / Bob Evans with Marko Vujicic -- Public-private mix for health in France / Lise Rochaix and L. Hartmann -- The public-private mix in Scandinavia / Kjeld Moller Pedersen -- Public-private mix for healthcare in Germany / Martin Pfaff and Axel Olaf Kern -- The public-private mix in health services in New Zealand / Nicholas Mays and Nancy Devlin -- The role of the private sector in the Australian healthcare system / Jane Hall and Elizabeth Savage -- Common challenges in healthcare markets / Alan Maynard -- Enduring problems in healthcare delivery / Alan Maynard.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This text examines the complexities, frustrations and progress of healthcare systems with differing funding approaches worldwide. It provides all the facts and supporting evidence on public and private finance of healthcare.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Health planning-- Finance.
Health services administration.
Medical policy.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Delivery of Health Care.
Economics, Medical.
Health Policy.
Insurance, Health.
Politique sanitaire.
Santé publique-- Planification-- Finances.
Santé, Services de-- Administration.
Health planning-- Finance.
Health services administration.
Medical policy.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
362
.
10681
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA411
Book number
.
P84
2005
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
R7
Class number
R7e
Class number
2005
E-296
Class number
WA
525
Book Number
P9758
2005
System Code
cmedlit
System Code
cmedlit
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Maynard, Alan.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services.