Comparative Health Policy and the New Right

Comparative Health Policy and the New Right
Author: Christa Altenstetter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 343
Release: 1991-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349117773

A compilation of essays which examine the response of the new Right to health policy issues. While economic circumstances dictate the pressures placed on policy-makers, it is argued that there is a gap between the rhetoric they espouse and the actions/initiatives taken.

Comparative Health Care Federalism

Comparative Health Care Federalism
Author: Katherine Fierlbeck
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317163117

Examining the changing nature of health care federalism within a competitive global context, Comparative Health Care Federalism provides a rich and nuanced account of the way in which the interplay of federal relationships impact health care within an array of systems. The editors have gathered together some of the leading international health policy scholars to provide detailed accounts of the dynamics of federal health policy-making within their respective jurisdictions. Complementing the theoretical and methodological objectives, this book provides a detailed, empirical description of the challenges faced by different states and the ways in which health policy-making works within the federal, quasi-federal, and functional federal systems presented. In chapters on the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, the EU, India, China, Brazil, and the Russian Federation the authors consider what variables contribute to, and stand in the way of, the formation of robust and sustainable health care systems.

Comparative Health Policy

Comparative Health Policy
Author: Robert H. Blank
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2017-10-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1350311871

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle income countries, as well as broadened coverage relating to healthcare outside of hospitals and the ever-increasing diversity of the healthcare workforce today.

Public Policy Analysis and Design

Public Policy Analysis and Design
Author: V. K. Agnihotri
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1995
Genre: India
ISBN: 9788170225614

Collection of articles presented at the Seminar on Public Policy Analysis and Design organized by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration from 23 to 25 August, 1993; with special reference to India.

Comparative Health Law and Policy

Comparative Health Law and Policy
Author: Irehobhude O. Iyioha
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2016-05-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317163095

Health law and policy in Nigeria is an evolving and complex field of law, spanning a broad legal landscape and drawn from various sources. In addressing and interacting with these sources the volume advances research on health care law and policy in Nigeria and spells the beginning of what may now be formally termed the ’Nigerian health law and policy’ legal field. The collection provides a comparative analysis of relevant health policies and laws, such as reproductive and sexual health policy, organ donation and transplantation, abortion and assisted conception, with those in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and South Africa. It critically examines the duties and rights of physicians, patients, health institutions and organizations, and government parastatals against the backdrop of increased awareness of rights among patient populations. The subjects, which are discussed from a legal, ethical and policy-reform perspective, critique current legislation and policies and make suggestions for reform. The volume presents a cohesive, comparative, and comprehensive analysis of the state of health law and policy in Nigeria with those in the US, Canada, South Africa, and the UK. As such, it provides a valuable comparison between Western and Non-Western countries.

Comparative Studies and the Politics of Modern Medical Care

Comparative Studies and the Politics of Modern Medical Care
Author: Theodore R. Marmor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0300155956

This text offers an account of health reform struggles in developed democracies. It explores the ambitions and realities of health care regulation, financing and delivery across countries.

Comparative Health Systems

Comparative Health Systems
Author: Federico Toth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781108745314

The standard classifications of health systems don't allow for the complexity and variety that exists around the world. Federico Toth sets out a new framework for understanding the many ways in which health systems can be organized and systematically analyses the health systems chosen by 27 OECD countries. He provides a great deal of up-to-date data on financing models, healthcare spending, insurance coverage, methods of organizing providers, healthcare personnel, remuneration methods for doctors and hospitals, development trajectories and recent reforms. For each of the major components of the healthcare system, the organizational models and the possible variants from which individual countries can ideally select are defined. Then, based on the organizational solutions actually adopted, the various national systems are grouped into homogeneous families. With its clear, jargon-free language and concrete examples, this is the most accessible comparative study of international healthcare arrangements available.

Governing the Health Care State

Governing the Health Care State
Author: Michael Moran
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780719042973

This book represents the first comparative study of how health policy is made in leading industrial nations. Using detailed case histories of the UK, the US and Germany, it shows that health care systems and modern states are indissolubly bound together. The author explains how the health care state originated before the rise of democracy, and demonstrates that it has had to confront the twin pressures of democratic politics and competitive capitalism. It focuses on three important arenas of health care politics--the government of consumption, the government of doctors, and the government of medical technology--and illustrates how these three arenas intersect.

Success and Failure in Public Governance

Success and Failure in Public Governance
Author: M. A. P. Bovens
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1843762854

Why do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success and failure of four policy areas (Steel, Health Care, Finance, HIV and the Blood Supply) in six European countries, namely France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain and Sweden. The book is therefore able to compare success and failure across countries as well as policy areas, enabling a test of a variety of theoretical assumptions about policy making and government.

Sociology of Health and Illness

Sociology of Health and Illness
Author: Gillian M. Lupton
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1995
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780732927998

Second edition of a collection of readings on the health of Australians, originally published in 1989. From a sociological perspective, consideration is given to the major social aspects of behaviour likely to affect one's health and the outcome of any health care one may receive. Discusses health services, recipients of services, providers of services and disease prevention and promotion. Includes a bibliography and index. Gillian Lupton is a senior lecturer and Jake Najman is professor of sociology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Queensland. Lupton is co-author of 'Society and Gender: An Introduction to Sociology' and Najman is the editor of 'A Sociology of Australian Society'.