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Handbook of international health care systems / edited by Khi V. Thai, Edward T. Wimberley, Sharon M. McManus.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Public administration and public policy ; 96.
- Public administration and public policy ; 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- World health.
- Medical care--Cross-cultural studies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical care.
- Public Health Administration.
- Medical care--Cross-cultural studies.
- Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
- Health Services Administration.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Medical Subjects:
- Public Health Administration.
- Delivery of Health Care--organization & administration.
- Health Services Administration.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 604 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Marcel Dekker, [2002]
- Summary:
- Presents a comprehensive overview of the current state of health care and availability worldwide. Focuses on the appraoch to the provision of quality, cost-effective health care systems by ""established"" and developing member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Compares health care financing across all OECD nations.
- Contents:
- Introduction to international health care systems: themes and variations on themes / Edward T. Wimberley and Khi V. Thai
- Reforms in the Hungarian health care system / Tamás Evetovits
- Russia's health care system: caring in a turbulent environment / Elena A. Bourhanskaia, Aren Kubataev, and Mary A. Paterson
- The Canadian health care system / Kant Patel and Mark E. Rushef sky
- The United States Health Care System / Carole M. Pohl
- Like plugging the holes in a colander: health policy and provision in the United States circa the Millennium / Edward T. Wimberley and Arthur J. Rubens
- The health services system in Mexico / World Health Organization
- France's health care system / Peter L. Cruise
- Universal coverage and cost control: the United Kingdom National Health Service / Karen Bloor and Alan Maynard
- Sweden's health care system / Paul Gunnar Kaati
- The German health care system / Balu Swami
- Italy's health care system / Michelle A. Angeletti
- The political economy of health care in Greece / Dimitris Niakas
- Health care system in Turkey / Fahreddin Tatar and Tevfik Dinc̦er
- The Japanese health care system: citizen complaints and citizen possibilities / Rieko Yajima and Kazue Takayanagi
- The health care system in Australia / Helen M. Lapsley
- A health care system in radical transition: the experience of New Zealand / Laurence Malcolm
- Health care financing: a comparative analysis / Khi V. Thai, Sharon M. McManus, and Edward T. Wimberley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 082478829X
- OCLC:
- 48132041
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