Six countries, six reform models : the healthcare reform experience of Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan : healthcare reforms "under the radar screen" / edited by Kieke G.H. Okma ... [et al.] ; with foreword by Rudolf Klein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Okma, Kieke G. H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents the healthcare reform experiences of six small- to mid-sized, but dynamic, economies spanning the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. Usually not given serious consideration in major international comparisons because of their small size, each in fact provides a fascinating case study that illuminates the understanding of the dynamics of healthcare reform. Although dissimilar in historical and cultural backgrounds, they share some important features: all faced very similar pressures for change in the 1970's and 1980's; all considered a very similar range of policy option

Contents:

Israel : partial health care reform as laboratory of ongoing change / David Chinitz and Rachel Meislin

Change and continuity in Dutch health care : origins and consequences of the 2006 health insurance reforms / Kieke G.H. Okma and Hans Maarse

Reform and re-reform of the New Zealand system / Toni Ashton and Tim Tenbensel

Health care reforms in Singapore / Meng-Kin Lim

Consumer-driven versus regulated health insurance in Switzerland / Luca Crivelli and Iva Bolgiani

Taiwan's national health insurance system : high value for the dollar / Tsung-Mei Cheng

Conclusions : debates, reforms, and policy adjustments / Kieke G.H. Okma and Luca Crivelli.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612757815

9781282757813

1282757814

9789814261593

9814261599

OCLC:

670430050