Markets and medicine : the politics of health care reform in Britain, Germany, and the United States / Susan Giaimo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giaimo, Susan.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--Germany.

Health care reform.

Health care reform--Great Britain.

Health care reform--United States.

Medical policy--Germany.

Medical policy.

Medical policy--Great Britain.

Medical policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores diverse governmental and institutional solutions to containing health care costs.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Common Abbreviations Used in the Text

Introduction: Cost Containment and the Governance of Health Care

1. Health Care Governance in the British NHS to 1989: A Hybrid of Corporatism and State Hierarchy

2. The British Reforms: Markets, Managers, and the Challenge to Corporatism

3. The Corporatist Settlement in German National Health Insurance

4. The German Reforms: Grafting the Market onto Corporatism

5. The Autonomy of the Solo Practitioner in a Liberal Health Care System: The United States

6. Market Reform as "Unmanaged Competition": The United States

Conclusion: The Limits of Markets in Health Care

Appendix: Information on Interviews and Methodology

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-291) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-43773-9

9786612437731

0-472-02352-7

OCLC:

608209364