Health care systems in Europe and Asia / edited by Christian Aspalter, Yasuo Uchida, and Robin Gauld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aspalter, Christian.

Gauld, Robin.

Uchida, Yasuo, Prof.

Series:

Routledge studies in social welfare in Asia.

Routledge studies in social welfare in Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Cross-cultural studies.

Medical care.

Medical care--Asia.

Medical care--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book addresses the global need for more comparative studies on health policy and health care systems, given the rise in recent decades of societal aging, modern mass diseases, economic globalization, and resulting permanent fiscal austerity of governments which have fundamentally altered the status quo of health care systems. The book examines the healthcare experiences of the most developed countries in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and compares these with four of the most important health care systems in Europe (UK, France, Germany and Italy). Focusing on the

Contents:

Cover; Health Care Systems in Europe and Asia; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The health care system in the United Kingdom; 3 The health care system in Germany; 4 The health care system in France; 5 The health care system in Italy; 6 The health care system in Japan; 7 The health care system in South Korea; 8 The health care system in Taiwan; 9 The health care system in Singapore; 10 European and Asian health care systems in comparative perspective; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-87425-2

9786613715562

1-136-58722-5

1-136-58721-7

0-203-15799-0

9780203157992

OCLC:

798209448