The law and policy of healthcare financing : an international comparison of models and outcomes / edited by Wolf Sauter [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sauter, Wolf, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar studies in health and the law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical care--Law and legislation.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019.

Summary:

Examining the ways and extent to which systemic factors affect health outcomes with regard to quality, affordability and access to curative healthcare, this explorative book compares the relative merits of tax-funded Beveridge systems and insurance-based Bismarck systems. The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing charts and compares healthcare system outcomes throughout 11 countries, from the UK to Colombia. Thematic chapters investigate the economic and legal explanations for the relevant similarities, variations and trends across the globe. Concluding that systemic factors may be less significant than previously believed, this comprehensive book notes that no one system consistently outperforms the others, yet incentives and funding improvements may lift performances across all curative healthcare systems. Analytical and comparative, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of health law and health economics. Public authorities including health ministries, policymakers and international health organisations will also find this to be an invaluable resource.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Healthcare financing - an international comparison of models and outcomes / Jos Boertjens, Johan van Manen, Misja Mikkers and Wolf Sauter

Part I: Thematic chapters

1. Explaining America's spendthrift healthcare system: the enduring effects of public regulation on private competition / William M. Sage

2. Effective access to healthcare services abroad under the EU directive on cross-border patients' rights / Jarleth M. Burke

3. A legal perspective on tax-based versus insurance-based healthcare systems: comparing England and the Netherlands / Jos Boertjens and Mary Guy

4. A theoretical model of the determinants of waiting lists: an application to the Spanish national health system / Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez and Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga

5. Financial incentives to change the healthcare landscape: a case study / Josine Janus

6. Population-based financing: the future of healthcare? / Peter Bogetoft, Misja Mikkers and Victoria Shestalova

Part II: Country reports

7. Country report: Austria / Julia Bobek, Lena Lepuschütz and Florian Bachner

8. Country report: Belgium / Filip Dewallens and Julie Vermeulen

9. Country report: Czech Republic - hospital financing in the czech republic / Silvie Jerabkova

10. Country report: Colombia - approach to healthcare financing in colombia and its impact on quality, affordability and competition / Catalina Góngora Torres

11. Country report: England / Tuomas Haanperä

12. Country report: France / Isabelle Durand-Zaleski and Johan van Manen

13. Country report: Germany / Katherine Polin, Wilm Quentin, Victor Stephani and Alexander Geissler

14. Country report: Ireland / John Lombard and Gerald O'Nolan

15. Country report: the Netherlands / Johan van Manen

16. Country report: Norway / Karl Harald Søvig and Harald Platou

17. Country report: South Africa / Alex van den Heever

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78811-592-9