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Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care : A Decision Space Approach / Gregory Marchildon, Thomas J. Bossert.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health administration--Decentralization.
- Public health administration.
- Medical policy.
- Health services administration.
- Health planning.
- Decentralization in government.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "A unique scholarly contribution to the field of comparative federalism, decentralization, and health care policy. This collection offers a systematic perspective on health care decentralization in a diverse group of federal countries that includes high-income (Switzerland, Canada, & Germany), high middle-income (Brazil, Mexico and South Africa) and low middle income (Nigeria & Pakistan) countries. This collecton should be a valuable resource for those studying health care policy in federal systems and especially those interested in comparative aspects of the topic."-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Cover; Page i; Copyright; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; A Note from the Forum of Federations; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: An Introduction to Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care; Chapter Two: Switzerland: Subnational Authority and Decentralized Health Care; Chapter Three: Health Care in Canada: Interdependence and Independence; Chapter Four: Germany: The Increasing Centralization of the Health Care Sector; Chapter Five: Pakistan: Extreme Decentralization; Chapter Six: Federalism, Interdependence, and the Health Care System in South Africa.
- Chapter Seven: Brazil: Local Government Role in Health CareChapter Eight: Decentralization of Health Policy and Services in Mexico; Chapter Nine: Federalism and the Health System in Nigeria; Chapter Ten: Conclusion: An Overview of Eight Federal Country Case Studies of Health System Decentralization; Contributors; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-1357-7
- 1-4875-1356-9
- OCLC:
- 1031706686
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