The health insurance doctor : his role in Great Britain, Denmark and France / by Barbara N. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Barbara Nachtrieb, 1890-1976, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance--Medical examinations.

Health insurance.

Health insurance--Great Britain.

Health insurance--Denmark.

Health insurance--France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1939.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Violent debate of socialized medicine and health insurance in the United States is punctuated regularly by emotional appeals to the experience of other countries. "Look at England," cries one of the disputants. "Ah! But look at Denmark and France," retorts his opponent. Actually, few Americans have more than the most casual knowledge of the health insurance schemes which have been adopted abroad. Never before has it been possible to obtain in English a complete and objective statement of the work of the Health Insurance Doctor in these three democracies. What is the average income of a doctor under one of these plans? What are the precise rates for services? What office hours? Does a political bureaucracy control medical practice? How many patients may a practitioner carry? What are the rules about free prescription of drugs? How much "paper work" and reporting is required of the doctor? What is the relation between health insurance and relief? And-most important-what do the doctors themselves think of the idea? All of these and hundreds of other vital questions are answered fully, dispassionately, and with amazing clarity in The Health Insurance Doctor. The author is professor of law at the University of California and master of a straightforward style which presents vividly the issues of health insurance confronting a modern democracy. No legislator, welfare worker, medical practitioner, hospital executive, relief administrator, or interested layman can afford to miss this remarkable book.Originally published in 1939.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

Part I: Great Britain

Chapter I. Summary of the British Health Insurance Scheme

Chapter II. Health Insurance Medical Benefit Medical Treatment

Chapter III. The Health Insurance Doctor

Chapter IV. Remuneration of Health Insurance Doctors

Chapter V. The Work Involved in Health Insurance Practice

Chapter VI. The Regional Medical Staff

Chapter VII. Medical Attitude Toward Certification Responsibilities

Chapter VIII. Disciplinary Procedure Affecting the Health Insurance Doctor

Chapter IX. Attitude of the British Medical Association and Panel Doctors

Chapter X. Hospitals and the Health Insurance Program

Chapter XI. Some Alternatives to the Health Insurance Service Sponsored by Minority Medical Opinion

Part II: Denmark

Chapter XII. Summary of the Danish Health Insurance Scheme

Chapter XIII. Health Insurance Medical Benefit

Chapter XIV. The Health Insurance Doctor in Copenhagen

Chapter XV. The Health Insurance Doctor in Non-Metropolitan Denmark

Chapter XVI. Paper Work Involved in Danish Health Insurance Practice

Chapter XVII. Disciplinary Control of the Physician

Chapter XVIII. Attitude of the Medical Profession

Part III: France

Chapter XIX. Summary of French Health Insurance Scheme

Chapter XX. Health Insurance Medical Benefit

Chapter XXI. The "Ticket Modérateur"

Chapter XXII. The Growth of the Dispensary and the Mutualist "Clinique"

Chapter XXIII. Responsibilities of the French Health Insurance Doctor

Chapter XXIV. "Contrôle Médical"

Chapter XXV. "Contrôle Technique"

Chapter XXVI. Examples of Special Local Schemes Prompted by the Social Insurance Law

Chapter XXVII. Attitude of the French Medical Profession

Postlude

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65372-0

1-4008-7768-7

OCLC:

967546790