ABSTRACT
Health Reform explores the challenges facing health care provision in the advanced economies. The book exposes the limitations of market-led health reform and demonstrates the indispensable role of a vibrant public authority in the renewal of modern health care systems. Issues covered include:
* cost-containment and privatisation strategies in an international perspective
* the role of business and the private sector in setting the agenda for health care reform
* the restructuring of Anglo-Saxon health systems and the shift in state/market boundaries in Canada, the USA, the UK and Australia
* the frontier of health care reform in terms of health and social cohesion
*the role of patient choice in health care reform.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Public-private conflicts in health policy
part |2 pages
Part II Restructuring Anglo-Saxon health systems
part |2 pages
Part III Decentralization and devolution
part |2 pages
Part IV The political economy of health reform in Canada
part |2 pages
Part V On the frontier of reform