The state and healthcare
The state and healthcare
Uwe Helmert, Claus Wendt, Heinz Rothgang, Mirella Cacace, Simone Grimmeisen
About this book
"Since the 1970s the state has witnessed significant challenges to its control over social policy institutions in the arena of health care. Examining these changes in comparative perspective, this volume provides a quantitative overview of financing, regulation and service provision for 21 OECD countries, with an in-depth qualitative analysis of three cases -- the US, UK and Germany. The book argues that healthcare systems are converging towards mixed regimes and that this marks a new era in welfare state history"--
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL16988597W
Subjects
National health servicesHealth PolicyOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentMedical policyDelivery of Health CareState, theNational Health ProgramsEconomicsGovernment RegulationOrganizational Case StudiesAnalyse comparativeCentral governmentComparative politicsHEALTH & FITNESSDiseasesGeneralHealth Care IssuesHealth systems & services