Health Policy Developments 13: Focus on Health Policy in Times of Crisis, Competition and Regulation, Evaluation in Health Care - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3867930597 ISBN 13 : 9783867930598

Editeur : Bertelsmann Foundation, 2010

Synopsis

This volume explores challenges that the global economic crisis has posed to health systems. It also asks whether the crisis has provided an opportunity for health care reform. For example, while some countries such as Estonia have drastically reduced their health care budgets, others, such as Austria and the United States, have responded with plans to boost public expenditure. In spite of the worldwide crisis, one of the key assumptions of contemporary health policy debate remains: more competition will help produce systems where resources are used more efficiently. However, as governments seek to enhance market mechanisms in health systems, successful regulation is needed to facilitate those changes and avoid unintended consequences. To assess the effects of competition and regulation, as well as other reform approaches, systematic analysis is needed. Therefore, the book also focuses on health policy evaluation, as well as hospital care and its coordination with other sectors, prevention, and health inequalities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Reinhard Busse is professor and department head for health care management at Technische Universitat Berlin. Kerstin Blum is project manager of the health division at the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Ray Moynihan is a health writer and journalist in Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bertelsmann Foundation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3867930597
• ISBN 13: 9783867930598
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Éditeur: Moynihan Ray, Blum Kerstin, Busse Reinhard
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