Health care reform : international perspectives / edited by Francis D. Powell and Albert F. Wessen.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 1998.Description: 545p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780761910817 (hbk.) :
- 9780761910824 (pbk.) :
- 0761910824 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Health care reform -- United States
- Health care reform -- Cross-cultural studies
- Medical policy
- Medical care
- Health care reform
- Insurance, Health
- Health systems & services
- Public health & preventive medicine
- Central / national / federal government policies
- Canada
- United States of America, USA
- Sweden
- Germany
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- Medical administration & management
- Health and Wellbeing
- Health Care Reform -- trends
- Delivery of Health Care -- trends
- Health Policy -- trends
- Insurance, Health -- trends
- National Health Programs
- 362.1 POW
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 362.1 POW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 115234 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The German experience -- The Canadian experience -- The Swedish experience -- The British experience -- Health care reform: toward a synthesis.
This work poses the question: is it possible to learn from the health care systems of other countries? It offers guidelines for comparing health care reforms, & considers the impact on reform of structural differences in health care systems.