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xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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| Series |
International policy exchange series |
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International policy exchange series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : comments on the public/private sector mix in healthcare -- United States : The Dominance of Public funding for Private Provision in the U.S. Healthcare System -- Canada : Public and Private Interfaces in Canadian Healthcare : Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services Implications -- Australia : Australia's Health Insurance System and Its Two-Level Hospital system -- a Result of Muddled and Contested Objectives -- France : The Public/Private Sector Mix in France: Implications and Current Debates -- Sweden : Sweden's Public/Private Sector Mix in the Financing and Delivery of Healthcare Services : How it Relates to Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services -- The Netherlands : The Changing Private Sector Role in the Netherlands' Public/Private Sector Healthcare System : Some considerations of Health Equity and Quality of Care -- Italy : The Public/Private Sector Mix in the Italian Healthcare System : Some Issues of Equity and Quality of Care -- Chile and Mexico : Healthcare Commodification, Equity and Quality in Chile and Mexico -- Uruguay : Examining Improvement of Mixed Healthcare Services : Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services in Uruguay -- Brazil : Public/Private Mix In Healthcare Inequities and Issues of Quality of Care : The Case of Brazil -- Russia : The Public/Private Mix in Healthcare in Russia : Some Impacts on Health Equity and Quality if Healthcare Services -- Taiwan : Achievements and Challenges in a Single Payer System. |
| Summary |
"This volume examines the public/private sector mix in a number of national healthcare systems and their interface with the goals of health equity and quality of healthcare. Moreover, there is a consideration of public accountability. The unique significance of this collection of national studies involving the public/private sector mix of healthcare services and/or finances is that it provides insights into the factors that enhance the public/private sector mix in fulfilling the goals of health equity and the quality of healthcare services as well as an understanding of the circumstances in which elements of the public/private sector mix may be harmful for the achievement of such goals in a variety of national settings. The contributions to this volume provide a variety of perspectives in dealing with these objectives"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies.
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National health services -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Public-private sector cooperation.
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Right to health.
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Medical care -- Evaluation.
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Medical care (OCoLC)fst01013753
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Medical care -- Evaluation (OCoLC)fst01013794
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National health services (OCoLC)fst01033565
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Public-private sector cooperation (OCoLC)fst01083445
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Right to health (OCoLC)fst01759363
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies (OCoLC)fst01423769
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| Added Author |
Palley, Howard A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780197571101 hardcover |
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0197571107 hardcover |
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9780197571125 electronic publication |
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9780197571132 electronic book |
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