Overview

Written by a local health economics expert, each of the eight chapters in this timely handbook and ready reference describes the national healthcare system of a different industrialized country. In each case, the 4-5 specific policies with the highest impact on that respective country over the past 20-30 years are identified. In addition, the economic characteristics of each policy are described and, where possible, its success evaluated, discussing the current policy agenda. A final chapter summarizes and synthesizes the major points of the analysis. While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language for an audience of health policy decision makers or students of health policy, making it an invaluable contribution to the current debate surrounding the control of rising healthcare-related costs in the developed world.

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Author:   John Rapoport (Mt. Holyoke College, South Madley, USA) ,  Philip Jacobs ,  Egon Jonsson (Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Canada)
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9783527321100

ISBN 10:   3527321101
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   15 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction And Summary (John Rapoport) - Highlights of each country's approach - How are Cost containment and economic efficiency related? - Strategies and their effects: a cross country analysis - Current Policy Agenda Canada (Raisa Deber) - Canada's Health Care System - Paying for Canadian Health Care - Delivering Health Care in Canada - Overall expenditure trends - Cost control strategies employed - Current situation Strategies To Improve Efficiency In The English National Health Service (Adam Oliver) - Introduction - Structural characteristics of the NHS - The efficiency initiatives - Conclusion Strategies For Cost Containment In Finnish Health Care: Decentralization And Price Regulation (Unto Hakkinen) - Introduction - Finnish health care system - Strategies for municipal health services - Cost containment in services covered by NHI - Lessons from Finland Germany (Markus Worz and Reinhard Busse) - A review of the major structural and operational characteristics of German health system - Major cost containment and efficiency seeking strategies - Report on the current situation The Netherlands: From Limiting Supply To Limiting Demand (Werner Brouwer and Frans Rutten) - Introduction - The Dutch health care system in transition - Cost containment through the years - Future challenges Japan (Akinoi Hisashige) - HealthcareExpenditure Trends in Japan - Healthcare System in Japan - Cost Containment Strategy in Japan - Recent trends and Future challenges New Zealand (Toni Ashton) - Introduction - Overview of NZ system - Global budgets - The quasi-market reforms - Management of pharmaceutical expenditure - Priority setting - Management of waiting lists - Current agenda - Conclusion Sweden (Bengt Jonsson) - Introduction - Paying for performance - DRG based payments to ospitals - Reference pricing and generic substitution - Health technology assessment - The current situation

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EDITORS John Rapoport Professor of Economics Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Ma USA rapoport@mtholyoke.edu Philip Jacobs Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada pjacobs@ihe.ca Egon Jonsson Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada ejonsson@ihe.ca

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