International health care reform : a legal, economic, and political analysis /
This book analyses the wave of competition-oriented reform by comparing ""internal market reform"" (proposed in publicly-funded health care systems) with ""managed competition reform"" (proposed in systems with a mixture of public/private financing) and the ro...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Serie: | Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;
24. |
| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=76747 |
Sommario:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Arguments in economics and justice for government intervention in health insurance and health service markets
- 3. The reform of health care allocation systems in the US, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and the UK
- 4. Accountability of health care service purchasers : comparing internal markets and managed competition
- 5. The interface between health care service purchasers and providers : contracting out versus integrated production
- 6. The problems of monopoly supply
- 7. Achieving quality in a competition-oriented system
- 8. Conclusion.