Jacobs, Philip
Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems: A Global Comparison
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.
- Author(s)
- Jacobs, Philip
- Jonsson, Egon
- Rapoport, John
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Health Care and Disease Management
- Page amount
- 248 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783527622955
- Printed ISBN
- 9783527321100