Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
Wiley-VCH (Verlag)
978-3-527-32110-0 (ISBN)
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
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.10.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Health Care and Disease Management |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Egon Jonsson |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 604 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie |
| Schlagworte | Allg. Public Health • Biowissenschaften • Cell & Molecular Biology • Cell & Molecular Biology • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Gesundheitswesen • Health & Social Care • Health & Social Care • Life Sciences • Öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst u. Gesundheitspolitik • Public Health • Public Health General • Public Health Services & Policy • Public Health Services & Policy • Zell- u. Molekularbiologie |
| ISBN-10 | 3-527-32110-1 / 3527321101 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-527-32110-0 / 9783527321100 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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