The State and Healthcare

Comparing OECD Countries

H Rothgang author M Cacace author Lorraine Frisina author Simone Grimmeisen author Achim Schmid author C Wendt author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:1st Jan '10

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Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems.Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems.

'The work of Heinz Rothgang et al deserves the attention of anyone interested in macro-level healthcare trends.' - Steven Foy, Duke University, USA

'The State and Healthcare is a...seminal book on th epolitical economy of health systems in western countries...This book is a must for scholars interested in the political economy of health care.' - West European Politics

ISBN: 9781349282142

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278 pages

1st ed. 2010