Research Catalog

Title

Competition in the provision of health care : the experience of the US, Sweden, and Britain / Allan Bruce, Ernst Jonsson.

Author

Bruce, Allan.

Publication

Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, VT, USA : Ashgate Pub. Co., [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

Jonsson, Ernst, 1935-

Description

xii, 131 pages; 25 cm

Summary

• Beginning with an analysis of the US, where markets have been an inveterate feature of health care provision, the authors seek to compare and contrast the US experience with developments in Sweden and Britain. The analysis takes place within a general framework which gives recognition to issues such as efficiency and effectiveness, cost control, equity and consumer choice.
• With mounting political and economic pressures upon health care infrastructure, many developed countries have taken steps to control health care expenditures. This has taken place against a backdrop of increased demand associated with changing demographic structures, technological advance and increasing consumer expectations.

Subjects

• Competition
• Medical care > Great Britain > Marketing
• United States
• Marketing of Health Services
• Sweden
• Medical care > United States > Marketing
• Health Services
• Medical care > Sweden > Marketing
• Economic Competition

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-126) and index.

Contents

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Competitive markets in the US -- 3. The Swedish experience of performance-related payment and competition for patients -- 4. Competition in health care: The British experience -- 5. Conclusions.

ISBN

1857423054

LCCN

96085813

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries