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Comparative health policy

Title
Comparative health policy / Robert H. Blank and Viola Burau.
Author
Blank, Robert H.
Publication
Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Additional Authors
Burau, Viola Desideria
Description
xvii, 309 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third edition includes details of reforms in Germany and the Netherlands, more examples from Asia, and boxed histories of the health systems covered"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction -- The Context of Health Care -- Funding, Provision and Governance -- Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources -- The Medical Profession -- Beyond the Hospital: Care in the Home -- Public Health -- Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.
ISBN
  • 9780230234277 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0230234275 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780230234284 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0230234283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010009864
OCLC
  • ocn495598213
  • 495598213
  • SCSB-8855747
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries