Research Catalog

Title

Public health policies and social inequality / Charles F. Andrain.

Author

Andrain, Charles F.

Publication

Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press, 1998.

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Description

xii, 292 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Medical policy > Social aspects
• Discrimination in medical care
• Health services accessibility
• Health Policy > sociology
• Health Services Accessibility
• Social Justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibligraphical references (p. 236-281) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introductions: politics and health -- MODELS OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. The entrepreneurial model. The United States ; Canada ; Conclusion -- The organic corporatist model. Germany ; The Netherlands ; Japan ; France ; Conclusion -- The social democratic model. Sweden ; Britain ; Conclusion -- EXPLANATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS. Political culture and the meaning of health. Casual attributions and policy preferences ; Political opinion and health programs ; Conclusion -- Political power and policy change. Pluralism: advocacy coalitions and policy negotiations ; Institutionalism: the state and social groups ; Marxism: The state and class mobilization ; Conclusion -- Rational Choice and Market efficiency. The meaning of rationality ; Health care markets and competition: assumptions vs. actual operation ; Efficiency of health care systems: meaning and measurement ; Conclusion -- EVALUATIONS OF HEALTH POLICIES AND OUTCOMES. Public policies and health. Theory of social opportunities ; Social stratification and the causes of health ; The impact of public policies on health ; Conclusion -- Evaluating public health policies. Equality ; Effectiveness ; Satisfaction ; Conclusion.

ISBN

0333726952

OCLC

40248139

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library