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Title

Demography and social health insurance : an international comparison using generational accounting / Christian Hagist.

Author

Hagist, Christian

Publication

Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2008.

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Description

244 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Beiträge zum Gesundheitsmanagement ; Bd. 19

Uniform Title

Beiträge zum Gesundheitsmanagement ; Bd. 19.

Alternative Title

International comparison using generational accounting

Subject

• Krankenversicherung
• Health insurance > OECD countries
• Social security > OECD countries
• Medical care, Cost of > OECD countries
• Medical care > OECD countries > Finance
• Generational accounting > OECD countries
• Economic development > OECD countries
• OECD countries > Population

Genre/Form

• Academic Dissertation
• Academic theses.
• Thèses et écrits académiques.

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, 2007.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-183).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Methods and General Assumptions -- 3. Austria -- Smaller country, smaller problems? -- 4. France -- Deficits despite high fertility rates -- 5. Germany -- How sustainable is the old man of Europe? -- 6. Switzerland -- A role model for health care financing? -- 7. United Kingdom -- A case study for Beveridge type systems -- 8. United States of America -- private equals sustainable? -- 9. Who's going broke? -- An international comparison -- 10. Conclusion -- Demography and Social Health Insurance -- App. 3. Austria -- App. 4. France -- App. 5. Germany -- App. 6. Switzerland -- App. 7. United Kingdom -- App. 8. United States of America -- App. 9. An international comparison.

ISBN

9783832932855 (pbk.)

OCLC

191923398

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library