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Nordic health care systems : recent reforms and current policy challenges / edited by Jon Magnussen, Karsten Vrangbæk and Richard B. Saltman.

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Nordic health care systems : recent reforms and current policy challenges / edited by Jon Magnussen, Karsten Vrangbæk and Richard B. Saltman.
Publication
Maidenhead, UK : Open University Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Magnussen, Jon, Prof.
  • Vrangbæk, Karsten
  • Saltman, Richard B.
  • European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Description
xiv, 339 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Examines patterns of health reform in Nordic health care systems, and the balance between stability and change in how these systems have developed. This book investigates the health systems in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland through comparisons along a variety of policy-driven parameters.
Series Statement
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series
Uniform Title
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series
Subject
  • Quality of Health Care
  • National Health Programs
  • Health Policy
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Public health > Scandinavia
  • Delivery of Health Care > Iceland
  • Health Policy > Iceland
  • Health Policy > Scandinavia
  • National Health Programs > Iceland
  • National Health Programs > Scandinavia
  • Quality of Health Care > Iceland
  • Quality of Health Care > Scandinavia
  • Delivery of Health Care > Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
  • Health Policy > Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
  • National Health Programs > Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
  • Quality of Health Care > Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
  • Gesundheitspolitik
  • Gesundheitswesen
  • Insurance, Health
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
  • Nordeuropa
  • Skandinavien
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Nordic model of health care : Jon Magnussen ... [et al.] -- Health care reform : the Nordic experience / Pål E. Martinussen and Jon Magnussen -- The political process of restructuring Nordic health systems / Karsten Vrangbæk -- Looking forward : future policy issues / Richard B. Saltman and Karsten Vrangbæk -- The changing political governance structures of Nordic health care systems / Terje P. Hagen and Karsten Vrangbæk -- Meeting rising public expectations : the changing roles of patients and citizens / Ulrika Winblad and Ånen Ringard -- The changing autonomy of the Nordic medical professions / Peter K. Jespersen and Sirpa Wrede -- Maintaining fiscal sustainability in the Nordic countries / Clas Rehnberg, Jon Magnussen and Kalevi Luoma -- Harnessing diversity of provision / Unto Häkkinen and Pia M. Johnsson -- Changing perceptions of equity and fairness / Johan Calltorp and Meri Larivaara -- Reforming primary health care / Allan Krasnik and Bård Paulsen -- Addressing the dual goals of improving health and reducing health inequalities / Signild Vallgårda and Juhani Lehto -- Changing demands for institutional management / Lars Erik Kjekshus -- The European Union : single market pressures / Dorte S. Martinsen and Paula Blomqvist -- The Icelandic health care system / Tinna L. Ásgeirsdóttir.
ISBN
  • 9780335238132
  • 0335238130
OCLC
432994889
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library