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Welfare, choice, and solidarity in transition : reforming the health section in Eastern Europe
- Title
- Welfare, choice, and solidarity in transition : reforming the health section in Eastern Europe / János Kornai and Karen Eggleston.
- Author
- Kornai, János.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Eggleston, Karen.
- Description
- xiii, 365 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Offers health sector reform recommednations for ten countries of Eastern Europe. Advocates reforms based on organized public financing for basic care, private financing for supplementary care, pluralistic delivery of services and managed competition. Policy-mkaers need to achieve a balance, assuring social solidarity through universal access to basic health services and expanding individual choice and responsibility through voluntary supplemental insurance.
- Series Statement
- Federico Caffè lectures
- Uniform Title
- Federico Caffè lectures.
- Subject
- Health care reform > Europe, Eastern
- Health care reforms > Europe, Eastern
- Medical policy > Europe, Eastern
- Health planning > Europe, Eastern
- Medical care > Europe, Eastern
- Health care reform
- Health Care Reform
- Services de santé > Réforme > Europe de l'Est
- Politique sanitaire > Europe de l'Est
- Santé publique > Planification > Europe de l'Est
- Services de santé > Réforme
- Soins médicaux > Europe de l'Est
- Health care reform
- Health planning
- Medical care
- Medical policy
- Gezondheidszorg
- Hervormingen
- Services de santé > Europe de l'Est
- Europe, Eastern
- Eastern Europe
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-359) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The general principles of reform -- 3. The characteristics of the health sector -- 4. Some international experiences -- 5. The health sector in Eastern Europe: the initial state -- 6. The demand side: financing, benefits, and organization of insurance -- 7. The supply side: delivery-system ownership, organization, and contracting -- 8. The interaction of supply and demand: pricing, payment, hard budget constraints, and overall health-sector development -- 9. Concluding remarks.
- ISBN
- 0521790360
- 9780521790369
- LCCN
- 00045500
- OCLC
- ocm45002129
- 45002129
- SCSB-1220404
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library