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New Zealand health policy : a comparative study

Title
New Zealand health policy : a comparative study / Robert H. Blank.
Author
Blank, Robert H.
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description
ix, 166 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.
Summary
"This book puts New Zealand's health policy in an international context, comparing the New Zealand developments with those taking place in other countries, especially the United States. The principal emphasis of the book is on how societal goals are being altered by social, economic, and political forces that extend well beyond one country's boundaries. Using this comparative approach, the book discusses such near universal trends as ageing populations, the diffusion of expensive medical technologies, together with such intractable issues as the problems of cost containment and difficult allocation and rationing policies. The book makes a well informed and carefully argued contribution to the continuing debate on the restructuring of New Zealand health care over the last decade and raises questions as to what the future will bring ..." -- Back cover.
Series Statement
Oxford readings in New Zealand politics, 0967-4144 ; no. 4
Uniform Title
Oxford readings in New Zealand politics ; no. 4.
Subject
  • Public health administration > New Zealand
  • Medical policy > New Zealand
  • National health services
  • Health Policy > trends
  • Delivery of Health Care > economics
  • State Medicine
  • National health services
  • Public health administration
  • Medical policy
  • Gesundheitspolitik
  • New Zealand
  • Neuseeland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.
Contents
1. Defining Health Policy -- 2. The Changing Environment of Health Policy -- 3. The Political Context of Health Care Systems -- 4. The Changing Goals of Health Policy -- 5. Rationing Medicine: A Core Services Approach -- 6. Other Options and Examples for New Zealand -- 7. New Zealand Health Policy.
ISBN
  • 0195583191
  • 9780195583199
ISSN
0967-4144
LCCN
94238972
OCLC
  • ocm32085440
  • 32085440
  • SCSB-2057529
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library