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Health policy and the public interest /

"This book is written with an acute awareness of the need for new insight to ensure (1) universal protection in basic healthcare; (2) providing choice; (3) efficient production and consumption of healthcare services; (4) financial sustainability of the healthcare system. Defining the public int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ho, Lok-sang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Functional health and the health stock
  • 2. A framework for risk and health policy analysis
  • 3. Insurance, moral hazard and adverse selection
  • 4. Health policy evaluation
  • 5. Health policy in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan : settling down to a model?
  • 6. Publicly funded healthcare systems : United Kingdom and Canada
  • 7. Singapore : Medisave, Medishield, Medifund and ElderShield
  • 8. Universal publicly funded basic healthcare in Australia and New Zealand
  • 9. Three European countries : France, Switzerland and Sweden
  • 10. The American market-based system
  • 11. The way forward.