Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition - Reforming the Health Sector in Eastern Europe

Klappentext Two scholars offer health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europe. Zusammenfassung Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented democracies. Here a scholar of the economics of socialism and a health economist offer health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europe! drawn from nine guiding principles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Points of Departure: 1. The general principles of reform; 2. The characteristics of the health sector; 3. Some international experiences; 4. The health sector in Eastern Europe: the initial state; Part II. Guidelines for Reform: 5. The demand side: financing, benefits, and organization of insurance; 6. The supply side: delivery system ownership, organization, and contracting; 7. The interaction of supply and demand: pricing, payment, hard budget constraints, and overall health-sector development; 8. Concluding remarks.

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• Authors: Karen Eggleston, Eggleston Karen, J. Nos Kornai, Janos Kornai, János Kornai, Janos Eggleston Kornai
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521159371
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15937-1
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Federico Caffe Lectures; Federico Caffe Lectures
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, Public finance, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, Political structures / systems: democracy