Comparative Health Systems - A New Framework

A new comprehensive framework for understanding and comparing healthcare systems in 27 OECD countries.

List of contents

1. Seven Financing Models; 2. Funding Healthcare: Variants and Hybrid Systems; 3. Healthcare Expenditure and Insurance Coverage 4 Healthcare Provision: Integrated vs. Separated Systems; 5. Financing + Provision: Four families and a Few Outliers; 6. Hospitals, Doctors and Nurses; 7. Healthcare Reforms over the Last Thirty Years; 8. Health Politics; Conclusions; References; Index.

About the author

Federico Toth is Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he teaches Organization Theory and Health Systems.

Summary

A new comprehensive framework for understanding and comparing healthcare systems is set out in this important study. The main elements of this framework are introduced, starting with the basic models, which are then applied to concrete cases. The healthcare services of 27 OECD countries are compared and analysed systematically.

Product details

• Authors: Federico Toth, Federico (Universita Degli Studi Toth
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108745314
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74531-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Comparative Politics, Health systems & services, Health systems and services