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Klappentext This book stems from Marmor's conviction that political science can provide answers to questions regarding the role of government in medical care. Zusammenfassung This book stems from Marmor's conviction that political science can provide answers to questions regarding the role of government in medical care. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. The Perspective of Political Science: 1. Political science and health services administration Theodore R. Marmor and Andrew Dunham; 2. Comparative politics and health policies: notes on benefits, costs, limits Theodore R. Marmor, Amy Bridges and Wayne L. Hoffman; Part II. Politics in the World of Medicine: 3. The politics of medical inflation Theodore R. Marmor, Donald A. Wittman and Thomas C. Heagy; 4. Representing consumer interests: the case of American health planning James A. Morone and Theodore R. Marmor; 5. American health planning and the lessons of comparative policy analysis Theodore R. Marmor and Amy Bridges; 6. Doctors, politics and pay disputers: 'pressure group politics' revisited Theodore R. Marmor and David Thomas; 7. The health programs of the Kennedy-Johnson years: an overview Theodore R. Marmor with James A. Morone; Part III. The Politics of National Health Insurance: 8. Welfare medicine: how success can be a failure Theodore R. Marmor; 9. National Health Insurance: some lessons from the Canadian experience Theodore R. Marmor, Wayne L. Hoffman and Thomas C. Heagy; 10. Rethinking National Health Insurance Theodore R. Marmor; 11. Patient cost sharing Douglas Conrad and Theodore R. Marmor; Epilogue: 12. Medical care and procompetitive reform Theodore R. Marmor, Richard Boyer and Julie Greenberg; Index.