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

Two scholars offer health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europe.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Eggleston, Eggleston Karen, Janos Kornai, János Kornai, Jnos Kornai
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2001
• EAN: 9780521790369
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79036-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• 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