Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems
| Main Authors: | John Rapoport, Philip Jacobs, Egon Jonsson |
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| Format: | Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Wiley-Blackwell
, 2009
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| Online Access: |
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Daftar Isi:
- The in creasing cost of health care is of great concern in many jurisdictions. There are several measuresthat canbeused todeal with escalating costs while maintaining or improving the ef?ciency of the system: these range from limits on demand and supply of health services to improved effectiveness and tighter administrative control. The variety of measures available has been tried with varying success in different settings. Because of this profusion of economic strategies and their after maths, it would be helpful for policy makers everywhere to become familiar with economic health reform experiences and their outcomes. In this vein, the IHE sought to develop a book of comparative economic aspects of health care reform, presented in a sys tematic way, across a variety of countries. The book would be written by leading experts in their countries, and would provide in a readable form descriptions and analyses of recent reforms. This is the kernel that led to the present book. Several questions guide do urinquiry. Is there a convergence of economic policies among countries? Are any of the strategies that have been high lighted by the authors becoming permanent ?xtures on the health economic policy scene? The absence of evidence in this area has generated questions which seem to be on the minds of policy makerseverywhere. There is a need for international scienti?c leadershipin the economic policy arena, as there is in many clinical ?elds. We could not cover every country sowe choset of ocusona limited number based on the fact that each has its own national health care system, is at a similar level of economic development, and has been known to employ a variety of strategies. We hope that this volume helps to ?llin the gap of knowledge in this area, andt hat the systematic approach that has been taken provides a useful tool for those interested in health care reform to get a better grasp of how policy makers have attacked this complex problem.
- Perpustakaan STIKes Muhammadiyah Palembang