The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing: An International Comparison of Models and Outcomes (Elgar Studies in Health and the Law)

By: Wolf Sauter and Jos Boertjens and Misja Mikkers and Johan Van Manen

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Synopsis: Examining the ways and extent to which systemic factors affect health outcomes with regard to quality, affordability and access to curative healthcare, this explorative book compares the relative merits of tax-funded Beveridge systems and insurance-based Bismarck systems. The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing charts and compares healthcare system outcomes throughout 11 countries, from the UK to Colombia. Thematic chapters investigate the economic and legal explanations for the relevant similarities, variations and trends across the globe. Concluding that systemic factors may be less significant than previously believed, this comprehensive book notes that no one system consistently outperforms the others, yet incentives and funding improvements may lift performances across all curative healthcare systems. Analytical and comparative, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of health law and health economics. Public authorities including health ministries, policymakers and international health organisations will also find this to be an invaluable resource.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781788115926
Related ISBNs:: 9781788115919
Publisher:: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/25/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Wolf Sauter
Edited by:: Jos Boertjens
Edited by:: Misja Mikkers
Edited by:: Johan Van Manen