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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Rapoport (Mt. Holyoke College, South Madley, USA) , Philip Jacobs , Egon Jonsson (Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Canada)Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Imprint: Blackwell Verlag GmbH Dimensions: Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9783527321100ISBN 10: 3527321101 Pages: 247 Publication Date: 15 October 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction And Summary (John Rapoport) - Highlights of each country's approach - How are Cost containment and economic efficiency related? - Strategies and their effects: a cross country analysis - Current Policy Agenda Canada (Raisa Deber) - Canada's Health Care System - Paying for Canadian Health Care - Delivering Health Care in Canada - Overall expenditure trends - Cost control strategies employed - Current situation Strategies To Improve Efficiency In The English National Health Service (Adam Oliver) - Introduction - Structural characteristics of the NHS - The efficiency initiatives - Conclusion Strategies For Cost Containment In Finnish Health Care: Decentralization And Price Regulation (Unto Hakkinen) - Introduction - Finnish health care system - Strategies for municipal health services - Cost containment in services covered by NHI - Lessons from Finland Germany (Markus Worz and Reinhard Busse) - A review of the major structural and operational characteristics of German health system - Major cost containment and efficiency seeking strategies - Report on the current situation The Netherlands: From Limiting Supply To Limiting Demand (Werner Brouwer and Frans Rutten) - Introduction - The Dutch health care system in transition - Cost containment through the years - Future challenges Japan (Akinoi Hisashige) - HealthcareExpenditure Trends in Japan - Healthcare System in Japan - Cost Containment Strategy in Japan - Recent trends and Future challenges New Zealand (Toni Ashton) - Introduction - Overview of NZ system - Global budgets - The quasi-market reforms - Management of pharmaceutical expenditure - Priority setting - Management of waiting lists - Current agenda - Conclusion Sweden (Bengt Jonsson) - Introduction - Paying for performance - DRG based payments to ospitals - Reference pricing and generic substitution - Health technology assessment - The current situationReviewsAuthor InformationEDITORS John Rapoport Professor of Economics Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Ma USA rapoport@mtholyoke.edu Philip Jacobs Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada pjacobs@ihe.ca Egon Jonsson Institute of Health Economics Edmonton, Alberta Canada ejonsson@ihe.ca Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |