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Overview"Concerns about the quality, cost, and accessibility of health care bedevil every country. A key challenge in the twenty-first century will be the capacity of governance structures to ensure a just and efficient distribution of health care. The responses of governments who control publicly funded health care systems has been chaotic. Proposals for health reform are frequently proposed and implemented and countries lurch from one set of proposals to another without pausing to evaluate the effectiveness of earlier initiatives. This book analyses the wave of competition-oriented reform by comparing ""internal market reform"" (proposed in publicly-funded health care systems) with ""managed competition reform"" (proposed in systems with a mixture of public/private financing) and the role of ""managed care"" in each of these reform theories. The ability of these new reform models to ensure the accountability of decision-makers is compared as is their flexibility in allowing innovation in the delivery of health care, their responses to the problem of monopoly in delivery, and their responses to ensuring the quality of care delivered. International Health Care Reform clearly explains the arguments in economics and justice for intervention by governments in health care markets; the structure and dynamics of health care systems; and the features of competition-oriented reform models. The book will appeal to students and researchers involved in health policy studies, public health and health economics. It will also be a valuable read for policy-makers internationally." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colleen FloodPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: No.24 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9780415316163ISBN 10: 0415316162 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 26 June 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Arguments in economics and justice for government intervention in health insurance and `health service markets 3. The reform of health care allocation systems in the US, The Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK 4. Accountability of health care service purchasers: Comparing internal markets and managed competition 5. The interface between health care service purchasers and providers: Contracting out vs. integrated production 6. The problems of monopoly supply 7. Achieving quality in a competition-oriented system 8. ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationColleen M. Flood is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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