Full Description
This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers.
Contents
Introduction PART I: THE COUNTRY CASE STUDIES 1. Sweden: Continued Marketization within a Universalist System; Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad 2. England: Health Reforms have Improved the NHS; Sean Boyle 3. Spain: Quo Vadis? From Cost Containment to Structural Reforms; Eduardo Fidalgo and Juan Ventura 4. Italy: A Strange NHS with its Paradoxes; Emmanuele Pavolini and Giovanna Vicarelli 5. France: Squaring the Health Spending Circle?; Bruno Palier and Alban Davesne 6. Germany: Mixing Rescaling, Privatization and Managerialism; Patrick Hassenteufel and Tanja Klenk 7. Austria: A Health Care System Between Continuity and Gradual Changes; August Österle 8. Poland: Decentralization, Privatization and Managerialization of the Healthcare System; Monika Ewa Kaminska PART II: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 9. The Health Care Policy Quadrilemma and Comparative Institutional Reforms; Emmanuele Pavolini, Bruno Palier and Ana M. Guillén 10. The Performance of the European Health Care Systems; Emmanuele Pavolini and August Österle 11. Health Care Provision: An Exploratory Analysis of Increase, Decline, Converging Trends and Driving Forces in Comparative Perspective; Ingalill Montanari and Kenneth Nelson Conclusion
