Full Description
This book addresses the global need for more comparative studies on health policy and health care systems, given the rise in recent decades of societal aging, modern mass diseases, economic globalization, and resulting permanent fiscal austerity of governments which have fundamentally altered the status quo of health care systems.
The book examines the healthcare experiences of the most developed countries in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and compares these with four of the most important health care systems in Europe (UK, France, Germany and Italy). Focusing on the public health care systems the contributors discuss the rising need for reforms in health care and health insurance administration, delivery systems, financing and overall health care policy strategies, particularly in fast-aging societies in Asia, and highly aged societies in Europe.
This book will appeal to students and scholars of health care policy, health and social administration, social policy, public policy and social work. It will also provide a reference for professionals who need a view of the trajectory of public health financing in relation to changed and changing demographics and disease patterns.
Contents
1. Introduction, Robin Gauld, Christian Aspalter and Yasuo Uchida 2. Health Care System in the United Kingdom, Christian Aspalter 3. Health Care System in Germany, Christian Aspalter 4. Health Care System in France, Christian Aspalter 5. Health Care System in Italy, Christian Aspalter 6. Health Care System in Japan, Yasuo Uchida 7. Health Care System in South Korea, Minah Kang Kim 8. Health Care System in Taiwan, Chao-Yin Lin 9. Health Care System in Singapore, Robin Gauld 10. European and Asian Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective, Christian Aspalter
