Rapoport, John / Jacobs, Philip / Jonsson, Egon (eds.) Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems A Global Comparison Health Care and Disease Management Edited by Jonsson, Egon
1. Edition - October 2008 89.90 Euro 2008. XIV, 233 Pages, Hardcover 26 Fig., 27 Tab. - Handbook/Reference Book - ISBN-10: 3-527-32110-1 ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32110-0 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
Short description Written by health policy experts, the book gives a comprehensive overview of 8 different national health care systems and focuses in particular on the different approaches to maintaining efficiency and containing overall healthcare costs.
From the contents Introduction 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 situation
