{"product_id":"cost-containment-and-efficiency-in-national-health-systems-isbn-9783527321100","title":"Cost Containment and Efficiency in National Health Systems","description":"Written by a local health economics expert, each of the eight chapters in this timely handbook and ready reference describes the national healthcare system of a different industrialized country. In each case, the 4-5 specific policies with the highest impact on that respective country over the past 20-30 years are identified. In addition, the economic characteristics of each policy are described and, where possible, its success evaluated, discussing the current policy agenda. A final chapter summarizes and synthesizes the major points of the analysis. \u003cbr\u003e While the main focus is on economics, this guide is written in non-technical language for an audience of health policy decision makers or students of health policy, making it an invaluable contribution to the current debate surrounding the control of rising healthcare-related costs in the developed world.\u003cbr\u003eGesundheitsexperten erläutern umfassend acht unterschiedliche nationale Gesundheitssysteme und konzentrieren sich dabei insbesondere auf die verschiedenen Ansätze für eine nachhaltig effiziente Gesundheitsversorgung und die Eindämmung der Kosten im Gesundheitswesen. Introduction And Summary (John Rapoport)\u003cbr\u003e - Highlights of each country's approach\u003cbr\u003e - How are Cost containment and economic efficiency   related?\u003cbr\u003e - Strategies and their effects: a cross country analysis\u003cbr\u003e - Current Policy Agenda\u003cbr\u003e Canada (Raisa Deber)\u003cbr\u003e - Canada's Health Care System\u003cbr\u003e - Paying for Canadian Health Care\u003cbr\u003e - Delivering Health Care in Canada\u003cbr\u003e - Overall expenditure trends\u003cbr\u003e - Cost control strategies employed \u003cbr\u003e  -\u003cbr\u003e Current situation\u003cbr\u003e Strategies To Improve Efficiency In The English National Health Service (Adam Oliver)\u003cbr\u003e - Introduction\u003cbr\u003e - Structural characteristics of the NHS\u003cbr\u003e - The efficiency initiatives\u003cbr\u003e - Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Strategies For Cost Containment In Finnish Health Care: Decentralization And Price Regulation  (Unto Hakkinen)\u003cbr\u003e - Introduction\u003cbr\u003e - Finnish health care system\u003cbr\u003e - Strategies for municipal health services\u003cbr\u003e - Cost containment in services covered by NHI\u003cbr\u003e - Lessons  from Finland\u003cbr\u003e Germany (Markus Worz and Reinhard Busse)\u003cbr\u003e - A review of the major structural and operational   characteristics of German health system\u003cbr\u003e - Major cost containment and efficiency seeking   strategies\u003cbr\u003e - Report on the current situation\u003cbr\u003e The Netherlands: From Limiting Supply To Limiting Demand (Werner Brouwer and Frans Rutten)\u003cbr\u003e - Introduction\u003cbr\u003e - The Dutch health care system in transition\u003cbr\u003e - Cost containment through the years\u003cbr\u003e - Future challenges\u003cbr\u003e Japan (Akinoi Hisashige)\u003cbr\u003e - HealthcareExpenditure Trends in Japan\u003cbr\u003e - Healthcare System in Japan\u003cbr\u003e - Cost Containment Strategy in Japan\u003cbr\u003e - Recent trends and Future challenges\u003cbr\u003e New Zealand (Toni Ashton)\u003cbr\u003e - Introduction\u003cbr\u003e - Overview of NZ system\u003cbr\u003e - Global budgets\u003cbr\u003e - The quasi-market reforms\u003cbr\u003e - Management of pharmaceutical expenditure\u003cbr\u003e - Priority setting\u003cbr\u003e - Management of  waiting lists\u003cbr\u003e - Current agenda\u003cbr\u003e - Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Sweden  (Bengt Jonsson)\u003cbr\u003e - Introduction\u003cbr\u003e - Paying for performance -\u003cbr\u003e DRG based payments to ospitals\u003cbr\u003e - Reference pricing and generic substitution\u003cbr\u003e - Health technology assessment\u003cbr\u003e - The current situation\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EDITORS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Rapoport\u003cbr\u003e Professor of Economics\u003cbr\u003e Mount Holyoke College\u003cbr\u003e South Hadley, Ma \u003cbr\u003e USA\u003cbr\u003e rapoport@mtholyoke.edu\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Philip Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e Institute of Health Economics\u003cbr\u003e Edmonton, Alberta\u003cbr\u003e Canada\u003cbr\u003e pjacobs@ihe.ca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Egon Jonsson\u003cbr\u003e Institute of Health Economics\u003cbr\u003e Edmonton, Alberta\u003cbr\u003e Canada\u003cbr\u003e ejonsson@ihe.ca\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988996800741,"sku":"NP9783527321100","price":112.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9783527321100.jpg?v=1761782364","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cost-containment-and-efficiency-in-national-health-systems-isbn-9783527321100","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}