| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index. |
| Summary |
This comprehensive and comparative study of health service change focuses on the influence of health professionals on the process and shape of change. The book examines the development and implementation of national health system reorganizations in the United Kingdom, Sweden and The Netherlands. Separate chapters examine the development, implementation and outcomes of reform. The author's research highlights a crucial link in the chain of implementation: the occupational and organizational consequences of reform for physicians and other health professionals and the way physicians influence pro. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1: Health System Reform and Policy Implementation; 2: Market Reforms in the United Kingdom; 3: Outcomes of Market Reform in the United Kingdom and Labour's New Health Policies; 4: Market Experimentation within Swedish Health System Reform; 5: Reform Outcomes in Sweden and the Emerging Mix of Public and Private Care; 6: Regulated Competition in the Netherlands; 7: Reform Outcomes and New Policy Trends in the Netherlands; 8: Conclusion; Appendix A: Abbreviations; Appendix B: Research Methods; Appendix C: Health Expenditures, Resources, and Utilization, 1998; References. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health services administration -- Europe.
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Health services administration. |
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Europe. |
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Health planning -- Europe.
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Health planning. |
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Health Care Reform -- economics. |
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Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Health Policy -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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United Kingdom. |
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Netherlands. |
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Sweden. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harrison, Michael I. Implementing change in health systems. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, ©2004 0761961755 9780761961758 (DLC) 2002115866 (OCoLC)56012073 |
| ISBN |
9781847871299 (electronic book) |
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1847871291 (electronic book) |
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9780761961758 |
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0761961755 |
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9780761961765 (paperback) |
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0761961763 (paperback) |
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9781446218815 (ebook) |
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1446218813 (ebook) |
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1280538724 |
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9781280538728 |
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0761961755 |
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0761961763 (paperback) |
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