| Description |
ix, 604 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Public administration and public policy ; 96
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Public administration and public policy ; 96.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to international health care systems: themes and variations on themes / Edward T. Wimberley and Khi V. Thai -- Reforms in the Hungarian health care system / Tamás Evetovits -- Russia's health care system: caring in a turbulent environment / Elena A. Bourhanskaia, Aren Kubataev, and Mary A. Paterson -- The Canadian health care system / Carole M. Pohl -- Like plugging the holes in a colander: health policy and provision in the United States circa the Millennium / Edward T. Wimberley and Arthur J. Rubens -- The health services system in Mexico / World Health Organization -- France's health care system / Peter L. Cruise -- Universal coverage and cost control: the United Kingdom National Health Service / Karen Bloor and Alan Maynard -- Sweden's health care system / Paul Gunnar Kaati -- The German health care system / Balu Swami -- Italy's health care system / Michelle A. Angeletti -- The political economy of health care in Greece / Dimitris Niakas -- Health care system in Turkey / Fahreddin Tatar and Tevfik Dinc̦er -- The Japanese health care system: citizen complaints and citizen possibilities / Rieko Yajima and Kazue Takayanagi -- The health care system in Australia / Helen M. Lapsley -- A health care system in radical transition: the experience of New Zealand / Laurence Malcolm -- Health care financing: a comparative analysis / Khi V. Thai, Sharon M. McManus, and Edward T. Wimberley. |
| Subject |
World health -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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World health. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies. |
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Medical care. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Thai, Khi V., 1941-
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Wimberley, Edward T.
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McManus, Sharon M.
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| ISBN |
082478829X |
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