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Health care systems in Europe under austerity : = institutional reforms and performance /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Health care systems in Europe under austerity :/ edited by Emmanuele Pavolini, Ana M. Guillen.
Reminder of title:	institutional reforms and performance /
other author:	Guillén, Ana M.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Health services administration - Europe. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230369627
ISBN:	0230369626 (electronic bk.)

Health care systems in Europe under austerity : = institutional reforms and performance /
Health care systems in Europe under austerity :institutional reforms and performance /edited by Emmanuele Pavolini, Ana M. Guillen. - 1 online resource. - Work and welfare in Europe. - Work and welfare in Europe..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: THE COUNTRY CASE STUDIES -- 1. Sweden: Continued Marketization within a Universalist System; Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad -- 2. England: Health Reforms have Improved the NHS; Sean Boyle -- 3. Spain: Quo Vadis? From Cost Containment to Structural Reforms; Eduardo Fidalgo and Juan Ventura -- 4. Italy: A Strange NHS with its Paradoxes; Emmanuele Pavolini and Giovanna Vicarelli -- 5. France: Squaring the Health Spending Circle?; Bruno Palier and Alban Davesne -- 6. Germany: Mixing Rescaling, Privatization and Managerialism; Patrick Hassenteufel and Tanja Klenk -- 7. Austria: A Health Care System Between Continuity and Gradual Changes; August Osterle -- 8. Poland: Decentralization, Privatization and Managerialization of the Healthcare System; Monika Ewa Kaminska -- PART II: THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS -- 9. The Health Care Policy Quadrilemma and Comparative Institutional Reforms; Emmanuele Pavolini, Bruno Palier and Ana M. Guillan -- 10. The Performance of the European Health Care Systems; Emmanuele Pavolini and August Osterle -- 11. Health Care Provision: An Exploratory Analysis of Increase, Decline, Converging Trends and Driving Forces in Comparative Perspective; Ingalill Montanari and Kenneth Nelson -- Conclusion.

Health care is a central pillar of the welfare state, in fact, the second pillar in terms of expenditure after pensions. However, we know little about how they perform. European health care systems have been put increasingly under pressure during the last two decades. They have had to face a quadrilemma: to control costs and the increase in public expenditure; to guarantee equality of access; to maximize the quality of care; and to guarantee the responsiveness of the health system and the satisfaction of patients and professionals working in the field. Achieving good results on all these four objectives is extremely difficult and often trade-offs arise among different objectives. Using in-depth case study analysis on eight health care systems, belonging to different Welfare State traditions, and comparative statistical analysis on a broader group of countries, the book connects the main policy reforms of the last two decades with how well these systems perform, in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and patients' and workers' conditions.

ISBN: 0230369626 (electronic bk.)

Source: 565663Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

1006503
Health services administration
--Europe.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA971

Dewey Class. No.: 362.109409051

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 84

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