| Author | : Thomas Rice |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Release Date | : 2021-06-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0128162945 |
| Pages | : 400 pages |
One important contribution Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison makes to students, researchers, and policymakers is uniting and synthesizing information that is available only in scattered locations, if at all. A more important contribution is its ability to provide contexts, so people worldwide can understand various healthcare systems. By using it as a guide to the mechanics of different healthcare systems, they can look at existing systems as frameworks for developing their own. Case examples of countries adopting insurance characteristics from other countries enhance the critical insights it offers. If more information about health insurance alternatives can lead to better decisions, Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison can provide an essential service. Delivers fundamental insights into health insurance organization and financing across high-income countries Presents ten prominent health insurance systems in one book, facilitating comparisons and, contrasts, to help draw policy lessons Helps students, researchers, and policymakers searching for innovative designs, by providing detailed international cases coupled with extensive cross-national data comparisons
| Author | : Sarah E. Boslaugh |
| Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
| Release Date | : 2013-06-24 |
| ISBN 10 | : 145227620X |
| Pages | : 608 pages |
This concise reference provides a one-stop point of research that examines major aspects of health care systems for over 190 countries worldwide. In a consistent format, ten major health care categories are systematically examined for each country: 1. Emergency Health Services; 2. Costs of Hospitalization; 3. Costs of Drugs; 4. Major Health Issues; 5. Government Role in Health Care; 6. Insurance; 7. Access to Health Care; 8. Health Care Facilities; 9. Health Care Personnel (doctor level of training, etc.); and 10. Public Health Programs. The volume is organized in alphabetical order of country names. Each country is presented on a two- or three-page spread with the same descriptive and statistical content, allowing readers to compare health care systems from country to country. For example, a reader may compare costs of drugs in France versus the United States versus Canada. Each country spread will feature short entries on the ten health care categories accompanied by charts, table, and photos as appropriate. The work culminates as a unique and essential resource for pre-med and medical students, as well as researchers in sociology, economics, and the health management fields.
| Author | : Papanicolas, Irene,Smith, Peter |
| Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
| Release Date | : 2013-06-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0335247261 |
| Pages | : 416 pages |
This book seeks to identify the current state of the art of health system comparison, identifying data and methodological issues and exploring the current interface between evidence and practice.
| Author | : Ezekiel J Emanuel |
| Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
| Release Date | : 2020-06-16 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1541797728 |
| Pages | : 464 pages |
The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 -- not even close. In Which Country Has the World's Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles eleven of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges -- in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world.
| Author | : Elizabeth G. Armstrong |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Release Date | : 2011 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9814313963 |
| Pages | : 443 pages |
In an age of spiraling costs, it is no surprise that health care policy and health care systems are now among the most hotly debated and controversial topics in many countries of the world today. The issue is literally one of life-and-death, and affects millions across the globe as they struggle to answer the question of who pays for their health care. This book explores the health care systems of Denmark, Germany and Sweden, and compares them with the system in the United States through 30 first-hand case reports by advanced medical students taking part in an international exchange program. It also describes how these health care systems have developed and how they differ which are essential background reading for anyone making decisions on health care policy in these countries. The aim is to provide a resource for professors and students of public health policy, medicine, nursing, allied health professions, social sciences and other disciplines as they explore the social, political and cultural effects on health care and health care systems. The case studies are also interesting and provide ample food-for-thought for the general readership who are the end-users of health care and who are often able to influence public health policy.
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1994 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 74 pages |
And policy implications -- Implications for policy -- What is health care administration? -- Aggregate national estimates of administrative costs -- COmparison between the united states and canada -- Personnel as a measure of administration -- Technology to simplify administration -- Conclusion -- Defining administrative costs -- Typology of administrative costs by function -- Enumeration of administrative activities -- Measuring administration -- Estimates of administrative costs and international comparisons -- Personnel as a measure of administration -- Technology to simplify administration -- Standardization and automation of insurance claims -- Health cars.
| Author | : Michael E. Cluck |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Release Date | : 1994-07-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0788145894 |
| Pages | : 74 pages |
Examines the administrative costs in the health care systems of the U.S. & other countries. In addition to exploring the types of activities that constitute administrationÓ in the health care systems of several developed countries, it reviews attempts to measure & compare these activities, & explores the potential usefulness of such comparisons. Charts, graphs & tables. List of abbreviations & acronyms. Extensive references.
| Author | : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Release Date | : 2011-06-27 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0309217105 |
| Pages | : 194 pages |
During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference is particularly notable given that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Concerned about this divergence, the National Institute on Aging asked the National Research Council to examine evidence on its possible causes. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, the nation's history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the United States fall short of those in many other high-income nations. Evidence suggests that current obesity levels play a substantial part as well. The book reports that lack of universal access to health care in the U.S. also has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, though this is a less significant factor for those over age 65 because of Medicare access. For the main causes of death at older ages -- cancer and cardiovascular disease -- available indicators do not suggest that the U.S. health care system is failing to prevent deaths that would be averted elsewhere. In fact, cancer detection and survival appear to be better in the U.S. than in most other high-income nations, and survival rates following a heart attack also are favorable. Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries identifies many gaps in research. For instance, while lung cancer deaths are a reliable marker of the damage from smoking, no clear-cut marker exists for obesity, physical inactivity, social integration, or other risks considered in this book. Moreover, evaluation of these risk factors is based on observational studies, which -- unlike randomized controlled trials -- are subject to many biases.
| Author | : Claude Blanchette |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1997 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Release Date | : 2013-04-12 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0309264146 |
| Pages | : 420 pages |
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1994 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : Stuart O. Schweitzer |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1978 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 490 pages |