Books in the Health Care and Disease Management series

As the very first volume of a new comprehensive series on public health issues, this book gives an overview of the very latest aspects on funding and payment mechanisms as well as equity issues of health care around the world.

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.