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The public/private sector mix in healthcare delivery : a comparative study
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"This volume examines the public/private sector mix in a number of national healthcare systems and their interface with the goals of health equity and quality of healthcare. Moreover, there is a co...
"This volume examines the public/private sector mix in a number of national healthcare systems and their interface with the goals of health equity and quality of healthcare. Moreover, there is a consideration of public accountability. The unique significance of this collection of national studies involving the public/private sector mix of healthcare services and/or finances is that it provides insights into the factors that enhance the public/private sector mix in fulfilling the goals of health equity and the quality of healthcare services as well as an understanding of the circumstances in which elements of the public/private sector mix may be harmful for the achievement of such goals in a variety of national settings. The contributions to this volume provide a variety of perspectives in dealing with these objectives"--
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- Creator
- edited by Howard A. Palley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Physical Details
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- xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780197571101, 0197571107, 9780197571125, 9780197571132, 9780197571125
- OCLC
- on1337564735
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : comments on the public/private sector mix in healthcare -- United States : The Dominance of Public funding for Private Provision in the U.S. Healthcare System -- Canada : Public and Private Interfaces in Canadian Healthcare : Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services Implications -- Australia : Australia's Health Insurance System and Its Two-Level Hospital system -- a Result of Muddled and Contested Objectives -- France : The Public/Private Sector Mix in France: Implications and Current Debates -- Sweden : Sweden's Public/Private Sector Mix in the Financing and Delivery of Healthcare Services : How it Relates to Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services -- The Netherlands : The Changing Private Sector Role in the Netherlands' Public/Private Sector Healthcare System : Some considerations of Health Equity and Quality of Care -- Italy : The Public/Private Sector Mix in the Italian Healthcare System : Some Issues of Equity and Quality of Care -- Chile and Mexico : Healthcare Commodification, Equity and Quality in Chile and Mexico -- Uruguay : Examining Improvement of Mixed Healthcare Services : Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services in Uruguay -- Brazil : Public/Private Mix In Healthcare Inequities and Issues of Quality of Care : The Case of Brazil -- Russia : The Public/Private Mix in Healthcare in Russia : Some Impacts on Health Equity and Quality if Healthcare Services -- Taiwan : Achievements and Challenges in a Single Payer System
Subjects
- Medical care -- Cross-cultural studies.
- National health services -- Cross-cultural studies.
- Public-private sector cooperation.
- Right to health.
- Medical care -- Evaluation.
- Delivery of Health Care.
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- Public-Private Sector Partnerships.
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- Quality of Health Care.
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- Health Equity.
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- Health Inequities.
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