TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lassey,Marie L.
AU  - Lassey,William R.
AU  - Jinks,Martin J.
TI  - Health care systems around the world: characteristics, issues, reforms 
SN  - 0131042335
AV  - RA393 .L328 1997
U1  - 362.1 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - organization & administration
KW  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
KW  - World Health
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Gezondheidszorg
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politique sanitaire
KW  - Études transculturelles
KW  - Soins médicaux
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : basic issues and concepts -- The countries and their characteristics -- The United States : high-technology and limited access -- Canada : challenges to public payment for universal care -- Japan : preventive health care as cultural norm -- Germany : a tradition of universal health care -- France : centrally controlled and locally managed -- The Netherlands : gradual adaptation -- Sweden : decentralized comprehensive care -- The United Kingdom : the economy model -- The Czech Republic : a new mixture of public and private services -- Hungary : creating a remodeled system --Russia : transition to market and consumer orientation -- China : privatizing socialist health care -- Mexico : modernizing structure and expanded rural services -- Organization variations and reforms -- Economic organization of health care : comparative perspectives -- Expectations for reform : a glimpse at the future
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/healthcaresystem00lass
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL973821M
ER  -