Critical Challenges for Health Care Reform in Europe

Fülszöveg

CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOR HEALTH CARE
REFORM IN EUROPE
This volume explores the central issues driving the present
process of health care reform in Europe. More than 30
scholars and policy makers from all parts of Europe draw
together the available evidence from epidemiology and
public health, economics, public policy, organizational
behaviour and management theory as well as real world
policy making experience, to lay out the options that health
sector decision-makers confront. Through its cross-
disciplinary, cross-national approach, the book highlights
the underlying trends that now influence health policy
formulation across Europe. An authoritative introduction
provides a broad synthesis of present trends and strategies
in European health policy.
The Editors
Richard B. Saltman is Professor of Health Policy and
Management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University, Atlanta, and a consultant to the Health Systems
Analysis unit of the WHO Regional... Tovább

Fülszöveg

CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOR HEALTH CARE
REFORM IN EUROPE
This volume explores the central issues driving the present
process of health care reform in Europe. More than 30
scholars and policy makers from all parts of Europe draw
together the available evidence from epidemiology and
public health, economics, public policy, organizational
behaviour and management theory as well as real world
policy making experience, to lay out the options that health
sector decision-makers confront. Through its cross-
disciplinary, cross-national approach, the book highlights
the underlying trends that now influence health policy
formulation across Europe. An authoritative introduction
provides a broad synthesis of present trends and strategies
in European health policy.
The Editors
Richard B. Saltman is Professor of Health Policy and
Management at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory
University, Atlanta, and a consultant to the Health Systems
Analysis unit of the WHO Regional Office for Europe in
Copenhagen.
Josep Figueras is Acting Regional Officer in the Health
Systems Analysis unit of the WHO Regional Office for
Europe, Copenhagen, and Senior Lecturer at the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Constantino Sakellarides is Director-General for Health in
the Ministry of Health in Portugal. He was previously
Director of Health Policy and Services Department at the
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen.
The Contributors
Anders Anell, Howard Barnum, Ferenc Bojan, Michael
Calnan, David Chinitz, André-Pierre Contandriopoulos,
Nigel Edwards, Josep Figueras, Janoz Halik, Chris Ham,
Petr Hava, Martin Hensher, Frank Honigsbaum, David J.
Hunter, Panos Kanavos, Simo Kokko, Joseph Kutzin, Marju
Lauristin, Ellen Leibovich, Kimmo Leppo, Hans Maarse,
Martin McKee, Elias Mossialos, Vicente Ortun, Alex Preker,
Tom Rathwell, Lise Rochaix, Jolanta Sabbat, Constantino
Sakellarides, Richard B. Saltman, Serdar Savas, Igor
Sheiman, Ellie Tragakes, Mikko Vienonen, Gill Walt,
Jurgen Wasem, Ursula Werneke, Miriam M. Wiley,
W. Cezary Wlodarczyk.
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