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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book...offers a deep introduction to the health care system in each nation covered. The essays are well researched and argued. * Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Comments on the Public/Private Sector Mix in Healthcare 1- United States: The Dominance of Public funding for Private Provision in the U.S. Healthcare System 2- Canada: Public and Private Interfaces in Canadian Healthcare: Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services Implications 3- Australia: Australia's Health Insurance System and Its Two-Level Hospital system --- a Result of Muddled and Contested Objectives 4- France: The Public/Private Sector Mix in France: Implications and Current Debates 5- 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 6- The Netherlands: The Changing Private Sector Role in the Netherlands' Public/Private Sector Healthcare System: Some considerations of Health Equity and Quality of Care 7- Italy: The Public/Private Sector Mix in the Italian Healthcare System: Some Issues of Equity and Quality of Care 8- Chile and Mexico: Healthcare Commodification, Equity and Quality in Chile and Mexico 9- Uruguay: Examining Improvement of Mixed Healthcare Services: Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services in Uruguay 10- Brazil: Public/Private Mix In Healthcare --- Inequities and Issues of Quality of Care: The Case of Brazil 11- Russia: The Public/Private Mix in Healthcare in Russia: Some Impacts on Health Equity and Quality if Healthcare Services 12- Taiwan: Achievements and Challenges in a Single Payer System
