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The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing: An International Comparison of Models and Outcomes

The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing: An International Comparison of Models and Outcomes

Author: Wolf Sauter; Misja Mikkers; Jos Boertjens; Johan van Manen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781788115919
Published In: May 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Examining the ways and extent to which systemic factors affect health outcomes with regard to quality, affordability and access to curative healthcare, this explorative book compares the relative merits of tax-funded Beveridge systems and insurance-based Bismarck systems.

The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing charts and compares healthcare system outcomes throughout 11 countries, from the UK to Colombia. Thematic chapters investigate the economic and legal explanations for the relevant similarities, variations and trends across the globe. Concluding that systemic factors may be less significant than previously believed, this comprehensive book notes that no one system consistently outperforms the others, yet incentives and funding improvements may lift performances across all curative healthcare systems.

Analytical and comparative, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of health law and health economics. Public authorities including health ministries, policy makers and international health organisations will also find this to be an invaluable resource.

General introduction

Jos Boertjens, Johan van Manen, Misja Mikkers and Wolf Sauter ..

Thematic chapters ..

1. Explaining Americas spendthrift health care system ..

William M. Sage

2. Effective access to healthcare services abroad under the EU directive on cross-border patients’ rights ..

Jareth Burke

3. A legal perspective on tax-based versus insurance-based healthcare systems: comparing England and the Netherlands ..

Jos Boertjens and Mary Guy

4. A theoretical model of the determinants of waiting lists: an application to the Spanish national health system ..

Ana Rodriquez-Alvarez and Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga

5. Financial incentives to change the healthcare landscape: a case study ..