Regulation of Health( Developements In Health Economics And Public Policy Series: Volume 7): Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland FROM THE PUBLISHER
Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and maybe in newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, what are the instruments used, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation? Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland seeks to resolve problems in answering these key questions regarding the health care sector in two countries - Sweden and Switzerland. The volume contains a series of studies that compare the regulation of health and health care in these two apparently very similar countries, in considerable detail. The contributing teams acquired a great deal of knowledge about health regulation in both countries; they also derived comparative predictions when regulation differs, using actual observations to check whether these predictions are borne out. These comparisons are based on the conditions prevailing in the mid-nineties.
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Seeks to resolve questions regarding the health sector in Sweden and Switzerland, offering a series of studies comparing the regulation of health and health care in these two countries. Looks at licensing, price setting, and reimbursement of hospital services, and discusses the pharmaceuticals market, and compensation for health-related loss of income. Readers from North America will find discussion particularly illuminating, since regulation of health care in Sweden is reminiscent of Canada, with its tax-financed national health insurance, while Switzerland relies on competing health insurers, very much like the US. Also offers lessons to readers from countries currently undergoing reform. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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