Health Reform

<p><em>Health Reform</em> explores the challenges facing health care provision in the advanced economies. The book exposes the limitations of market-led health reform and demonstrates the indispensable role of a vibrant public authority in the renewal of modern health care systems. Issues covered include:<br> * cost-containment and privatisation strategies in an international perspective<br> * the role of business and the private sector in setting the agenda for health care reform<br> * the restructuring of Anglo-Saxon health systems and the shift in state/market boundaries in Canada the USA the UK and Australia<br> * the frontier of health care reform in terms of health and social cohesion<br> *the role of patient choice in health care reform.</p>