| Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland 1998 Edition Contributor(s): Zweifel, Peter (Editor), Lyttkens, Carl Hampus (Editor), Söderström, Lars (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1461368146 ISBN-13: 9781461368144 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Business & Economics | Economics - Microeconomics - Medical | Administration |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and possibly 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. |