| Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition: Reforming the Health Sector in Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Kornai, Janos (Author), Eggleston, Karen (Author), Kornai, Jnos (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521790360 ISBN-13: 9780521790369 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| LCCN: 00045500 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Federico Caffe Lectures |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.39 lbs) 380 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented democracies. Here a scholar of the economics of socialism and post-socialist transition, and a health economist take on this challenge. They offer health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europe, drawn from nine guiding principles. The authors conclude that policymakers need to achieve a balance, both assuring social solidarity through universal access to basic health services and expanding individual choice and responsibility through voluntary supplemental insurance. |