| Financing Health Care in the European Union: Challenges and Policy Response Contributor(s): Thomson, Sarah (Author), Foubister, T. (Author), Mossialos, E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 928904165X ISBN-13: 9789289041652 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Policy - Medical | Allied Health Services - General |
| Dewey: 338.473 |
| LCCN: 2010411441 |
| Physical Information: 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Health care systems across the European Union face a common challenge: the high cost of health care. Governments strive to ensure that cost pressures do not undermine values such as universal coverage and equitable financing and access. Focusing on the three health care financing functions: collection, pooling and purchasing, as well as on coverage, this book analyzes the organization of health care financing in the Member States of the European Union, discusses the principal financing reform trends of recent years, and assesses their capacity to help ensure fiscal sustainability. The book includes a useful annex detailing the health care financing systems of each of the 27 Member States of the European Union. It will inform the deliberations of policy and decision-makers, both within and beyond the European Union, faced with reconciling rising costs with equitable and sustainable health care. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomson, Sarah: - Sarah ThomsonThomson, S.: - S. Thomson |