Comparative Health Policy [Paperback]

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle income countries, as well as broadened coverage relating to healthcare outside of hospitals and the ever-increasing diversity of the healthcare workforce today.

Robert H. Blankis an Adjunct Professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National Taiwan University.

Viola Burauis Associate Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Senior Researcher at DEFACTUM  Public Health and Health Services Research, Denmark.

Ellen Kuhlmannis Senior Researcher at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, and Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Robert H. Blankis an Adjunct Professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National Taiwan University.
Viola Burauis Associate Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Senior Researcher at DEFACTUM  Public Health and Health Services Research, Denmark.
Ellen Kuhlmannis Senior Researcher at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, and Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction
2. The Context of Health Care
3. Funding, Provision and Governance
4. Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources
5. The Health Workforce
6. Health Care Beyond the Hospital
7. Public Health
8. Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.