The State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries [Paperback]

Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades.?Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems.PART I: THE CONCEPT OF THE STUDY Introduction to the Book Conceptual Framework of the Study PART II: CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSES The Changing Role of the State in Healthcare Financing The Changing Role of the State in Healthcare Service Provision PART III: CASE STUDIES The Role of the State in the British Healthcare System - Between Marketization and Statism The Self-regulatory German Healthcare System Between Growing Competition and State Hierarchy The US Healthcare System: Hierarchization With and Without the State PART IV: CONCLUSION The Converging Role of the State in OECD Healthcare Systems

'The work of Heinz Rothgang et al deserves the attention of anyone interested in macro-level healthcare trends.' - Steven Foy, Duke University, USA

'The State and Healthcare is a...seminal book on th epolitical economy of health systems in western countries...This book is a must for scholars interested in the political economy of health care.' - West European Politics

HEINZ ROTHGANG is Professor of Health Economics at the University of Bremen and Director of the Division for Health Economics, Health Policy and Outcomes Research, Centre for So-cial Policy Research, Bremen, Germany. His research interests are in the field of health economics, healthcare systems, long-term care insurance and welfare economics. He is currently heading the research project 'The changing role of the state in OECD healthcare systems' at the TranState Research Centre.

MIRELLA CACACE is an economist. Her main areas of research concern institutional economics and the international comparison of healthcare systems. She was a member of tlsÀ