How should a nation structure its health care system? Varied forces around the world cause
many countries to search for answers to this question. In the United States and the …

That health care is a subsystem of the welfare state has dominated the study of states and
health care policy. But this conception omits two other faces of the state-as a putatively …

The Rekindling Reform initiative examined the health systems of 4 countries: Canada,
France, Germany, and Great Britain (United Kingdom). From the 4 country reports published …

As we view the health care system at the century's end, however, the status quo is anything
but static. The next century in health care will, at the outset, be decidedly different from the …

This book addresses the global need for more comparative studies on health policy and
health care systems, as in the past couple of decades the rise of societal aging, modern …

" Dr. Gauld's collection of case studies is informativeand accessible. I would recommend it
as acentral text for a course in comparative healthsystems." Political Studies Review Based …

No other country has undergone health care reforms as dramatic as China's. Starting in
1978, China reformed its health system from a governmental, centrally planned, and …

The design and performance of health systems are now at the centre of the international
health agenda. This month's special section of the Bulletin and The World Health Report …

" The objective of the book is to assess the policy actions of select Asian governments-in
China, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand-to address critical health …

Hong Kong and Mainland China are undertaking health reform following recent economic
fluctuations and Hong Kong's transformation to a Special Administrative Region of China in …