… health economists, argues that the health cost containment crisis may be overstated. One by
one, he debunks widely held perceptions of why health … ; the spread of health insurance; a …

… We review effectiveness of cost containment policies … healthcare cost-containment
policies; (2) to identify knowledge gaps; and (3) to inform policymakers on promising cost-containment …

… of health services of the 12 Member States of the European Union. It then describes the latest
developments in cost containment in … Finally, it gives a summary of the cost containment …

… is on cost containment by government, public-sector spending on health was the cost we …
It is not possible to fully determine how effective the cost containment strategies were over this …

… of rising health care costs, this paper assumes that the political commitment to cost containment
is … However, there are reasons to be skeptical, because prior cost control efforts have not …

… scholars to discuss issues concerned with health care and cost containment in the EU. The
… In Part I we provide an overview of health policies and cost containment measures in the EU …

… growth in health spend ing. It is therefore crucial that the experience of cost containment in
… In Part I we provide an overview of health policies and cost containment measures in the EU …

… Rapid increases in health care costs have prompted business and government to impose
cost containment measures that, in turn, pressure physicians to provide less care, particularly …

… that contribute to the objective of cost containment within EU Member States from … health
in individual Member States. By examining the relationship between these variables and health …

… the national healthcare … of health policy decision makers or students of health policy, making
it an invaluable contribution to the current debate surrounding the control of rising healthcare…