The politics of health in Europe

by Richard Freeman

Overview

This is the first general comparative study of health policy and politics to focus on major countries of Western Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK. The book begins by identifying differences in arrangements for the finance, delivery and regulation of health care in different countries, explaining how health systems are to be understood as political entities. The book describes and accounts for the evolution of state intervention in the health sector before comparing and contrasting different kinds of systems. It examines recent changes in the organization of health care as well as recent challenges to public health, including policy responses to AIDS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719042140
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	03/02/2000
Series:	European Politics
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Simon Bulmer is Professor of European Politics at the University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

Health Politics
• The Health Care State in Europe, 1880-1980
• National Health Services: Italy, Sweden and the UK
• Social Insurance Systems: France and Germany
• Reform and Restructuring
• Doctors and States
• The Users of Health Care
• Health, the Public and Public Health

Editorial Reviews

Sets out a framework for understanding health and health care, then describes and discusses the increasing scope of state responsibility. Assesses the distinctive institutional configurations of the health care state in Europe, looking at national health services and social insurance, and examines reform and restructuring, doctors and state, users of health care, and the public and public health. Countries covered in detail are Italy, Sweden, the UK, France, and Germany. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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