Healthcare policies over the last 20 years: Reforms and counter-reforms

Health Policy

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Toth, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health policy; Healthcare reform; Healthcare systems; Policy making; Political factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT RIGHT; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77349124674     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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