Are health problems systemic? Politics of access and choice under Beveridge and Bismarck systems

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-293

  Or, Zeynep ^a   Cases, Chantal ^a   Lisac, Melanie ^b   Vrangbk, Karsten ^c   Winblad, Ulrika ^d   Bevan, Gwyn ^e  

^a Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics   (France)

^b BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77955862671     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000034     Document Type: Review

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