Title Health of nations : an international perspective on U.S. health care reform / Laurene A. Graig.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, [1993]
	©1993

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	338.4336 G743H	Check Shelf

Edition	Second edition.
Description	xv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents	In search of new directions for U.S. Health care : an international perspective. Introduction -- Health care paradigms -- Convergence among health systems -- Parameters of the study -- U.S. Health care crisis : moving toward a national solution? Introduction -- Facing the challenges of modern health care -- Implications for corporate America -- Limited convergence -- New directions for U.S. Health care? -- Canada's national health insurance system : U.S. nemesis or model for reform? Introduction -- The United States looks northward -- Canadian national health insurance : a long time coming -- Medicare is born -- Political and cultural underpinnings of Canadian health care -- Health care delivery in Canada -- Canadian health care financing -- Health care cost-control, Canadian-style -- Trouble in paradise -- The future of Canadian health care -- Lessons from Canada -- Convergence -- German health care : does Bismarck's grand designhold lessons for the United States? Introduction -- Present at the creation : tracing the roots of national health insurance -- cornerstone of German health insurance : the sickness funds -- Private insurance -- Health care financing -- Health care cost control -- German system faces challenges -- Lessons from Germany -- Convergence.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-208) and index.
Subject	Medical care -- Finance -- Case studies.
	Medical care -- United States -- Finance.
	Health insurance -- Government policy -- Case studies.
	Health insurance -- Government policy -- United States.
	Health care reform -- United States.
	Health Care Reform -- Canada.
	Health Care Reform -- Germany.
	Health Care Reform -- Great Britain.
	Health Care Reform -- Japan.
	Health Care Reform -- Netherlands.
	Health Care Reform -- United States.
	Insurance, Health -- Canada.
	Insurance, Health -- Germany.
	Insurance, Health -- Great Britain.
	Insurance, Health -- Japan.
	Insurance, Health -- Netherlands.
	Insurance, Health -- United States.
	National Health Programs -- Canada.
	National Health Programs -- Germany.
	National Health Programs -- Great Britain.
	National Health Programs -- Japan.
	National Health Programs -- Netherlands.
	National Health Programs -- United States.
ISBN	0871878720
	0871878712 paperback

-->

Permanent Link

Add a Review

Title Health of nations : an international perspective on U.S. health care reform / Laurene A. Graig.

Copies

Library Links

Search Tools

Language Settings