This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers.
This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a...
Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pensions, unemployment benefits, and general healthcare policies shrink as "belt tightening" measures are enforced. But in contrast, long-term care has seen a general growth in public financing, an expansion of beneficiaries, and, more generally, an attempt to define larger social responsibilities and related social rights.
The aim of this book is to describe and interpret the changes introduced in long-term care policies in Western Europe....
Over the last two decades, many changes have happened to the social welfare policies of various industrial countries. Citizens have seen their pens...
