The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing

Edited by Wolf Sauter, Jos Boertjens, Johan van Manen and Misja Mikkers

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Examining the ways and extent to which systemic factors affect health outcomes with regard to quality, affordability and access to curative healthcare, this explorative book compares tax-funded Beveridge systems and insurance-based Bismarck systems. Containing contributions from national experts, The Law and Policy of Healthcare Financing charts and compares the merits of healthcare systems throughout 11 countries, from the UK to Colombia.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
ISBN: 9781788115919
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Explaining America’s spendthrift healthcare system: the enduring effects of public regulation on private competition , pp 17-36

William M. Sage

Ch 2 Effective access to healthcare services abroad under the EU Directive on Cross-Border Patients’ Rights , pp 37-61

Jarleth M. Burke

Ch 3 A legal perspective on tax-based versus insurance-based healthcare systems: comparing England and the Netherlands , pp 62-82

Jos Boertjens and Mary Guy

Ch 4 A theoretical model of the determinants of waiting lists: an application to the Spanish national health system , pp 83-107

Ana Rodríguez-à Lvarez and Maria J. Perez-Villadoniga

Ch 5 Financial incentives to change the healthcare landscape: a case study , pp 108-128

Josine Janus

Ch 6 Population-based financing: the future of healthcare? , pp 129-149

Peter Bogetoft, Misja Mikkers and Victoria Shestalova

Ch 7 Country report: Austria , pp 151-180

Julia Bobek, Lena Lepuschütz and Florian Bachner

Ch 8 Country report: Belgium , pp 181-204

Filip Dewallens and Julie Vermeulen

Ch 9 Country report: Czech Republic – hospital financing in the Czech Republic , pp 205-222

Silvie Jerabkova

Ch 10 Country report: Colombia – approach to healthcare financing in Colombia and its impact on quality, affordability and competition , pp 223-249

Catalina Góngora Torres

Ch 11 Country report: England , pp 250-283

Tuomas Haanperä

Ch 12 Country report: France , pp 284-304

Isabelle Durand-Zaleski and Johan van Manen

Ch 13 Country report: Germany , pp 305-331

Katherine Polin, Wilm Quentin, Victor Stephani and Alexander Geissler

Ch 14 Country report: Ireland , pp 332-358

John Lombard and Gerald O’Nolan

Ch 15 Country report: the Netherlands , pp 359-385

Johan van Manen

Ch 16 Country report: Norway , pp 386-412

Karl Harald Søvig and Harald Platou

Ch 17 Country report: South Africa , pp 413-434

Alex van den Heever

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