Swiss Health Policy

Peter Zweifel, Jean-Christian Lambelet and Thomas Zeltner

Chapter 7 in Economic Policy in Switzerland, 1997, pp 152-183 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract From an international perspective, Swiss health policy is of interest for several reasons. First, it respects consumer preferences to a degree that is otherwise only found in the United States. Second, it is decentralised in that important authorities continue to be vested with the Cantons rather than the federal state. Third, since the passing of the federal social insurance law of 1994 it comes close to what is commonly called ‘regulated competition’ to an extent that likely exceeds that of the often mentioned Dutch health care reform (Van de Ven, 1990).

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Health Care Service; Health Care Sector; Social Health Insurance; Addictive Substance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25875-8_7

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