Seven countries, seven reform models: the health care reform experience of Chile, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan.

Okma, Keike and Crivelli, Luca (2010) Seven countries, seven reform models: the health care reform experience of Chile, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan. Singapore: World Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-981-4261-58-6

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Abstract

This research contribution presents a diagnosis of the health reform experience of six small and mid-sized industrial democracies: Chile, Israel, Singapore,Switzerland,Taiwan and The Netherlands during the last decades of the twentieth century. It addresses the following questions: Why have these six countries, facing similar pressures to reform their health care systems,with similar options for government action, chosen very different pathways to restructure their health care? What did they do? And what happened after the implementation of those reforms? The article describes the current arrangements for funding, contracting and payment, ownership and administration (or “governance”) of health care at the beginning of the 21st century, the origins of the health care reforms, the discussion and choice of policy options, processes of implementation and “after reform adjustments”. The article looks at factors that help explain the variety in reform paths, such as national politics, dominant cultural orientations and the positions of major stakeholders.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	Social studies Social studies > Economics
Department/unit:	Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale
Depositing User:	Luca Crivelli
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2015 13:10
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2016 07:22
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/6463

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