Comparing Health Systems
By Ian Greener
Published
Jan 10, 2023Page count
186 pagesISBN
978-1447356936Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 8, 2021Page count
186 pagesISBN
978-1447356929Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 8, 2021Page count
186 pagesISBN
978-1447356950Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Oct 8, 2021Page count
186 pagesISBN
978-1447356950Imprint
Policy Press
Comparing Health Systems
Health services are among the most expensive and complex areas of social policy.
Using qualitative comparative analysis to explore 11 developed countries’ health services, this volume considers the links between a range of different outcome measures and levels of funding, social determinants and different types of health expenditures. It also reflects on how those systems responded to the first wave of COVID-19.
This ambitious text identifies which underpinning factors are associated with the strongest outcomes, providing a rigorous account of health systems and health policies in the context of their wider economies and societies.
"A major contribution to the study of healthcare systems. I highly recommended this book to researchers and students of comparative health policy." Martin Powell, University of Birmingham
Ian Greener is Head of Social Science at the University of Aberdeen.
1. Introduction
2. Social determinants
3. Healthcare funding
4. Spending on health
5. COVID-19
6. Comparing health systems
7. Conclusion
Appendix: Method and data
