Recent Reforms in the Swedish Health Care System

Implications for the Swedish Welfare State

Randolph K. Quaye (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

105 Seiten

2007
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3788-6 (ISBN)

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Good health and equal access to health and medical care are the fundamental aspects of the Swedish welfare state. In recent years, however, economic incentives have become more and more important in health care, even in welfare states such as Sweden. In a decade and a half, Sweden has experimented with different health care modalities. As far as we know, relatively little research has been done to assess how these financial incentives, over time, have affected Sweden and the views of physicians. This work analyzes the implications of these reforms on the future structure of the well-envied health care of the Swedes.

Randolph K. Quaye, director of Ohio Wesleyan's Black World Studies Program, is an expert in the sociology of health and illness, African development, and social conditions in the African-American community. He is also the author of Underdevelopment and Health in Africa and African-Americans' Health Care Practices, Perspectives and Needs.

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Swedish Health Care System in Focus
Chapter 4 The State and the Medical Profession: Some Theoretical Concepts in Comparing Medical Professions Cross-Nationally
Chapter 5 Managed Care and Doctoring in the United States
Chapter 6 Health Care Market Systems and Reforms in Sweden
Chapter 7 Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs): Special Case of Reform in Sweden
Chapter 8 Is the Swedish Welfare State in Retreat? Trends in Health Care
Chapter 9 Challenges for the Welfare States in Europe and the Way Forward
Part 10 Appendix

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.1.2008
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 228 mm
Gewicht	141 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7618-3788-4 / 0761837884
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3788-6 / 9780761837886
Zustand	Neuware