Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison - Brossura

Rice, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0128160721 ISBN 13: 9780128160725

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 2021

Riassunto

Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison offers united and synthesized information currently available only in scattered locations - if at all - to students, researchers, and policymakers. The book provides helpful contexts, so people worldwide can understand various healthcare systems. By using it as a guide to the mechanics of different healthcare systems, readers can examine existing systems as frameworks for developing their own. Case examples of countries adopting insurance characteristics from other countries enhance the critical insights offered in the book. If more information about health insurance alternatives can lead to better decisions, this guide can provide an essential service.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Thomas Rice is Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. A health economist, his areas of interest include international health care systems, health insurance, competition and regulation, and behavioral economics. He has also written books on health economics, the behavioral economics of health, and the U.S. health care system. Dr. Rice was previously editor of the journal, Medical Care Research and Review, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of AcademyHealth, the leading U.S. organization focused on the health services and health policy research, and has chaired its Board of Directors and directed its Annual Research Meeting.

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Health Insurance Systems: An International Comparison offers united and synthesized information currently available only in scattered locations to students, researchers, and policymakers. The book provides helpful contexts so people worldwide can understand various national health insurance systems. By using it as a guide to the mechanics of different healthcare systems, readers can examine existing systems as frameworks for developing their own. Case examples of countries adopting insurance characteristics from other countries enhance the critical insights offered in the book. If more information about health insurance alternatives can lead to better decisions, this book can provide an essential service.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0128160721
• ISBN 13: 9780128160725
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 350
• Contatto del produttore: Academic Press; https://shop.elsevier.com/; ; 230 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 800; NY; NY; 10169; U.S.A.
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile