Mark Britnell

In Search of the Perfect Health System

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the first prize in the Health and Social Care category at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2016. With chapters on 25 different countries, this practical and succinct guide to the world's major health systems explores what lessons can be drawn from each to improve health worldwide. Each chapter is an essay designed to give the reader essential knowledge of the history, strengths, weaknesses and lessons of each health system and provide a truly global health perspective - all in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee. Whether a healthcare manager or a student studying health systems, this accessible and engaging book provides a fascinating insight in to how health care is delivered around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / Macmillan Education
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 317g
• ISBN-13: 9781137496614
• ISBN-10: 1137496614
• Artikelnr.: 43342912

Autorenporträt

Mark Britnell is Chairman and Partner of the Global Health Practice at KPMG in the UK and leads their Global Center of Excellence. Britnell masterminded the largest single new hospital building in the history of the NHS and helped develop the NHS Plan - a ten year plan for investment and reform.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Perfect Health System Country profiles Part 1: Asia and Australia 2. Japan
Live long and prosper 3. South Korea
National pride and global ambition 4. China
Communist chimera? 5. Hong Kong
Demography, democracy and destiny 6. Malaysia
Reform some time, soon? 7. Singapore
Wealth and health 8. Indonesia
Largest single payer in the world 9. Australia
Advance Australia Fair 10. India
One country, two worlds Part 2: Middle East and Africa 11 Qatar
Build and they will come 12 Israel
The best kept secret in global health? 13 South Africa
No more false dawns Part 3: Europe 14. Russia
A distressed and distressing system 15. The Nordics
Decentralised welfare utopia? 16. The Netherlands
Competition and social solidarity 17. Germany
Doctor knows best 18. Switzerland
You get what you pay for 19. Italy
No longer 'la dolce vita' 20. Portugal
The price of austerity 21. France
Neither Beveridge nor Bismarck but the Republic 22. England
The NHS. In place of fear Part 4: The Americas 23 Canada
At the crossroads 24 The US
Let's face the music and dance 25 Mexico
Unfinished business 26 Brazil
Order and progress? Part 5: Global Challenges 27. Universal Healthcare
Triumph of political will 28. Same Problem, Different Country
The paradox of change 29. Clinical Quality
The more I know, the less I sleep 30. Value Walks
There is no healthcare without the workforce 31. Patients As Partners
Renewable energy 32. Climate Change and Sustainability
Our dirty little secret 33. Ageing
Every cloud has a silver lining Part 6: Conclusion 34 Conclusion
We wouldn't start from here Key Statistics at a Glance