Janos Kornai (Massachusetts Harvard University), Karen Eggleston (Global Fellow, Tufts University, Massachusetts)

Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition

Reforming the Health Sector in Eastern Europe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reform of the welfare sector is an important yet difficult challenge for countries in transition from socialist central planning to market-oriented democracies. Here a scholar of the economics of socialism and a health economist offer health sector reform recommendations for ten countries of Eastern Europe, drawn from nine guiding principles.

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Produktdetails

• Federico Caffe Lectures
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9780521159371
• ISBN-10: 0521159377
• Artikelnr.: 31969556

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Points of Departure: 1. The general principles of reform
2. The characteristics of the health sector
3. Some international experiences
4. The health sector in Eastern Europe: the initial state
Part II. Guidelines for Reform: 5. The demand side: financing, benefits, and organization of insurance
6. The supply side: delivery system ownership, organization, and contracting
7. The interaction of supply and demand: pricing, payment, hard budget constraints, and overall health-sector development
8. Concluding remarks.