Description
| Summary: | Health care reforms around the world--from Europe and North America to Africa, Latin America and Asia--seem to all be market-oriented reforms driven by international business interests and right wing political parties. There seems to be a sudden and broad concern with the ""efficiency"" of medical care, with the assertion that democratically or professionally run systems are inherently inefficient. Far less concern is evident for the more traditional values held regarding medical care, ""effectiveness"" (or quality) and ""equity."" The fact is that we have little good cross-national research t
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 419 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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| ISBN: | 0313013039
9780313013034
9780865692886
0865692882 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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