Nordic health care systems. Recent reforms and current policy challenges
Hagen, Vrangbæk: The Changing Governance Structures of Nordic Health Care Systems. I Nordic health care systems. Recent reforms and current policy challenges. Magnussen, Vrangbæk and Saltman (ed): London: Open University Press: 2010.
This book examines recent patterns of health reform in Nordic health care systems, and the balance between stability and change in how these systems have developed. The health systems in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland are investigated through detailed comparisons along a variety of policy-driven parameters.
The following themes are explored:
- Politicians, patients, and professions
- Financing, production, and distribution
- The role of the primary health sector
- The role of public health
- Internal management mechanisms
- Impact of the European Union
The book probes the impact of these topics and then contrasts the development across all four, allowing the reader to gain a sense of perspective both on the individual countries as well as on the region as a whole.
The editors also explore the extent to which a Nordic Health Care Model exists, and the degree to which that model will continue to help explain the future direction of health policy-making in these four countries. An additional chapter on recent developments in Iceland completes the work.
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