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"World Health Systems Challenges and Perspectives, Second Edition, focuses on the realities of 26 health systems around the world. The majority of chapters are written by a representative of each country, who gives readers a first-hand glimpse at the country's health system and the health status. Six introductory chapters provide a framework to help you understand key concepts applicable to all health systems. New introductory chapters focus on defining a health system, health system strengthening, health system regulation, and the politics of health system reform. With discussions of infrastructures as diverse as those found in Japan, Brazil, and Kenya, the authors profile each country's health system organization, current and emerging health policy issues, cost and financing of healthcare, health resources and delivery, and future health outlook."--Back cover.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part i Current Issues Facing Global Health Systems
• Introduction
• 1. The Nature and Etiology of Disease / Laura M. Gaydos
• 2. Defining and Measuring Health Systems / Meredith Kimball and Bruce J. Fried
• 3. Financing and Organization of National Healthcare Systems / Lydia L. Ogden
• 4. Health System Regulation / Dean M. Harris
• 5. Health Systems Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries / Kimberley Geissler and Darwin Young
• 6. Health Reform / Thomas C. Ricketts, III
• Part ii Profiled Countries
• Introduction to the Countries
• Low-income Countries
• 7. Zambia / John Blevins
• 8. Kenya / John Blevins
• 9. Ghana / John Gyapong and Nathaniel Yellu
• 10. Nigeria / Adebusola Oluwatosin Ogunnaike
• 11. India / Ashish Rai
• Middle-income Countries
• 12. China / Hefei Wen, Peiyin Hung, Xu Ji, and Shuyang Li
• 13. Thailand / Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan and William Aldis

• 14. Cuba / Jorge Hadad and Elizabeth M. Allen
• 15. South Africa / Nicole Levidow
• 16. Brazil / Ligia Giovanella, Maria Helena Magalhães de Mendonça, and Antonio Ivo de Carvalho
• 17. Turkey / Aysit Tansel
• 18. Mexico / Bernardo Ramirez and Antonio Hurtado
• High-income Countries
• 19. Portugal / Teresa Durães
• 20. Czech Republic / Helena Hnilicová and Hana Janec.ková
• 21. Spain / Maria Caballer Tarazona and Anna Freeman
• 22. Israel / Revital Gross and Leslie R. Herman
• 23. Republic of Korea / Euichul Shin, Hye-Young Kang, Jinkyung Kim, and Hanjoong Kim
• 24. France / Julia Field Costich
• 25. Japan / Aki Yoshikawa and Jay Bhattacharya
• 26. United Kingdom / Maris Perlman and Bruce J. Fried
• 27. Taiwan / Peiyin Hung
• 28. Germany / Dale Rublee, Brigitta Spaeth, and Wolfgang Schramm
• 29. Canada / Laurie J. Goldsmith, Chelsey R. Beane, and Bruce J. Fried
• 30. United States of America / Christopher L. Gaydos
• 31. United Arab Emirates / Mohamed Al Awadhi and Andrew J. Major
• Glossary
• Index
• About the Editors.
• About the Contributors.

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Contributors:

Fried, Bruce, 1952-

Gaydos, Laura M.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: World health systems (Second edition — ISBN 9781567934205; LCCN 2011041659; OCLC Number 756895020)

Subjects:

World health

Medical care — Cross-cultural studies

Medicine — Cross-cultural studies

Medical care

Medicine

Genres:

Cross-cultural studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 780 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

RA441 .W676 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781567935493 (electronic bk.)
1567935494 (electronic bk.)
9781567934205 [Invalid]
156793420X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

859155793