Health Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe

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Inhoudsopgave

1	Health Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990: Comparative Context and Concerns
2	Health Reforms in Armenia, 1990-2010
3	Health Reforms in Bulgaria
4	Health Reforms in the Czech Republic
5	Health Policy in Hungary
6	Health System Reforms in the Republic of Macedonia, 1991-2010
7	Health Reforms in Romania
8	Patterns of Health Care Reform in Economies under Transition: The Case of Russia
9	Health Reforms in Slovakia
10	The Health Care System in Slovenia, 1980-2011
11	Observations, Inferences and Conclusions
	About the Authors
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Beschrijving

Given dramatic changes in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of Berlin Wall 1989 and the dissolution of  the Soviet Union in 1991, local area experts were challenged to examine their national systems of health care as well as proposals to reform them. Each chapter provides contextual data and information on the empirical realities of a specific country at five-year intervals since 1990 as well as the organizational framework of its health care system. The book explores the historical thread of reforms attempted and their current state of implementation by addressing criteria for reforming national health systems such as costs, effectiveness, efficiency, equity and feasibility. The authors stress selected policy elements such as the roles of major actors, the shadow economy, cost containment, access, centralization and decentralization.  While no blueprint is offered, intriguing patterns emerge across the cases plus observations about ‘next steps’ in the unfolding process of health reforms in the region.

Doelgroep

Policy makers, professional practitioners, students. Disciplines: health administration; public management; political science and area studies (Europe, CIS).

Auteursinformatie

James Warner Björkman is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Administration at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands, and past Chair of the International Political Science Association’s Research Committee on Comparative Health Policy

Juraj Nemec is Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) and at Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic).                      

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