The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Healthcare Policy and Governance in International Perspective....Pages 3-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Healthcare Policy and Innovation....Pages 23-36
Global Healthcare Policy and the Austerity Agenda....Pages 37-53
Healthcare Policy and Finance....Pages 54-68
Primary Healthcare as a Global Healthcare Concept....Pages 69-84
Maternity Care as a Global Health Policy Issue....Pages 85-100
Typologies of Healthcare Systems and Policies....Pages 101-115
Comparison of Healthcare Systems Performance....Pages 116-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Health Policy Reform in China....Pages 135-153
Health Policy in India: Some Critical Concerns....Pages 154-170
Health Policy Reform in Low-Income and Lower Middle-Income Countries in Southeast Asia....Pages 171-187
Health Policy Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 188-203
Health Policy Reform in South America....Pages 204-221
Health Policy Reform in North America....Pages 222-237
Health Policy Reform in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union....Pages 238-253
Health Policy in the European Union....Pages 254-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Bringing the Health Workforce Challenge to the Policy Agenda....Pages 273-288
Health Human Resources Policy in Europe....Pages 289-307
Deploying and Managing Health Human Resources....Pages 308-324
Clinical Management and Professionalism....Pages 325-340
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Health Worker Migration in Context....Pages 341-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Mixed Governance and Healthcare Finance in East Asian Healthcare Systems....Pages 359-375
Public-Private Partnerships in Healthcare....Pages 376-392
Financial Incentives and the Governance of Performance....Pages 393-408
Decentralization and Health System Governance....Pages 409-424
Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare Governance....Pages 425-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Governing Public Hospitals....Pages 443-461
Long-Term Care Policies....Pages 462-478
Mental Health Policy and Governance....Pages 479-493
Health Policy and Complementary and Alternative Medicine....Pages 494-509
Governing Regenerative Medicine....Pages 510-525
E-Health Policy and Benchmarking in the European Union....Pages 526-542
Front Matter....Pages 543-543
Equity in Health Reform....Pages 545-560
Citizenship and Healthcare Policy....Pages 561-577
Gender and Healthcare Policy....Pages 578-596
Addressing Violence against Women in Health Policies....Pages 597-614
Ethnic Minority Groups in Healthcare Governance....Pages 615-630
European Policies on Healthcare for Undocumented Migrants....Pages 631-648
Ethics of Healthcare Policy and the Concept of Solidarity....Pages 649-664
Back Matter....Pages 665-696