Unser Beitrag thematisiert soziale Gerechtigkeit in der Finanzierung des deutschen Gesundheitssystems. Obgleich in öffentlichen Debatten häufig mit sozialer Gerechtigkeit argumentiert wird, fehlt ein entsprechendes Konzept und demzufolge auch die empirische Fundierung. Wir greifen dieses...

Social justice in health care insurance relates to both, the utilisation of services and the financing of the system. With respect to the latter, in its World Health Report 2000 the WHO promoted a concept of fair financing that asks for contributions to health care financing that are...

This article focuses on two major questions concerning the changing role of the state in the health care systems of OECD countries. Firstly, we ask whether major changes in the level of state involvement (in health care systems) have occurred in the past thirty years. Given the fact that three...

This paper discusses the fundamental changes in the American health care system during the past four decades. By applying a multidimensional framework, the changing role of the state in financing, service provision, and in the regulation of the health care system are scrutinized. The results...