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...

The economic crises of the 1970s marked the end of the 'Golden Age' of the welfare state and triggered a broad range of cost containment measures in OECD countries. In the healthcare sector the difficulties of cutting back state involvement are largely caused by the fact that the legitimacy of...

Organizational Culture and Occupational Health -- The Importance of Leadership for Occupational Health -- Public and Private Policies Promoting Occupational Health -- Evidence-Based Studies and Interventions Promoting Occupational Health.

Die Bedeutung der unmittelbaren Verknüpfung von medizinischen und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Kenntnissen wird auch angesichts der enormen Dynamik und Herausforderungen einer nahezu alles beherrschenden Pandemie im Gesundheitswesen deutlich. Es ist daher entscheidend, Kosten und Nutzen von...