This volume provides a comprehensive review of China's healthcare system and policy reforms in the context of the global economy. Following a value-chain framework, the 16 chapters cover the payers, the providers, and the producers (manufacturers) in China's system. It also provides a detailed...

India's healthcare industry : a system perspective / Lawton R. Burns -- Innovative responses to the healthcare challenges confronting India / Stephen M. Sammut -- India's healthcare industry : an overview of the value chain / Lawton R. Burns -- The medical profession in India / Ajay Bakshi,...

Machine generated contents note: Foreword William C. Hsiao; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: Analytic Framework, History, and Public Health: 1. China's healthcare industry: a system perspective Lawton Robert Burns and Gordon Liu; 2. History of China's healthcare system Lawton Robert...

"When it comes to healthcare, bigger isn't always better. The early-1990s rise of "megaproviders"-large, hospital-based healthcare systems that have become the norm in American medicine-brought promises of accessibility, cost savings, and excellence to the American healthcare experience. Today's...

A Guide Through the Wilderness -- What is a Healthcare System? -- Population Health -- Goals of Healthcare -- The 800-Pound Gorilla : Rising Healthcare Costs -- Managing Quality : Another 800-Pound Gorilla? -- Healthcare Providers -- The Medical Profession -- Primary Care : Physicians, Nurses,...

Chapter 1: Introduction to the value chain -- Chapter 2: Introduction to the intermediaries in the healthcare value chain -- Chapter 3: Overview of GPOs -- Chapter 4: History of GPOs (co-authored with David Cassak) -- Chapter 5: Performance of GPOs -- Chapter 6: Analysis of Specific GPO Issues...

This book contains two Open Access chapters. The 21st volume of Advances in Health Care Management presents informed commentaries solicited from leaders across the field of health care management. Each chapter tackles a specific health care challenge, describing the state of the research on the...