In less than a decade, China transformed its inadequate, unjust health care system in order to provide basic universal health coverage (UHC) for its people. What forces made it possible for China to achieve this? What kind of transformation took place? What are the impacts of these policy...

The settings for health care delivery -- The people who provide health care -- Government and the health care system -- Financing the health care system -- Health care system performance -- Debates and conflicts that have structured health care change -- History of change from 1990 to the...

Quantifying national spending on wellness and prevention / George Miller, Charles Roehrig, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Craig Lake -- Spillover effects of prescription drug withdrawals / John Cawley, John A. Rizzo -- The psychology of nutrition messages / Heather Schofield, Sendhil Mullainathan --...

System wide health reform has become the norm across the globe, forcing health care delivery organizations to critically examine the ways in which they are structured and operate on a day to day basis. Resource scarcity has become common while at the same time, quality and clinical outcomes...

Der Autor analysiert die vorhandenen systemimmanenten Widersprüche innerhalb des deutschen Krankenversicherungssystems und entwickelt hieran anschließend einen Reformvorschlag für den gültigen Regelungsrahmen in zehn Thesen. Eine Analyse der niederländischen sowie schweizerischen Reformen...

Information about health care systems -- The ethical issues raised in health care debates -- Personal cost -- Efficacy -- Fiscal issues -- The case for universal health insurance -- Beyond health care.