The origins of medicine and the market: from Adam Smith to HMOs -- A tale of two cultures: Canada and the United States -- The endurance of solidarity: universal health care in Western Europe and elsewhere -- The market in developing countries: an ongoing experiment -- The market wild card:...

The healthcare sector is one of the fastest growing areas of social and public spending worldwide, and it is expected to increase its government shares of GDP in the near future. Truly global in its scope, this book presents a unified, structured understanding of how the design of a country's...