Comparative Health Policy

This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. The third edition has been revised throughout and now includes:- details of recent reforms in Germany and Netherlands- an increased number of examples from within Asia- boxed histories on the development of the health systems coveredThis highly acclaimed and broad-ranging comparative assessment of health policy around the world will be useful to both students and practitioners.