Health care systems in eight countries: trends and challenges - CIMCA

Health care systems in eight countries:

trends and challenges

PREPARED BY THE

European Observatory on Health Care Systems

April 2002

Health care systems in eight countries:

trends and challenges

Commissioned by the Health Trends Review, HM Treasury

Prepared by the European Observatory on Health Care Systems

April 2002

The European Observatory on Health Care Systems is a unique project that builds on the commitment of all its partners to improving health care systems:

S The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe S Government of Greece S Government of Norway S Government of Spain S European Investment Bank S Open Society Institute S World Bank S London School of Economics and Political Science S London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Health care systems in eight countries:

trends and challenges

Editors: Authors:

Anna Dixon Elias Mossialos

Reinhard Busse Anna Dixon Judith Healy

Allan Krasnik Sandra Leon Val?rie Paris Dominique Polton

Ana Rico Ray Robinson Simone Sandier Sarah Thomson Signild Vallg?rda Karsten Vrangb?k

The European Observatory on Health Care Systems London School of Economics & Political Science Hub Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE UK

First published 2002.

? The London School of Economics & Political Science 2002

The views expressed in this publication are those of the editors and contributors and do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of the participating organisations of the European Observatory on Health Care Systems.

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A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library.

ISBN 0 7530 1548 X

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