Comparative Health Policy

A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of health systems. The fully revised fourth edition incorporates additional material on global health issues and expanded coverage of the role and functions of international organizations in relation to the provision and management of health care.

ROBERT H. BLANK is Research Scholar, New College, Sarasota, Florida, USA and visiting Professor at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He has published over thirty books in health and biomedical policy.

VIOLA BURAU is Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Aarhus, Denmark. She has written on a range of topics, including the policies and politics of health, the governance of old age care and professions in the welfare state.

1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction
2. The Context of Health Care
3. Funding, Provision and Governance
4. Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources
5. The Medical Profession
6. Beyond the Hospital: Care in the Home
7. Public Health
8. Understanding Health Policy Comparatively