Global Health Systems Comparing Strategies for Delivering Health Services

Written as a textbook for International health, comparative studies, global health, international affairs, health administration and public health, Global Health Systems helps students to think more deeply about how health care is organized. The friendly style of writing engages the learner in understanding how health systems are interdependent and stresses what one system can learn from the other. The book presents a variety of real life, stimulating examples of what can go wrong at the health system level and practice level with suggestions for preventing future problems. Review questions are included at the end of each chapter summarizing major points and facilitating critical thinking, problem-solving, and informed decision-making particularly when addressing health care, cost, quality, and true access.

PartI Overview of Health Care: Addressing True Access
Chapter1 Introduction
Chapter2 Disparities in Health: A Closer Look at Health Disparities in the USA
Chapter3 The Eight Factor Model: For Evaluating True Access
PartII Health Care in Industrialized (Developed) Countries
Chapter4 United States Health Care System
Chapter5 Canadian Health Care System
Chapter6 The Health Care System in Japan
Chapter7 The Health Care System in The United Kingdom
Chapter8 The Health Care System in France
Chapter9 The Italian Health Care System
PartIII Health Care in Developing Countries
Chapter10 The Brazilian Health Care System
Chapter11 The Health Care System in Cuba
Chapter12 The Health Care System in India
Chapter13 The Health Care System in The Russian Federation
Chapter14 The Health Care System in Ghana
PartIV Specific Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter15 Prevalence and Management of Behavioral Health Care
Chapter16 Comparative Perspectives: International
Chapter17 Leadership and Conclusion