{"product_id":"9781842772898","title":"Restructuring Health Services Changing Contexts and Comparative Perspectives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRestructuring Health Services\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eChanging Contexts and Comparative Perspectives\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKasturi Sen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Economic Conditions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealth service delivery is being restructured in both industrialised and developing countries. Public health scholars and policy makers in this volume show how this process is accelerating as a result of diverse factors including fiscal pressure, privatisation of infrastructure, and the impending renegotiation of the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe key policy issues that arise concern the implications of these changes for access and equity in public health provision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume reviews the rapidly changing context in which financing health care and its relationship to globalization and privatisation are taking place. It examines the specific mechanisms and institutional processes involved. And it explores various contrasting experiences, including HMOs in the USA, Britain's NHS, social health insurance in Western Europe, developing countries, and Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKasturi Sen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kolkata  India but moved to the UK in  her teens in the seventies  She is currently at Wolfson College (CR) University of Oxford She has been involved in international public health research, teaching and evalutation for the past three decades. . Her particular interests are in comparative health systems research with a focus on health financing,health policy and planning. She has coordinated several multi-centre studies for the European Commission, in the Middle East and in South Asia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 February 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eZed Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781842772898\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368984215692,"sku":"9781842772898","price":44.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_10ae8063-a7e0-458b-b442-0c97550373a3.jpg?v=1783877480","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781842772898","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}