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BL
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711233
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b533422
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| Title & Author
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The state and healthcare : : comparing OECD countries /\ Heinz Rothgang ... [and others]
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| Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Transformations of the state
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 278 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0230005489
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: 9780230005488
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| Notes
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"CRC 597."--T.p
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-274) and index
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| Abstract
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"Since the 1970s the state has witnessed significant challenges to its control over social policy institutions in the arena of health care. Examining these changes in comparative perspective, this volume provides a quantitative overview of financing, regulation and service provision for 21 OECD countries, with an in-depth qualitative analysis of three cases -- the US, UK and Germany. The book argues that healthcare systems are converging towards mixed regimes and that this marks a new era in welfare state history"--
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Medical policy
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National health services
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National Health Programs-- economics
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Government Regulation
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Health Policy
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Organizational Case Studies
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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RA412.S73 2010
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2010 M-417
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WA 540.1
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| Added Entry
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Rothgang, Heinz
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