TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rothgang,Heinz
TI  - The state and healthcare: comparing OECD countries 
T2  - Transformations of the state
SN  - 9780230005488 (hbk.) :
AV  - RA412 .S73 2010
U1  - 362.1 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - National health services
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-274) and index; Table of contents 

Introduction to the Book
Rothgang, Heinz
Pages 3-9

Conceptual Framework of the Study
Rothgang, Heinz
Pages 10-22

The Changing Role of the State in Healthcare Financing
Schmid, Achim (et al.)
Pages 25-52

The Changing Role of the State in Healthcare Service Provision
Schmid, Achim (et al.)
Pages 53-71

The Role of the State in the British Healthcare System — Between Marketization and Statism
Grimmeisen, Simone (et al.)
Pages 75-118

The Self-Regulatory German Healthcare System Between Growing Competition and State Hierarchy
Rothgang, Heinz (et al.)
Pages 119-179

The US Healthcare System: Hierarchization With and Without the State
Cacace, Mirella
Pages 180-234

The Converging Role of the State in OECD Healthcare Systems
Rothgang, Heinz
Pages 237-247
N2  - "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"--
ER  -