The papers in this book were presented at the 1995 King's Fund international seminar in Canada by representatives of health services in six countries which have undergone major attempts at reform. Assuming that problems will still exist after structural changes have been implemented, they consider what lies ahead for the ...
This report was prepared in response to a request from Health Partners International Ltd. It looks at hospital management in seven countries with differing health care systems in order to inform the South African Hospital Strategy Project.
This report reviews the performance of health services in Sweden, Holland, West Germany, Canada and USA. The main aim has been to identify the countries' studies, to draw parallels with the UK, and to establish the lessons, if any, from abroad. Chapter one traces the origins of the Prime Minister's ...
This handbook is intended as an introduction for managers and professionals to the concept of health service accreditation as it exists in the USA, Australia, Canada and, more briefly, in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Spain and Yugoslavia. The models described are not intended as a blue print for a UK ...
The aim of this study is to explore the effect of alternative methods of financing health services on health service performance - particularly performance with respect to efficiency and equity - in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. All countries face certain dilemmas in financing health services: health ...