{"product_id":"restructuring-health-services-kasturi-sen-9781842772898","title":"Restructuring Health Services: Changing Contexts and Comparative Perspectives","description":"\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). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe key policy issues that arise concern the implications of these changes for access and equity in public health provision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kasturi Sen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842772899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842772898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.36w x 0.78d","brand":"Kasturi Sen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088865177855,"sku":"9781842772898","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_720a6f0b-68e4-4088-95e2-c98844577ca4.jpg?v=1769106966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/restructuring-health-services-kasturi-sen-9781842772898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}