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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Concept of the Study
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Front Matter
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Cross-Sectional Analyses
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
'The work of Heinz Rothgang et al deserves the attention of anyone interested in macro-level healthcare trends.' - Steven Foy, Duke University, USA
'The State and Healthcare is a...seminal book on th epolitical economy of health systems in western countries...This book is a must for scholars interested in the political economy of health care.' - West European Politics
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Germany
Heinz Rothgang
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RAND Europe, UK
Mirella Cacace
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University of Bremen, Germany
Lorraine Frisina, Achim Schmid
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Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, Germany
Simone Grimmeisen
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University of Siegen, Germany
Claus Wendt
About the authors
MIRELLA CACACE is an economist. Her main areas of research concern institutional economics and the international comparison of healthcare systems. She was a member of the Collaborative Research Center 597 in Bremen, Germany between 2003 and 2010. She currently works as an analyst at RAND Europe, Health and Health Care.
LORRAINE FRISNA is a political scientist working as a research associate and lecturer at the Collaborative Research Center 597 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany since 2006. Her main areas of research include comparative healthcare policy, with a particular focus on national health services, developments in policy values, the effects of DRGS on the professional autonomy of physicians and the role that economic crises have on welfare states.
SIMONE GRIMMEISEN is a Program Officer at the Department for Health Care and Humanitarian Aid at the Robert Bosch Foundation, Germany. Previous appointments include the German Ministry of Health and the University of Bremen, Germany where she was a member of the Collaborative Research Center 597 between 2003 and 2005. Her research interest is international and European welfare state research with a special focus on the German and British healthcare systems.
ACHIM SCHMID is a research fellow and Ph.D. student at the Collaborative Research Center 597 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany. He joined the project on the state and healthcare at the end of 2005. His main research interests include comparative social policy and health policy.
CLAUS WENDT is Professor of Sociology for health and healthcare systems at Siegen University, Germany. He was a member of the Collaborative Research Center 597 in Bremen, Germany between 2003 and 2005. His research interests include institutional theory, political sociology, international comparisons of welfare states and healthcare systems and the sociology of health.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The State and Healthcare
Book Subtitle: Comparing OECD Countries
Authors: Heinz Rothgang, Mirella Cacace, Lorraine Frisina, Simone Grimmeisen, Achim Schmid, Claus Wendt
Series Title: Transformations of the State
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292345
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00548-8Published: 17 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28214-2Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29234-5Published: 17 September 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 278
Topics: Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Social Care, Medicine/Public Health, general