Comparing Health Systems

Front Cover -- Comparing Health Systems -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Health Systems -- The Social Determinants Of Health -- Health Funding -- Health Expenditure -- Covid-19 -- Comparing Health Systems -- Health Outcomes -- Social Determinants Outcomes -- Health Funding Outcomes -- Health Expenditure Outcomes -- Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- Case Studies -- Norway -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- 2 Social Determinants -- Introduction -- Social Determinants Of Health -- Directional Expectations Results: High Health Outcomes -- Results: High Health Equity -- Results: High Health Equity And Health Outcomes -- Discussion Of Results -- Conclusion -- Case Studies -- Germany -- Switzerland -- Australia -- 3 Healthcare Funding -- Introduction -- Healthcare Funding -- Issues And Tensions In Health Funding -- High Health Access -- Results: High Efficiency -- High Access And Efficiency -- Discussion Of Results -- Conclusion -- Case Studies -- The United Kingdom -- New Zealand -- France -- 4 Spending On Health -- Introduction -- Health Expenditure -- Curative Versus Long-term Expenditures Curative Versus Preventative -- Data And Expectations -- High Care Score Results -- Results: High Health Outcomes -- Results: High Care Score And High Outcomes Score -- Discussion Of Results -- Conclusion -- Case Studies -- Canada -- The United States -- 5 Covid-19 -- Introduction -- Data And Calibration -- Results -- Low Covid-19 Mortality -- Low Covid-19 Cases -- Covid-19 Mortality Or Covid-19 Cases -- Discussion Of Results -- Conclusion -- 6 Comparing Health Systems -- Introduction -- Causal Factors -- High Health Outcomes -- Preventable Years Of Life Lost -- High Outcomes (low Pyll Measures) Comparing The 10- And 31-country Solutions -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Low Outcome Solutions -- Learning From High Outcome Solutions -- The United States -- The United Kingdom -- Strengths And Weaknesses -- Conclusion -- Consistency -- Coverage -- Calibration -- References -- Appendix: Method And Data -- Consistency -- Coverage -- Calibration -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Ian Greener. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.