Health Politics in Europe - A Handbook
IMMERGUT Ellen M. , ANDERSON Karen M. , DEVITT Camilla , POPIC Tamara
Product details
- Categories: Food Safety & Public Health
- Publisher: OUP - Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 9780198860525
- Publication Date: 02/07/2021
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 1048
- Language: English
Summary
Health Politics in Europe: A Handbook is a major new reference
work, which provides historical background and up-to-date information
and analysis on health politics and health systems throughout Europe.
In particular, it captures developments that have taken place since the end of the Cold War, a turning point for many European health systems, with most post-communist transition countries privatizing their state-run health systems, and many Western European health systems experimenting with new public management and other market-oriented health reforms. Following three introductory, stage-setting chapters, the handbook offers country cases divided into seven regional sections, each of which begins with a short regional outlook chapter that highlights the region's common characteristics and divergent paths taken by the separate countries, including comparative data on health system financing, healthcare access, and the political salience of health. Each regional section contains at least one detailed main case, followed by shorter treatments of the other countries in the region. Country chapters feature a historical overview focusing on the country's progression through a series of political regimes and the consequences of this history for the health system; an overview of the institutions and functioning of the contemporary health system; and a political narrative tracing the politics of health policy since 1989. This political narrative, the core of each country case, examines key health reforms in order to understand the political motivations and dynamics behind them and their impact on public opinion and political legitimacy. The handbook's systematic structure makes it useful for country-specific, cross-national, and topical research and analysis.
In particular, it captures developments that have taken place since the end of the Cold War, a turning point for many European health systems, with most post-communist transition countries privatizing their state-run health systems, and many Western European health systems experimenting with new public management and other market-oriented health reforms. Following three introductory, stage-setting chapters, the handbook offers country cases divided into seven regional sections, each of which begins with a short regional outlook chapter that highlights the region's common characteristics and divergent paths taken by the separate countries, including comparative data on health system financing, healthcare access, and the political salience of health. Each regional section contains at least one detailed main case, followed by shorter treatments of the other countries in the region. Country chapters feature a historical overview focusing on the country's progression through a series of political regimes and the consequences of this history for the health system; an overview of the institutions and functioning of the contemporary health system; and a political narrative tracing the politics of health policy since 1989. This political narrative, the core of each country case, examines key health reforms in order to understand the political motivations and dynamics behind them and their impact on public opinion and political legitimacy. The handbook's systematic structure makes it useful for country-specific, cross-national, and topical research and analysis.
Table of contents
Part I: Introduction
1:Health Politics Today, Ellen M. Immegut
2:Health Outcomes and Health Inequalities, 1. Simone M. Schneider, Ave Roots, and Katharina Rathmann
3:Public Opinion and Healthcare Attitudes, Diana Burlacu and Andra Roescu
Part II: Ireland and the UK
4:Regional Outlook: Ireland and the UK, Jane Gingrich and Scott L. Greer
5:Ireland, Camilla Devitt
6:1. The UK: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, Jane Gingrich and Scott L. Greer
Part III: The Nordic Countries
7:Regional Outlook: The Nordic Countries, Ellen M. Immergut and Maria Oskarson
8:Sweden, Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad
9:Denmark, Karsten Vrangbæk
10:Finland, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Meri Koivusalo and Ilmo Keskimäki
11:Norway, Mi Ah Schoyen
Part IV: Southern Europe
12:Regional Outlook: Southern Europe, Elisa Chuliá and Karen M. Anderson
13:Portugal, Maria Asensio
14:Italy, Franca Maino and Federico Razetti
15:Spain, Elisa Chuliá
16:Greece, Ilias Kyriopoulos and Elias Mossialos
17:Cyprus, 1. Mamas Theodorou and Kostas Athanasakis
Part V: The Baltic Countries
18:Regional Outlook: The Baltic Countries, Mare Ainsaar and Ave Roots
19:Estonia, Mare Ainsaar, Ave Roots, and Jüri Kõre
20:Latvia, Edgars Eihmanis
21:Lithuania, Liubovė Murauskienė
Part VI: Continental Europe
22:Regional Outlook: Continental Europe, Ellen M. Immergut
23:Germany, Ellen M. Immergut and Claus Wendt
24:The Netherlands, Karen M. Anderson and Ruud J. van Druenen
25:France, Matthias Brunn and Patrick Hassenteufel
26:Belgium, Julia Lynch and Chris Vermorken
27:Luxembourg, Anja Leist
28:Austria, Carina Diesenreiter and Claus Wendt
29:Switzerland, Christian Rüefli
Part VII: Central Eastern Europe
30:Regional Outlook: Central Eastern Europe, Tamara Popic
31:Czech Republic, Tamara Popic
32:Hungary, Mária Éva Földes
33:Poland, Tamara Popic
34:Slovakia, Tamara Popic
35:Slovenia, Tamara Popic
Part VIII: Southern Eastern Europe
36:Regional Outlook: Southern Eastern Europe, Tamara Popic and Guergana Stolarov-Demuth
37:Bulgaria, Guergana Stolarov-Demuth
38:Albania, Mirza Balaj
39:Romania, Diana Burlacu and Alexandru Daniel Moise
40:Former Yugoslavia, Tamara Popic and Natalija Periśić
41:Croatia, Tamara Popic
42:Serbia, Tamara Popic
43:Montenegro, Natalija Periśić
44:North Macedonia, Simonida Kacarska and Neda Milevska Kostova
45:Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jasmin Hasić
46:Kosovo, Arta Uka
1:Health Politics Today, Ellen M. Immegut
2:Health Outcomes and Health Inequalities, 1. Simone M. Schneider, Ave Roots, and Katharina Rathmann
3:Public Opinion and Healthcare Attitudes, Diana Burlacu and Andra Roescu
Part II: Ireland and the UK
4:Regional Outlook: Ireland and the UK, Jane Gingrich and Scott L. Greer
5:Ireland, Camilla Devitt
6:1. The UK: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, Jane Gingrich and Scott L. Greer
Part III: The Nordic Countries
7:Regional Outlook: The Nordic Countries, Ellen M. Immergut and Maria Oskarson
8:Sweden, Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad
9:Denmark, Karsten Vrangbæk
10:Finland, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Meri Koivusalo and Ilmo Keskimäki
11:Norway, Mi Ah Schoyen
Part IV: Southern Europe
12:Regional Outlook: Southern Europe, Elisa Chuliá and Karen M. Anderson
13:Portugal, Maria Asensio
14:Italy, Franca Maino and Federico Razetti
15:Spain, Elisa Chuliá
16:Greece, Ilias Kyriopoulos and Elias Mossialos
17:Cyprus, 1. Mamas Theodorou and Kostas Athanasakis
Part V: The Baltic Countries
18:Regional Outlook: The Baltic Countries, Mare Ainsaar and Ave Roots
19:Estonia, Mare Ainsaar, Ave Roots, and Jüri Kõre
20:Latvia, Edgars Eihmanis
21:Lithuania, Liubovė Murauskienė
Part VI: Continental Europe
22:Regional Outlook: Continental Europe, Ellen M. Immergut
23:Germany, Ellen M. Immergut and Claus Wendt
24:The Netherlands, Karen M. Anderson and Ruud J. van Druenen
25:France, Matthias Brunn and Patrick Hassenteufel
26:Belgium, Julia Lynch and Chris Vermorken
27:Luxembourg, Anja Leist
28:Austria, Carina Diesenreiter and Claus Wendt
29:Switzerland, Christian Rüefli
Part VII: Central Eastern Europe
30:Regional Outlook: Central Eastern Europe, Tamara Popic
31:Czech Republic, Tamara Popic
32:Hungary, Mária Éva Földes
33:Poland, Tamara Popic
34:Slovakia, Tamara Popic
35:Slovenia, Tamara Popic
Part VIII: Southern Eastern Europe
36:Regional Outlook: Southern Eastern Europe, Tamara Popic and Guergana Stolarov-Demuth
37:Bulgaria, Guergana Stolarov-Demuth
38:Albania, Mirza Balaj
39:Romania, Diana Burlacu and Alexandru Daniel Moise
40:Former Yugoslavia, Tamara Popic and Natalija Periśić
41:Croatia, Tamara Popic
42:Serbia, Tamara Popic
43:Montenegro, Natalija Periśić
44:North Macedonia, Simonida Kacarska and Neda Milevska Kostova
45:Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jasmin Hasić
46:Kosovo, Arta Uka