Health Care and Public Policy

5th Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4202-5688-8
Verlag: Red Globe Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

This updated and revised 5th edition of the highly successful book Health Care and Public Policy: An Australian Analysis, provides a comprehensive analysis of health care and public policy in Australia. It explains what governments have done and what they can do about shaping Australia’s health care system, and considers the political, economic, social and epidemiological contexts within which health policies develop, and the forces that promote and oppose change.
This new edition revises all relevant data and provides a thorough analysis of the major policy shifts and changes since 2010. Recent changes include the commitment of the Commonwealth government to undertake major reforms to the funding and organisation of health services in Australia which were incorporated in the National Health Reform Agreement (NHRA) and accepted by all States and Territories in 2011. 
Health Care and Public Policy is an invaluable text for students in health administration, health planning, social work and social administration as well as students in all health-related courses and those working in health care, either in policy or service delivery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, George

Short, Stephanie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents: List of figures List of tables List of abbreviations About the authors Acknowledgments Preface to the fourth edition Introduction Chapter 1 The Australian healthcare system Chapter 2 Public policy analysis and health care Chapter 3 Perspectives on health policy Chapter 4 Health insurance and financing health services Chapter 5 Organising healthcare services Chapter 6 The health workforce Chapter 7 Medical services and technological change Chapter 8 Public health Chapter 9 Health services for disadvantaged groups Chapter 10 Reforming health policymaking, delivery and financing Chapter 11 The future Bibliography Websites Index

Über Autor(innen)

George Palmer is Emeritus Professor of Health Services Management Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, is also the chair of the advisory board of UTS Centre for Health Services Management. Stephanie Short is a Professor in the Discipline of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Health at the University of Sydney. She is currently the Associate Dean, Postgraduate in the Faculty of Health Sciences. She has written extensively on the sociological aspects of health care. Professor Short is Convenor of HealthGov, a division of the Australian Research Council-funded Governance Network.