Implementing Planned Markets in Health Care: Balancing Social and Economic Responsibility

Abstract

What lessons can be learned from the health reform process to date? What direction will future health reforms take in the industrialized world? Implementing Planned Markets in Health Care brings together an international team of experts to address these important questions. Drawing on experiences in Northern Europe and the United States, it examines the key concepts behind the present push toward health reform in the industrialized world: contracting and solidarity, contestable v. competitive markets, the role of vouchers, and physicians' clinical autonomy. Also included are case studies of planned market approaches based on contracts, patient choice, and on quality of care. The book concludes with a broad comparative assessment of the main themes and points towards the most likely developments in future planned market models of health care.

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