| Description |
ix, 166 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Oxford readings in New Zealand politics, 0967-4144 ; no. 4 |
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Oxford readings in New Zealand politics. 0967-4144 ; no. 4
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| Contents |
1. Defining Health Policy -- 2. The Changing Environment of Health Policy -- 3. The Political Context of Health Care Systems -- 4. The Changing Goals of Health Policy -- 5. Rationing Medicine: A Core Services Approach -- 6. Other Options and Examples for New Zealand -- 7. New Zealand Health Policy |
| Summary |
The book will be of interest especially to health policy analysts and other health professionals, and also to students of politics, medicine, economics, sociology, and law, and to concerned citizens |
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This book puts New Zealand's health policy in an international context, comparing the New Zealand developments with those taking place in other countries, especially the United States. The principal emphasis of the book is on how societal goals are being altered by social, economic, and political forces that extend well beyond one country's boundaries. Using this comparative approach, the book discusses such near-universal trends as ageing populations and the diffusion of expensive medical technologies, together with such intractable issues as the problems of cost containment and difficult allocation and rationing policies. The book makes a well-informed and carefully argued contribution to the continuing debate on the restructuring of New Zealand health care over the last decade, and raises questions as to what the future will bring |
| Analysis |
Health care |
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New Zealand |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Bibliography : p.153-160 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index |
| Subject |
Health planning -- New Zealand.
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Medical policy -- New Zealand.
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Public health administration -- New Zealand.
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| LC no. |
94238972 |
| ISBN |
0195583191 |
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