Transitions in Health Systems: Dealing with Persistent Problems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9086594646 ISBN 13: 9789086594641

Publisher: Vu University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Persistent difficulties in health systems and health system reform are explored in this book through the emerging scientific field of system innovation and transition theory. With emerging diseases, rising costs, and increasingly complex management processes, health care around the world is persistently confronted with a wide variety of problems that have not been adequately solved by attempted reforms in the health systems of many nations. From an innovative perspective, this book provides a number of beneficial strategies and inspirational, creative ideas of reform that improve efficiency and equity and work on all levels of national health systems. These strategies are described and analyzed so that they offer a new way of thinking for hospitals, insurance companies, and governmental boards.

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About the Author

Jacqueline E. W. Broerse is an associate professor and the head of the department of science communication at VU University Amsterdam. She is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dutch Royal Tropical Institute and appointed principle investigator at the Center for Society and Genomics. Joske F. G. Bunders is the head of the department of biology and society and the director of the Athena Institute at VU University Amsterdam.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vu University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9086594646
• ISBN 13: 9789086594641
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Broerse Jacqueline E. W., Bunders Joske F. G.