Primary Care in the Driver's Seat

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Primary Care in the Driver's Seat (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
By Richard Saltman, Ana Rico, Wienke Boerma,


Publisher:  Open University Press
Number Of Pages:  280
Publication Date:  2005-12-01
Sales Rank:  1807392
ISBN / ASIN:  0335213650
EAN:  9780335213658
Binding:  Paperback
Manufacturer:  Open University Press
Studio:  Open University Press
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What is the best way to structure primary care services?
How can coordination between primary care and other parts of health care systems be improved?
How should new technologies be integrated into primary care?
There is considerable agreement among national policy makers across Europe that, in principle, primary care should be the linchpin of a well-designed health care system. This agreement, however, does not carry over into the organizational mechanisms best suited to pursuing or achieving this common objective. Across western, central and eastern Europe, primary care is delivered through a wide range of institutional, financial, professional and clinical configurations. This book is a study of the reforms of primary care in Europe as well as their impacts on the broader co-ordination mechanisms within European health care systems. It also provides suggestions for effective strategies for future improvement in health care system reform.
Primary Care in the Driver’s Seat is key reading for students studying health policy, health economics, public policy and management, as well as health managers and policy makers.

Contributors: Richard Baker, University of Leicester; Sven-Eric Bergman, Bergman and Dahlb鋍k AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Wienke Boerma, Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research (NIVEL) in Utrecht, Netherlands; Mats Brommels, University of Helsinki and Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; Sweden; Michael Calnan, University of Bristol; Diana Delnoij, Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research (NIVEL) in Utrecht, Netherlands; Anna Dixon, London School of Economics and Political Science; Carl-Ardy Dubois, University of Montreal, Canada; Joan Gené Badia, Catalan Institute of Health in Barcelona, Spain; Bernhard Gibis, National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), Berlin, Germany; Stefan Gre