Health Care Systems in Liberal Democracies

Health Care Systems in Liberal Democracies looks at the way in which health care is organized and delivered in: * Australia * Italy * the Netherlands * Sweden * the UK * the US It also examines the continuing quest for solutions to some of the seemingly intractable problems on the health care agenda. The organisation of health care in each country is analyzed within a common framework.

Ann Wall is Senior Lecturer in Social Administration and Health Policy at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

1 Introduction; The context of health care systems; The development of state involvement; The principal features of service delivery and administration; Financing arrangements; Contemporary issues in health policy; References and further reading 2 Australia 3 Italy 4 The Netherlands 5 Sweden 6 The United Kingdom 7 The United States of America 8 Conclusion