Daniel Drache

Health Reform: Public Success, Private Failure - Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Era Daniel Drache

Publisher Marketing: This volume explores the deep-rooted tensions between publicly-funded health care systems and the dynamics of public markets to deliver privately-financed health care. International authorities in the field lay bare the limitations of market-led health reform and demonstrate the indispensable role of a vibrant public authority in the renewal of modern health care systems. Issues covered include: cost-containment and privatization strategies in an international perspective; the role of business and the private sector in setting the agenda for health care reform; the restructuring of Anglo-Saxon health systems and the shift in state/market boundaries in Canada, US, Britain and Australia; and the frontier of health care reform in terms of health and social cohesion, and the role of patient choice in health care reform. The book also reflects on the challenges facing health care in the advanced economies. More than simply the organization and financing of health care services, what is at stake is the establishment of social arrangements which produce health.

Contributor Bio:  Drache, Daniel DANIEL DRACHE is an associate professor of political science at Atkinson College, York University and co-editor of "The Other Macdonald Report", "The New Practical Guide to Canadian Political Economy", and co-author of "The Changing Workplace". Contributor Bio:  Sullivan, Terrence Terrence Sullivan is a senior health service leader in Canada who has led Cancer Care Ontario for much of the last decade. Jean-Louis Denis is a professor at the cole nationale d administration publique.