Comparative Health Systems

The Second Edition of Comparative Health Systems: A Global Perspective offers new perspectives in health administration, public health, and public policy that address evidence-based approaches to health system improvement; systems thinking at the policy level; integrated information management; macro and micro innovation, and systems sustainability. Part I offers introduces foundational concepts including health and disease; and policy and economics. Two new chapters explore innovation and sustainability; and the role and contributions of non-governmental organizations. In Part II, the health systems of 19 countries are each examined in their own chapter, that carefully explores the country’s geography and culture, the history of its health system, followed by a detailed evaluation of cost, quality, access and innovation.
Additional ISBNs: 1284111741, 9781284111743
Comparative Health Systems 2nd Edition is written by James A. Johnson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Comparative Health Systems are 9781284145038, 1284145034 and the print ISBNs are 9781284111736, 1284111733