- Title
- What can Americans learn from Europeans?
- First Author
- Jonsson, Bengt
- Date of Pub
- 1989 Supp.
- Pages
- 79-93; discussion 93-110
- Volume
- Supp.
- Issue
- N/A
- Other Authors
- N/A
- Abstract
- In this article, the opportunities for Americans to learn from Europeans regarding the pros and cons of a comprehensive health care system, the role of regionalization in achieving cost control, efficiency, and equity, and the management of new expensive technologies are discussed. One conclusion is that there is a convergence of health care systems, at least in terms of means to achieve cost containment and efficiency. European health care systems will increasingly provide interesting information on how different health policies--many of them devised in the United States--work under different economic and regulatory conditions.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- Health Services Research : Comparative Study : Cross-Cultural Comparison : Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration : Europe/epidemiology : Health Expenditures/statistics & numerical data : Human : Kidney Failure, Chronic/epidemiology : Lithotripsy/economics : Regional Health Planning : United States/epidemiology
- NTIS Number
- PB90-172255
