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Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland

Part of the book series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy (HEPP, volume 7)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    • Peter Zweifel
    Pages 1-8
  3. Overview of the Two Systems

    • Monica Bezzola, Peter Martinsson
    Pages 9-28
  4. Licensing of Physicians

    • Lorenz Götte, Klaus Hammes
    Pages 69-90
  5. Price Setting for Doctors

    • Kristina Burström, Rafael Gisin
    Pages 91-109
  6. Licensing of Firms and Institutions

    • Lars Nicklasson, Roland Umbricht
    Pages 111-135
  7. Reimbursement of Hospital Services and Hospital Financing

    • Mattias Lundbäck, Daniel Staib
    Pages 137-160
  8. Incentives for Diffusion of New Health Care Technology

    • Alexander Dozet, Lukas Fischer
    Pages 161-185
  9. The Market for Pharmaceuticals

    • Klas Bergenheim, Ulrich Braun
    Pages 187-208
  10. Programs for the Aged in Sweden and in Switzerland

    • Jason Hauser, Christin Prütz
    Pages 209-234
  11. Compensation for Health-Related Loss of Income

    • Klas Rikner, Michael Strumpf
    Pages 235-254
  12. Taxes, Premiums, User Charges: Financing from the Point of View of Consumers

    • Anna Persson, Zülfikar Güzelgün
    Pages 255-272
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 273-274

About this book

Health care arguably is the single most regulated industry in industrial countries, and possibly in newly industrialized and developing countries as well. But what exactly is being regulated, what are the instruments used, and what are the effects and side-effects of such regulation?
Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland seeks to resolve problems in answering these key questions regarding the health care sector in two countries - Sweden and Switzerland. The volume contains a series of studies that compare the regulation of health and health care in these two apparently very similar countries, in considerable detail. The contributing teams acquired a great deal of knowledge about health regulation in both countries; they also derived comparative predictions when regulation differs, using actual observations to check whether these predictions are borne out. These comparisons are based on the conditions prevailing in the mid-nineties.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland

    Peter Zweifel

  • Department of Economics, Lund University, Sweden

    Carl Hampus Lyttkens

  • School of Economics, Lund University, Sweden

    Lars Söderström

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