Healthy or sick? : coevolution of health care and public health in a comparative perspective / Philipp Trein.
2018
K3570 .T74 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Healthy or sick? : coevolution of health care and public health in a comparative perspective / Philipp Trein.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Description
xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Cambridge studies in comparative public policy.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Sectoral coupling of health care and public health
Theoretical priors
Global context and case selection
UK: Institutional unification and tight coupling of health care and public health
Australia: Politicized professions and tight coupling of health care and public health
Germany: Dominance of individual health care and de-coupling from public health
Switzerland: Institutional fragmentation, depoliticized health professions, and noncoupling
United States: Politicized professions and loose coupling of health care and public health
Coevolution of policy sectors: health care and public health in a comparative perspective.
Sectoral coupling of health care and public health
Theoretical priors
Global context and case selection
UK: Institutional unification and tight coupling of health care and public health
Australia: Politicized professions and tight coupling of health care and public health
Germany: Dominance of individual health care and de-coupling from public health
Switzerland: Institutional fragmentation, depoliticized health professions, and noncoupling
United States: Politicized professions and loose coupling of health care and public health
Coevolution of policy sectors: health care and public health in a comparative perspective.
Summary
"The book analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses. It does this by conducting a comparative historical analysis of Australia, Germany, Switzerland, UK, and the US. It also demonstrates how the politicization of the medical profession contributes to the success of preventative health policy. The book argues that two factors lead to a close relationship of curative and preventative elements in health policies and institutions: a strong national government that possesses a wide range of control over subnational levels of government, and if professional organizations (especially the medical profession) perceive preventative and non-medical health policy as important and campaign for it politically. The book provides a historical and comparative narrative to substantiate this claim empirically"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
K3570 .T74 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9781108426497 (hardback)
1108426492
1108426492
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