Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems
Llibre suggerent, amb aquest índex:
PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH SYSTEMS
1 An introduction to the Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems 2
PART II CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
2 Health and healthcare as a human right 12
3 Do democratic regimes exhibit ‘better’ health outcomes? 27
4 Soviet communism and later-life health and health care 42
5 Federalism and tax-financed healthcare: economic advantages, dilemmas, and solutions 57
6 The coordination in European Union healthcare after Covid-19 70
7 Efficiency and equity effects of healthcare decentralization: evidence from Italy 85
8 Political economy of health care insurance expansion in Mexico 112
9 Weird health care for WEIRD societies? 130
PART III POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL MARKETS AND HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
10 Medical composition of cabinets and the health care system 147
11 Women politicians and public health 157
12 Community and civic participation effects on health and well-being 177
13 Ideology and health spending 200
14 Lobbying, health, and healthcare 213
15 Healthcare corruption 236
16 Provider power and healthcare systems 247
17 Health effects of trade policy and corporate interest groups 270
18 Institutional quality and health outcomes 292
PART IV THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE FINANCING AND POLICY REFORMS
19 Towards a general political economy of private supplementary health insurance 319
20 Political economy of public financing of health in low- and middle-income countries 339
21 Political economy of health system reform: evidence from Spain 370
22 The pharmaceutical patent system and access to medicines 380
PART V POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE DURING COVID-19
23 Covid-19 and the interest group approach to government 397
24 Political preferences and nudging for healthcare: evidence from Covid certificates 412
25 Multilevel governance in the first wave of Covid-19 430
PART VI LESSONS FROM THE HANDBOOK
26 The political economy of health systems: research space, goals and lessons 447
