Comparative Health Systems: A Global Perspective 2nd Edition by James A. Johnson, ISBN-13: 978-1284111736
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- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2nd edition (March 16, 2017)
- Language: English
- 596 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781284111736
- ISBN-13: 978-1284111736
Global health policy, administration, and practice continue to evolve while countries throughout the world seek to balance their economic and health goals through health system reform, improvement, and modification. The Second Edition of Comparative Health Systems: A Global Perspective addresses emerging events, advances, reforms, and challenges in the delivery of health care around the world.
Part I offers introduces foundational concepts of health care delivery systems including health and disease; and policy and economics. In Part II, the health systems of 22 unique countries are each examined in their own chapter including France, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, Australia, China, Japan, Russia, and Israel. These chapters carefully explore the country’s geography and culture, the history of its health system, followed by a detailed evaluation of cost, quality, access and innovation.
Ideal for courses in health administration, public health, nursing and other allied health professions, this innovative text challenges readers to reflect deeply about how health care is organized and delivered.
Key Features:
• Includes two new chapters that explore innovation and sustainability; and the role and contributions of non-governmental organizations
• Examines challenges and opportunities such as disaster and conflict, the changing U.S. health system, and a new chapter on small country innovations
• Offers new perspectives in evidence-based approaches to health system improvement; systems thinking at the policy level; integrated information management; macro and micro innovation, and systems sustainability
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Drs. David and Kathleen Jordan
Foreword by Dr. Ted Karpf
Preface by Dr. James A. Johnson
Contributors
About the Editors
PART I Global Health and Health Systems
Chapter 1 Introduction to Health Systems
Introduction
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Global Health and Disease
Introduction
Burden of Disease
Noncommunicable/Chronic Diseases
Zoonotic Infections
Public Health and Healthcare Services
Chapter 3 Global Health Systems Politics, Economics, and Policy
Introduction
How to Think About Health Policymaking—Micro and Macro Models
Possible Responses to the Convergence of Policy Problems
The Nature of National Health Tradeoffs, Ideology, and Ethics
Conclusion: Health Policymaking Around the World—Uncertain Times and Futures
Chapter 4 Role of International Organizations in Health Systems
Introduction
Intergovernmental Organizations
Nongovernmental Organizations
PART II Health Systems by Country
The Americas Region
Chapter 5 United States
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Canada
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Mexico
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Chapter 8 Peru
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Chapter 9 Brazil
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evolution of the Healthcare System in Brazil
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
European Region
Chapter 10 United Kingdom
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 11 France
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current Issues in Healthcare
Chapter 12 Germany
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Quality
Access
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 13 Ireland
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Chapter 14 Russia
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Health System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Middle East and Africa
Chapter 15 Turkey
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Health System
Emerging Challenges
Chapter 16 Jordan
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 17 Israel
Country Description
History of Country
Size and Geography
Government and Political System
Macroeconomics
Demographics
Healthcare System in Israel: Organization, Financing, and Delivery
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
An Integrated Healthcare System
Israeli Leadership in Global Health
Summary
Chapter 18 Ghana
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 19 Nigeria
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Current Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 20 Botswana
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Challenges
Asia and Pacific Region
Chapter 21 Bangladesh
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Chapter 22 India
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 23 China
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Current Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 24 Japan
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 25 Korea
Country Description
Introduction
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
Chapter 26 Australia
Country Description
Brief History of the Healthcare System
Description of the Current Healthcare System
Evaluation of the Healthcare System
Current and Emerging Issues and Challenges
PART III Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities
Chapter 27 Small Country Innovations
Introduction
Cuba
Singapore
Taiwan
The Netherlands
Costa Rica
Concluding Commentary
Chapter 28 Health Systems in Crisis and Disaster
Introduction
Geophysical Disasters
Biological Events
Climate Events
Health Systems Response
Conclusion
Chapter 29 Comparative Global Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction
International Health Policy, Globalization, and Privatization
Decentralization
Health Care as an Increasing Portion of GDP
Injuries and Violence
Mental Illness
Aging Population
Environmental Impact/Climate Change
Refugees, Displaced People, and Humanitarian Crises
Glossary of Health Systems Terms
Index
James A. Johnson is a medical social scientist who specializes in organizational and health systems development. He is a Professor in the School of Health Sciences and Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) Program at Central Michigan University where he teaches courses in comparative health systems, organizational behavior, and health systems thinking. Heis a veryactive researcher and health science writer with over 100 journal articles and20 books published. One book read worldwide is Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectiveswhere he and co-researchers analyzed the health systems of 20 different countries. He is also the co-author of the recently published Health Systems Thinking.Eighteen of Professor Johnson’s books have been selected for the permanent collection of the National Library of Medicine. Dr. Johnson is past-editor of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Journal of Healthcare Management and a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and global health editor for the Journal of Human Security and Resilience.Additionally, he has served on many boards including the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Diabetes Trust Foundation; American Public Health (APHA) Governing Council; Board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA); Advisory Board of the Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Board President of Charleston Low Country AIDS Services; Advisory Board of the Joint Africa Working Group;Advisory Board of the Center for Collaborative Health Leadership; and Board of Advisors for Health Systems of America. He is a regular delegate to the World Health Congress and a member of the Global Health Council. Dr. Johnson completed his Ph.D. at Florida State University.
Dr. Leiyu Shi is Professor of health policy and management from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management. He is also Director of Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center. He serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Equity in Health. He received his doctoral education from University of California Berkeley majoring in health policy and services research. He also has a masters in business administration focusing on finance. Dr. Shi’s research and practice focus on primary care, hospitals, health care systems, community health centers, health disparities, and vulnerable populations. He has conducted extensive studies about the association between primary care and health outcomes, particularly on the role of primary care in mediating the adverse impact of income inequality on health outcomes. Dr. Shiis also one of the developers of the Johns Hopkins Primary Care Assessment Tools that have been widely used internationally to measure primary health care performance at the individual, practice, and system levels. Dr. Shi has consulted extensively for hospitals, health care systems, and international agencies. He is a well-known expert on innovative practices and systems change. Dr.Shi is the author of twelve textbooks and over 250 scientific journal articles. He is named by Thomson Reuters in 2014 as among the top cited (and therefore most influential) scientists in the world in the area of Social Science general.
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