Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The Comparative Study of Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Lessons from Abroad - David Mechanic
A Comparative Perspective
Comparative Health Systems and the Convergence Hypothesis - Mark Field
The Dialectics of Universalism and Particularism
PART TWO: THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE
From Solidarity to Market Competition - Christa Altenstetter
Values, Structure and Strategy in German Health Policy 1883-1997
Health Care Cost Containment in Germany - Bradford Kirkman-Liff
Germany Unity and Health Care Reform - Bradley Scharf
PART THREE: THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
Canadian National Health Insurance - Catherine Charles and Robin Badgley
Evolution and Unresolved Policy Issues
Will Power, Cost Control and Health Reform in Canada, 1987-1992 - Catherine Fooks
Preventive and Primary Care Access Systems - Francois Béland
CLSCs as Neighborhood and Social Service Centers in Quebec
PART FOUR: THE SWEDISH EXPERIENCE
Historical and Institutional Foundations of the Swedish Health Care System - Ellen Immergut
Evolving Roles of the National and Regional Governments in the Swedish Health Care System - Richard Saltman
Cost Control in the Swedish Health Sector - Casten von Otter
PART FIVE: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE
Britain′s Health Care Experiment - Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein
The Reforms of the British National Health Service - John Appleby
Policy Lessons from the British Health Care System - Donald W Light
PART SIX: HEALTH CARE REFORM: TOWARD A SYNTHESIS
Structural Differences and Health Care Reform - Albert F Wessen
Patterns of Health Care System Change - Francis D Powell