This important new textbook provides comparative and critical analysis of health care policy from high-income countries in Europe to low-income developing countries in the Global South. It integrates conceptual themes drawn from the fields of sociology policy analysis and political science to offer a unique combination of theory historical background and wider social commentary. The book is divided into three sections: Section I establishes the conceptual basis for the analysis of the health policymaking process including implementation. Section II provides an introduction to the key elements of conducting a comparative health system’s analysis including chapters that provide examples of performance analysis in both high- and low-income developing countries. Section III examines key challenges now facing health policy-makers that include long-term social care provision widening the scope of public health to address social inequalities in health outcome the integration of genomic medicine within a health care system and the establishment of an effective national pharmaceutical policy. Each chapter includes case studies historical-institutional contexts and summaries of key health policies. Detailed and clearly written it is the ideal text for health and social science students in this expanding area of analysis. |Health Policy Critical and Comparative Perspectives | Health & Social Care
