Management Summary
In an increasingly globalized society, a clear understanding of international healthcare systems is a fundamental step toward improving the quality of health and healthcare systems in the United States and abroad. Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives explores the health systems of 17 countries through comparative study. Using a consistent framework, the chapters offer an overview of each country s history, geography, government, and economy, as well as a detailed analysis of the country's healthcare system facilities, workforce, technology, cost, quality, and access. Current and emerging issues are also explored. The book concludes with a look at the changing U.S. healthcare system and the global challenges and opportunities for health. Ideal for courses in global health, international affairs, health administration, and public health, this innovative text challenges its readers to reflect deeply about how health care is organized and delivered.

• Each Chapter follows a consistent framework to allow the reader to easily compare and contrast the divergent systems of various countries.
• Chapter contributors are scholars and experts from countries including Canada, India, Japan, Nigeria, Germany, Australia, Mexico, the United States, and more.
• Additional instructor resources are available online.

Autoren
Beatrice Wiafe Addai (PhD, MD; Ghana), Ahmed Adu-Oppong (PhD, MSc, MBA, MHA; Ghana), Omowale Amuleru-Marshall (PhD, MA, MEd, MPH; Guyana), Pedro Pita Barros (PhD, MSc; Portugal), Joan Buckley (PhD, MBS; Ireland), M. Nicholas Coppola (PhD, MS, MHA; United States), Glenn Croxton (MBA; United States), Linda F. Dennard (PhD, MPA; United States), Clara E. Dismuke (PhD; Portugal), R. Faul Duncan (PhD, MS; Canada), Omur Cinar Elci (PhD, MD; Turkey), Neil Gardner (MPA; United States), Octavio Gómez-Dantés (MD, MPH; Mexico), Damian E. Greaves (MSc, MPH-candidate; Saint Lucia), Patricia Gunn (MIR; United States/Scotland), Mikiyasu Hakoyama (PhD; Japan), Whiejong M. Han (PhD, MA; Korea), Joseph Ntein Inungu (DrPH, MD, MPH; Democratic Republic of Congo), James Allen Johnson III (MPH-student; United States), James A. Johnson (PhD, MS, MPA; United States), Walter J. Jones (PhD, MA, MHSA; United States), Kalu N. Kalu (PhD, MBA; Nigeria), Lois Kisiwaa-Ameyaw (Ghana), Astrid Knott (PhD, MA; Germany), Gerald Ledlow (PhD, MHA, EMT, FACHE; United States), Katherine H. Leith (PhD, MPH, LMSW; Germany), Carol Linehan (PhD, MA; Ireland), John E. Lopes, Jr. (DHSc, MS; United States), Hala Madanat (PhD, MS, CHES; Jordan), Alexander G. Mayer (PhD, MBA, BO; Germany), Linda McCarey (MS, BSN, RN; Canada), Puneet Misra (MBBS (MD), MPH, PDGHHM; India), Michael E. Morris (MPH, MPA, PhD-student; United States), Chinelo Ogbuanu (MD, MPH; Nigeria), Ikechukwu Ogbuanu (MD, MPH; Nigeria), Elena A. Platonova (PhD, MHA; Russia), Lisa Riste (PhD; United Kingdom), Hani Michel Samawi (PhD, MSc, MS; Jordan), Alexander V. Sergeev (PhD, MD, MPH; Russia), Leiyu Shi (DrPH, MBA, MPA; Taiwan), Douglas A. Singh (PhD, MBA; United States), James H. Stephens (DHA, MHA, FACHE; United States), Carleen H. Stoskopf (ScD, MS; United States), Michael Tatchell (PhD, MSS; Australia), Renny Tatchell (PhD, MA; New Zealand), Thomas Tatchell (PhD, MA; United States), Jenna Tsai (EdD, MAT; Taiwan), Reyhan Ucku (MD, MPH; Turkey), George Velez (MBA; United States), MatthewWalker (MPH, DrPH-student; Australia) DaNita Weddle (MBA; United States), Jörg Westermann (PhD, MA; Germany), Sudha Xirasagar (PhD, MBBS; India)