Global Health Care Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Regions, Trends, and Opportunities Shaping the International Health Arena (Jossey-Bass Health Series) [Hardcover]

Walter W. Wieners (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787953075 | ISBN-13: 978-0787953072 | Publication Date: November 13, 2000 | Edition: 1

Keeping in step with the ever expanding global economy, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies are establishing themselves in foreign health markets at an unprecedented rate. The question is, How can these organizations prepare themselves for the challenges and opportunities they will find in today's worldwide health care marketplace? Written by an international panel of highly acclaimed health care experts, Global Health Care Markets is a comprehensive guide to the current state of health care delivery systems worldwide. This much-needed resource profiles the world's most significant regions and markets, analyzes the important trends in international medicine and technology, and provides helpful projections of the opportunities for providers, vendors, agencies, and governments.

Editorial Reviews

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"Health care executives need a practical 'how to' guide for understanding the impact of technology on global markets. This is just such a book." (Paul W. Nice, national director, eHealth, Alliances Oracle Corporation)

"This book is a comprehensive and informative guide to health policy and health systems throughout the world. It is an invaluable source for all those interested in the theory and practice of health care delivery and health policy, internationally." (Richard G. A. Feachem, director, Institute for Global Health and professor of International Health, University of California, San Francisco, and University of California, Berkeley)

"This book is a great storehouse of valuable information on health care systems around the world. I expect to refer to it often." (Alain Enthoven, Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)

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Keeping in step with the ever expanding global economy, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies are establishing themselves in foreign health markets at an unprecedented rate. The question is, How can these organizations prepare themselves for the challenges and opportunities they will find in today's worldwide health care marketplace?Written by an international panel of highly acclaimed health care experts, Global Health Care Markets is a comprehensive guide to the current state of health care delivery systems worldwide. This much-needed resource profiles the world's most significant regions and markets, analyzes the important trends in international medicine and technology, and provides helpful projections of the opportunities for providers, vendors, agencies, and governments.Global Health Care Markets probes the fundamental question of how private industry and the public sector can work together to improve the quality of health care delivery. The contributors thoroughly examine a wide variety of international health care policy reforms and factors that will directly affect health care in the new millennium. The book also offers an in-depth discussion of the most critical health care organizational and financial approaches of various countries and regions. In addition, the contributors address the important legislation and regulatory issues dominating different parts of the world. Global Health Care Markets points out a striking number of similarities in the delivery of health care throughout the world and reveals the key lessons learned from comparing global health systems.Business leaders, educators, health care professionals and anyone involved in the new world health market will find in this book a wealth of information to help them meet the myriad challenges and seize the opportunities of international health care in the 21st century.Global Health Care Markets offers health care executives, administrators, scholars, and researcher

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (November 13, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787953075
• ISBN-13: 978-0787953072
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,548,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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