Published April, 2010
By Reinhard Busse, Sophia Schlette, Ray Moynihan and Kerstin Blum
Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation
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This volume explores challenges that the global economic crisis has posed to health systems. It also asks whether the crisis has provided an opportunity for health care reform.

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Published July, 2009
By Reinhard Busse, Sophia Schlette and Kerstin Blum
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Thirty years after Alma-Ata, the World Health Organization's landmark declaration on the importance of primary health care has lost none of its relevance.

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Published February, 2008
By Reinhard Busse and Sophia Schlette
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This double issue of Health Policy Developments offers a comprehensive look at international health policy trends and reforms from Fall 2005 to Fall 2006. The book reports on how various countries are approaching the challenge of improving access to health care services.

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Published November, 2006
By Reinhard Busse, Annette Zentner and Sophia Schlette
Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation
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Examines how information technologies are radically changing health care and how health care systems are altering their structures and policies to keep pace. The book also takes a closeup look at two other long-term health policy challenges - continuity and evaluation. Key issues addressed include multimorbidity, disease management programme development, and patient empowerment.

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Published July, 2006
By Reinhard Busse, Annette Zentner and Sophia Schlette
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The latest edition of Health Policy Developments describes how countries search for solutions that combine the state's role with private entrepreneurship.

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Published July, 2006
By Reinhard Busse, Sophia Schlette and Susanne Weinbrenner
Publisher: Bertelsmann Foundation
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The latest volume of "Health Policy Developments" analyzes the efforts that countries undertake to ensure and regulate access to health care services. Equity, financial fairness, and quality concerns are addressed, as are obstacles to access such as regional and cultural patterns.

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