Download or read book Health Policy Reform, National Variations and Globalization written by Christa Altenstetter and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1997 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses national variations in health care policy reforms, covering issues in both financing and delivery of services, such as managed care, health insurance, institutional ideas, and involvement of foreign experts. Specific topics include Canadian health care reform and the politics of decentralisation.