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Are health problems systemic? Politics of access and choice under Beveridge and Bismarck systems

Or, Zeynep, Cases, Chantal, Lisac, Melanie, Vrangbæk, Karsten, Winblad, Ulrika and Bevan, Gwyn ORCID: 0000-0003-2123-3770 (2010) Are health problems systemic? Politics of access and choice under Beveridge and Bismarck systems. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 5 (3). pp. 269-293. ISSN 1744-1331

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S1744133110000034

Abstract

Industrialised countries face similar challenges for improving the performance of their health system. Nevertheless, the nature and intensity of the reforms required are largely determined by each country’s basic social security model. Most reforms in Beveridge-type systems have sought to increase choice and reduce waiting times while those in major Bismarck-type systems have focused on cost control by constraining the choice of providers. This paper looks at the main differences in performance of five countries and reviews their recent reform experience, focusing on three questions: Are there systematic differences in performance of Beveridge and Bismarck-type systems? What are the key parameters of healthcare system, which underlie these differences? Have recent reforms been effective? Our results do not suggest that one system-type performs consistently better than the other. In part, this may be explained by the heterogeneity in organisational design and governance both within and across these systems. Insufficient attention to those structural differences may explain the limited success of a number of recent reforms. Thus, while countries may share similar problems in terms of improving healthcare performance, adopting a ‘copy-and-paste’ approach to healthcare reform is likely to be ineffective.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2010 The Authors
Divisions: Management
Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation
LSE Health
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
JEL classification: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2011 09:40
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2024 18:51
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31072

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