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  • Containing Health Care Costs in Japan

    Edited by Naoki Ikegami, John Creighton Campbell ...
    The Japanese health care system provides universal coverage to a healthy but aging population. Its costs are among the lowest in the world and have remained nearly constant as a share of the economy for more than a decade. Americans concerned about runaway medical spending need to know about the successes that Japan has experienced and the problems the country has encountered in its effort to ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

    Lessons from Japan

    Edited by Naoki Ikegami ...
    Series series World Bank Studies
    The goals of universal health coverage (UHC) are to ensure that all people can access quality health services, to safeguard all people from public health risks, and to protect all people from impoverishment due to illness, whether from out-of-pocket payments for health care or loss of income when a household member falls sick. Countries as diverse as Brazil, France, Japan, Thailand, and Turkey ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

    A Synthesis of 11 Country Case Studies

    by Akiko Maeda, Edson Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris, Naoki Ikegami, Michael R. Reich ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    Achieving Universal Health Coverage: A Global SynthesisUniversal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development synthesizes lessons from 11 countries to guide policymakers and health professionals in expanding healthcare access. This report examines diverse strategies for achieving equitable, sustainable health systems.Explore country-specific case studies analyzing the political ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Une couverture sanitaire universelle pour un développement durable inclusif

    Une synthèse de 11 études de cas pays

    by Akiko Maeda, Edson Araujo, Cheryl Cashin, Harris, Naoki Ikegami, Michael R. Reich ...
    Series series Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development
    La CSU a pour objectifs de s’assurer que tous peuvent avoir accès à des services de santé de qualité, de préserver l’ensemble des individus contre les risques à la santé publique et de protéger toutes les personnes contre l’appauvrissement attribuable à la maladie. Des pays aussi divers que le Brésil, la France, le Japon, la Thaïlande et la Turquie ont réussi à mettre en œuvre la CSU et illustrent ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Long-Term Care for Frail Older People

    Reaching for the Ideal System

    Edited by John C. Campbell, Naoki Ikegami ...
    Series Book 4 - Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine
    The aging of society is a growing concern in all advanced nations, and at the forefront of concern is long-term care for frail older people. Enactment of a new public long-term care insurance program by the Japanese government in 1997 provided an excellent opportunity for a conference focusing on an ideal long-term care system for frail older people. The conference was organized around four major ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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    by Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Where to from Here?

    Keeping Medicare Sustainable

    by Stephen Duckett ...
    Series Book 161 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.Duckett argues ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Urban Health and Society

    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practice

    Edited by Nicholas Freudenberg, Susan Klitzman, Susan Saegert ...
    Series Book 17 - Public Health/Vulnerable Populations
    Praise for Urban Health and Society"This is a spectacular resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in improving the lives and health of individuals and families in urban settings. This book provides the most current frameworks, research, and approaches for understanding how unique features of the urban physical and social environments that shape the health of ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Metrics

    What Counts in Global Health

    by Vincanne Adams ...
    Series series Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
    This volume's contributors evaluate the accomplishments, limits, and consequences of using quantitative metrics in global health. Whether analyzing maternal mortality rates, the relationships between political goals and metrics data, or the links between health outcomes and a program's fiscal support, the contributors question the ability of metrics to solve global health problems. They capture a ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Jonas and Kovner's Health Care Delivery in the United States, Tenth Edition

    by Victoria D. Weisfeld, MPH ...
    This tenth edition of a classic textbook, updated in November 2013 with a free, downloadable chapter on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding our health care system. Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, it includes the contributions of leading thinkers, educators, and practitioners who provide an in-depth and objective ... Read more

    $115.19 CAD

  • Performance Measurement for Health System Improvement

    Experiences, Challenges and Prospects

    Edited by Peter C. Smith, Elias Mossialos, Irene Papanicolas, Sheila Leatherman ...
    Series series Health Economics, Policy and Management
    In a world where there is increasing demand for the performance of health providers to be measured, there is a need for a more strategic vision of the role that performance measurement can play in securing health system improvement. This volume meets this need by presenting the opportunities and challenges associated with performance measurement in a framework that is clear and easy to understand. ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

    Edited by Linda George ...
    Series series Handbooks of Aging
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references and identifies high-priority topics for future research. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews developments in the field of age and the life course (ALC) studies and presents guidelines ... Read more

    $91.19 CAD