Comparative health care federalism / edited by Katherine Fierlbeck, Dalhousie University, Canada, Howard A. Palley, University of Maryland, USA.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-258) and index.

Austria / Margitta Mätzke and Harald Stöger -- Germany / Achim Lang -- Spain / Ixchel Pérez Durán -- Italy / Federico Toth -- United Kingdom / Gwyn Bevan, Sheelah Connolly, and Nicholas Mays -- European Union / Scott L. Greer -- Canada / Katherine Fierlbeck and Howard Palley -- Australia / Stephen Duckett -- United States / Kieke G.H. Okma and Theodore R. Marmor -- India / James Warner Björkman and A. Venkat Raman -- China / Michael K. Gusmano -- Brazil / Lenaura Vasconcelos da Costa Lobato and Monica de Castro Maia Senna -- Russian Federation / Tatiana Chubarova and Natalia Grigorieva.

Examining the changing nature of health care federalism within a competitive global context, Comparative Health Care Federalism provides a rich and nuanced account of the way in which the interplay of federal relationships impact health care within an array of systems. The editors have gathered together some of the leading international health policy scholars to provide detailed accounts of the dynamics of federal health policy-making within their respective jurisdictions. Complementing the theoretical and methodological objectives, this book provides a detailed, empirical description of the challenges faced by different states and the ways in which health policy-making works within the federal, quasi-federal, and functional federal systems presented. In chapters on the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, the EU, India, China, Brazil, and the Russian Federation the authors consider what variables contribute to, and stand in the way of, the formation of robust and sustainable health care systems