The facts are hard to ignore: rising rates of chronic disease,
epidemic obesity and diabetes, a widening longevity gap between
rich and poor, health care reforms at odds with patient interests.
In response, Policy Innovations for Health argues that a nation s
well-being mirrors the health of its citizens and calls not only
for improvement in our health care systems but for a complete
reconceptualization of health and social policy, starting with
expanded, interrelated roles for health care providers, consumers,
and policymakers.
The long-term strategies outlined in this book emphasize a
stronger balance between public and individual health goals, and
collaborations between cost-efficient, streamlined medical care and
innovative therapeutic research and technology values that have
been traditionally been considered in conflict. Examples are
included of new care models and groundbreaking programs from
Canada, the EU, and Australia that bring together the community,
consumer, governmental, and corporate sectors; bridge the gaps
between prevention, health promotion, and practice; and improve
core health determinants such as living conditions, education, and
social supports. These social, political, medical, and
technological advances, assert the authors, are crucial to meeting
the challenges of the decades ahead.
Among the topics covered:
- Health as a central economic and societal force.
- New directions in the monitoring of health and well-being.
- Integrating Health in all Policies programs and how they can be
implemented.
- The democratization of health knowledge and the expanding role
of patient participation.
- Closing the financial divide in public health
priority-setting.
Policy Innovations for Health adds important new voices to the
health care debate, and its vision will inspire professionals in
health policy, health administration, health economics, and global
health, as well as graduate students planning to enter these
rapidly changing fields.
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
2009 |
Editors: |
Ilona Kickbusch
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
208 |
Edition: |
2009 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-387-79875-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Health systems & services >
General
|
LSN: |
0-387-79875-7 |
Barcode: |
9780387798752 |
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