New York. London. Paris. Although these cities have similar
sociodemographic characteristics, including income inequalities and
ethnic diversity, they have vastly different health systems and
services. This book compares the three and considers lessons that
can be applied to current and future debates about urban health
care.
Highlighting the importance of a national policy for city health
systems, the authors use well-established indicators and comparable
data sources to shed light on urban health policy and practice.
Their detailed comparison of the three city health systems and the
national policy regimes in which they function provides information
about access to health care in the developed world's largest
cities.
The authors first review the current literature on comparative
analysis of health systems and offer a brief overview of the public
health infrastructure in each city. Later chapters illustrate how
timely and appropriate disease prevention, primary care, and
specialty health care services can help cities control such
problems as premature mortality and heart disease.
In providing empirical comparisons of access to care in these
three health systems, the authors refute inaccurate claims about
health care outside of the United States.
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