SMITH, Pam

Health care reform in britain and the United States : public or market-led? A review - New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997

The organization of health care in the US and Britain is based on different historical, ideological and political assumptions. This paper draws on those assumptions to describe the current health care crisis and proposed reforms. Central to the discussion is an analysis of the forms of public and market-led provision of health care in operation, particularly in relation to the role of the state and their implications for access, cost, and quality.