TY - BOOK AU - Johnson,James A. AU - Stoskopf,Carleen H. TI - Comparative health systems: global perspectives SN - 9780763753795 (pbk.) U1 - 362.1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Sudbury, Mass. PB - Jones and Bartlett Publishers KW - World health KW - Medical policy KW - National health services KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Policy KW - International Cooperation KW - World Health N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to health systems -- Global health and disease -- Health systems policy and economics / Walter J. Jones -- Canada / R. Paul Duncan, Michael E. Morris, and Linda McCarey -- United Kingdom / John E. Lopes Jr., M. Nicholas Coppola, and Lisa Riste -- Ireland / Linda F. Dennard ... [et al.] -- Portugal / Clara Dismuke and Pedro Barros -- Germany / Katherine H. Leith ... [et al.] -- Russia / James H. Stephens, Alexander V. Sergeev, and Elena A. Plantonova -- Australia / Michael Tatchell, Renny Tatchell, and Thomas Tatchell -- Japan / Mikiyasu Hakoyama -- Korea / Whiejong M. Han -- India / Sudha Xirasagar and Puneet Misra -- Jordan / Hala Madanat and Hani Michel Samawi -- Turkey / Reyhan Ucku and Omur Cinar Elci -- Democratic Republic of Congo / Joseph Ntein Inungu -- Nigeria / Kalu N. Kalu, Chinelo Ogbuanu, and Ikechukwu Ogbuanu -- Ghana / Adu-Oppong Ahmed, Lois Kisiwaa-Ameyaw, and Beatrice Wiafe Addai -- Mexico / Octavio Gómez-Dantés -- St. Lucia / Damian E. Greaves and Omowale Amuleru-Marshall -- The changing U.S. health system / Leiyu Shi, Douglas A. Singh, and Jenna Tsai -- Role of non-governmental organizations / Matthew Walker, Allen Johnson, and Gerald Ledlow -- Comparative and global challenges for health ER -