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    <namePart>Blank, Robert H.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Burau, Viola Desideria.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Palgrave Macmillan</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2007</dateIssued>
    <edition>2nd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvi, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>This comparative text, aimed at both students and practitioners, assesses, in relation to a set of key themes and issues, the extent to which problems facing healthcare systems have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Comparative health policy : an introduction -- The context of health care -- Funding, provision and governance -- Setting priorities and allocating resources -- The medical profession -- Beyond the hospital : health care in the home -- Public health -- Understanding health policy comparatively.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert H. Blank and Viola Burau.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Cross-cultural studies</topic>
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    <topic>Cross-cultural studies</topic>
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    <topic>Vergelijkend onderzoek</topic>
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    <topic>trends</topic>
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    <topic>trends</topic>
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