Introduction : basic issues and concepts
The countries and their characteristics
The United States : high-technology and limited access
Canada : challenges to public payment for universal care
Japan : preventive health care as cultural norm
Germany : a tradition of universal health care
France : centrally controlled and locally managed
The Netherlands : gradual adaptation
Sweden : decentralized comprehensive care
The United Kingdom : the economy model
The Czech Republic : a new mixture of public and private services
Hungary : creating a remodeled system
Russia : transition to market and consumer orientation
China : privatizing socialist health care
Mexico : modernizing structure and expanded rural services
Organization variations and reforms
Economic organization of health care : comparative perspectives
Expectations for reform : a glimpse at the future.
