The English and Swedish Health Care Reforms

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Glennerster ◽  
Manos Matsaganis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
Swedish Health Care ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The World

England and Sweden have two of the most advanced systems of universal access to health care in the world. Both have begun major reforms based on similar principles. Universal access and finance from taxation are retained, but a measure of competition between providers of health care is introduced. The reforms therefore show a movement toward the kind of approach advocated by some in the United States. This article traces the origins and early results of the two countries' reform efforts.

Access to Health Care and Voting Behavior in the United States

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanette Kane Ziegenfuss ◽  
Micahel Davern ◽  
Lynn A. Blewett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Access To Health

Access to Health Care for Older Persons in the United States

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy H. Auchincloss ◽  
Joan F. van Nostrand ◽  
Donna Ronsaville
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Access To Health

Book Reviews: Leichter - Free To Be Foolish: Politics and Health Promotion in the United States and Great BritainHoward M. Leichter Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991, 281 pp. US$35.00 cloth. ISBN 0-691-07867-X. Princeton University Press, 41 William St., Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-292
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Bonnicksen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Access To Health

PrécisThe author is Professor of Political Science at Linfield College and Clinical Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Oregon Health Science University. In this book he traces a recent and “important shift in the debate over how people can maximize their chances of staying healthy” (p.7). Populations in both the United States and Great Britain for most of the century have regarded equitable access to health care as the basis for individual health. Within the last two decades, however, assumptions have shifted. Health is now thought to be a preventive exercise to be secured by reducing dangerous and foolish behaviors. In seeking to regulate dangerous behaviors of citizens, policymakers confront deeply seated values of individualism and choice.Leichter advances the thesis that policies that regulate life-styles are fundamentally different from other health policies. As a consequence, a distinct framework for evaluation is necessary, which he presents and elaborates upon throughout the book. He uses historical experiences in two countries—the United States and Great Britain—to develop and refine his thesis.Following historical overviews of the two health revolutions (access to health care and personal life-style monitoring), Leichter deals with four areas in which governments have sought to limit individual activities: smoking, alcohol control, road safety, and behaviors relating to AIDS. In his final chapter he evaluates “when and under what circumstances [it is] appropriate for the state to intervene in life-style decisions” (p. 31). This literate book is supplemented by four figures and thirteen tables.

Nativity, Duration of Residence, Citizenship, and Access to Health Care for Hispanic Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 537-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Elizabeth Durden
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hispanic Children ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Regular Source ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Impact

This article examines differences in access to a regular source of health care for children of Hispanic subgroups within the United States. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the immigration status of the mother –including nativity, duration in the United States, and citizenship status – and its affect on access to health care for Hispanic children. Data are pooled from the National Health Interview Survey for 1999–2001 and logistic regression models are estimated to compare Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Other Hispanic children with non-Hispanic whites and blacks. While initial disparities are recorded among the race/ethnic groups, in the final model, only Mexican American children display significantly less access to health care than non-Hispanic whites. The combined influence of the mother's nativity, duration, and citizenship status explains much of the differentials in access to a regular source of care among children of Hispanic subgroups in comparison to non-Hispanic whites.

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