Doctors and the State: The Politics of Health Care in France and the United States

by David Wilsford

All advanced health care systems face severe difficulties in financing the delivery of today's sophisticated medical care. In this study David Wilsford compares the health systems in France and the United States to demonstrate that some political systems are considerably more effective at controlling the cost of care than others. He argues that two variables-the autonomy of the state and the strength and cohesiveness of organized medicine-explain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822310821
• ISBN13: 9780822310822
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"