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Implementing Change in Health Systems

Market Reforms in the United Kingdom, Sweden and The Netherlands
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This comprehensive and comparative study of health service change focuses on the influence of health professionals on the process and shape of change. Implementing Health System Reform examines the development and implementation of national health system reorganizations in the UK, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. Separate chapters examine the development, implementation and outcomes of reform.
Michael I. Harrison, Ph.D, is a Senior Social Scientist in the Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He leads Agency activities in Health System Design, manages and contributes to research in delivery systems across the United States, and conducts research on organizational improvement and implementation of system change. His publications include papers in leading health services research journals, Diagnosing Organizations: Methods, Models, and Processes (Sage, 2005), and Implementing Change in Health Systems: Market Reforms in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Netherlands (SAGE, 2004). He has given presentations and led workshops at scientific and professional conferences throughout the United States and Europe.Dr. Harrison holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He was previously a faculty member at the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, and at Bar Ilan University in Israel; a visiting professor at Boston College and Haifa University; and a visiting scholar at Brandeis University, Georgetown University, Harvard Business School, and the Nordic School of Public Health.
Health System Reform and Policy Implementation Market Reforms in the United Kingdom Outcomes of Market Reform in the United Kingdom and Labour's New Health Policies Market Experimentation within Swedish Health System Reform Reform Outcomes in Sweden and the Emerging Mix of Public and Private Care Regulated Competition in the Netherlands Reform Outcomes and New Policy Trends in the Netherlands
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