Federalism and Decentralization in European Health and Social Care

Health System Federalism and Decentralization: What is it, why does it Happen, and what does it do?; J.C.Font & S.L.Greer PART I: BACKGROUND Fiscal and Political Federalism and the Health System; J.C.Font & S.L.Greer PART II: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE IN TAX FUNDED HEALTH SYSTEMS The Italian Servizio Sanitario Nazionale: A Renewing Tale of Lost Promises; G.Turati Decentralisation and the Spanish Health System: Soft-budget-constraint-modernisation?; J.C.Font The Rise and Fall of Territory in United Kingdom Health Politics; S.L.Greer From Centralization to Decentralization and Back: Norwegian Health Care in a Nordic Perspective; J.Magnussen & P.E.Martinussen PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE IN SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS Decentralisation in Health and Social Care in Poland: does Resource Allocation Matter?; K.A.Kuc-Czajkowska & M.Rabczewska Federalism in Health and Social Care in Austria; B.Trukeschitz, U.Schneide & T.Czypionka Federalism and Decentralization in German Health Care Policy; M.Mätzke Politiques de Santé: The Regional Centralization of French Health Policy; D.K.Jones Devolution, Nationalism, and the Limits of Social Solidarity: The Federalization of Health Policy in Belgium; J.Laible Federalism in Health and Social Care in Switzerland; B.Gerritzen Conclusions; J.C.Font & S.L.Greer