Health reform in Australia and New Zealand / edited by Abby Bloom.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contributors -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Pt. I. Context and Framework of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- 1. Context and Lead-up to Health Reform -- 2. The Political Economy of Health Sector Reform -- 3. Distinguishing Features of Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Pt. II. Key Dimensions of the Reform Process -- Introduction -- 4. Health Care Financing in Australia and New Zealand -- 5. The Changing Public-Private Balance -- 6. Reforming the Australian Health Care System: The Role of Government -- 7. The Evolving Role of Government in Health Sector Reform in New Zealand -- 8. The Evolution of the Purchaser Role for Acute In-Patient Services in Australia -- 9. The Changing Role of Clinicians: Their Role in Health Reform in Australia and New Zealand -- Pt. III. Models of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- 10. Primary-Care Reform in New Zealand: Key Contrasts with Australia -- 11. A Tale of Two States: New South Wales and Victoria -- 12. They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Contracting for Veterans' Hospital Care in Australia -- 13. Hospital Co-Locations: Private Sector Participation in the Hospital Sector in Australia -- 14. Intergovernmental Reforms in Public Health -- 15. Placing Prevention at the Centre of Health Sector Reform -- Pt. IV. The New Wave of Health Sector Reform -- Introduction -- 16. Quality Measures in Australian Health Care -- 17. Managing Performance for Better Results -- 18. Evidence-Based Health Care -- 19. Health in an Ageing Society: Cost Rhetoric Versus Service Reform -- 20. A Model of Aged-Care Reform -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.