The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe
An Examination of Policy Processes, Motivations, and Implementations in Four Countries
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Beschreibung
This timely study analyzes social, economic, political, provider, and patient factors shaping collective patient involvement in European health care from the postwar period to the present day. Examining representative countries England, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, it documents the roles of providers and legislatures in facilitating consumer involvement, and the varied forms of patient input into hospital operations. These findings are compared and contrasted against the intent and ideals behind patient involvement to assess the effectiveness of implementation policy, strengths and drawbacks of patient participation, and patient satisfaction and outcomes. The book’s conclusions identify emerging forms of patient participation and predict the impact of health policy on the future of European collective patient involvement.
Included in the coverage:
· Patient involvement: who, what for, and in what way?
· The Netherlands: the legislative process to collective patient involvement
· England: formal means of public involvement—a continuous story of discontinuity
· Germany: Joint Federal Committee—the “Little Legislator”· Sweden: reasons for a late emergence of patient involvement
· Lessons to be learned from implementing patient involvement
The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe will interest and inspire scholars and researchers in diverse fields, including social policy, sociology, political sciences, and nursing studies, as well as patient organizations, policymakers, and healthcare providers.
Gives a broad and comparative overview of different forms of patient involvement in four European countries for the first time
Provides systematic comparison of the emergence, policy process, background variables, and actors in the field
Arrives at a new model of the policy process by comparing and contrasting empirical findings to theoretical postulations, thereby improving several strands of theory
Presents a first comparison of implementation of different forms of collective patient involvement
Gives a broad and comparative overview of different forms of patient involvement in four European countries for the first time Provides systematic comparison of the emergence, policy process, background variables, and actors in the field Arrives at a new model of the policy process by comparing and contrasting empirical findings to theoretical postulations, thereby improving several strands of theory Presents a first comparison of implementation of different forms of collective patient involvement Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Alexander Haarmann
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