A broad-ranging introduction to the provision, funding and governance of health care across a variety of systems. This revised fifth edition incorporates additional material on low/middle income countries, as well as broadened coverage relating to healthcare outside of hospitals and the ever-increasing diversity of the healthcare workforce today.

Robert H. Blank is an Adjunct Professor at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor in Public Health at the National Taiwan University.
ROBERT H. BLANK is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Program for Biosocial Research at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, Biomedical Technology and Public Policy (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Regulating Reproduction (1990).

1. Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction
 2. The Context of Health Care
 3. Funding, Provision and Governance
 4. Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources
 5. The Health Workforce
 6. Health Care Beyond the Hospital
 7. Public Health
 8. Understanding Health Policy Comparatively.