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Subject index

aged, 73 AIDS, 259 artificial intelligence, 159 atlas, 115 avoidable mortality, 115

birth defects, 199 budgeting in health care, 313

cadaveric kidney supply, 269 causes of death, 57 child health policy, 57 competition, 321 concerted action approach to health care, 341 consumerism, 33 cost containment, 283, 353 cost-effectiveness analysis, 269 cost of illness, 119 cultural differences, 149

economic appraisal, 21 environmentalism, 33 equity, 1 Europe, 239 evaluation, 239 expert systems, 159

Federal Republic of Germany, 119 federalism, 259 financing, 87 financing national health service, 329 financing of hospital services, 353 financing system, 341

government regulation, 313

health, 227 health care, 87, 115 health for all by 2CKKJ 239 health indicators, 149 health insurance, 87 health services, 73 hemodialysis, 269 home nursing, 73 hospitalisation rate, 175

ideology, 33 incentive structures, 329

integrated health centers, 185 interest group, 33

Korean mortality, 57

life expectancy, 57 long-term planning, 227

management efficiency, 21 market competition, 1 measurement of performance of hospital services,

353 medical applications, 159 mortality decline, 57 MRI, 45 multi-sectoral prevention, 227

national health service, 199 Nottingham health profile, 149

outcome measures, 227

patient education, 283 payment reform in the U.S., 321 price-setting, 321 primary health care, 185 priority setting, 227 professional co-operation, 185 prospective pricing, 283, 353

quality assurance, 199 quality of care, 283

referrals, 185 regulation, 1 renal transplants, 269 resource allocation, 21, 119, 175, 259

screening, 199 self-government in German health care, 341 social deprivation, 175 social security, 87 statutory health insurance system, 341 Switzerland, 45

technology assessment, 45

WHO, 227