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In the reading list articles available on the web through UiO subscription are marked "Subscription".
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Readings:
Berg, Ole, Trying to Save Leftist Access Policy with Rightist Organizational Policies. Some Notes on the Development of Norwegian Health Policy Since the 1970’ies.” Manuscript, 2007. (29 pp)
European Observatory on Health, Health Care Systems in Transition, Denmark (2001) (91 pp), Finland (2002) (90 pp), Iceland (2003) (101 pp), Norway (2006) (165 pp), Sweden (2005) (125 pp).All the HiTs can be downloaded
Flora, Peter and Alber, Jens, “Modernization, Democratization, and the Development of Welfare States in Western Europe,” pp. 37-80 in Peter Flora and Arnold J. Heidenheimer, eds., The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America. New Brunswick/London: Transaction Publishers, 1979 (1984, 1995).
H?kkinen, Unto and Lehto, Johani, “Reform, Change, and Continuity in Finnish Health Care.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 30, Nos 1-2, pp 79-96.Subscription
Kuhnle, Stein, “The Growth of Social Insurance Programs in Scandinavia: Outside Influences and Internal Forces,” in Flora and Heidenheimer, op. cit., pp 125-150.
Saltman, Richard and Bergman, Sven-Eric, “Renovating the Commons: Swedish Health Care Reforms in Perspective.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 30, Nos 1-2, pp 254-275. Subscription
M. Strandberg-Larsen et al. ”Prepared for the future demands of health care? –A comprehensive health reform changing the structure of the decentralized Danish health care system.” EuroHealth, 2007 (forthcoming) (8 pp).
Vrangb?k, Karsten and Christiansen, Terkel, “Health Policy in Denmark: Leaving the Decentralized Welfare Path?.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 30, Nos 1-2, pp 29-52. Subscription
In the special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law that some of the articles listed above have been taken from, there are two articles of a more general (theoretical) nature that those who take this course may find interesting. They are not required readings, though. They are:
Oliver, Adam and Mossialos, Elias, “European Health Systems Reform: Looking Backward to See Forward?” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 30, Nos 1-2, pp 7-28. Subscription
Evans, Robert G., “Fellow Travelers on a Contested Path: Power, Purpose, and the Evolution of European Health Care Systems.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 30, Nos 1-2, pp 277-293. Subscription