Health and welfare are often analysed separately. This book combines understanding about health and health systems with analysis of the pathways welfare states have to promote improvements in quality of life and reduce pressure on the health care sector.
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Health and welfare are often analysed separately. This book combines understanding about health and health systems with analysis of the pathways welfare states have to promote improvements in quality of life and reduce pressure on the health care sector.
- Investigates inequalities in health and healthcare and mechanisms for addressing these.
- Establishes the link between health and societal development, and how health is a direct corollary to productivity and economic growth
- Explores indicators for better health and how quality of life can be improved by welfare state intervention
- Discusses the challenges facing the healthcare industry, including an ageing population, an increase in non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, and a shortage of workers.
Assessing prevention and intervention strategies in conjunction with financing and management, this Concise Introduction is a fundamental resource for scholars and students of social policy, political science, and sociology. It is also a beneficial read for practitioners and policymakers in healthcare due to its forward-looking insights.
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In this concise introduction, Bent Greve provides us with a sharp and insightful analysis of the relationship between health and welfare. The book convincingly demonstrates to readers the importance of understanding health policy and social policy as closely interconnected fields. One of its greatest strengths is its reminder that achieving the goals of health and welfare policy requires moving beyond the narrow sectoral and professional perspectives that often dominate both areas. This accessible volume is highly recommended for students, researchers, and practitioners in health and social care. -- Philipp Trein, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Bent Greve provides an original and wide ranging yet accessible discussion of the important but neglected link between health and welfare. The Concise Introduction to Health and Welfare delivers exactly what it says on the tin. -- Martin Powell, University of Birmingham, UK
Contents
Preface
1 Why health and welfare?
2 The link between health and societal development
3 Indicators of the development of health
4 How the state can influence living a good life
5 New interventions within the healthcare system
6 financing and resourcing healthcare systems
7 Pressure and optimising healthcare
8 Concluding remarks and policy suggestions
Index
Bent Greve, Professor in Social Science, Department of Social Sciences and Business, University of Roskilde, Denmark
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