TY - JOUR
T1 - Don't try this at home: Health policy lessons for the NHS from the United States
AU - Walshe, K.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The US healthcare system is fragmented, chaotic and wasteful, and prevailing American social values and attitudes to health and healthcare are profoundly different from those found in the United Kingdom. Even so, there are many useful ideas and important lessons to be drawn from the US experience. The transfer of policy ideas and innovations needs, however, to take account of the differences in culture and context.
AB - The US healthcare system is fragmented, chaotic and wasteful, and prevailing American social values and attitudes to health and healthcare are profoundly different from those found in the United Kingdom. Even so, there are many useful ideas and important lessons to be drawn from the US experience. The transfer of policy ideas and innovations needs, however, to take account of the differences in culture and context.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0035202911
U2 - 10.1111/1468-0270.00322
DO - 10.1111/1468-0270.00322
M3 - Article
SN - 1468-0270
VL - 21
SP - 28
EP - 32
JO - Economic Affairs
JF - Economic Affairs
IS - 4
ER -