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Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems
This ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health and health care. The book contains up-to-date discussion on the state of the art of the key questions of the subject matter, and it provides a unique understanding of health policy making by drawing on an interdisciplinary approach to political economy.
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This ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health and health care. The book contains up-to-date discussion on the state of the art of the key questions of the subject matter, and it provides a unique understanding of health policy making by drawing on an interdisciplinary approach to political economy.
This Handbook highlights the key theoretical and empirical debates in academia and policy across a variety of scholarly groups, illustrating the various methods and principles used while sharing the common goal of understanding the institutional mechanisms, constraints, and determinants that influence decision-making. The expert contributors discuss the design of health care systems, political markets, financing and policy reforms, and healthcare during pandemics in six thematic sections, as well as providing insightful lessons to be learned for the future.
Scholars and professionals interested in an in-depth state-of-the-art companion to the main issues under discussion of the effects of the design in our health systems, along with the constraints that they face, will find this Handbook an excellent resource.
This Handbook highlights the key theoretical and empirical debates in academia and policy across a variety of scholarly groups, illustrating the various methods and principles used while sharing the common goal of understanding the institutional mechanisms, constraints, and determinants that influence decision-making. The expert contributors discuss the design of health care systems, political markets, financing and policy reforms, and healthcare during pandemics in six thematic sections, as well as providing insightful lessons to be learned for the future.
Scholars and professionals interested in an in-depth state-of-the-art companion to the main issues under discussion of the effects of the design in our health systems, along with the constraints that they face, will find this Handbook an excellent resource.
Critical Acclaim
‘Health systems and reforms in the health sector play a fundamental role in policy-making and in the political process, as emphasized during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This book collects important contributions to develop an innovative view of the political economy of health systems, where political and economic factors interact in determining policy decisions in the health care domain. The book provides an excellent unified, broad, and thorough vision of one of the most promising and interdisciplinary areas of the current and future political economy debate.’
– Paola Profeta, Bocconi University, Italy
– Paola Profeta, Bocconi University, Italy
Contributors
Contributors: Marta Angelici, Dina Balabanova, Pepita Barlow, Mason Barnard, Alberto Batinti, Paolo Berta, Sonia Bhalotra, Massimo Bordignon, Marco Buso, Roger D. Congleton, Joan Costa-Font, Nathaniel Z. Counts, Giacomo De Luca, Bruna De Marchi, Caterina Ferrario, Daniel Gray, Eleanor Hutchinson, Vinu Ilakkuvan, Hartmut Kliemt, Peter T. Leeson, Rosella Levaggi, Domenico Lisi, Mariana Lopes da Fonseca, Guillem López-Casanovas, Claudio Lucarelli, David G. Lugo-Palacios, Nicolas Marchi, Marco Martorana, Hiroaki Matsuura, Sumit Mazumdar, Martin McKee, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Luke Munford, Valbona Muzaka, Anna Nicinska, Mario Cesare Nurchis, Irini Papanicolas, Mark Pauly, Massimiliano Piacenza, Luca Salmasi, Alejandro Sanders, Luigi Siciliani, Peter Smith, Bernd Theilen, Henry A. Thompson, Gilberto Turati
Contents
Contents:
PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF
HEALTH SYSTEMS
1 An introduction to the Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems 2
Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
PART II CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
2 Health and healthcare as a human right 12
Hiroaki Matsuura
3 Do democratic regimes exhibit ‘better’ health outcomes? 27
Alberto Batinti and Joan Costa-Font
4 Soviet communism and later-life health and health care 42
Joan Costa-Font and Anna Nicińska
5 Federalism and tax-financed healthcare: economic advantages,
dilemmas, and solutions 57
Roger D. Congleton
6 The coordination in European Union healthcare after Covid-19 70
Marco Buso, Massimo Bordignon, Rosella Levaggi and Gilberto Turati
7 Efficiency and equity effects of healthcare decentralization: evidence
from Italy 85
Caterina Ferrario, Rosella Levaggi and Massimiliano Piacenza
8 Political economy of health care insurance expansion in Mexico 112
David G. Lugo-Palacios and Alejandro Sanders Villa
9 Weird health care for WEIRD societies? 130
Hartmut Kliemt
PART III POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL MARKETS AND
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
10 Medical composition of cabinets and the health care system 147
Joan Costa-Font, Nicolas Marchi and Debra Winberg
11 Women politicians and public health 157
Sonia Bhalotra and Mariana Lopes da Fonseca
12 Community and civic participation effects on health and well-being 177
Luke Munford and Daniel Gray
13 Ideology and health spending 200
Bernd Theilen
14 Lobbying, health, and healthcare 213
Nathaniel Z. Counts and Vinu Ilakkuvan
15 Healthcare corruption 236
Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson and Dina Balabanova
16 Provider power and healthcare systems 247
Mason Barnard, Irini Papanicolas and Peter Smith
17 Health effects of trade policy and corporate interest groups 270
Pepita Barlow
18 Institutional quality and health outcomes 292
Giacomo De Luca, Domenico Lisi, Marco Martorana and Luigi Siciliani
PART IV THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE
FINANCING AND POLICY REFORMS
19 Towards a general political economy of private supplementary health insurance 319
Claudio Lucarelli and Mark Pauly
20 Political economy of public financing of health in low- and
middle-income countries 339
Sumit Mazumdar and Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
21 Political economy of health system reform: evidence from Spain 370
Guillem López-Casasnovas
22 The pharmaceutical patent system and access to medicines 380
Valbona Muzaka
PART V POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE DURING COVID-19
23 Covid-19 and the interest group approach to government 397
Peter T. Leeson and Henry A. Thompson
24 Political preferences and nudging for healthcare: evidence from Covid
certificates 412
Mario Cesare Nurchis, Luca Salmasi and Gilberto Turati
25 Multilevel governance in the first wave of Covid-19 430
Marta Angelici, Paolo Berta, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
PART VI LESSONS FROM THE HANDBOOK
26 The political economy of health systems: research space, goals and lessons 447
Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
Index 454
PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF
HEALTH SYSTEMS
1 An introduction to the Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems 2
Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
PART II CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
2 Health and healthcare as a human right 12
Hiroaki Matsuura
3 Do democratic regimes exhibit ‘better’ health outcomes? 27
Alberto Batinti and Joan Costa-Font
4 Soviet communism and later-life health and health care 42
Joan Costa-Font and Anna Nicińska
5 Federalism and tax-financed healthcare: economic advantages,
dilemmas, and solutions 57
Roger D. Congleton
6 The coordination in European Union healthcare after Covid-19 70
Marco Buso, Massimo Bordignon, Rosella Levaggi and Gilberto Turati
7 Efficiency and equity effects of healthcare decentralization: evidence
from Italy 85
Caterina Ferrario, Rosella Levaggi and Massimiliano Piacenza
8 Political economy of health care insurance expansion in Mexico 112
David G. Lugo-Palacios and Alejandro Sanders Villa
9 Weird health care for WEIRD societies? 130
Hartmut Kliemt
PART III POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL MARKETS AND
HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
10 Medical composition of cabinets and the health care system 147
Joan Costa-Font, Nicolas Marchi and Debra Winberg
11 Women politicians and public health 157
Sonia Bhalotra and Mariana Lopes da Fonseca
12 Community and civic participation effects on health and well-being 177
Luke Munford and Daniel Gray
13 Ideology and health spending 200
Bernd Theilen
14 Lobbying, health, and healthcare 213
Nathaniel Z. Counts and Vinu Ilakkuvan
15 Healthcare corruption 236
Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson and Dina Balabanova
16 Provider power and healthcare systems 247
Mason Barnard, Irini Papanicolas and Peter Smith
17 Health effects of trade policy and corporate interest groups 270
Pepita Barlow
18 Institutional quality and health outcomes 292
Giacomo De Luca, Domenico Lisi, Marco Martorana and Luigi Siciliani
PART IV THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE
FINANCING AND POLICY REFORMS
19 Towards a general political economy of private supplementary health insurance 319
Claudio Lucarelli and Mark Pauly
20 Political economy of public financing of health in low- and
middle-income countries 339
Sumit Mazumdar and Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
21 Political economy of health system reform: evidence from Spain 370
Guillem López-Casasnovas
22 The pharmaceutical patent system and access to medicines 380
Valbona Muzaka
PART V POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH CARE DURING COVID-19
23 Covid-19 and the interest group approach to government 397
Peter T. Leeson and Henry A. Thompson
24 Political preferences and nudging for healthcare: evidence from Covid
certificates 412
Mario Cesare Nurchis, Luca Salmasi and Gilberto Turati
25 Multilevel governance in the first wave of Covid-19 430
Marta Angelici, Paolo Berta, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
PART VI LESSONS FROM THE HANDBOOK
26 The political economy of health systems: research space, goals and lessons 447
Alberto Batinti, Joan Costa-Font and Gilberto Turati
Index 454
