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Health System Typologies

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Since the early 1970s, scholars have been working on typologies for the comparison of healthcare systems. Typologies enable scholars to more easily replicate existing studies and contrast findings from a comparative study with those of other studies that cover different years and countries. Typologies might also help to identify institutional indicators that seem to be of particular promise when comparing healthcare systems and reform processes. This contribution provides an overview of health system typologies and can be roughly divided into two areas of research: (1) classifications that focus on modes of governance, actors, and institutions and (2) classifications that try to capture how healthcare is financed, provided, and regulated. This chapter identifies prominent examples of both areas of research and also describes and characterizes types of healthcare systems and country classifications.

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  1. University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

    Claus Wendt

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  1. Berlin University of Technology, WHO Collaborating Ctr for Health Systems Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Ewout van Ginneken

  2. Technische Universität Berlin, WHO Collaborating Ctr for Health Systems Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Reinhard Busse

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Wendt, C. (2018). Health System Typologies. In: van Ginneken, E., Busse, R. (eds) Health Care Systems and Policies. Health Services Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6419-8_21-1

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