The basis of convergence theory is the hypothesis that industrial states with different forms of organization face comparable challenges and must accordingly develop similar solutions. The pressure of comparable problems, it is held, gives rise to similar requirements of adaptation and thereby results in an approximation of institutional, political and economic structures and strategies. A comparative study of health policies in the OECD member states concluded that “the most remarkable feature of the health care systems reform is the degree of emerging convergence”. Transnational problems and trends in healthcare can be attributed to, for example, economic causes (mass unemployment or globalization), technical factors (innovative medical technology and consequent new treatment methods) and issues of population structure (demography and epidemiology).

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