Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy

Jonathan Tritter is Research Professor in Patient and Public Involvement, Special Advisor in the NHS Centre for Involvement at the University of Warwick and Professorial Fellow in the Governance and Public Management Group in Warwick Business School. Meri Koivusalo is Senior Researcher in the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland. Eeva Ollila is Senior Researcher in the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland and Adjunct Professor of Health Policy at the University of Tampere, Finland.Paul Dorfman is Senior Research Fellow at the NHS Centre for Involvement at the University of Warwick.

• Introduction 1. Analysing Patient and Public Involvement and Health Policy 2. National Health Systems: From Public Provision to Market Competition 3. From Patients to Consumers 4. Globalisation and Global Policy Influences: Mapping the Big Picture 5. The European Union: Trading in Healthcare or Building a Healthier Europe? 6. England: From NHS to PLC 7. Sweden: A Market Orientation to the Welfare State 8. Finland: Privatisation in the Context of Decentralised Service Provision 9. Comparison between Countries - Is There a Common Concern? 10. Current Trends in Commercialisation and Consumerism in Health 11. Challenges for the Future - People and Public Finances 12. Citizens, Patients and Consumers: Critical Reflections on Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy

'[This book] systematically reveals the shadowy global and European economic forces impelling national governments towards growing commercialisation of public health care under the banner of "consumer choice". The authors show this is neither what most people want from health care, nor the best way to deal with current policy pressures. They highlight the threats that current developments pose, and convincingly show there is a better road to patient and user empowerment' - Mick Carpenter, University of Warwick, UK