Аннотация:Examining the changing nature of health care federalizm within a competitive global context. Comparative Health Care Federalizm provides a rich and nuanced account of way in which the interplay a federal relationships impact health care within an array of system. Complementing the theoretical and methodological objectives, this book provides a detailed, empirical description of the challenges faced by different states and the ways in which health policy-making works within the federal, quasi-federal, and functional federal systems presented. In chapters on the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, the EU, India, China, Brazil, and the Russian Federation the authors consider what variables contribute to, and stand in the way of, the formation of robust and sustainable health care systems.