Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent (2025) Chapter 18. Conclusion: Comparative perspectives on health and social care policy and practice across OECD countries. In: Morgan, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-6218-7593 and La Placa, Vincent, (eds.) Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK. ISBN 978-1032381237; 978-1003343608 (In Press)

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Abstract

This chapter outlines three emerging key themes across the book, which are important in the study of health and social care across the OECD. Firstly, all OECD countries are subject to increasingly important global developments which influence approaches to health and social care, for example, ageing populations, health and social inequalities, the need to diversify and expand the workforce, and wider structural configurations of globalisation and inter-dependence. Second, whilst there is a trend and convergence towards increasing expenditure upon health and social care, this is accompanied by a dual convergence towards, for example, marketisation, and diversity in provision of health and social care. Third, health and social care research, policy, and practice, needs adjustment to increasing complexity and change, especially in an era of increasing competition for resources, and the evidence across the book.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	health and social care; OECD; comparative
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
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Last Modified:	18 Sep 2024 09:21
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/47687

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