The health insurance doctor : his rôle in Great Britain, Denmark and France

Foreword CONTENTS PART I: GREAT BRITAIN Chapter I. Summary of the British Health Insurance Scheme Chapter II. Health Insurance Medical Benefit Medical Treatment Chapter III. The Health Insurance Doctor Additions and Removals by the Insurance Committee Own Arrangements Additional Treatment Benefits Statistics Chapter IV. Remuneration of Health Insurance Doctors The General Medical Pool Mileage Fund The Practitioner's Drugs Account Collective "Own Arrangements" Individual "Own Arrangers" The "Manchester System" of Payment Chapter V. The Work Involved in Health Insurance Practice Medical Work Paper Work: Certification Records of Illness Tuberculosis Cases Chapter VI. The Regional Medical Staff Chapter VII. Medical Attitude Toward Certification Responsibilities Chapter VIII. Disciplinary Procedure Affecting the Health Insurance Doctor Determination of Penalties Exclusion from Insurance Practice Chapter IX. Attitude of the British Medical Association and Panel Doctors The Part Played by the British Medical Association Why the Panel Doctors Approve of Their Health Insurance Arrangements Extensions of Health Insurance Recommended by the British Medical Association Chapter X. Hospitals and the Health Insurance Program Chapter XI. Some Alternatives to the Health Insurance Service Sponsored by Minority Medical Opinion PART II: DENMARK Chapter XII. Summary of the Danish Health Insurance Scheme Chapter XIII. Health Insurance Medical Benefit Chapter XIV. The Health Insurance Doctor in Copenhagen The Copenhagen Area Remuneration in Copenhagen Collective Contract II Chapter XV. The Health Insurance Doctor in Non-Metropolitan Denmark In General In Jutland Remuneration (Jutland Contract) Chapter XVI. Paper Work Involved in Danish Health Insurance Practice Chapter XVII. Disciplinary Control of the Physician Copenhagen Non-Metropolitan Denmark Chapter XVIII. Attitude of the Medical Profession Attitude Toward Certification Responsibilities Why the Profession Approves Its HealthInsuranceArrangements Proposed Extensions of Health Insurance Service PART III: FRANCE Chapter XIX. Summary of French Health Insurance Scheme Revised French Health Insurance Law Chapter XX. Health Insurance Medical Benefit Procedure Required in Obtaining Benefits Dental Benefit Maternity Benefit Duration of Benefit Medical Assistance Cases Additional Benefits Chapter XXI. The "Ticket Moderateur " Chapter XXII. The Growth of the Dispensary and the Mutualist "Clinique" Chapter XXIII. Responsibilities of the French Health Insurance Doctor Attitude Toward Certification Responsibilities Chapter XXIV. "Controle Medical" Chapter XXV. "Controle Technique" Chapter XXVI. Examples of Special Local Schemes Prompted by the Social Insurance Law Coordination at Nancy Municipal Dispensary at Villejuif The Surgical Mutual Insurance Fund at Lyons Chapter XXVII. Attitude of the French Medical Profession Postlude Index Violent debate of socialized medicine and health insurance in the United States is punctuated regularly by emotional appeals to the experience of other countries. "Look at England," cries one of the disputants. “Ah! But look at Denmark and France,” retorts his opponent. Actually, few Americans have more than the most casual knowledge of the health insurance schemes which have been adopted abroad. Never before has it been possible to obtain in English a complete and objective statement of the work of the Health Insurance Doctor in these three democracies. What is the average income of a doctor under one of these plans? What are the precise rates for services? What office hours? Does a political bureaucracy control medical practice? How many patients may a practitioner carry? What are the rules about free prescription of drugs? How much “paper work” and reporting is required of the doctor? What is the relation between health insurance and relief? And-most important-what do the doctors themselves think of the idea? All of these and hundreds of other vital questions are answered fully, dispassionately, and with amazing clarity in __The Health Insurance Doctor__. The author is professor of law at the University of California and master of a straightforward style which presents vividly the issues of health insurance confronting a modern democracy. No legislator, welfare worker, medical practitioner, hospital executive, relief administrator, or interested layman can afford to miss this remarkable book. Originally published in 1939. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Violent debate of socialized medicine and health insurance in the United States is punctuated regularly by emotional appeals to the experience of other countries. "Look at England," cries one of the disputants. "Ah! But look at Denmark and France," retorts his opponent. Actually, few Americans have more than the most casual knowledge of the health insurance schemes which have been adopted abroad. Never before has it been possible to obtain in English a complete and objective statement of the work of the Health Insurance Doctor in these three democracies. What is the average income of a doctor under one of these plans? What are the precise rates for services? What office hours? Does a political bureaucracy control medical practice? How many patients may a practitioner carry? What are the rules about free prescription of drugs? How much "paper work" and reporting is required of the doctor? What is the relation between health insurance and relief? And-most important-what do the doctors themselves think of the idea? All of these and hundreds of other vital questions are answered fully, dispassionately, and with amazing clarity in The Health Insurance Doctor. The author is professor of law at the University of California and master of a straightforward style which presents vividly the issues of health insurance confronting a modern democracy. No legislator, welfare worker, medical practitioner, hospital executive, relief administrator, or interested layman can afford to miss this remarkable book. Originally published in 1939. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase acces ..