A health policy for the future is the topic of discussion in this book. International scientists discuss central questions corresponding to the targets set by the World Health Organization (WHO). In a unique meeting, social political proposals and recommendations are presented for a regional health care system that includes public involvement. Separate sections of the book treat the primary health care system in relation to public involvement, family medicine, epidemiology, health economics, and institutional requirements.

1: Primary Health Care and Public Involvement

Principles and Aims of a Future Health Policy
Health for All by the Year 2000: Economic Aspects of a European Health Policy for the 1980s and 1990s
Conditions of Regional Health Care in Research and Practice
The "Primary Health Care of a Region" Associations Forum: A First Report
2: Primary Health Care and Familiy Medicine
The Use of Clinical Judgment to Evaluate the Therapeutic Efficacy of Critical Care Units
Education and Research in Family Medicine
Towards Family Sensitive Health Care
Analysis of the Scope of Action in General Medicine and Its Empirical Control
Organization and Research Program of The Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care
Health Center - Integrated Primary Health Care Resources and Services Within the District and Coordinative Role of General Practice
3: Primary Health Care and Epidemiology
Health Promotion of Chronically 111 Heart Patients
Regional Variation in the Supply of Medical Care and in "Avoidable Mortality" Within Countries of the European Community
Teaching Clinical Epidemiology in a School of Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges
Results from a Hypertension Care Program in One of the Swedish Counties
4: Primary Health Care and Health Economics
Performance Review in British Primary Health Care: An Epidemiological and Economic Evaluation
Primary Medical Care Finance and Physician Payment Systems: A European Perspective
Health Economic Aspects of Multimorbidity in Outpatient Medical Care
Medical Care and Social Security
Costs and Effectiveness of Alternative Approaches to the Care of the Mentally Handicapped: Illustrations with Irish Data
Reducing the Social Costs of Alcohol Abuse - Selecting Targets for Intersector Planning andAction
5: Institutionalizing Primary Health Care
Institutionalizing Primary Health Care at the Level of Undergraduate Education - Didactic and Structural Considerations
Institutional Requirements for a Regional Comprehensive Health Care System: A Panel Discussion.