This book provides the first in-depth study of healthcare reform in post-communist Eastern Europe. Combining insights from comparative politics and public policy analysis, it examines health reform in Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland between 1989 and 2019. The book argues that the transformation of post-communist healthcare systems entailed a process of policy learning, and that the pathways taken by different states were shaped by a series of reform initiatives aimed at applying neo-liberal, market-oriented policy ideas in healthcare provision. The success of these initiatives was influenced by three factors: policy legacies, political competition, and institutional configurations. The book offers a novel and important comparison of health reform in the region, as well as policy changes in the post-communist era more generally. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, public administration, health policy, and European politics. weiterlesen