Health management education in Europe and in the United States: A comparative review and analysis:

In Europe and in the United States, health management education and the role of health managers are patterned and consistent with how the country’s healthcare system is organized, managed, and financed. In the United States, the fee-for-service, entrepreneurial dominated approach, resulting in health being one of the few remaining growth industries, has created a huge demand for additional health management education programs and managers. Therefore, universities finding themselves in an economic slump are attracted to establish health services administration programs (a North American term) since they require limited capital, continue to attract enrollment, and contribute to the “social good.” In contrast, the European countries’ healthcare systems provide universal access to care and strict, governmental fiscal control on healthcare expenditures. As a result, the American masters-level health manager model has not thrived there—although not willingly conceded is the fact that in Europe physicians contin...