Two centuries of solidarity : German, Belgian, and Dutch social health care insurance 1770-2008 / K.P. Companje [and others].

Twee eeuwen solidariteit. English.

Amsterdam : Aksant, 2009.

ii, 393 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

"This volume ... is an updated and translated edition of Twee eeuwen solidariteit ... [by K.F.E. Veraghtert and B.E.M. Widdershoven], published in 2001"--p. [i].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-393).

Guilds and health-insurance funds : solidarity during the Ancien Régime -- The end of the guild system, 1789-1820 -- The birth of modern health-insurance funds -- Health insurance as a governmental responsibility, 1850-1914 -- War, peace, war, 1914-1945 -- Growth and its limits, 1945-2000 -- Social health insurance and neoliberal regulated market competition, 2000-2008 -- The art of mutual understanding : one concept in three countries.