Beyond the public-private debate: the mixed economy of health.
Health Policy
; 35(1): 75-93, 1996 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-10157043
ABSTRACT
Can or should private organisations provide public healthcare services? What is the scope for private finance in public healthcare services? This paper reviews some of the arguments for and against public or private ownership management and financing of public healthcare services. It concentrates on health services, where non-economic values and ethical questions are as important as the efficiency considerations, and on health purchasing or funding organisations. The paper describes the increasingly complex interrelationship and forms of competition between public and private providers, purchasers and financiers in the UK health sector. It argues that the simple private/public distinction never did describe well the many different forms of financing ownership and operation of health services in any country and is now a handicap to both scientific and lay policy debate about future options. It proposes a framework for describing the main forms of ownership and operations of health services and considers the future for health service purchasing and funding.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Propiedad
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Medicina Estatal
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Privatización
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Servicios Contratados
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Aspecto:
Ethics
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Policy
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia