Health Care Financing And The Sustainability of Health Systems

The economic crisis brought unprecedented attention to the issue of health system sustainability in the developed world. The discussion, however, has been mainly limited to “traditional” issues of cost-effectiveness, quality of care, and, lately, patient involvement. Not enough attention has yet been paid to the issue of who pays and, more importantly, to the sustainability of financing. This fundamental concept in the economics of health policy needs to be reconsidered carefully.

Publication Year:

2015

Publisher

SPARC

Author:

International Journal for Equity in Health
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