Open AccessThe public/private mix in the funding and delivery of health services: an international survey.
Author(s) -
Vicente Navarro
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.11.1318
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , private sector , business , population , developed country , economic growth , public health , health care , health services , environmental health , developing country , political science , medicine , economics , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , law
Two recently published international surveys show that industrialized Western countries with the greatest government funding and administration of health services have the greatest population coverage and the lowest administrative costs. Countries with central government administration and fiscal controls have the greatest ability to control health care expenditures. Current United States focus on the private sector may be misplaced.