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Health services reforms: Political and managerial aims—an international perspective
Author(s) -
Battistella Roger
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/hpm.4740080404
Subject(s) - orthodoxy , politics , political science , scale (ratio) , health services , perspective (graphical) , health care , health policy , international health , political economy , public administration , economic growth , sociology , economics , law , geography , population , demography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , cartography
Health policy everywhere is in flux. In marked contrast with the impenetrable orthodoxy and inaction characteristic of past decades, health policy currently is in the midst of large‐scale upheaval. Many of the fundamental assumptions and principles that long guided health‐sector development are in the process of being turned upside down Whether a country is rich or poor, it matters not. Virtually every country either has or is contemplating major reforms in its provisions for the organization and financing of health services. Moreover, the differences in health services structure which divided nations, are becoming smaller—to the point where formerly shunned international exchanges now are considered useful mediums for the exposition of common tensions and the exploration of choices for adapting health care to complex and new economic realities.