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Creating markets in hospital care: the adoption of developed country health sector reforms by developing countries. Is it appropriate?
Author(s) -
Hanson K.,
Archard L.,
McPake B.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00808.x
Subject(s) - developing country , economic growth , business , health care , medicine , economics
Hospitals have been relatively neglected in the debate over\udhealth system development in low-income countries, perhaps\udbecause of the recognition that those services most\udeffective in improving population health in developing\udcountries are better delivered in a different setting. However, the efficiency of its hospital sector is vital to the overall effciency of any health system, for several reasons: the hospital sector's high resource consumption implies high gains from increased efficiency; functional problems at the hospital level can create problems lower down the system; the functioning of hospitals has become symbolic of the functioning of the overall system: hospital efficiency is important for public confidence