Open AccessHealth funding: the nature of distortions and implications for the health service mix
Author(s) -
Segal Leonie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01188.x
Subject(s) - health services , value (mathematics) , business , health sector , value for money , service (business) , public health , public economics , medicine , economics , environmental health , marketing , nursing , computer science , population , machine learning
With restricted public sector budgets, there is increasing pressure to obtain value for money in the allocation of health sector resources. Distortions and inefficiencies created by features of Australia's health funding arrangements prevent health resources moving from lower valued to higher valued activities. These distortions tend to restrict resources being allocated to disease prevention and health promotional approaches, favouring medical treatment. These propositions are illustrated, largely with reference to diabetes.