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American Health Care: the Re‐awakening of Competition
Author(s) -
Green David G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1985.tb01726.x
Subject(s) - aunt , competition (biology) , welfare , health care , politics , economic competition , economic history , economics , market competition , political science , political economy , economic growth , market economy , law , ecology , biology
The market for health care in America is constantly used as an Aunt Sally by British health economists. But, Dr David Green (above), a political scientist and welfare economist at the IEA, reveals why the American system is hardly a free market and why it has misled debate in the UK.