Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system

2007/11/29 by Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · #Healthcare Policy and Management #Primary Care and Health Outcomes #Global Health Care Issues

paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.39400.549502.94

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Abstract

Are the UK and other countries right to adopt a market based model for improving their health services? <b>Steffie Woolhandler</b> and <b>David Himmelstein </b>believe that the appropriate response to the US experience with such policies is quarantine, not replication

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