Book Review: The Public-Private Mix for Health

Public Private Mix for Health: the French Case

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact on the existing public private mix of the reforms undertaken in the French health care system in the past twenty years. As for financing, the system has slowly moved closer to the Beveridge model, with greater emphasis on general levy taxes in order to enhance universality and equity. For hospital funding, the reforms have fostered the developme...

Spanish health district tests a new public-private mix.

With public health systems facing shrinking budgets, in part due to the global financial crisis, governments are looking at new ways to make the most of limited resources. A handful of Spanish health districts are taking the lead. Mireia Bes reports from Valencia.

[The public-private mix in the Brazilian Health System: financing, delivery and utilization of health services].

This paper analyzes the public-private mix in the Brazilian Health System from the perspective of health care delivery, utilization and financing. Moreover, this quantitative study based on secondary data from official databases contemplates the subsidies granted by the government to the private sector. It shows the existence of some inequalities favoring the population having private health pl...

Quantitative Evaluation of Public-Private Mix (PPM) Plan for Tuberculosis Combat Program in Iran

Background and Objectives: A great number of tuberculosis (TB) patients present to the private sector to receive care; therefore, integrating TB control programs into private sector activities can enhance the control of TB. The Public-Private Mix (PPM) program is suggested by the World Health Organization to engage the private sector in TB control programs. In this study, a plan designed for PP...

An argument for explicit rationing of health resources within the public-private mix in Brazil.