Decentralization in health care: lessons from public economics
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چکیده
One of the central interests of modern public finance theory is the implication of decentralization for the equity and efficiency of public services. It is therefore somewhat surprising that health policy in the UK and elsewhere is formulated with hardly any reference to this theory and the associated empirical evidence. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relevance of mainstream public economics for countries such as the UK, Spain and Italy that are currently decentralizing major aspects of their health system. The paper seeks to offer an economic framework for thinking about programmes of decentralization now under way.
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