Public and private roles in health : theory and financing patterns

The appropriate role of the state in health is complex both in economic theory and in practice. Theory identifies three reasons for state action: (i) public goods or services with large externalities (involving efficiency); (ii) poverty (involving equity); and (iii) failings peculiar to insurance ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musgrove, Philip
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1996
Series:World Bank discussion paper no. 339
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