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Commodification of Healthcare and its Consequences

World Review of Political Economy, 2017
This article examines the political economy of healthcare financing and provision from a Marxist perspective. The article argues that the nature of a country's health financing system results in part as a result of the balance of class forces within a ...
Isaac Christiansen
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Equity in health care financing: The case of Malaysia [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Equitable financing is a key objective of health care systems. Its importance is evidenced in policy documents, policy statements, the work of health economists and policy analysts.
Sach, TH, Whynes David K, Whynes, David K., Yu, Chai Ping, Yu Chai, Sach, Tracey H., Sach, Tracey H, Whynes, DK, David K Whynes, Tracey H Sach, Sach Tracey H, Yu, CP, Chai Ping Yu, Whynes, David K   +13 more
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Koszty transakcyjne współpłacenia w ochronie zdrowia. Aspekt makroekonomiczny

Problemy Zarządzania, 2022
In healthcare the payer, covering the cost of health services, plays the key role. As a result, we do not observe a regular relation seller–buyer, but rather dependency purchaser–payer.
Kazimierz Ryć, Zofia Skrzypczak
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Contributions and challenges of healthcare financing towards universal health coverage in Ethiopia: a narrative evidence synthesis

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background High burden of healthcare expenditure precludes the poor from access to quality healthcare services. In Ethiopia, a significant proportion of the population has faced financial catastrophe associated with the costs of healthcare services.
Ayal Debie, Resham B. Khatri, Yibeltal Assefa   +2 more
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Redefining Healthcare Infrastructure: Moving Toward Integrated Solutions [PDF]

, 2010
Currently in the United Kingdom there is a trend to broaden the scope of service provision in the healthcare sector. Not only are new healthcare-related services being provided to the community, but also there is increasing concern for providing ...
Formoso, Carlos Torres, Tillmann, Patricia, Tzortzopoulos, Patricia   +2 more
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Financing primary healthcare for rural areas

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Context: Primary healthcare in India is provided by both public and private providers. However, access to good quality primary healthcare is lacking in underserved populations such as communities in rural and remote areas and families in low income ...
Manisha Dutta, Pavitra Mohan, Sanjana Brahmawar Mohan, Vedha Ponnappan, Prakash Satyavageeswaran   +4 more
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Organizational health and independent sector healthcare organizations [PDF]

, 2020
With an increasing proportion of UK healthcare delivered by independent sector providers (ISPs) it is important that performance data is reviewed with a similar rigour as within the public sector.
Williams, Stephen P, Purkayastha, Sanjay, Chaturvedi, Sankalp, Darzi, Ara   +3 more
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Ten years of progress towards universal health coverage: has China achieved equitable healthcare financing?

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Introduction This study aims to systematically evaluate vertical and horizontal equity in the Chinese healthcare financing system over the period 2008–2018 during the progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and to examine how both types of ...
Guoliang Zhou
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Analysis on the equity differential on household healthcare financing in developing countries: empirical evidence from Tanzania, East Africa

Health Economics Review, 2022
Background Achieving equity in healthcare services has been a global priority. According to the literature, a slew of initiatives aimed at increasing household equity in healthcare financing have exacerbated the problem, making it hard for most ...
Felician Andrew Kitole, Robert Michael Lihawa, Eliaza Mkuna   +2 more
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Assessment of equity in healthcare financing and benefits distribution in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study protocol

BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Achieving universal health coverage goal by ensuring access to quality health service without financial hardship is a policy target in many countries.
Peter Binyaruka, August Kuwawenaruwa, Mariam Ally, Moritz Piatti, Gemini Mtei   +4 more
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