The authors present a case for user charges and some privatization of health care in developing countries. They demonstrate that - consistent with public choice theory - government actions in the health sector are neither equitable nor efficient in developing countries. In general, they increase the real income of influential middle and upper income groups - despite the fact that the greatest mortality gains would come from directing health spending...
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1992/07/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS938
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1
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2010/07/01
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Health, government, and the poor : the case for the private sector
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public choice theory