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3317922

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
Six key assumptions made by proponents of privatisation are critically appraised in the light of Canadian, US and UK studies. 'Counter' assumptions, equally credible, are: (i) the economic behaviour of the health-care market does not correspond to the idealized rules of the free market nor, given the nature of health care as a 'public good', should it do so; (ii) national health-care systems with a heavy emphasis on private insurance are as or more costly than universal public systems; (iii) private for-profit hospitals do not usually enjoy any cost-efficiency advantages over public hospitals; (iv) subsidizing individuals to purchase private care carries a risk of adding administrative costs, fueling the inflationary spiral in health care, and reducing public accountability of tax money; (v) user-fees and co-insurance will not deter over-utilisation without penalising and reducing legitimate use of health services; and (vi) savings from privatisation are unlikely except for the more affluent citizens of the RSA who will carry a slightly reduced tax burden--all others will pay more and may be deterred from seeking necessary care.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0256-9574
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
673-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Privatisation of South African health services--are the underlying assumptions correct?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review