title: Rx for health care economics: competition, not rigid NHI.
abstract: While competition may serve consumers well in the production of many goods and services, it does not function equally well in all of the nation's economic sectors. And the health services sector does not fit the competitive model at all well. The market for medical care services might be restructured, however, so competition might yield more of the benefits it yields in other markets.
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005249:Fees and Charges; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States