title: Health care in the Spanish social security system: public-private relationships.
abstract: The Spanish socialist regime is faced with the decision of whether to operate its own health facilities or to pay private entrepreneurs for this function. This paper analyzes four policy areas of the Spanish social security system: contracting arrangements, primary care, pharmaceuticals, and methods of financing. The implications of the public-private question in Spain for the United States are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000639:trends; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000639:trends; D011640:Public Policy; D012950:Socialism; D013030:Spain