title: Private and public financing--health care reform in eastern and central Europe.
abstract: There are conspicuous limits to what privatization and the free play of market forces can do for health care. In particular, they cannot ensure access, adequacy and affordability for users. Therefore, in moving from a centrally planned economy, governments need to take care to avoid some of the costly mistakes that have been made in western countries.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Banoob
mesh_terms: D005061:Europe, Eastern; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs; D011332:Privatization; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards