Public competition versus mixed markets: an analytic comparison.
Issues of internal organizational efficiency and effectiveness continue to dominate debate within health care systems in Northern Europe. This article focuses on political as well as economic aspects of two recent proposals for 'strategic reform' in tax-based publicly operated health systems: public competition and mixed markets. The theoretical underpinning of each model is examined, and the likely impact upon long-term health system development is compared.
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010067:Ownership / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011057:Politics; D011332:Privatization / Q000191:economics*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D013548:Sweden; D006113:United Kingdom