Health care funding and delivery in Hong Kong: what should be done?
This paper outlines a taxonomy of alternative health care funding avenues and the implications of these alternatives. The current approach to health care funding in Sweden is highlighted and a similar proposal outlined to meet the Hong Kong situation. The benefits of the proposed combination of tax-funded and capped voluntary payments, supplemented by 'moral hazard neutral' fees are presented, in terms of expenditure containment, universal access to health care, and optimal resource allocation.
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Centre for Public Policy Studies, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health