Is private health care the answer to the health problems of the world's poor?
The global burden of disease falls disproportionately upon the world's low-income countries, which are often struggling with weak health systems. Both the public and private sector deliver health care in these countries, but the appropriate role for each of these sectors in health system strengthening remains controversial. This debate examines whether the private sector should step up its involvement in the health systems of low-income countries.
Hanson
Kara
K
Health Economics and Financing Programme, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. kara.hanson@lshtm.ac.uk
Gilson
Lucy
L
Goodman
Catherine
C
Mills
Anne
A
Smith
Richard
R
Feachem
Richard
R
Feachem
Neelam Sekhri
NS
Koehlmoos
Tracey Perez
TP
Kinlaw
Heather
H
D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics*; D017150:Public Sector / Q000191:economics