Choice and competition in publicly funded health care.
There are four basic models of health service delivery: those that rely on trust, on command and control, on voice, and on choice and competition. All have their merits and demerits; but there are both theoretical and empirical arguments for preferring choice and competition in many situations. However, the relevant policies do have to be properly designed.
Le Grand
Julian
J
Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK. j.legrand@lse.ac.uk
D002755:Choice Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004465:Economic Competition; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010358:Patient Participation; D017150:Public Sector; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom