Category: Comments and Notes

How Does Private Finance Affect Public Health Care Systems? Marshalling the Evidence from OECD Nations

Carolyn Tuohy, Colleen M. Flood & Mark Stabile, “How Does Private Finance Affect Public Health Care Systems? Marshalling the Evidence from OECD Nations” (2000) Ontario Medical Review. The impact of private finance on publicly funded health care systems depends on how the relationship between public and private finance is structured. This essay first reviews the experience in five nations that exemplify different ways of drawing the public/private boundary to address the...